Terry Allen

Terry Allen

Selected exhibitions

Terry Allen at Frieze Los Angeles
2024

Installation photography /
Terry Allen at Frieze Los Angeles

Terry Allen /
Angels, c.1995 /
bronze /
6 x 5 x 6 in. (15.2 x 12.7 x 15.2 cm) /
Edition of 5

Installation photography /
Terry Allen at Frieze Los Angeles

The Exact Moment It Happens in the West
L.A. Louver, 2019

Installation photography, Terry Allen: The Exact Moment It Happens in the West

Installation photography, Terry Allen: The Exact Moment It Happens in the West

Terry Allen /
The Cowboy's Dreams of Home Turn to Chili-Up-The-Desert, 1969 /
mixed media on paper /
Framed: 38 1/4 x 31 1/4 x 1 3/8 in. (97.2 x 79.4 x 3.5 cm)

Terry Allen /
Hobbs (Anterabbit / Bleeder), 1983 /
mixed media on paper /
Framed: 18 1/2 x 24 in. (47 x 61 cm)

Terry Allen /
The Exact Moment (MemWars), 2018 - 2019 /
mixed media on paper /
30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 55.9 cm)

Ghost Ship Rodez: The Momo Chronicles
L.A. Louver, 2011

Terry Allen /
MOMO Lo Mismo /
mixed media /
dimensions variable

Terry Allen /
Installation photography /
Terry Allen - Ghost Ship Rodez: The Momo Chronicles /
10 March - 16 April 2011

Terry Allen /
Momo Chronicle IV: Rodez, Volver; Rodez face, 2009 /
gouache, pastel, color pencil, graphite, press type, spackle, collage elements /
28 1/4 x 39 1/4 in. (71.8 x 99.7 cm)

Dugout I & Dugout II: Hold on to the House
Blaffer Museum, Houston, TX 2005

Terry Allen /
Dugout I & Dugout II: Hold on to the house /
Blaffer Museum, Univ. of Houston, Houston, TX /
16 April - 11 June 2005

Terry Allen /
Dugout I & Dugout II: Hold on to the house /
Blaffer Museum, Univ. of Houston, Houston, TX /
16 April - 11 June 2005

Dugout I
L.A. Louver, 2004

Terry Allen /
Dugout I /
Installation photography /
Stage 2

Terry Allen /
Dugout I /
Installation photography /
Stage 1

Terry Allen /
Dugout I /
Installation photography /
Stage 3

Dugout II (Hold on to the House)
Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA 2004

Terry Allen /
Dugout II (Hold on to the house) /
Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA /
Video and installation sculpture, including images from Dugout III Warboy (and the backboard blues) /
28 February - 15 May 2004

Terry Allen /
Dugout II (Hold on to the house) /
Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA /
Video and installation sculpture, including images from Dugout III Warboy (and the backboard blues) /
28 February - 15 May 2004

Terry Allen /
Dugout II (Hold on to the house) /
Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA /
Video and installation sculpture, including images from Dugout III Warboy (and the backboard blues) /
28 February - 15 May 2004

Dugout III Warboy (and the backboard blues), 2005
REDCAT, Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater, Los Angeles, CA

Terry Allen /
DUGOUT III: Warboy (and the Backboard Blues) /
at the State Theater Company /
Austin, TX /
January 2004 / /

L.A. Theatre Works at the Skirball Cultural Center Los Angeles, CA and recorded for L.A. Theatre Works' weekly National Public Radio show 'The Play's The Thing.' /
Starring Jo Harvey Allen with Terry Allen, Lloyd Maines and Richard Bowden /
3, 4, 5 March & two performances 7 March 2004 /
/
Dugout III was performed in at the State Theater Company in Austin, TX /
January 2004

Terry Allen /
DUGOUT III: Warboy (and the Backboard Blues) /
at the State Theater Company /
Austin, TX /
January 2004 / /

L.A. Theatre Works at the Skirball Cultural Center Los Angeles, CA and recorded for L.A. Theatre Works' weekly National Public Radio show 'The Play's The Thing.' /
Starring Jo Harvey Allen with Terry Allen, Lloyd Maines and Richard Bowden /
3, 4, 5 March & two performances 7 March 2004 /
/
Dugout III was performed in at the State Theater Company in Austin, TX /
January 2004

Terry Allen /
DUGOUT III: Warboy (and the Backboard Blues) /
at the State Theater Company /
Austin, TX /
January 2004 / /

L.A. Theatre Works at the Skirball Cultural Center Los Angeles, CA and recorded for L.A. Theatre Works' weekly National Public Radio show 'The Play's The Thing.' /
Starring Jo Harvey Allen with Terry Allen, Lloyd Maines and Richard Bowden /
3, 4, 5 March & two performances 7 March 2004 /
/
Dugout III was performed in at the State Theater Company in Austin, TX /
January 2004

Youth in Asia
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, NC, 1992
Traveled

Terry Allen /
The Country Song, 1987 /
mixed media construction /
54 x 74 x 20 in (137.2 x 187.9 x 50.8 cm)

Terry Allen /
The Prisoner Song, 1984 /
mixed media on lead /
46 1/2 x 46 1/2 in (118.1 x 118.1 cm) /
Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Terry Allen /
Youth in Asia, 1992 /
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC; /
traveled to: Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX; /
1993, Newport Harbor Museum, Newport Beach, CA, and /
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI

China Night
Fresno Art Center and Museum, CA, 1985
Traveled

Terry Allen /
China Night, 1985 /
Fresno Art Center and Museum, Fresno, CA, /
traveled to; University Fine Arts Gallery, Tallahassee, FL /
Collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

Terry Allen /
China Night, 1985 /
Fresno Art Center and Museum, Fresno, CA, /
traveled to; University Fine Arts Gallery, Tallahassee, FL /
Collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

Terry Allen /
China Night, 1985 /
Fresno Art Center and Museum, Fresno, CA, /
traveled to; University Fine Arts Gallery, Tallahassee, FL /
Collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

Public commissions

Terry Allen /
Road Angel, 2016 /
bronze with audio and light /
65 x 181 x 81 1/2 in /
Installation view /
The Contemporary Austin – Betty and Edward Marcus Sculpture Park at Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas, 2016. Commissioned by The Contemporary Austin with funds provided by the Edward and Betty Marcus Foundation. Image © The Contemporary Austin. Photograph by Brian Fitzsimmons.

Terry Allen /
Road Angel, 2016 /
bronze with audio and light /
65 x 181 x 81 1/2 in /
Installation view /
The Contemporary Austin – Betty and Edward Marcus Sculpture Park at Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas, 2016. Commissioned by The Contemporary Austin with funds provided by the Edward and Betty Marcus Foundation. Image © The Contemporary Austin. Photograph by Brian Fitzsimmons.

Terry Allen /
Road Angel, 2016 /
bronze with audio and light /
65 x 181 x 81 1/2 in /
Installation view /
The Contemporary Austin – Betty and Edward Marcus Sculpture Park at Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas, 2016. Commissioned by The Contemporary Austin with funds provided by the Edward and Betty Marcus Foundation. Image © The Contemporary Austin. Photograph by Brian Fitzsimmons.

Scioto Lounge, 2013-2014

Terry Allen /
Scioto Lounge, 2013-2014 /
Three unique bronze sculptures /
Columbus, Ohio /
Photo courtesy of The Columbus Foundation

Terry Allen /
Scioto Lounge, 2013-2014 /
Three unique bronze sculptures /
Columbus, Ohio /
Photo courtesy of The Columbus Foundation

Terry Allen /
Scioto Lounge, 2013-2014 /
Three unique bronze sculptures /
Columbus, Ohio /
Photo courtesy of The Columbus Foundation

Other public commissions

Terry Allen /
Corporate Head, 1991 /
Commission for Poet's Walk, Citicorp Center, Los Angeles, CA /
unique bronze /
68 x 35 x 28 in (172.72 x 88.9 x 71.12 cm)

Terry Allen /
Shaking Man, 1993 /
Yerba Buena Center, San Francisco, CA

Terry Allen /
Modern Communication, 1993 /
New Communication Plaza, Kansas City, MO

Terry Allen /
Notre Denver, 1994 /
Commission for Denver International Airport, Baggage Claim area, Denver, CO /
unique bronze /
each figure approx 48 x 40 x 18 in (121.9 x 101.6 x 45.7 cm)

Terry Allen /
Golden Time, 1995 /
Sony Picture Entertainment, Culver City, CA

Terry Allen /
Belief, 1999 /
Vontz Center for Molecular Studies /
University of Cincinnatti, Cincinnati, OH

