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Selected Solo Exhibitions
2011
Between the Realms, West Philadelphia Int’l Airport
2010
The other landscape, Alan Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
2009
Inside/out, Laumeier Sculpture Park and Museum, St Louis, MO,
2009
Wonder, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
2008
Becoming Blurred, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2007
Becoming Blurred, ADA Gallery Richmond, VA
2006
At Play, Black and White Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2006
Window Dressing, Paul Petro Gallery, (window project) Toronto, ONT, CN
2004
Dressing, Black and White Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2002
Trace, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY
2001
Always the Immigrant, Old Dominion University Gallery, Norfolk, VA
Print Projects Fine Arts Gallery, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
1998
Geography and Other Work SUNY College, Fredonia
Rockefeller Art Center, Fredonia, NY
1997
Place Memory, Allegheny College, Meghan Gallery, Meadville, PA
1996
The Site of Memory, Wright State University, Contemporary Art Museum,
Dayton, OH brochure
1995
Home Series: Stories, Daemen College, Amherst, NY
1994
Home, Brown University, Sarah Doyle Gallery, Providence, RI
1993
East Tennessee State University, Slocumb Galleries, Johnson City, TN
1992
Toledo Museum of Art, Plough Pavilion Gallery, Toledo, OH brochure
1990
Stratton Gallery, Detroit, MI
1989
Pyramid Art Center, Rochester, NY
1987
Images of the Natural World, Burchfield Art Center, Buffalo, NY
1986
Albion College, Bobbitt Art Center Gallery, Albion, MI
1985
New Drawings, Women's Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
1985
A Structure to Reveal Behavior, 1708 East Main Gallery
Richmond, VA brochure
1984
Roanoke College, Olin Gallery, Roanoke, VA
1983
Fence Structures: Sculpture Installation
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011
Secret Garden, Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY
Summer Selections 2011, Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY
2011
Figuration and Disconnects, University of Buffalo Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Follies and Rites of Spring, Rockland Art Center, West Nyack, NY
2010
Winter Salon, Denise Bibro Gallery, NY, NY
Art Miami, Denise Bibro Gallery, NY, NY
2008
Fantastical Imaginings, Delaware Center For the Contemporary Arts,
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Selected Group Exhibitions (cont’d.)
Wilmington, DE
Wildlife, Mt IDA Gallery, Mt IDA College, Newton, MA
Aqua Art Fair, Miami, FL
2007
Scope Miami Art Fair, (ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA), Miami, FL
Beyond in Western New York, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center
Buffalo, NY
Persistent Play, Cohen Fine Art Center Gallery, Alfred University,
Alfred, NY
2006
Scope Miami Art Fair, (Curators Office, DC), Miami, FL
Garden, Visual Arts Center of Richmond, Richmond, VA
Beauty, Everson Biennial, Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
Among The Trees, Visual Art Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
2005
Scope New York Art Fair, (Black and White Gallery, Brooklyn, NY), NY, NY
Miami Art Fair, (Black and White Gallery, Brooklyn, NY), Miami, FL
Collaboration as Medium: 25 years of Pyramid Atlantic,
Edison Gallery, Washington, DC
2004
Drawings by Sculptors, Black and White Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Against Tradition: Trends in Contemporary Printmaking, University Gallery, Indian
University, Terra Haute, IN
Public Art Artist’s Proposals, Meghan Gallery, Allegheny College,
Meadville, PA
2003
Public Art Biennial, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
Built by Hand: The Book as Art, Eleven Eleven Sculpture Space,
Washington, DC
Pushing Paper, Hand workshop, Richmond, VA
Paper remix, Dieu Donne Gallery, NY, NY, catalogue
2001
Books at Evergreen, Evergreen House, Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore, MD, catalogue
Small Treasures, Fassbender-Stevens gallery, Chicago, IL
2000
The View From Here, State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia, catalogue
Welcome, Wave Hill, Bronx, New York
1999
Comforts of Home, Hand workshop, Richmond, VA
Alumni Exhibition, University of Massachusetts, Fine Art Center Gallery
Amherst, MA catalogue
1998
Here: Artists’ Interventions at the Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT
1996
Sculpture of A Certain Scale, Cleveland State University Art Gallery,
Cleveland, OH
Un/Common, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA catalogue
The Group Show, Franklin Furnace, New York, NY
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Selected Group Exhibitions (cont’d.)
1995
In Three Dimensions: Women Sculptors of the ‘90's,
Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY catalogue
20th Anniversary of Sculpture Space,
Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY catalogue
Consider The Alternative: 20 years of HALLWALLS, Burchfield Art Center
Buffalo, NY catalogue
1994
Western New York Exhibition, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
(1990, 88, 82) catalogues
1993
Invitational ’93, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
1992
Salon, Art in General, New York, NY catalogue
1991
Sculpture, Objects and Sayings, SPACES Gallery, Cleveland, OH catalogue
Out Of Found, SOHO Center for Visual Artists, New York, NY
Better Homes and Monuments, Memorial Arch, Grand Army Plaza,
Brooklyn, NY
Fellowships and Residencies
2010
Fulbright, Senior Scholar, Istanbul, Turkey
2009
Artist Residency Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
2007
Artist Residency, Kunstlerhaus Stadt Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
2003
Artist Residency, Weir Farm, Wilton, CT
2001
Artist’s Fellowship, Pollock Krasner Foundation
2001
Artist’s Fellowship, New York Foundation For The Arts (also ‘93)
2000
Studio Residency, International Studio Program, NY, NY
2000
Work space Residency, Dieu Donne Paper Mill, NY, NY
1998
Artist as Catalyst, Residency Award, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
1995
Artist Residency Exchange, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY
1993
Sculpture Space Residency Award, Sculpture Space, Utica, NY
1990
Fulbright: Summer Seminar in the Netherlands
1988
Artist Residency, Artpark, Lewiston, NY (also ‘86)
Artist Residency, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts,
Sweet Briar, VA (also ‘84)
1987
Artists in Residence Grant, New York Council on the Arts, NY
Public and Outdoor Site Projects
2010
Flora& Fauna, International Terminal, Philadelphia Airport, PA
2009
Paradise re-made, Tower Kronoprinz, Kaliningrad, Russia
2008
Hovering, Abington Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
2008
Gates, Costa Lopez Park, Cambridge, MA
2007
Anomaly, I Park, East Haddam, CT
Bloom, Onondaga Community College, Syracuse, NY
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Public and Outdoor Site Projects (cont’d.)
2006
Art on Campus, Sculpture Space at 30
Hamilton College Campus, Clinton, NY
2005
Garden Project, Main Line Art Center Haverford, PA
2004
Gardens 2004, Grant Park, Chicago, IL
2004
Florida Gulf Coast University Fort Meyers, FL
2003
Into the Garden, Cummer Museum, Jacksonville, FL
2002-03
Art in Transit, B Line Bus Genesee County, NY
2002
Three Rivers Park, Pittsburgh, PA
2002
Sculpture at Evergreen, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
2002
Connemara Sculpture Park, Dallas, TX
2001-2003 St Paul Western Sculpture Park, St Paul, MN
1999-2000 Public Sculpture @ NPR, Washington, DC
1998-99
Main Street/Art Street, Buffalo, NY
1997-98
George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
1995-96
Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI
1995-97
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
1994
Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY
1992
Window Project, Powers Building, Rochester, NY
1990
Allentown Sculpture Park, Allentown, PA
1984
City Mall, Raleigh, NC
1983
Southeastern Center For Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC
Grants and Awards
2004
Public Art Network, Year in Review Award
2003
Artist’ book Production Grant, Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
2001
Individual Artists: Community Based Projects, New York Council of the Arts,
NY, NY (Decentralization Grant) also 1998
1996
Grant For New Materials, Empire State Crafts, Syracuse, NY
1994
Award for Sculpture, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY (1990,82)
1993
Merit Award for Sculpture, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV
1992
Merit Award for Sculpture, South Bend Art Center, South Bend IND
1991
Memorial Art Gallery Award, Best of Show, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
Education
State University of New York,
College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, New York MFA Sculpture
Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts
Institutio Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico