Education

• M.F.A., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1976.

• B.F.A., Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, 1973.

Awards and Honors (selected)

• Naufrage, for digital imagery and fixed electronics, selected video for the Studio 300 Festival of Digital Art and Music BYTE Gallery, Transylvania University, Lexington, KY, 2015-16.

• Naufrage, selected video for the Root Signals Electronic Music Festival, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL, 10-12 September 2015.

• Naufrage, selected video for Exhibitronic V Festival, Stimultania Art Gallery, Strasbourg, France, 10 September 2015.

• Faculty Development Grants in Digital Sculpture, Hampshire College, MA, 2009-14.

• Finalist, Harold Connolly Memorial, Boston, MA, 2001.

• Finalist, Sojourner Truth Memorial, Northampton, MA, 2001.

• Semi-Finalist, Sojourner Truth Memorial, Northampton, MA, 2000.

• John D. and Katherine T. MacArthur Foundation Grant, awarded by Hampshire College for the development of a 3-D computer modeling and animation facility in the studio art program, 1997.

• Finalist, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Competition, Cambridge Arts Council, Cambridge, MA, 1988.

• Commission, James Brendan Connolly Memorial, Columbus Park, South Boston, MA, 1987.

• Commendation, Youth Awards Competition, National Sculpture Society, New York, NY, 1985.

• Grant, Williamsburg Cultural Arts Council, Williamsburg, MA, 1984.

• Commission, Portrait bust of S. Fairchild, Dulles Airport, Washington, D.C., 1984.

• Finalist, Massachusetts Artist Fellowship Program, The Arts Foundation, Boston, MA, 1983.

Employment

• Associate Professor Emeritus of Sculpture; Associate Professor of Sculpture, 2008-2020; Assistant Professor of Sculpture, 2001-08; Visiting Assistant Professor of Design, 1999-2001; Lemelson Visiting Assistant Professor of Design, 1997-99; Visiting Adjunct Assistant Professor of Sculpture, 1992; Instructor, 1992.

• Lecturer, Smith College, Northampton, MA, 1999. Introduction to Drawing.

• Visiting Assistant Professor, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, 1992-96. Sculpture: Introductory, Intermediate, Advanced; Independent Study; team-taught PEW-funded interdepartmental course “Doing It: Creativity, Performance, and the Liberal Arts,” Fall 1994.

• Visiting Assistant Professor, Amherst College, Amherst, MA, 1988-90, 1981-83, 1976-77. 3-D Design, Sculpture I, Sculpture II, Survey Studio Course, Drawing I.

• Sculpture Instructor, George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, Springfield, MA, 1989. Sculpture I.

• Lecturer, State University of New York, College at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY, 1979. 2-D Design, 3-D Design, Drawing III.

Professional Experience

• Collaborator, Naufrage. Computer generated imagery/animation and fixed electronic music, a collaborative project between Thom Haxo (digital imagery) and Cara Haxo (composer). Performed at Studio 300 Festival of Digital Art and Music BYTE Gallery, Transylvania University, Lexington, KY, 2015-16; Root Signals Electronic Music Festival, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL, 10-12 September 2015; Exhibitronic V Festival, Stimultania Art Gallery, Strasbourg, France, 10 September 2015. First Performance: Butler University, Indianapolis, IN, 28 March 2015.

• Collaborator, NOVETO. Computer generated imagery/animation, a collaborative project between Peter Lobdell (performer), Charles Ditto (composer), and Thom Haxo (digital sculptor/ animator/sequence editor). Amherst College, Amherst, MA, April 2015.

• Artist Consultant, Scherando, a one person performance by Peter Lobdell, Amherst College, Amherst, MA, September 2014.

• Collaborator, NOVETO a sketch. Computer generated imagery, a collaborative project between Peter Lobdell and Thom Haxo at The Spring Interdisciplinary Art Festival funded by the Copland Colloquium, Amherst College, Amherst, MA, May 2014.

• Mask, Puppet and Set Designer, The Pillowman (Martin McDonagh), Amherst College, Amherst, MA, October 2007.

• Mask and Set Designer, The Skriker (Caryl Churchill), Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, 2006.

• Competitor, Invitational Competition for Officer John Dinapoli Memorial, Holyoke, MA, 2001.

