Museo dei Bozzetti "Pierluigi Gherardi" - Città di Pietrasanta

 
Studia intaglio e scultura al Massachusetts College of Art di Brookline e nel 1970 realizza il primo film animato "The Ustrich" e il suo primo film animato tridimensionale "The Flowering Friendship of Seymour the Serpent", per il quale riceve il premio "Bronze Drewnoscope for Student Films" al Festival Internazionale di Film Animati di N.Y. Conseguita la laurea in Arte presso la Rhode Island School of Design di Providence nel 1975, grazie al "R.I.S.D.'s European Honors Program", fa pratica presso lo scultore Antonio Berti a Sesto Fiorentino, poi nella Fonderia Marinelli e infine a Ortisei da Albert Moroder dove impara a scolpire il legno. Quindi studia cinematografia alla School of the Museum of Fine Arts di Boston (1977) e realizza il film animato "Dead End" con il quale ottiene "20 premi internazionali" e una "borsa di studio" dalla Massachussets Arts and Humanities Foundation, con cui viene a Pietrasanta per specializzarsi nella lavorazione del marmo presso il Laboratorio Cav. Ferdinando Palla.
Va a Zagabria come ospite del terzo Festival of World Animation, dove "Dead End" entra tra i finalisti. Grazie ad altre due "borse di studio", rimane in Versilia fino al 1984 realizzando anche opere in bronzo presso la Fonderia Mariani e stampe allo Studio Il Malbacco.
é membro di alcune associazioni artistiche fra cui The International Sculpture Centre e la Massachussets Cultural Alliance.
Di nuovo negli Stati Uniti, consegue un Master in Scultura e Stampa (1989) ed uno in Letteratura Italiana (1990) presso l'Università del Wisconsin a Madison, dove dal 1987 insegna Italiano e Disegno. Dal 1991 al 2000 è Assistente e poi Professore Associato in Arte alla Utah State University di Logan. é anche Professore Associato al Maine College of Art di Portland, ME (2000), al Wellesley College, MA (2003) e presso l'Università di Barcellona (dal 2005). Ha vinto una commissione per una scultura pubblica a Salt Lake City (1993) e svariate "borse di studio": The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant (1978-1979,1979-1980); Wisconsin Arts Board Inter-Arts Development Grant (1990); Helena Presents New Forms: Regional Initiative (1993); Utah State University, Faculty Research Grant(1994); Utah Arts Council, Individual Artist Grant(1996).
Vive e lavora a Logan, Utah.
Fra le sue numerose personali si ricordano: Brockton Art Museum, MA (1979); Natalini Galleries Ltd., Chicago, IL (1985); "Thresholds of Memory" University of Wisconsin (1989) e Edgewood College (1991), Madison, WI; "Recollections", 1708 E. Main Street Gallery, Richmond, VA (1992); "Tessuto Vitale", Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, UT (1993); "Ricordando", Art Access Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT (con Moishe Smith, 1993); "Perceptual Figurations: A Collaborative Installation" Salt Lake Art Center, UT (con Sara Northerner, 1994); "Structured Perceptions/Perceptual Structures", AVA Gallery, Logan, UT (with Sara Northerner, 1994); The Eccles Community Center, Ogden, UT (con Moishe Smith, 1994); Ricks College, Rexburg, ID (1995); "Illuminations", Finch Lane Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT (1996); C.W. White Gallery, Portland, ME (con Richard D'Amato, 2002); "Luminous Passages", Locco Ritoro Gallery, Boston, MA (2005); Baak Gallery, Cambridge, MA (2005); "Passi Luminosi", Springstep, Medford, MA (2006); "Aqua ed Aria", Belmont Gallery of Art, MA (2006); BAAK Gallery, Cambridge, MA (2007); Jasper Arts Center, IN (2008); Chadron State College, Chadron, NE (2008); Ashland Public Library, MA (2008); "Osservando/Entrando", Illinois Central College, East Peoria, IL (2008); Oasis Gallery, Waltham, MA (con Sophia Mone, 2008).
