Jonathan Kirk
EDUCATION MFA Sculpture, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York,1980 BFA, St. Martin's,School of Art, London, England,1978 Foundation Course, Winchester School of Art, England, 1974-1975 GRANTS AND AWARDS 2001 Constance Saltonstall Foundation, Individual Artist Grant, Ithaca, NY 2001 Visiting Artists Program, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO 1993 New York Foundation for the Arts,Sculpture Fellowship City of Philadephia- Percent for the Arts Commission Finalist, Philadelphia,PA 1992 The Pollock Krasner Foundation, New York, NY 1991 The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, Inc. Assistance Grant, New York, NY Change, Inc. New York, NY 1987 The Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation, New York, NY 1986 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, NY 1980 The Elizabeth Greenshield Foundation, Montreal, Canada SELECTED PROFESSIONAL 1980-2000 Studio Manager, Sculpture Space, Inc., Utica, NY 2000 Lecturer, Department of Art, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY 1998 Curatorial, 'Whatever Floats Your Boat', an outdoor sculpture exhibition at ART/OMI, Ghent, NY 1994 Instructor, Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2001 "Jonathan Kirk, Sculpture", Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY 2000 Dana Arts Center, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY 1999 The Fredonia Sculpture Project,SUNY, Fredonia, NY 1998 Recent Sculpture, Arts Atrium Gallery, Union College, Schenectady, NY 1997 Sculpture, Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI 1996 Sculpture Maquettes,Wayne County Council for the Arts, Lyons, NY 1996 Large Sculptures, Small Maquettes, College of St. Rose Art Gallery, Albany, NY 1995 Recent Sculpture, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 1990 The Grosvenor Gallery and Bouck Hall, State University of New York, Cobleskill, NY 1987 Edith Barrett Art Gallery, Utica College, Utica, NY 1986 The Thousand Islands Shipyard Museum, Clayton, NY SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2000 Welded! Sculpture of the 20th Century,Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY 1998 Pier Walk '98, Chicago, IL Western Sculpture Park, Saint Paul, MN 1997 Plattsburg Sculpture Park, SUNY, Plattsburg, NY Aquamarine Sculpture Park, New York, NY '97 Rondout Biennial Sculpture Exhibition, Kingston, NY Young Artists, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY 1996 Convergence IX International Sculpture Conference, Providence, RI 1995 X Sitings, Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, NY Bouys: Marking the Place, curated by Bill Bace Art Initiatives, New York 1994 Sculpture Installation, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY Outdoor Sculpture, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN New Constuction, Gallery 53, Cooperstown, NY 1993 Vessels of Discovery, Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY In the Tradition, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY 1991 Momentum, Keycorp Plaza, Albany, NY Sculpture on the Hilltop, Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, NY Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood, Stockbridge, MA 1990 Image, Object Abstacted, OIA, City University, New York, NY 1989 Upstate Invitational, Pyramid Art Center,Rochester, NY Artists Pick Artists of Central New York, Munson-Williams -Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY 1988 Public Art Project, C. W. Post Campus, Long Island University, Greenvale, NY Snug Harbor Sculpture Festival, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY 1987 Artist's Choice, Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York, NY 49th Annual Artists of Central New York, Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY 1986 Outdoor Sculpture Show, Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park, Brooklyn, NY Three Rivers Art Festival,Pittsburg,PA 1984 Sculpture Space: Recent Trends, Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY 1983 Sculpture:Penn's Landing, Port of History Museum, Philadelphia, PA 1982 Major Albany Sculpture Sites, Corning Preserve, Albany, NY A.R.E.A. Sculpture, Manhattan Psychiatric Center Sculpture Garden, New York, NY Sculpture '82, Beaver College, Glenside, PA 1981 44th Annual Artists of Central New York, Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY Outdoor Sculpture at the Aquarium of Niagara Falls, Niagara Falls, NY 1980 Sculpture Space at Utica College,Edith Barrett Art Gallery, Utica College, Utica, NY Everson Biennial, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY COLLECTIONS 2000 Colgate University, Hamilton, NY 1999 Christine and Marc Heller, Cooperstown, NY 1998 Mr. & Mrs. FX Matt II, Utica, NY 1992 City University of New York, Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, NY 1990 Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY 1986 BE&K, Inc. International Park, Birmingham, AL REVIEWS 2002 Schweinfurth Arts Center Show, Kathy Bruce, Sculpture Magazine 2000 'Testing the Durability of Welding as a Creative Form', Ken Johnson, The New York Times, 11 August 'Variations on Welded Sculpture', William Zimmer, The New York Times, 30 July 1988 'New York in Review', Robert Mahoney, Arts, November 'Outdoor Struggles Reflect Struggles of Life in the City', Micheal Brenson, The New York Times, 15 July 1982 'A Critic's Guide to the Outdoor Sculpture Shows', Grace Glueck, The New York Times, 11 June RELATED EXPERIENCE 2003 Guest Artist, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO 2002 Visiting Artist, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO 2002 Panel Member," Installation Art and Object Making", Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY 1999 Nominator, Fellows Program, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation 1994 Visual Arts Panelist, New York State Council on the Arts, Nominator, New York State Regional Initiative (NEA/Rockefeller Fondation) 1993 Visual Arts Panelist, Special Opportunity Stipend, New York Foundation for the Arts 1988 Visual Arts Panelist, New York State Council on the Arts VISITING ARTIST/ARTIST LECTURES (selected) Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village,CO Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY State University of New York, Plattsburgh, NY Colgate University, Hamilton, NY Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA State University of New York, Fredonia, NY Union College, Schenectady, NY Hamilton College, Clinton, NY Utica College, Utica, NY Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY
