ALAN TURNER
114 FRANKLIN STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10013
(212) 431-5149
BORN: Bronx, New York,
1943
Resides and works in New
York City
EDUCATION
1965
B.A., The City College of the City University of New
York
1967 M.A., University of
California, Berkeley
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1971 Cologne,
Germany, Galerie Neuendorf
1974 Cincinnati,
Ohio, Carl Solway Gallery
1975 New
York, Carl Solway Gallery
1976 San
Diego, Mandeville Art Gallery, University of California
1977 Ohio,
University of Cincinnati
New
York, Carl Solway Gallery
1979 New York, Edward Thorp
Gallery
1980 Charleston,
South Carolina, Gibbs Art Gallery
New
York, Edward Thorp Gallery
1982 New
York, Brooke Alexander Gallery, The Marked Woods and Other Paintings
London,
England, 12 Duke Street Gallery, Alan Turner: New York Pastoral
1983 Miami,
Florida, Carol Getz Gallery, Alan Turner: New Paintings, Drawings and Prints
New
York, Brooke Alexander Gallery, Etchings, Linoleum Cuts and Lithographs,
1978-1984
1987 New
York, Jason McCoy Gallery, Alan Turner: Recent Paintings
1988 Syracuse,
New York, Everson Museum of Art, Special Projects III: Alan Turner
New
York, Koury Wingate Gallery
1989 Elkins
Park, Pennsylvania, Tyler Gallery, Temple University
1990 New
York, Koury Wingate Gallery
1991
New York, Ealan Wingate Gallery
1995
Columbus, Ohio, Allez Les Filles Gallery
1996
New York, Lennon, Weinberg,
Inc.
2000 New
York, Lennon, Weinberg, Inc.
2003 New York, Lennon, Weinberg, Inc.
2006 New York, Bronx River Art Center
2006 New York, The Hebrew Home for the Aged at Riverdale
2009 New York, The Graduate Center, CUNY Exhibition Hallway, ITINERIES, works 1979 – 2009, by Alan Turner
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1971 Bremen,
Germany, Galerie de Gestlo
Hamburg,
Germany, Galerie Neuendorf
1973 Recklinghausen,
Germany, Mit Kamera,Pinsel und Spritzpistole (Realistiche Kunst in Unserer
Zeit), Stadtische Kunsthalle
1974 Chicago,
Illinois, John Doyle Gallery
Cincinnati,
Ohio, Contemporary Arts Center
1975 New
York, Whitney Museum of American Art, 1975 Whitney Biennial Exhibition
1976 New
York, 55 Mercer Street Gallery
New
York, Willard Gallery
1977 New
York, Eugenia Cucalon Gallery
Basel,
Switzerland, Basel Art Fair
San
Francisco, California, San Francisco Art Institute, Annual
1978 Miami,
Florida, Museum of the American Federation for the Arts, Storytelling in Art
New
York, Nobe Gallery
New
York, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, Invitational
Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture
1979 New
York, Edward Thorp Gallery
Minneapolis,
Minnesota, Minneapolis Institute of Art
1980 Charleston,
South Carolina, Spoleto Festival, U.S.A. The Gibbs Art Gallery
Boulder,
Colorado, University of Colorado Denver, Colorado, Sebastian Moore Gallery
Aspen, Colorado, Aspen Art Center, Private Papers New York,
New
York, Edward Thorp Gallery
1981 London,
England, 12 Duke Street Gallery, Contemporary Paintings, Drawings and
Sculptures, with Edward Finnegan,
Michael Hurson, Robert Moskowitz and Graham Snow
Iowa
City, Museum of Art, University of Iowa, Member's Purchase Exhibition
Chicago,
Illinois, Dart Gallery
New
York, New York, Brooke Alexander Gallery, Paintings
Springfield,
Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts, Landscapes in Recent Painting
