Gordon Chandler _ sculptor
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Education
Exhibitions
1997 MFA Sculpture, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 1975 BFA Sculpture, Syracuse University, NY 1974 Skowhegan School of Painting& Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
2011
“Cut/log Contemporary Art Fair” Bourse de Commerce, Paris, France, represented byStageback Gallery, Shanghai, China “Beauty & Decay” Leslie Ferrin Gallery, Pittsfield, MA “Animal Craft” Group show, Chautaguqua Institution; Fowler-Kellog Gallery NY “Ten” Group Show, Madison Morgan Cultural Center, Madison, GA “Refined ReUse” One man Show, The Rymer Gallery, Nashville, Tn
2010
“Simple Gifts: Contemporary Artists, Hancock Shaker Village’s Anniversary” MA “Wear Objects” one man Stageback Gallery, Shanghai, China “Onward” Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA “Art in Public Places” Knoxville Dogwood Festival, Knoxville, TN “ReObjectification: Art + Object a Group Show”, Leslie Ferrin Gallery, Pittsfield, MA “Sign Language” Terminus, Atlanta, GA “M120 Moganshan”, Shanghai, China
2009
“Here” Juried Exhibition, MCLA’s Gallery 51, North Adams, MA Riverwalk Juried Exhibition, Mid-South Sculpture Alliance, Chattanooga, TN “Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood 2009” Chesterwood, MA “Found Object Art” Snyderman-Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA “Southern Metal” Rymer Gallery, Nashville, TN “Wild Things” Juried Exhibit, Annmarie Sculpture Garden, Solomons, MD “South by Southeast” Ferrin Gallery, Pittsfield, MA “The Art of Such-n-Such” Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, Manchester, TN “SOFA: Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art” Ferrin Gallery, New York, NY “April Fools” Portal Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2008
“Re-Possesed, Re- Processed” Terminus Gallery, Atlanta, GA “Game Room” Solo exhibition, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA “Annual Faculty Exhibition” University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA “Game Show” Solo exhibition, Gallery of Functional Art, Santa Monica, CA “Bringing it Home” Solo exhibition, Ferrin Gallery, Pittsfield, MA Third Annual WAXGROUP Fine Arts Exhibition Carrollton, GA “Art in Sandy Springs: Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition” Sandy Springs, GA “Art and Design: Furniture” Ferrin Gallery, Pittsfield, MA
2007
“Palm Beach” Ann Nathan Gallery, Palm Beach, FL “Bridge Art Fair” Catalina Hotel and Beach Club, Miami, FL “Innovations” Terminus Gallery, Atlanta GA “Found Objects Transfigured” Hartsfield Airport, Atlanta, GA “A Sense of Place” Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA “Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood 2007” Stockbridge, MA “The Art of Such- n -Such” Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, Manchester, TN “Sculpture Conference 2007” Long Term Exhibition Award, Chattanooga State Outdoor Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN “Sculpture Conference 2007” Mid-South Sculpture Alliance, Chattanooga, TN
2006
“Art Chicago” Merchandise Mart, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL “SOFA: Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exhibition” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL “Gordon Chandler: New Work” Lois Lambert Gallery, Santa Monica, CA “The Color of Paint” Solo Exhibition, Ferrin Gallery, Lenox, MA “The Art of Such- n -Such” Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, Manchester, TN “Art on the Trail” Ocmulgee River, Macon, GA “20th Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Competition and Exhibition” Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone, NC “Gordon Chandler: The Kimono” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL “Trashformations” COPIA American Center for Wine, Food and the Arts, Napa, CA “Palm Beach3” Ann Nathan Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
2005
“Art Chicago” Butler Field, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL “SOFA: Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exhibition” Navy Pier, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL “SOFA: Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exhibition” Ann Nathan Gallery, New York, NY “Palm Beach3” Ann Nathan Gallery, Palm Beach, FL “Gordon Chandler” Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA “Designed for Living” Spruill Gallery, Atlanta, GA “Trashformations” Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA
2004
“The Hunt: Ritual & Narrative” Sunvalley Center for the Arts, SunValley, ID “Gordon Chandler” solo exhibition, Lois Lambert Gallery, Santa Monica,CA “Hunters & Gatherers” Ferrin Gallery, Lenox, MA “Iron: A New Vocabulary” Penland School, Penland, NC “Kimonos” at Ferrin Gallery, Lenox, MA “SOFA: Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exhibition” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL (October)
2003
“SOFA: Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exhibition” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL “17th Annual National Exhibiion” curated by Jerry Cullum, Douglasville, GA “Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition” curated by John Henry, Northwest Georgia’s Center for the Arts, Dalton, GA “Craft Houston 2003: National” Houston, TX “Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood 2003” Stockbridge, MA
