Alice Leora Briggs

http://aliceleorabriggs.com/home.html 12-22-2010Alice Leora Briggswww.aliceleorabriggs.comaliceleorabriggs@gmail.com806.795.0456Education1981 MFA, University of Iowa1980 MA, University of Iowa1977 BFA, Utah State UniversitySolo Exhibitions2010Hollow Ground, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TXDreamland, El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX2009Translations, Etherton Gallery, Tucson, AZThe Curious, the Ignorant and the Idle, Monroe Community College, Mercer Gallery, Rochester, NYRedoubt, Box Gallery, Santa Fe, NMArtist-in-Residence, Border Art Residency, La Union, NM2008Rift, Art Depot, Lubbock, TX2007Fever, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WABreach, Box Gallery, Santa Fe, NM2006Deadly Sins/Measured Virtues, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan, UTPurgatorio, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan, UTCut and Burn, Box Gallery, Santa Fe, NMIssues & Arrangements: The Narrative Tableau, Etherton Gallery, Tucson, AZ;2005Graft, International Museum of Surgical Science, Chicago, IL2004Purgatorio, Joseph Gross Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (w/ M. Cajero)2003Inflections of Illusion, Etherton Gallery, Tucson, AZ2002Neviem Viem Neviem, Galeria mesta Bratislavi, Bratislava, Slovak RepublicMalice Is Rare, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD2001Industry of Memory, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ1998Regarding Architecture, Atrium Gallery, Salt Lake City, UtahPainted Illusions, Trompe L'oeil-Embellished Furnishings and Architectural Details, Special Collections andArchives, University Libraries, Utah State University, Logan, UT1996Continuous Inspection, Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, UtahRansacked Tombs, Salt Lake City Arts Council, Finch Lane Gallery Salt Lake City, UTJohn B. Davis Gallery Idaho State University, Department of Art, Pocatello, ID1995Central Oregon Community College, Department of Art, Bend, OR1994Mortal Devices, SXU Gallery, St. Xavier University, Chicago, ILGoodstein Gallery, Casper College, Casper, WYAlliance for the Varied Arts, Logan, UT1993Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, ORFinch Lane Gallery, Salt Lake City Arts Council, Salt Lake City, UTBertha Eccles Community Art Center, Ogden, UT1981-92Atrium Gallery, Salt Lake City, UTMyra Powell Gallery, Ogden, UTDolores Chase Gallery, Salt Lake City, UTNora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, UTEve Drewelowe Gallery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IASelected Invitational Group Exhibitions: 1994-present2010Ni Una Mas (Not One More): The Juarez Murders, Leonard Pearlstein Gallery, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA2009Texas Draws, Southwest School of Art and Craft, San Antonio, TXStilled Heart, Pima Community College, Louis Bernal Gallery, Tucson, AZTrouble in Paradise: Examining Discord between Nature and Society, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ2008Line/Form, D Berman Gallery, Austin, TX2007The Diane and Sandy Besser Collection, De Young Museum, San Francisco, CAFlatbed Press, Austin, TXContemporary Art: Texas and Beyond, Robert Hughes Gallery, San Antonio, TXART 5: Five State Regional Invitational Exhibition, DW Williams Art Center, New Mexico State University, LasCruces, NMAn Eclectic Eye: Selections from the Dan Leach Collection, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ2006Tomorrow’s Drawing Today, two venues: Turner Carroll Gallery, Santa Fe, NM and The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FLReady Set D’Art, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZStories of Women in Print, Landmark Arts, Texas Tech University School of Art, Lubbock, TX2005Not Dead Yet: Persistence of the Figure in Contemporary Art, Landmark Arts, Texas Tech University School ofArt, Lubbock, TXEmerging Artist 05, Etherton Gallery, Parada Hall, Scottsdale, AZWherefore ART Thou?, Temple Gallery, Tucson, AZ2004Contemporary Forum, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix AZWhat's Love Got to Do With It?, Tucson, Museum of Art, Tucson, AZState of the Art: University of Arizona School of Art Faculty Exhibition, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZDecember Invitational, NüArt Gallery, Santa Fe, NM2003Faculty Exhibition: University of Arizona School of Art, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZTucson Artists in Black and White, Temple Gallery, Tucson, AZ2002December Invitational, NüArt Gallery, Santa Fe, NMReady Set D’Art, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZSmall Works, Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, AZ2001Fellowship Exhibition, Tucson/Pima County Arts Council, Tucson, AZ2000Aesthetics of Water, University of Joensuu, Rantasalmi, FinlandFor Pete’s Sake, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZMillennium, GOCAIA Gallery, Tucson, AZAlice Briggs, Catherine Nash, John Schaefer, Louis Bernal Gallery, Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ1999There but for Grace of. . .Temporary Shelters, Here, Here Gallery, Cleveland, OHAesthetics of Water, Apex Gallery, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SDDesigner Showhouse ’99, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ;1998Architectural Visions, Atrium Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT1996Ransacked Tombs, Salt Lake City Arts Council, Finch Lane Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT1995Poetic Existence: Surreal Images from the Permanent Collection of the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, UtahState University, Logan, UT1994A View of Eight, Visual Artists Fellowship Exhibition, Utah Arts Council, Salt Lake City Art Center, UTNarratives: Painted Fictions and Inner Lives, Missoula Museum of Art, MTReal Art: Representational Art of Utah, Union Pacific Depot at Triad Center, Salt Lake City, UTSelected Juried Exhibitions: 1992-present2009New Prints 2009/Autumn, two venues: International Print Center, New York and Leonard Pearlstein Gallery, DrexelUniversity, Philadelphia, PA2008Texas Oklahoma Prize, Wichita Falls Museum of Art at Midwestern University, Wichita Falls, TX2006Ink and Clay 33, W. Keith and Janet Kellogg University Gallery, California Polytechnic State University, Pomona, CAVAST ARTS 39th Annual National Exhibition, Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, TX200310th Biennial National Juried Exhibition, Dinnerware Gallery, Tucson, AZ2002National Juried Exhibition, Dinnerware Gallery, Tucson, AZ1999Arizona Biennial ‘99, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ1995Central Wyoming College Annual Art Exhibition, Robert A. Peck Arts Center, Riverton, WY199324th Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University, Peoria, ILBlack and White, Eccles Community Art Center, Ogden, UTDrawn West, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan UT1992Paper in Particular, Columbia College, Columbia, MO; UtahWomen's Art Project, Statewide Exhibition, two venues: Springville Museum, UT and Nora Eccles Harrison Museum ofArt, Logan, UTStatewide '92, Bertha Eccles Community Art Center, Ogden, UTSelected CollectionsBorder Art Residency, El Paso, TXThe Diane and Sandy Besser Collection, Santa Fe, NMEl Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TXFine Arts Museums of San Francisco, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CAFirestone Graham Foundation, Albuquerque, NMFlatbed Press, Austin, TXFort Hays State University, Fort Hays, KSFrank and Sugiyama Collection, Santa Fe, New York, TokyoJames Drake, Santa Fe, NMLarry E. Elsner Art Foundation, Logan, UTNora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan, UTPhoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZSherwin Beach Press, Chicago, ILTucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZUniversity of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IASelected Bibliography: 1995-present2010Sweeten-Shults, Lana. Briggs looks to violence of Juarez to make her mark, Times Record News, Wichita Falls, TX,15 January2009Davis, Kathryn M. Critical Reflections, Alice Leora Briggs: Redoubt, THE magazine, 1 OctoberHammond, Harmony. Suffering and Sanctuary, The Albuquerque Journal, Santa Fe North, 25 September: S6Finney, Tiana. Days of Ole, Santa Fe Reporter, 2-8 September 2009: 45Rafferty, Rebecca. ‘The Curious, the Ignorant, and the Idle,’ The Texture of Tragedy, Rochester City Newspaper, 22 AprilSasse, Julie. Translations, Etherton Gallery, Tucson, AZ (exhibition catalog)Sasse, Julie. Trouble in Paradise, Tucson Museum of Art (exhibition catalog)Regan, Margaret. Being Human, Tucson Weekly, 5 March2008Morris, Ashleigh. Top Talent, Santa Fean, June-July 2008, 36(3):56-67Walker, Hollis. Anatomy of Grey. Alice Leora Briggs Finds Truth in the Areas between Black and White, AlbuquerqueJournal, 4 JanuaryWillard, Christopher. Technique: Sgraffito and Redrawing, American Artist, 7 March2007Carver, Jon. Art Previews, Santa Fean, December 2007-January 2008, 35(10):64Breuer, Karin. The Diane and Sandy Besser Collection, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (exhibition catalog)Taylor, Stephanie L. Art 5, Five State Regional Exhibition, Andy Warhol Foundation and New Mexico State University(exhibition catalog)van der Aa, Roy. Regional Invitational Exhibit is Ambitious, Yet Accessible, The Ink (Las Cruces, NM) September 2007Touchon, Ouida. Art 5, NMSU Gallery’s Regional Art Exhibition, Las Cruces Bulletin, 17 AugustSasse, Julie. An Eclectic Eye: Selections from the Dan Leach Collection, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ(exhibition catalog)2006Bowden, Charles. Deadly Sins/Measured Virtues, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University,Logan, UT (exhibition catalog)Armitage, Diane. Alice Leora Briggs: Cut and Burn, THE Magazine (Santa Fe, NM) SepPulkka, Wesley. Exhibitions show diversity in style, The Albuquerque Journal, 9 JulPulkka, Wesley. Collectors help lesser-known artists, The Albuquerque Journal, 14 MayRegan, Margaret. Ambiguous Narratives, Tucson Weekly, 17 MarHopper, Kippra D. Stories of Women in Print, Landmark Arts, Texas Tech University School of Art, Lubbock, Texas(exhibition catalog)Besser, Sanford. Tomorrow’s Drawing Today, The Arts Center, St. Petersberg, Florida (exhibition catalog)Bennett, Lennie. St. Petersburg Times (St. Petersburg, FL), 24 SepPulkka, Wesley. The Congenital Collector, Santa Fe TREND Magazine, Fall 2006-Winter 2007, 7 (2): 64-752005Cortez, Constance. Not Dead Yet: Persistence of the Figure in Contemporary Art, Landmark Arts, TexasTech University School of Art, Lubbock, Texas (exhibition catalog)Hawkins, Margaret. Briggs drawings conjure wince-upon-a-time medicine, Chicago Sun Times, 23 Dec2004Regan, Margaret. Purgatorio, Tucson Weekly, 17 MarLee, Sang Mi. Arizona Illustrated. KUAT-TV, Tucson, 12 Mar2003Sasse, Julie. Inflections of Illusion: Alice Briggs, Shade Magazine (Phoenix, AZ), Apr-MayRegan, Margaret. Color Barrier, Tucson Weekly, 15 MayLee, Sang Mi. Arizona Illustrated. KUAT TV, Tucson, 22 MayRandall, Teri Thomson. Gallerywise, Nüart Gallery Pasatiempo, The Santa Fe New Mexican, 23 May2002Portwood, Pamela. Small Wonders, Tucson Weekly, 20 JunPanache Magazine (Rapid City, SD), 7- 20 Feb;Rapid City Journal (Rapid City, South Dakota), 17 Feb2001Villani, John C. Tucson art scene matures as it grows, The Arizona Republic, 31 JanRegan, Margaret. Industrial Strength, Tucson Weekly, 8 Mar2000Albritton, Ann. Cleveland: There but for the Grace of…Temporary Shelters, Sculpture Magazine, May, 19(4):751999Regan, Margaret. Contemporary Collection, Tucson Weekly, 27 MayPortwood, Pamela. Biennial Sculpts Focus, The Arizona Daily Star (Tucson), 21 MayBuckmaster, William. Arizona Illustrated, KUAT-TV, Tucson, May1998The Herald Journal (Logan, UT), 13 FebMcIntire, Frank. ‘Continuous Inspection’ Is Art Worth Diving Into, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 FebSalt Lake City Arts Council Newsletter, SummerMcIntire, Frank. ‘Ransacked Tombs’ Place Art in a Clear Well-lighted Place, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 AugThe Herald Journal, (Logan, UT), 28 Jan1994McIntire, Frank. Refreshing, questioning, provocative art work at center, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 AprPalos Regional News (Palos Heights, IL), 3 NovChicago Reader, 11 NovSalt Lake Art Center, A View of Eight, Utah Arts Council, Salt Lake City (exhibition catalog)Publications (author and/or artist)2010Charles Bowden and Alice Leora Briggs. Dreamland: The Way Out of Juarez, (illuminated manuscript/policeblotter, over 300 images) University of Texas Press, Austin, TX2009Collapse of the Home: Tejas, Railsmith, Austin, TXCharles Bowden and Alice Leora Briggs. Killing Is Fun, broadside, hand-set