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Education
MFA - Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York 1989
BA - University of Massachusetts, Amherst 1980
Apeiron Workshops, Millerton, New York, studied with Linda Connor, Elaine Mayes, summer 1978
Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, Five College Studies Program 1978-79
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Currently Professor & Director of Photography 1982-present at Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, Massachusetts
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Exhibitions
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2011
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Newfoundland, Elizabeth Moss Gallery, Falmouth, Maine
Angels and Devils, Northampton Center for the Arts, Northampton, MA
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2010
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Capture: 50 Photographic Artists, Maine Museum of Photographic Arts, Falmouth, Maine
Kin and Kindred: Reflections on Childhood, Smith College Museum of Art,Northampton, MA
Robert Aller, Frank Ward, David Prifti, Valley Photography Center, Springfield, MA
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2009
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Animals, Northampton Center for the Arts, Northampton, MA
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2008
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Heart's Desire, Northampton Center for the Arts, Northampton, MA
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2007
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Views and visions, Herter Gallery, University of Mass-Amherst, MA
The World Is Still Flat: landscapes on paper, Smith College Museum of Art, Summer Institute in Arts Museum Studies, July-September, Northampton, MA
Arts of the Valley,' Open Square, Holyoke, MA
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2006
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Roots, Guild Art Centre, Northampton, MA
Looking Beneath the Surface: The Quabbin and Hetch Hetchy Canyon, Mouth Holyoke College Art Museum, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
Still Life, Oxbow Gallery, Northampton, MA
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2005
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Arts of the Valley Celebration, Open Square, Holyoke, MA
Earth, Water, Sky, Landscapes in Black & White, Oxbow Gallery, Northampton, MA
Eye on Water, Exhibition/Symposium: The Place of Water in the World, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
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2004
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The Art of Baseball, Group Show, Canal Gallery, Holyoke, MA
Spain-1984, One-man exhibit, Polaroid Transfers, Cummington Community House Gallery, Cummington, MA
Members Group Show, The Oxbow Gallery, Northampton, MA
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2003
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Robert Aller: The Poetic Landscape, A.P.E. Gallery/Thornes, Northampton, MA
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2002
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Changing Prospects: The View From Mount Holyoke, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
Building The Collection: New Gifts and Acquisitions, The William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut-Storrs, Storrs, CT
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2001
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World Changed: Expressions from the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks, Taber Art Gallery, Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, MA
Valley Photographers, Arno Maris Gallery, Westfield State College, Westfield, MA
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2000
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A November Show, Film/Photo Gallery, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
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1999
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Seventeen Artists, Film/Photo Gallery, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
Photoworks, Art Gallery, Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, MA
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1998
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Holyoke Community College Faculty Art Exhibit, Heritage State Park, Holyoke, MA
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1997
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CCGS Faculty Art Exhibit, Arno Maris Gallery, Westfield State Coll., Westfield, MA
HCC Faculty Art Exhibit, Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, MA
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1996
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Robert Aller and Frank Ward, Alfredo's Photographic Gallery, Amherst, MA
Robert Aller: A Photographic Survey, Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, MA
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1995
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Recent Acquistions: In memory of Charles Chetham, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA
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1994
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Robert Aller, OK Harris Works of Art, Soho, New York City, one-man show
Town Grown, Town Shown, Northampton, MA (city-wide show)
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1992
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Robert Aller: Focus on Photography, Museum of Fine Arts, S & R Gallery, Spfld., MA
Recent Acquisitions, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA
New England Photographers '92, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA, 3/92-5/92
Zone Art Center, Spfld., MA, 1st Prize (juried by Marni Sandweiss, Curator, Mead Art Museum)
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1991
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Transfigured Landscapes, Smith College, Hillyer Gallery, Northampton, MA,
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1990
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Recent Acquisitions, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Northampton Postcards, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA,
Transfigured Landscapes, Center For The Arts, East Gallery, Northampton, MA,
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1989
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France and Spain, Forbes Library, Art & Music Gallery, Northampton, MA,
3 Artists, Bard College, Avery Art Center, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
Photo Response, Artspace Gallery, Franklin County Arts Council, Greenfield, MA (juried by Anita Douthat, PRC)
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1988
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Mystic Photo Ten, Mystic, Connecticut - 1st Prize (juried by Elaine Mayes, Phil Perkis, of Tisch-NYU)
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1986
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36/86, Wistariahurst Museum, Holyoke, MA,
Photo-Synthesis: Research into Photographic Activity in the Five College Area, Museum of Art, Smith College, Northampton, MA
The Annual Show, Pratt Institute, The Puck Building Gallery Soho, New York City, NY. With Richard Avedon. Sponsored by Maine Photographic Workshops. (Juried by Charles Traub, Robert Pledge and George Tice)
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1984
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Photographs: 1974-1984, The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA,
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1983
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Five-College Art Faculty Exhibit, with Holyoke Community College faculty, Wistariahurst Museum, Holyoke, MA,
Western Massachusetts Community College Art Faculty, Leverett Craftsmen Gallery, Leverett, MA,
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1981
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Eleven Massachusetts Photographers, ZONE Gallery, Springfield., MA,
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1980
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At Home, Glyph Gallery, Amherst, MA, (juried by Jerome Liebling, Chester Michalik)
Robert Aller: Untitled Photographs, Wellman Hall, City Library, Spfld, MA,
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1979
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An Exhibition of Photographs, Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, MA,
Valley Advocate Group show, Cornell Galleries, Springfield. MA
Group show, Valley Artists Showcase, Northampton, MA
Group show, Dasenka Gallery, Northampton, MA
Group show, Valley Advocate Exhibition, Amherst, MA
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1978
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Group show, Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, MA
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Collections
Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA
Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, MA
University Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA
The William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut-Storrs
Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, MA
Elizabeth Moss Gallery, Falmouth, Maine
Maine Museum of Photographic Arts, Portland, Maine
Private Collections
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