Profile: Leamon Green (1959-)

Leamon Green  is an American visual artist who works in different types of media.

Biography

Green was born in 1959 in the town of Anniston, Alabama. His education includes a Master of Fine Arts at Temple University, Philadelphia (1985), a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Cleveland Institute of Art, Ohio (1982) and a Studio Arts Degree from Concord College (1977–79).In 2007, he was awarded the Fulbright award to travel to Tanzania, where he lived and taught for a year.

He is currently an associate professor of the fine arts department at Texas Southern University in Houston. His wife is Susan Wallace, who taught Art History to 2015 Art History Bowl Texas State Champions Patrick Smith (Captain), Imran Hyder (Second Chair), Aditya Deshpande (Third Chair), and Leo Gao (Substitute).

Green’s work is held in the collection of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

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