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Education: Herron School of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana and additional studies: Will Barnet and Stanley Wm. Hayter, New York.
Fellowships: Mary Milliken Award for Trave and Study 1948-49; Visiting Lecturer Fulbright Award, Sao Paulo, Brazil 1985; and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1985.
Employment (teaching): Herron School of Art 1948-59, 1961-64; Technical Director, Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Inc. Los Angeles, CA 1960-61; Professor, Department of Art, University of New Mexico 1964; Technical Director, Tamarind Institute, University of New Mexico 1970-72; Chairman, Department of Art and Art History, University of New Mexico 1981-84; Department of Art, University of New Mexico 1964-87.
In additon Garo Antreasian has been a visiting artist and/or lecturer at numerous locations throughout the United States and Canada. A selected list of recent locations includes University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; San Antonio Art Museum, San Antonio, TX; McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX; University ot Texas, San Antonio, TX; Witherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC; Department of Art, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; Philadelphia College of Art, philadelphia, PA; State University College, Cortland, NY; Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY; Boston Museum School of Art, Boston, MS; Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI; York University, Toronto, Canada; and Royal Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Canada.
Publications: Co-author with Clinton Adams, "The Tamarind Book
of Lithography: Art and Techniques", Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 1970.
"The Works of Juergen Strunck", Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, 1973: and
illustrated essay for the catatlog of circulating exhibition of the artist's
work.
"Florilege Des Amours De Ronsard" by Matisse, Bulletin of The University
of New Mexico Art Museum, No. 8, 1974. An illustrated essay.
Book Review: Heller, Jules, "Papermaking" in the Tamarind Technical
Papers: Technical, Critical, and Historical Studies on the Art of Lithography.
Vol. II, No. 1, Autumn, 1978.
Article: "Some Thought About Printmaking and Print Publications", Art
Journal, College Art Association of America, Spring, 1980, pp. 180-188.
Catalog and Exhibition Review: "Hullmandel and Harding", Spring issue.
"Tamarind Papers", Tamarind Institute, 1984.
Exhibitions: Antreasian's art work has been exhibited internationally
and is in numerous public and private collections. A selected list of recent
solo exhibitions includes "On the Edge", Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, IL;
"Works on Paper", Ruschmon Gallery, Indianapolis, IN; "Garo Antreasian:
Written on Stone-A 50 year Retrospective", Indianapolis Museum of Art,
IN; "Recent Works- Prints and Paintings" University of Arizona Art Museum,
Tucson, AZ; "Recent Works- Prints and Drawings" Dowd Fine Arts Gallery,
State University College, Cortland, NY and Rettigy Martinez Gallery, Santa
Fe, NM; and "Paintings, Prints and Drawings" Galleria Exposition, Mexico
City, Mexico.
Recent group and invitational exhibitions include "The Art of Albuquerque"
Albuquerque Museum; "Prints for Tandem Press, Pace Gallery, New York; "Southwes
90, Museum of New Mexicao, Santa Fe; "A Spectrum of Innovation: Color in
American Printmaking 1890-1960" Traveling exhibition and catalog, Amon
Carter Museum, Ft. Worth, TX, Nelson Atkins Museum, Kansas City, MO, and
Worcester Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts; "Passages: Third Annual Artists
for Colorado Youth" Colorado History Museum, Denver, CO; and "Late Style:
Recent Work by Distinguished Venerables" Art Museum, The University of
New Mexico.
Other Professional Activities: Elected to the Board of Directors, College Art Association of America, 1976-1980; Invited to give 21st Annual Research Lecture (with Clinton Adams), University of Mexico, 1976; Panelist: "World Print Council Conference on Paper Art and Technology", San Francisco, CA, 1978; Co-President, National Print Council of America, 1980; Co-Chairman, National Print Council Meeting, New Orleans, 1980; Panelist: "Multiples Symposium" New Orleans Art Center, 1980; Chairman, Printmaking Panel, Mid-America Collere Art conference, Houston, TX, 1980; Chairman, Printmaking Panel, Annual Meeting, College Art Association of American, San Francisco, 1981; Co-Chairman, Symposium of American Printmaking, San Francisco, 1981; Co-Chairman, National Print Council Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 1981; Member, Board of Trustees, Albuquerque Museum, 1981-1990.
(biographical information last updated on June 10, 1999)