Alice van Buren

Alice van Buren is a painter, playwright and horse person.
She moved to Santa Fe in 1996 from Paris (and before that, Boston.)

Her paintings are inspired by history, the unconscious and the absurd. 

paris , 1995

paris , 1995

Boxer & Friends   24" x 24"​

Boxer & Friends   24" x 24"​

Equines        14"x 36"          Acrylic on canvas

Equines        14"x 36"          Acrylic on canvas

Series

Current        CIRCUS sketches towards an exhibition -- 11/13

On going      EQUINE STUDIES on paper & board

1998 - 2006   CRUSADER FOLLIES:  The Equestrian Figure in the Petroleum Age

                      Paintings: large & small format

                      Installations: The Joust, Gas Stations of the Cross

1999 - 2012     THE POT PAINTINGS      I - X​​CIX
                        99 paintings of Mediterranean pots

1991 - 1995     PRINTS & ARTIST BOOKS

History and Education

Born in Basel, Switzerland  1951

BA Harvard University  1973

MA Brown University  1986

Rhode Island School of Design  84-86

Boston Museum School  87 -89

Ateliers de la Ville de Paris  91-94

Shows

USA:
one person:  Philip Bareiss Gallery, Taos, NM
two person:  Krause Gallery, Providence, RI
group:  Munson Gallery, Hand Artes, IAIA, National Museum for Women in the Arts, French Library/Boston, etc.

FRANCE:
one person:  Gallerie Arcima, Paris; Singulier/Pluriel, Isle de France  group: Cagnes-sur-Mer, Uzerche, Marche de la Poesie, etc.

Collections

Artists Books at Harvard University, New York Public Library, The National Museum for Women in the Arts (Washington, D.C.)   Prints and paintings in private collections.

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