VALTON TYLER at 2023 OUTSIDER ART FAIR:
A solo exhibition of work by Valton Tyler was presented at the Outsider Art Fair in New York City, March 2-5, 2023
Read the review by Will Heinrich in The New York Times that appeared in print on March 4, 2023
Watch and read about the film "Valton Tyler: Flesh is Fiction" produced by Edward M. Gomez and Chris Shields
Art This Week interviewed Dr. Shirley Reece-Hughes about "Invented Worlds of Valton Tyler" at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth
Read the article "Futuristic Forms Frolic Under Eerie Texan Skies" by Edward M. Gomez in The New York Times
Read the feature article by Edward Gomez about Valton Tyler in Hyperallergic
Invented Worlds of Valton Tyler at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth was a Glasstire top pick for Spring 2017
Click here to watch a video from the exhibition "Channeling Other Worlds: Contrasting paintings, drawings, and prints by Dallas artist Valton Tyler with Tribal Works from around the World (A collaborative exhibition between Valley House Gallery and Shango Galleries)"
With the passing of the Dallas-based artist Valton Tyler, a proud Texas native, modern art has lost one of its great and most original visionaries," writes New York critic Edward M. Gómez
Glasstire Obituary
The Dallas Morning News Obituary
Education: Self taught
Early Biography:
1971 Completion of the first fifty plates. SMU scheduled his first one man show for February, 1972. In June, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, held a one man show.
1970 Through his older brother, Valton met Donald Vogel, who introduced his work to Laurence Scholder and Dr. William Jordan, making it possible for him to work with the facilities of the Department of Printmaking at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Prior to 1970 Valton had never worked with the printmaking techniques. It was in March of this year that he worked and completed his first plates and pulled the first etchings.
1967 Received the G.E.D. (General Education Diploma). For six months he attended the Dallas Art Institute in Dallas; however, he took very little interest in the school’s program as the emphasis was on commercial art.
1964-67 Worked part-time with hand-embossing and layouts for an engraving company; acquired experience in working with blueprinting machines.
1961 Attended Crozier Technical High School
1959 Family moved to Tyler, Texas where he attended high school
Exhibitions:
2019 Bird Show, group exhibition, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2019 Gifts from The Collectors Circle, The Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas
2019 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2018 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2018 The Fine Art of Collecting: Selections from the Judge B. Michael and Elise Chitty Collection, The Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas
2017 TREES: A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. (Greek Proverb), Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2017 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2017 Imaginary Worlds of Valton Tyler, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
2016 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2015 Beyond the Academy: Contemporary Outsider and Expressionist Art, The Cole Art Center, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas
2015 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2014 60th Anniversary Exhibition: A Celebration of Valley House Artists, group exhibition, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2014 MAC@20 Part I, group exhibition, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
2014 Donald S. Vogel and the Artists He Championed, group exhibition, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2014 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2014 Great Escapes: Group Show Featuring 12 Artists, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2013 Suitable Subjects: Contemporary Still Lifes, The Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas
2011 Art + Advocacy, auction for Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2011 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2010 Valton Tyler and Miguel Zapata: Beauty and Power, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas
2010 Channeling Other Worlds: Contrasting paintings, drawings, and prints by Dallas artist Valton Tyler with Tribal Works from around the World, a collaborative exhibition between Valley House Gallery and Shango Galleries, Valley House Gallery & Sculpture Garden, Dallas, Texas
2009 Art + Advocacy, auction for Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center, Three Three Three First Avenue, Dallas, Texas
2009 Wish! Auction, Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, Texas
2009 Thank You Fort Worth: An Appreciation from Valley House Gallery & Sculpture Garden, Group Exhibition, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas
2008 College Art Association’s 96th Annual Conference, Adam’s Mark Hotel, Dallas, Texas
2007 CADD Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas Inaugural Art Fair, Three Three Three First Avenue, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2005 Valley House Exhibition, Masur Museum, Monroe, Louisiana
2005 Introductions, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2004 Art Chicago, art fair, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois (Valley House Gallery)
2004 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2002 Valton Tyler: Exuberant Color, Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, New York
2002 Other Sights: Renzo Barchi, Lynn Randolph, Valton Tyler, O’Kane Gallery, University of Houston, Downtown, Houston, Texas
2002 Beyond the Apple & Bottle: Still Life Invitational, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2001 Folk Fest, Art Fair, Atlanta, GA. (Valley House Gallery)
2001 One Person Show, Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, New York
2001 Hands Across the Sea, Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, New York
2001 Outsider Art Fair 2001, Puck Building, New York (Phyllis Kind Gallery)
2000 The Art Show, art fair, ADAA, 7th Regiment Armory, New York (Valley House Gallery)
2000 Valton Tyler Visionary Landscapes, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, one person show, curated by Murray Smither, Dallas, Texas
1999 The Art Show, art fair, ADAA, 7th Regiment Armory, New York (Valley House Gallery)
1998 Fantasy Machines and Landscapes, two person show with Bob Nunn, The Meadows Gallery, The Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, Texas, curated by Paul Rogers Harris
1997 Texas Natural Wonders, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1996 Wind In My Hair, American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland
1996 Art Miami, art fair, Miami Beach Convention Center, Florida (Valley House Gallery)
1994 The Art Show, art fair, ADAA, 7th Regiment Armory, New York (Valley House Gallery)
1994 40th Anniversary Exhibition, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas, Motor Scooter
1994 ARTexas 94, Dallas Convention Center, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
1994 Outside: In, Outsider and Contemporary Artists in Texas, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX, curators: Murray Smither and Jim Edwards
1993 ARTexas 93, Dallas Convention Center, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
1993 The Art Show, art fair, ADAA, 7th Regiment Armory, New York (Valley House Gallery)
1993 Texas Art Celebration '93, Assistance League of Houston, Cullen Center, Houston, Texas, juried by David A. Ross, Director, Whitney Museum of American Art, Rational Forest
1992 Texas Galleries, art fair, Infomart, Dallas, TX (Valley House Gallery)
1992 The Art Show, Art Dealers Association of America, 7th Regiment Armory, New York (Valley House Gallery)
1992 Recent Works By:, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1991 House, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas
1988 Zoomorphism: Animals in Art, LTV Center, Dallas, Texas, curated by Paul Rogers Harris
1988 Valley House Gallery (two person show), Dallas, Texas
1986 The Ties That Bind: Folk Art in Contemporary American Culture, The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, November 21, 1986 to January 10, 1987, touring to Cranbook Academy of Art Museum, North Dakota Museum of Art, San Jose Museum of Art
1986 DW Gallery (one person show), Dallas, Texas, Selected Works 1978-1986
1985 Rosa Esman Gallery (one person show), New York City, New York
1983 Valley House Gallery (one person show), Dallas, Texas
1979 Valley House Gallery (one person show), Dallas, Texas
1978 Amarillo Art Center Association (one person show), Amarillo, Texas, Exhibition of 58 paintings, prints and drawings
1977 Valley House Gallery (one person show), Dallas, Texas
1977 Washington International Art Fair (one person show), Washington, D.C.
1977 Galerie Claude Jongen (one person show), Brussels, Belgium, Exhibition of 30 paintings
1976 Valley House Gallery (one person show), Dallas, Texas
1976 Washington International Art Fair (one person show), Washington, D.C.
1973 Oklahoma Young President's Organization, Inc. (one person show), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Print Exhibitions:
2005 O’Kane Gallery, (one person show) University of Houston, Houston, Texas
1975 Valley House Gallery (one person show), Dallas, Texas
1974 Oklahoma Art Center (one person show), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1974 Blaffer Gallery (one person show), University of Houston, Houston, Texas
1974 Charles B. Goddard Center (one person show), Ardmore, Oklahoma
1973 Philbrook (one person show), Tulsa, Oklahoma
1973 Cokesbury's Book Store (one person show), Dallas, Texas
1973 Allegheny College (one person show), Meadville, Pennsylvania
1973 San Antonio Art League (one person show), Belgian Pavillion
1972 Tyler Museum of Art (one person show), Tyler, Texas
1972 New Talent in Printmaking 1972, Associated American Artists (group show), New York, New York
1972 Pollock Galleries (one person show), Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
1971 Valley House Gallery (one person show), Dallas, Texas
1971 Gimpel-Weitzenhoffer Gallery (group show), New York City, New York
Literature:
“Glasstire: Top Five,” Glasstire.com, August 17, 2017. “Rational Forest” reproduced.
“Valley House Gallery & Sculpture Garden,” Patron Magazine, advertisement, April/May 2017, page 29, “Sherlock Holmes” reproduced.
Christina Rees, “How Was This Year’s Dallas Art Fair?” Glasstire.com, April 11, 2017.
Catherine Anspon, “The Best of Dallas Arts Month,” PaperCity, April 2017, page 47.
Catherine Anspon, “Dallas Takes on the Art World,” PaperCity, April 2017, page 16, “Fire” reproduced.
“Top Five: April 6, 2017,” Glasstire.com.
Catherine Anspon, “Dallas’ Super Art Month Begins with a Fair Frenzy: From Blockbusters to Billionaires, Here’s Your Complete Guide,” papercitymag.com, April 5, 2017. “Fire” reproduced on page one.
Edward M. Gómez, “In Texas, Valton Tyler's Unusual Art Conjures Up an Extraordinary World,” Hyperallergic, March 17, 2017.
Punch Shaw, “Artist unleashes ‘Invented Worlds,’” Fort Worth Star-Telegram, February 19, 2017, Arts Section, 3D. “Fru Nam Fri No Da” reproduced.
“Guide Picks,” The Dallas Morning News, February 17, 2017, page 24. “Fru Nam Fri No Da” reproduced.