Moltissime le sue partecipazioni a collettive, tra cui: Woods Gerry Gallery di Providence (1973); Palazzo Cenci, Roma (1975); Boston City Hall, MA (1977); "Images '77", The Center for Creative Arts, Medfield, MA (1977); Viewpoint Gallery, Newport, RI (1977); Gallery of World Art, Newton, MA (1981); North River Arts Society, Marshfield, MA (1981); "New England Sculptors Association", Boston, MA (1981; '82); "The Copley Society", Boston, MA (1982; '84); Galleria La Spirale, Prato (1982); "A Prize Show", Prudential Center Tower Building, Boston, MA (1982); The Concord Art Association, Concord, MA (1982); J. Todd Gallery, Wellesley, MA (1983); Lyle Evan Gallery, Lexington, MA (1983); Boston Visual Artists Union, Boston, MA (1983); "Copley Society Member Exhibition", Maliotis Cultural Center, Brookline, MA (1984); Susan B. Anthony Gallery, Madison, WI (1988); Jura Silverman Gallery, Spring Green, WI (1989); "Art Spirit Sings", Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, Neenah, WI (1990); "Art Spirit Sings", Indianapolis Art League, Indianapolis, IN (1991); "Utah '92 Painting & Sculpture", Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT (1992); "September Exhibition", Alexandria Museum of Art, LA (1992); "USU Art Department Faculty Exhibition", Twain Tippetts Gallery Utah State University, Logan UT (1992); "Metals Now '92", Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA (1992); "Positive/Negative IX Exhibition", Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN (menzione onoraria, 1993); "Exhibition 1993: Hidden Treasures", Union Pacific Depot, Salt Lake City, UT (1993); "32nd Art Exhibition", Poudre Valley Art League, Fort Collins, CO (1993); "Revelations", West Third Gallery and Arts Complex, Austin, TX (1993); "89th Open Exhibit", Long Beach Arts, CA (1993); Utah State University Faculty Exhibition, Twain Tippets Gallery, Logan, UT (1993, 95, 98); "39th Annual Exhibition" San Diego Art Institute, CA (1993); "The Florida International", Florida State University Museum, Tallahassee, FL (1993); "The Prints and the Paper", San Diego Art Institute, CA (1994); Hill Country Arts Foundation, Ingram, TX (1993; "Premio della Giuria", '94; '98); "CAJE '94 America's Cultural Diversity", Center of Contemporary Arts, St. Louis, MO (1994); "Counterpoint", Hill Country Arts Foundation, Ingram, TX (1994); "View of Eight", Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT (1994); "Earthworks", Dolores Chase Fine Arts Center, Salt Lake City, UT (1994); "Out of Print", Museum of Art, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT (1994); "Explorations: Inner/Outer Spaces", Westport Arts Center, Westport, CT (1994); "Opening Doors", Douglas County Art Center, Castle Rock, CO (1995); "Abstraction", Doshi Center for Contemporary Art, Harrisburg, PA (1995); "Newform '95", Dougherty Art Center, Austin, TX (1995); "Reassembly Required", Galleria Mesa, Mesa, AZ (1995); "19th National Print Exhibition", Schenectady Museum, NY (1995); "Multi-Perspectives III", An Art Place, Inc., Chicago, IL (1995); State of The Art Gallery, Ithaca, NY (1995); "Pulp '96", Nightingale Gallery, Eastern Oregon State College, LaGrande, OR (1996); "Gender Agenda", Muskingum College, New Concord, OH (1996); "Great Plains National", Fort Hays State University, Hays, KA (1996); "LaGrange National XIX", Chattenoochee Valley Art Museum, LaGrange, GA (1996); "Printwork", Barrett House Galleries, Poughkeepsie, NY (1996); "Scene/Unseen", Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, NM ("menzione onoraria", 1996); SITE, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, CA (1996); "Printmakers '96", University of Pittsburgh, PA (1996); "Three Dimensional Utah: 100 Years of Sculpture", Brigham Young University, Provo, UT (1996); "Works on Paper", Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, WV (1996); "Valdosta Works On Paper IX National Juried Exhibition", Valdosta State University, GA ("I Premio", 1997); "She of a Thousand Names", The Mode Gallery, Waterloo, WI (1997); "Great Plains National Printmakers Exhibition", Fifth Street Gallery, Bismarck, ND (1997); "5th Annual National Exhibition", The Carnegie Art Center, North Tonawanda, NY (1997); "The Anti-Archival Show", The Columbia College Center for Book and Paper