Beverly Pepper Biography
Biography
Born in New York City, 1922

Studied at Pratt Institute and the Art Students League in New York, and with Fernand Leger and Andre L’hote in Paris. 
Painted from 1949 - 1960, then turned to sculpture.

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Works in Public Collections, U.S. | Works in Public Collections, Abroad | Works in Corporate Collections | Selected Talks and Symposia
Honorary Degrees and Awards
Doctor of Fine Arts, Pratt Institute, June 1982
Doctor of Fine Arts, The Maryland Institute, May 1983
Accademico di Merito, Accademia di Belle Arti, Perugia, 1987
Celebrity Path, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1987.
Friend of Barcelona, 1992
Outstanding Achievement in the Visual Arts, Women's Caucus for Art, 1994
Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et Lettres, 1999
Allied Arts Honor Award, The American Institute of Architects, 1999
Alexander Calder Prize
Xavier College Preparatory Vision and Voice Award, 1999
Pratt Institute Legends Award, 2003
Solo Exhibitions Top
1952 Galleria dello Zodiaco, Rome, Italy
Catalogue by Carlo Levi
1954 Barone Gallery, New York
1955 Obelisk Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1956 Galleria Schneider, Rome, Italy
Barone Gallery, New York
1958 Barone Gallery, New York
1959 Galleria dell'Obelisco, Rome, Italy
Catalogue by G. Vigorelli
1961 Galleria Pogliana, Rome, Italy
Catalogue by G.C. Argan
1962 Thibaut Gallery, New York
Catalogue by G. Carandente
1965 Marlborough Gallerie d'Arte, Rome, Italy
Catalogue by M. Gendel
1966 McCormick Place, Chicago, IL
1968 Marlborough Gallerie d'Arte, Rome, Italy
Catalogue by Giuseppe Ungaretti and Piero Dorazio.
Galleria La Bussola, Turin
Catalogue by Renzo Guasco
Galleria Paolo Barozzi, Venice, Italy
1969 Marlborough Gallery, New York
Catalogue by Jan van der Marck
The Jewish Museum, New York
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Catalogue by Jan van der Marck
Hayden Court and Plaza, M.I.T., Cambridge, MA
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
1970 Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
Piazza della Rotunda, Milan, Italy (For the city of Milan)
Studio Marconi, Milan, Italy
1971 Galerie Hella Nebelung, Dusseldorf, West Germany
Piazza Margana, Rome (For the city of Rome)
Catalogue by Italo Mussa
470 Parker Street Gallery, Boston, MA
1972 Qui Arte Contemporanea, Rome, Italy, Catalogue by G. Carandente
Marlborough Galleria d'Arte, Rome, Italy
Catalogue by Maris Volpi Orlandini
1973 The Tyler School of Art, Temple University Abroad, Rome, Italy
Catalogue by Stephen Greene
1975 Hammarskjold Plaza Sculpture Garden, New York
Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York
1976 San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA
1977 Seattle Museum of Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
Hopkins Art Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
1978 Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
Princeton Art Museum, Princeton, NJ
1979 Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York
Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
Piazza Maggiore Mostra, Todi, Perugia, Italy
Catalogue by Sam Hunter
1980 Thomas Segal Gallery, Boston, MA
Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Galerie Andre Emmerich, Zurich, Switzerland
Ronald Greenberg Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York
1981 Makler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Linda Farris Gallery, Seattle, Wa
Davenport Gallery, Davenport, Iowa
Hansen Fuller Goldeen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1982 Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York
Laumeier International Sculpture Park, St. Louis, MO
Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Galleria Il Ponte, Rome, Italy
1983 Galerie Andre Emmerich, Zurich, Switzerland
Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York
Huntington Museum, Huntington, WV
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1984 Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York
1985 Adams-Middleton Gallery, Dallas, Texas
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1986 Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York
Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY
1986–1987 Beverly Pepper: Sculpture in Place," (a 20 year retrospective) organized by the Albright-Knox Art Gallery and exhibited: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, September 13-November 2, 1986; San Francisco Museum of Art, California, December 11, 1986-February 8, 1987; Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio, March 22-May 10, 1987; The Brooklyn Museum, New York, June 5-August 24, 1987; Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, Florida, September 27-November 1, 1987.
1987 Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York. Catalogue Ronny Cohen
Baumgartner Gallery, Washington, DC
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, paintings.