Punch Shaw, “Tyler Shares his ‘Invented Worlds’ at the Amon Carter,” star-telegram.com, February 14, 2017. “Standing Still” and “Guardian” reproduced.
Amon Carter Museum of American Art Program, February/July 2016, "New to the Collection," pp. 8-9, ills.
60th Anniversary Catalogue, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas, 2014; Thumb’s Up reproduced.
Art & Antiques, May 2011, “Valton Tyler: Strange Fires,” by Edward Gomez.
The Brooklyn Rail, May 2011, “Valton Tyler’s Otherowrdly Art: Fron the Heart of Texas,” by Edward M. Gomez.
50th Anniversary Exhibition, exhibition catalogue, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas 2004, no. 11, Helping the Fear reproduced in color.
Raw Vision, Summer 2001, #35, “Valton Tyler’s Techno-Organic Landscapes,” by Edward M. Gomez, pp. 34-39, ills.
The New York Times, Tuesday, June 13, 2000, “Arts in America: Futuristic Forms Frolic Under Eerie Texas Skies,” by Edward M. Gomez, The Living Arts, page B2, ills.
Translation Review, Number Fifty-Eight, 1999, published by The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, for the American Literary Translators Association, Space Eagles (1971, etching) reproduced on the cover
The Met, March 22, 2000 – March 29, 2000, “On View: Valton Tyler Visionary Landscapes,” by Killian Piraro, p. 30, ills.
Dallas Observer, March 9 - 15, 2000, “Magnificent obsession: The MAC serves up the contradictory visions of eccentric, self-taught artist Valton Tyler,” by Annabelle Massey Helber, p. 81, ills.
The Dallas Morning News, March 10, 2000, “Painter’s work all mixed up,” by Joel Weinstein, pp. 1C-2C, ills.
The Dallas Morning News Guide, February 25, 2000, “Quick Sketch: Valton Tyler,” by Mike Daniel, p. 56, ills.
Valton Tyler Visionary Landscapes, exhibition catalogue, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, February 2000, Dallas, Texas, essay by Phyllis Kind.
Entertainment Chronicle, Volume II, Number 34, April 30, 1998. ”Organic mechanics,” by Rachel Palmer, pp. 12-13, ills.
40th Anniversary Exhibition, exhibition catalogue, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas, 1994, no.16, Motor Scooter reproduced in color.
Outside:In, exhibition catalogue, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas, 1994, On the Edge of Landscape, reproduced in color.
The Ties That Bind: Folk Art in Contemporary American Culture, The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, exhibition catalogue, 1986, checklist pg. 64-65, no. 115 and 155.
Dallas Morning News, November 18, 1989. "Road Crew," by Sophia Dembling, pp. 1C, 2C.
Dallas Times Herald, May 3, 1986. "A Most Colorful 'Outsider'; Valton Tyler gets deserved attention" by Bill Marvel, Art Critic, pp. 1E,4E, ills.
Arts Magazine, February, 1986. "Valton Tyler" by Joseph Teplow, p. 133, ills.
Ultra Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 4, December, 1981, "Valton Tyler" by Stephen Aechternacht, pp. 70-72, ills.
Mundus Artium: A Journal of International Literature and the Arts, Volume XI, Number 1, 1979, pp.24, 25, 52, 53, 90, 91, 6 illustrations.
The Work of Valton Tyler; Paintings of the Last Six Years, Eric Vogel, Valley House Gallery, 14 illustrations, 1979.
Art Voices/South, September/October, 1977, West Palm Beach, Florida.
Jalons et Actualites Des Arts, January, 1977, No. 30, Brussels, Belgium.
Interstate 5, Vol. 2, No. 1, 1976. Publication of Noumenon Foundation, Austin, Texas. The Dance reproduced in color.
Artes Visuales, July/September 1976, Chalultec, Mexico.
The First Fifty Prints of Valton Tyler, Rebecca Reynolds, published for Valley House Gallery by Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, Copyright 1972.
Film:
Edward Gomez and Chris Shields, Valton Tyler: Flesh is Fiction, 42 minutes, November 2016.
Honors and Awards:
2017 Second Listing in Glasstire’s “Top Five: April 6, 2017.”
1989 One of four winners of the Gift of Art competition sponsored by Patrick Media Group of Dallas; billboards will be on display for 1 year around Dallas; $500 prize; jurors: James Chefchis, Pamela Nelson, and Gail Sachson.
1988 Art of the Metroplex, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas, 2nd place, Mr. and Mrs. F. Howard Walsh award, $500 prize
Public Collections:
Allegheny College
American Airlines, Admirals Club, Dallas, Texas
Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Associated American Artists
Chas.B. Goddard Center, Ardmore, Oklahoma
The Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas
Lomas & Nettleton, Dallas, Texas
Museum of Arts and Science, Daytona Beach, Florida
Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
Philbrook Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Oklahoma Art Center
San Antonio Art League, San Antonio, Texas
Seay Biomedical Building, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, Texas
Univerity of Florida, Gainsville, Florida
