Floyd Newsum is represented in Houston by Wade Wilson Gallery.
A native of Memphis, Tennessee, Floyd Newsum graduated from Memphis College of Art with a BFA in 1973 and from Temple University, Philadelphia with an MFA in 1975. His public art projects include two Houston Metro Light Rail Station art designs, seven sculptures for Houston’s Main Street Square Station, four paintings in the Commerce Building of the University of Houston, Downtown, a suspended sculpture for the lobby of the Acres Home Multi-Service Center (Houston), and five suspended sculptures for the lobby of the Hazel Harvey Peace Building (Fort Worth, Texas). His paintings and prints are in private collections, public museums, universities, and public institutions, including: University of Maryland College Park, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Xavier University (New Orleans), and Philadelphia Museum of Art, among others. He was one of ten Artists to receive the 2008 Artadia Artist Grant from New York. He is the coordinator of the art studio sections in the Department of Arts and Humanities at the University of Houston and teaches courses that include drawing, painting and art appreciation.