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Budd Hopkins    (American, 1931)

 Budd Hopkins - Andorra (Paintings) h: 49.3 x w: 65.9 in / h: 125.2 x w: 167.4 cm
Budd Hopkins
Andorra 1965
 
 Budd Hopkins - Aquarius III (Paintings) h: 80 x w: 68 in / h: 203.2 x w: 172.7 cm
Budd Hopkins
Aquarius III 1971
 
 Budd Hopkins - Braxton (Paintings) h: 74 x w: 87 in / h: 188 x w: 221 cm
Budd Hopkins
Braxton 1961-1962
 
 Budd Hopkins - Osipee (Paintings) h: 68 x w: 49.5 in / h: 172.7 x w: 125.7 cm
Budd Hopkins
Osipee 1958
 
 Budd Hopkins - Study for Marathon (Paintings) h: 13 x w: 25.5 in / h: 33 x w: 64.8 cm
Budd Hopkins
Study for Marathon 1964
 
 Budd Hopkins - Tarlac (Paintings) h: 52 x w: 40 in / h: 132.1 x w: 101.6 cm
Budd Hopkins
Tarlac 1968
 

Biography
1931 Born June 15, 1931 in Wheeling, West Virginia
1953 Graduated from Oberlin College, Ohio
Moved to New York City
1953 - 1954 Attended Columbia University
1963 Selected by the Columbia Broadcasting System as one of the 15 painters featured in the network's first television special on American art
1964 He and two others saw a UFO in daylight near Truro, MA
1973 Married April Kingsley


Awards and Honors
Fellow, NEA, 1976
Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim, 1976
Member of the American Abstract Artists, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, and the National Academy of Design
Named to Wheeling, West Virginia Hall of Fame, 1992

Exhibitions
2006 "No Paper Tigers: Paper Artworks from the Permanent Collection," Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL
1994 Longpoint Gallery, Provincetown, MA (solo)
1990 Drew University, Madison, NJ (solo)
1988 Marilyn Pearl Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1985 Marilyn Pearl Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
1982 Lerner-Heller Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX
1980 Lerner-Heller Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Rosa Esman Gallery, New York, NY
1979 Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
1978 Lerner-Heller Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1977 Lerner-Heller Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1974 Galerie Liatowitsch, Basel, Switzerland (solo)
1959 Zabriskie Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1958 "Festival of Two Worlds" exhibition, Spoleto, Italy; one of 12 American artists invited by Art News
1956 Poindexter Gallery, New York, NY, 1956 (solo)

Literature
1981 Budd Hopkins, "Missing Time: A Documented Study of UFO Abductions"
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