E-mail: urbantay@gate.net
Additional work: http://www.gate.net/~urbantay/main.html
Additional work: art in context - alan urban
Education
BFA University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
AA Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, Florida
Selected Exhibitions
June, 2006, New Artists Exhibition No. 2,
Arts On Douglas Gallery, New Smyrna Beach, FL
June, 2005, 54th Annual All Florida Juried Competition and Exhibition,
Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
Juror: Louis Grachos, Director, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
May, 2005, 2004 ADSO Golden Brush Award Winner, Alan Urban
Okaloosa-Walton College, Arts Center Galleries,
Holzhauer Gallery, Niceville, FL
Curator: Karen Valdés, Director/Curator, Arts Center Galleries
May, 2005, 2D/3D Best in Show Winners, The Past Decade,
Alliance for the Arts, Ft Myers, FL
Curator: Jeff Lewis, Exhibitions Coordinator, Alliance for the Arts
February, 2005, Court House Cultural Center Annual Juried Exhibition,
Arts Council, Stuart, FL
Juror: Cheryl Bogdanowitsch, Artist
February, 2005, Tri-State National 43rd Annual Juried Exhibition,
Beaumont Art League, Beaumont, TX
Juror: Judi Betts, International Painter and Author
September, 2004, BOLD, The Artwork of Scott Miller,
Celeste Pierson and Alan Urban,
Lake Wales Arts Center, Lake Wales, FL
Juror: William Dickinson, Director, Lake Wales Arts Center,
Lake Wales, FL
June, 2004, 53rd Annual All Florida Juried Competition and Exhibition,
Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
Juror: Elizabeth A.T. Smith, Chief Curator,
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
May, 2004, 12th Southeast Regional Fine Arts Exhibition, Best in Show,
Arts and Design Society of Fort Walton Beach, Fort Walton Beach, FL
Juror: Susie T. Ranager, Artist and Former Curator for Exhibits and Workshops, Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art, Biloxi, MS
December, 2003, Art Encounter 2003, A Statewide Juried Awards Exhibition, Honorable Mention,
The von Liebig Art Center, Naples, FL
Juror: Robert Sindelir, Director Emeritus, Miami-Dade Community College Art Gallery
September, 2003, 5th Annual Renaissance Regional Art Exhibit, Excellence Award,
The Renaissance Center, Dickson, TN
Juror: Terry Thacker, Artist and Art Educator
May, 2002, Made in Florida Abstraction, Recent Paintings by Florida Artists, Braun, Jeffcoat, Larsen, McCallum, Urban
The von Liebig Art Center, Naples, FL
Curator: Barbara A. Hill, Director, The von Liebig Art Center, Naples, FL
March, 2002, Artists Council 33rd Annual National
Juried Exhibition, Merit Award
Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA
Juror: Michael Zakian, Director, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art at Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
February, 2002, 2D/3D All Florida Exhibition, Best in Show,
Alliance For The Arts, Fort Myers, FL
Juror: Barbara A. Hill, Director, The von Liebig Art Center, Naples, FL
October, 2001, 45th Annual International Award Exhibition,
San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
Juror: Bram Dijkstra, Critic, Author and honored professor at the University of California, San Diego, CA
August, 2001, The Tallahassee Florida National Competition:
Combined Talents 2001,
FSU Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL
Panel of Jurors: George Blakely, Odili Donald Odita, and Mark Messersmith, all FSU School of Visual Arts Faculty members, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
January, 2001, 51st Anniversary exhibition,
Ridge Art Association, Winter Haven, FL
Juror: Salvatore G. Cilella, Jr., Executive Director, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC
April, 2000, 4th Annual National All-Media Competition, Merit Award
Ridge Art Association, Winter Haven, FL
Juror: Joseph B. Schenk, Director, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
March, 2000, Art 2000, Nathan D. Rosen Museum Gallery,
Boca Raton, FL
Juror: Ginger Gregg, Curator & Director of Programs, Museum of Art,
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
March, 2000, 2D/3D All Florida Exhibition,
Alliance For The Arts, Ft. Myers, FL
Juror: Bonnie Clearwater, Director, Museum of Contemporary Art,
North Miami, FL
February, 2000, SPIN—National Theme Show, First Place Award
Broward Community College, Davie, FL
Juror: Kathleen Harleman, Director, Bellevue Art Museum, Seattle, WA
October, 1999, Nancy Cervenka-McLaughlin, Film Sculpture and
Alan Urban, Paintings & Graphic Design (two person show),
Pensacola Junior College Gallery, Pensacola, FL
May, 1999, 48th Annual All Florida Juried Competition & Exhibition,
Merit Award
Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
Juror: Dr. Ronny Cohen, Author/Art Critic, New York, NY
December, 1998, 60th Annual of Contemporary American Painting,
Society of the Four Arts, West Palm Beach, FL
Juror: James T. Demetrion, Director, Hirshhorn Museum
and Sculpture Garden,
Washington, DC
Selected Collections
Great Northern Paper Products, Connecticut
Havatampa Cigar Corporation, Tampa
Southeast Bank, Miami
Sally Doerner, Miami
Awards, Honors, Memberships
Marquis, Who’s Who in The World, Millennium Edition 2000
Best in Category, University of South Florida Gallery
Best in Show, South Dade Gallery
Award of Merit, The Latham Foundation
