HEIDI VAUGHAN FINE ART PRESENTS ART TOP 10 BY ALTON DULANEY

ALTON DULANEY, PHOTO CREDIT: JAY MARROQUIN

HEIDI VAUGHAN FINE ART is proud to present ART Top 10 By Alton DuLaney, a new collection of conceptual ART objects by the artist Alton DuLaney. The exhibition opens May 22 and runs through July 3, 2021 at the gallery, located at 3510 Lake Street at Colquitt in the Upper Kirby Galleries. On the day of the opening, the gallery hours will be 11 am until 8 pm, with the artist present from 5 pm to 8 pm, and a reception in the gallery courtyard. Alton’s artist talk will take place on June 19, his birthday, at 1 pm.

Alton DuLaney is a multi-disciplinary, conceptual artist who researches the ability of ART to transform the perception of objects, images, and actions, as communicated through artistic expression, the relevance of site, the act of mark-making, the marketing and commodification of the ART product, and the identity of the artist. In his work, ART is the subject, the medium, and the message - tautologically expressed.

Or as the artist likes to say, “I am an artist. I make ART.”

His ART practice includes painting, sculpture, photography, textile, neon, jewelry, video, tattooing, branding, mail art, public art, and, of course, performance art.

In performance art he has created the character of “The World’s Most Famous Gift Wrap Artist,” who has appeared on numerous national TV shows including Rachael Ray, The Jimmy Kimmel Show, The Today Show,

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Good Morning America, CBS Sunday Morning, The Wendy Williams Show, Access Hollywood, ETV, and The Harry Connick Jr Show. Alton has been a judge on two seasons of HBO’s Craftopia.

As a social-media content creator, Alton has his own show, The Great Gift Exchange, on YouTube Originals, encouraging creativity and the beauty of inspiration. He is also the host of #houstonairportsart, promoting art in public places, available on YouTube and Vimeo.

Alton has shown his ART in numerous exhibitions in Texas, Los Angeles, and New York City, as well as Europe and South America. He is in the permanent collections of the Tom of Finland Foundation of Los Angeles, the Leslie Lohman Museum of NYC, the City of Marfa public art collection in Marfa, Texas, and many important private collections. His exhibition ART Top 10 marks his third solo show with Heidi Vaughan Fine Art in Houston, Texas.

Alton has a BFA from the University of Texas in Austin, an MFA from the University of Houston, where he also taught Public Art. Currently, he is the Curator of Public Art for the Houston Airports, overseeing one of the largest public art collections in the state of Texas. He is also a private art and décor consultant.

HEIDI VAUGHAN FINE ART represents Texas artists with an emphasis on those based in Houston. HVFA artists live in Houston but are from all over the globe. HVFA and its artists represent, embrace, and celebrate diversity. Gallery projects support local creative communities and ideas, and welcomes everyone. HVFA is following the current CDC guidelines for COVID-19 safety. We stand with all in the community who demand justice and work for positive change, now and always. More can be found at www.heidivaughanfineart.com, and on our YouTube channel, and our Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter pages. We also have virtual galleries on Artnet which can be accessed here:

For more information contact Heidi at [email protected] and at 832.875.6477, or Megan Olivia Ebel at [email protected] and at 713.304.0362.

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