1983 St.
Louis, Missouri, Signet Arts, Four New York Painters: Richard Bosman, Martha
Diamond, Ken Goodman and Alan Turner
Boston,
Massachusetts, Thomas Segal Gallery, Alternative Approaches to the Landscape
1984 Brooklyn,
New York, The Brooklyn Museum, The American Artist as Printmaker, 23rd
National Print Exhibition
New
York, Holly Solomon Gallery, The Innovative Landscape
Manitowoc,
Wisconsin, Rahr-West Museum and Chicago, Illinois, Frumkin and Struve Gallery. A
New Look at American Landscape
Yonkers,
New York, The Hudson River Museum, and Tucson, Arizona, Tucson Museum of Art, New
Vistas: Contemporary American Landscapes
1985 Sag
Harbor, New York, Parasol Gallery, Art by the Yard
New
York, Jason McCoy Gallery, Works on Paper, Michael Hurson, Gregoire Muller,
Alan Turner
1986 New
York, Cable Gallery Cable, Installation organized by Robert Gober, with
Robert Gober, Nancy Shaver, Meg Webster, Alan Turner
New
Orleans, Louisiana, Contemporary Arts Center, and New York
Academy
of Art, Landscape, Seascape, Cityscape
Sag
Harbor, New York, Parasol Gallery, About Face
New
York, Exit Art, Exit Art/The Gallery Show, selection of Jeffrey Hoffeld
1988 New
York, Lorence-Monk Gallery, Life Like
Greensboro,
North Carolina, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Art
on Paper 1988
1989 Boston,
Massachusetts, Institute of Contemporary Art, Currents
Los
Angeles, California, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, A Decade of American Drawing
1980-1990
1990 New
York, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, Invitational
Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture
Buffalo,
New York, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Insect Politics
Chicago,
Illinois, Chicago Art Fair
Santa
Monica, California, Linda Cathcart Gallery, Black and White: Works on Paper
New
York, Editions Ilene Kurtz, New Editions
New
York, Koury-Wingate Gallery, Small Works
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, The Print Club, Alternative Situations for Contemporary
Printmaking, The 65th Annual Competition of Prints
1991 Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, Carnegie Mellon Art Gallery, New Generations: New York
1992 New
York, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, How It Is
New
York, Leo Castelli Gallery, 30th Anniversary Exhibition of Drawings, to
benefit the Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts
New
York, The Drawing Center, Return of the Cadavre Exquis
Venice,
Italy, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Drawing the Line Against AIDS, Art
Against AIDS Venezia 45th Venice Biennale
1994 New
York, Barney's, Red Windows, Benefit exhibition for the Children's
Storefront and Little Red Schoolhouse/Elisabeth Irwin High School
New
York, New York, Who Chooses Who, selection by Klaus Kertess, Benefit
Exhibition for the New Museum
New
York, Lennon, Weinberg, Inc., Paintings: Robert Bordo, Carl Palazzolo, Tony
Scherman, Peter Schmersal and Alan Turner
Columbus,
Ohio, Allez Les Filles Gallery, Oeuvres Choisis, with Mihail, Billy Sullivan
and Carl Palazzolo
New
York, Jay Gorney Modern Art, with Lee Bontecou, Carroll Dunham, Alexis
Rockman, Laura Stein and Meyer Vaisman
1995 New
York, Whitney Museum of American Art, 1995 Biennial Exhibition, March 18-June 4
1998 New
York, Lennon, Weinberg Inc. New Small Scale Paintings by Gallery Artists, January 9-31.
New
York, Lennon, Weinberg Inc. UTZ: A Collected Exhibition, curated by Stephanie Theodore, February 6-March 7.
1999 New
York, Exit Art. The Stroke. An
exhibition curated by various painters. Alan Turner's work curated by Carroll
Dunham. May 1-July 2.
2000 Milan,
Italy, NEG (No Limits Events Gallery). Garden Party. Curated by
Laurie Simmons. March 15 – April.
New
York, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, OO,
August 2000.
New York, Mathew Marks Gallery, Drawings and
Photographs, An exhibition to Benefit the
Foundation for Contemporary
Performance Arts, Inc. December 8-23
2001 Houston, Texas,
Texas,Gallery, Pop and Post Pop (On Paper), January 23- March 3.
New
York, NY, The Work Space @ Dolgenos New & Cronin LLP Body Work, curated by Lesley
Heller.
September 6- November 16
2002 New York, NY, Lennon Weinberg
Inc. New Year New York New Work,
January 19 – February 16
East
Islip, NY, Islip Art Museum, Body Language, curated by Lesley Heller April 17- June 16
2009 Washington, DC, Wool Exploration, Bauble
2010 New York, Danese Gallery, Works on Paper
2010 Denver, CO, Denver Art Museum, Face to Face
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS, EXHIBITION
CATALOGUES AND MUSEUM PUBLICATIONS
Alternative Situations for Contemporary
Printmaking, The 65th Annual
Competition of Prints, The Print Club, Philadelphia, 1990
Artists,
ICA News Quarterly, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts,
Volume 6, Number 2, I989, p. 5
1975 Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1975
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University, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, 1989
Geist, Sidney. A Studio Visit Sidney Geist at Alan
Turner's studio, January 9,2000,
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Crown Publishers, Arno Press, 1973
Jacobson, Marjorie. Catalogue of the Collection, Coopers and Lybrand, Boston, 1984
Kertess, Klaus. The Eye of the Canvas, Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, 1986
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1972
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Kunst in Unserer Zeit), Stadtische
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Turner, Paintings 19841987, Everson
Museum of Art Bulletin, Syracuse, New York, April 1988
Ratcliff, Carter. Alan Turner: New York Pastoral, 12 Duke Street Gallery, London, 1982
Ruiz, Jose, BOX HOUSES, New York, NY 2009
Scott, William. Plates, Blocks and Screens: Prints
from the CIGNA Collection, Cigna
Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1986
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Turner, Alan, BOX HOUSES, 1-10, 2009, New York, NY 2009
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GRANTS AND AWARDS
1965 Eggers Award for Painting,
City College of the City University of New York
1967 University of California
Alumni Association Travelling Fellowship
Eisner
Award for Painting, University of California
1977 National Endowment for the
Arts Fellowship Grant
1980 Spoleto Choice, Spoleto,
U.S.A.
1981 National Endowment for the
Arts Fellowship Grant
1987 National Endowment for the
Arts Fellowship Grant
1988 John Simon Guggenheim
Memorial Foundation Fellowship
2001 Pollock-Krasner Foundation
Grant
SELECTED
PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
ARCO Center for the Visual Arts , Atlantic Richfield, Los Angeles,
CA
Australian National Bank, Canberra, Australia
Bank of America, San Francisco, CA
Centerre Bank and Trust Co., St. Louis, MO
Cigna Corporation, Hartford, CT
Continental Bank of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Fried, Frank, Harris, Schriver & Jacobson, New York, NY
Goldman-Sachs, New York, NY
Green Point Corp., New York, NY
Hayden Gallery, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Hebrew Home for the Aged, Riverdale, NY
JP Morgan Chase Bank, New York, NY
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
Museum of Fine Art, Boston ,MA
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Neuberger and Berman, New York, NY
New York Public Library, New York, NY
Ohio University, Athens, OH
Prudential Insurance Co., Newark, NJ
Southeast Banking Corp., Miami, FL
Third National Bank & Trust Co., Dayton, OH
Wertheim & Co., New York, NY
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Southeast Banking Corp., Miami, FL
SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Mrs. Edwin Bergman, Chicago, IL
Estate of Jack Chackes, New York, NY
Carroll Dunham and Laurie Simmons, New York, NY
Robert Feldman, Portland, OR
Ian Glennie, Houston, TX
Robert Gober, New York, NY
Arthur and Carol Goldberg, New York, NY
Estate of Philip Johnson
Raymond J. Learsy, New York, NY
Estate of Vera List, New York, New York, NY
Susan Lorence, New York, NY
Phil Schrager, Omaha, NE
Carol Selle, New York, NY
Estate of Robert C. Scull, Warren, CT
Raymond Sokolov and Johanna Hecht, New York, NY
Paul Walter, New York, NY
Ealan Wingate, New York, NY