BALE CREEK ALLEN

EDUCATION

School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, Received 4-Year Diploma.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2003 Natural Selections, Arthouse at the Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin,
Texas
2003 New Works, Sala Diaz Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
2003 Bale Creek Allen: Recent Works, Solway Jones Gallery, Los Angeles, california
2002 Jesus Christ from East L. A., Gallery 68, Austin, Texas
2002 A Pogo is a Logo Upside-down, Solway and Jones Gallery 2211, Los Angeles,
California
2002 Faith & Superstition, Pillsbury & Peters Fine Art Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2001 The Day I Met Jesus Christ, Gallery 68, Austin, Texas
2000 Reflections of Life, Gallery 68, Austin, Texas
1999 Recent Works, Gallery 68, Austin, Texas
1998 Recent Works, Gallery Bleux, Austin, Texas
1997 Human Tendencies, Lubbock or Leave it Gallery, Austin, Texas
1995 XXX, Amdur Gallery, Austin, Texas
1994 Temptation and Compulsion, Lubbock or Leave it Gallery, Austin, Texas
1992 The Very Important Picture, Paradise Gallery, Austin, Texas
1991 Making Choices, Lubbock or Leave it Gallery, Austin, Texas
1991 Off The Road Into The Wild-erness, The Third Coast Gallery, Austin, Texas
1990 To Wish Upon A Bone, Main Atrium Space, The School of the Museum of Fine
Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
1990 Dan’s Disco Pad, Studio Space, The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,
Massachusetts
1990 Fuck Art, Let’s Do Yard Work, Studio Space, The School of the Museum of Fine
Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
1989 Art in Action, Axis Upstairs Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2004 Bale Creek Allen & Malcom Bucknall, d berman gallery, Austin, Texas
2003 Duct Tape and Plastic, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2003 Neon Art in Texas, Clear Lake Center for Contemporary Art, Clear Lake, Texas
2003 Word, Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, Texas
2002 Refrigerated Air, d berman gallery, Austin, Texas
2002 Arte Saragado, Concordia University Art Gallery, Austin, Texas
2002 Wet Paint, Austin Modern Gallery, Austin, Texas
2002 Five By Seven By X exhibit, Texas Fine Arts Association, The Jones Center For
Contemporary Art, Austin, Texas
2001 Second Inaugural Exhibition, With Alan Rath, John Cage, Alex Gray, & Others, Solway and Jones Gallery 2211, Los Angeles, California
2001 Five By Seven By X exhibit, Texas Fine Arts Association, The Jones Center For
Contemporary Art, Austin, Texas
2001 Gibson Guitar Series, Wild About Music Gallery, Austin, Texas
1999 South By Southwest Sims Foundation Show, Four Seasons Hotel, Austin, Texas
1997 Art Matters, Art Pace Center for Contemporary Art, San Antonio, Texas
1997 20/20, Twenty year anniversary exhibit, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, California
1996 The Devil Has Seven Fingers, Lubbock or Leave it Gallery, Austin, Texas
1996 Lubbock Arts Festival, Lubbock Civic Center (commissioned installation),
Lubbock, Texas
1995 Six Up, Flipnotics Gallery, Austin, Texas
1994 Found Object, Amdur Gallery, Austin, Texas
1994 1st Annual Show”, Boston Corporate Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
1993 Thirteen, Yellow Dog Photo Gallery, Austin, Texas
1993 Austin Arts Association, 15th Anniversary Exhibit, First Street Gallery, Austin,
Texas
1991 Still Working, Still Living, Amdur Gallery, Austin, Texas
1991 The Substitution, Esther’s Follies Annex Gallery, Austin, Texas
1991 Lost and Found, The Bentley College Gallery, Bentley College, Waltham,
Massachusetts
1990 Student Annual, Grossman Gallery, The School of the Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston, Massachusetts
1989 Boit Competition, Grossman Gallery, The School of the Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston, Massachusetts
1984 American Dolls, Fresno Arts Center, Fresno, California

PERMANENT INSTALLATION

1996 Skin of the White Lady, Phillips Lighting Head Office, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, Holland

PERFORMANCE ART

1991 Painted Black Velvet, Directed by Sharon Ely, Narrated by Jo Harvey Allen and Jo Carol Pierce; played male lead and assisted in costume design. Preformed at the Lubbock Civic Center, Lubbock, Texas
1987 Do You Know What Your Children Are Tonight?, produced by American Inroads
and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. co-wrote, produced, and played
Male lead in a family collaboration. Presented by Theater Artaud, San Francisco,
California
1985 “Do You Know What Your Children Are Tonight?’, Presented and produced by
The Washington Projects for the Arts. Co-wrote, produced, and played male lead
in a family Collaboration. Washington, D.C.
1985 “Real Life”, a visual musical collaboration with Terry Allen, Jo Harvey Allen,
and Bukka Allen. Presented and produced By the Aspen Art Museum and
Anderson Ranch, Aspen, Colorado
1981 “Fly By Night”, a group performance piece performed at the Visual Arts Center
of Alaska. Played male lead and assisted in writing, and directing, Anchorage,
Alaska

FILM

1991 “The Wild Texas Wind”, a made for television film, directed by Joan Tewksbury. Assistant art director and designer to John Huke. Staring Gary Busey and Dolly Parton, Austin, Texas
1988 “Just Another Weekend”, an I.V. Studios film. Produced and directed by
Elizabeth Cher: played and co-wrote the part of “Marco”. Filmed in Crested
Butte, Colorado and San Francisco, California
1986 “True Stories”, a Warner Brothers film, written and directed by David
Byrne. Played the part of “Boy in Field”, Dallas, Texas

MUSIC

1999 Self-titled solo album

FELLOWSHIPS

1998-00 “Acadia Summer Arts Program”, Guest Artist, Mount Desert Island,
Maine
1996 Received a grant from “Art Matters”, New York, New York