Don Christensen
Education and Experience:
1967-1968 Art major, University of Nebraska 1968-1970
Full scholarship at Kansas City Art Institute 1971-1973
Studio assistant for Ken Noland and Jules Olitski 1976-1988
Pursued a music career 1986
Became conservator and curator of outsider artist Emery Blagdon's lifework -- mounted 15 exhibitions to date 1989
Resumed painting
Awards
1996 New York Foundation for the Arts painting fellowship award
1991 National Endowment for the Arts fellowship grant for painting
1997 Christmas at the Prado, Plan eat Thailand, Brooklyn, N.Y.
1997 Intimate Universe, James Howe Fine Arts Gallery of Kean University, Union, N.J.
1997 Automatic Automatic, Plan eat Thailand, Brooklyn, N.Y. (two person show) 1997 Abstracted and Unfixed, Art In General, New York, N.Y.
1996 Miracle on Bedford St., Plan eat Thailand, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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