George Carlson

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.

    • GROUP EXHIBITIONS (cont.)

  • 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
  • Penrose Library University of Denver

    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