Allen Harrison
Solo Exhibitions:
2012 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
2008 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
2001 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1997 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1995 Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1995 Rio Hondo College Art Gallery, Rio Hondo College, Whittier, CA
1994 Gallery 2020 At Riviera Fine Arts Center, Santa Barbara, CA
1994 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1992 Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1991 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1989 Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1988 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1987 Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1986 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1985 Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1985 Salathe Gallery, McConnell Center, Pitzer College, Claremont, CA
1984 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1984 Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1983 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1983 Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
1982 Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1981 Fullerton College, Fullerton, CA
1981 William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1981 Stage One Gallery, Orange, CA
1974 Janus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Group Exhibitions:
2011 The World of the Gods, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA; traveling.
2011 Picasso's Dilemma, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
2005 Sister Cities, Beijing, China.
1994 Live From New York: The O.K. Harris Gallery, Marcia Rafelman Fine Arts, Toronto, Canada
1992 The 56th Annual National Mid-Year Exhibition, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
1988 Tortue is O.K., Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1986 The Artists of O.K. Harris, Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
1985 Black and White Drawings from the David Nellis Collection, Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, CA
1985 50th Anniversary Exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
1985 Ten California Colorists, Redding Museum, Shasta College, Redding, CA; travelling exhibition
1985 Artists of O.K. Harris, Helander/Rubenstein Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
1984 In Celebration, Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1984 Selections from the Merry and Bill Norris Collection, University of California at Irvine, CA
1984 O.K. Harris Artists, Royal Palm Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
1983 O.K. Harris West, Scottsdale, AZ
1983 Miles Above, Otis /Parsons Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1983 Allen Harrison and Karl Petrunak, Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
1983 10-10-10, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
1981 The Intimate Object, Downtown Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1981 A Summer Salon, William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1981 Directions ‘81, Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1979 Allen Harrison and Robert Alderette, El Camino College, Torrance, CA
1978 Allen Harrison and Percy Gibbar, Janus Gallery, Venice, CA
1977 Allen Harrison and Diana Hobson, Long Beach City College, Long Beach, CA
1977 Three Painters, ARCO Center for the Visual Arts, Los Angeles, CA
1977 Newcomers, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1977 Business Not As Usual, Newport Harbour Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA
1976 Cerritos Open, Cerritos College, Norwalk, CA
1974 Allen Harrison and Joel Smith, Eastern Washington State College, Cheney, WA
1973 Three Painters, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA
Bibliography: Catalogues
John Frame; Larry Hurst, Pasadena City College Art Gallery, Pasadena, CA;
Introduction: Allen Harrison, 1997.
56th Annual Midyear Exhibition, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH;
Introduction:Louis A. Zona, 1992.
Black and White Drawings from the David Nellis Collection, California State University,
Los Angeles, CA, 1985.
Selections from the Merry and Bill Norris Collection, University of California at Irvine,
Essay: Melinda Wortz, Irvine, CA, 1984.
Miles Above, Otis/Parsons Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 1983.
Bibliography: Periodicals
Artnews, “Review”, Pamela Hammond, Summer 1989, p. 181.
Visions: The Los Angeles Art Quarterly, “A Southern California Collection”, Melinda Wortz,
Spring 1987, p.30-32.
Images and Issues, “Review”, Sandy Ballatore,
Art in America, “Unslick in L.A.”, Peter Frank, September/October 1978.
Bibliography: Newspapers
Los Angeles Times, “Review”, William Wilson, March 24, 1989.
Los Angeles Times, “Review”, Cathy Curtis, November 27, 1987.
Los Angeles Times, “Ten California Colorists, at Pomona College Gallery”, Kristine McKenna,
December 6, 1985.
Artweek, “Exhibitions: Powerful Abstractions”, Merle Schipper, November 6, 1985.
Los Angeles Times, “Review”, Kristine McKenna, October 25, 1985.
Artweek, “Ten California Colorists”, Sauntty Singh, March 23, 1985.
Los Angeles Times, “Galleries: Santa Monica”, Suzanne Muchnic, April 27, 1984.
Los Angeles Times, A Few Fomenters of Neo=Ferment”, William Wilson, July 23, 1983.
Los Angeles Times, “Review”, Robert C. Pincus, July 2, 1982.
San Francisco Chronicle, “Huge Sculpture, Elusive Form”, Thomas Albright, April 9, 1981.
Los Angeles Times, “Review”, Suzanne Muchnic, January 16, 1981.
Los Angeles Times, “Review”, Suzanne Muchnic, June 23, 1978.
Los Angeles Times, “Non-Objective Painters at ARCO”, Henry J. Seldis, December 19, 1977.
Artweek, “Lively Work From Los Angeles Newcomers”, Suzanne Muchnic, November 5, 1977.
Los Angeles Times, “Newcomers See the Future and the Future is Reconciled”, Don Lagerberg,
November 6, 1977.
Selected Collections:
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Byer Museum of Art, Evanston, IL
Bankamerica Corporation, San Francisco, CA
Prudential Life Insurance Company of America, Newark, NJ
American Republic Insurance Company, Des Moines, IA
Grand Junction Hilton Hotel Corporation, Grand Junction, CO
Near North Insurance Company, Chicago, IL