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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

http://www.laurarusso.com/

 

23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR

http://www.23sandy.com/

 

Seager Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA­

http://seagergray.com/

 

 

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

http://www.chroniclebooks.com/blog/2013/06/24/from­the­design­desk­art­and­books­a­fitting­combination/

 

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

http://www.abebooks.com/blog/index.php/2009/06/02/the­book­borrowers­exhibit­at­the­bellevue­arts­museum/

 

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

http://www.library.ucla.edu/destination/library­special­collections­medicine­sciences­biomedical­library

 

Johns Hopkins University Milton S Eisenhower Library

http://www.library.jhu.edu/#

 

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/

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