Biography from Chemers Gallery:
|  Dan Mitchell Allison, Resume and Honors
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS: Dan Mitchell Allison
Biography 1992-2001
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS Biography 1992-2001
2001 Gallery Zero, Barcelona Spain
Davis Gallery, Southern Graphics Print Council, Austin Texas
Ft. Worth Modern Museum, Centenial Prints Exhibition
2000 Stages Theater/Art Leage of Houston
1998 “20 year retrospective” Museum of Modern Art in Viejo” , Belgrade, Yugoslavia
1998 “The Big Show” Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas
“Texas Roots” The Center for the Arts, Denton Texas
1996 “Japan and the World-Steps in the Post War-50 Years,” cur. Ichiro Hariu, Kanagawa Kenmin Museum of Art, Yokahama Japan, cat.
“Convergence” Barbara Davis Gallery/Pennzoil Place, Houston, Texas
1995 “Images From Space” cur. David Brower, Glassell School of Art Houston, Texas: cat.
1994 “Out of this World” curator Lynn Herbert, . Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
“Trash from Culture” (solo) New Gallery, Houston, Texas
”Supermarket” artist of honor Houston International Festival, installation Museum of fine Arts Houston Texas
1993 “Medarodi Graficni Retrospective,” Museum of Art Ljubliana Slovinia Biennial, Soulage, Rauchenberg, Tapies, Rothenberg, Salle, Allison; cat.
1992 “Prints, Ft. Modern Museum,” Charles Cowles, New York “100th Anniversary Exhibition” Modern Art Museum, Ft. Worth, Texas ; cat.
“American Icons,” (solo) Lyons Matrix Gallery, Austin Texas
SELECTED ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2000 Stages Theater/Art Leage of Houston
Huntington Contemporary Arts Center, Huntington Beach, California
1990 Museo Victor Emmanuel, Messina Italy
National Museum of Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
Budo Tomovic Arts Center, Titograd, Yugoslavia
National Museum of Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Cultural Center, Banjaluka, Yugoslavia
Helicon Gallery, Torino, Italy
Chemers Gallery, Orange County, California
Mexic-Arte alterative space, Austin, Texas.
1989 National Museum of Art, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
SELECTED AWARDS HONORS and TEACHING
Dan Allison Selected Awards-Honors-Teaching
1996
Purchase award Kanaguwa Arts Foundation, Yokahama,Japan, Ichiru Hariu curator
1994
Artist of the Year, Houston International Festival, @ M.F.A. Houston
1989
Panelist Ft. Worth Modern Museum Guest speaker Art League of Houston
Guest Instructor U.S.I.A., Ljublijana, Sarajevo,Belgrade, Skopie,Dubrovnic,Titograde, Yugoslavia.
H.I.S.D. Visiting artist program grades 6 through 8
Sam Houston State University visiting artist
1988
Guest speaker / Artist of the Year,Texas State Teachers Association, Dallas, Texas
Workshop; Lecture Texas Tech. University
Workshop; Lecture, Chorpus Christi University
Exhibition and Lecture, University of Texas, Austin, Texas
1987
Grand Prix, 17th International Biennial of Graphic Art, Lubliana, Yugoslavia
U.S.I.A. Guest Instructor for Ljublijana, Sarejevo, Belgrade, Skopie,Dubrovnic, Yugoslavia
Guest Artist, Speaker, University of Southern Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana
1985
Selection Award, Philadelphia Print Club, Jim Fisher juror, curator of prints and drawings
Baltimor Museum of Art Jurors award “Texas Realism 1985”, St. Edwards University, Austin Texas Tech. Livesay, Assistant Curator Dallas Museum
Jurors award, “Amarillo Competition 1985, William Flagaly, New Orleans Museum of Art
1982
Jurors award, “Word Images,” McNay Museum, Barbara Rose Juror
Curatorial-Affiliations
1996 Director Pennzoil Place Gallery, Pennzoil Building, Houston Texas, April 1995-August 1996
Curator “Inner Journeys”, Billy Hassell, Charmane Lock, Lynn Randolph, Karin Broker, Ed Hill and Susan Bloom, Charles Mary Kubrick. Davis/McClain Gallery/Pennzoil Place
Curator “Convergence”, Terry Allen, Dale Chihuly, Sam Gilliam, Lucas Johnson, Joe Mancuso, Jesus Moroles, Terence La Noue, Dick Wray, Al Souza, Barbara Davis Gallery/ Pennzoil Place
Curator “Stephen L. Clark, Project Row Houses”, Barbara Davis Gallery/Pennzoil Place
Curator “World on a String” kite making as art form from America and around the world, Barbara Davis Gallery/Pennzoil Place, Houston, Texas
1995 Curator “Bridge”, works from Sarajevo, Pennzoil Building, Houston Texas
Co-founder “Art Lies” magazine, board of directors (secretary)
1994 Guest Artist Tivoli Castle Atilier, Ljubliana, Slovenia
1993 Founder A.R.M. “Artist Rescue Mission “ established 501-C-3 status, (director 1994-1995), Sarajevo project
1991 Guest Artist Tivoli Castle Atilier, Ljubliana, Slovenia
1990 Artist Board Lawndale Art and Performance Center Instalation and concept w/ Mary Evlin Sorrell “Houston Area Competition”, William Campbell juror
1989 United States Information Agency, Lecture tour of the Balkins, Sarajevo. Belgrade, Titograde Ljubliana, Skopie
Panelist Ft. Worth Modern Museum print symposium
Guest Artist/Teacher U.S.I.A. Tivoli Castle Studios 1991, Ljubliana, Yugoslavia
1988 Juror Houston Area Exhibition, Art League of Houston, Houston
1986 Board of directors Houston Art League
1985Curator H.W.C.A. ”N.O.W.” exhibition, Southern California Gallery of Contemporary Art, Santa Monica Blvd. Los Angeles California
1984 Director “1984 Show” Houston Women's Cacus of Art, Two Houston Center, Houston, Texas
Board of directors, Houston Women's Cacus of Art
DAN MITCHELL ALLISON COLLECTIONS
Nieman Marcus
Collections Museum of Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Museum of Art, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin
Kanagawa Arts Center, Kanagawa Japan
Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, Solvenia
Museum of Art Silesa, Poland
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum, Utah
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana
Transco Collection, Houston, Texas
First National Bank of Midland, Texas
University of Texas, Austin, Texas
Western Bank
University of Dallas
Pensacola Junior College
G.T.E.