Hokin Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, FL
1988 Wilson Arts Center, Rochester, NY
Andre Emmerich Gallery, NY
1989 Albert and Vera List Arts Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
The Harcus Gallery, Boston, MA
The Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, Dallas, TX
James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York
1990 Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, paintings
1991 Contemporary Sculpture Center, Japan
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York
1992 Lemberg Gallery, Birmingham, MI
"Altars and Sentinels," and "A Survey of Public Sculpture",
Andre Emmerich Gallery, NY. Catalogue Edward F. Fry
Hokin Gallery, Bay Harbour Islands, FL
1994 Charles Cowles Gallery, New York
Nardin Gallery, Somers, New York
"Forms of Memory - Recent Sculpture," Andre Emmerich Gallery, NY.
Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL.
Charles Cowles Gallery, NY.
Forte Belvedere, Florence, Italy.
Beverly Pepper at the Fattoria Di Celle: Unrealized Projects, Pistoia, Italy,
book text by Robert Hobbs.
Palais Royal, Paris, France.
"Recent Sculpture," Marlborough Gallery, NY,
catalogue by Robert Hobbs.
1999 "Forms of Memory II," Marlborough Chelsea, New York City, April 10–May 15, 1999.
1999–2000 Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ, catalogue text by Robert T. Buck.
Piece Unique Galerie, Paris, France. Drawing show.
2001 "Magma Series," Marlborough Chelsea, New York City, March 29–April 28, 2001.
2002 Galerie Piece Unique, Paris, France, December 17, 2002
2003 "Markers 1980-2002," Marlborough New York, New York City, February 6–March 1, 2003
2004 Una Poetca De L’espai, Casal Solleric, Majorca, Spain, September 23–November 14.
2005 "Beverly Pepper: Works on Paper, 1960-2005," Studio Art Center International, Florence, Italy, September 9 – October 3.
Group Exhibitions Top
1961 "The Quest and the Quarry," Rome-New York Art Foundation, Inc., Rome.
Catalogue by Herbert Read
1962 "Sculpture nella Citta," Spoleto, Italy. Organized by G. Carandente
1964 "Sculpture in Metallo," Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Turin
1967 Group Exhibition organized by Kynaston McShine, Jewish Museum, New York
1968 "Plus by Minus: Today's Half-Century," Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Catalogue by Douglas McAgy
"Jewelry by Sculptors," Museum of Modern Art, New York, organized by Rene Neu, travelling exhibition
1970 "Omaggio a Roma," Gallerie Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome, organized by Palma Bucarelli
"Painting and Sculpture Today," Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
"Arts Festival XII, Finalists," Jacksonville Museum of Art, Jacksonville, FL, organized by Russell B. Hicken
1972 XXIII Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
1973 "Jewelry as Sculpture as Jewelry," Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
1974 "Women's Work: American Art '74," Museum of the Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, PA
"Grafica Oggi," Finch College Museum of Art, New York
"Twentieth Century Monumental Sculpture," Marlborough Gallery, New York
1975 "Monumental Sculpture in the 1970s," Janie C. Lee Gallery, Houston, TX
"Renaissance in Parkersburg," Parkersburg Art Center, Parkersburg, WV, September 1975
1976 "IX International Sculptor's Conference," New Orleans Museum of Modern Art, New Orleans, LA
"Nineteen Americans 1970/1975," USIS Cultural Center, Milan, Italy
1977 "Artisti Stranieri Operanti in Italia," Quadriennale Nazionale d'Arte di Roma, Rome, Italy
"Documenta 6," Kassel, West Germany
"Private Images: Photographs by Sculptors," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, December 20, 1977–March 5, 1978
"Drawings for Outdoor Sculpture 1946-1977," John Weber Gallery, New York
"11th Biennale Internazionale della Piccola Scultura," Palazzo della Ragione, Padova, Italy
1978 "Perspective '78-Works by Women," Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading, PA, October 8-November 15
1979 "Art in Architecture Program," United States General Services Administration, Washington, DC
1980 "Drawings," Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY, January 12-February 7
"Art in Embassies," collection of Ambassador and Mrs. Warren Manshel, State Museum of Art, Copenhagen, May 1-June 1
"Arte American Contemporanea," Commune di Udine, Italy; Musei Civici e Gallerie di Storia e Arte; catalogue introduction by Marisa Volpi Orlandini, September 20-November 16
"Sculpture at Sands Point," Nassau County Museum, Port Washington, NY, Summer-Fall
"International Sculpture Conference XI," Washington, DC, June
"Area Sculpture-Ward's Island," Manhattan Psychiatric Center, New York, May 1980-April 1981
"Across the Nation," National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC, June 4-September 1
1981 "Across the Nation," Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN, January-March
"All in Line: An Exhibition of Linear Drawing," Joe and Emily Lowe Art Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, November 23, 1980-January 18, 1981; Terry Dintenfass, New York, January 31-February 27, 1981
