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Annelies Christian
16212 Spring Creek Road
Dallas, Texas 75248
(972) 239-3077
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Annelies Christian16212 Spring Creek Road |
Artist Statement Why do I create? Because an inner compulsion demands it. Why do I fashion abstract figures? Because I am searching for the essence of what it is to be human in terms that are not individualized but universal and expressed in an artistically meaningful way. What do I hope to say? If I have not reached the viewer intuitively, then I have failed in my endeavor for art is not verbal and should not need to be explained. Involved theoretical treatises by an artist explaining his creations are as stultifying to me as governmental imperatives telling an artist what message his work must convey. Essentially, for me, each piece poses a problem in design, skill of execution, and the characteristics of the material; the expressive content flows intuitively from my psyche and my soul, and, in the end, says a great deal about the world I live in and my response to it. |
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Personal Attended grade schools, Nott Terrace High School in Schenectady, NYBachelor of Fine Arts: Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI Master of Arts: Texas Women's University, Denton, TX Master of Arts: University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas Southwestern Graduate School, Dallas, TX |
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Prizes and Exhibitions 1998 People's Choice Award, Texas Pottery & Sculp. Guild Show, Ft.Worth, TX1998 Second Prize, Texas Sculpture Assoc. Show, Dallas, TX 1997 Xmas Exhibition, Edith Baker Gallery, Dallas, TX 1995 One-woman exhibition at The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 1994 Top Award, Jesuit Preparatpry School Arts Feastival, Dallas, TX 1990 One-woman exhibition at The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 1986 One-woman exhibition, Longview Museum & Arts Center, Longview, TX 1981 Invitational exhibition, Collectors' Choice Gallery, Dallas, TX |
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| 1977 - 1979 Vice-President, Dallas Craft Guild, Dallas, TX 1978 One-woman exhibition: Contemproary Gallery, Dallas, TX 1978 Article published in Studio Potter Magazine 1974 Top Award, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, 16th Texas Crafts Comp., Dallas, TX1973 - 1976 Listed in Who's Who in American Art 1973 One-woman exhibition at Texas Women's University, Denton, TX 1972 One-woman exhibition at The University of Texas, Arlington, TX 1971 One-woman exhibition at The Graduate Research Center, Richardson, TX 1970 One-woman exhibition at Texas Women's University, Denton, TX |
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| 1968 - 1969 First, second, third prizes at the State Fair of Texas, Dallas, TX 1969 Film made for KERA-TV featuring me and my work, Dallas, TX 1969 Juror for the State Fair of Texas, Dallas, TX 1968 Selected for the 24th Ceramic National, Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY 1965 One-woman exhibition at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 1964 - 1969 Invited to exhibit in the annual international exhibition "Form and Quality" at the Bavarian Ministry of Culture, Munich, Germany 1962 Selected for exhibition and travel: 22nd Ceramic National, Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY 1962 One-woman exhibition at the Bavarian Ministry of Culture, Munich, Germany 1958 First Prize, crafts competition at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 1957 First Prize, crafts competition at the Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC |
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