RANDY BACON (b. 1957)Born in Abilene; resides in Abilene Painted: Abilene SP and Big Spring SP EducationMFA, Painting, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, 2007Fellowship in painting, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont, 2003BFA, Studio Art and Journalism, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 1980Studied Studio Art, University of Texas at Austin, 1976–1977 Career Highlights Published in Of Texas Rivers and Texas Art by Andrew Sansom and William Reaves (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2017) pages 56–59Solo, A Cell of One’s Own, The Old Jail Art Center, Albany, 2009Solo, A Sense of Place, The Grace Museum, Abilene, 2007 Selected ExhibitionsOf Texas Rivers and Texas Art, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo; Texas Capitol Ground Floor Rotunda, Austin; Witte Museum, San Antonio; Mayborn Museum, Baylor University, Waco, 2017‒2018 (book of same title)AS IS rural realism, The Grace Museum, 2017 Painting in the Texas Tradition, traveled: Turner House, Dallas; Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts, Spring, 2014–2015(catalog)Restless Heart: Contemporary Texas Regionalism, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, 2013 (catalog)Solo, Familiar Territory: The Art of Randy Bacon, National Ranching Heritage Center, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, 2011–2012 (catalog)Art of the Red River War: A Clash of Cultures on the Southern Plains, Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, 2010Drawing on the Past: Selections from the Bobbie and John Nau Collection of Texas Art, The Grace Museum, Abilene, 2010 (catalog) Solo, A Cell of One’s Own, The Old Jail Art Center, Albany, 2009Finalist, Hunting Art Prize Competition, Houston, 2007The Artist's Eye, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, 2007 Selected Public CollectionsBurlington Northern Santa Fe National Headquarters, Fort WorthHappy State Bank, Amarillo and LubbockThe Grace Museum, AbileneMoncrief Oil, Fort WorthWoodbine Development Corporation, Dallas