Exhibition Views
“P-Town Babies” at AMP, Provincetown MA 2018
Thedra Cullar-Ledford“P-Town Babies” AMP Provinicetown, MASeptember – October, 2018 Doll Parts by Courtney Love “I am doll eyes, doll mouth, doll legs I am doll arms, big veins, dog bait Yeah, they really want you They really want you, they really do Yeah, they really want you They really want you, and I do too” […]
“Endollenations” at Ivy Brown Gallery, NYC, February 2019
Thedra Cullar-Ledford “Endollenations” Ivy Brown Gallery, New York, NY February 5 – March 5, 2019 The following essay by Dr. Penelope Wickson appears in the exhibition catalog. They greet us from afar like distant relatives: familiar acquaintances trying to capture our attention with horrified expressions and garish makeup. Despite their valiant attempts to forge a […]
“Accoutrements” at Heidi Vaughan Fine Art, Houston, 2018
Thedra Cullar-Ledford “Accoutrements” Heidi Vaughn Fine Art, Houston, Texas September 8 – October 13, 2018 The following essay by Dr. Penelope Wickson appears in the exhibition catalog. This deliberately playful series with its enticingly sophisticated European title, Accoutrements, emerged out of a formative trip to England that Thedra Cullar-Ledford enjoyed with a patron friend from […]
“Lady Part Follies” at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 2016
Lady Part Follies at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston August 20 – November 27, 2016 Curated by Bill Arning, Director Videos from the exhibition: In Conversation: Artist Thedra Cullar-Ledford with Bill Arning Thedra Cullar-Ledford: Introduction to Pinata Smashing (Fuck Cancer) Performance: Pinata Smashing (Fuck Cancer) with Thedra Cullar-Ledford all images by Paul Hester
“Drawing the Eye to Nothingness” at G Gallery, 2015
Thedra Cullar-Ledford “Drawing the Eye to Nothingness” G Gallery, Houston, Texas April 4 – 28, 2015 “Society talks a lot about breast cancer awareness in sterile, happy taglines and with pink things,” said Thedra. “This show talks about breast cancer survival in brutally honest ways. I’m not sweeping anything under the rug. The creative process […]
“Living Dolls” at New Gallery, 2012
Living Dolls New Gallery, Houston, Texas March – April, 2012 Thedra does not consider herself to be a “painter” but instead a conceptual artist who is using painting as a medium to talk about sexuality, race and body image in the lives of the women that she knows and studies. She says, “The doll paintings were […]