Alvin Amason

Term Associate Professor, Native Arts
Department of Art
Engineering Temporary Building

(907) 786-1766
aeamason@alaska.edu

Education

M.F.A., Arizona State University
B.A., Central Washington University
M.A., Central Washington University

Biography

Alvin Amason was raised on Kodiak Island. His family was involved in fox farming, commercial fishing, and bear guiding. After high school he attended Central Washington University where he received a Masters degree in painting. He then attended Arizona State University and earned an M.F.A. He worked for several years for the Navajo Nation as Art Department Chair and instructor at Navajo Community College. He has had studios in Rhode Island, New Hampshire, California, and Washington State. In 1992, he was offered a position as Director of Native Arts at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks where he served for seventeen years. After retiring, he was asked to join the Art Department at the University of Alaska, Anchorage and develop a Native Arts curriculum and studio. He serves on the board of directors for the Alaska Native Arts Foundation and has a studio in Mountain View.

Teaching Responsibilities

Beginning Native Arts
Intermediate Native Arts
Advanced Native Arts
Intermediate Painting
Advanced Painting

Professional & Department Service

Native Arts Coordinator
Visiting Elder Program Coordinator
BFA Committee
Community Outreach Committee

Solo Exhibitions

2012 “Open House”, Magpie Artworks, Anchorage, Alaska

“Amason and Eaton”, Magpie Artworks, Anchorage, Alaska

2009 “Brothers on the Water”, Alaska House, New York, New York

2007 “Alvin and Lena Amason”, Artique Gallery, Anchorage, Alaska

2004 “Alvin Amason & Kesler Woodward”, Well Street Art Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska

2003 “Heart of My Home”, Decker Morris Gallery, Anchorage, Alaska

Group Exhibitions

2016 “UAA Faculty Exhibition”, Kimura Gallery, Anchorage, Alaska

2013 “Re/Marks”, works from the collection of the Anchorage Museum at Rasmusen Center, Anchorage, Alaska

2011 “The Alaskans”, Masks at the Stonington Gallery, Seattle, Washington

2009 “United Nation’s Permanent Forum on Indigenous”, New York, New York

2005 “N.Y.C Alaska”, New York, New York

“Native Arts Now”, Kenai Culture Center, Kenai, Alaska

2004 “Native Art Invitational”, Well Street Art Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska

2003 “Gallery Artist” ,Well Street Art Company, Fairbanks, Alaska

“Shaped by Design”, Anchorage Museum at Rasmusen Center, Anchorage, Alaska

2001 “Alaska Native Contemporary Art” , Anchorage Museum at Rasmusen Center, Anchorage, Alaska

“Gallery Artist Show” Decker/Morris Gallery, Anchorage, Alaska

2000 “Art in Two Worlds”, Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona

Collections

Institute of American Indian Art , Santa Fe, New Mexico
National Collection of France at Chatau-Muse’e, Boulogne-sur-mer, France
Clark Middle School, Anchorage, Alaska
Alyeska Pipeline Company, Corporate Collection, Anchorage, Alaska
Koniag Native Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska
Doyon Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska
University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, Alaska
Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana
His Holiness, Patriarch Aleksy II, Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia
National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C. Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark 
U.S. Government Services Administration, Federal Bldg., Anchorage, Alaska
Alaska Indian Arts and Craft Board, Department of Interior, Washington D.C.
Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
State of Alaska Art Bank, Anchorage, Alaska
Alaska State Museum, Juneau, Alaska
Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, Anchorage, Alaska

Amason work