A Texas native, Celia Eberle grew up in the Piney Woods of East Texas. She believes that, in spite of
our love of technology and progress, the basic character of the human experience remains essentially
unchanged. She received her BFA from Stephen F. Austin State University in 1974, and was a member
of the historic Dallas co-op 500X from 1987-1992. She has been active in the Texas art community for
forty years, participating in co-op galleries, artist-run spaces, and giving presentations at universities
and museums. Awards include the Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Individual Support Grant, the Joan
Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant, the Nasher Sculpture Center Microgrant, the Dozier
Travel Grant from the Dallas Museum of Art, and an M-AAA/NEA Fellowship. Highlights include a
residency at the Joan Mitchell Center, New Orleans, 2026, participation in the Artpace International
Artist-in-Residence program, San Antonio, 2024; an installation, Waiting for Robot, Nasher Public:
Celia Eberle, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, 2022; the group exhibit Commanding Space: Women
Sculptors of Texas, Amon Carter Museum of Art, Fort Worth, 2017; and a one-person exhibit at the Art
Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, 2014. Some public collections include the Dallas Museum of
Art, the J. Wayne Stark Gallery at Texas A&M, the Art Museum of Southeast Texas, the San Antonio
Museum of Art, and many private collections