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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.