
Terry
Allen
1943 Born Wichita, KS
1966 B.F.A., Chouinard
Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA
Terry Allen, a true multidisciplinary
artist has utilized a broad range of media: paintings, writings, drawings,
installation and sculpture, but he is equally
accomplished in printmaking in order to accommodate his artistic expression.
Allen is also well know for his raw, rockabilly music with his band
Panhandle Mystery Band in Lubbock, Texas, where he considers his roots.
Allen has received many awards and has been active in creating public
outdoor sculpture commissions. In addition, he has been in numerous
high-profile solo and group exhibitions including The Artist's Eye:
Terry Allen, Kimbell Art Museum, TX, Centenary Print Exhibition, Modern
Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX, Rooms and Stories, La Jolla
Museum of Contemporary Art, CA and Still Life: The Object in American
Art 1915-1995, Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY.
Allen is currently in
collections of MoMA, NY; Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, Museum of
Contemporary Art, CA; Museum of Fine Art, Houston, TX; Dallas Museum
of Art, TX among many other respected institutions and venues.