I have been an artist for almost 40 years. In the beginning, I focused on painting, drawing and pastel work. After painting in a dramatic impasto style, I found sculpture a natural transition, and have been sculpting since 1980.
I work towards controlling and manipulating form. Anatomy classes at New York’s Columbia Presbyterian Hospital enabled me to learn the true spirit of the human form. The biomechanics of muscle and bone continue to influence my work, instilling a sense of dynamic motion in my sculpture.
I model the structural elements of my pieces after the Renaissance artists Donatello, Michelangelo and Bernini. Studying the work of these masters-in situ- has greatly impacted the development of my sculptural style.
I carved marble for many years, and had great success working in that medium. Today, I use clay to model my work, while casting in hydrocal and working the surface to appear as marble. All the works shown can be recast in bronze or cement (for outdoor display).
The size of my sculptures ranges between miniatures (maquette) and over-life size. My work varies from head or bust portraits to torsos to full length forms, always in the figurative style.
As a Life Member at New York’s Art Students League, I have worked with many well known artists who have mentored me through the years, as I mentor others in return.
During the last ten years, I have had solo exhibits in the New York vicinity, and continue to show my work in Gramercy Park and Chelsea galleries. My work has been awarded in juried competitions, including Cork Gallery at Lincoln Center, The Salmagundi Club and Audubon Artists.
Currently I work in my studio in Long Island City where I also created my own Gallery to exhibit my work.
Born in New York in 1947, I live with my wife Judy in Manhattan, barely a block away from Central Park and Lincoln Center. Using an approach that combines academics with dimensional creativity, I teach math to accelerated kids, grades 4 through 12, in the New York City School System. In 2005, I was invited to present a “workshop for teachers” at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC.
One Person Exhibitions
2004
Ocean County Community College
Tom’s River, New Jersey
2004
220 Gallery
220 16th Street NYC
2004
Online Exhibitions
2012
Art Renewal Center (ARC)
On-line Juried Competition
Finalist2012
Audubon Artists
70th Annual Juried Exhibition
2012
2012
Allied Artists of America
99th Annual Exhibition at National Arts Club
15 Grammercy Park, New York, NY
Group Exhibitions
2018
Long Island City Open Exhibiton
at “ FACTORY Building”
2018
Salmagundi Club Exhibition
2018
2017
Publication in ART CONNOISSEUR Magazine
2017
Allied Artists Ass.
47 Fifth Ave, New York, NY
2017
2017
Salmagundi Club
47 Fifth Ave, New York, NY
Award Winner2017
Audubon Artists
47 Fifth Ave, New York, NY
Award Winner2017
2017
National Sculpture Society
Brookgreen Gardens, South Carolina
Award Winner2017
Hudson Valley Arts Association
47 Fifth Ave, New York, NY
2017
2016
Long Island City Artists Ass Exhibition at Plaxall Building
2016
Mana Contemporary (Invitation Competition Carole Feuerman Foundation)
888 Newark Ave. Jersey City, NJ
2016
2015-2018
Atlantic Gallery Group Exhibition
548 West 28th Street, New York, NY
2015-2018
Long Island City Open Studio Participation
44-02 11th Street, Long Island City, NY
2015-2018
2014
Long Island City Artists Association
Open Studio Participation
43-01 21st st. Long Island City, NY2014
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Long Island City Pop-Up Exhibition
2 Gotham Center, Long Island City, NY2014
2012
Audubon Artists
70th Annual Juried Exhibition
43-01 21st st. Long Island City, NY
elected member
Award Winner2012
Allied Artists of Americas
99th Annual Exhibition at National Arts Club
15 Grammercy Park, New York, NY
elected member2012
2012
Long Island City Artists Association
Open Studio Participation
43-01 21st st. Long Island City, NY2011
Long Island City Artists Association
Open Studio Participation
43-01 21st st. Long Island City, NY2011
2010
Long Island City Artists Association
Open Studio Participation
43-01 21st st. Long Island City, NY2010
Excalibur Broze Foundry
FIRST reopening Gallery Exhibition
2010
2009
Long Island City Artists Association
Open Studio Participation
43-01 21st Street, Long Island City, NY2006
Allied Artists of America
93rd Annual Exhibition at National Arts Club
Award Winner
15 Grammercy Park, New York, NY2006
2006
American Artists Professional League
78th Grand National Exhibition
Award Winner
47 Fifth Ave New York, NY2006
Audubon Artists
64th Annual Juried Exhibition
47 Fifth Ave New York, NY2006
2006
Salmagundi Club
Annual Non-members Juried Exhibition
47 Fifth Ave New York, NY2005
Schacknow Museum of Fine Arts
‘Figurative & Portrait Sculpture, Heroic Works’
7080 N.W. 4th st, Plantation, Florida2005
2005
Audubon Artists
63rd Juried Exhibition
47 Fifth Ave New York, NY
Gold Medal Award Winner2005
Allied Artists of America
92nd Annual Exhibition at National Arts Club
15 Grammercy Park, New York, NY
Award Winner2005
2004
Salmagundi Club
Annual Non-members Juried Exhibition
47 Fifth Ave New York, NY
First Place Award Winner2004
Audubon Artists
62nd Annual Juried Exhibition
47 Fifth Ave New York, NY2004
2003
The National Sculpture Society
Park Ave Atrium, 237 Park Ave, New York, NY
2002
Cork Gallery at Lincoln Center
Lincoln Center, New York, NY
Art Students League Merit Award Winner2002
2002
Franklinpeppermint Gallery
112 Franklin st., NYC
2002
Franklinpeppermint Gallery
112 Franklin st., NYC
2002
Museum Collections
Schacknow Museum
Permanent Collection
7080 N.W. 4th st. Plantation, Florida
Private Collections
Various
112 Franklin st., NYC
Workshops Directed
2005
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
‘Demonstration/Workshop for teachers/Art, Architecture & Mathematics’
Washington D.C.1996
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Art/Math/Science
1996
Judging
Salmagundi Club
47 Fifth Ave, New York, NY
Art Education
Painting:
Robert Brackman, Frank Mason, David Leffel
Membership / Affiliations
2015-2018
Long Island City Artists Association
2015-2017
Audubon Artists
2015-2017
2015-2017
Allied Artists of America
2015-2017
National Sculpture Society
2015-2017
2014
National Sculpture Society (elected member)
2013
Elected Member of the ALLIED ARTISTS & the AUDUBON
2013
2013
Allied Artists (elected member) / Audubon Society (elected member)
2009
Long Island City Artists Association
2009
1995
Art Students’ League, Life Member
1992
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
1992
Full-time Teacher
1989-2009
New York City Lab School
For Gifted and Talented Middle School Mathematics
1986-1989
United Nations International School
High School Mathematics
1986-1989
Grants & Awards
2007
Blackborad Award for NYC teachinf of mathematics
1997
Christa McAuliffe Fellowship
New York State award in teaching Mathematics
‘Making Math Connections with Art & Science’1997
1989
Impact II in Middle School mathematics at Museum of City of New York
3-dimensional mathematics (Connecting math & art)
Academic Education
1988-1989
Teachers’ College at Columbia University
MA – Computer Education
1966-1969
Temple University (Stockholm University - Jr. Yr.
BA – History
1966-1969