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Gene Owens

American, b. 1931
Born in Fort Worth, Texas in 1931. Studies: Texas Wesleyan College, Fort Worth, B.A., 1955; University of Georgia, Athens, M.F.A., 1958. Assistant Professor of Art, Arlington State College, Texas 1955-56. Assistant professor of Art, University of Georgia, 1957-58. Head, Art Department, Texas Wesleyan College 1958-60. Since 1960 has devoted full time to sculpture; has worked with Isamu Noguchi on six separate occasions since 1965. One Man exhibitions: University of Georgia, Athens, 1961; Fifth Avenue Gallery, Fort Worth, 1961; Fort Worth Art Center, 1964; Gallery in the square, Fort Worth, 1967; The New Gallery, Fort Worth, 1980; Fort Worth Gallery, Fort Worth, 1991.Group exhibitions include: “Religious Sculpture”, Fort Worth Art Center, 1961; “Two Texas Artists,” Fort Worth Art Center 1962, Tarrant County Annual Exhibition, Fort Worth Art Center 1968 (best of show award); National Council on the Arts and National Endowment for the Arts “Award Winning Artists Southeast and Southwest,” 1968; “Project S/SW on Younger American Artists,” Fort Worth Art Center, 1970; “Gene Owens and Kevin Marshall,” Two Person Show, Fort Worth Gallery, 1984; “The First Texas Invitational,” Knights of Pythias Building, Fort Worth.

Source: "Retrospective Gene Owens Exhibition" Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX, 1991 (exhibition catalogue)

See Correspondence between Gene Owens and Isamu Noguchi: archive.noguchi.org/Browse/archive?search=Gene+Owens


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Image of Autumn Tree

Autumn Tree 2009.016

Image of Cycladic Chair, proof 2

Cycladic Chair, proof 2 2006.047

Image of Forcible Chair

Forcible Chair 2006.054

Image of Heaven's Gate

Heaven's Gate 1982.049

Image of Isamu and Martha's Appalachian Chair, proof 3

Isamu and Martha's Appalachian Chair, proof 3 2006.051

Image of Mechanical Forms

Mechanical Forms 1981.255

Image of Miro's Chair

Miro's Chair 2006.050

Image of Moore's Chair, No. 1

Moore's Chair, No. 1 2006.049

Image of Noguchi's Chair, No.1

Noguchi's Chair, No.1 2006.048

Image of Picasso's Chair

Picasso's Chair 2006.053

Image of Spring Tree

Spring Tree 2009.014

Image of Stone Column #3

Stone Column #3 1991.020

Image of Study for Picasso's Chair

Study for Picasso's Chair 2013.001

Image of Summer Tree

Summer Tree 2009.015

Image of Untitled [Study for Chairs]

Untitled [Study for Chairs] 2013.002

Image of Untitled [Study for Heads]

Untitled [Study for Heads] 2013.003

Image of Untitled [Study for Porcelain Astronaut]

Untitled [Study for Porcelain Astronaut] 2013.004

Image of Walt's Chair

Walt's Chair 2006.052

Image of Winter Tree

Winter Tree 2009.017

Image of Zeus's Chair

Zeus's Chair 2006.055



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