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Al Souza Biography
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Born in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1944
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Currently resides in Houston, Texas
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University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MFA, Painting, 1970-72
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New York Studies Program, School of Visual Arts, New York City, 1970-72
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Art Students League, New York, New York, 1967-70
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International Association of Art Critics/USA Award, 2007
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Texas Artist of the Year, Houston, Texas, 2006
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Rockefeller Foundation, Bellagio Center, Bellagio, Italy, 2001
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Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation Space Program Grant, 1999-00
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Cultural Arts Council of Houston Artist Fellowship, 1999
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Pollock - Krasner Foundation Grant, 1997-98
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California Arts Council Artist Fellowship, 1990
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National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artists Fellowship, 1978-79, 1987-88
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Massachusetts Council on the Arts Artist Fellowship, 1981, 1985
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2008
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Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR (solo)
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2007
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The Gallery at UTA, Arlington, Texas (solo)
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2007
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The Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas (solo)
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2007
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Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana (solo)
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2007
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Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas (solo)
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2007
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Conduit Gallery, Dallas, Texas (solo)
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2007
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Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, Texas (solo)
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2007
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“Pushing the Envelope”, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston, Texas
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2007
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“Pushing the Envelope”, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston, Texas
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2007
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“In Context”, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, New York
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2006
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“Contemporary Art Houston”, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
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2006
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“25th Anniversary Exhibition: A Century of Collage”, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, Oregon
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2006
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“Texas 100: Selections from the El Paso Museum of Art,” El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas
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2006
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Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, New York (solo)
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2006
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Art League Houston, Houston, Texas (solo)
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2006
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Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, Texas (solo)
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2006
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Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas (solo)
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2006
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Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois (solo)
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2005
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Conduit Gallery, Dallas, Texas (solo)
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2005
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University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts (solo)
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2005
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“David Ireland, Jess, Al Souza”, Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas
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2005
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“COLLAGE signs & surfaces”, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, New York
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2005
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“Summer Sustenance”, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, New York
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2004
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“Perspectives @ 25: A Quarter Century of New Art in Houston”, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas
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2004
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Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas (solo)
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2004
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Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, New York (solo)
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2004
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Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, Tennessee (solo)
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2004
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Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston Salem, North Carolina (solo)
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2004
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Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana (solo)
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2004
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“The 2004 DeCordova Annual Exhibition”, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, Massachusetts
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2004
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“Possible Worlds”, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
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2003
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“Comic Release”, Carnegie Melon University, Pittsburgh, PA; Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA; University of North Texas, Denton, TX; Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA; Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX
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2003
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“Red on Red”, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia
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2003
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“For the Birds”, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, Texas
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2003
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Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, Virginia (solo)
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2003
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Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas (solo)
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2003
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Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, New York (solo)
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2002
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Pillsbury Peters Fine Art, Houston, Texas (solo)
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2002
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Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas (solo)
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2002
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Hemphill Fine Arts, Washington, DC (solo)
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2002
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Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana (solo)
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2002
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“Grid Coordinates”, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
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2002
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“Artists to Artists”, ACE Gallery, New York, New York
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2002
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“Contemporary Narrative”, Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, Florida
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2001
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“Material Whirled”, Art in General, New York, New York
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2001
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“BeHold”, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, Oregon
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2001
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Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, Virginia (solo)
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2001
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Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, New York (solo)
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2001
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Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas (solo)
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2000
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Charles Cowles Gallery New York, NY
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2000
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2000 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art New York, NY
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2000
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Quint Contemporary Art La Jolla, CA (solo)
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2000
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Moody Gallery Houston,TX (solo)
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2000
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Pillsbury Peters Fine Art Dallas, TX (solo)
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1999
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International Communication Art Biennale, Society for the Culture of Living Sabac, Yugoslavia
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1998
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Der Vogel Selbsterkenntnis, Tiroler Volkskunst Museum Innsbruck, Austria
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1998
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3 Texas Artists, Alfred University Alfred, NY
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1998
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The Portrait Show, West End Gallery Houston, TX
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1998
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Blurred Boundaries, Winter Street Art Center Houston, TX
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1998
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Tiroler Volkskunst Museum Innsbruck, Austria
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1998
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Roswell Museum and Art Center Roswell, NM (solo)
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1997
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Quint Contemporary Art La Jolla, CA (solo)
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1997
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Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego La Jolla, CA
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1997
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Museum of Fine Arts Houston,TX
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1996
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Guernsey College Guernsey Channel Islands, England (solo)
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