1991  MFA (Painting), University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
1988  BFA (Painting), University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
1979  BS (Anthropology), University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2002  Recent Paintings, Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR
2000  New Paintings, Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR
2000  Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999  Paintings, Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA
1998  New paintings, Gail Harvey Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1997  PRAXIS: Root form Sign, Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR
1996  SIT, STAY, SPEAK, Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA
1996  Allen Cox-Paintings, Renshaw Gallery, Linfield College, McMinnville, OR
1996  New Work, Gail Harvey Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1995  Myth & Metaphor, Art Department Gallery, Lane Community College, Eugene, OR
1995  Paintings, Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR
1995  Allen Cox, Patricia Williams Gallery, Gleneden Beach, OR
1993  Maveety Gallery, Gleneden Beach, OR
1993  New Work, Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA
1992  Paintings, Maveety Gallery, Gleneden Beach, OR
1989  Petrogiyphs of Oregon and the Columbia River, Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, OR
1988  Recent Work, Gallery 141, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
1988  Recent Paintings, Southern Oregon State College, Ashland, OR
1987  Paintings, Penn-State-Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA
1987  Petroglyphs , Museum of Natural History, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
1986  New Work, Café Central, Eugene, OR
1985  New Works, Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
1983  Paintings, Center Gallery, WI

TWO AND THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2000  Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR
1999  Anniversary Exhibition, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998  Recent Works From New Zealand, Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR
1997  Two Artists, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1991 Allen Cox and Dennis Leon: Recent Works, Chemeketa Community College, Salem, OR
1990  Three Painters, Maveety Gallery, Portland, OR
1990  Coast to Coast, The Fanny Garver Gallery, Madison, WI
1987  Paintings, Benton County Historical Museum, Philomath, OR
1987  February Exhibition, Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, OR
1984  Recent Paintings, The Fanny Garver Gallery. Madison, WI

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2003  Butters Gallery 15th Anniversary, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
2000  Art Collected by Artists, The Campbell Hall Gallery, Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR
1999  Abstraction Meets Realism, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999  Small Works, Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR
1999  Small Works, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999  Gallery Artists, Imago Galleries, Palm Desert. CA
1998  Abstractions, Gail Harvey Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1997  The Artful Box, University of Oregon Museum of Art, Eugene, OR
1997  Gallery Artists, Imago Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
1997  Small Scale Works, Margo Jacobsen Gallery. Portland, OR
1997  Surfacings, Gail Harvey Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1996  New Art/Northwest, Gallery 500, Elkins Park, PA
1996  Open Skies, University of Oregon Museum of Art, Eugene, OR
1995  New Painting, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1995  Sitka Invitational, World Forestry Center, Portland, OR
1994  Artquake Exhibition, Portland Artquake, Portland, OR
1994  Mayors Art Show, Jacobs Gallery, Hult Center for the Performing Arts, Eugene, OR
1994  Gallery Artists, Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA
1993  Crosscut (Oregon Biennial 1993), Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
1993  Gallery Artists, Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA
1992  New Works on Paper (Gallery Artists), Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
1992  Gallery Artists, Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA
1992  Mayors Art Show, Jacobs Gallery, Hult Center for the Performing Arts, Eugene, OR Award of Merit
1991  Oregon Biennial 1991, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
1991  MFA Terminal Project Exhibition, University of Oregon Museum of Art, Eugene, OR
1989  Oregon Biennial 1989, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
1989  Third Biennial Oregon/Washington Juried Exhibition, Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, WA
1989  All Oregon Annual, Oregon State Fair, Salem, OR
1989  Oregon 2-D, Salem Art Association, Salem, OR
1989  Nuclear Vision (national touring exhibition), Oregon Coast Council for the Arts, Newport, OR
1989  Oregon Alumni Juried Exhibition, Collier House, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
1987  Oregon Biennial 1987, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
1987  All Oregon Annual, Oregon State Fair, Salem, OR
1987  Oregon 2-D, Salem Art Association, Salem OR Award of Merit
1987  Sixth Annual Juried Exhibition, New Zone Gallery, Eugene, OR
1987  Oregon Alumni Juried Exhibition, Collier House, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
1986  Fifth Annual Juried Exhibition, New Zone Gallery, Eugene, OR
1986  Abstract Work, (Four Gallery Artists), Mary Bell Galleries, Chicago, IL
1984  Cross-Section, Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
1984  Lakefront Festival of Arts, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
1983  Watercolor Wisconsin 83, Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI
1983  Wisconsin Focus, Cudahy Gallery, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
1983  Faces: Five Interpretations (Five Gallery Artists) Center Gallery, Madison, WI
1992  Wisconsin Impressions, Cudahy Gallery, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI

PRESENTATIONS

1998  Southern Light: Painting in New Zealand, Gallery Lecture, Margo Jacobson Gallery, Portland, OR
1996  The Uncertainty Principle: New Works, Guest Lecturer, Department of fine Art, Linfield College, McMinnville, OR
1996  Metaphysical Landscapes, Gallery Lecture, University of Oregon Museum of Art, Eugene, OR
1995  Myth & Metaphor, Guest Lecture, Department of Fine Arts, Lane Community College, Eugene, OR
1995  Abstract painting, Gallery Lecture, Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR
1993  Post –historic Painting: Personal Work,, Guest Lecturer, Philosophy and Fine Arts Departments, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
1993  Allegory and Abstraction: New Paintings, Guest Lecturer, Department of fine Arts, Land Community College, Eugene, OR
1991  Abstract Painting, Gallery Lecture, University of Oregon Museum of Art, Eugene, OR
1991  Columbia River Pictographs, Field Presentation for the Archaeological Institute of America, Columbia River Gorge, WA
1991  Recent Work: Painting, Guest Lecturer, Department of Fine Arts, Lane Community College, Eugene, OR
1989  Petroglyphs of Oregon, Guest Lecturer, Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, OR
1987  Aesthetics of Postmodernism, Guest Lecturer, Humanities Division, Penn-State University at Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA

REVIEWS ARTICLES AND CATALOGS

”Abstract Paintings Depict Classic Themes and Colors”, Article, bob Keefer, November 12, 1996. Register-Guard, Eugene, OR
“Allen Cox”, Oregon Art Beat, Arts interview segment, Oregon Public Broadcasting, Channel 7 & 10. February 15, 2000, Portland, OR
“Allen Cox, Abstract Artist’s Paintings Build Upon Themselves”, Article, Lois Wadswarth, October 29, 1998, Eugene Weekly, Eugene, OR
“Allen Cox, An Important Oregon Painter You Should Know About”, Review, Martin Parsons. May 1997, ARTSPEAK, New York, NY
“Allen Cox Exhibition”, Broadcast Review, Fred Crafts, February 14, 1995, KUGN AM 590. Eugene, OR
“CROSSCUT, Contemporary Art From Oregon”, Exhibition Essay, John Weber, Curator of Contemporary Art, Portland Art Museum. 1993 Portland, OR
“Differing Similarities”, Review, Randy Gragg. July 13, 1990. The Oregonian, Portland, OR
“Falling Leaves, Rising Shows on Local Scene”, Article, Suzanne Muchnik, September 8, 1996. Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, CA
“For This Artist A Man’s House is His Head”, Review, Randy Gragg. August 10, 1990, The Oregonian, Portland, OR
“Galleries Warm Up For Artfair”, Review, Robin Updike. January 11, 1996. Seattle Times, Seattle, WA
“New American Panting-Pacific Coast Edition 1996”, Juried Catalog, Quarterly Publication, Open Studios Press, Needham, MA
“Open Skies’ A Breath of Fresh Air”, Review, Bob Keefer, July 28, 1996, Register-Guard, Eugene, OR
“Remembrance of Things Past”, Review, Kevin Francis, April 12, 1995, Willamette Week, Portland, OR
“Something Old, Something New”, Review, Kevin Francis, August 5, 1993, Willamette Week, Portland, OR
“The Promise of Meaning: Recent Paintings of Allen Cox”, Exhibition Catalog. Essay by Garry L. Hagberg, Professor of Philosophy and Director to the Program in Philosophy and the Arts, Bard College, New York, NY,. November 2000, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Three Part Harmony”, Catalog Essay, Jeffrey Wechsler, Senior Curator, Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers, NJ. January 1999. Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA

AWARDS, PUBLIC SERVICE AND TEACHING

Award of Merit, Mayors Art Show, Jacobs Gallery, Eugene, OR 1992
Award of Merit, Oregon 2-D, Salem Art Association, Salem, OR 1987
Public Art Purchase Award, Beaverton Public Library, Beaverton, OR 2000
Public Art Purchase Award, Eugene water & Electric Board, Eugene, OR 1989
Public Art Purchase Award, Knight Library, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 1996
Public Art Purchase Award, Oregon State Lottery Headquarters, Salem, OR 1996
Adjunct Instructor, Painting, Department of Fine and Applied arts, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 1991
Board member, Board of Directors Friends of the Museum of Natural History, University of Oregon 1995-1997
Board member, Board of Visitors, School of Architecture and Allied Arts, University of Oregon, 1996 to present. Appointment by Dave Frohnmeyer President, University of Oregon
Juror, Mayors Art Show 1996, Jacobs Gallery, Eugene, OR. Appointment by Mayor Ruth Bascom
Juror, New Zone Gallery Annual Open Juried exhibition, 1993, Eugene, OR
Selection Committee Member, Percent for the Arts Project, Eugene Downtown Parking Structure, 1995
Visiting artist, Drawing Seminar, Department of Fine & Applied Arts, University of Oregon, 1995

COLLECTIONS

Allen, Kazbeck & O’Halloran, Attorneys, Portland, OR
Adobe Systems, Inc. San Jose, CA
Bucknell Stehlic Attorneys, Seattle, WA
Crabbe Huson Group, Financial Funds, Portland, OR
Eugene Water and Electric Board, Eugene, OR
Hensel Graphics, Seattle, WA
Hotel Management Association, Portland, OR
Indus Group Software, San Francisco, CA
Knight Library, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Robert Mose, DDS, Eugene, OR
MCG/Management Compensation Group, Portland, OR
OBA! Restaurant, Portland, OR
Perkins Coie, Attorneys, Portland, OR
Price Waterhouse Coopers, Portland, OR
State of Oregon Lottery Building, Salem, OR
Timberline Group, Portland, OR
Verakryd, Clard & Duball, Attorneys, Eugene, OR
Beaverton City Library, Beaverton, OR