Exhibits and Links
In 1985 I started to explore in metals, being employed for five years in a metal working shop where I learned to forge, weld and fabricate decorative iron railings, furniture and other household items. Among these were the dozens of fireplace screens of various designs and sizes that I fabricated and assembled. Being fond of salvaged materials, I began to play with left over scraps of the #8 mesh that were discarded from the assembly process. Having always been attracted artistically to the human form, and for other reasons both ethereal and practical, I began to sculpt figures. At first small and rather timid, these mesh sculptures began to attract attention, resulting in my first exhibition, in 1989, of 3/4 life-size figures at Art on the Mountain in Wilmington, Vermont. Working with wire mesh continues to fascinate me after 20 years.
Selected One and Two Person Exhibitions:
Deborah Hudgins Fine Art: Santa Fe, NM, 1993 - 1996
Houshangs Gallery: Santa Fe, NM, 1997 - 1999
Palm Avenue Gallery: Sarasota, FL, 1995 - 2006
River Valley Performing Arts Center: Putney, VT, 1991
Prism Gallery: Port Jefferson, NY, 1998
International House: NYC, 1992
Mill Valley Sculpture Gallery: CA, 1998
Southern Vermont Arts Center: 1995/2002
220 Gallery, Chelsea, NYC-2000
Hunter-Kirkland Contemporary,Santa Fe, NM 2002-2006
Guiford Greene Gallery, Guilford,CT- 2002
Ozone Studios, Columbus, OH,2000
Gallery North Star,Grafton,Manchester, VT 1992, 1999, 2002
Duley-Jones Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ 2003
Group Exhibitions,Festivals, Galleries
Art on the Mountain; Wilmington, VT: 1989 - 1992 (Best of Show in 1991)
Stratton Arts Festival, Stratton Mountain, VT: 1990 - 1999 (Best of Show and Janeway Fellowship, 1994)
Vail Village Arts: CO
Gallery Sculptura: Cincinnati, OH, 1999
Windsors Gallery: Dania, FL, 1993 - 1999
Palm Avenue Gallery: Sarasota, FL,1993-2006
Dabbert Gallery, Sarasota FL
Gallery North Star: Grafton and Manchester, VT
Fitchburg Museum of Art, Fitchburg, Massachusetts: 1990
Artisans at the Equinox, Manchester, Vt 1990
Windham Art Gallery, Brattleboro, VT: 1991-1992
Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York City, NY 1992- 1995
Year of American Craft: West Springfield, MA, 1992
The Artist's Loft Gallery, Brattleboro, VT 1992
Philadelphia Art Show: 1994
Williamsville Inn Sculpture Garden: 1995 - 1999
Sumner & Dene: San Diego, CA, 1997
Hunter Kirkland Contemporary Santa Fe, NM
"Within These Walls",Columbus, OH, 2002-2003
Paradise East Arts Festival,Marlborough, MA 2000
Paradise City Arts Festival, Northampton,MA 2000-2001
Wood River Gallery, Ketchum, ID 2004-2005
Greene Gallery, Guilford, CT 2001-2004
Courtyard Gallery, Mystic, CT
Vickers Collection, Beaver Creek, CO
Sun Valley Arts Festival,Sun Valley, ID,2003,2004
Ketchum Arts Festival, ID, 2003, 2005
Ed Chasen Fine Art, Washington, D.C.
The Gallery at Summerlin, Las Vegas, NV
Duley-Jones Gallery,Scottsdale, AZ
Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
Member:
Artist Blacksmith Association of North America (ABANA)
Sun Valley Center For The Arts
Recent Commissions:
MGM Grand Hotel: Las Vegas, NV Installation of 13 sculptures.
"Virgine i Bambino", Church of the Presentation, Stockton, CA
Borgata Hotel: Atlantic City, NJ Installation of 10"vessel" sculptures
Publications:
Art and Antiques;"100 most passionate collectors"
Home Magazine - February, 1991
Audio-Video Interiors Magazine - March, 1992
Anvils' Ring Quarterly - Spring, 1992
Architectural Digest - March, 1997
South China Morning Post-"Interiors" 2002
Wood River Journal,December,2002
Art-Talk Newspaper,"Wired About Sculpture",May, 2003
Sun Valley Guide,"Inside The Artist's Studio-"Winter 2007-2008
Internet Art Links:
Eric Boyer's Music Links:
Tiny Monsters
The Ill Wind Ensemble
