The following information was submitted by the artist: ( updated March 2006) Kelly Alison, born May 7, 1957
Solo Exhibitions:
2000 The Ima Code, Nancy Little John Fine Art, Houston TX
1990 New Work, Graham Gallery, Houston TX
1989 The Mud Women Loses Her Head, Graham Gallery, Houston TX
1988 New World, New Wine, Graham Gallery, Houston TX
1987 How Fragile We Are, Graham Gallery, Houston TX
1986 Paintings and Pastels, Graham Gallery, Houston TX
1985 Alison in Wonderland, Graham Gallery, Houston TX
1984 Cutting a New Figure, Newell Gallery, Houston TX
1983 Hogg Wild, Newell Gallery, Houston TX
1982 Bird Brain City, 3321 Gallery, Houston TX
1981 Who knows NoZE, 3321 Gallery, Houston TX
Performances:
2001 Ms. Nomer does Photography, CSAW, Houston TX
Patient Zero, AIDS Foundation GALA, Art Scan, Houston TX
2000 Ms. Nomer does Art, Rear Entry, Rubber Art Mob, Houston TX
Jonah and the WWW.Whale, dadaNetCircus and the Easy Credit Theater @Diverse Works, artist in residence grant, Houston TX
Jonah and the WWW. Whale, dadaNetCircus @ the Masoleum, Houston TX
1999 Y2K, Richie Hubscher and the Easy Credit Theater, NotsuoH, (ran for several weeks) Houston TX
Disfunctional Family Circus, Art Car Parade Performance with Nestor Topchy and TemplO, first place for performance, Houston TX
The Goth and Gawkers Ball, chairman, TemplO, Houston TX
Statue of Liberty Whip, Indepen DANCE day, TemplO, Houston TX
One AX, TemplO, Houston TX
1998 Pumpkin, Rubber (An Art Mob), Holy 8 Ball Gallery, Austin TX
Poles, Rubber ( An Art Mob), Austin Art Alliance, Austin TX
Pixil Bus as Discordia, dadaNetCircus and Easy Credit Theater, Art Crawl, Houston TX
One AX, TemplO, Houston TX
The Blessing Mobile, Art Car parade with Nestor Topchy and TemplO, Houston TX
DadaNet Circus at the Suits Project Gala, Art Guys, Rice Hotel, Houston TX
1997 Www.FAust, dadaNetCircus, TemplO, Houston TX
Www.Faust, dadaNetCircus CSAW, Houston TX
1996 Invisible Collage, Luther Blissett, Monty Cantsin, Neoist International
1982 Anthony Braxton’s Composition No. 102 for Orchestra and Puppet Theatre, Lawndale
Annex, Houston TX
1981 Overman, Kelly Alison, 3321 Gallery, Houston, TX
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2006 Shanghai Art Museum, "Houston Contemporary", Shanghai, China
2004 Art Caliente’, Joe Diaz Collection, Corpus Christi Art Museum, Corpus Christi, TX
Line, Drawing Show, 101 Gallery, Houston TX
2000 AIDS Foundation Gala, Art Scan, Houston TX
Rear Entry, Rubber Art Mob, CSAW, Houston TX
1999 Size Matters, Rubber Art Mob, Nancy Littlejohn Fine Art, Grand Opening, Houston TX
The Goths and Gawkers Ball, TemplO, Houston, TX
1998 Rubber an Art Mob, Holy 8 Ball Gallery, Austin TX
Rubber an Art Mob, Austin Art Alliance, Austin TX
1997 Origin of Chill as Director of Winter Street Art Center, Houston TX
Stretch Marks, Rubber Arts Group, CSAW, Public News Review by Catherine D. Anspon
1995 Figurative Dynamics, Art League of Houston, catalog by Jana Van Der Lee, Houston TX
1994 Lawndale Live, Lawndale Arts and Performance Center, Houston TX
1992 Conscience and Content, The Art League of Houston, Houston TX
1987 Blood Ties and Other Knotty Issues, Diverse Works, curated by Gail Siptak,
Houston TX
1988 DIFFA Chair Exhibit, One Allen Center, Houston TX
1985 Fresh Paint, The Houston School, The Museum of Fine Arts, curated by Barbara Rose and Susie Kalil, traveling exhibition.catalog, Museum of Fine Art, Houston TX
1984 Some Houston Artist, Hyatt Regnecy Hotel, Houston Tx, catalog
1983 Thirteen Artist, A Look at Houston, Curated by James Surls, Georgia State University
Alliance Show, Lawndale Annex, Houston, Texas
Heart of Hearts, Newell Gallery, Houston,Texas
1982 An Event, Curated by Charmagne Locke, Lawndale Annex, Houston TX
The Dream Show, Daughtery Arts Center, Austin, TX
3221 Gallery Retrospective, 3221 Milam, Houston TX
1981 Five UNimportant Modern Artist, 3321 Gallery, Houston TX
Drawing Invitational, Lawndale Annex, Houston TX
1980 From Lawndale, Four Painters, Lawndale Annex, Houston TX
1979 Pow Wow, the FIRST show at the original Lawndale Annex, Houston TX
Brothers and Sisters, Lawndale Annex, Houston TX
Grants and Special Projects:
