Artist's Bio

Recent grants
New York State Council on the Arts.  Individual artists' grant, 2004.  Award for the creation and presentation of sound art works.

Selected exhibitions
3 works on paper.  6th annual National Juried Show, Paula Madawick, Juror, Hopper House, Nyack, NY. 1999

Untitled.  3 works on paper, National Juried Show, Vivien Raynor, Juror (art critic NY Times), Hopper House, Nyack, NY. 1998

7th Annual Juried Exhibition, Peekskill, NY, reviewed by the NY Times Sept. 1997.  Juried by Harry Philbrick Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art.

8 drawings from Quartet.  Municipal Gallery, Hastings on Hudson, NY, reviewed by NY Times Feb. 4, 1996.

Keystone Series.  12 paintings, 42 White St. NYC. 1997-1998

Painting.  Group show, Power of Color and Form.  Peekskill, NY, reviewed by NY Times Apr. 23, 1996

3 sound pieces broadcast on WBAI-FM, along with two-hour interview on the nature of the work. 1991

X Series.  Drawings realized on double bass by Diana Gannet, Yale University (music faculty).  Recorded at Noise, NYC. 1989

347 Lines.  Drawings realized by bass quartet, led by Diana Gannet. Recorded at Noise, NYC. 1987

Bent Series: 1 and 2.  Digital computer.  In collaboration with Robert Barry. Shown in Documenta, Castle, W. Germany. 1982

Decimal: 1.  Sound piece.  Broadcast 12/14/79 with work by John Cage.

50 to 1 and 1 to 50.  Sound piece for 50 voices, from a number drawing. Broadcast on WBAI-FM. 1978

10-1.  Sound piece.  Broadcast 7/15/78 with work by John Cage.

Four Sound Pieces.  Broadcast with works by Carl Andre, Robert Barry, Lawrence Weiner, John Cage, Vito Acconci, Les Levine, and others. 1978 and 1997

Sound Piece.  Untitled. Julian Pretto Gallery, NYC. 1973

Sound piece.  Artist's Space, NYC. 1972

Focused Sound Experiment.  Sound columns. In collaboration with E.A.T., NYC. 1969-1970

Broken Piece.  Block polystyrene.  Brooklyn Museum of Art and Museum of Modern Art Machine show. 1968

Wall Sculpture.  Extruded block polystyrene.  One-person show, Westerly Gallery, NYC. 1967

Paintings.  Two one-person shows, Westerly Gallery, NYC. 1968-1969

Paintings.  New Edge group show, including work by Carl Andre, Barnett Newman, Robert Barry, Lawrence Weiner and others.  Westerly Gallery, 1967.

Painting.  City Center Gallery, Betty Parsons, juror. 1959

Related work
Conceived, produced, and hosted 16 one-hour programs on New York Public Radio WBAI-FM, concerning the theory and practice of creativity.  Studio interviews with John Cage, Jacques D'Amboise, Dave Brubeck, Robert Barry, Carl Andre, and others.

Teaching
State University of New York at Purchase - seminar and studio, on the theory and practice of invention. Adjunct lecturer, 1977-78.

Mercy College - studio art. Adjunct lecturer, 1979-1994

Woodlands High School - studio art. 1966-1993

Education

• MA New York University, 1966
• BFA University of Iowa, 1953
• Atelier Fernand Leger, Paris, 1951