COMMISSIONS:
1978
Reverent Grove
Glass and marble mosaic on cast concrete, water 12'6"x 9'x 7'
GSA commission for the Federal Courthouse, Charlotte Amalie,
Saint Thomas, The Virgin Islands
Arcades
Cast concrete installation 80' x 200' x 10'
Dag Hammarskjold Plaza Sculpture Garden, NYC, NY
1979
Wave Hill Walls
Cast concrete, 84" x 84" x 12"
Wave Hill, Riverdale, NY
Solomon
Sculpted and cast concrete, mosaic, and silk-screened fabric
8'3" x 10'11" x 10'
Private Residence, NYC', NY
1980
Hadrian's Pergola
8' x 25' x 5'
Cast concrete and trumpet vine
Private collection, NJ
1982
A Part of the Whole
Floor: Marble and terrazzo, 35" dia.
Columns: wood, glass and gold mosaic 18' x 20
Prudential Insurance CO., Corporate Headquarters, Thousand Oaks, California
1983
Anchorage Vault Tower
Sculpted concrete and wood, 20' x 6' x 6'
Brooklyn Bridge, NY, commissioned by Creative Time
Two Trees
Cast concrete and mosaic 7' x 4'2" x 1'9"
Veterans Administration Hospital, Gainsville, FL.
1984
Piazza Lavoro and Mythic Source
Cast concrete, mosaic and terrazzo, 22' dia and 22' x 35' dia.
Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, Commissioned
for "the Allegheny Landing Sculpture Park" by The Heinz Family
Tree of Life
Stone and marble mosaic, wood
Two columns each 21' x 4' x 1'9"
Cigna Corporation Art Collection, Hartford, Conn.
Firehouse Facade
Mosaic 3' x 70'
Fire Station, Bayside, Queens, NY
1985
The Intruder
Marble, glass, gold mosaic, 24' x20'
Anchorage Art Museum, Anchorage, Alaska.
Designed for the Facade of the Museum for architect Aldo Gergola
1986
Usdan Commission
Mural: Wood, Mosaic 9' x 12' x 3'
Column: Wood, Mosaic, 8' x 4' dia.
Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel H. Usdan, NYC, NY
What
Column: wood, mosaic 9' x 32" dia
Loretta and Robert K. Lifton, NYC, NY
Upper Room
Pre-cast concrete, bluestone, mosaic, landscape 14' x 70' x 40'
Battery Park City, NYC, NY
1988
Hall of Balance
Terrazzo, wood, glass and stone mosaic 20' x 112' x 188'
Prudential Insurance Co. Headquarters, Newark, NJ
Landfall 39 35\' West
Cast concrete, landscaping, lighting 1 sq. block
Wilmington, Delaware, Christina Gateway Park and Amtrak Station
1990
In the Moment
mural: Wood, stone and glass mosaic, 30' x 40'
Floor: Terrazzo and mosaic, 20' x 160'
Courtyard Sculpture 20' x 20"
Bethesda, MD
Gaia
Fiberglass, stone and glass mosaic, fountain 9' x 12'
For the City Town Hall commissioned by local corporations
Dublin, California
1991
Wave Wall in Green
Sculpted fence: chain link, concrete, landscape,
1 mile perimeter of the water purification plant
Coney Island, NYC, NY
1992
Two Worlds Apart
fiberglass, stone and glass mosaic, landscape, 10' x 2 blocks
GSA, Savannah, Georgia
1994
Accordant Zone
Concrete, keystone, landscape,
5 acre park, objects 250' long, 36' high cone, 26' disc, 16' sphere
Fort Lauderdale, FL, collaboration with Barbara Niejna
Our Shadow
mural: Gold mosaic and lime paint, 8' x 30'
Bed: Keystone 7' x 30" x 18"
Columns: Keystone 14',12', 10' x 2' dia.
