Eric Theodore
Eric Theodore CV
Exhibitions
2025
On the Edge, Provincetown Arts Society, Provincetown, MA
Jr. Diving National Championships, Mission Viejo Nadadores, Mission Viejo, CA
Ordinary Places | Singular Moments, Billis Williams, Los Angeles, CA
New Acquisitions, Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA
California Art Club: Gold Medal Exhibition, VEFA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Fresh Faces, Festival of Arts, Laguna Beach, CA
Palm Springs Modernism Show, Billis Williams, Palm Springs, CA
In With the New, Laguna Beach City Hall, Laguna Beach, CA
2024
More Disruption, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA
Resonantly Me, Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA
Reflections of Resilience, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
Emerging Masters 2024, LCAD Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
New Year, New Art, Laguna Beach City Hall, Laguna Beach, CA
2023
Solo Show: Mind & Body, Mission Viejo Library, Mission Viejo, CA
Emerging Masters 2023, LCAD Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2023 and Me, Laguna Beach City Hall, Laguna Beach, CA
2022
2000–2022: A Legacy in Glass, Centre College, Danville, KY
Laguna Beach Juried Show, Laguna Beach City Hall, Laguna Beach, CA
Art Educators’ Show, Arts Council of Brazos Valley, College Station, TX
BCS Community Showcase, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
2021
DEGART 2021 International Competition, Degallery, Bryan, TX
Fresh Paint: 2021, Bryan Contemporary Artists, Bryan, TX
2020
DEGART 2020 International Competition, Degallery, Bryan, TX
Eros, C’est La Vie, Gallery 110, Seattle, WA
2019
Drawings & Paintings by Eric Theodore, Halcyon, Austin, TX
Members’ Exhibition, Atelier Dojo, Austin, TX
2017
New Art Vernissage: Eric Theodore, Degallery, College Station, TX
Juried Show, Art979 Gallery, Bryan, TX
2016
Artist-in-Residence Show, Horlock Art Gallery, Navasota, TX
Happiness, Riddle Gallery, Bryan, TX
2015
Senior Art Exhibition, Centre College, Danville, KY
Art in the Mayor’s Office, Arts & Culture Alliance, Knoxville, TN
Arts in the Airport, McGhee-Tyson Airport, Knoxville, TN
Open Show 2015, Oak Ridge Art Center, Oak Ridge, TN
Ann Arbor Summer Art Fair, The Guild of Artists, Ann Arbor, MI
2014
TAPPED 5, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
SOFA, Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY
LexArts University Open, Downtown Gallery, Lexington, KY
2013
Open Show 2013, Oak Ridge Art Center, Oak Ridge, TN
From All Sides: The Figure, Oak Ridge Art Center, Oak Ridge, TN
Collections
Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA
Laguna College of Art + Design, Laguna Beach, CA
Brazos Valley Gymnastics, College Station, TX
Office for Global Citizenship, Centre College, Danville, KY
Student Life Office, Centre College, Danville, KY
Residence Life Office, Centre College, Danville, KY
Grace Doherty Library, Centre College, Danville, KY
Casa Centre, Centre College, Mérida, México
KCHS Library, Knoxville, TN
Residencies
2024–2025
Postgraduate Artist-in-Residence, Laguna College of Art + Design
2016
Navasota Artist-in-Residence, Navasota, TX
Awards & Honors
2024
Trustee’s Choice Award, Laguna College of Art + Design
Finalist, Art Renewal Center Salon International Competition
2023
Finalist, Pacific Art Foundation
2022
Semi-Finalist, Art Renewal Center Salon International Competition
2021
1st Place, DEGART 2021 International Competition, Degallery
1st Place, Sparkle, The Artist’s Circle Gallery
2020
Honorable Mention, DEGART 2020 International Competition, Degallery
2017
People’s Choice Award, Juried Show, Art979 Gallery
2015
Golden Fig Award for the Human Figure, Open Show 2015, Oak Ridge Art Center
Finalist, PWAT National Art Contest
Mildred and David Wood Senior Art Prize, Centre College
2014
Honorable Mention, LexArts University Open, Downtown Gallery
2013
Best Work on Paper Award, Open Show 2013, Oak Ridge Art Center
Teaching Experience
Visiting Artist, The Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA — April 2025
Facilitated two drawing workshops, including demos and assisting others draw models from life.
Teaching Assistant, Laguna College of Art + Design, Laguna Beach, CA — Jan 2023–May 2024
Undergraduate classes supported: Fundamentals of Drawing and Perspective; Fundamentals of Illustration; Fundamentals of Painting.
High School Art Teacher, A&M Consolidated High School, College Station, TX — Aug 2021–June 2022
Taught Art I (grades 9–12); organized field trip; students won awards at regional, state, and international competitions, and a gallery show.
Art Instructor, Degallery, Bryan, TX — June 2019–July 2021
Classes, workshops, and private lessons in landscape drawing, portraiture, and figure drawing; started and ran figure drawing sessions.
Middle School Art Teacher, Del Valle Middle School, Del Valle, TX — Aug 2017–June 2019
Taught art to grades 6–8; tutored students daily; awarded “2019 Most Improved Teacher.”
Art Educator, Arts Council of Brazos Valley, College Station, TX — Spring 2016–Summer 2017
Reflections program for Special Needs; Art After School and camps (ages 5–11); Fine Arts Fridays at KOR School; mentored at‑risk teens on museum field trips.
Drawing Instructor, City of College Station Parks & Rec, College Station, TX — Fall 2016–Summer 2017
Adult education classes: Drawing I–II, Landscape, Figure, Portraiture, and Painting.
Bilingual Art Teacher, Habla: el centro de lengua, Mérida, Yucatán, México — Fall 2013 & July 2014
Co‑taught arts and language classes in Spanish and English in monolingual and bilingual settings.
Leadership Positions
2023–2024
Representative, Student Government Association, LCAD, Laguna Beach, CA
2019
Art Coordinator, DVISD UIL, Del Valle, TX
2014–2015
President, Student Art Society, Centre College, Danville, KY
2013–2014
Treasurer, Student Art Society, Centre College, Danville, KY
Other Art‑Related Experience
2023–2024
Figure Drawing Moderator, LCAD, Laguna Beach, CA
2020–2022
Figure Drawing Manager, Degallery, Bryan, TX
2020
Sculpture Assistant, Stone Voices, College Station, TX
2019–2020
Frame Assistant, The Frame Gallery, Bryan, TX
2017, 2020
Figure Model, Purple Turtle Art Studio, Bryan, TX
2015
Apprenticeship, Keystone College Glass Build, Factoryville, PA
2014–2015
Drawing Studio Assistant, Centre College, Danville, KY
2014
Glass Studio Assistant, Centre College, Danville, KY
Education
Laguna College of Art + Design, Laguna Beach, CA — M.F.A. in Painting, May 2024
Cumulative GPA: 4.0, Summa Cum Laude — President’s List; Merit Scholarship; Campbell Scholarship; Trustee’s Choice Award
Centre College, Danville, KY — B.A. in Studio Art, May 2015
Minors: Spanish and English — GPA: 3.64 (Major 3.91), Cum Laude — Dean’s List; Faculty Merit Scholarship; National Hispanic Honors Society; NCAA D‑III Academic Honor Roll; Centre Education Fellowship; Mildred & David Wood Senior Art Prize — Study Abroad: Centre‑in‑the‑Yucatán, Fall 2013