Bio
VALERIE ARBER
E D U C A T I O N
Leksand Folkhögskola, Leksand, Sweden 1969-70
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 1973 (B.F.A. drawing)
S O L O E X H I B I T I O N S
2009 “Echo”, Marfa Book Co., Marfa, TX
2007 “3 Wall Drawings”, Pierce Showroom, Marfa, TX
2006 Guest artist, Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM
2005 Hebel_121, Basel, Switzerland
2004 Eugene Binder Gallery, Marfa, TX
2003 Marfa Book Company, Marfa, TX
1992 Graham Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
1990 Owings-Dewey Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
1989 Landmark Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
1988 Graham Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
1985 Kron-Reck Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2008 NONNA, Wall installation, Dallas, TX
Gallery Nord, San Antonio, TX
2007 “Tamarind Institute”, Governor’s Gallery, State Capital Building, Santa Fe, NM
"NEW EDITIONS from Tamarind Institute", Addison Arts, Santa Fe, NM
2005 “DRAW”, Dwight Hackett Projects, Santa Fe, NM
2004 “Drawn IV”, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX
“sELECTIONs”, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
“7th Annual FOCA Artists Exhibition”, LewAllen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
“Collect”, Plan B Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
2001 “Invitational”, Owings-Dewey Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
2000 “Elements”, Helix Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
“The Graham Collection”, The Albuquerque Museum, (catalog)
“Monothon”, College of Santa Fe, sponsored by Owings-Dewey Fine Art
“Paperworks”, 5.1.6. Artspace, Albuquerque, NM
1999 “Monothon”, College of Santa Fe, sponsored by Owings-Dewey Fine Art
1998 Portrait commission, private collector
“Monothon”, College of Santa Fe, sponsored by Owings-Dewey Fine Art
1997 “New American Talent: The 13th Exhibition”, University of NorthTexas Denton, TX
& TFAA at Centerspace, Austin, TX. selected by Robert Storr,
curator of painting, Museum of Modern Art, N.Y.C. (catalog)
“Flora of New Mexico”, Invitational print edition, Tamarind Institute,
Albuquerque, NM
Group exhibition, DBL 00 Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
“Monothon”, College of Santa Fe, sponsored by Owings-Dewey Fine Art
1996 Two-person exhibition, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
“Monothon”, College of Santa Fe, sponsored by Owings-Dewey Fine Art
1995 Architectural glass commission, Warren Theater, Wichita, KS,
Group exhibition, Graham Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
1994 “String of Pearls”, two-person exhibition, Graham Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
“Juried Exhibition” , Nathan D. Rosen Art Gallery, Boca Raton, FLA
“Recent Work”, Owings-Dewey Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
1993 “Shrine Invitational”, Owings-Dewey Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Group exhibition, Graham Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
“Works in Miniature”, Dewey Galleries, Santa Fe, NM
Juried Miniatures Exhibit, The Hill House, Portsmouth, VA
“Reviews & Previews”, Graham Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
1992 “Celebration of the Goddess”, Graham Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
“Shrine Invitational”, Owings-Dewey Gallery Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
“Museum of Fine Arts 75th Anniversary”, The Governor’s Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1991 “Artists Reactions to the War”, Graham Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
“Table & Floor Screens”, Owings-Dewey Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
“Magnifico”, Albuquerque Festival of the Arts, Albuquerque, NM
1990 Two-person exhibition, Graham Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
“The Art of Albuquerque”, The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM
1989 Group exhibition, Owings-Dewey Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
1988 “Sensual Surfaces”, Marilyn Butler Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Group exhibition, University of Texas, Odessa, TX
1987 “Erotica”, Carol Sayer Gallery, Thoreau, NM
Group exhibition, Kron-Reck Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Architectural glass commission, CIAO Restaurant, Albuquerque, NM
1986 “On the Wall/Off the Wall”, The Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
Group exhibition, Kron-Reck Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
“New Mexico Sculpture Invitational”, Park Square, Albuquerque, NM
“Art Furniture”, Kron-Reck Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
1985 “National Glass Invitational”, Owens-Illinois Art Center, Toledo, OH
Guest Artist, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
1984 “Glass America”, Large-scale installation, Heller Gallery, NYC
“New Americans in Glass”, Huntington Galleries, Huntington, W. VA (catalog)
1983 “Sculptural Glass”, large-scale installation, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
(catalog)
“New Directions”, Sebastian Moore Gallery, Denver, CO
“5th Annual National Glass Exhibition”, Contemporary Artisans, San Francisco, CA
1982 “Two Ex-husbands & a Married Couple”, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
“Southwest Invitational”, Matrix Gallery, Austin, TX
1981 “Americans in Glass”, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI
travellng to the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, NYC, NY (catalog)
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Lenovo Corporation, Morrisville, NC
The Albright Knox Museum, Buffalo, NY
The Hallmark Collection, Kansas City, Kansas
The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM
E D U C A T I O N
Leksand Folkhögskola, Leksand, Sweden 1969-70
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 1973 (B.F.A. drawing)
S O L O E X H I B I T I O N S
2009 “Echo”, Marfa Book Co., Marfa, TX
2007 “3 Wall Drawings”, Pierce Showroom, Marfa, TX
2006 Guest artist, Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM
2005 Hebel_121, Basel, Switzerland
2004 Eugene Binder Gallery, Marfa, TX
2003 Marfa Book Company, Marfa, TX
1992 Graham Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
1990 Owings-Dewey Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
1989 Landmark Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
1988 Graham Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
1985 Kron-Reck Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2008 NONNA, Wall installation, Dallas, TX
Gallery Nord, San Antonio, TX
2007 “Tamarind Institute”, Governor’s Gallery, State Capital Building, Santa Fe, NM
"NEW EDITIONS from Tamarind Institute", Addison Arts, Santa Fe, NM
2005 “DRAW”, Dwight Hackett Projects, Santa Fe, NM
2004 “Drawn IV”, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX
“sELECTIONs”, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
“7th Annual FOCA Artists Exhibition”, LewAllen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
“Collect”, Plan B Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
2001 “Invitational”, Owings-Dewey Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
2000 “Elements”, Helix Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
“The Graham Collection”, The Albuquerque Museum, (catalog)
“Monothon”, College of Santa Fe, sponsored by Owings-Dewey Fine Art
“Paperworks”, 5.1.6. Artspace, Albuquerque, NM
1999 “Monothon”, College of Santa Fe, sponsored by Owings-Dewey Fine Art
1998 Portrait commission, private collector
“Monothon”, College of Santa Fe, sponsored by Owings-Dewey Fine Art
1997 “New American Talent: The 13th Exhibition”, University of NorthTexas Denton, TX
& TFAA at Centerspace, Austin, TX. selected by Robert Storr,
curator of painting, Museum of Modern Art, N.Y.C. (catalog)
“Flora of New Mexico”, Invitational print edition, Tamarind Institute,
Albuquerque, NM
Group exhibition, DBL 00 Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
“Monothon”, College of Santa Fe, sponsored by Owings-Dewey Fine Art
1996 Two-person exhibition, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
“Monothon”, College of Santa Fe, sponsored by Owings-Dewey Fine Art
1995 Architectural glass commission, Warren Theater, Wichita, KS,
Group exhibition, Graham Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
1994 “String of Pearls”, two-person exhibition, Graham Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
“Juried Exhibition” , Nathan D. Rosen Art Gallery, Boca Raton, FLA
“Recent Work”, Owings-Dewey Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
1993 “Shrine Invitational”, Owings-Dewey Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Group exhibition, Graham Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
“Works in Miniature”, Dewey Galleries, Santa Fe, NM
Juried Miniatures Exhibit, The Hill House, Portsmouth, VA
“Reviews & Previews”, Graham Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
1992 “Celebration of the Goddess”, Graham Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
“Shrine Invitational”, Owings-Dewey Gallery Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
“Museum of Fine Arts 75th Anniversary”, The Governor’s Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1991 “Artists Reactions to the War”, Graham Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
“Table & Floor Screens”, Owings-Dewey Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
“Magnifico”, Albuquerque Festival of the Arts, Albuquerque, NM
1990 Two-person exhibition, Graham Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
“The Art of Albuquerque”, The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM
1989 Group exhibition, Owings-Dewey Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
1988 “Sensual Surfaces”, Marilyn Butler Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Group exhibition, University of Texas, Odessa, TX
1987 “Erotica”, Carol Sayer Gallery, Thoreau, NM
Group exhibition, Kron-Reck Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Architectural glass commission, CIAO Restaurant, Albuquerque, NM
1986 “On the Wall/Off the Wall”, The Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
Group exhibition, Kron-Reck Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
“New Mexico Sculpture Invitational”, Park Square, Albuquerque, NM
“Art Furniture”, Kron-Reck Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
1985 “National Glass Invitational”, Owens-Illinois Art Center, Toledo, OH
Guest Artist, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
1984 “Glass America”, Large-scale installation, Heller Gallery, NYC
“New Americans in Glass”, Huntington Galleries, Huntington, W. VA (catalog)
1983 “Sculptural Glass”, large-scale installation, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
(catalog)
“New Directions”, Sebastian Moore Gallery, Denver, CO
“5th Annual National Glass Exhibition”, Contemporary Artisans, San Francisco, CA
1982 “Two Ex-husbands & a Married Couple”, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
“Southwest Invitational”, Matrix Gallery, Austin, TX
1981 “Americans in Glass”, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI
travellng to the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, NYC, NY (catalog)
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Lenovo Corporation, Morrisville, NC
The Albright Knox Museum, Buffalo, NY
The Hallmark Collection, Kansas City, Kansas
The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM
