Helen Altman (b. Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1958) currently lives and works in Fort Worth, Texas. She received her BFA and MA from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa as well as her MFA from the University of North Texas, Denton, Texas. Altman’s work is part of the permanent collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston Airport System, City of Houston, University of Houston, Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Art Museum of South Texas, Dallas Museum of Art, Federal Reserve Bank, Houston, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, University of Alabama, and the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. She has participated in numerous museum exhibitions including solo exhibitions at the Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Tyler Museum of Art, The Old Jail Art Center, The Grace Museum, Longview Museum of Fine Art, and the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. Her work has also been exhibited at the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Galveston Arts Center, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, and the Chelsea Art Museum, New York. Altman is the recipient of a Texas Commission on the Arts Grant, Otis and Velma Davis Dozier Travel Grant, National Endowment for the Arts Grant, and an Engelhard Award.
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