Bale Creek Allen
SELECTED WORKS
tumbleweeds
my america
tire treads
photographs
empire
nests
neon
ceramics
get lost
paintings
installations
Group Exhibitions
Texas Gallery
Flora
Houston, TX 2019
Texas Contemporary Glass Exhibition
Shreveport Arts Council
Shreveport, LA 2019
Gerald Peters Gallery
Summer show
Santa Fe, NM 2019
Frederick Holmes Gallery
Come Back With a Warrant
Seattle, WA 2018
Flatbed World Headquarters
Austin, Texas, 2017
Pop Austin International Art Exhibit
Austin, Texas, 2017
Nave Museum
Victoria, Texas, 2017
Old Jailhouse Art Center & Museum
Albany, Texas, 2017
Visions West Gallery
Jackson, Wyoming, 2017
Gerald Peters Gallery
Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2017
Betty Moody Gallery
“Flatbed Prints”
Houston, Texas, 2017
The Rockwell Museum (Smithsonian)
Corning, New York, 2016
Tang Museum, Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs, New York, 2016
Charles Adams Gallery
Lubbock, Texas, 2016
Austin Arts Alliance
Austin, Texas, 2016
Pop Austin International Art Exhibit
Austin, Texas, 2016
Visions West
Bozeman, Montana, 2016
Louise Hopkins Underwood Center
“Get Lost” with Allison Walton
Lubbock, Texas, 2015
Holly Johnson Gallery
Dallas, Texas, 2015
Visions West
Livingston, Montana, 2015
Pop Austin International Art Exhibit
Austin, Texas, 2015
Charles Adams Gallery
Lubbock, Texas, 2015
Pop Austin International Art Exhibit
Austin, Texas, 2014
Whitney Western Art Museum (Smithsonian)
Cody, Wyoming, 2014
Rosamund Felsen Gallery
Santa Monica, California, 2014
Modern West Gallery
Salt Lake City, Utah, 2014
The Webb Gallery
“Get Lost” with Allison Walton
Waxahachie, Texas, 2013
Western Sequels
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University
Istanbul, Turkey, 2013
Western Sequels
Athens School of Fine Arts
Athens, Greece, 2013
Summer Contemporary Show
Gerald Peters Gallery
Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2012
Days and Giorni, by Bruce Nauman
(principal lead character)
Institute of Contemporary Art, (ICA)
London, England, 2012
American Realism
Gerald Peters Gallery
Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2011
A Place In The Shade
Continental Gallery
Austin, Texas, 2011
Musicians Who Make Art
Art Car Museum
Houston, Texas, 2011
Connections
A Tribute To Ted Pillsbury
Gerald Peters Gallery
New York, New York, 2011
Texas Chair Project
Columbus Craft Museum
Columbus, Ohio, 2011
Broad Overview
C4 Gallery
Los Angeles, California, 2011
Days and Giorni, by Bruce Nauman
(principal lead character)
Museum of Modern Art
New York, New York, 2010
Artists See Satan
Grand Central Art Center
Cal State Fullerton
Santa Anna, California, 2010
It All Adds Up
Athenaeum Music and Arts Library
La Jolla, California, 2010
Cobra Show
Cobra Studios
Austin, Texas, 2010
Days and Giorni, by Bruce Nauman.
(principal lead character)
Venice Biennale
Venice, Italy. 2009
Days and Giorni, by Bruce Nauman.
(principal lead character)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2009
Recent Works
Solway Jones Gallery
Los Angeles, California, 2009
Selected Works
Gerald Peters Gallery
Dallas, Texas, 2008
“The Chair Project”
Austin Museum of Art
Austin, Texas, 2008
“Winter Show”
Gerald Peters Gallery
Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2007
“Ulterior Motifs”
Crazywood Gallery
Huntsville, Texas, 2007
“Amistad, Texas Art in Peru”
The Museum of Modern Art
Trujillo, Peru, 2007
“Red Dot Project”
Women and Their Work
Austin, Texas, 2007
“Amistad, Texas Art in Peru”
The National Museum
Lima, Peru, 2007
“Ulterior Motifs”
Arlington Museum of Art
Arlington, Texas, 2007
Texas Group Show
Gallery G
Houston, Texas, 2007
“Artists and Music”
Ellen Noel Art Museum
Odessa, Texas, 2006
“Annual Invitational”
Longview Museum of Art
Longview, Texas, 2006
Summer Show
Gerald Peters Gallery
Santa Fe, NM 2006
Group Show
Wayne Gilbert Gallery
Houston, Texas, 2006
“Private Collection”
Gallery 68
Austin, Texas, 2006
Annual Exhibition
Austin City Hall
Austin, Texas, 2006
“From Llano Estacado to Alte Munze”
Alte Munze Contemporary Art Center
Salzwedel, Germany, 2005
“Miniatures”
Gerald Peters Gallery
Dallas, Texas, 2005
“Texas Contemporary Art”
Buddy Holly Center
Lubbock, Texas, 2005
“Chunks”
Gallery 101
Houston, Texas, 2005
“What’s Behind What’s Going On”
University of Texas-San Antonio
Satellite Gallery at Blue Star
San Antonio, Texas, 2005
“Going West”
Texas A&M University
Stark Galleries
College Station, Texas, 2005
“Drawings As Art”
Concordia University
Austin, Texas, 2005
“35x35 Artists”
Gerald Peters Gallery
Dallas, Texas, 2004
“Post 65: “Yet More Art for Marfa”
D. Berman Gallery Temporary Installation
Marfa, Texas 2004
“100 Artists See Satan”
Grand Central Arts Center
Cal State Fullerton University
Fullerton, California, 2004
“Going West”
Galveston Art Center
Galveston, Texas, 2004
“Musicians That Make Art”
New Braunfels Museum of Art
New Braunfels, Texas, 2004
“Ulterior Motifs #7”
Amarillo Museum of Art
Amarillo, Texas, 2004
“Going West”
Arthouse at the Jones Center
For Contemporary Art
Austin, Texas, 2004
“Ulterior Motifs #6”
Wheeler Brothers Gallery
Lubbock, Texas, 2004
“100 Drawings”
Haggerty Gallery
University of Dallas
Irving, Texas, 2004
“DNA/ART Two Generations”
Athenaeum Music and Arts Library And Museum
LaJolla, California, 2004
“Texas Uprising”
San Antonio Museum of Art and Blue Star Art Center
San Antonio, Texas, 2004
“Duct Tape and Plastic”
Santa Fe Art Institute
Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2003
“Word”
Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas
Irving, Texas, 2003
“Texas Neon Artists”
Clearlake Center For Contemporary Art
Clearlake, Texas, 2003
“Arte Saragado”
Concordia University Art Gallery
Austin, Texas, 2002
“Wet Paint”
Austin Modern Gallery
Austin, Texas, 2002
“Five By Seven By X”
The Jones Center For Contemporary Art
Austin, Texas, 2002
“Second Inaugural Exhibition”
With Alan Rath, John Cage, Alex Gray, & Others
Solway and Jones Gallery 2211
Los Angeles, CA, 2001
“Five By Seven By X” exhibit
Texas Fine Arts Association
The Jones Center For Contemporary
Art Austin, Texas, 2001
“Gibson Guitar Series”
Wild About Music Gallery
Austin, Texas, 2001
“South By Southwest Sims Foundation Show”
Four Seasons Hotel
Austin, Texas, 1999
“Art Matters”
Art Pace Center for Contemporary Art
San Antonio, Texas, 1997
“20/20”, Twenty year anniversary exhibit
Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum
Santa Barbara, California, 199
“The Devil Has Seven Fingers”
Lubbock or Leave it Gallery
Austin, Texas, 1996
“Lubbock Arts Festival”
Lubbock Civic Center
(commissioned installation)
Lubbock, Texas, 1996
“Six Up”
Flipnotics Gallery
Austin, Texas, 1995
“Found Object”
Amdur Gallery
Austin, Texas 1994
“1st Annual Show”
Boston Corporate Arts
Boston, Massachusetts, 1994
“Thirteen”
Yellow Dog Photo Gallery
Austin, Texas, 1993
“Austin Arts Association, 15th Anniversary Exhibit”
First Street Gallery
Austin, Texas, 1993
“Still Working, Still Living”
Amdur Gallery
Austin, Texas, 1991
“The Substitution”
Esther’s Follies Annex Gallery
Austin, Texas, 1991
“Lost and Found”
The Bentley College Gallery
Bentley College
Waltham, Massachusetts, 1991
“Student Annual”
Grossman Gallery
The School of the Museum of Fine Arts
Boston, Massachusetts, 1990
“Boit Competition”
Grossman Gallery
The School of the Museum of Fine Arts
Boston, Massachusetts, 1989
“American Dolls”
Fresno Arts Center
Fresno, California, 1984
Solo Exhibitions
Texas Gallery
"My America"
Houston, TX 2019
The Old Jail Art Center
"My America"
Albany, TX 2019
Plainview Museum of Art
"My America"
Plainview, TX 2019
BCA Gallery
Works from the Nineties
Austin, TX 2019
The Dime Gallery
"My America"
Chicago, IL 2019
Gerald Peters Gallery
"My America"
Santa Fe, NM 2018
Peters Projects
“My America”
Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2017
Louis Hopkins Underwood Center
“My America Texas”
Lubbock, Texas, 2016
Louis Hopkins Underwood Center
Ceramics & Drawings
Lubbock, Texas, 2015
Visions West Gallery
Selected Works
Denver, Colorado, 2014
“Nests” with Malu Byrne
Gerald Peters Gallery
Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2013
Recent Works
Visions West Gallery
Denver, Colorado, 2013
Get Lost, (with Allison Walton)
Webb Gallery
Waxahachie, Texas, 2013
"Nests" (with Malu Byrne)
Gerald Peters Gallery
Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2012
"Empire" (Selected Works)
Creative Visions and Dan Eldon Gallery
Los Angeles, California, 2012
Creative Visions
Selected Works
Malibu, California, 2012
“Empire”
Grand Central Art Center
Cal State University Fullerton
Santa Ana, California, 2012
"Empire"
Grand Central Art Center
Cal State University Fullerton
Santa Ana, California, 2011
Recent Bronzes
Solway Jones Gallery
Los Angeles, CA, 2010
Selected works from “Empire” and “Tumbleweeds & Tire Treads”
Gallery 210, University of St Louis
St. Louis, Missouri, 2009
Recent Bronzes
Gallery 68
Austin, Texas 2008
“Empire”
Gerald Peters Gallery
Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2007
“Empire”
Gerald Peters Gallery
Dallas, Texas, 2007
“Germany Works”
Gallery 68
Austin, Texas, 2007
“New Works”
Red Bud Gallery
Houston, Texas, 2006
“Tumbleweeds & Tire Treads”
D. Berman Gallery
Austin, Texas, 2005
“Red Room”
Gallery 68
Flatbed World Headquarters
Austin, Texas, 2005
“Tumbleweeds”
Gerald Peters Gallery
Dallas, Texas, 2004
“New Works”
D. Berman Gallery
Austin, Texas, 2004
“Natural Selections”
Arthouse at the Jones Center For Contemporary Art
Austin, Texas, 2003
“New Works”
Sala Diaz Gallery
San Antonio, Texas, 2003
“Recent Works”
D. Berman Gallery
Austin, Texas, 2003
“Recent Works”
Solway Jones Gallery
Los Angeles, California, 2003
“Faith & Superstition”
Pillsbury & Peters Fine Art Gallery
Dallas, Texas, 2002
“Jesus Christ from East L. A.”