"Three Dimensional," Woman in Focus, Vancouver, BC, Canada, May 1-May 16
1982 "Mayor Byrne's Mile of Sculpture, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL, May 14-29
"Palo Alto's Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition," Palo Alto, CA, June 5-October 1
"Casting: A Survey of Cast Metal Sculpture in the 80s," Fuller Goldeen Gallery, San Francisco, CA, July 8-August 28
1983 "Sculpture," Janie C. Lee Gallery, Houston, TX, June 4-September 10
"Bronze at Washington Square," The Public Art Trust, Washington, DC, October 6, 1983-February 3, 1984
"Sculpture: The Tradition in Steel," Nassau County Museum of Fine Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY, October 9, 1983-January 22, 1984
"Sculpture: The Tradition in Steel," Nassau County Museum of Fine Art, Long Island, NY, October 9, 1983-January 22, 1984
"Born in Brooklyn," The Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, May 18- August 3
"Iron Cast/Cast Iron," Pratt Manhattan Center Gallery, New York, November 21-December 23; Pratt Institute Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, January 12-February 17, 1984
"Sculpture as Architecture," Thomas Segal Gallery, Boston, MA, July 7-August 19
1984 "ROSC '84," The Guinness Hop Store, Dublin, Ireland, August 19-November 17
"20th Century Sculpture: Selections from the Metropolitan Museum of Art," Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY, May 19-October 31
"Seven Sculptors," Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, September 6-2
"Works in Bronze: A Modern Survey," University Art Gallery, Sonoma State University, November 2-December 16, 1984; Redding Museum and Art Center, Redding, CA, May 1-June 2, 1985; University Art Gallery, Fresno State University, Fresno, CA, September 1-October 20, 1985; Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA, November 15, 1985-January 12, 1986; Boise Gallery of Art, Boise, ID, February 21-March 30, 1986; Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum, Eastern Washington State Historical Society, April 24-June 1, 1986; University Art Gallery, California State University, Stanislaus, CA, September-October 1986; University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, November-December 1986
"American Sculpture: Three Decades," Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, November 15, 1984-January 27, 1985
"Contemporary Classics," Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, December 13, 1984-January 5, 1985
1985 "An Affair of the Heart," Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, February 9
"The Artists as Social Designer," Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary ARt, Los Angeles, CA, January 31
Audio Visual Tape narrated by Calvin Tompkins.
"Contemporary American Paintings," Adams-Middleton Gallery, Dallas, TX, September 17-October 12
"American Art: American Women," Stamford Museum & Nature Center, Stamford, CT, December 15, 1985-February 23, 1986
"Made in the USA," 909 Third Avenue, The Mendik Company, curated by Phyllis Tuchman, November 18, 1985-February 14, 1986
1986 "Public and Private: American Prints Today," 24th National Print Exhibition, February 7-May 5, 1986
"Thanks for the Memories," Harcus Gallery, Boston, MA
"American Art: American Women," Stamford Museum and Nature Center, Stamford, CT, December 15-February 23.
"Twentieth Century Drawings and Sculpture," Janie C. Lee Gallery, Houston, TX
"Works in Bronze," Sierra Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV, June 20-August 3
"Els Tallers," Galeria d'Art Serie Dusseny, Barcelona, Spain.
"Raum und Skulptur, Barcelona, 1982-1986," Kunstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria.
"Spaces and Sculptures: Barcelona 1982-1986," World Exposition of Historical Cities, Kyoto, Japan.
1987 "New Works," Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, January 17-
February 21, 1987
"Standing Ground: American Art by American Women," The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH, March 27-May 10.
"A Century of Modern Sculpture, The Patsy and Raymond Nasher Collection," Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, April 5, 1987-January 3, 1988; National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
AICS, Torino, Italy
"The Barcelona Plazas: Preview of an Urban Experience," The Spanish Institute, New York, opened April 23, 1987.
"New Acquisitions," John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA, May-June.
"New Works," Charles Cowles Gallery, New York
"Espai i Escultura," Fundacio Miro, Barcelona, Spain.
"Barcelona Spazi e Sculture," Academia Spagnola de Bella Arte, Rome, Italy.
1988 "BIG little SCULPTURE," Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA, February 13 - April 17; New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Ct, November 13, 1988 - January 5, 1989.
"Master Drawings 1877-1987," Janie C. Lee Master
Drawings, New York, February-March, 1988.
"Selected Works," Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, CA July 9-August 27, 1988.