Marine Biology Dept. University of Southern Florida, Saint Petersburg, Fl
Building Blocks
Mural: Marble mosaic and lime paint, 18' x 32'
Bricks: Keystone 156 bricks
Marine Biology Dept. D.E.P. State of Florida, Saint Petersburg, Fl
1995
World Park
Cast concrete, fiberglass, stone and glass mosaic, landscape,15' x 88' x 96'
Philadelphia, PA. Commissioned by Marriott Hotel
1996
The Dream of Simultaneous Connection
Steel, stucco, stone and glass mosaic, landscape, 26' x 288' x 100'
Victory Park, Longbeach, California, Commissioned by KOAR Developer
1998
The Balance of Life
Stone and glass mosaic, cement, pigment Mural, 27' x 76'
ISU, Ames, Iowa
Wellness in Blue
Fiberglass, stone and glass mosaic fountain, 7' x 15'
four 6' x 6' panels - stone and glass mosaic lines, plywood, lime-paint
Hagedorn State Hospital, Glen Gardener, New Jersey
1999
It All Evolves Up the Rungs of DNA
Stone and glass mosaic mural, 7.5' x 22'
Montclair State University, Montclair NJ
Foot Hold
Fiberglass, glass mosaic, boulders, landscape
45' x 100' courtyard
Montclair State University, Montclair NJ
2000
Archeology
steel, foam, stucco, and glass mosaic drawing,
two columns 7'x7'
Vaydik Line Creek Park, Kansas City, MO
2001
Earth Pursues the Future
Luminus Objects - Water and Orb
Fiberglass, mosaic
cone - 14' x 8' , Ball - 2'dia
Asbury Park, NJ
2002
Destinations
Mural 22'x 85',
1" thick transparent glass
Shadow and color Lighting for mural and building
PS 156, Brooklyn, NY
2004
1 to 2
Bronze object 12' x 6'
Bronze object 4' x 8'
Landscape Park and NJT train station
Port Imperial, NJ
World on Track
Mosaic sphere 8' dia.
2 40' curved Rails
Ramsey NJT Station NJ
2006
Four For Lincoln
4 bronze objects each 4' tall
Lincoln Harbor NJT Light Rail Station
Weehawken, NJ
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
1974
112 Greene Street, New York
1976
Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, NY
1977
Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, NY
1979
Grey Art Gallery, N.Y.U., New York, "Stahahe Sphere"
1978
Dag Hammarskjold Plaza Sculpture Garden, New York
1980
Holly Solomon Gallery, New York
The Mayor Gallery, London, England
Gallery Bischofberger, Zurich, Switzerland
1982
Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, NY
1983
Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, NY
1985
Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, NY
1987
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
Nevada Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Nevada, Los
Vegas
University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach CA
1988
New York Architectural Convention, New York, NY
1989
American Craft Museum, New York, NY
1992
Telfair Academy, Savannah, Georgia
2000
Morgane Le Fay, NYC,NY
2006
Salomon Contemporary, East Hampton,NY
2007
Greene Contemporary Gallery, Sarasota, FL
"Tree of Life" Four Stamford Plaza, Stamford, Conn.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
1973
112 Greene Street, New York, NY
1974
112 Greene Street, New York, NY
1975
Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York, NY "Report
From Soho"
The Clock Tower, New York, NY "Brutten and Herrick Collection"
1976
Akademie der Kunst, Berlin, "New York-Downtown Manhattan: Soho"
Louisiana Art Museum, Copenhagen, "New York-Downtown
Manhattan: Soho"
The Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Inc., Long Island City,
'Rooms P.S.1"
Fine Arts Building, New York, "Sculptures Drawings"
1977
Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, "Improbable Furniture"
Galerie Alexandra Monnett, Brussels, "Pattern and Decoration"
Carl Solway Gallery, New York, "Drawings"
Customs House, New York, "Drawings and collage" Selections
from N.Y.U. collection
Wave Hill Center for Environmental Studies, New York,
"Sculpture Garden"
1978
Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, "Arabesque"
Institute for Art and Resources at P.S.1, New York, "Indoor-
Outdoor Sculpture Show"
Nobe Gallery, New York, "Black and White on Paper"
Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, "Gold/Silver"
1979
Mayor Gallery, London, "Pattern and Decoration on Paper"
Gallerie Habermann, Cologne, "Pattern and Decoration on Paper"
Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, "Material Pleasures/ ICA Fabric Workshop"
Wave Hill Center for Environmental Studies, New York, "Wave
Hill, The Artists view"
Robeson Center Gallery, Rutgers University, Newark, "Green
Magic"
Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading PA., "Small Is
Beautiful"
1980
Venice Biennale, Venice, "Aperto Ottanta" The Biennale's
selection of works by thirty-five artists world wide, to exemplify
The beginnings of the new decade
Venice Biennale, The United States Pavilion, Venice, "Drawings:
The Pluralist Decade"
Neue Gallery/Sammlung Ludwig, Aache, Germany, "Les Nouveux
Fauves"
Daniel Templon, Paris, "Nouvelle Tendance de la Peinture
Americain"
Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, "Architectural Sculpture"
Holly Solomon Editions, New York, "Davis, MacConnel, Smyth"
Diane Brown, Washington D.C., "Maquettes and Small Works"
Institute of Contemporary Art, University Pennsylvania,
PhiladelphiaThe Squibb Gallery, Princeton, N.J. "Aspects of Post-
Modernism:Decorative and Narrative Art"
Public Art Fund, New York, "Percent for Art in Architecture.
