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PETER AMBROSE

BORN: 1953  New York, NY

EDUCATION:

1977   MFA, The School of Art Institute of Chicago, IL
1975   BFA, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
1974   Yale University, Summer School of Art and Music, New Haven, CT

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2006   “Recent Sculpture,” Scott White Contemporary, La Jolla, CA
2000   Elliott Smith Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1999   Elliott Smith Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1998   Scott White Contemporary, La Jolla, CA
1997   Scott White Contemporary, La Jolla, CA
1996   Elliot Smith Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1991   Rosa Esman Gallery, New York (Drawing show)
1990   Peter Ambrose: "The Metaphorical Figure", University Art Museum, SUNY, Binghamton, NY
          Rosa Esman Gallery, New York, NY
1988   Rosa Esman Gallery, New York, NY
1985   Harm Bouckaert Gallery, New York, NY
1981   Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL
          Balkin Fine Arts, Chicago, IL
1977   Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2009   “Gallery Selections,” Scott Richards Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
          “Summer Group Exhibition,” Scott White Contemporary, La Jolla, CA
2008   Scott White Contemporary, La Jolla, CA
2007   "Summer Group Exhibition,” Scott White Contemporary, La Jolla, CA
2003   Elliott Smith Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2002   “Inaugural Group Exhibition” Scott White Contemporary, Telluride, CO
          "Summer Group Exhibition,” Scott White Contemporary, La Jolla, CA
2000    Scott White Contemporary, La Jolla, CA
1999    "Gallery Artists", Elliott Smith Gallery, St. Louis, MO
           "CONTEXT: A Survey of Minimalism", Scott White Contemporary, La Jolla, CA
1998   Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
1995   Contemporary and Sculpture, Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, NY
          "Century of Silence", The Academy of Arts and Sciences, New York,
          NY University Art Museum, SUNY, Binghampton, NY
1994   Bianca Lanza Gallery, Miami, FL Craig Krull Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1993   "Inaugural Exhibition", Scott White Contemporary, La Jolla, CA "Three Sculptors", Rosa Esman Gallery, New York, NY
1992   "Sculptors Drawings", Champion International Paper, Stanford, CT
1991   "20th Century Collage", Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, traveling to Centre Cultural Arte
                 Contemporaneo, Mexico City, Mexico; Musee dÍart Moderne et dÍArt Contemporarain, Nice, France
1989   "Body Fragments", Shea & Beker Gallery, NY
1985   Harm Bouckaert Gallery, New York, NY
1984   Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL

HONORS & AWARDS:

2009   Commission, International University, Scripps Ranch, creation of a sculpture for Gani Art Sculpture Garden
1990   Pollock Krasner Fellowship
1989   New York Experimental Glass Workshop Grant
1981   National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Grant
1978   National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Grant
1977   E. L. Ryerson Fellowship, The Arts Institute of Chicago

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:

Arthur Anderson and Company, Chicago, IL
Amerada Hess Corporation, New York, NY
Art Institute of Chicago, Walter Netsch Bequest, Chicago, IL
Bryan Cave, St. Louis, MO
Brooklyn Union Gas Company, Brooklyn, NY
Butler Museum of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
Champion Paper Company, Ridgefield, CT
Chemical Bank, New York, NY
Global Crossing, Los Angeles, CA
Kay, Schloler, Fierman, Hays and Handler, New York, NY
New Jersey Life, NJ
Norwest Bank, Minneapolis, MN
Prudential Insurance, New York, NY and Tokyo, Japan
St. Louis Children’s Hospital, St. Louis, MO

RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

1998        Adjunct faculty, Sculpture, Saint Louis University
1995-96   Independent study in exhibition installation, art handling, restoration, Saint Louis University
1983        Visiting Artist, 2-D, 3-D Design and Graduate Advisor, Carnegie Mellon University

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:

2007   Pincus, Ropbert L., “Distant Relations,” San Diego Union Tribune, October 5
1998   Doe, Donald B., In Shape: Six Sculptors (catalog), Cedar Rapids Art Museum
          Pincus, Robert L., “Sculptor Works with Figures,” San Diego Union Tribune, Jan. 15
1996   Melrod, George, review, Art and Antiques, October
          Duffy, Robert, review, St. Louis Post Dispatch, November
1993   Gamwell Lynn, Century of Silence (catalog), University Art Museum, SUNY, Binghamton, NY, November
1992   Princenthal, Nancy, “Peter Ambrose,” Art in America, March
          Glueck, Grace, “Peter Ambrose,” The New York Observer, November
1991   Westfall, Stephen, American Art Today: Surface Tension (catalog)
          Florida International University, Miami, FL
1989   Thompson, Walter, “Peter Ambrose at Rosa Esman Gallery,” Art in America, Sept.
1984   Sofer, Ken, review, Art News, April
1983   Westfall, Stephen, Arts Magazine, September
          Westfall, Stephen, Arts Magazine, May
1981   Burleigh, Bob, New Art Examiner, November
          Hayden, Harold, Chicago Sun Times, October 18
1980   Russell, John, “Where to See New Artists,” New York Times, June
1979   Frank, Peter, Village Voice, June
          Lippard, Lucy, Exchanges 1 (catalog), The Henry Street Settlement, 1979
1977   Spector, Buzz, New Art Examiner, May
          Artner, Alan, Chicago Tribune, June
          Hayden, Harold, Chicago Sun Times, June 13

 

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