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Donald Calledare is an Italian-born painter and writer who has lived and worked in Houston for many years, creating a substantial body of large scale paintings that explore landscapes of the imagination, the mythic and the fantastic. He is a contributing editor of the Texas art magazine "Artlies" and has written frequently on contemporary art and culture. Donald's manuscript, composed under the name of the fictional writer Generico Vespucci, became the libretto for AlienNation's MIGBOT exhibition and the development of a new opera, MIRAK. Exhibitions:
1998: MIGBOT, AlienNation Co., Winter Street Art Center, Houston
1998: Group Show of paintings and photography, ArtScan, Houston
1997--Texas National, Nacogdoches Texas
1995--Day of the Dead, Lawndale, Houston
Portfolio 2000, College Station, Tx.
The Big Show, Lawndale, Houston
1994--Day of the Dead, Lawndale, Houston
* Fergus-Fernandez Gallery, Houston
The Big Show, Lawndale
Out of This World, Contemporary Arts Museum,Houston
1993--Scenic Allegories, Lawndale
Day of the Dead, Lawndale
Anonymous Show, West End Gallery, Houston
The Portrait Show, West End Gallery, Houston
West End, West End Gallery, Houston
1992--Dream and Imagination, Six Houston painters, Transco Gallery, Houston
Day of the Dead, Lawndale
The Big Show, Lawndale
Case for Art, Lawndale at Houston Central Library
Houston Area Exhibition, Blaffer Gallery, Houston
1991--The War Show, Fountainhead Gallery, Houston
1990--Group Show, Economic Summit, G.V.G. Gallery
Group Show, Graham Gallery, Houston
1989--MFA Thesis Show, Blaffer Gallery, Houston
1988--Synergy 88, Museum of Fine Arts at Glassell, Houston
1987--East End Show, Lawndale Annex, Houston
1982--* Galleria Albatross, Rome, Italy
1979--Group Show, Obelisk Gallery, London, England
1976--* Deja Vu, Coffeehouse/Gallery, Los Angeles
1975--* Kerchoff Hall, UCLA
*Indicates solo exhibits
Publications:
Crossing the Great Divide, review, ArtLies Magazine, March 1994
Decoding Violence:A Few Texas Photographers, review, ArtLies Magazine,May-June 1994
La Cordillera Enamorada, review, ArtLies Magazine,October-November 1994
Surreal Cargo Hits Texas Gulf Coast: Nine Survivors, review, ArtLies Magazine, January 1995
Invisible Dragon, book review,ArtLies Magazine, February-March 1995
Fabula Rasa, review, ArtLies Magazine, April-May 1995
Bridge Exhibition, review, ArtLies Magazine, June-July 1995
Orienting Illusions, review, ArtLies Magazine, October-November 1995
Codex Mesouranima, article,ArtLies Magazine, April-June 1996
ArtLies Magazine, Issue #11, Editor, June-September 1996
Panarchy 666, article, ArtLies Magazine, June-September 1996
Trance Plantain, review, ArtLies Magazine, Spring 1997
Jorge Garnica, review, ArtLies Magazine, Summer 1997
Troy Woods,review, ArtLies Magazine, Fall 1997
Cliff Notes to American Canvas, ArtLies magazine, Winter 1997
Interview with Reverend Tony Cambell, ArtLies magazine, Winter 1997
Theater of the Beyond, ArtLies magazine, Spring 1998
Bibliography:
Portfolio 2000,Shelley Smithson,Bryan-College Station Eagle, May14,1995
Works, Eric Schwab, ArtLies magazine, May-June 1994
A CriticÕs Notebook,Susie Kaliel, Houston Press, June3,1993
Scenic Allegories, Rachel Ranta,Catalog, Lawndale Art and Performance Center, May 1993
Studio: 2409 Commerce St.
Houston, Tx. 77003
(713) 228-4748
e-mail: mescal@brokersys.com