Artworks by Alan Shields at Alpha 137 Gallery on artnet

Alan Shields

(American, 1944–2005)

Alan Shields

PEACE OF THE ROCK, 1974

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Alan Shields

LONELY NIGHT, 1969

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Alan Shields

Untitled Mixed Media Collage, 1971

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Alan Shields

TV Re-Run B, 1978

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Alan Shields

TV Re-Run A, 1978

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Alan Shields

Treasure Rute I, 1979

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Alan Shields

Untitled, ca. 1979

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Alan Shields

Alice in Grayland, 1979

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Alan Shields

Untitled double sided mixed media work, 1974

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Biography

Timeline

1944: Born in Herington, USA
1963: Attended Kansas State University, Manhattan, USA
1968 - 1969: Attended summer theatre workshops at University of Maine, Orono, USA
1968: Moved to New York, USA
1973: Recipient, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship
2005: Died in Shelter Island, USA

Exhibitions

2013: Inventive Editions 1973-2001, The Drawing Room, East Hampton, USA (solo)
Alan Shields, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
2012: Alan Shields: Maze, Van Doren Waxter, New York, USA (solo)
2011: Old Legs, New Shadow, Eleven Rivington, New York, USA
Jennifer Bartlett, Mel Kendrick, Alan Shields, The Drawing Room, East Hampton, USA
2011 Bridgehampton Biennial, Martos Gallery, Bridgehampton, USA
Alan Shields: Something Goin' On & On, Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
2010: Alan Shields: Canvas & Constructions 1973-2003, The Drawing Room, East Hampton, USA (solo)
2008: Alan Shields: The Gallery at Dieu Donné Papermill, New York, USA
2007: Alan Shields: Stirring up the Waters, Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, USA (solo)
2002: 25 Years of Paper Art, Kansas State University, Manhattan, USA
1999: The Worm Re-Turns (to the Big City), Nicholas Davies Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
Alan Shields: A Survey, The Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, Manhattan, USA (solo)
1998: Alan Shields: Images in Paper, Center for Contemporary Graphic Art and Tyler Graphics Archive Collection, Fukushima, Japan (solo)
1991: Alan Shields: Works on Canvas and Paper, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
1988: Alan Shields: Big and In-between, Sawhill Gallery, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, USA (solo)
1987: A view of a workshop: selections from Tyler Graphics, 1974–1987, Katonah Gallery, Katonah, USA
Artists from the Paula Cooper Gallery, Galeria EMI-Valentim de Carvalho, Lisbon, Portugal
1986: Made in India, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
1984: Prints from Tyler Graphics, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA
1983: The Work of Alan Shields: 1968–1983, Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, Memphis, USA (solo)
1981: Alan Shields: Painting and Prints, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, USA (solo)
1980: Drawings: The Pluralist Decade, American Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
1979: 1979 Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA
1978: Institute for Art and Urban Resources, MoMA P.S. 1, Long Island City, USA
1977: International Biennale of Graphic Art, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
Prints of the Seventies, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
1976: Alan Shields, Musée de Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France (solo)
Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, USA
1975: Biennial Exhibition, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
1973: 1973 Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA
Biennial Exhibition, Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris, France
Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, USA
1970: Paperworks, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
1969: New Acquisitions, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA
Alan Shields, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, USA (solo)

Public Collections

: Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran
: Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO
: The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA
: Wright State University Art Galleries, Dayton, OH
: The Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX
: MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA
: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
: Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
: Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
: Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
: Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
: The Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
: Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
: Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH
: Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
: Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY
: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
: National Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand
: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
: Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
: Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
: Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
: Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York, NY
: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
: Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
: Tate Britain, London, England
: Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Strasbourg, France

Alan Shields

(American, 1944–2005)

Alan Shields

Alan Shields

Alan Shields

Alan Shields

Alan Shields

Alan Shields

Alan Shields

Alan Shields

Alan Shields

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

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