Ken Little

Ken Little was born in 1947 in Canyon, Texas. He was a graduate in the first BFA class at Texas Tech University in 1970. He went on to earn an MFA at the University of Utah in 1972.  Since 1972 he has held tenured positions at major universities, including University of Montana at Missoula and University of Oklahoma in Norman. Since 1988 he has been a professor of art in sculpture at University of Texas at San Antonio.

Little is a nationally recognized artist who has been granted two visual arts fellowships by the National Endowment for the Arts, in 1982 and 1989.  Since 1993, he has maintained a working studio and Rose Amarillo, an alternative exhibition space in downtown San Antonio. His work in various media has been shown extensively both nationally and internationally. In south Texas, he has exhibited at ArtPace, Finesilver Gallery, the Southwest School of Art and Craft, and the Blue Star Art Space where he was a board member from1989 to 1995. He currently serves on the board of directors at Artpace, San Antonio.

Over the years, Little’s work has been featured in over forty one-person exhibitions in national and international venues, including Washington Project for the Arts, Washington DC; John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin; the Forum for Contemporary Art, St. Louis; Diverse Works in Houston; and Honolulu Academy of the Arts.  His work has also been featured in over two hundred group exhibitions at institutions such as the Contemporary Art Museum in Houston; Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC; and Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.