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Resumé
Robert Alan Booth Born: Mount Kisco, New York
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Exhibitions: |
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| 2008 |
The Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA, March 5-8, |
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| 2007 |
Burchfield-Penney Art Center, "The Artists Among Us", Buffalo, NY. Portage Hill Gallery, Westfield, New York. University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, University Art Gallery,
"Re: figure, Gods and Monsters", New Bedford, MA (Traveled Exhibition)
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| 2006 |
Cazenovia College, "Re: figure, Gods and Monsters", Cazenovia, NY. Burchfield-Penney Art Center, "Somewhat Dotty", Buffalo, NY. |
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| 2003 |
Stems Gallery, "Faces of Grief and Healing", A 9/11 Commemorative Exhibit sponsored by September 11, 2001 Children's Fund Inc., Red Hook, New York. Gallery 15, "Memory and Identity: The Human Experience", Rochester, New York Rosewood Art Gallery, Kettering, Ohio (solo exhibition) Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo, New York (solo exhibition) |
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| 2002 |
"Monroe and Vicinity Biennial", Tower Fine Art Gallery, SUNY
Brockport, Brockport, NY |
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| 2001 |
Chautauqua Center for the Visual Arts, "Matter: The Material of
Contemporary Fine Art and Craft", Chautauqua Institute, Chautauqua, New
York. |
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| 1999 |
Wright State University, "The Object; of Sculpture", Dayton, OH. Weeks Gallery, Jamestown Community College,
"Nonrepresentational Art?", Jamestown, NY. |
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| 1998 |
Massachusetts College of Art Alumni Gallery, Boston, MA. (Solo Exhibition) |
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| 1997 |
Mercer Gallery, Monroe Community College,
"Personal Histories", Rochester, New York. (Solo Exhibition)
Chautauqua Center for the Visual Arts, Chautauqua Institute,
Chautauqua, New York. (Solo Exhibition) |
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| 1996 |
Burchfield-Penney Art Center, "Toys: The Artist at Play", Buffalo, New York. Henri Gallery, Washington, DC. (Solo Exhibition) The Forum Gallery, "Regional Review Part 1",
Jamestown, New York. |
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| 1995 |
Burchfield-Penney Art Center, "Objects of Scrutiny: Sculpture by Robert A. Booth", Buffalo, New York. (Solo Exhibition) Burchfield-Penney Art Center, "Pun Intended: Works from the Collection", Buffalo, New York. S.U.N.Y. College at Geneseo, Faculty Exchange Exhibit, Geneseo, New York. Adams Art Gallery, Dunkirk, New York. (Solo Exhibition) |
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| 1994 |
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, "45th Western New
York Exhibition" Buffalo, New York. |
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| 1993 |
Chautauqua Art Association Gallery, "36th Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art", Chautauqua Institution, New York. "Working with Tradition: The Academic Artist",
traveling exhibition of faculty artists from the State University of New York,
Burchfield Art Center, Buffalo, New York: The New York State Museum, Albany, New
York. |
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| 1992 |
S.U.N.Y. College at Brockport, Faculty Exchange Exhibit, Brockport, New York. Anderson Gallery, "X Sightings", Buffalo, New York. |
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| 1991 |
"Personal Territory", Traveling
Exhibition, The Centre Gallery Fine Arts Center, Olean, New York; The Forum
Gallery, Jamestown, New York; Burchfield Art Center, Buffalo, New York; The Rice
Gallery, Albany, New York. |
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| 1990 |
Oxford Gallery, "The Chair Show", Rochester, New York. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, "43rd Western New York Exhibition", Buffalo, NY. |
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| 1989 |
Gillman-Baker Gallery, "Wet Paint", Boca
Raton, Florida.
Stein Gallery, "Sizzlin Summer Shows", Part II, Tampa,
Florida. |
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| 1988 |
Villa Maria College, "Drawings by
Sculptors", Buffalo, New York.