Terry Allen /
Liquid Assets, 1999 /
Sterling Software, Dallas, TX

Terry Allen /
Countree Music, 1999 /
George Bush International Airport, Houston, TX

Terry Allen /
The Book(secret), 2001 /
Morton/Donnelley Trust, Los Angeles, CA

Terry Allen /
Bookman (Read Reader), 2003 /
Texas Tech University /
New Student Union/Library Walkway, Lubbock, TX

Terry Allen /
Wish, 2003 - 2004 /
Commission for Dallas Ft Worth Airport /
New Terminal South Ticket Hall, Dallas, Texas /
unique bronze /
30' x 15' x 3' (9.14 x 4.57 x 0.91 m)

Bio

1943 Born, Wichita, KS
Lives and works in Santa Fe, NM

Education:
1966 BFA Chouinard Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA

biography

Portrait of Terry Allen. Photo: Paul O'Connor.

Photo: Paul O'Connor

Selected L.A. Louver exhibitions

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Terry Allen: The Exact Moment It Happens in the West

Terry Allen
The Exact Moment It Happens in the West

26 Jun - 28 Sep 2019

Gallery exhibition

Terry Allen: Ghost Ship Rodez<BR>The Momo Chronicles

Terry Allen
Ghost Ship Rodez
The Momo Chronicles

10 Mar - 16 Apr 2011

Gallery exhibition

Terry Allen: Dugout

Terry Allen
Dugout

4 Mar - 10 Apr 2004

Gallery exhibition

Terry Allen: Liquid Assets

Terry Allen
Liquid Assets

10 Dec 1996 - 15 Feb 1997

Gallery exhibition

Selected museum exhibitions

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Terry Allen

Amarillo Museum of Art
Amarillo, TX
20 May - 20 Aug 2023

Museum exhibition

Terry Allen: MemWars

Terry Allen
MemWars

Blanton Museum of Art
Austin, TX
18 Dec 2021 - 10 Jul 2022

Museum exhibition

DOWN IN THE DIRT: The Graphic Art of Terry Allen

DOWN IN THE DIRT
The Graphic Art of Terry Allen

Museum of Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX
29 Nov 2021 - 21 Mar 2022

Museum exhibition

Terry Allen: Youth in Asia

Terry Allen
Youth in Asia

Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art
Winston-Salem, NC
31 Oct 1992 - 24 Jan 1993

Museum exhibition

Selected public commissions/installations

Terry Allen: Road Angel

Terry Allen
Road Angel

Betty and Edward Marcus Sculpture Park at Laguna Gloria
The Contemporary Austin
Austin, TX
17 Dec 2016

Public commission/installation

Terry Allen: Scioto Lounge

Terry Allen
Scioto Lounge

Genoa Park
Columbus, OH
26 Sep 2014

Public commission/installation

Selected art fairs

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Terry Allen at Frieze Los Angeles

Terry Allen at Frieze Los Angeles

29 Feb 2024 - 3 Mar 2024

Art Fair

Publication

Terry Allen Cassette

Terry Allen: Cowboy and the Stranger
L.A. Louver and Paradise of Bachelors

Cassette
Summer 2019

Video

Selected articles

Hall, Michael. "Terry Allen Doesn’t Care What the Smithsonian Wants." Texas Monthly, April 2024.
full article, PDF | texasmonthly.com

Lingan, John. "Terry Allen Finally Gets His Due." The Washington Post Magazine, 29 January 2020.
full article, PDF | washingtonpost.com

"Terry Allen on his life and art." Artforum, 16 Aug 2019.
full article, PDF | artforum.com

"Terry Allen :: The AD Interview." Aquarium Drunkard, 6 Aug 2019.
full article, PDF | aquariumdrunkard.com

Dambrot, Shana Nys. "Terry Allen: Laughing Through the Sad Songs." LA Weekly, 25 Jul 2019.
full article, PDF | laweekly.com

Pagel, David. "Review: The L.A. art exhibition that will have you laughing, gasping and crying." LA Times, 16 Jul 2019.
full article, PDF | latimes.com

Drohojowska-Philp, Hunter. "Terry Allen at L.A. Louver | Art Talk." KCRW, 27 Jun 2019.
full article, PDF | kcrw.com

Artist website

terryallenartmusic.com

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