Rest, 2009, blueberry wood, salvage pine
My work is more about surviving, the innate sensuousness of material, and intimate connections, than it is about furnishings and décor. Creating ideas out of implausible, almost worthless salvage wood, and stretching the limits of structure and function is at the center of my work – it is how I try to answer questions about the value and importance of objects I live with. My pieces move, sway and tremble, and are not very accommodating – they demand respect for their unusual structures and tender connections. They are serviceable, if one understands their frailty and topography, and have the capacity to affect the simple rituals of daily life. The structures I create are meant to be collapsible and portable. They have the potential to be temporary.
Steve Whittlesey
Notes on the Work
Steve Whittlesey
Notes on the Work
Brief Resume:
2016 - July 8 - August 28, At the Crossroads, group exhibition, Cape Cod Museum of Art
2014 - December 6, 2014 - July 12, 2015, Crafting a Collection: Fuller Craft Museum Recent Acquisitions, Brockton, MA
2013 - October 12 -February 9, 2014, Made in Massachusetts, Studio Furniture of the Bay State, group exhibition, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
2012 - May, 2012- May, 2013, Visitors, sculptural installation at the Slocum River Project, South Dartmouth, MA
2010 - October, lecture and week-long creative design workshop at Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongqing, China
2007 - Sept – Nov, solo exhibition, New Bedford Museum of Fine Arts, New Bedford, MA
2003 - 2004 - Nov - Feb, survey exhibition, "The Maker’s Hand -Studio Furniture 1940 - 1990," Boston Museum of Fine Arts
2000 - April, solo show, John Elder Gallery, New York City
1999 - June, Mass Cultural Council Individual Artist Award
1998 - Jan - Feb, solo show, John Elder Gallery, New York City (see review American Craft Magazine, June-July, 1998)
1997 - 2001, traveling group show, "Trashformations" - eighty artists working with reclaimed materials, curated by Lloyd Herman
1997 - June-August, Installation, "Close to Home" Fuller Museum, Brockton, Ma. (See review, Sculpture Magazine, Jan-Feb, 1998)
1992 - November, two-person show, Outside-In Gallery, Los Angeles
1993 - September - Dec., Artists’ Residency Program (National Endowment of the Arts), La Napoule, France
1992 - National Endowment of the Arts Individual Artist Grant
1992 - 2010, UMass Dartmouth, Head of graduate Wood/Furniture Design studio, Artisanry Dept.
1990 - December, solo show, Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia
1989 - October, solo show, Heller Gallery, New York City
1988 - April, "Elegant Wit", group show, Gallery Naga, Boston
1984 - December, group show, Gallery at Workbench
1967 - Fulbright Grant to Spain, one year
1965 - M.F.A. Columbia University, Program in the Arts
CV - Complete Resume
2016 - July 8 - August 28, At the Crossroads, group exhibition, Cape Cod Museum of Art
2014 - December 6, 2014 - July 12, 2015, Crafting a Collection: Fuller Craft Museum Recent Acquisitions, Brockton, MA
2013 - October 12 -February 9, 2014, Made in Massachusetts, Studio Furniture of the Bay State, group exhibition, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
2012 - May, 2012- May, 2013, Visitors, sculptural installation at the Slocum River Project, South Dartmouth, MA
2010 - October, lecture and week-long creative design workshop at Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongqing, China
2007 - Sept – Nov, solo exhibition, New Bedford Museum of Fine Arts, New Bedford, MA
2003 - 2004 - Nov - Feb, survey exhibition, "The Maker’s Hand -Studio Furniture 1940 - 1990," Boston Museum of Fine Arts
2000 - April, solo show, John Elder Gallery, New York City
1999 - June, Mass Cultural Council Individual Artist Award
1998 - Jan - Feb, solo show, John Elder Gallery, New York City (see review American Craft Magazine, June-July, 1998)
1997 - 2001, traveling group show, "Trashformations" - eighty artists working with reclaimed materials, curated by Lloyd Herman
1997 - June-August, Installation, "Close to Home" Fuller Museum, Brockton, Ma. (See review, Sculpture Magazine, Jan-Feb, 1998)
1992 - November, two-person show, Outside-In Gallery, Los Angeles
1993 - September - Dec., Artists’ Residency Program (National Endowment of the Arts), La Napoule, France
1992 - National Endowment of the Arts Individual Artist Grant
1992 - 2010, UMass Dartmouth, Head of graduate Wood/Furniture Design studio, Artisanry Dept.
1990 - December, solo show, Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia
1989 - October, solo show, Heller Gallery, New York City
1988 - April, "Elegant Wit", group show, Gallery Naga, Boston
1984 - December, group show, Gallery at Workbench
1967 - Fulbright Grant to Spain, one year
1965 - M.F.A. Columbia University, Program in the Arts
CV - Complete Resume