and New York, NY (June) “SOFA, Museum of Arts & Design” New York, NY “VISION 9” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL “Art Chicago” Navy Pier, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL “Underground Railroad Exhibition” Northern Kentucky Universtity, Highland Heights, KY “The Perfect Collection” Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA “Garden Show” Bennett Galleries, Knoxville, TN
“Instructors’ Show” Penland Gallery, Penland, NC “The Emory Chairs Project” Emory University, Atlanta, GA “Bob’s Satellite” Skokie Sculpture Park, Skokie, IL “The Group 2003” Lois Lambert Gallery, Santa Monica, CA “Group Show” Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2002
“SOFA: Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exhibition” New York, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL “Art Chicago 2002” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL “Miniature Show” Swan Coach House, Atlanta, GA “Return Engagement” Art from Food Packaging, Copia Museum, Napa, CA. “On The Move” Art about transportation, curated by Marianne Lambert, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA “Navy Pier Walk Sculpture Exhibition” curated by Dave Hickey, Chicago “From Inspiration to Production” Cal Poly Pamona, CA. “Maquettes for Navy Pier Walk Exhibit” Field Museum, Chicago IL “Southeastern Craft Innovations” Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
2001
“Creative Visions: Southeastern Art Furniture” Connell Gallery, Atlanta, GA “Fay Gold Gallery Artists Showcase” Atlanta, GA “Endless Regeneration: Found Objects in Art & Design” Nike Campus Portland, OR “Stools” Tercera Gallery, Palo Alto, CA “On and Off the Wall” WilliamJ. Thompson Street Gallery, University of Georgia, Athens, GA “SOFA:Sculpture, Objects, Function Art” New York, NY
2000
“SOFA:Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art” Chicago, IL “On and Off the Wall” solo exhibition FayGold, Atlanta, GA “SOFA: Sculpture, Objects,Functional Art” New York, NY “PierWalk, 2000” Navy Pier, Chicago, IL “Mere Metals” The Leo BurnettCompany, Chicago, IL “And Now For the Next ThousandYears” Lois Lambert Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1999
“Installation” Sculpture Garden at Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL “SOFA:Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition” NavyPier, Chicago, IL “SOFA:Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition” Armory, New York, NY “Faculty Show” University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA “Pier Walk Maquette Exhibition” Vedanta Gallery, Chicago, IL “Pier Walk 1999” Navy Pier, Chicago, IL “Alumni Invitational Exhibition” University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
1998
“CelebratingThe Creative Spirit: Contemporary Southeastern Furniture” On tour through 2001, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL “Works on Paper X” National Juried Exhibition, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA “SOFA: Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition” Navy Pier, Chicago, IL “Aero-Kimono-Piano” Solo Exhibition, Ute Stebich Gallery, Lenox, MA “Pier Walk 1998” Navy Pier, Chicago, IL “Please Be Seated” Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale. Courtesy of Ann Nathan Gallery
1997
“Use Me--Functional Art From the Salvaged” Angels Gate Cultural Center, L.A., CA “Feast of Function” Lois Lambert Gallery, Santa Monica, CA “From the Ground Up” Socrates Sculpture Park, New York, NY “The Quilt Show” Non traditional quilts curated by Gordon Chandler, Student Union Gallery, UMASS Amherst
“What’s the NEWS?” Outdoor Sculpture and Performance, UMASS Campus, Amherst, MA “Trashformations” 1997 thru 2000, exhibition to travel to twelve museums in Africa “SOFA: Sculpture, Objects, Functional ArtExposition” Navy Pier, Chicago, IL “Furniture; Form, Function, or Metaphor” Paint Creek Center for the Arts Rochester, MI “Hello Again; A New Wave of Recycled Art & Design” Oakland Museum of Art Oakland, CA
1996
“Beyond Function” Contemporary Southeastern Crafts, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, GA “Arts Downtown” Puyallup Outdoor Gallery, Puyallup, WA “SOFA: Sculpture, Objects, and FunctionalArt Exposition” Navy Pier, Chicago, IL “Red, Yellow, Blue: A Primary Experience” The St. Paul Companies, Minneapolis, MN
1995
“Recycle, Reuse, Recreate” February 1995 thru April 1997, Traveling African museum tour exhibition. “Chair as Art #7” Lois Lambert Gallery, Santa Monica, CA “A Sampler: 12 Georgia Artists” Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA “SOFA: Sculpture, Objects, and FunctionalArt Exposition #7” River Exhibition Hall,Chicago, IL
1994 “Benchworks” Knoxville World Fair Grounds, Knoxville, TN 1993
“New Art Forms Exposition” Navy Pier, Chicago, IL “Limited Seating” IO Gallery, New Orleans, LA “Benches” Solo Exhibit, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA “Found Objects Transformed” Twist, Portland, OR
1992
“A Beastly Exhibition” South Bend Art Center, South Bend, IN “Bench Marks” Katonah Museum of Art, Ketonah, NY “Metal Wood” Atlanta, GA “Gasparrilla Sidewalk Arts Festival”, Tampa, FL
