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1960
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New York City, New York
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EDUCATION
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School of the Museum of Fine Art, Boston, MA
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Portland School of Art (now Maine College of Art), Portland, ME
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AWARDS/RESIDENCIES
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2007
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Juror’s Award, Texas Biennial, Austin, TX
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2003
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Artist fellowship/residency and show at Espacio Aglutinador, Havana, Cuba, Sponsored
By Gallery
106, Austin, TX
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1997
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Artist in Residence, Stone Quarry Hill Sculpture Park, Cazenovia, NY
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1996
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Residency, Lubbock Fine Arts Center, Lubbock, TX
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1995
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Grant and residency for large-scale temporary installation, Connemara Conservancy,
Dallas, TX
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1989
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Temporary Public Art Grant, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
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2007
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Mandala Trio, for the US Embassy in Rwanda, commissioned by the US Government
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Mandala Constellation, A grouping of mandalas installed above the foyer entrance of
the Dell
Children’s Hospital, Austin, TX
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2006
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The Spin Cycle, Three 5’-diameter light boxes for Whole Foods World Headquarters
Plaza, Austin,
TX. Commissioned by Schlosser Development
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2005
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Laguna Gyre, Temporary installation of a 70 ft mandala made from 6000+ plastic bags
located on the
grounds of the Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX. Commissioned by Austin Green Art
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2002
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Lamina Groove, Large-scale 5 panel relief sculpture for Deep Eddy EMS station, Austin,
TX.
Commissioned by Austin Art in Public Places.
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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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2006
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Art Forum Berlin, Finesilver Art Gallery, Art Fair, Berlin, Germany
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New Work, Finesilver Gallery, Houston, TX
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2003
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Dreaming my Dreams, Espacio Aglutinador, Havana, Cuba
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1999
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New Work, Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin, TX
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1998
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Virginia Fleck – New Work, Rudolph Poissant Gallery, Houston, TX
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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2009
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Femme Fatale, Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, TX
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2008
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The Texas Chair Project, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX
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Going Green, Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA
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Field of Color, Art Museum of South Texas, curated by Debra Fullerton
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Modern Art Modern Lives, then and now, Austin Museum of Art, curated by Dana Friis
Hansen,
Executive Director and chief curator
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2007
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Don’t Mess With Texas, Nathan Larramendy Gallery Ojai, CA. An exhibition featuring
the work of 7
Texas-based female artists
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Selections from the Texas Biennial, Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, TX
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Arte Fiera, Finesilver Gallery, Art Fair, Bologna, Italy
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Texas Biennial, juror’s award, Austin, TX
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Portland Museum of Art Biennial, Portland, ME
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Wordplay, Scanlan Gallery, Austin, TX
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Pulse New York, Finesilver Gallery, Art Fair, New York, NY
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New and Used, Bradbury Gallery, Jonesboro, AR
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2006
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Pulse New York, Finesilver Gallery, Art Fair, New York, NY
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Pulse Miami, Finesilver Gallery, Art Fair, New York, NY
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2005
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Pulse Miami, Finesilver Gallery, Art Fair, Miami, FL
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Rock, Paper, Scissors, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX
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Austin Green Wave, Austin Museum of Art at Laguna Gloria, Austin, TX
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Color, Pattern, Grid: Austin Collects, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX
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2004
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Figure Ground, Poissant Gallery, Houston, TX
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Winter Exhibition, dberman Gallery, Austin, TX
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Critical Mass, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
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2003
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Virginia Fleck and Daphane Park: New Work, dberman Gallery, Austin, TX
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2002
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The Spectacle of Tom Foolery and Cognitive Discourse, Group Show, The International
Center
Contemporary Arts Month, San Antonio, TX
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2001
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Virginia Fleck and Malcom Bucknell, D Berman Gallery, Austin, TX
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Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture in Meditation Park, Beeville Art Museum, group show
curated by
Michael Manjarris, Beeville, TX
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2000
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Sculpture 2000, The Allen Center, selected central Texas artists, curated by Jim Edwards
of Weil
Gallery, Houston, TX
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Art Ball IV, one of ten artists selected by the Austin Museum of Art for annual Fundraiser,
Austin, TX
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Gallery Artists, Rudolph Poissant Gallery, Houston, TX
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1999
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Breaking New Ground, Irving Art Center, curated by Marcie Inman, director Irving
Arts Center, Irving,
TX
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Ground Swell: the artist and the earth, Austin Museum of Art at Laguna Gloria, Austin,
TX
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Art Works 99, Aquarena Springs, San Marcos, TX
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1998
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Critics Choice, Dallas Visual Art Center, group show juried by Elizabeth Ferrer, Director
Austin
Museum of Art, and Stephen Vollmer, curator El Paso Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
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1997
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The Visceral Intellect, Women & Their Work Gallery, juried by Sue Graze, senior
curator, Miami Art
Museum, Miami, FL
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1996
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Recent Work, Slover McCutcheon Gallery, 2-person exhibit, Houston, TX
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1995
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14th Annual Sculpture Exhibition, Connemara Conservancy, Grant for large-scale
outdoor installation,
Dallas, TX
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1994
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Compelling Spaces: Site-Specific Works, Austin Museum of Art at Laguna Gloria, curated
by Mark
Lesly Smith, Ph.D., Austin, TX
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Pinball Artcade, Mills Gallery, a project of the Revolving Museum, invitational, Boston,
MA
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Memory and Desire: The Window, Texas Fine Arts Association invitational, Austin, TX
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Self Possessed, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, exhibition organized by the Texas Fine Arts
Association, juried by Lynn Zelevansky of MOMA, Austin, TX
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PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
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Dell Children’s Hospital, TX
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Gray Cary Law Firm, TX
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Marino Golinelli Collection, Bologna, Italy
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Nicholls Wine Company, CT
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US Embassy, Rwanda
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Schlosser Development
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Whole Foods
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Women’s International News Gathering Service, TX
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Ellen and David Berman, TX
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Mike Chesser, TX
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Katelena and James Cowles
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Philip & Rebecca Hudson, TX
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Johnna and Stephen Jones, TX
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Fran Magee, TX
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Chris Mattson, TX
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Vic and Mary Lynn McNallie, NM
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Guillermo Nicolas, TX
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Anne Elizabeth Wynn, TX
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SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
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2007
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Danly, Susan. 2007 Portland Museum of Art Biennial. Artfairs International.
