Marty Avrett, Professor Emeritus
Department of Art
108 Bartlett Center for the Studio Arts
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK 74078-0120
Education:
-University of Texas at Arlington, 1960-1963
-Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, 1966
-Master of Fine Arts, Painting, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, 1968
Profession:
-Professor of Drawing and Painting
-University courses taught: drawing, painting, color theory and design, at all levels.
Leaves and other Teaching Experiences:
-Visiting Lecturer/Artist in Residence, Lancaster Univ., Lancaster, England, 1973-74
-Sabbatical Leave, University of Lancaster, Lancaster, England, 1978
-Sabbatical Leave, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 1987-88
-Landscape Painting in Tuscany, Art 4800, Tenuta di Spannocchia, Frosini, Siena, Italy, 1997 to present each May.
-Landscape Painting in Italy, Art 4800, Ca’Tron, Treviso, Italy. June, 2005
Professional Organizations:
-Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition
-The Etruscan Foundation
-The Spannocchia Foundation
Consulting Activities:
-Served as juror for 15 state, regional and national art competitions
-Consultant: The State Arts Council of Oklahoma, Artist in Residence Program
-Consultant: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of the American Indian
Exhibitions:
Participation in 15 National Juried Exhibitions, 6 Regional Exhibitions, 26 One-Person Exhibitions on a State, Regional, National and International Level, 90 Invitational Exhibitions on a State, Regional, National and International Level and over 50 Faculty Invitational Exhibitions throughout Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Indiana and Louisiana.
Gallery Affiliations (past and present):
-Kauffman Galleries, Houston, Texas
-A.I.C.A. Gallery, San Francisco, CA
-M.A. Doran, Tulsa, OK
-Galeria San Miguel, San Meguel de Allende, GTO, Mexico
-Congress Square Gallery, Portland, Maine
-Milbourn Gallery, Oklahoma City, Ok
-Linda Howell Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
-Davidson Gallery, Portland, Maine
-Ute Stebich Gallery, Lenox Massachusetts
-Maryland Butler, Santa Fe, New Mexico
-Sacred Circle Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Collections:
-San Francisco Art Institute
-Fred Jones Memorial Museum, Norman, OK
-Oklahoma Arts and Humanities Council
-University of Lancaster Museum, Lancaster, England
-University of Southern Illinois
-Gates Gallery, Port Arthur, Texas
-El Paso Museum, El Paso, Texas
-Southern Plains Indian Museum, Anadarko, OK
-The Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
-Mabee-Gerrer Museum, Shawnee, Ok
-Washington State Arts Commission, Olympia, Washington
-Various other private collections throughout the USA, Britain, Italy and Mexico.
Selected Biography:
Many articles and reviews from newspapers and magazines such as Fulcrum Magazine, Lancaster Comment, Art Voices South, Artweek, Native Vision, Mexico City News, Museum News, Newsday, Seattle Times, The Columbus Dispatch, The Beacon Journal, Cross Currents plus work represented in many catalogues and books as Native American Art by George Longfish and David Penny, The Telling of the World by W.S. Penn and Children of the Dragonfly by Robert Benson.