About

BORN:

1949, San Rafael, CA

EDUCATION:

1977 to present:
Full time studio sculptor.

1976
Studied pre-Colombian pottery, woodcarving, metal-smithing and stone carving during a six month trip to Central and South America.

1970-1971
University of California, Santa Barbara art major

1969
De Anza College, Cupertino, CA

1967-1969
Laney College, Oakland, CA

APPRENTICESHIP:

1969-1977
Worked for the wood sculptor J.B. Blunk as a technical assistant on both public and private commissions including the “PLANET” that was commissioned by the Oakland Museum of Art for its opening in 1969.

GALLERY AFFILIATIONS:

American Art Company,1126 Broadway Plaza, Tacoma, WA
Reform-Modern Gallery, 1864 La Cienega Blvd., Los Angleles, CA

MUSEUM COLLECTIONS

Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, AR
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA
Racine Art Museum, Racine, WA
Renwick Gallery, American Museum of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

Toby’s Gallery, Point Reyes, CA 2009
Craft and Folk Art Museum, San Francisco, CA 2005
Patina Gallery, Santa Fe,NM, 2003
Stones Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1998
Banaker Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1998
Okun Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, 1993
Viewpoints Gallery, Point Reyes, CA 1990
Mendelson Gallery, Washington Depot, CT 1989
Great American Gallery, Atlanta, GA 1986

MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS

2006  “Turning Twenty”, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Lexington,KY.
2002   “Wood Turning in North America Since 1930”, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT.
2000    “Living With Form”, The Horn Collection, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
“Turning Wood Into Art”, The Mason Collection, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
“The Bohlen Collection”, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
1999    “Far Out: Bay Area Design”, 1967-1973. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
1992    “American Crafts, The Nation’s Collection”. Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington,D.C.
1988    “International Lathe-Turned Objects”, Port of History Museum, Philadelphia, PA
1987    Group Exhibition, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
1987    Group Exhibition, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
1986    “Turned Wood Bowls”, The Edward Jacobson Collection, Renwick Gallery, Smithsoninan Institution, Washington,D.C.

RECOGNITIONS:

2006     Best in Class, Marin County Juried Arts and Crafts Festival, San Rafael, CA
1983     Merit Award, San Francisco Art Festival, San Francisco, CA
Merit Award, Marin County Juried Arts and Crafts Festival, San Rafael, CA
1981     Best of Show, “The Turned Objects Show”, A National Invitational Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA

TEACHING:

1998    Conference on the Sculptural Potentialities of Wood, American Craft Museum, New York, NY
1997    “Beyond Function” New Directions in Wood, Conference on California Woodturning, Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA
1995    Demonstrator at 9th Annual Wood Turning Symposium, American Assoc. of Woodturners, University of California Davis, CA
1993    Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, week-long workshop, Gatlingburg, TN
1992    Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, week-long workshop, Gatlingburg, TN
1990    Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, week-long workshop, Gatlingburg, TN
1989   “Turner’s Challenge III”, Conference, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
1987    Lecture and Demonstration, Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, AR
1985    Demonstration, Seventh Woodturning Symposium, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
1982    Demonstration, First Western Woodturning Conference, College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

“A Revolution in Wood: The Bressler Collection”, Nicholas Bell. Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art  Museum. 2010

“Woodwork Magazine” June, 2006

“Living with Form, The Horn Collection” Bradley Press. 1999

“Contemporary Turned Wood, Perspectives in a Rich Tradition. Handbooks Press 1999

“Expressions in Wood: Masterworls from the Wornick Collection”. University of Washington Press, 1997

“Lathe-Turned Objects”, Albert LeCoff, Woodturning Center. 1988

“The Art of Turned Wood Bowls”, The Edward Jacobsen Collection. E.P. Dutton. 1986

“A Gallery of Turned Wood Objects”, Alberet LeCoff, Brigham Young Press. 1981