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TONY   MAGAR

BIOGRAPHY

Born: 1934, London, England

Educatlon & Work Experience:

Studied at Royal Albert Hall School of Literature. 
Traveled for 5 years to Africa, China and India. 
Began sculpting in 1958 in New York with Mark Di Suvero. 
Taught sculpture at Denver University, 1968.
Lived in Taos, New Mexico, working as a painter and sculptor until 1986.
Moved to Houston, Texas in 1986.
Moved to Pueblo, Colorado in 1994.

Publications:

2002  La Nouvelle Abstraction Americaine 1950-1970, Claudine Humblet, Skira Publishing. 

Major Exhibitions:

2004   New Gallery, Houston, Texas
2004   Harwood Museum of the University of New Mexico
2003   New Gallery, Houston, Texas
2002   New Gallery, Houston, Texas
2000   Paintings: Klein-Lewallen Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico. 
         New Works, New Gallery, Houston, Texas. 
1996    A River Within, New Gallery, Houston, Texas.
          Paintings, New Directions Gallery, Taos, New Mexico.
1994    Mirrors Without Reflection, New Gallery, Houston, Texas. 
1993    Moon Man, New Gallery, Houston, Texas.
1991    Paintings, a one-man show , New Gallery, Houston, Texas. 
          Glassell School of Art, group show and benefit, Houston, Texas. 
1990   Paintings, a one-man show, New Directions Gallery, Taos, New Mexico.
          Mind & Matter, a one-man show. Conlon Gallery, Santa Fe. New Mexico. 
1989    Paintings, New Directions Gallery, Taos, New Mexico. 
1987    3-D paintings, 'New Gallery, Houston, Texas. 
1985    3-D paintings, New Gallery, Houston, Texas.
1983    Contemporary Artists of Texas, traveling show through museums in Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma. 
1982    New Gallery ,Taos, New Mexico.
1981    Taos Open Awards Show, Taos, New Mexico. 
1979    Santa Fe Festival of the Arts, Santa .3Fe, New Mexico. 
          Taos Open Awards Show, Taos, New Mexico. 
1978    Maggie Kress Gallery, Taos, New Mexico. 
1968    Denver Art Museum.
1967    N.Y.U. Drawing Exhibition, New York. 
1966    Whitney Sculpture Annual, Whitney Museum, NY. 
          Dwan Gallery, Los Angeles.
1965    Four Winds Gallery, Lannan Foundation, Palm Beach, CA. 
          San Francisco Museum of Art. 
          World House Gallery, NY. 
1964   John Daniels Gallery, NY. 
          Noah Galdwosky Gallery, NY. 
         Welfare lsland Art Festival, NY. 
1963-67   Park Place Gallery, NY, NY. 
1962    New York Group, Green Gallery, NY, NY. 
1961    New Media II, NY, NY.
1960    New Media I, Martha Jackson Gallery, NY, NY.

Selected Collections:

Harwood Museum     Palm Springs Museum
Dennis Hopper     Mr. and Mrs. Pearson Grimes
I. Magnin      Howard Taylor
Jeff Fort      Mary Alice Gibner
Lannan Foundation     Continental Resources
Baker & Botts     Peter T. Lewis
John W. Mecom Corporation   Drew Robbins
Steven Susman     Scott and Jennifer Clearman
Ray and Barbara McLaughlin   Edward Albee
Don and Wendy Fullenweider   Gundi McCandliss
Albert List      Butler & Binion
McClannahan & Clearman    Ethyl Scull Collection
Caddell Foundation     Terry Ann Brown
Steve Keilen      IBM
Larry Bell      Elizabeth Taylor
John and Jackie Dickenson   Stinson Gibner
Leslie Golden     Virginia Dwan
Vincent & Elkins     Thomas B. Alleman
Mickey and Jeanie Klein    Bill and Lennie Burke
Bob Munkatchy     Frank and Jan King
Amerind Foundation    Gary Grossman
John Arnold      Jim Goodchild
Tony Vallone     Tony Chase
Lennie Friedman     Jerry Kaplan
Kenneth Bentsen     Neil Strauss

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