Henri Gallery, "Not Boring", Washington, DC. Dawson Gallery, "Lamberton Sculpture Show", Lamberton
Conservatory, Rochester, New York. |
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| 1987 |
Bruce Gallery, "Psychotronic and Neopunkedellic Art", Edinboro University, Edinboro, Pennsylvania. Adams Memorial Gallery, "Ten Perspectives", Dunkirk, New York. Hodgell Gillman Gallery, Gallery Artists, Tampa, Florida. Barbara Gillman Gallery, Gallery Artists, Miami, Florida. Olean Library Gallery, "Robert Booth-John Hughson-Robert
Stephens", Olean, New York. |
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| 1986 |
Adams Memorial Gallery, Access Annual, Dunkirk, New
York. |
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| 1985 |
Henri Gallery, Washington, DC. Hanover Gallery, "Beyond SU", Syracuse, New York. State University of New York at Brockport, Exhibition of Zaner
Gallery Artists, Brockport, New York. |
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| 1984 |
Henri Gallery, Sculpture Exhibition, Washington, DC. Zaner Gallery, Rochester, New York. (Solo Exhibition) Artculture Resource Centre, Exhibition of work by 1983 Artpark Project Artists, Toronto, Canada. Zaner Gallery, Exhibition of Gallery Artists, Rochester, New York. The Equitable Gallery, "Contemporary Art Acquisitions: 1980-1983", New York, New York. Erie Art Museum, 61st Annual Spring Show, Erie, Pennsylvania. |
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| 1983 |
Artists Gallery, "Sculpture 83", Buffalo, New York. Guest Curator. Bruce Gallery, Edinboro University, Edinboro, Pennsylvania. (Solo Exhibition) Gallery 2, Rockefeller Arts Center, State University College of New York, Fredonia, New York. (Solo Exhibition) Henri Gallery, Exhibitions of Gallery Artists, Washington, DC. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, "In Western New York 83", Invitational, Buffalo, New York. Zaner Gallery, Exhibition of Gallery Artists, Rochester, New
York. |
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| 1982 |
Henri Gallery, Exhibition of Gallery Artists, Washington, DC. Zaner Gallery, Rochester, New York. (Solo Exhibition) Lowe Art Gallery, "Outside New York City: From Drawing to Sculpture", Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York. Great Lakes Regional Art Exhibition, Cleveland, Ohio, sponsored by Valley Art Center, Chagrin Falls, Ohio. The Philadelphia Art Alliance, "Sculpture Tricentennial", Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Erie Art Center, 59th Annual Spring Exhibition, Erie, Pennsylvania. Allegheny College, Sixth Biennial Exhibition, Sculpture Invitational, Meadville, Pennsylvania. Zaner Gallery, Exhibition of Gallery Artists, Rochester, New
York. |
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| 1981 |
Henri Gallery, Washington, DC. (Solo Exhibition) Kenan Art Center, Lockport, New York. (Solo Exhibition) Art Awareness, Inc., "Affinities Between the Fine Arts and Crafts", Lexington, New York. Art Association Gallery, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, New York. Two-man Show. Ashtabula Art Center, "Portrait of the Object",
Ashtabula, Ohio. Two- man Show. |
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| 1980 |
Henri Gallery, Summer Sculpture Invitational, Washington, DC. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, "38th Western NY Exhibition", Buffalo, New York. Michael C. Rockefeller Arts Center, S.U.N.Y. College at Fredonia,
New York. |
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| 1979 |
Artists Cooperative Gallery, Westfield, New York. (Solo Exhibition) Henri Gallery, Exhibition of Gallery Artists, Washington, DC. AC Gallery, "All Sculpture Exhibit", Buffalo, New York. Cooperstown Art Association, "44th Annual National", Cooperstown, New York. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, "In Western New York 1979",
Buffalo, New York. |
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| 1978 |
Fairbanks Gallery, Syracuse, New York. (Solo Exhibition) Everson Museum of Art, "The Syracuse Show 1978", Syracuse, New York. Fairbanks Gallery, Annual Sculpture Exhibition, Syracuse, New York. Kirkland Art Center, "Kirkland Annual", Clinton, New York. ARENA 78 Art Open, National Exhibition, Binghamton, New York. Lowe Art Gallery, Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York. S.W. Missouri State University, Group Drawing Exhibition, Springfield, Missouri. Hutchinson Jr. College, Group Drawing Exhibition, Hutchinson,
Kansas. |
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| 1977 |
Lowe Art Gallery, Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York. (Solo Exhibition) Edinboro State College, Group Drawing Exhibition, Edinboro, Pennsylvania. Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, "40th Annual Exhibition, Artists of Central New York", Utica, New York. Diriwachter-Pascale Gallery, Group Show, Liverpool, New York. Cooperstown Art Association, "42nd Annual National Art Exhibition," Cooperstown, New York. Cincinnati Art Academy, Group Drawing Exhibition, Cincinnati, Ohio. Exhibited Sculpture at the By Hand Gallery, Haddonfield, New Jersey. University of Nebraska, Group Drawing Exhibition, Lincoln,
