Curtis Griffin
Artist CV
Oil Painter · Muralist
Bastrop, Texas · griffinartwork.com
Education
- 2001
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Tyler School of Art @ Temple University — Philadelphia, PA
Solo Exhibitions
- 2001 Walker Gallery — "Celebration" Martinsville, VA
Two Person Exhibitions
- 2025 The Clever Tiger — Curtis Griffin + Iris Marie - "2 Sides of the Same Coin" Elgin, TX
- 1999 Walker Gallery — Curtis Griffin + Tim Wagner Martinsville, VA
Group Exhibitions
- 2026 ArtUs Co — "Art Jam" Austin, TX
- 2025 Lost Pines Art Center — "L'Esprit de la Louisiane" Bastrop, TX
- 2025 Lost Pines Art Center — "Members Showcase" Bastrop, TX
- 2024 Artus Co — "Visions Unbound" Austin, TX
- 2024 Spokesman Coffee — "Beat Sessions Vol.37" Austin, TX
- 2023 Lost Pines Art Center — "Square Show" Bastrop, TX
- 2023 Bee Cave Art Foundation — "Urban Art ATX" Bee Cave, TX
- 2023 ArtUs Co — "Deck the Walls" Austin, TX
- 2023 Almost Real Things — "Deck the Walls" Austin, TX
- 2023 Something Cool Studios — "Chapters" Austin, TX
- 2022 Almost Real Things — "Art Under $100 Vol.1" Austin, TX
- 2022 Clever Tiger — Art of Austin Group Show Elgin, TX
- 2022 Something Cool Studios — Looking Up Mural Fest - "Wall Show" Austin, TX
- 2021 Hopsquad Brewing Co — Art of Austin "Spring Jam" Austin, TX
- 2021 Texas Arts & Music Festival — "Art Duel" Brenham, TX
- 2020 Something Cool Studios — "Politically Incorrect" Austin, TX
- 2020 SprATX — "Block Party ATX Vol.1" - Art of Austin Group Show Austin, TX
- 2020 SprATX — "The Can Show" Austin, TX
- 2019-2020 Austin City Hall — The People's Gallery Austin, TX
- 2019 Spokesman Coffee — "Beat Sessions Vol.6" Austin, TX
- 2018 Austin Public Library — Austin Studio Tour Group Show Austin, TX
- 2018 Big Medium — East Austin Studio Tour Austin, TX
- 2018 Big Medium — West Austin Studio Tour Austin, TX
- 2018 Cherry Cola Dog — "Big Art ATX" Austin, TX
- 2018 SprATX — "Summer Bash" Austin, TX
- 2018 Art For the People — "Celebration" Austin, TX
- 2018 Cherry Cola Dog — "Art Will Save Us" Austin, TX
- 2017 Dougherty Arts Center — Austin Studio Tour Group Show Austin, TX
- 2017 Big Medium — East Austin Studio Tour Austin, TX
- 2017 Big Medium — West Austin Studio Tour Austin, TX
- 2017 Cherry Cola Dog — "Art Will Save Us" Austin, TX
- 2010 Arthouse — 5×7 Show Austin, TX
- 2009 The Jefferson Center — "Gang of Lost Souls III" Roanoke, VA
- 2008 Vuka Collective — Monroe Street Art Bazaar Austin, TX
- 2008 Austin Figurative Gallery — Self Portrait Show Austin, TX
- 2008 The Jefferson Center — "Gang of Lost Souls II" Roanoke, VA
- 2007 Mojo Café — Artcentrik Group Show Roanoke, VA
- 2007 The Jefferson Center — "Gang of Lost Souls" Roanoke, VA
- 2000 Penrose Hall @ Tyler School of Art — BFA Exhibition Philadelphia, PA
- 1999 Rome Campus @ Temple University — Graduate Exhibition Rome, Italy
Publications & Press
Books
- 2022 Urban Art ATX — J Muzacz, Give One Studio Published, Austin, TX
Press
- 2024 Austin American-Statesman — Bastrop Mural Feature Austin, TX
- 2024 Canvas Rebel — Artist Interview
- 2021 Voyage Austin — Artist Feature
- 2018 Almost Real Things — Issues 11 & 12, "Juxtaposition"
- 2018 Voyage Dallas — Artist Feature
- 2018 Voyage Houston — Artist Feature
Awards & Recognition
- 2001
- Edith Weil Hecht Memorial Award for Painting Tyler School of Art — Philadelphia, PA
Organizational Leadership
- Art of Bastrop — Bastrop, Texas Founder, est. 2022
- Art of Austin — Austin, Texas Founder, est. 2010
Public Art & Commissions
- 2024 Minerva Delgado Park Mural — City of Bastrop Bastrop, TX
- 2020 Mural — Happy Clouds Palmer Lane Austin, TX
- 2020 Mural — The Gift ATX Austin, TX
- 2019 Mural — Happy Clouds Montopolis Austin, TX
Curtis Griffin — Bastrop, Texas
Updated March 2026