Atlantic Richfield Corporation
U.S. West
First National Bank of Dallas
First National Bank of Chicago
University of Delaware
Royal Collection, Palace Museum, Madrid Spain
Caddell and Conwell Foundation, Houston, Texas
National Museum, Belgrade, Serbia
Modern Art Museum of Ft. Worth, Texas
Ed Bass collection, Ft. Worth, Texas
Tony Abyad and Phylis Childress
John and Beverly Berry
Bellows Construction, Houston, Texas
Achenbach Foundation, San Francisco, Ca.
Modern Museum of Art, Santa Ana, Ca
Compaq Computer Corp. Houston, Texas.
Jim Cornell and Janice Pardue
Continental Airlines
KPMG Peat Marwick, LLP
Aurthur Anderson
BDO Seidman
Coopers & Lybrand
ENRON
Vinson & Elkins
Scott Zuckowskie
Bibliography
“Art and Culture; Presenting Dan Allison.” Corriere della Serra, (Italy) March 1990
“The Art of Humor.” Houston Post; July 31, 1987
“Dan Allison.” Nar. Debbie Johnson; ABC, KTRK TV, Houston, Texas
“Aquatints at the Museum.” Herald Journal, Salt Lake City, Utah; Nov. 23, 1986
Bermann-Enn, Beate. “Dan Allison.” Artscene Magazine (California) ; Nov. 1988
Brossi, Sergio. “La Grafica nel castello di Radetzky.” Arti E Spettacoli. (Italy) 1987
Chadwick, Susan. “Japan to show Houstonian.” Houston Post: April 26, 1986; D6
“Chemers Gallery expansion show.” Orange County Register. (California); May 1987
CNN World Report. Nar. Iztok Premrov. JRT TV, Lubliana, Yugoslavia, July 30, 1989
Cope, Penelope Bass. “Expanded Horizons.” Sunday News Journal. (Delaware); 1986
Crossley, Mimi. Review of Allison exhibition Haris Gallery. Houston Post. Oct. 1979
“Dan Allison.” Carte de Arte. (Messina Italy); 1990, 14-15
Donohoe, Victoria. “Print Club focuses on five newcomers.” The Philadelphia Inquirer. 1985
“Evening News. ” NBC, KPRC Chanel 2, Houston, Texas, May 1987
Findsen, Owen. “Critics Calls.” The Cincinnati Inquirer. May 26, 1988, D11
Findsen, Owen. “Artist weathers storm with retrospective.” Cincinnati Inquirer. May 12 1991, D6
Fox, Kevin. “Oldtimers and Newcomers.” Clifford Gallery Review, Dallas Morning News
Press release ...
Dan Mitchell Allison "Stolen Flowers "
At Tembo/Colaborative Press, 303 11 th Street in the Heights
March 2 thru March 31, 2002
Opening Reception 5 PM to 9 PM Saturday, March 2, 2002
New works by Dan Mitchell Allison, "Stolen Flowers" began in 1999 with a series of small floral poly-photogravures and superimposed excerpts from a series of poems extracted from the artist's unfinished novel about the people living in a small imaginary town somewhere in east Texas. Allison claims the series won't be finished until it gets published into something to put under the short leg of a coffee table, or the residents erect a statue in honor of artists and liars, which ever comes first.
Allison says," Right now there are only a few characters in town but I'm sure as time goes on we will have quite a crowd. Amos Grisham is the central character for now and his lost love of many years back is Mary L~ Favor. Laura Kelly though, a young woman, has just entered Amos's field of vision after he has given himself a good knock on the head with his cane while trying to harvest some pecans out of the trees around the courthouse square in the 23 "x 24 " poly- photogravure suite, "Searching," "Amazed," and "Lost." And that's all I know "
A dozen new works for the show are taken from bits and pieces of old movie footage. Some people in town are taking a walk, some are watching TV and there is a couple in the back seat of the 73 El Dorado up on blocks beside the Phillips station Amos used to work at. Soon you realized that's how Amos got to be the mayor many years ago No, not in the back seat of the car, he was the gas station attendant at the only pumps in town and got to meet everyone.
"We never actually see the characters in Smitherwood, but rather listen in on what they are thinking. The characters are giving me a vehicle to do a little story telling and maybe some art on the side while I'm at it, " says Allison.
"Technically, the process starts when I use my computer's scanner as a "camera" putting objects, in this case flowers, directly on the scanner to make a digital film positive. This positive is printed out in black and white and then used to burn a plastic plate with light. I'm also using the computer to capture and enhance bits ofvideo tape to do the same thing, and will resemble works like "Jake's" (the remake of Open All Night.)" .
The result is an intaglio plate much like an etching plate that is hand colored in the plate with industrial strength lithography pigments and then run through an etching press. This process is repeated three times for each impression, once for each of the primary colors. After the impression has dried, it is then coated with a U .v. blocking emulsion. Lastly the work is coated with an acrylic coat and mounted on the Reeves BFK.
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