"Selected Sculpture," John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA, February
Toni Birckhead Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, February 27-April 17, 1988
"Public Art: Making a Better Place to Live," Tower
Fine Arts Gallery, SUNY College at Brockport, November 15-December 11, 1988
"Viaggio in Italia," Pinacoteca Comunale, Ravenna, Italy, July 9-September 4, 1988
1989 "Monotypes from the Garner Tullis Workshop," The Persons/Lindell Gallery, Helsinki, Finland, January
"Exhibition of Master Works," Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona, September 1989
"The Cowles Art Show," Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, February 4-25
"On Site/New England: Public Art in Perspective," Bank of Boston Gallery, Boston, MA, March 23-May 12
"Lines of Vision: Drawings by Contemporary Women," Hillwood Art Gallery, Long Island University, Brookville, NY, May 24-June 28. Also, Blum Helman Gallery, New York, July 6-August 17
"Sculpture," John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA, July 19-September 2
"Wood, Metal, Stone," Andre Zarre Gallery, New York, November 18-December 23
1990 "Barcelona: Spaces and Sculptures," Haus der Architektur, Graz, Austria, September; Frankfurt Messe, International Congress on Public Design, Frankfurt,Germany, October; EconoCenter, Rotterdam, Holland, November; Neue Schloss Hall, Stuttgart, Germany, December
"On Site/New England: Public Art in Perspective," Bank of Boston Gallery, Boston, MA, March 23-May 12
"Lines of Vision: Drawings by Contemporary Women," Hillwood Art Gallery, Long Island University, Brookville, NY, May 24 - June 28. Also Blum Helman Gallery, New York, July 6 - August 17
"Sculpture," John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, July 19 –
September 2
"Wood, Metal, Stone," Andre Zarre Gallery, New York November 18 - December 23.
"Exhibition of Masterworks," Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
"No Man's Land," Socrates Sculpture Park, New York, April 8, 1990 - March 8, 1
1991 "Table Sculpture," Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, July 16 - August 16
"Small Scale Sculpture," Sewall Art Gallery, Rice University, Houston, TX, October 24 - December 14
Biennale de Sculpture, Monte-Carlo, Marisa del Re Gallery, March 27 through September
National Academy of Design 166th Annual Exhibition, New York,
April 2 - May 5
"Among Friends: Contemporary Works on Paper," Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI. Exhibition travelled to Muskegon Museum of Art, September 14 - October 20, 1991; Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, November 7, 1991 - January 5, 1992; The Michael and Barbar Dennos Museum
1992 Center at Northwestern Michigan College, January 11 - March 8, 1992; Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, March 14 - April 26, 1992; Le Hall Gallery, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, May 9 - June 7, 1992; Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit
June 21 - August 23, 1992
"2nd International Ephemeral Sculptures Exhibition," Democrito Rocha Foundacion, Fortaleza, Brazil, October - December
"De Quelques Grands Etats de la Gravure Contemporaine," Centre d'Art d'Ivry Galerie Fernand L?ger, Paris, January 23 - March 29
Nippon International Contemporary Art Fair - Yokohama, 1992 (slide presentation and data book); March 13 - 17
"Grounds for Sculpture Inagural Exhibition," Johnson Atelier and Atlantic Foundation, Mercerville, NJ, June 6 - August 31
Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna, Spoletto, Palazzo Racani Arroni, Italy, September 31 - November 25
1993 "Fall/Winter Exhibition," Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ, October 9, 1993 - February 28, 1994
"The Outsiders Masked Ball," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA, October 31
1994 "Sculpture," Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY,
January 22 - March 2
"National Women's Caucus for Art Honor Awards Exhibition," Queens Museum of Art, Flushing Meadows. Corona Park, Queens, NY, catalogue essay by Dine Kelder, January 25 - April 3
"Palingenesis," Credit Suisse Communication Center, Bockenweg 4, Horgen June 15
"Spring/Summer Exhibition," Grounds for Sculpture, Johnson Atelier, Hamilton, NJ, May 21 - September 30
"Fall/ Winter Exhibition," Grounds for Sculpture, Johnson Atelier, Hamilton, NJ, October 15 - February 29, 1995
"Out of the Fire: Contemporary Cast Iron," Betty Rymer Gallery, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, October 28 - December 7.
"The Children's Storefront, Little Red School House Benefit Exhibit and Auction," Christie's and Barney's, New York, NY,
November 17 - January 3
1995 "Grounds for Sculpture," Johnson Atelier, Hamilton, NJ, Spring/Summer
"Twentieth Century American Sculpture at the White House," The White House Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., April 1995, exhibition catalogue
"In Three Dimensions: Women Sculptors of the '90s, Part II: Beyond Gender," Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY, October 29, 1995 - January 14, 1996
1996 "American Art Today: Images from Abroad," The Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami, FL, February 23 - March 30, 1996
1997 "Crossing The Threshold," Steinbaum Kraus Gallery, NY, December 6, 1997 – January 3, 1998.