Ben Shahn Gallery, Paterson, N.J. "112 Greene Street Revival"
Holly Solomon Gallery, N.Y.
McIntos/Drysdale Gallery, Washington D.C. The Decorative
image"
General Electric Co., Fairfield, Conn. Organized by the Art
Lending Service of MOMA
Kumstforeigningen Museum, Copenhagen
Henie Onstad Museum, Lisbon, "Drawings: The Pluralist Decade"
Mannheimer Kunstverien, Mannheim
Amerika Haus, Berlin,
Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, England, "Dekor"
Wellesley College of Art, Massachusetts, "Aspects of The Seventy's:
Sitework"
Greenberg Gallery, Saint Louis
Joe and Emily Lowe Gallery, Syracuse, "Current New York"
Amelie A. Wallace Gallery, SUNY Old Westbury, New York,
"Fabric In Art"
1981
The New Museum, New York, "Alternatives in Retrospect: An
Historical Overview 1969-1981"
Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York, "Garden of Delight"
Alternative Museum, New York, Islamic Allusion"
1982
Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale
Museum of Art, Oklahoma City
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Madison Art Center Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
Montgomery Museum of Fine Art, "New Directions: Alabama
Contemporary Art from the Commodities Corp. Collection"
Galerie Art Cultural, Paris, "Pattern Painting"
Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover
Kunstverein, Munich
Musee Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne
Kunstverein fur dei Rheinlande und Westfalen Dusseldorf, "New
York Now"
I.C.A. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, " ICA Street Sites
2"
Neuberger Museum, SUNY Purchase, "Orientalism"
Cooper-Hewitt Museum, NY, "The Column"
Allen Frumkin Gallery, NY, "Self-Portraits"
Independent Curators Inc. NY, "Art Materialized: Selections from
the Fabric Workshop"
Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, "Aspects of Post-Modernism"
Holly Solomon Gallery, NY
Zabriskie Gallery, NY, "Flat and Figurative - 20th Century Wall
Sculpture"
Alberta College of Art Gallery, Alberta, Canada, "Decoration and Representation"
1983
Kunstmuseum, Lucern
Rheinsches Landesmuseum, Bonn
Kunstverein, Stuttgart, "Back to the USA"
Galerie Swart, Amsterdam, Holland, "Brad Davis, Bob Kushner,
Ned Smyth"
The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Mass. "New Decorative Art"
The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY "Ornamentalism: New
Decorativeness in Architecture and Design"
Loch Haven Art Center, Orlando; The Jacksonville Art Center,
Jacksonville, "New Decorative Works from the Collection of
Norma and William Roth"
Proctor Art Center, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, "The
Decorative Image"
Linda Farris Gallery, Seattle, "Self Portraits"
Holly Solomon Gallery, NY
Dancer Fitzgerld Sample Inc. NY, "H2O" Organized by MOMA
1984
Museum of Modern Art, NY, "An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture
Hirshorn Museum of Art, Washington DC, "Artist Collaboration
in the Twentieth Century"
Hirshorn Museum of Art, Washington DC, " Content: A
Contemporary Focus 1974-84"
The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio, "The
National Midyear Exhibition"
Davis McClain Galleries, Houston, Texas "International Water
Sculpture Competition
Rhona Hoffman Gallery, NY, "Projects: Worlds Fairs,
Waterfronts, Parks, and Plazas"
Holly Solomon Gallery, NY, 'The Innovative Landscape"
McIntos/Drysdale Gallery, Houston, "Collaborating. The Power of
the Artist and the Architect"
The Bette Stoller Gallery, NY, "Arabesque: Grand Gestures in
Painting and Decorative Arts"
1985
Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, "1985 Biennial"
