Statement
My studio practice and career path are akin to a highwire act without a net. I wouldn’t recommend this path to anyone. My work exists in a grey area between art and craft. It baffles most who see it, and it resists easy categorization. I didn’t plan this. It happened organically.
Although abstract at first glance, my installation work represents the fabric of my life. It is a narrative of living in color, and at times in stark black and white. Multiple horizons, terrains, spontaneous gestures, and the passage of time – all reflect my embrace of life with all its contradictions and extremes.
Sometimes a painting is a wall of color. Sometimes, it is a metaphorical garment. At times, it is an entrance to another world containing its own magical, transformative space.
I have done my strongest, most authentic work while detached from all outside influences, including my ego; moments when I got out of my own way and allowed my media room to roam and breathe.
EDUCATION
1978 – 1981
Master of Fine Art, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Loop College and University of Chicago
1975 – 1978
Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, and Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey
1971 – 1975
Bachelor of Fine Art and Teaching Certificate, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia
HONORS AND AWARDS
1987
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
1981 – 1983
Fulbright Research Fellowship, Osaka University of the Arts, Osaka, Japan
COMMISSIONS AND COLLECTIONS
Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, California
General Accident Insurance Company, Melville, Long Island, New York
Offices of the Federal Defender Program, Chicago
Fidelity Bank, Philadelphia
Other private and corporate collections in the United States, Japan, Mexico, and Switzerland
5025 5th Ave 3A
Pittsburgh, PA 15232-2131
Phone: 505-288-4759
Email: danallan35@msn.com
Website: www.ArtAllan.com
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