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In addition to the usual artistic muses: mortality, the human condition, man's place in the universe and on this fragile planet,
I have explored some specific themes in my most recent solo exhibitions.
For "Bamiyan, Silk to Lava", (2009) I made symbolic replacement faces for the lost colossal statues of Buddha in Afghanistan. Reflecting on the diversity of
cultures that spread along the Silk Road, I used a variety of different materials to interpret the face of Buddha, from hand-dyed silk cocoons and fabric to
cast iron, aluminum glass and paper. The most intriguing material was molten lava from a volcano - the inner substance of the earth taken straight from
Vulcan's Forge."Antediluvian Memories", (2006) is a series of Hourglasses which house in their "separate" chambers, samples of earth (below) and water (above)
which I have collected from various sites around the world which have historically suffered catastrophic floods: i.e. New Orleans; Indonesia; Venice, Prague.
Each piece is displayed with photos of the collection site, designated with "ART SCENE" tape which I had previously made for just such site-specific art events.
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
- "Bamiyan", Noho Gallery, New York, NY 2009
- Sculpture Installation in Elwood Park, Huntington, NY 2008-09
- "Time & Space", Noho Gallery, New York, NY 2006
Site Specific Temporary Public Art
- Woodstock '94; Saugerties, NY 1994
Selected Group Exhibitions:
- "My Long Island", Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY 2009
- "Made In America", Artrium Gallery, Melville, NY 2009
- "Masters Show", Petite Gallery, Huntington, NY 2009
- Honorable Mention, Illusions Photography Exhibition,
Petite Gallery, Huntington, NY 2009
- "Wild Things", Annmarie Sculpture Garden, Solomons, MD 2009
- Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, 98th Annual
Exhibition, Mystic, CN 2009
- "Visage," Juried Portrait Show, Main St. Petite Gallery,
Huntington, NY 2008
- Huntington Arts Council, Atrium Gallery, Melville, NY 2008
- National Sculpture Society 73rd Annual Awards Exhibition: Fairfield CT
Brookgreen Gardens, SC 2006-07
- "A Show of Heads," Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY 2006
- Open Gallery, Northport, NY 2005
- "New Orleans in Chelsea," Noho Gallery, New York, NY 2005
- "Transformed by Fire," Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA 2004
- Noho Gallery, New York, NY 2004-09
- "The Great American Nude," Limner Gallery, Phoenicia, NY 2004
- "Honoring the Source," Marietta College, Hermann Fine Arts
Center, Marietta, OH 1998
- "The Time Machine," Anchorage Museum of Art, Anchorage, AK 1997-98
- "The Long Island Juried Exhibition," Nassau County Museum of
Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY 1997
- "A Large Show of Small Works," Arthur A. Houghton Gallery, New
York, NY 1996
- Brooklyn College Art Department Faculty Past & Present, Robert Schoelkopf
Gallery, New York, NY 1977
- Honorable Mention, National Arts Club, Annual Juried Prints Show,
New York, NY 1977
Selected Commissions and Private Collections:
- Sculpture presented to H.H. Pope John Paul II, Vatican City, Rome, Italy 2005
- IRA KASH memorial plaque, The Cohalan Court Complex, Islip, NY 2000
- Permanent installation of print series at Suffolk County Bar Association,
Hauppauge, NY 1995
- Brooklyn College Art Department Faculty Print Portfolio 1977
- Permanent Collections: Brooklyn Museum, SUNY at Purchase
- Bicentennial Trestle Design, Stony Brook, New York 1976
- Sculpture Award, Miami Pop Festival, Hallandale, FL 1968
- Sculpture commissioned by actor Murphy Dunne: featured in
Haskell Wexler film: "Medium Cool" 1968
- US Army General Depot, Kaiserslautern, Germany (Permanent sculpture installation)
Education:
- 1964-65 University of Florida, Gainesville (Architecture Major)
- 1973 BFA, The Cooper Union, New York, NY (Sculpture)
- 1973-75 Staff Member, Sculpture Department, The Cooper Union
- 1975-78 Faculty Member, Art Department, Brooklyn College
- 1977 MFA, City University of New York, Brooklyn College (Printmaking)
- 1977 Visiting Lecturer, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
- 1984 Private Pilot Certificate
