1939:
Born, Toronto, Ontario Canada.
1959:
Studies at Ecole du Louvre, Paris.
1961:
BA Princeton.
1961:
First one man show, Pollock Gallery, Toronto.
1963:
MFA University of Iowa.
1963:
Marries Rocio (Nina) Lasansky.
1964-66:
Lives in Holland and Spain, travels to England, Italy, Greece and Israel.
1969:
Featured in “Three Printmakers” exhibition and catalog, at the National Gallery of Canada.
1967-70:
Professor, University of Saskatchewan, Regina.
1970:
Moves to Teeswater, Ontario and teaches at Georgian College and University of Guelph.
1971:
One man exhibition, Mount St. Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
1972:
One man exhibition, Memorial University, St. John’s, Newfoundland.
1973-77:
“The Musicians” series, a group of life sized collages. A national commission in 1976 leads to the “The Musicians Tapestry”, a suite of four works for a 26’ by 19’ “tapestry wall”, Saskatchewan Centre for the Arts, Regina.
1974:
One man exhibition, Hart House, University of Toronto.
1976:
Wins tapestry competition, Centre for the Arts, Saskatchewan.
1977:
26’ x 19’ “Musicians Tapestry Suite” exhibition, National Gallery, Melbourne Australia.
1978:
One man exhibition, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
1978-80:
Professor, University of Texas San Antonio.
1977-87:
“The Book of Esther” series includes ink, pastel drawings, prints, monoprints, and acrylic paintings.
1980:
Establishes studio in Iowa City with family.
1980-84:
“The Monument Series”, ink drawings, treating themes of mask and shrine, led to elaborate colored ink paintings, monoprints, and life-size sculptural collages.
1981:
One man exhibition, Texas Wesleyan, Fort Worth, Texas.
1983:
“Alan Weinstein: 20 Years, a Retrospective”, MacDonald Stewart Art Center, Guelph,Ontario.
1984:
One man exhibition, Dunlop Gallery, Regina,Saskatchewan.
1984-87:
“The Amish Paintings”, large scale acrylics. Bold colors and shapes evoke the drama of solitude.
1987:
Sunlight and Shadow, landscape paintings.
1987:
Synagogue Ark commission, Agudas Achim Synagogue, Iowa City.
1988:
Sunlight and Shadow Part II, landscapes
1988:
“The Egyptian Man”, livre d’ artiste. Short story by Nina Barragan and six original etchings by Weinstein publishes by Barn Collections Press, Iowa City.
1988:
Travels to Argentina.
1989:
One man exhibition, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
1988-92:
“The Hearth Series” focuses on children, interior spaces and old wood stoves. “The Family Paintings”, figures in groups, sharing environments and charged with light and color.
1993:
One man exhibition, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa.
1995:
Synagogue Ark commission, Temple Beth Am, Seattle, Washington.
1995:
Synagogue Ark commission, Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.
1993-96:
“The Black Figure Paintings” and “The Red Figure Paintings” introduce domestic interiors with hieratic figures. Varied surfaces and a broadly pointillistic brush activate the compositions.
1996:
Work moves from themes of family groups and children to further experimentation with landscapes.
1996-98:
“The Landscape Paintings” explore light and color, and tactile surfaces of calligraphic paint shape both forms and space.
1996:
“Ontario Woods and Ontario Light” series
1999:
“Enchanted Forest” series.
2000:
“The Garden of Eden” series of paintings, drawings and a book. Also, the artist’s first folding screens.
2000:
Receives “Deb Burger Outstanding Iowa Artist Award” at Two Rivers Art Expo, Des Moines,Iowa.
2001:
“Gazing Figures” series of drawings and paintings.
2002:
10 year retrospective at Gallery Stratford, Canada and at Kirkwood College, Cedar Rapids.
2002:
One man exhibition, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa.
2002:
“Figures in Woods” series, the first use of joined canvasses.
2003:
“Landscapes with Figures” series.
2003:
“Jacob’s Ladder” commission, Temple Judah, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
2004:
Landscapes expand with joined canvases of multiple sizes, colors and textures.
2005:
One man show, Moberg Gallery, Des Moines.
2006:
One man show, Moberg Gallery, Des Moines.
2006:
“Tapestry” series.
2006:
“Autumn” commission, City of Coralville, Iowa for Marriott Conference Center.
2007:
One man show, Englert Theater Gallery, Iowa City.
2007:
First cut canvas paintings.
2009:
One man show, Auburn University, Alabama.
2009:
One man show, Mercy Hospital, Iowa City.
2009:
Winter Exhibition, Preston Contemporary Art Center, Mesilla, New Mexico.
2010:
One man show, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City.
2010:
Cut Canvas Exhibition, Iowa City.
2012:
Trees Exhibition, 2010-12, Iowa City.
2013:
30 Years Exhibition 1983-2013, Iowa City.
2015:
Nature into Art 1995-2015
USBank, Iowa City.
USBank, Iowa City.
2016:
Move to new studio Iowa City.
2018:
ALAN WEINSTEIN: The Ontario Studio Five Decades. Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre, Southampton, ON.