Joseph Storer Wheelwright
1 Waldorf Street
Boston MA 02124
studio: 617-288-8700
josephwheelwright@gmail.com
www.josephwheelwright.com
EDUCATION
1975
MFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1970
B.A., Yale University, New Haven, CT
GALLERY AFFILIATIONS
Allan Stone Gallery, New York City, NY
Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston, MA
Oxenberg Fine Art, Miami, FL
SOLO EXHIBITS
2014
2013
2013
2011-12
2011
2008-10
2009
2008
2008
2007
2004
2003
2001
2000
1999
1998
1996
1994
1987
1985
1985
1984
Joseph Wheelwright: Sculpture Retrospective, Hargate Art Center, St. Paul’s School,
Concord, NH
Joseph Wheelwright: A Retrospective, DeMenil Gallery, Groton School, Groton MA.
Roots, Boston Sculptor's Gallery, Boston MA.
Joseph Wheelwright: Tree Figures, Katonah Museum, Katonah, NY.
Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston, MA
Joseph Wheelwright: Tree Figures, Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, MA.
28 Moons, Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston, MA.
Oxenberg Fine Art, Miami, FL.
New Carvings, Vermont Carving Studio, Rutland, VT.
Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston, MA.
Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston, MA.
Joseph Wheelwright: Stone Heads and Tree Figures, DeCordova Museum and
Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA.
Three Columns Gallery, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
Boston Sculptors at Chapel Gallery, West Newton, MA.
DNA Gallery, Provincetown, MA.
Boston Sculptors at Chapel Gallery, West Newton, MA.
Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY.
Boston Sculptors at Chapel Gallery, West Newton, MA.
Zoe Gallery, Boston, MA.
Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY.
Sarah Y. Rentschler Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY.
Lopoukhine Gallery, Boston, MA.
1983
1983
1982
1980
1979
1979
1978
1975
1972
Lopoukhine Gallery, Boston, MA.
Sarah Y. Rentschler Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY.
Allan Stone Gallery, New York City, NY.
Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA.
Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY.
Hull Gallery, Washington, DC.
Sarah Y. Rentschler Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY.
Wheeler Gallery, Providence, RI.
Gallery 2, Woodstock, VT.
SELECTED PUBLIC COMMISSIONS & COLLECTIONS
2010
2008
2006
2004
2004
2003
1996
1995
1994
1987
1983
City of Boston, MA, Sleeping Moon, bronze for Peabody Square
City of Dublin, OH, Jaunty Hornbeam, bronze (from wood)
Massachusetts Convention Center, Boston, MA, Two Tree Figures
City of Carlisle, MA, Vivian’s Place, installation of ten stones at Town Hall
New England Biolabs, Ipswich, MA, Random Features Stone, granite
Hingham Music Conservatory, Andrus Sculpture Park, Hingham, MA, Pixie Face,
granite
Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park, Hamilton, OH, Rockababy Moon, granite
City of Dublin, OH, Sanguine Stone, quartzite
Copia Museum, Napa, CA, Fish Head, dried fish
Shady Hill School, Cambridge, MA, Crater Moon, marble
DeCordova Museum & Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA, Listening Stone, granite
St. Paul’s School, Concord, NH, Resting Moon, granite
Charlestown Naval Yard, Charlestown, MA, Whale, hemlock tree
Crystal Air Sports Resort, Chattanooga, TN, Hawk Personage, cedar
SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
2010
2008
2008
2005
2004
2003
2003
2002
2002
2001
2000
2000
1997
1993
Peter and Maria Matthiessen, Sagaponak, NY
Private Collection, Mystic, Connecticut, Sea Gazer, large stone head
Private Collection, New Ipswich, New Hampshire, Jaunty Hornbeam, bronze
Glenn and Faith Parker, Lexington, Massachusetts, “Black Eyed Stone”, granite
Sally & George Pillsbury, Wayzata, Minnesota “White Birch Kouros," wood
Gus and Arlette Kayafas, Concord Massachusetts, Rock Climber, granite
Harvey Oxenberg Coconut Grove FL, Swirly Gneiss Face, gneiss
Jerry Scally, Chelsea Massachusetts, Wrinkled Abe Face, quartzite
Amy Thompson, Lexington, Massachusetts, Orange Stone, granite
Betsy Wakeman, Weekapauge, Rhode Island, Watching Stone, granite
George & Lynne Fifield, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, Smiling Moon, gneiss
Steven and Sybil Stone, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, Pretty Face Stone, granite
Dayton Family, Wayzata, Minnesota, Granite Moon, granite
Garry Trudeau, Jane Pauley, Stony Creek, Connecticut, Water Moon, granite
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Abrahams, Paul. “Review,” London Financial Times, August 17, 1989.
