HCAF 26th ANNUAL
REGIONAL JURIED SHOW
May 9 – June 30, 2007

Art Director, Debbie Luce, awards
Joseph Hammer of Austin
Best of Show in 2D at May 12th reception

About the Juror
Rene Paul Barilleaux is Chief Curator/Curator of Art after 1945 at the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas. Previously Barilleaux held curatorial positions including Deputy Director for Programs, Mississippi Museum of Art (2002-2005); Chief Curator, Mississippi Museum of Art (1993 through 2001); Gallery Director, Halsey Gallery, College of Charleston, South Carolina (1992-1993); Curator of Exhibitions, Madison Art Center, Wisconsin (1986-1992); and Curator for Collections and Exhibitions, Museum of Holography, New York, New York (1983-1986). He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from The University of Southwestern Louisiana in 1979 and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Pratt Institute in 1981.

Since the early 1980s, Barilleaux has organized numerous exhibitions of modern and contemporary art and alternative media; written, edited and designed related publications; taught, lectured and consulted; and been active in many facets of museum administration and the visual arts. Among the institutions with which he has worked—in addition to those listed above—are the Whitney Museum of American Art, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Walker's Point Center for the Arts, and MIT Museum. His writings have appeared in exhibition-related publications as well as journals including Leonardo, Public Art Review, and The Creative Holography Index.

Since joining the staff of the McNay Art Museum in August 2005, Barilleaux acquired works for the Museum’s Permanent Collection by artists including John Fraser, Valerie Jaudon, Alexander Liberman, and Susie Rosmarin, and recently developed an installation and performance by Ernesto Pujol.

Barilleaux taught courses in art history and museum studies at the College of Charleston (1992-1993) and Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi (1994, 1997, and 2001).