American Art Invitational

George Carlson

BORN
July 3, 1940 Elmhurst, Illinois

EDUCATION
The American Academy of Art, Chicago The Art Institute of Chicago University of Arizona Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts, University of Idaho, Moscow

ONE-MAN EXHIBITIONS 1995 Retrospective Exhibition Fort Worth Zoo Museum, Texas 1993 Retrospective Exhibition Autry Western Heritage Museum, Los Angeles 1988 The Tarahumara Southwest Museum, Los Angeles 1985 The Tarahumara Indianapolis Museum of Art 1982 The Tarahumara Natural History Museum, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C. 1979-80 Retrospective Exhibition Indianapolis Museum of Art GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2004 Salon d' Arts Denver, Colorado Thomas Gilcrease Museum Tulsa, Oklahoma Wildlife Experience Museum Parker, Colorado 2003 - 04 California Art Club Exhibition Pasadena Museum of California Art, California 2002 - 03 Fallbrook Art and Cultural Center Fallbrook, California 1998 - 05 Coors Invitational, 2000 Feature Artist, National Western Stock Show and Rodeo Denver Colorado Masters of the American West Autry Western Heritage Museum, Los Angeles 2001 Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art Marietta, Georgia 2000 From the Inside Out: Contemporary Wildlife Art and the Legacy of Carl Rungius, Glenbow Museum Calgary, Alberta, Canada 1995-05 Prix de West • National Cowboy Hall of Fame Oklahoma City 1995 Western Rendezvous Show Park City, Utah 1981-2000 Artists of America Show Denver, Colorado 1999 "100 Years of the Art of Taos" Foothills Art Center, Golden, Colorado 1998 The Governor's Invitational Denver, Colorado 1996 Direct From Nature International Center for Earth Concerns, Ojai, California 1992 The Denver Seven National Cowboy Hall of Fame Oklahoma City 1991-92 High Plains Heritage Museum Spearfish, South Dakota 1991 The Hakone Open-Air Museum Tokyo 1990 Amerika Haus Berlin, Germany Central House of Artists Moscow, U.S.S.R. National Academy of Design New York National Sculpture Society New York Hubbard Museum Riudoso, New Mexico 1973-90 National Academy of Western Art Oklahoma City 1989 Kennedy Center Washington, D.C. Eiteljorg Museum of American Indian and Western Art Indianapolis 1988 Western & Wildlife Museum Jackson, Wyoming Kentucky Derby Museum Lexington Americana Museum El Paso, Texas 1987 Kyoto World Exposition of Historical Cities Japan Sonoma County Museum Santa Rosa, California 1985 Gilcrease Museum Tulsa, Oklahoma 1984 Salmugundi Club New York 1982-83 National Sculpture Society New York 1981 The Peking Exhibit Beijing, China Indianapolis Museum of Art Indianapolis Prior Phoenix Art Museum Denver Natural History Museum Penrose Library • University of Denver AWARDS 2005 Masters of the American West Award Autry National Museum John J. Geraghty Award Autry National Museum 2003 The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation Award for Sculpture Autry National Museum Gold Medal for Sculpture, California Art Club Mary Bell Grant Award, Coors Invitational 1989 Gold Medal, National Academy of Western Art Gold Medal, Robert Lougheed Award, National Academy of Western Art 1988 Silver Medal, National Academy of Western Art 1985 Gold Medal, National Academy of Western Art 1983 Merit Award, Western Rendezvous Show Helana, Montana 1981 Silver Medal, National Academy of Western Art 1980 Gold Medal, National Academy of Western Art 1978 Gold Medal, National Academy of Western Art 1976 Silver Medal, National Academy of Western Art 1975 Prix de West, National Academy of Western Art 1974 Gold Medal, National Academy of Western Art


"Wings of Light"
29 1/8"h x 8"w x 16 1/2"d
Edition 21 ~ Bronze
$14,000.00
George Carlson