Patrick Strzelec

Previous exhibitions at Jay Grimm Gallery:

Patrick Strzelec Sculpture and Works on Paper
November 23 through January 12, 2002

Patrick Strzelec: Abstract Sculpture
February 25 through March 25, 2000.


Born: Chicago Heights, IL

EDUCATION

1987. MFA-Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
1978. BFA-Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

AWARDS

1990-91 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship Award-Sculpture
1988-89 Rome Prize, Rome, Italy-Sculpture
National Endowment for the Arts Award - Sculpture
New Jersey State Council of the Arts - Sculpture
1985 New Jersey State Council of the Arts Sculpture
1979 Richert Ziebolt Trust Award
Johnson Foundation Crant

COMMISSIONS

1996 "Buckhorn", Pound Ridge, NY
1995 United States Holocaust Museum, Washington, DC
Private Residence, Fisher Island, NY
1993 Rutgers University, Busch Campus, New Brunswick, NJ

OUTDOOR INSTALLATIONS

1998 Toledo Museum, Toledo, OH
        Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT
1994-97 Abington Art Center, Abington, PA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2000 Jay Grimm Gallery, New York City
1995 The Center for the Visual Arts at The Toledo Museum of Fine Art, Toledo, OH
1992 Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York City
1991 Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York City
1990 Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York City
1989 American Academy in Rome, Italy
1988 Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
1984 Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute,Utica, NY

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2000. "Invitational Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture", American Academy of Arts
and Letters, New York City
1998. "Biennial '98," Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
"Cast in Iron," Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
1997. "Naturalism," Snyder Fine Art, New York City
Gramercy International Exhibition, Gramercy Park Hotel, New York City
"Six Contemporary Artists," Snyder Fine Art, New York City
1996 "Affinities," Snyder Fine Art, New York City
"Segal, Edwards, Strzelec, Lobe, Shaun, Moore", Ramapo College Museum, NJ
1995. "Sculptural Cross Sections", Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ
1994. "1994 Sculpture Series", Abingdon Art Center, Abingdon, NJ
1993. "Master prints from the Rutgers Center of Innovative Printmaking",
Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ
"Gallery Artists", Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York City
"Prints," Rosemont College, Philadelphia, PA
"Scaled Down," Freedman Gallery, Albright College Center for the Arts, Reading, PA
"Form and Illusion," Hicks Art Center, Newtown, PA
"The Straus Collection," Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA
1991 "Group Show", The James Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA
"Group Show", Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York City
"Selected Works" Lawrence Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1989 "New Jersey Artists", Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ
1988 "Lillian Ball, Patrick Strzelec & Steve Wood", Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York City
"New Jersey Annual," Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ
"Summer Show," Lawrence Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
"National Iron," Birmingham Museum, Birmingham, AL
"Group Show," Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York City
"Group Show," Zimmerli Museum, New Brunswick, NJ
"New Jersey Artists," Princeton Gallery of Fine Art, Princeton, NJ
1987. "Sculpture", Douglas Campus - Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ "
"New Jersey Artists," West Jersey Arts Center, NJ, Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ
1986. "33rd Juried Exhibition," Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ,
"Sculpture at Ramapo", Ramapo Galleries, Mahwah, NJ
1985 "Selected Works", Susanne Hillberry Gallery, Birmingham, MI
"New Talent, New Jersey," Princeton Gallery of Fine Art, Princeton, NJ
1984 "Recent Sculpture," New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
"Group Show", H.F. Manes Gallery, New York City
"Original Cast", Warner Communications, New York City
1983 "Group Show", 14 Sculptors, NYC
1982. "Ellarshe Ope", Trenton Museum, Trenton, NJ
1981. "22nd Annual Invitational Art Exhibit," Union, NJ
1980 "21st Annual Invitational Art Exhibit," Union, NJ
"Atelier Group Show", Princeton, NJ
1979 "Traveling Sculpture Show - Midwest Sculptors - Metal Sculptures from Southern Illinois University," Carbondale, IL

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1997- Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Faculty Member, Sculpture Department
1991-96 School of Visual Arts, New York, NY Instructor, Sculpture Department
1995 Visiting Artist, University of Pennsylvania
1993 Lecturer, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC
1992 Artist in Residence, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
Artist in Residence, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; Publication of etchings
1991 Artist in Residence, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
Visiting Artist, University of Connecticut, Hartford, CT
Lecturer, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA
1989-91 Supervisor, Instructor, Johnson Atelier Technical Institute of Sculpture, Mercerville, NJ
1979-88 Head of Patination, Restoration of bronze sculpture, Johnson Atelier, Mercerville, NJ
1980-97 Assistant to Joel Shapiro - woodwork, metal casting, finishing and installation
1990 Visiting Artist, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1989 Visiting Artist and Lecturer, Tyler School of Art, Rome, Italy
1980-87 Restoration Consultant to Marlborough Gallery, NYC
1987 Teaching Assistant, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Visiting Artist, Murray State University, Murray, KY
1986 Visiting Lecturer at the Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
1985 Visiting Artist, Munson Williams Proctor Museum of Art, Utica, NY
1982. Lecturer and Demonstrator of Patination for Non-Ferrous Metal;
13th International Sculpture Conference, Oakland, CA
1980 Demonstration in Patination, International Sculpture Conference, Washington, DC -
restoration of eight Rodin sculptures
1979 Teaching Assistant, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
78. Foundry Technician, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT
Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ
Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
Noycs Museum, Oceanvilie, NJ
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Toledo Museum, Toledo, OH
Trenton, Museum, Trenton, NJ
Zimmerli Museum, New Brunswick, NJ

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Judith and David Brodsky, Princeton, NJ
"Buckhorn", Pound Ridge, NY
Linda Daitz, New York, NY
Edward R. Downe, Jr. Collection, New York, NY
Leda Hornick Collection, New York, NY
Vera List Collection, New York, NY
The Mallin Collection, Pound Ridge, NY
Joel Shapiro, Ellen Phalen, New York, NY
Robert and Annamaire Shapiro, Greenwich, CT
Joan Sonnabend, Boston, MA
Marc and Livia Straus Collection, Chappaqua, NY
Barbara Toll, New York, NY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Burnham, Laura E., The Garden Matrix," (exhibition catalog).
Connors, Joseph. American Academy in Rome (exhibition catalog), 1988.
Donohoe, Victoria. "Garden Matrix", Philadelphia Enquirer, July 3, 1994.
Fox, Marilyn J. "Scaled Down", New York Times, June 20, 1993.
Gear, Josephine. "Sculpture New Jersey", Sculptural Cross Sections (exhibition catalog, Hunterdon Art Center)
Heartney, Eleanor. "Sculpture from the Strauss Collection," (exhibition catalog, Franklin & Marshall College), 1991.
Kimmelman, Michael. "Patrick Strzelec",New York Times, March 22. "Reviews" New Yorker, March 15, 1991.
Meyerowitz, Jacob. "Sculptural Cross-Sections", Express Times, April, 1995.
"Reviews" New Yorker , March 1, 1992.
Watkins, Eileen. "Sculpture New Jersey", Star Ledger,September 27, 1995.
Watkins, Eileen. "True Partnerships", Sunday Star-Ledger, April 30, 1995.
Wilkin, Karen. "Contemporary and Historical Art", Partisan Review, December, 1995.


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