{{Short description|American artist (born 1949)}} {{Infobox artist | honorific_prefix = | resting_place = | honorific_suffix = | image = Allan Wexler wearing Amphorae, 2018.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Allan Wexler's Portrait | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = <!--only use if different from name--> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|3|30}} | birth_place = Bridgeport, Connecticut<ref name="Benezit">{{cite web |title=Wexler, Allan |url=https://www.oxfordartonline.com/benezit/view/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.001.0001/acref-9780199773787-e-00196447 |website=Benezit Dictionary of Artists |year=2011 |language=en |doi=10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00196447|isbn=978-0-19-977378-7 }}</ref> | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | death_place = | name = <!-- include middle initial, if not specified in Allan Wexler --> | resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline}} --> | education = 1976 Pratt Institute, Master of Architecture 1972 Rhode Island School of Design, Bachelor of Architecture 1971 Rhode Island School of Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts | alma_mater = | known_for = Contemporary Artist Sculpture, Public Art, Multimedia | notable_works = | style = | movement = | spouse = Ellen Schwartz Wexler | awards = Guggenheim Fellowship, Rome Prize, Chrysler Award for Design Innovation | elected = | patrons = | memorials = | website = {{URL|allanwexlerstudio.com}} | module = }} thumb|Allan Wexler in Speaking Portraits '''Allan Wexler''' (born 1949) is an American interdisciplinary artist and educator. Wexler works with sculpture, photography and photo-based drawings.
== Early life and education == Wexler was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1949.<ref name="Benezit" /> He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1971 and a Bachelor of Architecture in 1972,<ref>{{cite web |title=Artists Choose Artists {{!}} RISD Alumni |url=https://alumni.risd.edu/news-events/artists-choose-artists |website=alumni.risd.edu |language=en}}</ref> both from the Rhode Island School of Design. He holds a Master of Architecture degree from the Pratt Institute.
Wexler entered the Rhode Island School of Design to study architecture.<ref name="Guggenheim">{{Cite web|title=John Simon Guggenheim Foundation {{!}} Allan Wexler|url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/allan-wexler/|access-date=2021-03-26|language=en-US}}</ref> Wexler moved to New York City in 1973.
== Career == After school he set up a studio in New York City. His studio practice includes sculpture, installations, museum interventions, painting, drawing, writing, and design.
Wexler's work is exhibited both in the United States and internationally. Included among his recent exhibitions and public works are SACRA Buffalo, New York 2019,<ref>{{Cite web|title=General 3|url=https://www.assemblyhouse150.org/artist-collaborations|access-date=2021-03-26|website=ASSEMBLY HOUSE 150|language=en-US}}</ref> Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY 2019,<ref name="Parrish">{{Cite web|title=Artists Choose Artists 2019 : Parrish Art Museum|url=https://parrishart.org/exhibitions/artists-choose-artists-2019/|access-date=2021-03-26|website=parrishart.org}}</ref> the Wheaton Art Center, Millville, ''Emanations 2019'',<ref name="Wheaton">{{Cite web|title=WheatonArts » Explore, Experience, Create|url=https://www.wheatonarts.org/allan-wexler/|access-date=2021-03-26|language=en-US}}</ref> the Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA, 2017<ref name="MattressFactory">{{Cite web|title=Bed sitting Rooms for an Artist in Residence|url=https://mattress.org/works/bed-sitting-rooms-for-an-artist-in-residence/|access-date=2021-03-26|website=Mattress Factory|language=en-US}}</ref>
Wexler has taught fine art, design, and architecture for over 40 years, currently on the faculty of Parsons School of Design in New York City.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Allan Wexler {{!}} Parsons School of Design|url=https://www.newschool.edu/parsons/faculty/allan-wexler/|access-date=2021-03-26|website=www.newschool.edu}}</ref> He has taught, and lectured internationally for most of his career including at Pratt Institute, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Rhode Island School of Design, Bauhaus School of Architecture, Design Academy Eindhoven, Cooper Union School of Fine Arts, Brown University.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wexler's Teaching Experiences|url=https://feldmangallery.com/assets/pdfs/artistCV/wexler_bio_letterhead_200228_195826.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920102814/https://feldmangallery.com/assets/pdfs/artistCV/wexler_bio_letterhead_200228_195826.pdf |archive-date=2020-09-20 }}</ref>
Wexler has worked collaboratively with his partner and wife Ellen Wexler; a 2006 sculpture by the pair is installed at the Hudson River Park in New York City.<ref name="ArtNews2009Review">{{cite web |last1=Princenthal |first1=Nancy |title=Allan Wexler |url=https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/allan-wexler-60397/#! |website=ARTnews.com |date=13 November 2009}}</ref><ref name="tables">{{Cite web|title=Public Art Work Two Too Large Tables|url=https://hudsonriverpark.org/activities/two-too-large-tables/}}</ref>
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