ALLEN MAERTZ: ENCYCLOPEDIA

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EDUCATION
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, B.F.A., 1983
Art Students League, New York, New York, 1979

COLLECTIONS
Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, New Jersey
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Oregon
Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 Chambers@916, Portland, Oregon
2004 Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2004 Rosenberg Gallery, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York
2004 Gallery 1101, Department of Cinema and Photography, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois
1988 Ecco Gallery, San Francisco, California

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 "Encyclopedia: Videos", Chambers@916, Portland, Oregon
2007 "Branching Out", Sepia Gallery, New York, New York
2005 "Honolulu to New York", The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
2006 "Group Show", Sarah Nightingale Gallery, Water Mill, New York
2001 "Asian American Visual Arts Exhibition", Center for Latino Arts and Culture, Rutgers University
1988 "Group Show", Mesa Gallery, San Francisco, California

JURIED SHOWS & COMPETITIONS
1989 "Neo Punkadelic Exhibition", Penn State University
1989 "Pattern Revival", Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina
1987 "San Diego Art Institute National Juried Competition", San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, California
1987 "Broken Heart Art", S.P.A.R.C. Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1986 "The Arizona Biennial", Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona

SELECTED EXHIBITION REVIEWS & ARTICLES
Brian Libby, "On Display: Memorable metaphor inaugurates new space", 2008 The Oregonian, (Nov 24, 2008) pp. 34, illus.

Mitchell Seidel, "Jersey City stars in exhibition", Star-Ledger, (2001), pp 10, illus.

Redd, Adrienne, "Playfulness and Innovation at Open Space", The Globe Times, (January 28, 1988), pp. 1D & 3D.

Lowe, Charlotte, "Maertz's Paintings are Innocent of Pretension", Tucson Citizen, Living Section, (November 21, 1987), pp. 3D, illus.

Boyle, Michael, "Arizona Illustrated" interview, Channel 6 KUAT, (August 1987).