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BIOGRAPHY
1958 Born, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Currently lives and works in Fort Worth, Texas
Education
1989 M.F.A., University of North Texas, Denton
1986 M.A., University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
1981 B.F.A., University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
Grants and Awards
1999 Otis and Velma Davis Dozier Travel Grant, Dallas Museum of Art
1993 National Endowment for the Arts, Mid-America Arts Alliance
1991 Engelhard Award, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts
Solo Exhibitions Group Exhibitions
2008
Nautral Concerns, Galveston Art Center, Galveston, TX
2007
Floater, Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas
2006
Dozens, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
2005
Scorched, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2004
Group Show, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
Dark Horse, Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas
Home Again, Dunn and Brown Contemporary
Patch of Blue, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Helen Altman: Smoke Signal, DCKT New York, New York
2003
Helen Altman, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, California
2002
Lassie Go Home, Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas
Helen Altman: Fire and Ice, The Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
2001
Helen Altman: My Best Eggs, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
Helen Altman: Trailhead, Women and Their Work, Austin, Texas
Helen Altman: Mixed Herd, Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas
Helen Altman: Moose and Squirrel, J.M. Moudy Exhibition Hall, Texas Christian
1999
Ever Green, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Running Rabbit, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1998
Nature Depicted, Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, Texas
1997
Just Ahead, Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont; traveled to Galveston Arts Center, Texas
1995
Ark, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Out of the Woods, Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, Texas
1992
Helen Altman, Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, Texas
Burning Down the House, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Watching Pots, Ida Green Gallery, Austin College, Sherman, Texas
Group Exhibitions Solo Exhibitions
2006
Photo-based, Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, California
Furniture as Metaphor: Contemporary Sculpture and the Poetics of Domesticity, University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton, Texas
2005
Pairings, The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, Texas
Welcome 2 the Jungle, DCKT Contemporary, New York, New York
Land, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
Artists Among Us, The Women’s Museum, Dallas, Texas
Double Vision: Exhibiting Contemporary Texas Artists for 25 Years, The Old Jail Art Center, Albany, Texas
2004
5th Anniversary Exhibition, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
Flock & Fable: Animals and Identity in Contemporary Art, New York, NY
Art in Embassies Program: Switzerland and Liechtenstein, United States Embassy, Bern, Switzerland
Texas Vision: The Barrett Collection, The Meadows Museum, Dallas, TX
2003
Flip, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
2002
Home Sweet Home, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas
Next, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
The Inward Eye: Transcendence in Contemporary Art, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston
2001
Our Crowd Collects, Margolis Gallery, Congregation Beth Israel, Houston, Texas
The Inward Eye: Transcendence in Contemporary Art, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas
Burn: Artists Play with Fire, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida; The Columbia Museum of Art, Columbus, South Carolina
Creature (dis) Comforts, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas
2000
Texas: 150 Works from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, Texas
Texas Dialogues: Scenic Overlook, Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, Texas
Natural Deceits, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas
Burn It! Next Text, Arlington Musuem of Art, Arlington, Texas
Artistic Centers in Texas: Dallas/Fort Worth, The Texas Fine Arts Association, The Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, Texas
Who Needs TV? Art League, Houston, Houston, Texas
small, The Old Jail Art Center, Albany, Texas
Texas, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
Making a Mark: experimental drawing and printmaking, University Art Gallery, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
Crossing State Lines, Museum of Fine Arts
Out of the Ordinary New Art from Texas, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas
Uniquely Texas Icons, New Braunfels Museum of Art, Texas
1999
The Aquarium Show, Galveston Arts Center, Houston, Texas
Helen Altman, Matthew Sontheimer, Liz Ward, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
Threshold, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin; Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach
Texas Draws, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas
1998
ARTS BOTANICA, Ida Green Gallery, Austin College, Sherman, Texas
Visions, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1997
Serial Imagery Whistler Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Works on Paper, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Surface Tensions, Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, Texas
Schemata: Drawings by Sculptors, The Glassell School of Art, Houston, Texas
1996
Transformers: A Moving Experience, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand; Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, Texas
Burning Issues, Galveston Art Center, Texas
First Texas Annual, Contemporary Art Center of Ft. Worth, Texas
1995
The Home Show, University of San Antonio Art Gallery, Texas
Das Pop, Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; traveled to Museum of Agenda and Transgression, Dallas, TX; Betty Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas
1994
Drawings, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Helen Altman, Kay Rosen, and Madhvi Subrahmanian, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, Texas
New Works Fellowships: Northern Telecom, Arlington Museum of Art, Texas
The Light Fantastic, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas
Uncommon Objects, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1993
Small Wonders, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Texas: Between Two Worlds, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX; traveled to Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, TX; Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas
Light, Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, Texas
Sculptors and Paper, Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, Texas
Texas Art Celebration 1993, Cullen Center, Houston, Texas
Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, Texas
1992
Ship Shapes, Galveston Arts Center, Texas
Housewares on Level 6, Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, Ilinois
New Texas Art, Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, WA and Boise Art Museum, Idaho
Art & Nature, Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, Texas
Urban/Suburban: Texas Artists: Responses to Life in Suburbia, Arlington Museum of Art, Texas
Re-creation, Recreation, re:Creation, Laguna Gloria Art Museum
Beyond Glory: Re-Presenting Terrorism, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
1991
The Perfect World, San Antonio Museum of Art, Texas
5, An Anniversary Exhibition, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Metamorphosis of a Butterfly, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
1990
Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, Texas
Domestic Disorder, Diverse Works, Houston, Texas
The Reality Factor: Helen Altman & Jeff Roddy, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, Texas
New American Talent: The Sixth Edition, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas
1989
Water, Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, Texas
Art in the Metroplex, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas
1986
National, 86 Small Works Exhibition, Cobbleskill, New York
Monomania, Ferguson Center Gallery, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Two Views, Ferguson Center Gallery, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Public Collections
Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
American Airlines, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas
Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, Texas
Dallas Museum of Art, Texas
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, California
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas