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EDUCATION
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, B.F.A., 1983
Art Students League, New York, New York, 1979
COLLECTIONS
Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, New Jersey
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Oregon
Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 Chambers@916, Portland, Oregon
2008 Chambers@916, Portland, Oregon
2004 Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2004 Rosenberg Gallery, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York
2004 Gallery 1101, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois
1988 Jennifer Pauls Gallery, Sacramento, California
1988 Ecco Gallery, San Francisco, California
1985 Central Arts Collective, Tucson, Arizona
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015 Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts, Portland, Oregon
2013 "Fierce", Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Oregon
2011 "Allen Maertz and James Pustorino", Todd James Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts
2011 "Encyclopedia: Videos", Chambers@916, Portland, Oregon
2007 "Branching Out", Sepia Gallery, New York, New York
2005 "Honolulu to New York", The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
2006 "Group Show", Sarah Nightingale Gallery, Water Mill, New York
2001 "Asian American Visual Arts Exhibition", Center for Latino Arts and Culture, Rutgers University
1982 "Three Person Show", Pima College Exhibition Space, Tucson, Arizona
1982 "AXE", The Rotunda Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
JURIED SHOWS & COMPETITIONS
1989 "Neo Punkadelic Exhibition", Penn State University
1989 "Pattern Revival", Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina
1987 "San Diego Art Institute National Juried Competition", San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, California
1987 "2nd Annual Six State Juried Exhibition", Dinnerware Artist's Cooperative, Tucson, Arizona
1987 "Broken Heart Art", S.P.A.R.C. Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1987 "Second Annual Billboard Art Contest", Tucson Arts Coalition and Whitco Metrocom, Tucson, Arizona
1986 "The Arizona Biennial", Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
SELECTED EXHIBITION REVIEWS & ARTICLES
D. K. Rowe, "Photographer Allen Maertz turns routine into exceptional", The Oregonian, (March 16, 2012) pp.33, illus.
Brian Libby, "On Display: Memorable metaphor inaugurates new space", 2008 The Oregonian, (Nov 24, 2008) pp. 34, illus.
Mitchell Seidel, "Jersey City stars in exhibition", Star-Ledger, (2001), pp 10, illus.
Redd, Adrienne, "Playfulness and Innovation at Open Space", The Globe Times, (January 28, 1988), pp. 1D & 3D.
Lowe, Charlotte, "Maertz's Paintings are Innocent of Pretension", Tucson Citizen, Living Section, (November 21, 1987), pp. 3D, illus.
Boyle, Michael, "Arizona Illustrated" interview, Channel 6 KUAT, (August 1987).
Portwood, Pamela, "Enthralling Mirror", Tucson Weekly, Weekly Arts, (May 14-20, 1986), p. 10, illus.