1991 “Mental Metal II” National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, TN 1990 “Gordon Chandler” Solo Exhibition, Objects Gallery,Chicago, IL “A Day at the Beach” Lois Lambert Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 1989
“Chicago International New Art Forms Exposition” Navy Pier, Chicago, IL (courtesy Objects Gallery) “Form and Function” Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL “Four Georgia Art Furniture Makers” Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, GA
1988 “Red Clay Survey” Huntsville Museum of Arts, Huntsville, AL “Art As Furniture, Furniture As Art” Axis Twenty, Atlanta, GA “Gotham City Show” CNN Center, Atlanta, GA
2009 2008 2006 2003 2000 1999 1997
Teaching
“Introduction to Contemporary Sculpture Practice” IS183 Art School Stockbridge, MA Spring, Taught “Professional Practices” University of West Georgia Fall, Taught “Professional Practices” University of West Georgia Spring, Taught Mixed Media Painting, University of West Georgia Taught, “Take Your Art Public” Penland School, Penland NC Spring, Taught 3-D Composition, University of West Georgia Fall, Taught 2-D Composition, State University of West Georgia Hosted University of Massechusetts Sculpture Student, Carrollton, GA
1996 1996 1995 1994 1993
Fall, Taught Wood Carving, 300 Level, University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA Spring, Taught Introductory Sculpture, 200 Level, University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA Fall, Co-taught Basic Design, 100 Level foundations program, University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA Taught “Making Connections,� Penland School, Penland NC Hosted Co-op sculpture student from Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH in Carrollton, GA
Selected Accomplishments
1991 Award of Merit: Gasparilla Sidewalk Art Festival, Tampa, FL 1990 Best of Show: Coconut Grove Arts Festival, Miami, FL 1989 Award of Merit: Magic City Art Connection, Birmingham, AL
2010 2009 2001 1994 1992 1990 1989 1988
Selected Collections
Josh Klenbort and Susie Junker, Shanghai, China Contemporary Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI Ann Cousins, Atlanta, GA Candace Groot, IL Emory University, Atlanta, GA Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL BensonFord, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, TN Walter and Ann Nathan, Chicago, IL Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, LaGrange, GA Roger Brown, La Conchita, CA Highsmith Inc., Fort Atkinson, WI Carol and Howard Hahn, Omaha, NE William and Sarah Nygren, Chicago, IL John Rosekrans Collection, San Francisco, CA Roberta Marks, Key West, FL Dr. Burton and Judy Onofrio, Rochester, MI RTC Industries, Corporate Headquarters, Rolling Meadows, IL Martha Connell, Atlanta, GA Monique Knowlton, New York, NY Elton John, Atlanta, GA Runnymede Sculpture Farm, Woodside, CA Floor Mouthaan, Utrechtseg, Netherland Paul Schneider, Portland, OR Lil Friedlander, Atlanta, GA Ute Stebich, Plainfield, MA Thomas Mann, New Orleans, LA Wexler-Grant, Glencoe, IL
Selected Commissions
Commemoritive Bicentennial sculpture Otis, Ma University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA Fulton County Arts Council, Atlanta, GA Wild Horse Saloon, Nashville, TN LAHR Agency, Bethesda, MD Omni Building, Reckson Associate,Uniondale, Nassau County, NY Bulova Building, Blumenfeld Development,Jackson Heights, NY Tishman West Co, Atlanta, GA
Selected Publications
NYTimes Travel Section Sept 25, 2011 World Sculpture News exhibition review p. 60 summer 2011 Berkshire Eagle exhibition review Sept 15,2011 Audi Magazine, June 2010 Monopol Magazine, May 2010 Boston Globe, August 2009 Artnet Magazine, Artnet Design 2008 Berkshire Life, September 2007 Sculpture Magazine, July 2007 Angeleno Magazine, October 2006 Art and Antiques, September 2005 Atlanta Journal-Constitution, December 2003 Berkshire Eagle, July 29, 2003 The Advocate in the Berkshires, July 18, 2003 Southern Accents, Nov-Dec 2000 Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 2003 Forbes Magazine, November 1998 RochesterClarion, May 1997 HighsmithSchool and Library Catalogue, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, 1996,1997-1998 AtlantaJournal-Constitution, DixieLiving Section, June,1998 ArtsSection, February, 1995 SeattleTimes, March 1997 WhereChicago, September 1991 ChicagoTribune, Home Section, June 1995 Southern Homes, September 1991 ChicagoTribune, October 2, 1994 SouthernHomes, March/Apr 1990 ChicagoGallery News, September/December 1994 Arts& Auction, May 1990 AmericanCraft Magazine, February/March 1992 ConstructionEquipment Magazine, Feb 1990 AtlantaHomes and Lifestyles, March 1994 Chicago Tribune, August 26, 1990 SantaBarbara Magazine, March/April, 1993 Ambiente Magazine, Germany, June1991 Artin America, September 1992 ChicagoSun-Times, November 1999 PierWalk II, catalogue
Represented by
Stageback Gallery, Shanghai, China Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Ferrin Gallery, Pittsfield, MA Lois Lambert Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Twist, Portland, OR Rymer Gallery, Nashville, TN
Gordon Chandler nodrogchandler@gmail.com 770-834-0305 / 770-316-2314