Dennis Svoronos
(617)-750-0029
Dennis@DennisSvoronos.com
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Education
2001 - 2005
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in affiliation with Tufts University,
Boston MA. Bachelors of Fine Arts . Concentrated study in sculpture and comparative religion.
2005
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Diploma of Recognition for additional study in
studio art.
Summer 1999
Kansas City Art Institute Six-week residency
1996 - 2001
Dreyfoos School of the Arts, West Palm Beach Fl. Visual Arts Department
Related Skills
Extensive experience teaching fine art to students ranging from 9th grade through graduate level. Areas of expertise
include steel sculpture and fabrication, painting, figure drawing, woodworking, interactive media, papermaking and 2D
design.
Experienced in an entire range of 2-D creation. Life drawing, concept art, portraiture, landscapes, etc.
Woodworking: carpentry and framing, fine finishing, cabinetry, panel and stretcher making, and nautical wood
construction.
Paints and solvents: uses and effects, proper safety and handling.
Resins, epoxies, fiberglass, and other non-traditional painting media: proper safety and handling
Metalworking and fabrication: MIG, TIG, stick arc, and oxy acetylene welding. Machining and precision milling of ferrous
and non-ferrous metals. Blacksmithing and metallurgical expertise, as well as various forms of casting.
Fluent in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint: constructing of presentations, budgets, slide lectures,
Fluent in Adobe Photoshop, Bridge, and Illustrator: documentation of student work, designing paper and web advertising,
etc.
Fluent in iMovie, Final Cut Pro, and After Effects video editing programs.
Managerial expertise: hiring and oversight of employees, schedule creation, budget construction, facilitating between
departments and faculty, writing and tracking purchase requisitions, etc.
Devising and implementing systems of organization: supply ordering, maintenance and restocking, etc.
Familiarity of OSHA and DEP regulations for hazardous material handling and disposal.
Generating creative solutions to difficult or expensive problems.
Working in collaborative groups toward a common goal.
Generally experienced in a variety of fields including, but not limited to: plumbing, AC and DC electrical circuit design and
fiberglass construction and casting.
Selected Awards
2011
Emerging Artists Award, From the St. Boltoph’s Society. For the promotion and assistance of
emerging artists in Boston
2008
Public Art Award from the arts council of the City of Worchester, to fund the public project
“Elm Park Soundscope”
2007
Public Art Award from the City of Boston in conjunction with the Fort Point Arts Community,
to fund a permanent installation “Fort Point Soundscape”.
2006
Selected by the City of Boston's First Night committee for a grant to fund a temporary
installation in the Boston Commons for new year's day 2007.
2005
2005
Awarded the Alumni Grant from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston to fund a
durational installation at the institution.
Dean’s Discretionary Award. For funding of public installation at the SMFA, Boston.
2005
Awarded the Boston Artists Certification issued by the Redevelopment Authority
2004
Recipient of the Peter Abate Scholarship in sculpture
2003
Dean's Discretionary Grant, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston, MA.
Awarded by the dean of the school specifically to fund individual artist's projects.
2003
Sculpture Department Award, an annual faculty judged scholarship at the SMFA
2001
Pathfinder Award, Scholarship for Visual Arts, Awarded to one student whom the school
district believes to be a leader in their field.
2001
Elected President of the Visual Department House Council, West Palm Beach, FL
Selected Exhibitions
2014
The Boston Sculptors Gallery, Cures for Cancer and other tall tales, Boston, MA
2013
The Boston Sculptors Gallery, New Media in the Windows, Boston, MA
2012
The Boston Sculptors Gallery, Height, Width, Depth, Time (20 years of Boston Sculptors).
Boston, MA
2012
The St. Boltoph’s Society, Emerging Artists 2011 Exhibition, Boston, MA.
2011
Mary Lyndon House Museum, 36th Annual Juried Exhibition, Athens, GA.
2009
Armory Arts Center, West Palm Beach FL A Trump in the Dark
2008
The Distillery Gallery, Isolated Incedents, Boston, MA
2008
Fort Point Arts Community Gallery, CONSTRUCTION:PAPER, Boston, MA. Two
person show of unconventional installations with paper.
2007
The previous site of the Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Six Degrees of
SOA. Exhibition of Alumni from the Palm Beach School of Art.
