Call for Entries: 2nd Annual Regional Juried Exhibition
Venue: Artspace 111, Fort Worth
Juror: Vernon Fisher
Apply: https://www.callforentry.org
Entry Deadline: 5/31/15
Vernon Fisher is an artist living in Fort Worth with four cats and his wife, the artist Julie Bozzi, whom he suspects is also a cat. He was born in Granbury, Texas and has lived in Texas all his life except for two years of graduate school in Champaign, Illinois and a summer selling Bibles in Palatka, Florida. His career spans 40 years. During that time he has received numerous awards including three National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artists Fellowships, a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant, a Distinguished Teaching of Art Award from the College Art Association, and a
John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship. His work has been shown internationally in cities such as London, Dusseldorf, Rotterdam, New Delhi, Mexico City, Moscow, and Seoul. He has had over eighty one-person exhibitions including installations at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C., the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, and the Dallas Museum of Art. A traveling mid-career survey was organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego in 1989. In 2010 the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth presented a retrospective of his work: K-Mart Conceptualism. His work is in the permanent collections of over forty art museums.
Artspace111
Artspace111 is dedicated to its vital role in the city of Fort Worth, and to making contemporary art approachable to individuals of all ages. With its sculpture gardens and distinctive architectural character, the gallery offers a striking setting to host corporate and private events, and is also available for tours and other social gatherings.
Artspace111 is located east of Downtown Fort Worth at Hampton Street and Weatherford. The gallery is open Tuesday to Friday, 10 - 5 pm and Saturday by appointment. To schedule a private viewing, contact Margery Gossett or Brooke Baumgardner by calling 817.692.3228 or emailing art@artspace111.com.
