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James Surls Biography
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1943 |
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Born April 19, Texas
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1991 |
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Texas Artist of the Year
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1993 |
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“Living Legend Award” Dallas Contemporary Art Center
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1998 |
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Moved from Splendora, Texas to Carbondale, Colorado
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Married to Charmaine Locke and has seven daughters.
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MFA Cranbrook Academy of Art
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BS Sam Houston State College
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2010
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James Surls, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA (solo)
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2010
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James Surls, Drawings on the Wall: When She Speaks with Blue Angel, Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, TX (solo)
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2010
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Magnificent Seven: Houston Celebrates Surls, Rice University Campus, Houston, TX (solo)
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2010
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James Surls: Flowers, University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY (solo)
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2009
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James Surls on Park Ave., Park Ave. between 51st and 57th Streets, New York, NY (solo)
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2009
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James Surls: From the Heartland, The Grace Museum, Abilene, TX (solo)
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2009
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James Surls: From 2009, Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, TX (solo)
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2008
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James Surls, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA (solo)
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2008
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Story: Brent Green, Jill Hadley Hooper, James Surls, Metropolitan State College of Denver: Center for Visual Art, Denver, CO
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2008
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3 New Works: James Surls, Possibilities: Sharon Kopriva, Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, TX
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2007
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Sheldon Survey: An Invitational, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln,NE
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2007
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Amistad: Texas Art in Peru, Museo de la Nacion, Lima, Peru(accompanying catalogue)
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2007
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Corresponding & Responding: United Exhibition of Chinese-American Artists, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China(accompanying catalogue)
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2007
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Art in the Garden, Blue Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, Texas
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2007
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Ulterior Motifs No. 11, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, Texas
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2006
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Flatbed in Marfa, Flatbed Press, Marfa, Texas
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2006
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P.R.I.N.T News, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
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2006
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Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico(solo)
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2006
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Finding Balance, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX(accompanying book)
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2006
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Decades of influence: Colorado 1985-Present, The Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver, Denver, CO
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2005
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The Museum of Art and History at the McPherson Center, San Diego, CA,
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2005
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University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ,
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2005
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Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, TX
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2005
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James Surls: Giving and Receiving, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, Texas (solo)
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2005
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James Surls: The Splendora Years 1977-1997, Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, Texas (solo)
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2005
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James Surls, University of Texas Press and Flatbed Press, Austin, Texas (solo)
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2005
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James Surls: Marking Time, Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, Texas (solo)
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2005
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James Surls: Recent Works, Stephen F. Austin Gallery, Nacogdoches, Texas (solo)
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2004
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“Cranbrook Art Museum:100 Treasures”, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
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2004
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“Drawings & Sculptures”, Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, TX (solo)
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2003
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“In the Meadows”, Meadows Museum, Dallas, TX (solo)
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2001
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“Inside and Out – Contemporary Sculpture” Bass Art Museum, Miami, FL
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2001
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“Alexander Calder and James Surls”, Pillsbury and Peters Fine Art Dallas, TX
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2000
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“Contemporary American Sculpture”, Monte Carlo International Sculpture Exhibition
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1999
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The Creative World of James Surls
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1999
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“Innate Contours: The Drawings – James Surls” Museum of Fine Art, Houston, TX (solo)
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1999
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“New Bronzes” Marblorough Gallery Chelsea, New York, NY (solo)
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1999
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“Walking with Diamonds”, El Paso Museum of At, El Paso, TX (solo)
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1997
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“James Surls, Swimming in Forever”, R. Don Cowan Fine & Performing Arts Center, The University of Texas, Tyler, TX (solo)
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1994
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“Ideas and Objects: Selected Drawings and Sculptures from the Permanent Collection “ Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, N.Y.
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1993
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Eye to Eye”, The Art of Charmaine Locke and James Surls, Art Center of Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX
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1991
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The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI (solo)
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1989
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'The Boat Show: Fantastic Vessels, Fictional Voyages”, Renwich Gallery, The Smithonsian, Washington D.C.
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1987
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Cranbrook Academy Museum of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI (solo)
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1987
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Fuller Gross Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
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1987
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Pittsburg Center for the Arts, PA; traveled to Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1985
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“Biennial Exhibition”, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
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1984
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“Visions: James Surls – 1974 – 1984” Traveled: Dallas Museum of Fine Art, TX, La Jolla Museum, CA, Seattle Art Museum, WA (solo)
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1979
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“Biennial Exhibition”, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
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1977
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“Nine Artists: Theodorn Awards”, The Solomon Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
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1977
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“James Surls: Sculpture” Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX (solo)
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| Literature |
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2001
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“Gift to the Nation”, Friends of Art and Preservation in Embassies Forward by Jo Carole Lauder and Ann L. Gund
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2000
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“Texas – 150 Works from The Museum of Fine Art” Published by Abrams, New York, NY
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1999
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”James Surls: Walking with Diamonds” by Susie Kadil, El Paso Museum of Art
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1999
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“Innate Contours: Drawing of James Surls” by Valerie Olsen, The Glassell, Museum of Fine Art, Houston, TX
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1999
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“In Company: Robert Greeley’s Collaborations”, Castellani Art Museum of Niagra University, New York Public Library, Green Library, Stanford, CA
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| Links to further information |
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