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Douberley, Amanda. “2007 Tecas Bienneal, Okay Mountain” Arts Review, Austin
Chronicle, April.
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Kamila, Avery Yale. Contemporary Art Today; Nature and Art Collide in PMAs 2007 Biennial.
April.
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Keyes, Bob. “What Maine Art is All About.” Portland Press Herald. April
8.
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Van Ryzin, Jeanne Claire. “Art of Texas.” Austin-American Statesman. March
25.
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Moore, Nikki. “Bi-ology: The Texas Biennial’s second rising.” Austin
Chronicle. March 1.
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2006
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Klaasmeyer, Kelly, Plocek, Keith. “Capsule Reviews, Virginia Fleck.” Houston
Press. January 19.
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Thompkins, John. “Kitsch, Aisle Eight; Smart shoppers will love Virginia Fleck’s
work.” Houston
Press. January 12.
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Richardson, Katherine. “A Piece of Work.” Austin Monthly Home. 2006, vol.
1 no. 1, pp. 48-55.
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2005
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Aldwell, Nichole. “The Lay of the (Texas) Land.” Public Art Review. Vol.
17 no. 1.
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Koper, Rachel. “A First for Austin Art.” Austin Chronicle. March 4. p 41.
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Kutner, Janet. “Sculptures that Surprise.” The Dallas Morning News. November
8.
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Zenth, Torban. “Art Forum Berlin; kopenhagen i supermarkedet.” Kopenhagen.dk,
October 3.
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Gutmair, Von Ulrich. “Nackt und erhaben.” Netzeitung Voice of Germany, September
29.
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Rockett, Benne. “Arts Review: Green Wave.” Austin Chronicle. July 15, p
66.
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Brand, Heather. “Earthworks: Public Art” Tribeza. June, pp 37-38.
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Rockett, Benne. “Green Wave.” VOA. vol. 12 no. 2, p 33.
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Thompson, Helen. “Grounds for Improvement.” Metropolitan Home Magazine.
vol. 37 no. 5, pp. 58-60.
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Van Ryzin, Jeanne Claire. “Fresh-Air Art: Catch the Green Wave.” Austin-
American Statesman.
June 23.
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2004
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Faires, Robert. “Culture Flash!” Austin Chronicle. December 24.
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Brenner, Molly Beth. “A Piece of Work; Indented Round Sod.” Austin Chronicle.
August.
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2003
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Irvine, Madeline. “Top Ten Art Events in 2003.” Austin Chronicle.
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Taylor, Kevin. “Sweet Dreams Come to Austin’s Gallery 106.” The Daily
Texan. February 21.
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Brenner, Molly Beth. “Dreamland Via Cuba.” Austin Chronicle. February 21.
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2002
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Keres, Alana. “Passing Through: Virginia Fleck at Deep Eddy.” Glasstire.
2002
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Keres, Alana. “The Art of Emergency.” Tribeza. Issue 14, September, pp.
26-29.
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Harithas, James. “Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture in Meditation Park.” Sculpture.
vol. 21, no. 4
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2001
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Harithas, James. Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture in Meditation Park. essay for catalogue,
Beeville
Art Museum, Beeville, TX.
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2000
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Mullet, Joy, Taylor, Mary Ross. “The Bold and the Beautiful: Texas Women Sculptors.”
ARTLIES! #26
Spring
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1999
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Van Ryzin, Jeanne Claire. “Fleck’s mixed-media work evokes nostalgia.”
Austin-American
Statesman. March 29.
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1995
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Smith, Mark Lesly. Compelling Spaces. essay for catalogue. Laguna Gloria Art Museum,
Austin, TX
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1994
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Zelevansky, Lynn. Self Possessed. essay for catalogue, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin
TX
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