2003 Wayfinder Project, downtown Houston sinage Art in Public Places. First Place.
2000 Jonah and the WWW.Whale, artist in residence grant, Diverse Works, Houston TX
1998 Director of Winter Streeet Art Center
1995 The Hugger Mugger, an Unruley Newsletter, six issues
The Lee High School Mural, 30'x90' in conjunction with Lawndale, Houston TX Selected Bibliography:
Catalogs and Books:
Houston Contemporary, Shanghai Art Museum, 2006
Fresh Paint, The Houston School, Museum of Fine Arts, curated by Barbara Rose and Susie Kalil, 1985
Figurative Dynamics, The Art League of Houston, curated by Jana Vanderlee, 1995
Lawndale Live, Lawndale Arts and Performance Center, 1995
Arte Caliente!, Corpus Christi Art Museum, Corpus Christi Texas, 2005
James Surls: The Splendora Years, 1977-1997, Blaffler Gallery, University of Houston, Houston Texas ( student mention ) Public Media & Television
2000 dadaNet Circus, ABC NEWS and KTRK local
1997 El Mundo, Winter Street Art Center
1995 The Mural Project, Live at Five, CBS news, Interview
Channel 48, Mural Project Interview
1985 Documentary on Fresh Paint in conjunction with the Museum of Fine Arts Houston and PBS Other Selected Magazines and Newspapers:
2005 Paper City, G Gallery photo
2003 Paper City, Performance at Nancy LittleJohn Fine Arts 1997 Public News, Catherine Anspon, Grand Opening of Winter Street
1995 “Figurative Dynamics”, June Jana Van Der Lee
1990 “Cutting a New Edge”, Town and Country, photo of work
1990 “New Work” Chadwick, The Houston Post
“Kelly Alison, New Work” Patricia Johnson, The Houston Chronicle
1989 Big Spotlight on Houston May be To Bright, Patricia Johnson, Houston Chronicle, Feb. 9
1988 Kelly Alison “Critics Choice”, Chadwick, The Houston Post, April `5,1988
1987 Gambrell, Jamey, Art Capital of the Third Coast, Art in America, April 1987
1986 The Houston Post, p 9H, June 22, Susan Chadwick, Critics Choice
“The Talk of the Town”, Eveningham, The Houston Post
“Alison shows Clarity”, Johnson, The Houston Chronicle
“Aftereffects” Eveningham, The Houston Post
1985 “Fresh Paint, The Houston School”. Barbara Rose, catalog 2 color photos plus interview
“An Interview with Barbara Rose”, Artspace, Winter 1984-85, p. 8 color photo, p. 11
“Persistent Vigor”, Texas Monthly, Michael Ennis, pp 152-158, March 1985, color photo
“Reginal Revisions, Houston and Chicago”, Art in America, pp. 90-99, July 1985
“Fresh Paint, The Houston School”, Susie, KalilUltra Magazine, color photo of artist and work, milk blood, p. 57
“The Houston School Local Talent”, Mel McCombie, Houston Chronicle inset, several photos p 14,
“The Houston School, Houston Post, photo of work, Carol Eveingham, Talk of the Town,
January 1985
The Chicago Tribune, Artist Kelly Alison, Trading Easy for Abstract, Leigh Hopper-
Dallas Morning News from :Lee, Kelly Alison, full page story that was picked up on the wire
from:Trading Easy for Abstract, Leigh Hopper
“Kelly Alison calls Brazoria Home”, Leigh HopperBrazosport News, Lake Jackson TX
“The Houston School” color photo of work, Aftereffects, Carol Everingham
“Houston Spotlight” Johnson, photo, Houston Chronicle
“Fresh Paint Insert, supplement, January 20, 1985, Houston Chronicle
“Houston School Supplement, The HoustonPost, “The Magazine, January 20, color photo
PBS - Channel 8 and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, interview.
Jankowski, Patrick, Fresh Paint, The Houston School, pp 25-29
Fresh Paint, If it represented the Houston School, someone is playing Hookey, Houston Chronicle,
April 7, 1985
1983 Personal Space, Texas Monthly, Michael Ennis, August 1983
1982 Welcome to the World of Artistic Dreams, Austin American Statesman, July 25, `982
1981 Artist Statements, Artscene, January/February
“Art Works at Lawndale”, Mimi Crossley, The Houston Post, February, 1981
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