Arts, Chicago, IL (1997); "Art and Healing", Artwest Gallery, Jackson, WY (1997); "Pressed and Pulled", Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, GA (1997); "Art and Healing", Artwest Gallery, Jackson, WY (1997); "22nd National Print Biennial", Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT (1998); "Counterpoint 1998", Hill Country Arts Foundation, Ingram, TX (1998); "Pressed and Pulled VII", Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, GA (1998); "Works on Paper VIII", Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, WV (1998); "Printwork '98", Barrett House Galleries & School of Art, Poughkeepsie, NY (1998); "She of a Thousand Names", Edgewood College, Madison, WI (1999); "III Annual Juried Competition", Gallery West, Alexandria, VA ("II Premio", 2000); "A Gathering of Goddesses", Peoria Art Guild, Peoria, IL (2000); "May - June Exhibition", Myra Powell Gallery, Ogden, UT (2000); "3rd Annual Juried Competition", Gallery West, Alexandria, VA (2000); "6th Annual National Art Exhibition", St. John's University, Jamaica, NY (2000); "23rd National Exhibition: Small Works", Harper College, Palatine, IL (2000); "17th National Juried Art Exhibit", Gallery 76, Wenatchee, WA (2000); "A Call to the Arts", Lord Fairfax Community College and the Corcoran Museum of Art and College of Art and Design, Middletown, VA (2000); "72nd Annual Juried Exhibition", Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA (2000); "Print Work '2K", Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY (2000); Maine College "of Art Summer Faculty Exhibition", A.J. Bueche Fine Arts Gallery, Northeast Harbor, ME (2001); "Maine College of Art Summer Faculty Exhibition", Elements Gallery, Rockland ME (2001); Utah State University Faculty Exhibition, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, UT (2001); Attleboro Museum, MA (2001; '04); "National Spring Open Juried Exhibition", Wayne Art Center, PA (2001); "Women Beyond Boarders", Art Access Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT (2002); "22nd National Juried Art Exhibition", New Orleans Art Association, LA (2002); "National Spring Open Juried Exhibition", Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA (2002); "9 From Waltham Mills", Kniznick Gallery, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA (2004); "Waltham Artists", Baak Gallery, Cambridge, MA (2005); "Connections", Ben Shahn Galleries, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ (2006); "15th National Exhibition", Colorado Artist Association, Fort Collins, CO (2006); "Collage and Light", Mugar Art Gallery, Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH (Curators: Loretta Barnett & Rebekah Tolley) (2006); "20th International Juried Show", Visual Arts Center, Summit, NJ (2006); Annual Members' Show, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA (Juror: Nick Capasso) (2007).
Sue opere sono presenti in diverse collezioni pubbliche e private, tra cui: Boston Public Library, MA; Brigham Young University, Provo, UT; Columbia Hospital for Women, Washington, DC; Midway College, Midway, KY; School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; Utah Arts Council, Statewide Collection, Salt Lake City, UT; Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN; YOU Television, Madison, WI; Zagreb Animation Festival Film Library, Zagabria; Municipio e Museo d'Arte Sacra, Camaiore, LU; Municipi di Pietrasanta e Viareggio.
Nella zona apuo-versiliese partecipa a diverse rassegne, tra le personali: Galleria La Bilancia, Pietrasanta (1979); Da Raffaello, Pietrasanta (1980); Sala Esposizioni, Tonfano, Pietrasanta (1981); ex-Montedison, Lido di Camaiore (con Cesare Boraschi, 1981); Palazzo delle Muse, Viareggio (1984).
Tra le collettive: Centro Culturale "L. Russo", Pietrasanta (1982); "Giovani presenze artistiche in Toscana", Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna, Forte dei Marmi (1982); "Scultura alla Versiliana", La Versiliana, Marina di Pietrasanta (1982); Galleria ITA Incontri, Forte dei Marmi (1983); "Museo dei Bozzetti" Centro Culturale "L. Russo", Pietrasanta (1983); "La donna creativa", Centro Culturale "L. Russo, Pietrasanta (1984); "Il Malbacco/L'altra faccia della scultura, storia di una bottega", Centro Culturale "L. Russo", Pietrasanta (2003).