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Biography
| EDUCATION | |
| 1974- | American Academy of Art, Chicago, IL |
| 1978 | |
| SOLO EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2005 | George Fischer, Spur, LLC, Woodside, CA |
| 2004 | George
Fischer: Give & Take, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
GEORGE FISCHER GIVE AND TAKE by William Peterson The tension between the artistic traditions of realism and abstraction is nowhere more acute than in the art of George Fischer. Born in Chicago in 1956, he honed his natural drawing gifts by training at Chicago’s American Academy of Art, a conservative institution whose rigorous program is based in 19th-century realist practices. Fischer’s technical facility is unexcelled, and he became a master of still-life, landscape, and figurative studies. But the complacency of this approach bothered him. He made a break in the early 1990s, coinciding with his move to New Mexico, when he began to explore a more complex attitude toward imagery. (View the complete essay) |
| 2002 | George Fischer: Believe, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM |
| George Fischer: Believe, Sangre de Cristo Arts & Conference Center, Pueblo, CO | |
| 2000 | J. Cacciola Galleries, New York, NY |
| 1997- | Passages, (retrospective) Charles and Emma Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA |
| 1998 | |
| 1996 | George Fischer: Altered Realities, Albrecht Kemper Museum, St. Joseph, MO |
| 1997 | Passages, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM |
| 1994 | Three Square Meals, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2019 Celebrating 40 years, Annual Holiday Show, M.A.Doran Gallery, Tulsa OK 2019 Poetry in Paint, New Abstract Work, M.A.Doran Gallery, Tulsa OK 2019 National Contemporary Realism, M.A.Doran Gallery, Tulsa OK 2019 Art Market San Francisco, Fort Mason Center, Christopher-Clark Fine Art 2014 Summer Salon Show, Rarity Gallery, Mykonos, Greece |
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| 2011 | Pismo Gallery, Aspen Colorado |
| 2010 | Runner-up in Hunting Art Prize, Houston Texas |
| 2009 | Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Chicago IL |
| Spazzio, Austin Texas | |
| Two Man Show, Turner Carroll Gallery, Santa Fe, NM | |
| Los Angeles Art Show, CA | |
| 2008 | Art Santa Fe, Santa Fe NM |
| Red Dot Art Fair, New York, NY | |
| 2007 | Art Miami, Miami Beach FL |
| Art Chicago, Chicago IL | |
| 2006 | Palm Beach 3, Palm Beach FL |
| Art Miami, Miami Beach FL | |
| Art Chicago in the Park, Chicago IL | |
| Summer Group Exhibit, J.Cacciola Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 2000 | Second Annual Realism Invitational, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 1999 | J. Cacciola Galleries, New York, NY |
| Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM | |
| Art Miami International Art Exposition, Miami, FL | |
| First Annual Realism Invitational, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA | |
| 1998 | USArtists98, Philadelphia, PA |
| J. Cacciola Galleries, New York, NY | |
| Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM | |
| 1997 | Waterproof Wallet Art, Albrecht-Kemper Museum, St. Joseph, MO |
| Taos Today: Painters & Sculptors Living & Working in Taos, Taos NM; Albuquerque, NM; Arvada, CO. | |
| Feast for the Eyes, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX | |
| Rediscovering
the Landscape of the Americas, organized by the Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM and traveling to 5 venues in United States, between July 1996 and March 1998. |
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| 1995 | Departures and Disclosures, David Rettig Gallery, Santa Fe, NM |
| The Poetics of Painting, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM | |
| Contemporary Realist American Painters, Halls Gallery, St. Louis, MO | |
| 1993 | Still Life: 1963-1993, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM |
| 1990 | The Art Show-Gallery Show at the Armory, New York, NY |
| Spring Salon, Springville Museum, Springville, UT | |
| Art Chicago, Chicago, IL | |
| St. Louis Artists' Guild, St. Louis, MO | |
| 1989 | The Food Show, Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, NY |
| Introductions-A Group of Ten Artists, Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, NY | |
| LITERATURE | |
| 1991 | Color in Contemporary Painting, Charles Le Clair, 1991, illustration, p.108. |
| 1993 | "George Fischer grabs Three Square Meals" John Villani, Santa Fe New Mexican |
| 1995 | “Transforming Common Objects,” John A. Parks, 1995, American Artist magazine, pp. 41-45 |
| “Poets and Painters,” Tom Collins, 1995, Santa Fe Reporter, page 33 | |
| 1997 | “Breaking Away,” Michael Koster, 1997, Santa Fe New Mexican / Pasatiempo, p. 6 |
| George Fischer: Passages, essay by Diane Armitage, 1997, Charles & Emma Frye Art Museum, Seattle Washington | |
| “Juxtaposing Life with Art,” Joanne Forman, 1997, Tempo/Taos News, p. C3 | |
| 1998 | The Artist and the American Landscape, John Driscoll & Arnold Skolnick, illustration p. 132 |
| 2002 | "Believe in George Fischer" Hollis Walker, Santa Fe New Mexican / Pasatiempo |
| 2004 | "Three Artists an Exchange of Ideas" Guy Cross, The Magazine |
| 2006 | "Current Trends in Contemporary Realism on Show in New York", July 2006, American Art Collector Magazine. Featured on the cover of " American Art Collector" included in an article on contemporary realism |
| 2009 | "Paintings by George Fischer" Douglas Fairfield, Santa Fe New Mexican / Pasatiempo |
| SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS | |
| New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT | |
| Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., LA | |
| Muscarelle Museum of Art at The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA | |
| West Star Bank, OK | |
| Philbrook Museum, Tulsa, OK | |
| Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA | |
| Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN | |
| The Harwood Museum of Art, Taos NM | |