and illustrated, edition of 126,published by Ken Sanders Rare Books and Scrub Oak Press, Salt Lake City, UT2000Aesthetics of Water, print portfolio, edition of 22 with 19 other artists in conjunction with Aesthetics of Water: The FourthInternational Conference on Environmental Aesthetics, University of Joensuu, Rantasalmi, Finland1992The Essense of Beeing, hand-set and illustrated, 200 copies, written by Michael Lenehan designed by RobertMcCamant, initial caps by Albert Richardson, illustrated and majority of text hand-set (lead moveabletype) by Alice Brown-Wagner (nka Alice Leora Briggs), published by Sherwin Beach Press, Chicago, IL1992-4Authored more than forty-five reviews of art exhibitions and seven features stories on the visual arts published in theSalt Lake Tribune1982Dear Mr. Kappus: The Eighth Letter, hand-set, hand-bound, edition of 25 with suite of six intaglio printsSelected Grants, Fellowships and Awards: 1994-present2010Visiting Artist, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX2009Visiting Artist, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM; Visiting Artist, University of Texas at El Paso2008-9Artist-in-Residence, Border Arts Residency, La Union, NM (Aug 2008-May 2009)2008Dozier Travel Award, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX (2 weeks in Poland)Best of Texas, Texas Oklahoma Prize, Wichita Falls Museum of Art , Wichita Falls, TX2007Drawing Center, New York, NY, Viewing Program, on-line portfolio in curated artist registryVisiting Artist, Department of Art, Cochise College, Sierra Vista, AZArtist-in-Residence, Jentel Foundation, WY2006Visiting Artist, Caine School of Fine Arts and Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan, UT2005Visiting Artist, School of Art, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TXSeventh Avenue Streetscape, Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture, public art project, Phoenix, AZVisiting Artist, Department of Art, Cochise College, Sierra Vista, AZVisiting Artist, School of Art, University of AZ, Tucson2004Artists Project Grant, Arizona Commission on the Arts, Phoenix AZVisiting Artist, Department of Art, Cochise College, Sierra Vista, AZVisiting Artist, School of Art, University of Arizona, Tucson2003Arizona Artist Materials Fund Grant, Contemporary Forum and Cummings Endowment Fund, Phoenix Art Museum,Phoenix, AZJuror, Student Art Exhibition 2003, Pima Community College, Tucson, AZGrant, International Exchange (for exhibition in Slovak Republic), Tucson/Pima Arts Council, Tucson, AZPonies del Pueblo, public art project, Tucson, AZ2001Grant, Larry E. Elsner FoundationVisual Artist Fellowship, Tucson/Pima Arts Council, Tucson, AZVisiting Artist, Lecture and Panel Discussion, Contemporary Arts Society, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ1999George McCullough Cash Award, Arizona Biennial ‘99, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ1996Individual Artist's Grant, Utah Arts Council1994Visual Artist Fellowship, Utah Arts Council, Salt Lake City, UTJuror and Guest Lecturer, Utah Intercollegiate Exhibition, Gittens Gallery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UTVisiting Artist, St. Xavier University, Department of Art, Chicago, ILVisiting Artist, Idaho State University, Department of Art, Pocatello, IDVisiting Artist, Casper College, Department of Art Casper, WYI cut white marks into black surfaces with a knife. Called sgraffito, my drawing method originated in 13th century German wall decoration, and later was used to embellish ceramics in 16th century Italy. My current focus is Ciudad Juarez. In this city one sees fiction in action, even an hour is time enough to blend truth with myth. I have traveled to sites of recent executions, photo-documented known “death houses” where members of the Juarez cartel have tortured, murdered and buried fellow citizens. To the west of Juarez I have visited an asylum for the city’s disinherited. This makeshift refuge is the distillate of the city and houses some 115 souls. I have been to the Juarez morgue, witnessed the autopsy of a young man fresh from his execution, wandered among the unidentified corpses in the freezers, seen the guns and bullets and maggots and broken instruments of torture pulled from shallow graves.