| Born in 1964, Alan Goodson Fulle grew up and continues to live in Seattle, Washington. Whether the medium is sculpting, painting, or video Alan's work explores qualities of nature and architecture. Working primarily with various paints held within layers of epoxy resin, Alan’s inspiration comes from the innate beauty of the Pacific Northwest. His art emphasizes rich colors, strong organic compositions, natural earth forms and a lexicon of harder edged shapes reminiscent of geometric human-made forms and expressions. Alan graduated from the University of Washington with a BFA in painting in 1989. While attending university he also explored sculpture, printmaking, and photography. Alan’s explorations in photography eventually led to a stronger interest in video. Pursuing this interest, he returned to the University of Washington in 1994 for a certificate program in video and film. Today, Alan is a Maximalist, which he defines as a product of the combined ideas of Minimalism and Abstract Expressionism but with an additive emphasis on architecture. His explorations with the alchemic interactivity between paint materials and epoxy resin has lead to the creation of both sculptural paintings and freestanding Tower sculptures. Alan is also experimenting with creating multi-sensory sculptural structures by including video elements into his Tower pieces. Alan is now working on growing his career both domestically and internationally with shows in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Vancouver, Canada and Portland, Oregon. |
| 1994 Certificate in Film and Video, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 1989 BFA, Painting, University of Washington, Seattle, WA |
| 2011 Stripes and Dots, Elliott Louis Gallery, Vancouver, BC 2011 Cosmos, Gallery 903, Portland, OR 2010 Kimono Gem Boxes, BeppuWiarda Gallery, Portland, OR 2009 Northwest Boy, Willam Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA 2008 Gem Box, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA 2007 Diverse Passions, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA 2006 Quest, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA 2006 Jewel Capsules, The Painting Center, New York, NY 2005 Glow, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA 2005 Pattern Light Dots, William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA 2004 Light Dots-Depth of Field, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA 2004 Light Dots, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2003 New Vision, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA 2002 Cave Wall Series, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA 2002 Vertical Thoughts, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA 1990 The Ring Series, Azart, Seattle, WA |
| 2011 MAAP Painters, Art Garden Drenthe, Dwingeloo, Drenthe, The Netherlands 2010 Representations, Elliott Louis Gallery, Vancouver 2005 Tower of Hope and Giant Gems, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA 2008 The MAAP (Materails Artists of the American Pacific) Painters, Art Garden 2000 Drenthe, Dwingeloo,Drenthe, Netherlands 2006 Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, WA 2006 Enumclaw Basecamp Exhibition, curated by Michael Sweeney, Enumclaw, WA 2005 Seattle Art Museum, Rental/Sales Gallery, Seattle, WA 2005 Hurricane Rita Benefit, Seattle Art Dealers Association, Alibi Room, Seattle, WA 2005 They Shoot Painters Don’t They?, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA 2004 Fresh Paint, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA 2004 Fresh Assortments, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY 2004 They Shoot Painters Don’t They?, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA 2004 Medium Rare, Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley, ID 2003 They Shoot Painters Don’t They?, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA 2002 They Shoot Painters Don’t They?, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA 2002 48th Bold Expressions, Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Carmichael, CA 2002 New Artists, New Work, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA 2001 47th Bold Expressions, Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Carmichael, CA 2001 Northwest Annual, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA 2000 Seattle Art Museum, Rental/Sales Gallery, Seattle, WA 1996 Routed Woodcut Series, 4E Gallery, New York, NY 1994 Anthropomorphic Series, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA 1994 Northwest Annual, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA |
| 2008 Matthew Kangas, Art Ltd., Review, July, pg.21 2004 Regina Hackett, Seattle Post Intelligencer, December 27, 2004 2003 Regina Hackett, Seattle Post Intelligencer, Lightdots 2001 Matthew Kangas, Seattle Times. Visual Arts Section, p 40. June 1, 2001 1994 Anthropomorphic Series, Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland, WA 1994 Northwest Annual, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA |
| 2008 PONCHO Artistic Merit Award, PONCHO 8th Annual Invitational Fine Art Auction, "Addicted to Art" 1988 University of Washington Arts Scholarship |
| 2004 Kirkland Arts Center, Curator for Materials Witness, Kirkland, WA |
| Artist Trust Auction Art for Heart PONCHO Invitational Fine Art Auction Bellevue Art Museum Wing Luke Asian Art Museum Move On.org "Northwest for Breasts" Concert and Auction Pratt Fine Arts Center Center on Contemporary Art (COCA) Seattle Men's/Women's Chorus Annual Art Auction |