Biografie von Roy B. AHLGREN (1927-2011)

Birth place: Erie, PA

Addresses: Erie, PA

Profession: Painter, printmaker

Studied: Erie Tech. Sch. with Joseph Plavcan; Villa Maria Col. with Prof Zoltan Heya (portraiture); Famous Artists Sch., dipl.

Exhibited: NAD, 1968-1969; 21st Nat Exhib Prints, LOC, 1969; Northwest Printmakers Int. Exhib., Seattle, 1969-1971; 164th Ann. Exhib., PAFA, 1969; 11th RI Arts Festival, Providence, 1969 (first prize, graphics); Drawings, USA, Minnesota Mus. Art, St. Paul, 1970 (purchase award, drawing);13th Nat Jury Show, Chautauqua Art Assn., NY, 1970 (third award for painting); Expo-1970, US Pavilion, World's Fair, Osaka, Japan, 1970; Associated American Artists, NYC, 1970s; Bermond Art Ltd, Lake Success, NY, 1970s.

Member: Boston Printmakers; Phila. WCC

Work: US Info. Agency, Washington, DC; Minn. Mus. Art, St. Paul; SAM; Tex. Tech. Univ. Mus., Lubbock; Miss. Art Assn., Jackson. Commissions: edition of serigraphs, Assoc. Am. Artists, NYC, 1970; church bull. cover designs, Lutheran Churches, Erie, PA, 1971-1972.

Comments: Preferred media: acrylics. Positions: assoc., Galerie 8, Erie, 1967-; bd. mem., Erie Art Ctr., 1970-1972. Publications: contrib., showcase sect., Famous Artists Mag., 1969; Assoc. Am. Artists catalog, 1971; Contemporary Artists, USA, Livingston, 1971; Contemporary American Printmakers, NY Graphic Soc, 1972; Ferdinand-Roten Catalog, 1972. Teaching: instr. art, Tech Mem High Sch, Erie, 1970-.

Sources: WW73; Jean Reeves, One-man show," Buffalo Evening News (1969); Jane Abrams, "Educational slide collection," Univ. New Mexico, 1971; Lynwood Kreneck, Colorprint USA filmstrip (Tex. Tech. Univ., 1971). "