Don Calledare

Donald Calledare is an Italian-born painter and writer who has lived and worked in Houston for many years, creating a substantial body of large scale paintings that explore landscapes of the imagination, the mythic and the fantastic. He is a contributing editor of the Texas art magazine „Artlies“ and has written frequently on contemporary art and culture. Donald’s manuscript, composed under the name of the fictional writer Generico Vespucci, became the libretto for AlienNation’s MIGBOT exhibition and the development of a new opera, MIRAK. Donald now resides in North Carolina.

2000  TROUBLE SHOOTING gun violence, Tryon Center for Visual Art, Charlotte,NC

1999  MIRAK, AlienNation Co., DiverseWorks, Houston

1999  Vespucci film installation, AlienNation Co., Winter Street Art Center, Houston, and ACA Gallery, Artplex Austin

1998  MIGBOT, AlienNation Co., Winter Street Art Center, Houston

1998  Altered Landscapes, Group Show of paintings and photography, ArtScan, Houston

1997  Texas National, Nacogdoches Texas

1995  -Day of the Dead, Lawndale, Houston

1995  Portfolio 2000, College Station, Tx.

1995  The Big Show, Lawndale, Houston

1994  -Day of the Dead, Lawndale, Houston

1994  * Fergus-Fernandez Gallery, Houston

1994  The Big Show, Lawndale

1994  Out of This World, Contemporary Arts Museum,Houston

1993  Scenic Allegories, Lawndale

1993  Day of the Dead, Lawndale

1993  Anonymous Show, West End Gallery, Houston

1993  The Portrait Show, West End Gallery, Houston

1993  West End, West End Gallery, Houston

1992  Dream and Imagination, Six Houston painters, Transco Gallery, Houston

1992  Day of the Dead, Lawndale

1992  The Big Show, Lawndale

1992  Case for Art, Lawndale at Houston Central Library

1992  Houston Area Exhibition, Blaffer Gallery, Houston

1991  The War Show, Fountainhead Gallery, Houston

1990  Group Show, Economic Summit, G.V.G. Gallery

1990  Group Show, Graham Gallery, Houston

1989  MFA Thesis Show, Blaffer Gallery, Houston

1988  Synergy 88, Museum of Fine Arts at Glassell, Houston

1987  East End Show, Lawndale Annex, Houston

1982 * Galleria Albatross, Rome, Italy

1979  Group Show, Obelisk Gallery, London, England

1976  * Deja Vu, Coffeehouse/Gallery, Los Angeles

1975  * Kerchoff Hall, UCLA