I try to achieve the liberation of a sculpture by the conceptual stripping away of its identity by bending an old part into a new form. These abandoned objects are reconstituted into sculptures that serve a new formal purpose. There is no attempt at representation. My imagery echoes within the realm of Modernism with a touch of Surrealism. I am most challenged by the process of the how - questioning and investigating the compositional placement of the materials. My welded steel sculptures are constructed from bits and pieces of material patched together. I use discarded, abandoned objects as a bridge to reflect a past history, arranging the materials into lively sculptures that visually impact the space they occupy.
Education
1975 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY MFA
1967 University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA BA
Awards & Honors
2001 Artist In Residence
1995 Artist In Residence, Delaware State Council for the Arts
1986 Invited to a workshop sponsored by the Cultural Council of Segovia, Spain
1985 Artist In Residence, Art Park, Lewiston, NY
Fellow, Triangle Artists, Pine Plains, NY
Professional Experience
1998 - present Adjunct Professor, Delaware College of Art & Design, Wilmington, DE a satellite program of Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY and The Corcoran School, Washington, DC
1999 - 2001 Board Member, Delaware Center for Contempary Art, Wilmington, DE
1985 - 1998 Conservation & Restoration of Sculpture, S.Tatti, NY
Exhibitions
Solo
2008 Kim Foster, New York NY
2006 Blue Streak Gallery, Wilmington, DE
2005 Kim Foster Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Steel Constructions, Dartmouth College, Hopkins Center, Hanover, NH
2002 Kim Foster Gallery, New York, NY
Klein Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Bloomsburg College, Bloomsburg, PA
2001 West Chester University, West Chester, PA
2000 Kim Foster Gallery, New York, NY
1999 Blue Streak Gallery, Wilmington, DE
Albright College, Reading, PA
1998 Tennessee Tech. University, Cookeville, TN
Stroud Water Research, Unionville, PA
1997 Kim Foster Gallery, New York, NY
Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
1996 HLW Architects, New York, NY
1995 Kim Foster Gallery, New York, NY
L Acajou, New York, NY
New York Institute of Technology, Westbury, NY
1994 Click 3X, New York, NY
1993 Creations Gallery, Yorklyn, DE
1989 Ledis Flam Gallery, New York, NY
1988 Allegheny College, Meadville, PA
Group
1999 Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
1997 Delaware College of Art & Design, Wilmington, DE
Blue Hill Cultural Center, Pearl River, NJ
1996 Art Chicago, Kim Foster Gallery, Chicago, IL
1995 Nabisco Corporation, E. Hanover, NJ
1994 Kim Foster Gallery, New York, NY
Paulo Salvador Gallery, New York, NY
1993 Blue Hill Cultural Center, Pearl River, New York, NY
Biennial 93, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
1992 Bill Bace Gallery, New York, NY
1990 Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
1985 Biennial, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse,NY
1983 The Terminal Art Show, Brooklyn, New York, NY
