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ALICE LEORA BRIGGS
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Alice Leora Briggs was born &#; and continues to live and work &#; in Texas. She has taught painting, drawing, and other media at several universities and art schools throughout the country, including The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the University of Iowa, and the University of Arizona. Her works are included in the permanent collections of more than 30 museums and institutions, and she is the recipient of more than 35 awards and honors listed below.
Selected Awards and Honors
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship,
Tulsa Artist Fellowship, George Kaiser Family Foundation, residency -
Tulsa Artist Fellowship, Tulsa, OK,
Dorothea Lange – Paul Taylor Prize, Honorable Mention, Alice Leora Briggs and Julián Cardona for “Abecedario de Juárez,” which combines a glossary, interview-based narratives, and drawings to create “an unhinged graphic dictionary of the language of violence” in Juárez, Mexico,
Guest Speaker, 22nd Annual Latin American Studies Symposium at Birmingham, Southern College, Birmingham, AL,
Guest Speaker, University of Texas at Arlington, TX,
Visiting Artist, Distinguished Lecture Series, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM,
Visiting Artist, Southwest School of
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ALICE LEORA BRIGGS
EDUCATION
MFA, University of Iowa
MA, University of Iowa
BFA, Utah State University
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Etherton Gallery, Tucson, AZ (January-February )
The Line/La Linea, Robert Hughes Gallery, San Antonio, TX (October 9-November 8,
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Fever, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA; Breach, Box Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (December 14,
January 11, ); Plato’s Easy Chair, Art Depot, Lubbock, TX
(November
December 8, )
Deadly Sins/Measured Virtues, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum, Utah State University,
Logan, UT; Purgatorio, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum, Utah State University, Logan,
UT; Cut and Burn, Box Gallery, Santa Fe, NM; Issues & Arrangements: The Narrative
Tableau, Etherton Gallery, Tucson, AZ;
Graft, International Museum of Surgical Science, Chicago, IL
Purgatorio, Joseph Gross Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
(with Michael Cajero)
Inflections of Illusion, Etherton Gal ery, Tucson, AZ
Neviem Viem Neviem, Galeria mesta Bratislavi, Palffy Palace, Bratislava, Slovak Republic;
Malice Is Rare, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD
Industry of Memory,Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
Regarding Architecture, Atrium Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah; P
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