Acosta, Debra. “House Rocks,” The Miami Herald, October 5, 2008.
Allara, Pamela. “Joseph Storer Wheelwright,” ARTnews, May 1983.
Anderson, Leslie. “In sculptor’s world the woods are alive,” The Boston Globe, May 29, 2003.
Art New England, "Joseph Wheelwright: Stone Carvings and Bronze Castings," Dec./Jan. 2009.
Baker, Kenneth. “Joseph Wheelwright,” The Boston Phoenix, June 19, 1984.
Bergeron, Chris "Tree of Life," The Daily News, June 29, 2008.
Boston Globe, "The trees have eyes," July 21, 2008.
Boston Globe, "Sleeping Moon will rise over Peabody Square," June 4, 2008.
Buskirk, Martha. “Report From Boston: Art Around the Hub,” Art in America, June 1999.
Carlock, Marty. “Review,” Sculpture Magazine, April 2004.
Day, Meredith Fife. “Joseph Wheelwright: New Carvings and Bronze Castings From Stones and
Trees,” Art New England, April/May 2001.
Denison, D.C. “The Interview: Joseph Wheelwright,” The Boston Globe, December 28, 1986.
Docimo, Michelima, "New York’s Katonah Museum Displays Looming Creations by Contemporary
Sculptor: Sculptor Joseph Wheelwright’s Theory of Evolution: ‘Man is Tree’," Artes Magazine,
Oct. 2011.
Dorchester Reporter, "Large crowd gathers to welcome 'Sleeping Moon' sculpture," Oct. 26, 2010.
Fein, Michael. “N-Ice Work,” Boston Sunday Herald, December 30, 1990.
Gaines, Judith. “DeCordova mounts and exhibition on monsters and myth,” The Boston Globe,
November 18, 2001.
Hodara, Susan, "It’s a Giant Person! And It’s a Tree? It’s Art," The New York Times, Sept. 23,
2011.
Jermanok, Stephen. “Artist in Residence,” Boston Magazine, Feb. 2002.
King, Loren. “Ancient Methods, Modern Work,” Arts MEDIA, Dec.-Jan. 2000.
Lloyd, Barbara. “And You Don’t Need a Key,” The New York Times, Sept. 23, 1989.
McKown, Rich. “DNA Gallery/Provincetown: Joe Wheelwright,” Art New England, Oct./Nov. 1999.
McQuaid, Cate. “Wheelwright molds rocks into moods” The Boston Globe, Aug. 1, 2003.
Miami Herald, "Boulders with faces enliven landscape of Miami estate," Oct. 5, 2008.
Narrett, Eugene. “Joseph Wheelwright: Zoe Gallery,” New Art Examiner, March 1987.
Nathan, Norma. “Three Wheeler,” Boston Herald, Feb. 27, 1986.
Parcellin, Paul. “About Trees,” Art New England, Feb./ March 1995.
Public Art Review, "U.S. Recent Projects," Fall/Winter 2008.
Ravgiala, Gail. “Hard Rock Cachet,” The Boston Globe, March 2, 1997.
Raymond, David, "Joseph Wheelwright: Branching Out," Art New England, Dec./Jan. 2010.
Taunton Press, Biennial Design Book II: Sculpture, Fine Woodworking, 1979.
The Wall St. Journal, "Time Off/Sculpture," Aug. 25, 2005.
Christopher A. Yates, "Shape-shifting," The Columbus Dispatch, Nov. 1, 2009.