ALMA ALLEN

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ALMA ALLEN

(b. 1970, lives in Mexico City, Mexico)    

   

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2016     Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL

               Blum & Poe, New York, NY

2015     Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA

2009     Alma Allen, Heath Ceramics, Los Angeles, CA

     Hoodoos by Alma Allen, Play Mountain, Tokyo, Japan

2008     Sucking the Universe, Anthony Greaney Gallery, Boston, MA

1996     Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, IL

1994     Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, IL

1991     Cordell Taylor Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2017     In Conversation: Alma Allen & J.B. Blunk, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA

               HILL PEOPLE, curated by Benjamin Godsill, Performance Ski, Aspen, CO

2016     Gold Rush, de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA

2015     Small Sculpture, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL

2014     2014 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

2012     Function Dysfunction: Alma Allen, Ani Kasten, Adam Silverman, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2010     Alma + Adam + Commune + This Show, Heath Ceramics, Los Angeles, CA

2005     Pearce, Los Angeles, CA

2004     Pearce, Los Angeles, CA

2003     Pearce, Los Angeles, CA

2002     Pearce, Los Angeles, CA

1997     Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2018     Rus, Mayer. “Palm Springs Art Museum Spotlights Alma Allen and J.B. Blunk.” Architectural Digest, Feb. 2, 2018.

     Jansen, Charlotte. “A ‘blind date’ between two Californian artists reveals surprising shared sensibilities.”

     Wallpaper*, Feb. 4, 2018.

2017     DeLand, Lauren. “Alma Allen.” Art in America, Feb. 6, 2017.

2016     Zetouni, Sigalit. “Of Quarries and Orchards.” Chicago Life Magazine, Nov. 2016.

2015     Haskall, Rob. "AD Chat With Alma Allen About His First Solo Gallery Show." Architectural Digest, Mar. 2015. 

               Berardini, Andrew. "Alma Allen." Artforum, Jan. 2015.

     Browne, Alix. "Alma Allen Has Come a Long Way." W Magazine, Jan. 12, 2015.

     Griffin, Jonathan. "The Quiet Life: Artists and the Freedom of the Desert." Frieze, Jan.-Feb. 2015: pp. 11. 

     Williams, Maxwell. "The Road Less Traveled." Cultured, Feb. 2015: pp. 88.      

     Miranda, Carolina. "Alma Allen's Abstract Sculptures Channel Nature's Power at Blum & Poe.” Los Angeles Times,      
     Jan. 16, 2015. 

2014     Lacayo, Richard. “5 Best Works at the Whitney Biennial.” Time Magazine, Mar. 20, 2014. 

      Symonds, Alexandria. "Interview's Picks from the Whitney Biennial." Interview, Mar. 2014.

      Bodin, Claudia. “The Last Tango.” Art, Das Kunstmagazin, Mar. 12, 2014.

      Croak, James. “Sent Back to the Minors: a Review of the Whitney Biennial.” Hamptons Art Hub, Apr. 7, 2014.

      Tyrnauer, Matt. "Diamond in the Rough." The New York Times T Magazine, Apr. 11, 2014. 

      "Japanese Woodworkers: The Next Generation." Brutus, Nov. 2014: pp. 108.

2012     Okamoto, Hitoshi. “Interview 02: Alma Allen.” Casa Brutus (extra issue), Mar. 2012: pp. 76-77.