"Small and Beautiful: The Issue of Scale," Eaton Fine Art, West Palm Beach, FL, November 7, 1997-January 2, 1998.
1998 "The Winter Show," Charles Cowles Gallery, NY, January 24 – March 7.
"The Summer Show," Marlborough Gallery, NY, June – September.
1999 "Contemporary Classicism," Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY, February 21, 1999-June 6, 1999.
"Works on Paper: A Riverhouse Retrospective," Eleanor Bliss Center for the Arts at the Depot, Steamboat Springs, CO, June 4, 1999 –July 23, 1999.
"Another Form: Drawing into Sculpture," New York Studio School, New York, New York, October 14 – November 13.
2000 "2oth Century Steel Sculpture," Beadleston Gallery, New York City,
March 3-30, 2000.
"Modernism and Abstraction: Treasures from the Smithsonian Museum of American Art," The Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami, FL, January 7 – March 26, 2000., traveled to Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME, August 1 – October 15, 2000.
"Monte-Carlo International Sculpture Festival: Contemporary American Sculpture," Marlborough Gallery, NY, July – October 2000
"The Summer Show," Marlborough Gallery, NY, June – September 2000
"The Summer Show" Marlborough Chelsea, NY, June – September 2000
2001 "Pier Walk 2001: The Chicago International Sculpture Exhibition, Navy Pier", Chicago, IL, May 7 - Oct 18.
"Artists and Writers: Collaboration and Inspiration", Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Ketchum, Idaho, May 21 - July 6, (photos and accompanying text of Sacramento Stele, 2000, a collaboration with daughter Jorie Graham.)
"Modernism and Abstraction: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum", Worcester Art Museum, MA, Oct. 7 - Jan. 6, 2002, traveling exhibition, Artist slide talk Oct. 7th. Worcester Art Museum: Selected Works pub. 1994, pp. 236.
"Sculpture", Marlborough Gallery, Nov. 28, 2001 - January 5, 2002.
2002 "Spring 2002 Exhibition," Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ, May 18- July 14, 2002.
"Unforgettable," Chelsea Studio Gallery, New York City, September 5-28, 2002.
"Summer Group Show," Marlborough Chelsea, New York City, June 27- September 14, 2002.
2004 Biennale delle Donne," Ferrara, Italy.
Turin Outdoor Sculpture Show, Turn, Italy
Sculptures Monumentales à Saint-Tropez, Saint-Tropez, France
2005

Salamanca ciudad de la escultura, Salamanca, Spain, May 13 - August 28
"Works on Paper," Marlborough Gallery, September 14 - October 15, 2005-2006
"El Bosque," Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico, January-March, Hemisfair Plaza, San Antonio, Texas, March 9-25, St. John's College, Santa Fe, New Mexico, April 1-23, Ernst & Young Plaza, Los Angeles, California, May 2-30, Yerba Buene Gardens, San Francisco, California June 10-July 5

2006 "Sculpture," Marlborough Gallery, January 5- 28, 2006
Selected Commissions and Installations Top
1962 Spoleto, Italy, Festival dei Due Mondi: Icarus, Stainless steel, 18' high.
1963 New York, William Kaufman Company, U.S. Plywood Building: Contrappunto. Stainless steel, 18' high.
1964 Rehovoth, Isreal, Weizmann Institute: Kennedy Memorial. Stainless steel and basalt, 30' high.
1966 Memphis, TN, Southland Mall: Strands of Mirror. Stainless steel, 23 1/2" high.
1969 Atlanta, GA: Flags Over Georgia, Torre. Stainless steel, 10' high.
1971 Boston, MA, Government Center: Sudden Presence. Cor-ten steel, 21 1/2" long.
Dallas, TX, North Park: Land Canal-Hillside. Corten steel and planting, 280' long.
1972 New York, G. Oestreicher Company: Paraclete. Corten steel, 192" x 108" x 342".
1973 Albany, NY, Albany Mall: Compound. Stainless steel, 92" x 200" x 50".
1974 New York State Council on the Arts, New York State Award: Council. Stainless steel, edition of 10.
Reynolds Metals Company, R.S. Reynolds Memorial Award, Sculpture. Aluminum, edition of 2.
1974–76 Philadephia, PA, Federal Reserve Bank: Phaedrus. Painted steel, 62' long.
Bedminster, NJ, AT&T Long Lines Building: Amphisculpture. Concrete and ground covering, 270' diameter x 14' deep x 8' high.
