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SELECTED EXHIBTIONS

(1980-PRESENT;

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Born August 14, 1955,   Superior, Wisconsin


University of Texas, San Antonio, M.F.A.

University of Wisconsin, Superior, B.F.A.



Professional artist

(Professional activities prior to 1991 available upon request)





*Time Pieces, Craighead-Green Gallery, November


*Surface Paintings, Craighead-Green Gallery, May


Group Show-Gallery Artists, Craighead-Green Gallery, June


*Clones and Other Reproductions, Part II, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas  


Dirty Dozen, Blue Star Contemporary, San Antonio, Texas; Curated by Catherine Anspon, Fine Arts Editor, PaperCity Magazine.



*Clones and Other Reproductions, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas  


*Un-natural Nature, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas


*Observations, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas


Blue Star 20, Curated by Anthony Jones, President, Chicago Art Institute, Blue Star Contemporary Art Space, San Antonio, Texas


*Re-presentation, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas


Texas Vision, The Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas


Longview Invitational, Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, Texas



*New Work, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas


Private Treasures, San Antonio Museum of Art, curated by George Neubert, Director


  1. *New Nostalgia, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas




*Recent Work, Aviart Gallery, San Antonio, Texas


*Recent Work, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas




Group Invitation Exhibition, University of Maine Museum of Art



  1. *Pictures, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas


  1. *Pictures, Curated by Frances Colpitt, University of Texas at San Antonio



*Reproduction - Recent Works, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas


*Reproduction, Prichard Art Gallery, College of Art and Architecture, Moscow, Idaho



Blue Star Retrospective, Blue Star Art Space, Group Invitational, San Antonio, Texas


The State of the State: Contemporary Art in Texas. Curated by Don Bacigalupi, San Antonio Museum of Art


Group Invitational Exhibition, The Gallery at the University of Texas, San Antonio, Texas



*Gary Schafter - Recent Works, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas



Pace-setters in Texas Art, 34th Annual, Invitational Exhibit, Longview Art Museum, Longview, Texas


The Texas Biennial Exhibition, Curated by Dallas Artists Research & Exhibition, Inc., Dallas, Texas


New Regional Painting II (invitational), Moody Gallery, University of Alabama Birmingham, Alabama


New Selections, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas


*Reproduction Without Sex: Recent Work by Gary Schafter, Martin-Rathburn Gallery, Inc., San Antonio, Texas




Blue Star Seven , Curated by Betty Moody & Barry Whisler, Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, Texas  (Catalogue)


San Antonio Artists on Paper, (group invitational)

Curated by Kent Rush, Cultural Pervano Norteamericano, Lima, Peru


Chance Affiliations, Curated by Stanley Tigerman & R.E. Somol

Gallery 400, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois (Catalogue)




The Perfect World in Contemporary Texas Art; Curated by Jim Edwards

San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas (Catalogue)


A Sense of Place: Recent Acquisitions in Contemporary Texas Art, San Antonio Museum of Art


Texas Dialogue, Curated by Jim Edwards & Al Harris

Bridge Center for Contemporary Art, El Paso, Texas



San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX

Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX

Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX

McGraw-Hill Companies, New York

Walter Hopps, private collection, Houston, TX

Bob Butler & Sonny Burt, Dallas, TX

Richard and Nona Barrett, Dallas, TX


(Over 400 paintings in private and public collections)





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