• Jury Member, Sculpture and Works on Paper Competition, Northampton Center for the Arts, Northampton, MA, March 1997.

• Set Designer, I Stand Before You Naked (Joyce Carol Oates), Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, October 1996.

• Collaborator, Sculptural Puppetry, Millennium Two Step, KO Theater Works, Amherst College and Mount Holyoke College, MA, 1997.

• Visiting Artist, Sculptural Portraiture, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, October 1996.

• Demonstrator, lecture and demonstration of own computer-generated 3-dimensional imagery, NERCOMP 94, South Hadley, MA, October 1995 and November 1994.

• Visiting Artist, 3-Dimensional computer modeling for the Arts, Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, MA, September 1995.

• Collaborator and Mask Designer, The Skinnerville Community Players’ Revival of the Sixty-first Annual Presentation of ‘The Hunting of the Snark’, Amherst College, Amherst, MA, May 1991.

• Object Director, Tavern, performance collaboration between the Fine Arts and the Theater and Dance Departments, Amherst College, Amherst, MA, April 1990.

Exhibitions (selected)

• Love Letters to my Family, Meekins Library (date? Where does this go?)

• Studio 300 Festival of Digital Art and Music BYTE Gallery, group show, Transylvania University, Lexington, KY, 2015-16.

• Faculty Show, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, 2013.

• Faculty Show, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, 2011.

• ANA 35 Exhibition, group show, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT, 2007.

• Five College Faculty Exhibition, group show, Open Square Gallery, Holyoke, MA, 2006.

• Studies for masks of “The Skriker,” one-person show, Rooke Theatre, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, 2006.

• The Mystery of Renewal, Paintings and Sculpture, group show, Northampton Center for the Arts, Northampton, MA, 2005.

• Faculty Show, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, 2005.

• Faculty Show, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, 2004.

• Five by Twelve-Five College Faculty Show, group show, Eli Marsh Gallery, Amherst College, Amherst, MA, 2002.

• Maquettes of Harold Connolly, group show, Boston Public Library-Allston Extension, Boston, MA, 2001.

• Heads, one-person show, Grubbs Gallery, Williston Northampton School, Easthampton, MA, 2000.

• Faculty Show, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, 2000.

• Faculty Show, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, 1998.

• The Haydenville Drawing Group, group show, Forbes Library Gallery, Northampton, MA, 1997.

• Five College Studio Art Faculty Drawing Exhibition, group show, Herter Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 1996.

• Sculpture and Drawing, one-person show, Eli Marsh Gallery, Amherst College, Amherst, MA, 1996.

• The Haydenville Drawing Group, group show, Hillyer Gallery, Smith College, Northampton, MA, 1995.

• The Haydenville Drawing Group, group show, Center for the Arts, Northampton, MA, 1995.

• The Haydenville Drawing Group, group show, A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, MA, 1994.

• Artist Choice, group show, Monterey Gallery, Monterey, MA, 1994.

• Imaging the Nude, two-person show, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, 1993.

• Figure Drawing and More, group show, Fine Arts Gallery, Springfield Technical Community College, Springfield, MA, 1993.

• Sculpture ‘92 Invitational, group show, River Studio, Middlefield, MA, 1992.

• The Nude, group show, Sharon Art Center, Sharon, NH, 1992.

• The Haydenville Drawing Group, group show, Springfield City Library, Springfield, MA, 1992.

• Celebration of the Figure, group show, Nacul Architectural Center, Amherst, MA, 1991.

• Faculty Show, group show, Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA, 1988.

Courses Taught

• Sculpture: Introductory, Intermediate, and Advanced

• Intermediate and Advanced Sculpture, Emphasis on the Figure

• Investigation in Structure and Space

• Sculpture and Digital Animation

• Improvisation in Digital Animation

• Figure Drawing

• Foundation in Visual Media

• Sculpture Foundation

• Working Across the Arts (co-taught)

• In Search of Character

• Sequential Imagery I & II

• Experimentation with Digital Tablets

• Introduction to Three-Dimensional Design

• Drawing I & III

• Independent Study

• Doing It: Creativity, Performance, and the Liberal Arts (PEW-funded interdepartmental course)

• 2-D Design

• 3-D Design

• Survey Studio Course

Curriculum Vitae