George Carlson Biography
BORN, July 3, 1940, Elmhurst, Illinois,
EDUCATION
- The American Academy of Art, Chicago
- The Art Institute of Chicago
- University of Arizona
- Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts'University of Idaho, Moscow
ONE-MAN EXHIBITIONS
- 1995 Retrospective Exhibition, Fort Worth Zoo Museum, Texas
- 1993 Retrospective Exhibition, Autry Western Heritage Museum' Los Angeles
- 1988 The Tarahumara,Southwest Museum' Los Angeles
- 1985 The Tarahumara, Indianapolis Museum of Art
- 1982 The Tarahumara, Natural History Museum' Smithsonian Institute' Washington, D.C.
- 1979-80 Retrospective Exhibition, Indianapolis Museum of Art
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- 2004 Salon d' Arts, Denver, Colorado
- Thomas Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Wildlife Experience Museum, Parker, Colorado
- 2003 - 04 California Art Club,Exhibition, Pasadena Museum of California Art' California
- 2002 - 03 Fallbrook Art and, Cultural Center, Fallbrook, California
- 1998 - 05 Coors Invitational' 2000 Feature Artist' National Western Stock Show, and Rodeo, Denver Colorado
- Masters of the American West, Autry Western Heritage Museum' Los Angeles
- 2001 Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art, Marietta, Georgia
- 2000 From the Inside Out:, Contemporary Wildlife Art and the, Legacy of Carl Rungius' Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- 1995-05 Prix de West, National Cowboy Hall of Fame, Oklahoma City
- 1995 Western Rendezvous Show, Park City, Utah
- 1981-2000 Artists of America Show, Denver, Colorado
- 1999 "100 Years of the Art of Taos", Foothills Art Center' Golden, Colorado
- 1998 The Governor's Invitational, Denver, Colorado
- 1996 Direct From Nature, International Center for, Earth Concerns' Ojai, California
- 1992 The Denver Seven, National Cowboy Hall of Fame, Oklahoma City
- 1991-92 High Plains, Heritage Museum, Spearfish, South Dakota
- 1991 The Hakone Open-,Air Museum Tokyo
- 1990 Amerika Haus, Berlin, Germany
- Central House of Artists, Moscow, U.S.S.R.
- National Academy of Design, New York
- National Sculpture Society, New York
- Hubbard Museum, Riudoso, New Mexico
- 1973-90 National Academy of, Western Art, Oklahoma City
- 1989 Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.
- Eiteljorg Museum of, American Indian and Western Art, Indianapolis
- 1988 Western & Wildlife Museum, Jackson, Wyoming
- Kentucky Derby Museum, Lexington
- Americana Museum, El Paso, Texas
- 1987 Kyoto World Exposition, of Historical Cities, Japan
- Sonoma County Museum, Santa Rosa, California
- 1985 Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- 1984 Salmugundi Club, New York
- 1982-83 National Sculpture Society, New York
- 1981 The Peking Exhibit, Beijing, China
- Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis
- Prior Phoenix Art Museum
- Denver Natural History Museum
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AWARDS
- 2005 Masters of the American West Award
- Autry National Museum
- John J. Geraghty Award
- Autry National Museum
- 2003 The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation Award for Sculpture, Autry National Museum
- Gold Medal for Sculpture, California Art Club
- Mary Bell Grant Award, Coors Invitational
- 1989 Gold Medal, National Academy of Western Art
- Gold Medal, Robert Lougheed Award' National Academy of Western Art
- 1988 Silver Medal, National Academy of Western Art
- 1985 Gold Medal, National Academy of Western Art
- 1983 Merit Award, Western Rendezvous Show Helana, Montana
- 1981 Silver Medal, National Academy of Western Art
- 1980 Gold Medal, National Academy of Western Art
- 1978 Gold Medal, National Academy of Western Art
- 1976 Silver Medal, National Academy of Western Art
- 1975 Prix de West, National Academy of Western Art
- 1974 Gold Medal, National Academy of Western Art