| James A. Allen | |
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| CONTACT: | jimallen.art@gmail.com (413) 458-2818 |
| PERSONAL: | Born in Detroit, Michigan Home and studio in Williamstown, Massachusetts |
| EDUCATION: | BFA, University of Notre Dame MFA, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan |
| EMPLOYMENT: | Professor Emeritus at Daemen College, Amherst, New York |
| ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS: | |
| 2014 | I Am Poor, I Am Hungry, Czurles-Nelson Gallery, State University College at Buffalo |
| 2013 | James Allen: Recent Paintings, Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo, New York |
| 2011 | Cecelia Bell Coker Gallery, Coker College, Hartsville, South Carolina |
| 2006 | Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo, New York |
| 2002 | Castellani Art Museum, Niagara University, Lewiston, New York |
| McLanahan Gallery, Penn State University-Altoona, Altoona, Pennsylvania | |
| 1993 | Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, New York |
| 1991 | Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto, Ontario |
| 1988 | Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto, Ontario |
| Sabbatical Exhibition, Daemen College, Amherst, New York | |
| 1987 | Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto, Ontario |
| 1986 | Village Gate Art Center, Rochester, New York |
| New York Artists Series VI, Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York | |
| 1984 | Patterson Gallery, Westfield, New York |
| SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS: | |
| 2019 | Time Bombs, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Not Just Another Pretty Picture, Berkshire Artist Museum, North Adams, Massachusetts | |
| You Look Drawn, Images Cinema, Williamstown, Massachusetts | |
| 2018 | 50th Anniversary Gala, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, New York |
| 2016 | Annual Artist Gala, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, New York |
| 2015 | 79th Midyear Exhibition, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio* |
| Strange Figurations, Limner Gallery, Hudson, New York | |
| 2013 | Open Call NNE, Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro, VT* |
| 2011 | 45th Annual Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas |
| Figuration and Its Disconnects, Center For the Arts Gallery, State University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York | |
| 2010 | The Art of Conflict, Tarnish and Gold Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| 2009 | Vivid Wonders of a Startled Imagination, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams, Massachusetts* |
| 2007 | Physical Presence, Mesa Contemporary Art Center, Mesa, Arizona |
| 2007 National Juried Works On Paper, Long Beach Island Foundation of Arts and Sciences, Loveladies, New Jersey | |
| 2005 | Art After 9/11, New Phoenix Theater and Gallery, Buffalo, New York |
| Town and Country: The Landscape in Contemporary Art, Claypool-Young Art Gallery, Morehead State University, Morehead, Kentucky | |
| 2004 | The Educated Eye, Fineline Gallery, Buffalo, New York |
| 2001 | 28th Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Peoria, Illinois |
| Some Kind of Narrative, Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, New York | |
| 2000 | In Western New York 2000, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York |
| Transferred Sensibilities, Corning Community College, Corning, New York | |
| Stage International Competition 2000, Stage Gallery, Merrick, New York* | |
| 1998 | El Museo Invitational Exhibition, El Museo Francisco Oller y Diego Rivera, Buffalo, New York |
| 1996 | TOYS: The Artist At Play, Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo, New York |
| Rutgers National '96 Works on Paper, Stedman Gallery, Camden, New Jersey* | |
| 1995 | ALTERNATIVES: Twenty Years of Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo, New York |
| 1994 | 45th Western New York Exhibition, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York* |
| 1992 | 44th Western New York Exhibition, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York* |
| Cheekwood National Painting Competition, Nashville, Tennessee* | |
| 1989 | Gallery Artists, Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto, Ontario |
| 1987 | New Visions Gallery, Ithaca, New York |
| The Wayward Muse: A Historical Survey of Painting in Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York | |
| 1986 | Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto, Ontario |
| 1985 | Twenty-two, Carnegie Cultural Center, North Tonawanda, New York |
| In Western New York, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York | |
| 1984 | Rutgers National Works on Paper, Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey* |
| Collegiate Faculty Exhibition, Artspace, Buffalo, New York | |
| 40th Western New York Exhibition, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York* | |
| 1983 | 26th Chautauqua National Exhibition, Chautauqua, New York |
| 29th Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana* | |
| Art As The Image of America, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Pennsylvania | |
| American Drawings IV, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition* | |
| 1982 | 25th Chautauqua National Exhibition, Chautauqua, New York* |
| Appalachian National Drawing Competition, Appalachian, State University, Boone, North Carolina* | |
| 1981 | Rutgers National Works on Paper, Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey* |
| 27th Drawing and Small sculpture Show, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana* | |
| Three-person Exhibition, Kenan Center, Lockport, New York | |
| 1980 | Inaugural Exhibition of the Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana |
| Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto, Ontario | |
| 38th Western New York Exhibition, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York* | |
| 1979 | Rutgers National Drawing Exhibition, Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey* |
| 22nd Chautauqua National Exhibition, Chautauqua, New York* | |
| 7th 2nd Street Gallery National Jury Show, Charlottesville, Virginia* | |
| 1978 | Works on Paper, Artists' Committee Gallery, Buffalo, New York |
| 21st Chautauqua National Exhibition, Chautauqua, New York | |
| 24th Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana* | |
| 37th Western New York Exhibition, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York* | |
| 1977 | 10 Years of Our Best, Kenan Center, Lockport, New York |
| Charles Rand Penny Upstate New York Collection, Niagara Community College, Sanborn, New York | |
| In Western New York, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York | |
| 1976 | 36th Western New York Exhibition, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York* |
| 1975 | 39th Annual Mid-year Show of American Art, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio* |
| Four-person Invitational, Kenan Center, Lockport, New York | |
| 21st Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana* | |
| Invitational Exhibition, Members' Gallery, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York | |
| 1974 | 34th Western New York Exhibition, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York* |
| 17th Chautauqua National Jury Show, Chautauqua, New York* | |
| 1973 | 16th Chautauqua National Jury Show, Chautauqua, New York* |
| 19th Drawing and Small sculpture Show, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana* | |
| 5th Washington and Jefferson National Painting Show, Washington, Pennsylvania* | |
| *Juried Exhibition; all others by invitation | |
| AWARDS: | |
| Purchase Award, Rutgers National Works On Paper '96, 1996 | |
| The Display Company Award, 45th Western New York Exhibition, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1994 | |
| Marine Midland Bank Award, 44th Western New York Exhibition, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1992 | |
| The Genevieve Weaver and Marie Henninger Award, 25th Chautauqua National Exhibition, 1982 | |
| Purchase Award, Appalachian National Drawing Competition, 1982 | |
| Winner, Buffalo Theater District Outdoor Mural Commission Competition, 1978 | |
| Elizabeth W. Reeb Memorial Award, 36th Western New York Exhibition, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1976 | |
| Chautauqua Art Association Award, 17th Chautauqua National Jury Show, 1974 | |
| Buffalo Evening News Award, 34th Western New York Exhibition, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1974 | |
| Chautauqua Institution Award, 16th National Jury Show, 1973 | |