1975 San Diego, CA, San Diego Federal Building: Excalibur. Painted steel, 35' x 45' x 45'.
1975-77 Hanover, NH, Dartmouth College: National Endowment for the Arts Award, Thel. Corten steel and ground covering: 103' long x 38' wide 12' high.
1978 Niagara Falls, NY, The Carborundum Company: Palimpsest 6. Award, sculpture. Stainless steel, edition of 6.
1979 Toledo, OH, City Hall: Major Ritual II. Painted steel, 14' x 35'.
Seattle, WA, Physiocontrol Company: Ascension/Descension. Painted steel, 50'.
Todi, Perugia, Italy: Anfiscultura II.
Toledo, OH, Toledo Civic Center: National Endowment, Arts Grant: Major Ritual. Painted steel, 13' x 22' 6" x 14' 6".
Buffalo, NY, Buffalo Convention Center: Maxi Zig Zag, Stainless steel, 92" x 91" x 28".
1981 Trenton, NJ, Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex: Symbiotic Marker, cast ductile iron, 45' 1" high, 20" widest, Mute Metaphor, cast ductile iron, 33' high, 3' widest, Primary Presence, cast ductile iron, 26' high, 2' 2" widest.
1982 Houston, Texas, Four-Leaf Towers, Cesar Pelli, architect: Houston Sentinels, cast ductile iron, 60' high.
1982–85 Pontiac, MI, Phoenix Center, National Sculpture Award: 70' long.
1983 York, Museum Tower, Museum of Modern Art
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Triad, cast iron, 10' 6" high
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA, Polytech Marker, cast steel, 11' high
New York, Doris C. Freedman Plaza, Central Park, "Messenger Series," ductile iron; Interrupted Messenger, 29' high; Measured Presence, 24'; Volatile Messenger, 27'; Valley Marker, 25' 8". 3,500 to 3,800 pounds. Public Art Fund, Inc., and New York City Department of Parks. Through June 1984.
1983–1984 New York, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center: Genesis, cast bronze metal.
Buffalo, NY, University of Buffalo: Vertical Presence-Grass Dune. Site sculpture, sod and steel: 62' column rising out of 150 diameter sod and steel sculpture.
First Interstate Center, Seattle, WA: Claudio Column, 9'6", Deere Split Column, 8'5 1/2", Lima Marker III, 9'6", Mauro Column II, 8'8", Triangle Sentinel I, 10' 7".
Kitakyusha-city, Japan, "Kitakyushi Polygenesis"; cor-ten steel,
25 meters H.
1983–1985 Laumeier International Sculpture Park, St. Louis, MO: Gromech Glen, sod and earth amphitheatre, 200' diameter.
1985 Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC: Maia Toltec. 17' column.
Top Gallant Farm, Pawling, NY: group installation.
1985–1986 Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa: Janus Agri Altar. Patinated bronze: 14' high.
1986 Barcelona, Spain: Sol y Ombra Park. Specific site land sculpture, sod, ceramic tiles and trees.
1987–88 Koll Center, Irvine, CA: group installation, Roman Ritual, 12' H, Normanno Wedge, 17' H, Basalt Ritual, 7'11" H.
1988 Bedford Properties, Fremont, CA, The Bedford Project at Ardenwood; Site specific sculptural installation on 3 1/2 acres.
1989–90 Villa Cella, Pistoia, Italy, cast iron and sod, 70' x 16' x 200'.
1990 JMB Urban Development Company, Los Angeles, CA, cast bronze, 26' x 32' x 20'.
1990–1991 Lonny Ganz & Associates, Marina Del Rey, CA., Homage to Chaos, cast bronze, 26' high.
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., National Museum of American Art, Ternana Altar II; cast ductile iron and steel: 7'8 2/3" high.
1991 Urban Land Institute, Washington, D.C., Painting: 7' x 28', Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI: Normanno Wedge I, steel.
1992 Neo-Hodos, Adachi-ku Machizukuri Corporation, AdachiCity, Tokyo, Japan; Gotanno Community Park, site specific sculpture made of cast iron, sod, earth and wood, 12' x 96' x 65'
United States National Arboretum, Friendship Garden, Washington, D.C., Split Ritual, ductile cast iron, 10' high x 8' deep.
Societe des Amis du National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, 3 panel screen, cast aluminum, 80" high, edition of 8.
Credit-Suisse, Zurich, Switzerland, site-specific sculpture, Palingenesis.
General Services Administration, New York, NY, "The Garden at 26 Federal Plaza"; 200' L x 15'H wall relief and seventeen sculptures; 7' - 16'H
1993 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, "Triad Ritual"; ductile cast iron, 12'H
Public Art Fund, Battery Park City Authority, New York, NY, Cleopatra's Wedge; steel; 18'6" H x 6'4 1/8" x 3' 2 1/2" D.