2007
10 x 10 Group Show curated by Kara Walker-Tome West Palm Beach, FL.
2007
Clark University Schiltkamp Gallery Playtime Worchester, MA.
2006
Hellenic Film Festival Thessaloniki, Greece. Screening of film "the right tool for the job"
2006
Fort Point Arts Community Gallery. On Point! Boston MA.
2005
G.A.S.P. Gallery, Brookline, MA. F.E.A.R. - For Embracing American Revolution. Show of
work dealing with the contemporary American political climate.
2005
E2 Gallery, Palm Beach, FL. Art 05. Exhibition of work from Floridian artists.
2004
BAG Gallery, Boston, MA. Small Metals Annual Show.
2004
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston, MA. InfraSculpture. A three month installation of
various sculptural works from the artist consortium InfraSculpture
2004
Manray Gallery, Cambridge, MA. The Flattening. Exhibition of sculptural works that exist in
the world as two dimensional products
2003
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston, MA. December Sale Preview. Work by various artists
from the SMFA showcasing the work for the annual December Sale. Three month exhibition.
2002
Cloud Foundation, Boston, MA. Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA. Youth Reach.
Traveling group show sponsored by the Massachusetts Cultural Council
2002
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.Boston, MA. Common Space. Group exhibition of work
dealing with multicultural communication in Boston.
2001
Armory Art Center, Palm Beach, FL. Student Show
2001
Principle Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL. Exhibition of interactive sculpture.
2000
Institute of Contemporary Art, Lake Worth FL. Exhibition of local sculptors working in new
media.
2000
Bethesda Health City, Boynton Beach, Florida Celebration of Art 2000
2000
Sculptures on loan to the School Board of Palm Beach Country
1999
Norton Museum of Art. Palm Beach, FL. Display of mixed-media installation.
Public Works
2008
Elm Park Soundscope, Worcester, MA. Interactive public sculpture. A telescopic sound device
viewers can use to extend their perception of Elm Par, in Worcester.
2007
Fort Point Soundscape Boston, MA. Interactive public sculpture, allows the viewer to amplify
and appreciate the sounds of the city of Boston.
2006
First Night Boston 2007 Boston, MA Common Thread. Large scale temporary installation in
the Boston Commons for new year's day 2007.
2003
Nun’s Field, Mission Hill, MA. Obdurate Intervention. Work made in collaboration with the
Reclamation Artists’ Reclaiming Nun’s Field project. Entire project made up of individual artist’s
works located on disputed neighborhood land. All pieces were intended to be temporary, but the
neighborhood asked that Obdurate Intervention be left as a permanent installation.
2002
Faulkner / Freeman Public Garden, Dorchester, MA. Installation of permanent ceramic
tiles, as part of the City of Boston’s construction of this public garden. Additionally, two steel
sculptures were made, post-construction, to be situated on the site.
Press
2013
Artscope Magazine, Jan-Feb. 2013 issue. “Height, Width, Depth, Time: Boston Sculptors
Celebrates 20 years”
2012
Architecture Boston, May 2012 issue. Public sculpture “fort point soundscape” used for cover
2009
The Daily Free Press, Charity chiselers freeze out competition at contest, 02/17/09
2009
WHDH Channel 7 News, Chisels and Chainsaws Competition, 02/17/09
2009
The Daily Metro Boston, North End Ice Carving Competition, 02/17/09
2009
Boston Herald, Ice Breaker, 02/17/09
2008
Tufts Daily News, Isolated Incident is Innovative and Oddly Funny, 11/25/08
2008
The Boston Globe, First Night Boston 2007, 01/01/08
2007
Closer Magazine, Rainy Day Artists 10x10, Nov. 17, 2007
2007
Palm Beach Daily News, Art Moves into New Home in Storage, 10/19/07
2007
artMatters, Across the Street, Spring 2006
2007
The Daily Metro Boston Quite a Freeze, Ice Sculpture Contest on Display. 02/19/07 and
2/20/07
2006
JSONS, Fort Point Artists Hope to Strengthen Community with New Art Exhibit., 06/13/06
2006
The Daily Metro Boston, Chipping Away 02/21/06
2005
Fox 25 News at 5 Chisels and Chainsaws at the MFA, Boston. 02/21/05
2005
artsMEDIA, From Flutes to Gourds. 09/20/05
2005
Stuff @ Night, Have some ‘F.E.A.R.’ 11/08/05
2005
The Boston Globe, Art Gets Angry. Nov. 2, 2005.
