JAMES ALLEN
links
Watch the Oregon Art Beat video about my book excavations:
http://www.opb.org/television/programs/artbeat/segment/james-allen-book-arts/
Current Gallery Representation
Laura Russo Gallert, Portland, OR
23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR
Seager Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
Exhibition Links
"Bound and Beyond: Structure In Book Art",
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Union Art Gallery, 2014
http://web.sa.uwm.edu/union/art_gallery/exhibitions
"Petits Tableaux", Winston Wachter Fine Art, 2012
http://seattle.winstonwachter.com/exhibition/petitstableaux/
Bellevue Arts Museum, "The Book Borrowers"
http://www.bellevuearts.org/exhibitions/past/2009/book_borrowers.html
More Gallery Links
Artsy https://artsy.net/artist/jamesallen
Guardino Gallery http://www.guardinogallery.com/2014/08/
Red Truck http://www.redtruckgallerynola.com
Outerlands Gallery http://outerlandsgallery.com/52/jamesallen/
Press Links
Jim Clark, "Undercover Stories: The Secret Lives of Books", Issaquah 360, February, 2014
http://www.issaquah360.com/undercoverstoriesthesecretlivesofbooks/
Art Source Portland, Cover Art, 2014
http://artsourceportland.com/projects/2014/
Huffington Post, PHOTOS: 7 Stunning Pieces of Book Art, 2013
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/21/artmadefrombooks_n_3790510.html
New Republic, Eleven Astonishing Works of Art Made From Books, August 13, 2013
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/113936/elevenastonishingworksartmadebooks
Maria Popova, Carving Culture: Sculptural Masterpieces Made from Old Books, 2013
http://www.brainpickings.org/2013/08/20/artmadefrombooks/
Chronicle Books, "Art Made From Books: Altered Sculpted, Carved, Transformed", 2013
Nancy Worssam, "Dress Envy is About What Women Wear", Seattle Times, March 25, 2010
http://seattletimes.com/html/thearts/2011443622_dress26.html
Michael Lieberman, "Book Sculptors at BAM" Book Patrol, June 2, 2009
http://bookpatrol.net/booksculptorsatbam/
Jonathan Shipley, "Breaking Books Open", City Arts, March 2009
http://www.cityartsonline.com/issues/eastside/2009/030/breakingbooksopen
Michael Upchurch, "'The Book Borrowers: Contemporary Artists Transforming the Book,' at BAM", Seattle Times, February 27, 2009
http://seattletimes.com/html/thearts/2008790462_bam27.html
Beth Carswell, "The Book Borrowers Exhibit at the Bellevue Arts Museum",abe books blog, June 2, 2009
Laura Grey, "Book Borrowers", April 19, 2009
http://littlehoppingbird.blogspot.com/2009/04/bookborrowers.html
Laura Heyenga, "Art Made From Books", 2013
http://www.chroniclebooks.com/titles/artmadefrombooks.html
Inspiration Green, Reuse of Books = Art
http://www.inspirationgreen.com/artfromoldbooks.html
Public Collections
Ringling College of Art and Design Kimbrough Library Special Collections
http://www.ringling.edu/campusstudentlife/campus/kimbroughlibrary/
UCLA Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library Special Collections
Johns Hopkins University Milton S Eisenhower Library
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Special Collections Library
http://uwm.edu/libraries/special/
University of Colorado Boulder Special Collections Library
http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/specialcollections/
More Links
Regional Arts and Culture Council http://racc.org/
Artist Trust Profile http://artisttrust.org/index.php/awardwinners/artistprofile/james_allen
Strikeforce Design http://www.strikeforcedesign.net/
Holly Feral Photography http://www.hollyferal.com/
Driftwood Magazine http://www.driftwoodmag.com/