1994 Jerusalem Foundation, Jerusalem, Israel; "Jerusalem Ritual"; four ritual sculptures, 14'8" H 10'.
1999–2001 Baltimore, MD, Johns Hopkins Hospital: Great Ascension. Steel painted white: 59' long, 15' high.
2001 California Environmental Protection Agency, Sacramento; "Sacramento
Stele" 2000; four 6 meter high Pietra Serena stone sculptures.
2003–05 Europos Parkas, Vilnius, Lithuania, "Departure: For My Grandmother", site specific sculpture, cement, tar, branches, 21' x 84' x 51'
2003–06 Sergio Longo Collection, Cassino, Italy, "Longo Monolith," Steel, 28 x 91 x 204 inches, 73 x 232 x 518 cm
Giadino Fountain, Terni, Italy, work in progress.
Minneapolis Public Library, "Ptolemy's Wedge", Steel, height 30 feet
2004–2006 Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO "Denver Monoliths" Mixed Media, 505 x 174 x 141 inches, 376 x 135 x 103 inches
Works in Public Collections, United States Top
Albany, NY Albany Mall
Ames, IA University of Iowa, Ames
Ann Arbor, MI University of Michigan
Bellingham, WA Western Washington University's Outdoor Museum
Birmingham, AL Birmingham Museum of Art
Boston, MA Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Buffalo, NY Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Cambridge, MA Fogg Museum
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University of Illinois
Dallas, TX Nasher Sculpture Collection
Davenport, IA Davenport Art Gallery
Detroit, MI Detroit Institue of Arts
Fort Lauderdale, FL Nova Southeastern University
Ghent, NY The Fields at ART/OMI Sculpture Park
Hanover, NH Dartmouth College
Indianapolis, IN Indianapolis Museum of Art
Jacksonville, FL Jacksonville Museum of Art
Kalamazoo, MI Kalamazoo Institute of Art
Lincoln, MA DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park
Milwaukee, WI Burns Commons
Minneapolis, MN Walker Art Center
Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee Arts Center
Burns Commons
New Brunswick, NJ Rutgers University
New York, NY Metropolitan Museum of Art
Olcott, NY Charles Rand Penney Foundation
Parkersburg, WV Parkersburg Art Museum
Poughkeepsie, NY Vassar College
Rochester, NY Rochester Art Museum
Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester
St. Louis, MO Laumeier Sculpture Park
San Diego, CA San Diego Federal Building
Seattle, WA Olympic Sculpture Park
South Hadley, MA Mount Holyoke College
Syracuse, NY Everson Museum of Art
Toledo, OH Toledo City Hall
Trenton, NJ Grounds for Sculpture
Washington, DC Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American Art
National Arboretum
National Museum of Women in the Arts
Worcester, MA Worcester Art Museum
Works in Public Collections, Abroad Top
Australia Power Institute of Fine Art, Sydney
Austria Albertina Museum, Vienna
Canada Art Gallery of Ontario
England Courtland Art Institute, Chelsea Harbor, London
France Societe des Amis du National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Israel Weizmann Institute, Rehovath
Jerusalem Foundation, Jerusalem
Italy Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Florence
Galleria Civica d'Arte, Turin
Fattoria Celle, Pistoia
Florence Museum of Art
Japan Neo-hodos, Adachi-ku Machizukuri, Tokyo
Korea Kukje Gallery, Seoul
Spain Barcelona Museum of Modern Art
City of Barcelona, Estacion del Norte
Contemporary Art Collection, U. S. Embassy Residence, Madrid
Sweden Instituto Italiano di Cultura, Stockholm
Works in Corporate Collections Top
Baltimore, MD Johns Hopkins Hospital
Bedminster, NJ AT&T
Buffalo, NY Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority
Dallas, TX Fidelity Union Life Insurance
East Moline, IL John Deere Foundry
Irvine, CA The Koll Company
Los Angeles, CA Atlantic Richfield Company
CA JMB Properties
New York, NY Sloan Kettering Memorial Cancer Center
Philadephia, PA Federal Reserve Bank
Seattle, WA Wright, Runstad & Company
Physiocontrol Company
Tokyo, Japan Kotobuki Corporation
Washington, D.C. Urban Land Institute
Zurich, Switzerland Credit Suisse
Selected Talks and Symposia Top
1971 Dallas, TX, Museum of Fine Arts, "Conceiving and Fabricating the Dallas Land Canal and Hillside."
1975 San Francisco, CA, San Francisco Art Institute, "Notes on Process."
La Jolla, CA, La Jolla Art Museum, "Excalibur:--Project and Process."
