Collie, Alberto (1939-2015) | University of Illinois Archives
Digital Content Created by Collie, Alberto<p class="body-text-paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid rgb(16, 16, 16); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; margin: 0px 0px 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia, Constantina, "Nimbus Roman No9 L", serif; font-size: 18px;"> Alberto W. Collie, who moved to the Dallas area in 1968.
<p class="body-text-paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid rgb(16, 16, 16); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; margin: 0px 0px 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia, Constantina, "Nimbus Roman No9 L", serif; font-size: 18px;"> Alberto W. Collie, a Venezuelan-born artist, came to the U.S. in 1959 to study at Boston University, where he received his degree in 1964. Time magazine recognized Collie in the article, Sculture: Merlin with Magnets (Friday, June 26, 1964). He also recieved a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1966 and a master's degree in landscape archecture from Harvard Graduate School of Design.
<p class="body-text-paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid rgb(16, 16, 16); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; margin: 0px 0px 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia, Constantina, "Nimbus Roman No9 L", serif; font-size: 18px;"> He moved to the Dallas area in 1968, where he served as director of the art school at Northwood Institute in Cedar Hill, TX.
<p class="body-text-paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid rgb(16, 16, 16); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; margin: 0px 0px 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia, Constantina, "Nimbus Roman No9 L", serif; font-size: 18px;"> At the time of his death, Decmeber 15, 2015, Collie lived near Caracas, Venezuela.
<p class="body-text-paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid rgb(16, 16, 16); --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246/0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; margin: 0px 0px 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia, Constantina, "Nimbus Roman No9 L", serif; font-size: 18px;"> http://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/architecture/2015/12/21/alberto-collie-venezuelan-born-artist-who-lived-in-dallas-dies-at-76/