Artist's arttributes:
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Most exhibitions in:
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| USA | 85 |
| United Kingdom | 3 |
| China | 1 |
| Canada | 1 |
| Spain | 1 |
Most exhibitions held at:
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Mark Moore Gallery, USA |
11 |
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Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, USA |
9 |
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Charles Cowles Gallery, USA |
9 |
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Talley Dunn Gallery, USA |
8 |
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The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, USA |
5 |
Biography: 
1943 Born in Fort Worth Texas (US)
1967 - 1968 Individual Artist’s Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts
1968 - 1969 Individual Artist’s Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts
1969 - 1978 Teaching
Associate Professor of Art, Austin College, Sherman, TX
1974 - 1975 Individual Artist’s Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts
1980 - 1981 Individual Artist’s Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts
1981 - 1982 Individual Artist’s Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts
External links:
| | Public exhibitions (Selection) 91 
until 18.10.
until 1.9.
Solo shows 26
2013
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| The Long Road to Nowhere - Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
2010
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| Vernon Fisher: K-Mart Conceptualism - The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX |
2008
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| Vernon Fisher - - Charles Cowles Gallery, New York City, NY (closed, 2009) |
2007
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| Vernon Fisher: Heart of Darkness - Talley Dunn Gallery, Dallas, TX |
2006
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| Vernon Fisher - Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
2005
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| Vernon Fisher - American Tragedy - - Charles Cowles Gallery, New York City, NY (closed, 2009) |
2004
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| Vernon Fisher - Sanded Text Pieces 1976-1982 - Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
2003
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| Vernon Fisher: Brainiac - Talley Dunn Gallery, Dallas, TX |
2002
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| Vernon Fisher - New Paintings - - Charles Cowles Gallery, New York City, NY (closed, 2009) |
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| Vernon Fisher - Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
2001
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| Vernon Fisher - Angel Face - - Charles Cowles Gallery, New York City, NY (closed, 2009) |
2000
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| Vernon Fisher: Zulu - Talley Dunn Gallery, Dallas, TX |
1998
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| Vernon Fisher - Zombies - Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
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| Vernon Fisher - - Charles Cowles Gallery, New York City, NY (closed, 2009) |
1997
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| Vernon Fisher: Four Ways to Enter a Story - The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX |
1996
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| Vernon Fisher - Works on Paper - Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
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| Vernon Fisher - - Charles Cowles Gallery, New York City, NY (closed, 2009) |
1995
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| Vernon Fisher - Heart of Darkness - Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
1994
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| Vernon Fisher: Return to Base - Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL |
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| Vernon Fisher - Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
1990
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| Vernon Fisher - The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX |
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| Projects 20: Vernon Fisher - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY |
1989
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| Vernon Fisher - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
1988
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| Concentrations Xvii: Vernon Fisher, Lost For Words - Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX |
1980
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| Vernon Fisher: Story Paintings and Drawings - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
Group shows 63
2012
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| Plastic Alphabet - MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA |
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| Dissecting Nature - Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA |
2011
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| Good Stuff A Group Exhibition - Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, TX |
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| Picturing Technology: Land and Machine - MMoCA - The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI |
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| Open - Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
2010
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| Mapping: Memory and Motion in Contemporary Art - Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY |
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| Private Collections II - The Gallery at the University of Texas at Arlington, Austin, TX |
2009
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| Vivid Lines in Graphic Times - Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL |
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| Trouble in Paradise: Examining Discord between Nature and Society - Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ |
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| American Concepts and Global Visions/Selections from the AT&T Collection: Contemporary Paintings and Sculpture - The McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX |
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| Masculine: Interpretations of Manhood - - Charles Cowles Gallery, New York City, NY (closed, 2009) |
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| Coordinates - Talley Dunn Gallery, Dallas, TX |
2008
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| Lone Star Legacy II: The Barrett Collection of Contemporary Texas Art - Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX |
2007
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| Everything - Talley Dunn Gallery, Dallas, TX |
2006
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| Misleading Trails - Samek Art Gallery , Lewisburg, PA |
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| Misleading Trails - Schick Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY |
2005
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| Misleading Trails - Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery, Nashville, TN |
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| "A Summer Group" - - Charles Cowles Gallery, New York City, NY (closed, 2009) |
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| Land - Talley Dunn Gallery, Dallas, TX |
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| Misleading Trails - NIU Art Museum - Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL |
2004
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| Fifth Anniversary Exhibition - Talley Dunn Gallery, Dallas, TX |
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| Misleading Trails - China Art Archives & Warehouse (CAAW), Beijing |
