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John Alexander Biography
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1945 |
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Born in Beaumont, Texas
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1968 |
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B.F.A. from Lamar University Beaumont, Texas
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1970 |
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M.F.A. from Southern Methodist University Dallas, Texas
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1981 |
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National Endowment for the Arts Fellow
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1984 |
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow
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Currently lives and works in New York City and Amagansett, NY
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Public and Private Collections:
Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, Texas
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas.
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2008
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John Alexander: A Retrospective, MFAH - Museum of FIne Arts, Houston, TX
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2007
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John Alexander: A Retrospective, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
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2005
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John Alexander: The Sea! The Sea!, Eaton Fine Art, West Palm Beach, FL
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2003
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Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX -solo
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2002
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Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, CA -solo
El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX -solo
Pillsbury and Peters Fine Art, Dallas, TX -solo
The McKinney Avenue Contemporary Dallas, TX -solo
Bendley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ -solo
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1986
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Jan Turner Gallery Los Angeles, California
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1985
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F.I.A.C., Grand-Palais Paris, France
Selections II: Twentieth Century Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, New York
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1984
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New Landscape Painting, Palazzio Ducale (organized by the Met, New York) Gubbio, Italy
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1983
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Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, Massachusetts
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1982
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Recent Acquisitions, Corcoran Gallery of Art Washington, D.C.
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1980
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Corcoran Gallery of Art Washington, D.C.
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1979
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Fire, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Texas
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1978
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Max Hutchinson Gallery New York, New York
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1977
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1977 Artists Biennial, New Orleans Museum of Art New Orleans, Louisiana
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1976
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Annual Exhibition, , American Academy of Arts and Letters New York, New York
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1975
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Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Texas
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