Palazzina Mostra, Rimini, Italy, "Anniottanta"
The JB Speed Art Museum, Louisville, "Artistic Collaboration in
The Twentieth Century"
Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY, "A New Beginning"
Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art Ridgfield Conn, "The
Classic Tradition in Recent Painting and sculpture"
The Whitney Museum of American Art, Stamford, Conn, "
working on the Railroad: Projects for the Northeast Corridor"
Munson William Proctor Inst. Utica, NY "Heart and Soul: Bodily
Encounters"
Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Ohio, "Artists and
Architects: Challenges in Collaboration"
Holly Solomon Gallery, NY, "Home Work"
Jamie Szoke Gallery, NY, "Public Art in the Eighties
1986
Fendrick Gallery, Washington DC, "An American Renaissance:
Painting and Sculpture"
Nora Haime Gallery, NY, "Drawings by Sculptors"
Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, FL "Homeworks/Public Works"
1987
Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin "Sculptors on Paper/ New
Work"
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA, "Draw to the
surface
1988
Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY, "Columnal
American Craft Museum, NY, "Architectural Art"
Holly Solomon Gallery, NY, "American Baroque"
1990 Whitney Museum, Stamford, Conn, "With The Grain"
Harkis Gallery, Boston, "Furniture"
1991
Elysium Art Gallery, NY, "The Tree"
1993
Sidney Mishkin Gallery, NY, "Studio to Site: Public Art in New York"
Alphist Gallery-Edward Albee curator, NY, "Nine From 14
Harrison Street"
Hippodrome Galleries, Long Beach, CA, "In Progress"
Champion International Corp, Stamford, Conn, "Animal
Kingdom"
1994
Midtown Payson Gallery, NY, "Trees"
Creative Time Inc, NY, "The 42 Street Show"
Brooke Alexander Editions, NYC
1996
Rainer Wins Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
1998
Susan Rush Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
1999
Southampton College Museum, Southampton, NY.
Century Club, NYC, NY
2000
Anita Friedman Gallery, NYC, NY
2001
Parrish Museum, Southampton, NY
Morgan LaFey, NYC, NY
2003
The Long Island Museum, Stony Brook, NY
2006
Long House, East Hampton, NY
Salomom Warehouse, East Hampton,NY
Ten + Ten: revisiting Pattern and Decoration, University Gallery, UF, Gainesville, FL.
2007
Pattern and Decoration: An Ideal Vision In American Art 1975-1985. The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
2008
Alice Aycock, Lynda Benglis,Bryan Hunt, Ned Smyth, Scope - Eli Tahari , East Hampton, NY
AWARDS AND GRANTS:
1975-76 C.A.P.S. Grant Recipient
1978 National Endowment for the Arts
1978 America the Beautiful Foundation, Harriman, NY
1985 The Industry Honor Award - Installations, The National
Terrazzo and Mosaic Association
1990 Award of Design Excellence, awarded by Mayor Dinkins, NYC,
"For Wave Wall in Green"
EDUCATION:
1970 B.A., Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, with high honors in art
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
1976 C.A.P.S. Community Service Program, NY High School System
1977 College of New Resources, University of New Rochelle, NY
1999 Southampton College, Southampton, NY
2000 SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY
2001 SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY
2004 Ross School, East Hampton, NY
2005 Ross School, East Hampton, NY
2008 SUNY-Old Westbury, NY
MISCELLANEOUS:
1981 "The Song" A window installation in collaboration with Brad
Davis for "Artist Windows", John Wanamakers, Philadelphia in
conjunction with the Institute of Contemporary Art, University of
Pennsylvania, Penn.
96-06 Design team for the New Jersey Transit Light Rail System Master Plan.