2005
The Boston Dig, F.E.A.R at G.A.S.P. Review of politically active work at the Gallery Artists
Studio Projects. Nov 2, 2005
2005
The Boston Globe, High Alert; Locally and Nationally, Artists Are Exploring the Country's
Amplified State of Anxiety.10/30/05.
2004
Free Your Self, SMFA recruitment publication 2004. Literature advertising the school and
student work.
2003
The Boston Globe, Group's temporary works in Mission Hill use beauty as a form of protest.
10/8/03.
Curatorial
2004-08
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, Chisels and Chainsaws. Organization of annual public icecarving contest held for students from local area art colleges.
2008
FPAC Gallery, South Boston, MA. CONSTRUCTION:PAPER.
2005
SMFA, Boston, MA. Gourds Galore. Community Pumpkin Sculpture Contest juried by Cheryl
Brutvan, MFA Boston Curator of Contemporary Art.
2005
GASP,Brookline, MA. F.E.A.R (For Embracing American Revolution).
2004
Manray Gallery, Cambridge, MA., The Flattening.
Employment and Teaching Experience
2013
Boston University School of Art. Boston, MA Visiting Artist and Instructor, Workshops in
Electronic and Kinetic Sculpture.
2013
A.W Dreyfoos Jr. School of the Arts, Palm Beach FL Guest lecturer and instructor,
workshops, slide lectures and critiques with over 120 high school art students. Curriculum
focused on electronic, kinetic and interactive art.
2013
The Maritime Apprentice Program at the Hull Lifesaving Museum. Hull, MA. Visiting
Artist and Instructor, Workshops in circuit building and robotic construction.
2011-present
Bob’s Metal Fabrication and Design. Boston, MA, Lead Fabricator and Designer. Artist in
charge of overseeing and implementing the creation of public sculpture, custom furniture, and
creative prototyping. Involved in the process from conception to creation, and responsible for
design accuracy, fabrication and quality for projects installed nationally and internationally.
Summer 2011
The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Guest teaching faculty in the sculpture
department. Class: Skills in Steel – a basic introduction to the use of steel as an art medium.
Summer 2010
The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Guest teaching faculty in the sculpture
department. Classes: Skills in Steel - a basic introduction to the use of steel as an art medium.
Electronic and Kinetic Sculpture – foundation skills
2005-2010
The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Welding Facility Manager, duties include
instruction of students, teaching of 3-4 classes per week, constructing curriculum, maintenance of
facility, ensuring safety of students, and their proper use of the equipment, building the
department’s budget yearly, as well as fixing all heavy equipment in-house. Additionally, duties
include supervision of up to 10 employees, and instruction of over 100 students each semester.
2005-2010
Assistant Director of Events, REAL LIVE ART, Boston, MA. Coordinate community arts
events; Seek grant funding and donations; Manage budget; Coordinate Press for all events;
Design all event materials (signs, banners, etc.); Organize participating communities; On-site
manager at events. Primary event is the annual Chisels & Chainsaws ice carving competition for
Boston-area art students.
2005
A.W Dreyfoos Jr. School of the Arts, Guest lecturer, workshops, slide lectures and critiques
with over 70 high school art students
2007-2009
S+S Studios. Boston, MA. Internship coordinator and mentor.
2005-2009
S+S Studios Boston, MA. Papermaking and metalworking coordinator Develop curriculum,
manage enrollment and supplies, teaching basic to advanced sculptural techniques in both
medium.
2003-present
Harries Heder Collaborative. Project coordinator Boston, MA Duties include project
organizing, research and development, and design and fabrication of public art projects.
2005
Teaching Assistant to Margaret Harries, Sculpture Dept. , School of the Museum of Fine
Arts, Boston. MA
2002-2005
Welding Shop Studio Assistant, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. MA
2004
Teaching Assistant to Joyce McDaniel, Sculpture Dept. School of the Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston. MA
2004
The Weiss Academy, Arts coordinator Palm Beach, FL. Duties include programming of arts
curriculum, teaching classes of 30+ students aged 7-13.