Gallery 68
Austin, Texas, 2002
“A Pogo is a Logo Upside-down”
Solway and Jones Gallery 2211
Los Angeles, California, 2002
“The Day I Met Jesus Christ”
Gallery 68
Austin, Texas, 2001
“Reflections of Life”
Gallery 68
Austin, Texas, 2000
“Recent Works”
Gallery 68
Austin, Texas, 1999
“Recent Works”
Gallery Bleux
Austin, Texas, 1998
“Human Tendencies”
Lubbock or Leave it Gallery
Austin, Texas, 1997
“Temptation and Compulsion”
Lubbock or Leave it Gallery
Austin, Texas, 1994
“The Very Important Picture”
Paradise Gallery
Austin, Texas, 1992
“Making Choices”
Lubbock or Leave it Gallery
Austin, Texas, 1991
“Off The Road Into The Wilderness”
The Third Coast Gallery
Austin, Texas, 1991
“To Wish Upon A Bone”
Main Atrium Space
The School of the Museum of Fine Arts
Boston, Massachusetts, 1990
“Dan’s Disco Pad”
Studio Space
The School of the Museum of Fine Arts
Boston, Massachusetts, 1990
“Art in Action”
Axis Gallery
Boston, Massachusetts, 1989
Permanent Installations
“Tumbleweed”
Sharaton Hotel
Salt Lake City, Utah, 2011
Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Smithsonian Affiliate
Bronze Tumbleweed, 2009
Cody, WY
“Skin of the White Lady”
Phillips Lighting Head Office
Eindhoven, The Netherlands, Holland, 1996
Performance Art
Pecha Kucha
(wrote and performed)
Blue Genie Art Space
Austin, Texas, 2011
A Pogo Is A Logo Upside Down
(Written, Directed and Performed)
Grand Central Art Center
Santa Ana, California, 2011
“Painted Black Velvet”, Directed by Sharon Ely, Narrated by Jo Harvey Allen and Jo Carol Pierce; played male lead and assisted in costume design. Preformed at the Lubbock Civic Center
Lubbock, Texas, 1991
“Do You Know What Your Children Are Tonight?”
produced by American Inroads and the
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
co-wrote, produced, and played male lead in a family collaboration.
Presented by Theater Artaud
San Francisco, California, 1987
“Do You Know What Your Children Are Tonight?’
Presented and produced by The Washington Projects for the Arts.
Co-wrote, produced, and played male lead in a family Collaboration.
Washington, D.C., 1985
“Real Life”
a visual musical collaboration with Terry Allen, Jo Harvey Allen and Bukka Allen. Presented and produced By the Aspen Art Museum and Anderson Ranch
Aspen, Colorado, 1985
“Fly By Night”
a group performance piece performed at the Visual Arts Center of Alaska. Played male lead and assisted in writing, and directing.
Anchorage, Alaska, 1981
Film
“The Wild Texas Wind”
a made for television film, directed by Joan Tewksbury. Assistant art director and designer to John Huke. Staring Gary Busey and Dolly Parton.
Austin, Texas, 1991
“Just Another Weekend”
an I.V. Studios film. Produced and directed by Elizabeth Cher: played and co-wrote the part of “Marco”. Filmed in Crested Butte, Colorado and San Francisco, California, 1988
“True Stories”
a Warner Brothers film, written and directed by David Byrne. Played the part of “Boy in Field”
Dallas, Texas, 1986
Music
Self titled solo album, 1999
Fellowships
“Acadia Summer Arts Program”
Guest Artist
Mount Desert Island, Maine, 1998-2004
Grant Recipient
“Art Matters”
New York, New York, 1996