Nebraska. |
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| 1976 |
Lowe Art Gallery, Student Exhibition, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York. University of Florida, Group Drawing Exhibition, Gainesville, Florida. Bourne-Wareham Art Association, Invitational Sculpture,
"14th Annual Art Exhibition", Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. |
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| 1975-76 |
Exhibited at the Massachusetts College of Art
Student Exhibitions, Boston, Massachusetts. |
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| 1972 |
Macivor Reddie Gallery, "Wood Sculptures",
Group Student Exhibition, Boston, Massachusetts. |
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Commissions: |
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| 2001 | Public Fountain Restoration, "Neptune" Circa 1883, Dunkirk
Historical Museum, Dunkirk, NY |
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| 1991 |
Public Fountain Restorations, "Mark Fountains" circa 1901, Barker
Commons, Fredonia, New York. |
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| 1983 |
Produced sculpture "Jamestown Chairs" for the
City of Jamestown, New York. Funded by the Chautauqua County Association for the
Arts.
Major Project Production, "Dancing Chairs", Artpark,
Lewiston, New York. |
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| 1981 |
Produced sculpture at the TRW Corporation, Bearings
Division, Falconer, New York. |
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| 1977 |
Produced Corten Sculpture "LANDSCAPE",
commissioned by Ted Stetler, Landscape Architect, Marcellus Nursery, Syracuse,
New York. |
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Selected Collections:
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Career Related Activity: |
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| 2007 |
Served as a reviewer for the Arts Council of Buffalo and Erie
County's Strategic Opportunities Stipend Program Panel. |
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| 2005 | Promoted to the rank of
SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor, State University of NY, Fredonia
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| 2004 | External Reviewer for Program
Assessment, Dept. of Art, SUNY College at Brockport, Brockport, NY |
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| 2000 |
Panel Participant / Chair, "Embracing The Figure", Mid America College Art Association Conference, Louisville, Kentucky. Historic Fisk Co. Fountain Restoration, formally located at the
Dunkirk Hospital, Dunkirk, New York. |
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| 1998 |
Slide Presentation / Lecture, Chautauqua Center for the
Visual Arts, Chautauqua, New York.
Slide Presentation / Lecture, Williamsville Art Association,
Williamsville, New York. |
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| 1997 |
Appointed to the Board of Directors, Mid-America College
Art Association. |
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| 1995 |
Served as member of jury committee for Artist Fellowship Grants in Sculpture, New York Foundation for the Arts. Slide Presentation / Lecture, Burchfield-Penney Art Center,
Buffalo, New York. |
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| 1994 |
Slide Presentation / Lecture / Exhibition, New York State
Summer School of the Arts, S.U.N.Y. Fredonia, Fredonia, New York. |
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| 1993 |
Attained the rank of Full Professor, State University of
New York, College at Fredonia. |
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| 1992-96 |
President of the State University of New York Council of
Art Department Chairs. |
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| 1992 |
Slide presentation / lecture, State University of New York
at Brockport, New York. |
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| 1990 |
Served on jury for the "33rd Annual Allentown Art
Festival", Allentown Village Society, Buffalo, New York.
Slide Presentation / Lecture / Exhibition, New York State Summer
School of the Arts, S.U.N.Y. Fredonia, Fredonia, New York. |
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| 1988-96 |
Chairman of the Art Department at the State University
of New York College at Fredonia, New York. |
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| 1987-90 |
Member of Exhibition Selection Committee, Adams Art
Gallery, Dunkirk, New York. |
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| 1987 |
Slide Presentation / Lecture, New York State Summer School
of the Arts, S.U.N.Y. Fredonia, Fredonia, New York.
Curated Group Sculpture Exhibition, Adams Art Gallery, Dunkirk,
New York. |
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| 1985 |
Slide Presentation / Lecture, State University of New York
at Brockport, New York.
Slide Presentation / Lecture, University of Buffalo, Buffalo,
New York. |
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| 1984 |
Slide Presentation / Lecture / Studio Critique, Hull
College of Art, Hull, England. |
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| 1983 |
Slide Presentation / Lecture, Edinboro University, Edinboro, Pennsylvania. Slide Presentation / Lecture, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York. Slide Presentation / Lecture, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York. Slide Presentation / Lecture, Alfred University, Alfred, New
York. |
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| 1982 |
Foundry Demonstration, New York State Summer School for the
Arts, Fredonia, New York. |
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| 1981 |
Slide Presentation / Lecture, Chautauqua Institution,
Chautauqua, New York.
Artist in Residence, Artpark, Lewiston, New York. |
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| 1980 |
Slide Presentation / Lecture, Syracuse University,
Syracuse, New York. |
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| 1978 |
Hired to teach sculpture, State University of New York,
Fredonia, New York. |
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| 1978 |
Fabricated Aluminum Sculptures "UP", "NYES", "EASY", "LEISURE", and "CARITAS" for Sculptor William King. Cast an Aluminum Sculpture Edition, "Adam & Eve",
for Sculptor William King. |
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| 1977-78 |
Sculpture Instructor / Teaching Assistantship, Syracuse
University, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse, New York. |
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| 1977 |
Fabricated Commissioned Sculpture "DIRECTIONS"
for Sculptor William King. Installation: Elmira, New York.
Restored Sculpture for The Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New
York. |
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| 1975-76 |
Assistant to George Greenamyer, Commission for the M.B.T.A. Essex Street Station Renewal, Boston, Massachusetts. |
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| 1975 |
Foundry Demonstration, Haystack Mountain School of Arts and
Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine.
Passed Welding Certification, Manual Shielded Metal Arc, State
of Massachusetts. |
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| 1974 |
Teaching Assistant in Sculpture / Foundry, Massachusetts
College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts. |
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| 1971 |
Layout and Design, Electra Records, New York, New York. |
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Bibliography: |
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| 2008 |
Exhibition Catalog, "eMotion Pictures: An Exhibition of
Orthopaedics in Art", presented by the American Academy of
Orthopaedic Surgeons. |
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| 2007 |
Standard - Times, "Artists Probe Contemporary Issues Through
Traditional Methods", by Catherine Carter, March 7, New Bedford, MA.
P.BO3 |
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| 2003 |
Exhibition Catalog, "Faces of Grief and Healing", Sponsored by the September 11, 2001 Childrens Fund Inc., Red Hook, New York. ARTVOICE, "Booth's New York", by Jenny Santomauro, April 10, Buffalo, New York, P. 17. Observer, "Respected Fredonia Sculptor to Appear in a Pair of March
Gallery Exhibitions", by Benjamin Kirst, March 11, Dunkirk, NY P.
A9 |
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| 2001 |
Observer, "Royal Return", by Benjamin Kirst,
August 19, Dunkirk - Fredonia, New York. p.1. |
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| 1995 |
The Buffalo News, "Sculptor Booth Finds his Medium in
Metaphor", Richard Huntington, September 27, Buffalo, New York, p. B-5.
Evening Observer, "Art Absolute", by Steve Palisin, October 1, Dunkirk, New York p. D-1. ARTVOICE, "Robert Alan Booth", by Donna Carlson, March
15, Buffalo, New York. |
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| 1991 |
The Buffalo News, "Personal Territory - Small Show,
Wide Terrain", by Elizabeth Licata, May 24, Buffalo, New York, p. 17. |
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| 1990 |
The Buffalo News, "Energetic Installation Lifts
Western New York Show", by Richard Huntington, March 25, Buffalo, New York,
p. H5 |
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| 1988 |
The Washington Post, "Furniture and Fantasy", by
Jo Ann Lewis, July 23, Washington DC, p. C2. |
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| 1985 |
Syracuse Herald American, Stars Magazine, November 3, p.
