Terry Allen is an independent artist working since 1966 in a wide variety of media including musical and theatrical performances, sculpture, painting, drawing and video, and installations which incorporate any and all of these media.

USArtists, Awarded United States Artists Oliver Fellowship, 2009

art

LA Louver Gallery, Venice, California
Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California
Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Flatbed Press & Gallery, Austin, Texas
Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas
Dwight Hackett Projects, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Stories from DUGOUT, Blaffer Gallery, Houston, Texas

PACIFIC STANDARD TIME: Art in LA 1945-1980 
T. Allen represented in following:

Greetings from LA: Artists and Publics, 1945-1980,
THE GETTY CENTER
Under the Big Black Sun:  California Art 1974-1981,
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART (MOCA)
She Accepts the Proposition:  Six Women Gallerists and the Redefinition of Art in Los Angeles, 1967-1977
CROSSROADS SCHOOL, SAM FRANCIS GALLERY
State of Mind:  New California Art Circa 1970
ORANGE COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART

Terry Allen & Allen Ruppersberg, Conversation & Record Signing, at ART CATALOGUES, LA COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART (LACMA),
Nov. 29, 2011
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NEW LIMITED EDITION LP
Contact:
www.orionread.com
TERRY ALLEN LIVE at AL'S GRAND HOTEL (May 7, 1971), 33 1/3 LP, Orion Read Records, limited edition release, in conjunction with State of Mind/New California Art Circa 1970 and Two Schools of Cool, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA (RELEASE OCT. 6)

calendar

2012

JUAREZ 
THE NEW THEATER PIECE
Horse Head Theatre, Houston, TX

2011

JAN 16  SONGS AND STORIES: TERRY ALLEN, JOE ELY, RYAN BINGHAM,  Lensic Center for the Performing Arts, Santa Fe, NM

Jan 29   FIRST TIME: TERRY ALLEN & BOB SCHNEIDER (song swap) 
Antones, Austin, TX

Feb 5-April 2  TERRY ALLEN: Works from VOIDVILLE & DUGOUT II:  HOLD ON TO THE HOUSE, Dwight Hackett Projects, Santa Fe, NM 

Feb 6  CONVERSATION & BOOK SIGNING:  TERRY ALLEN & DAVE HICKEY, Collected Works Bookstore, Santa Fe, NM (Celebration new T. Allen monograph TERRY ALLEN, University of Texas Press)

March 6, 4-6 P.M. TERRY ALLEN IN CONVERSATION WITH DAVE HICKEY (& Book Signing), Art Catalogues Bookstore, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (Celebration of T. Allen's monograph TERRY ALLEN, University of Texas Press)

Mar 10-April 16 Terry Allen, GHOST SHIP RODEZ:  THE MOMO CHRONICLES, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA

Opening @ L.A. Louver (video)

LA Canvas Review
Artnet Review
LA Weekly Review

April 19, 20, 21  SONGS AND STORIES:  RYAN BINGHAM, JOE ELY, TERRY ALLEN, City Winery, New York, NY

June 25 & 26  TERRY & JO HARVEY ALLEN: COVENANT (From the Bottom to the Top to the Bottom of the World, etc), Performed in Ann Hamilton's Tower, Oliver Ranch, Geyserville, CA

Inside the Tower, USA Artists, Terry & Jo Harvey Allen Perform


Sept. 1-Oct 1 Terry Allen, GHOST SHIP RODEZ: Works from "The Momo Chronicles", Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA

Squarecylinder Review

(note: April 6, 7 & 8, 2012...GHOST SHIP RODEZ, a theatrical performance Written by Terry Allen, Starring Jo Harvey Allen, at Zspace in Project Artaud, San Francisco, CA) 

2010

GHOST SHIP RODEZ : THE MOMO CHRONICLES by Terry Allen
A Multi-media Exhibition AND Music/Theater Piece
 EXHIBITION:  
SITE SANTA FE, Feb 5-May 9, 2010, Santa Fe,NM

 MUSIC/THEATER PIECE: 
LENSIC CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, Premiered April 9-10, 2010, Santa Fe, NM, Starring Jo Harvey Allen with live music written by Terry Allen, performed by Terry Allen, Richard Bowden and Screen Door Music; Bukka Allen and Brian Standefer  

GHOST SHIP RODEZ (A Radio Play) 
released on CD, Dec. 2010
AVAILABLE AT ORION READ

Note:  For further information on GHOST SHIP RODEZ music/theater piece in-progress go to MassMOCA

"Beneath the Surface-Excavating the Belger Collection", March 5, 2010-August 7, 2010; Terry Allen book signing, Friday, July 9

TABLES & ANGELS, T. Allen Installation, Belger Art Center, Kansas City, MO

TERRY ALLEN Book signing, Moody Gallery, 3-6, Sept. 25, 2010, Houston, TX

Terry Allen discusses and signs his new book TERRY ALLEN  w/ Katy Vine, Texas Monthly writer, at the TEXAS BOOK FAIR at Austin Museum of Art and later plays in the 'Music Tent', Oct. 16, 2010 

public commissions 

LA Louver Gallery, Venice CA (Please contact Kimberley Davis)

Selected:
TREES Stuart Collection, University of California, San Diego, CA
CORPORATE HEAD Los Angeles, CA
SHAKING MAN San Francisco, CA
WISH Dallas/Ft. Worth (DFW) Airport, TX
HUMANATURE Oliver Ranch, Geyserville, CA
 TENNESSEE LEAF , Renaissance Park, Chattanooga, TN.
(Installed April, 2010)

A PUBLIC PERCEPTION, in-progress, Iowa State Univ., Ames, Iowa, (Projected installation 2012)

music   

CDs Available 

DAVIS McLARTY AGENCY Austin, TX
(Music Calendar, Shows & Booking)

Note:  Terry Allen's new cd BOTTOM OF THE WORLD is currently in progress and will be released in conjunction with a new suite of prints by Terry Allen with Landfall Press, Inc.  It will released either sometime in 2011 or before hell freezes over.
D Magazine Terry Allen/Storytellers at the Kessler, Dallas, TX
Magnet
The Global Dispatches . Beat Box Terry Allen-Human Remains

Videos 
Artist Direct
Sugar Hill Records
Lone Star Music
Musician Biographies by musicianguide.com

radio


New American Radio & Performing Arts, radio shows by Terry Allen,
Includes TORSO HELL, BLEEDER, REUNION (a return to juarez) and
DUGOUT

GHOST SHIP RODEZ (A Radio Play), released for airplay, 2011 
Contact LA Louver Gallery

publications  

DUGOUT  by Terry Allen, University of Texas Press, 2005

TERRY ALLEN, New Monograph, University of Texas Press, May 2010