1996 |
P.P.O.W. Gallery, NY, represents
work for one-year trail period.
Solo exhibition at Gallery A,
Chicago, IL
Invited to artist residence program
from August to December in Cite Des Arts, Paris, FRANCE. Explores
ideas about French color and collage. Buys a daily pastry for
subject of realist watercolor, but arranges upon a colored-paper
background as a synthetic cubist collage to find a way to find
a new relevance for realist painting beyond the experiential
truth of cubism and the colorful formalism of Matisse. Meets
Adam Gopnik.
Visiting Artist at Parson's School
of Art, Paris Program, FRANCE.
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1997 |
Returns from January to March
in Cite Des Arts, Paris, FRANCE.
Visiting Artist at Alfred University,
Corning NY
Installs "LOOK UP!"
in 78 places throughout the AMTRAK platforms in New York City
- Penn Station.
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1998 |
Installs "APPLE GATE"
in central terminal delivery ramp of LaGuardia Airport, NY.
Visiting Artist at Washington
University, St. Louis, MO.
Visiting Artist at Yale School
of Art, Norfolk Summer program, CT
Visits Japan to research, design
and propose 25-part sculpture, "SONGBIRDS" in Sumida
Triphony Hall, Shinju-ku, Tokyo JAPAN.
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1999 |
Installs "SONGBIRDS"
in Sumida Triphony Hall, Shinju-ku, Tokyo JAPAN. Fifteen ceramic
floor tiles and ten independent polished bronze sculptures, mounted
on granite columns in entry plaza of symphony hall.
Films missing continuity scenes,
creates sound track and edits "FAIR FILM" with Red
Grooms. (animated 16mm color 30 minutes) A centennial commemoration
of the wondrous 1899 Paris World's Fair. A Ruckus Construction
Company Project that began in 1975. It was initially edited in
1976 and again in 1979, when the project was put on hold until
additional continuity scenes could to be created.
Solo exhibition at Carrie Secrist
Gallery, Chicago, IL
Joins Fischbach Gallery, NY.
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2000 |
Exhibits "PARIS COLLAGE"
series at Fischbach Gallery, NY.
Visits five artist studios in
the Great North West with wife and two children. Portland and
Tillamook, OR. Seattle, Tacoma, Puget Sound and Conway, WA. Writes
catalog essay on painter, Michael Clough.
Permanently installs "CONDUCTOR'S
WATCH & KEY CHAIN" for the NYC MTA Arts For Transit
program, in Great Neck LIRR train station.
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2001 |
Commissioned to design, favricate
and install "SANCTUARY" at Lew friedman Gardens, Syosset,
NY. Eleven independent bronze sculptures of playful wild birds.
Chosen as a finalist to design
"REED FENCE" for Newark International Airport, NJ.
Works for three months to assemble presentation packet. Deadline
for delivery of project proposal materials to the offices of
The Port Authority of NY & NJ on 73rd floor of One World
Trade Center, is Monday, September 10th, one day before the infamous
attack.
Volunteers as a welder for rescue
work at World Trade Center disaster site. Receives rescue training
and equipment at Javits Center and boards bus for transfer to
"ground zero." Enforcers from the Steel Workers Union
stop bus and physically eject all volunteers without paid-up
union cards.
Publishes biographical essay
on father, Norman Saunders, in Illustration Magazine, issue #2.
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2002 |
Paints portrait for the family
of deceased fireman, Mike Weinberg, NYC Fire Dept. Squad #1.
Painting is lent for nationwide travelling show called the "Faces
of Courage."
Publishes biographical essay
on pulp artist, Ernest Chiriacka, in Illustration Magazine, issue
#6.
Hires actresses to pose in character
as dejected lovers for a new series of paintings called "Broken
Branches" Ghostly figures in landscapes around the artist's
studio in Westhampton Beach, NY
Exhibits "BROKEN BRANCHES"
series at Fischbach Gallery, NY.
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2003 |
Moderates panel discussion and
lectures at PULP ART exhibition at The Brooklyn Museum of Art.
Publishes biographical essay
on pulp artist, Rafael DeSoto, in Illustration Magazine, issue
#8.
Contributes essay on Norman Saunders
illustrations for the men's adventure magazines to "It's
a Man's World" published by Feral House. Essay is praised
by The Los Angeles Times Book Review.
Visits Venice, ITALY for two
weeks with family.
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2004 |
Exhibits "PAPER DOLL"
series at Fischbach Gallery, NY.
Installs "TEENAGERS GOOFING
AROUND WITH ELECTRONIC ITEMS" for Radio Shack Executive
Office Complex, Fort Worth, TX
Publishes biographical essay
on pulp artist Allen Anderson, in Illustration Magazine, issue
#10.
Edits photo credits for "Men's
Adventure Magazines", the collection of Rich Oberg published
by Taschen books.
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2005 |
Publishes biographical essay
on pulp artist J. W. Scott in Illustration Magazine, issue #14.
Publishes essay on Norman Saunders
in issue #10 of TEASE Magazine.
Commissioned to design and fabricate
ALBANIAN EAGLE
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