Colleen McCulla-Thomas was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and later resided in London
before moving to Texas in the mid-1970s. Colleen has been a practicing mixed-media
artist since 1982. She has a BFA in Sculpture from Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, and graduated with honors with a Master's in Education from Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas.
Colleen’s recent showing at the Irving Art Center was warmly received. Her entries included Manna from Heaven, a metal cloud sculpture with 2000 spoons, as well as a handmade paper /mixed media cloud, Veil of Confusion. In 2015, Colleen won best of the show at the “Seven State Biennial Exhibition” at Nesbitt Gallery, University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, Chickasha, Oklahoma with juror, James Surls. This
award led to an invitation and a successful solo show in 2018 “Ladies in Waiting” at the same venue. Colleen has exhibited nationally and broadly in Texas.
Prior to Colleen’s current endeavor of ten years as a 6 th grade art teacher for Lockhart Junior High, she was the TA in the sculpture lab at Texas State University from 2005-2013, under Roger Colombik. Colleen worked as a carpenter and stone carver including
but not limited to the gate entry at Old Oaks Ranch, in Wimberley, Texas. A few miles from where she built her house. She worked as a bedding designer, landscaper, and free-lance artist which included tinting photographs for the Waco Elite Café and its initial“Coming Soon” mural during its renovation of the 1980s. She also was involved in historic restoration projects in Spring, Texas and on the sailing ship the Elissa in Galveston, Texas. Colleen is always interested in endeavors where she can use her
hands and learn new skills.
Colleen currently resides and works from her studio, in Martindale, Texas
before moving to Texas in the mid-1970s. Colleen has been a practicing mixed-media
artist since 1982. She has a BFA in Sculpture from Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, and graduated with honors with a Master's in Education from Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas.
Colleen’s recent showing at the Irving Art Center was warmly received. Her entries included Manna from Heaven, a metal cloud sculpture with 2000 spoons, as well as a handmade paper /mixed media cloud, Veil of Confusion. In 2015, Colleen won best of the show at the “Seven State Biennial Exhibition” at Nesbitt Gallery, University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, Chickasha, Oklahoma with juror, James Surls. This
award led to an invitation and a successful solo show in 2018 “Ladies in Waiting” at the same venue. Colleen has exhibited nationally and broadly in Texas.
Prior to Colleen’s current endeavor of ten years as a 6 th grade art teacher for Lockhart Junior High, she was the TA in the sculpture lab at Texas State University from 2005-2013, under Roger Colombik. Colleen worked as a carpenter and stone carver including
but not limited to the gate entry at Old Oaks Ranch, in Wimberley, Texas. A few miles from where she built her house. She worked as a bedding designer, landscaper, and free-lance artist which included tinting photographs for the Waco Elite Café and its initial“Coming Soon” mural during its renovation of the 1980s. She also was involved in historic restoration projects in Spring, Texas and on the sailing ship the Elissa in Galveston, Texas. Colleen is always interested in endeavors where she can use her
hands and learn new skills.
Colleen currently resides and works from her studio, in Martindale, Texas