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Most exhibitions in: |
| Country |
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| USA | 60 |
| China | 1 |
| Canada | 1 |
| Spain | 1 |
Most exhibitions held at: |
| Institution |
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Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, USA |
9 |
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Charles Cowles Gallery, USA |
8 |
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Dunn and Brown Contemporary, USA |
7 |
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Mark Moore Gallery, USA |
7 |
Biography: 
1943 Born in Fort Worth Texas (US)
Lives and works in Fort Worth, Texas
1967 B.A., Hardin-Simmons University
1967 - 1968 Individual Artist’s Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts
1968 - 1969 Individual Artist’s Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts
1969 M.F.A., University of Illinois
1969 - 1978 Teaching
Associate Professor of Art, Austin College, Sherman, TX
1974 - 1975 Individual Artist’s Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts
1978 Teaching
Regents Professor of Art, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
1980 - 1981 Individual Artist’s Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts
1981 - 1982 Individual Artist’s Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts
1984 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation
1988 Awards in the Visual Arts, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art
1995 Guggenheim Foundation Grant
Selected Collections
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Albright Knox Art Museum, Buffalo, New York
Dallas Museum of Fine Art, Dallas, TX
New Orleans Museum of Art, LA
Art Institute of Chicago, IL
Houston Museum of Fine Arts, TX
Fort Worth Art Museum, TX
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
Baltimore Museum of Art, MD
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Phoenix Art Museum, AZ
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA
Krannert Art Museum; University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA
Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, California
El Paso Art Museum, el Paso, Texas
| | Public exhibitions 63 
Solo shows 21
2008
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| Vernon Fisher - Charles Cowles Gallery, New York City, NY |
2007
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| Vernon Fisher: Heart of Darkness - Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX |
2006
2005
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| Vernon Fisher - American Tragedy - Charles Cowles Gallery, New York City, NY |
2004
2003
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| Vernon Fisher: Brainiac - Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX |
2002
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| Vernon Fisher - New Paintings - Charles Cowles Gallery, New York City, NY |
2001
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| Vernon Fisher - Angel Face - Charles Cowles Gallery, New York City, NY |
2000
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| Vernon Fisher: Zulu - Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX |
1998
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| Vernon Fisher - Charles Cowles Gallery, New York City, NY |
1997
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| Vernon Fisher: Four Ways to Enter a Story - The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX |
1996
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| Vernon Fisher - Charles Cowles Gallery, New York City, NY |
1995
1994
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| Vernon Fisher: Return to Base - Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL |
1990
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| Vernon Fisher - The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX |
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| Projects 20: Vernon Fisher - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY |
1989
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| Vernon Fisher - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
1980
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| Vernon Fisher: Story Paintings and Drawings - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
Group shows 42
2009
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| Vivid Lines in Graphic Times - Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL |
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| Trouble in Paradise: Examining Discord between Nature and Society - Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ |
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| American Concepts and Global Visions/Selections from the AT&T Collection: Contemporary Paintings and Sculpture - The McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX |
2008
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| Lone Star Legacy II: The Barrett Collection of Contemporary Texas Art - Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX |
2007
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| Everything - Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX |
2006
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| Misleading Trails - Samek Art Gallery , Lewisburg, PA |
2005
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| "A Summer Group" - Charles Cowles Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Land - Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX |
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| Misleading Trails - NIU Art Museum, DeKalb, IL |
2004
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| Fifth Anniversary Exhibition - Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX |
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| Misleading Trails - China Art Archives & Warehouse (CAAW), Beijing |
2003
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| Flip - Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX |
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| Andy Warhol and the Pop Aesthetic - Permanent Collection and Loans - ASU Art Museum - Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ |
2002
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| Almost Warm and Fuzzy: Childhood and Contemporary Art - MOCA - Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, Cleveland, OH |
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| Almost Warm and Fuzzy: Childhood and Contemporary Art - Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN |
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| time/frame - Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX |
2001
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| Almost Warm and Fuzzy: Childhood and Contemporary Art - Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON |
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| Landfall Press - 1970 - 2000 - H&R Block Artspace at Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO |
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| Almost Warm and Fuzzy: Childhood and Contemporary Art - Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA |
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| Almost Warm & Fuzzy - CaixaForum Barcelona, Barcelona |
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| Almost Warm and Fuzzy - P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island |
2000
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| Almost Warm and Fuzzy: Childhood and Contemporary Art - Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art - SMoCA, Scottsdale, AZ |
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| Almost Warm and Fuzzy: Childhood and Contemporary Art - Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA |
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| Summer 2000 - Charles Cowles Gallery, New York City, NY |
1999
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| Almost Warm and Fuzzy: Childhood and Contemporary Art - Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA |
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| Texas Draws - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
1997
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| Dis/Functional - ASU Art Museum - Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ |
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| Surrogacy: Silhouettes, Negatives, Costumes, Impersonations, Disguises, and Substitutions - Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA |
1995
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| Color in Space: Pictorialism in Contemporary Sculpture - David Winton Bell Gallery, Providence, RI |
1994
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| Altered Egos - Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA |
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| Out of This World - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
1992
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| New Editions - Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA |
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| Painted Word/Written Image - Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA |
1991
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| Word As Image: American Art 1960–1990 - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
1983
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| Southern Fictions - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
1982
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| The Americans: The Collage - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
1981
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| The Southern Voice: Terry Allen, Vernon Fisher, Ed McGowin - The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX |
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| Words as Images - The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
1979
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| FIRE! - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
1978
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| Art of Texas - The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
1977
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| American Narrative/Story Art: 1967–1977 - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
Dealer Directory 5 |
USA
| | Zolla / Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
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| | Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX
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| | Charles Cowles Gallery, New York City, NY
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| | Landfall Press, Santa Fe, NM
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Public collections 10

USA
| | Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
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| | Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
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| | El Paso Museum of Art (EPMA), El Paso, TX
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| | The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX
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| | MMoCA - The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
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| | San Antonio Museum of Art - SAMA, San Antonio, TX
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| | Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, Stanford, CA
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| | ASU Art Museum - Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
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| | Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, TX
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| | The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
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