9-10. |
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| 1984 |
The Equitable "Contemporary Art Acquisitions: 1980 -
1983" Catalog, New York, New York.
Times Union, November 15, Rochester, New York, p. 3C. C Magazine, Number 2 Summer Issue, Toronto, Canada, p.55. American Craft, June / July Issue, p. 14-15. |
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| 1983 |
Artpark Exhibition Catalog, Lewiston, New York. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, "In Western NY", Exhibition Catalog. EVENING OBSERVER, January 14, Dunkirk-Fredonia, New York, p.5. THE BUFFALO NEWS, June 5, Buffalo, New York, p. G 1. THE BUFFALO NEWS, August 7, Buffalo, New York, p. F1. TIMES-NEWS, Erie, Pennsylvania, September 4, p. 7-D.
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| 1982 |
AFTER DARK Magazine, October 18, Rochester, New York, Front cover. TIMES UNION, October 22, Rochester, New York, p. 3C. BRIGHTON-PITTSFORD POST, October 27, Rochester, New York, p. 17B. CITY NEWSPAPER, November 18, Rochester, New York, p. 21. Lowe Art Gallery, "Outside New York City: From Drawing to Sculpture", Exhibition Catalog, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York. The Philadelphia Art Alliance, Sculpture Tricentennial, Exhibition Catalog, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Allegheny College, Sixth Biennial Exhibition, Exhibition Catalog, Meadmille, Pennsylvania. WASHINGTON REVIEW, February - March, 1982, Washington, DC, p. 28.
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| 1979 |
EVENING OBSERVER, October 22, Dunkirk - Fredonia, New York, p.3. COURIER EXPRESS, "Sculpture '79 is Diversified", August 26, Buffalo, New York. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, "In Western NY 1979", Exhibition Catalog, Buffalo, New York. ARTIFACTS, March, Published by the Chautauqua County Association for The Arts, Dunkirk, New York, p.1.
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| 1977 |
REVIEW, September 14, Liverpool, New York, p.7. |
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| 1976 |
PATRIOT LEDGER, July 31, Marshfield, Massachusetts.
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Awards / Grants: |
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| 1995 |
Artist Fellowship Grant, Chautauqua County Funds for the
Arts, New York |
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| 1994 |
Scholarly Incentive Award, S.U.N.Y. College at Fredonia,
New York |
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| 1993 |
The Unicorn Award for Sculpture, "36th Chautauqua
National Exhibition of American Art," Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua,
New York. |
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| 1990 |
Norstar Bank Award, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, "43rd
Western New York Exhibition", Buffalo, New York. |
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| 1986 |
Second Place Prize, Adams Memorial Gallery, Access
Annual, Dunkirk, New York.
Nominated for AVA National Artists Award, Southeastern Center
for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. |
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| 1984 |
Nominated for AVA National Artists Award, Southeastern
Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. |
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| 1983 |
S.U.N.Y. Faculty Research Fellowship, Fredonia State
University College, Fredonia, New York. |
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| 1982 |
S.U.N.Y. Faculty Research fellowship, Fredonia State
University College, Fredonia, New York. |
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| 1981 |
Nominated for AVA National Artists Award, Southeastern
Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. |
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| 1978 |
Ford Foundation Grant, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New
York. |
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| 1977 |
Ford Foundation Grant, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New
York. |
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| 1976 |
Honorable Mention, "14th Annual Art
Exhibition", Bourne-Wareham Art Association, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts.
Departmental Award for Excellence, Sculpture, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts. Graduation with Distinction, Massachusetts College of Art,
Boston, Massachusetts. |
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Educational Background: |
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| 1976-78 |
M.F.A. in Sculpture, Syracuse University, College of
Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse, New York. |
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| 1973-76 |
B.F.A. in Sculpture, Massachusetts College of Art,
Boston, Massachusetts. |
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| 1971-73 |
Art Institute of Boston, Commercial Art Techniques and
Design, Boston, Massachusetts. |
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Membership: |
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Current Position: |
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| Distinguished Teaching Professor, Department of Visual Art + New Media, State University of New York, Fredonia. | ||
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