2003
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| Flip - Talley Dunn Gallery, Dallas, TX |
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| Andy Warhol and the Pop Aesthetic - Permanent Collection and Loans - ASU Art Museum - Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ |
2002
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| Almost Warm and Fuzzy: Childhood and Contemporary Art - MOCA - Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, Cleveland, OH |
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| Almost Warm and Fuzzy: Childhood and Contemporary Art - Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN |
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| time/frame - Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX |
2001
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| Almost Warm and Fuzzy: Childhood and Contemporary Art - Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON |
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| Landfall Press - 1970 - 2000 - H&R Block Artspace at Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO |
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| Almost Warm and Fuzzy: Childhood and Contemporary Art - Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA |
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| Almost Warm & Fuzzy - CaixaForum Barcelona, Barcelona |
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| Almost Warm and Fuzzy - MoMA PS1, New York City, NY |
2000
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| Almost Warm and Fuzzy: Childhood and Contemporary Art - Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art - SMoCA, Scottsdale, AZ |
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| Almost Warm and Fuzzy: Childhood and Contemporary Art - Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA |
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| Summer 2000 - - Charles Cowles Gallery, New York City, NY (closed, 2009) |
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| Then and Now: The Polemics of Change - Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, TX |
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| Paint American Style - Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
1999
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| Almost Warm and Fuzzy: Childhood and Contemporary Art - Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA |
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| Texas Draws - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
1997
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| Dis/Functional - ASU Art Museum - Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ |
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| Surrogacy: Silhouettes, Negatives, Costumes, Impersonations, Disguises, and Substitutions - Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA |
1996
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| Stuff - Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
1995
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| Color in Space: Pictorialism in Contemporary Sculpture - David Winton Bell Gallery, Providence, RI |
1994
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| Altered Egos - Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA |
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| Out of This World - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
1992
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| New Editions - Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA |
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| Painted Word/Written Image - Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA |
1991
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| Word As Image: American Art 1960–1990 - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
1989
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| A Brave New World - Gallery Karsten Schubert, London (England) |
1988
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| Past - imperfect - ICA - Institute of Contemporary Art - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA |
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| Texas Art: An exhibition selected from The Menil Collection, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and Trustees' Collections - The Menil Collection, Houston, TX |
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| Comic Iconoclasm - Cornerhouse, Manchester (England) |
1987
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| Past - imperfect - Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN |
1986
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| 75th American Exhibition - The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
1983
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| Language, Drama, Source & Vision - New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York City, NY |
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| Southern Fictions - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
1982
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| The Americans: The Collage - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
1981
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| The Southern Voice: Terry Allen, Vernon Fisher, Ed McGowin - The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX |
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| Words as Images - The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
1980
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| Investigations: Probe • Structure • Analysis - New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York City, NY |
1979
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| FIRE! - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
1978
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| Art of Texas - The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
1977
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| American Narrative/Story Art: 1967–1977 - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
Dealer Directory 4 |
USA
| | Zolla / Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
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| | Talley Dunn Gallery, Dallas, TX
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| | Landfall Press, Santa Fe, NM
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| | Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
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Collections 13

USA
| | The Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX
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| | Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
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| | Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
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| | El Paso Museum of Art (EPMA), El Paso, TX
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| | The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX
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| | MMoCA - The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
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| | MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY
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| | San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
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| | Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, Stanford, CA
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| | ASU Art Museum - Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
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| | Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
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| | Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, TX
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| | The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
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