Prize Winner 2017:
Christina Rees
Christina Rees is a Houston-based blogger and formerly the editor-in-chief of Glasstire, an online magazine that covers visual art in Texas. Rees previously served as an editor at D Magazine in Dallas, as a full-time art and music critic at the Dallas Observer, and has also covered art and music for the Village Voice and other publications.
Rees was previously the owner and director of Road Agent Gallery in Dallas (2006-2009) and the curator of Fort Worth Contemporary Arts at TCU (2009-2013). Rees graduated from University of North Texas in Denton with a Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences focusing on anthropology, literature, history, and art. She has lived and worked in Texas, New York City, and London.