Gary Ambrose
Artist's
Statement - 1999
Professional
Biography
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Pink (base)
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Pink November
Maple and paint
120"L x 84"W x 17"H
2003
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Pink
89"H x 11' x 10"D
Painted white pine and cast acrylic
2002
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Thoughts on the Figure 2001
Painted applewood and cast acrylic
84"H x 36"W x9"H
2001 |
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Pink (top detail) |
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Blue Closure
120"L x 36"W x 29"H
Beechwood and paint
2003
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Whaleboat Island, Casco Bay
Shale and Oak
25Hx26Wx19H
1997 |
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Whaleboat Island, Casco Bay
Shale and Oak
36HX46WX21D
1997 |
Whaleboat Island, Casco Bay
Shale and Oak
36HX46W21D
1997
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Goose Neck Ledge, Casco Bay
Shale and Oak
9HX53WX9D
1997 |
Gary Ambrose/Artist's
Statement
I continue to spend hours hiking, climbing, and sailing
to offshore islands, in pursuit of form and materials.
The ultimate choice to pick something to return with requires
a bonding... a feeling of import that is not cognitive
and understood but intuitive and mysterious. I then bring
the piece back to the studio and begin drawing, shaping,
and juxtaposing in order to discover my relationship to
that piece. The completed work is always a surprise, and
fully connected to all that I have touched and perceived.
I see these works as quiet, intense, distilled, and demanding.
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| Born: |
Keene, New Hampshire,
1945 |
| Education: |
University of New Hampshire
- Bachelor of Art, Psychology, 1970
- Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sculpture, 1974 |
| Teaching: |
Undergraduate Fellow in the Arts
University of New Hampshire, 1968-1970
Phillips Andover Academy 1974
Hebron Academy, 1974-1979
- Art Department Chair
Maine College of Art, 1984 - present
- Associate Professor, 1994
- Foundation Coordinator, 1988-1990, 1998-
- Foundation Counselor, 1990-1996 |
| Exibitions: |
Hebron Academy, Hebron, Maine, 1975
Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York, New York, 1976
Hebron Academy, Hebron, Maine, 1977
Pelham Art Center, Pelham, New York, 1978
University of Maine, Augusta, 1979
Joan Whitney Payson Gallery, Westbrook College, Portland, Maine
1980
Walker Gallery, Concord, Massachusetts, 1982
L'elan Vitale, New York, New York, 1984, 1985, 1986,
1987, 1988
Hobe Sound Galleries North, Brunswick, Maine 1990
Cry of Loon Gallery, South Casco, Maine, 1992, 1993
Baxter Gallery, Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine,
Annual Faculty Show, 1984-1996
Davidson and Daughters Contemporary Art, 1996 |
| Juried
and Competition: |
New Hampshire Art Association
State of State 1974
Bridgton Art Show, Maine, 1974, 1975, 1976,1977
Western Maine Art Group, Norway, Maine 1975, 1980,
1981
Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York, New York, 1975,
1976, 1977
Lion Gate Gallery, North Conway, New Hampshire
Multiples and Sculpture, 1975
Barn Gallery, Ogunquit Art Association, Ogunquit,
Maine,
Walker Art Building, Bowdoin College, Brunswick,
Maine, Maine Wood Sculpture, 1978
19th National Exhibition, Fall Rive, Massachusetts,
1978
Maine State Building - An Exhibition of American
Art, 1978
University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire
- UNH Revisited: An Alumni Exhibition, 1981
Maine Coast Artists Gallery, Rockport Maine -
Sculpture and Works on Paper, 1981
University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire
Alumni Exhibition, 1992
Maine Coast Artists, "Sources of Inspiration",
1998 |
| Residency: |
Artist-in-residence, Carina House,
Monhegan Island, [administered by]
William A. Farnsworth Museum, Rockland,
Maine, July-August 1992 |
| Grants
and Awards: |
Nynex Corporation - Excellence in
Teaching 1995
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| Lectures
/ Presentations |
The Museum School, Worcester Museum
of Art, Worcester, Massachusetts, Visiting
Artist, 1980
Interlochen Center of the Arts,
Interlochen, Michigan - Visiting
Artist 1989
Second Canadian-American Conference,
St. Mary's University, Halifax,
Nova Scotia, 1990 - "The First
Year Experience in the Context
of Professional Education in the
Visual Arts"
New England Teachers Conference,
Springfield, Massachusetts, November,
1990 - "Three Dimensional
Design: The Exciting but Missing
Element in Art Education" |
| Public
Commissions: |
Maine Per Cent for Art Competition
-Wilton Academy, Wilton, Maine 1982
- Solon Elementary School, Solon, Maine, 1984 |
| Collections: |
Represented in private collections
in Colorado, Connecticut, Florida,
Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire,
New York, and Vermont |
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