1977 New Orleans, LA, 9th International Sculpture Conference and Symposium, "The Use of Form, Space and Nature in Monumental Sculpture."
Miami, FL, Metropolitan Museum and Art Center, "Works on View."
Cambridge, MA, Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges, Learning for Performers, "The Artist's Responsibility to the Public in Making Public Sculpture," March 21 and "The Evolution of Three Large-Scale Public Sculptures," March 22, 1978.
Los Angeles, CA, Women's Caucus for the Arts Symposium, "Women and Large Sculpture: Feminist Macho or Androgynist?", February 3.
Hanover, NH, Dartmouth College, Hopkins Art Center, "Installation of Dartmouth 'Thel'," September.
1978 New York, NY, New School for Social Research, "Inside New York's Art World," February 3.
Toronto, Canada, 10th International Sculpture Conference and Symposium, "Pictorial vs. Sculptural Space," June 2.
Indianapolis, IN, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Sculpture Exhibition, the works on view.
Toledo, OH, Toledo Museum of Art, "Public Sculpture and Its Public," October 18.
Peoria, IL, Bradley University, "Public Sculpture and Its Public," October 24.
Buffalo, NY, State University of NY at Buffalo, "Conceiving and Fabricating Large Scale Sculpture," October 26.
1979 Todi (Umbria), Italy, "Scultura Monumentale, ieri e oggi," July 7-14.
Hempstead, NY, Hofstra University, "Monumental Sculpture," March 5.
St. Louis, MO, Washington University, "Monumental Sculpture," March 7.
Holland, MI, Hope College, March 9.
Selected Talks & Symposia, continued
Seattle, WA, University of Washington, "Earthworks as Ecology," July 30-August 18.
1980 "Barbaralee Diamonstein: Inside New York's Art World," videotaped interview with Beverly Pepper, shown at Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, January, published by Rizzoli International and available through Castelli/Sonnabend Tapes & Films, Inc
American Academy in Rome, "A 1965-1980 Retrospective in Slides," February 4.
Washington, DC, International Sculpture Conference XI, June. Panels: Monumentality on the Urban Scale, Site Sculpture/Land Reclamation.
Cambridge, MA, Grund Hall, Harvard University (sponsored by Townscape Institute), "The Public versus Public Art," December 2.
1981 Winston-Salem, NC, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Arts (SECCA), artist-in-residence, January 28-29.
1984 Ames, Iowa, Iowa State University, "Perceptions," Department of Landscape Architecture, April 6-8, "From Sculptural Illusion to Reality."
Boston, MA, Boston Museum School, December 5.
New York, NYU, UBU Republic, "Catch Desire by the Tail, written by Picasso, performed at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of Art, October 25-26.
Baltimore, MD, Baltimore Museum of Art, slide lecture to Friends of the Museum, June 6.
1985 New Smyrna Beach, FL, Atlantic Center for the Arts, artist in residence, February 3-23, in conjunction with Barbara Rose and composer Morty Feldman.
1986 Rome, Italy, American Academy of Rome, artist in residence, January-March.
"All Things Considered," WKCR FM Radio Interview.
1988 Wilson Arts Center, The Harley School, Rochester, NY, Charles Rand Penney Lectures in American Art, March 13, 1988.
Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, "Sculpture in Landscape," March 16, 1988.
1990 Artists Representing Enviornmental Art, Inc., Hofstra Museum, Hofstra University, "Enviornmental Art: Working with the Elements," videotape.
Santa Fe Institute of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico, artist in residence.
1991 Artist in Residence, Santa Fe Institute of Fine Arts, February 1991
1992 International Adachi Urban Design Machizukuri Forum, Tokyo, Japan, November 21 -23, slide lecture on public art
Kotobuki Corporation, Kotobuki D.D. Center, Tokyo, November 20 slide lecture.
1993 Santa Fe Institute of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM Artist-in-residence.
1994 Santa Fe Institute of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM Artist-in-residence.
Queens Museum of Art, Flushing, New york, National Women's Caucus for Art Honor Awards Ceremony; slide lecture by Diane Kelder; February 16.
2001 Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA. October 7, slide lecture.
2002 Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. In the Pasture, poetry reading and
book signing with Beverly Pepper (monotype) and Jorie Graham.
2003 Laumeier Internation Sculpture Park, St. Louis, MO, Re-dedication of Cromlech
Glen, speakers: Beverly Pepper and Jorie Graham.
The Crucible, Berkeley, CA, Legends of Sculpture Lecture Series.
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