Don Christensen

Lives and works in New York, NY

Education/Experience
1967-1968 Art major, University of Nebraska.
1968-1970 Full scholarship at Kansas City Art Institute.
1971-1973 Studio assistant for Ken Noland and Jules Olitski.
1976-1988 Pursued a music career.
1986-present Became conservator and curator of outsider artist Emery Bagdon's lifeworks. Mounted 13 exhibitions to date.
1989  Resumed painting.

Solo Exhibitions
1992 Solo exhibition at Douglas Drake Gallery, New York, N.Y
2002 Solo Exhibition, Paintings on Wood, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Group Exhibitions
1992 "Winter Paper" Catherine Moore Fine Arts, New York, N.Y.    
1999 "NY2K" Livestock Gallery presents at CHARAS/Community Center, New York, N.Y.
"OM" Dorsky Gallery, New York, N.Y.
1997 "Christmastime at the Prado" Plan eat Thailand, Brooklyn, N.Y.
"Intimate Universe" James Howe Fine Arts Gallery of Kean University,
Union, New Jersey.
"Automatic Automatic" Plan eat Thailand, Brooklyn, N.Y.
"Abstracted and Unfixed" Art In General, New York, N.Y.
"Intimate Universe(Revisited)" Robert Steele Gallery, New York
"Some Artists We Like" Robert Steele Gallery, New York, N.Y.
1996  "Miracle on Bedford St." Plan eat Thailand, Brooklyn, N.Y.
1995 "Plants, Animals, and Small Abstractions" Margulies Taplin Gallery, Miami, Florida.
1993 "Small Paintings, Big Issues" Douglas Drake Gallery, New York, N.Y.
1992  "Gallery Artists" Douglas Drake Gallery, New York, N.Y.

Awards
1996 Received the New York Foundation for the Arts painting fellowship award.   
1991 Received a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship grant for painting.