Allen Topolski
EDUCATION Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture, 1990, Pennsylvania State University, College of Arts and Architecture. Graduate program, (non-degree) 1986-1988, Bucknell University. Bachelor of Arts in Art, 1986, Bucknell University, Major: Studio Art. Bachelor of Arts program, 1981-1983, Pennsylvania State University, Major: Art Education. SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2004 Domestic Odyssey, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California; March - July. 2003 Working, solo exhibition, Moreau Art Gallery, Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN; October - November. re/order, Mercer Gallery, Monroe Community College, Rochester, NY; April - May. Houghton House Gallery, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY; February - March. 2002 Happiness is Electric Living, installation, Rochester Contemporary, Sibley Building, Rochester, NY; May - June. Allen C. Topolski / Randy Williams Recent Work, Tower Fine Arts Gallery, SUNY Brockport, Brockport, New York; March - April. 2001 (re)collecting / (re)constructing, installation, Islip Art Museum, Carriage House, Long Island, NY; October. Domestic Disturbance, Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas; August - October. Photographs by Artists, Artists Image Resource, Foreland Street Studio, Pittsburgh, PA; September - October. Recent Work, Solo Exhibition, Library Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred, NY; February - March. 2000 Durable Goods, solo exhibition, Hartnett Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY; December - January. 4 X 4: Four Mediums by Four Artists, Chautauqua Center for the Visual Arts, Chautauqua, NY; August - September. Commission, Floating Suburbia, Art Afloat Art Afloat competition, Erie Art Museum, Presque Bay, Erie, PA; June - present. Everson Bienniel, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse New York; March - May. Blockbuster, Hallwalls, Buffalo, New York; February - March. Seven Acute Joys Mutate, Solo Exhibition, Emergency Gallery, Dallas, Texas; February - March. Materials: Hard & Soft, The Meadows Gallery, Denton, Texas; January - March. 1999 Assemblage 99, Four Person Exhibition, Foreman Gallery, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY; September. Hot Lunch, Four Person Exhibition, Hartnett Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY; January. 1998 Recent Work, solo exhibition Houghton House Gallery, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY; January - February. 1997 Chiarenza, Cohen, Mertin, Topolski, and Walsh, Hartnett Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY; November. Items of Experience, Solo Exhibition, Ivan Wilson Arts Center, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY; September - November. Recent Work, Solo Exhibition, Zoller Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; September - October. Twelve Sculptors, High Falls Gallery, Rochester, NY; September - October. Home?, Pyramid Arts Center, Rochester, NY; March - April. Faculty Exhibition, Art Library Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY; December. 1996 Fall Exhibition, Studio Gallery 234, 300 South Pershing, York, PA; September - November. Bucknell Sesquicentennial Exhibition, Center Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA; July - October. Allentown Art Museum 25th Juried Show, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pa; January - March. 1995 Recent Work, solo exhibition Durham Art Guild, Durham, NC; September - October. Object/Material, Three Person Exhibition, Harlan Gallery, Seton Hill College, Greensburg, PA; March - April. Apperceptions, Solo Exhibition, Hartnett Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY; September. 1994 Form and Function, Three Person, Center Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA; August - September. Sonnenberg Gardens Invitational, Sonnenberg Gardens, Canandaigua, NY; July. 1994 Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY; April - May. Material & Substance, Bowman, Penelec, and Megahan Galleries, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA; February. Upstate Invitational, Pyramid Arts Center, Rochester, NY; February - March. 1993 Form and Object: Contemporary Interpretations of Craft Traditions, Dahl Fine Arts Center, Rapid City, SD; December. X-Sightings, Anderson Gallery, Martha Jackson Place, Buffalo, NY; May - July. Allen C. Topolski, Recent Work, Solo Exhibition, Angelfire Gallery, 248 East Avenue, Rochester, NY; June - July. Works on Paper, Angelfire Gallery, 248 East Avenue, Rochester, NY; February. Greater Midwest International VIII, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO; January - February. Form and Object: Contemporary Interpretations of Craft Traditions, Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities, Arvada, CO; August - October. 1991 Form and Object: Contemporary Interpretations of Craft Traditions, University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY; March - April. Texas A & M University, University Station, TX; July - September. Dishman Art Gallery Annual Competition, Dishman Art Gallery, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX; February. The Confluence Show, The Gallery, State Theatre Center for the Arts, Easton, PA; September - October. Faculty and Permanent Collection Exhibition, Center Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA; July - August. Four Artists, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA; June - August. Three Rivers Arts Festival Juried Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA; June - July. Elizabethtown Arts Festival Juried Exhibition, Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA; April - May. 1990 Group Show, Ariel Gallery, 76 Green Street, New York, NY; August - September. Objects, Solo Exhibition, Zoller Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA; April. Daniel J. Burns, John Lawrence Rogers,Allen Topolski Doshi Center for Contemporary Art, Harrisburg, PA; April - May. ACADEMIC AFFILIATION Studio Coordinator, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 1998 - Present. Associate Professor of Art, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 1998 - Present. Assistant Professor of Art, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 1992 - 1998. Lecturer, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, 1992 - 1990. Instructor, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 1992 - 1990. Instructor, (graduate) Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 1988 - 1990. Departmental Teaching Assistant, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, 1986 -1988. CURRICULAR EXPERIENCE Sculpture; (Re)Collecting the Object, University of Rochester. Introductory level, University of Rochester, Pennsylvania State University . Advanced levels, University of Rochester. Drawing; Introductory level, University of Rochester, Bucknell University, Pennsylvania State University. Figure and Advanced level, University of Rochester, Pennsylvania State University. Painting; Advanced level, University of Rochester. Multi-media; Senior Studio and Seminar, University of Rochester. Appropriation and Collage, University of Rochester. Stainless Steals, University of Rochester. Markings, Methods and Materials, University of Rochester. Techniques, Materials and Tools, Pennsylvania State University. Three-Dimensional Design, Pennsylvania State University. Two-Dimensional Design, Pennsylvania State University, Bucknell University. Teaching Assistant, Bucknell University, 1986-1988, Sculpture, Painting, Printmaking, Special Topics in Art History (Modernism), Special Topics in Art History (Postmodernism). PUBLICATIONS Markings, Methods, and Material,s 100 CREATIVE DRAWING IDEAS, Anna Held Audette, editor, Shambhala Publications, Inc. Random House distributors, 2002 (anticipated). The Romantic Continuum, Penn State Journal of Contemporary Criticism, Second and Fifth Editions, April 1990 and February 1994. PAPERS Artist Talk, LECTURES Rochester Contemporary, REVIEWS Rochester, New York; October 26, 2002. Artist Talk, Tower Fine Arts Gallery, SUNY Brockport, Brockport, New York; March 7, 2002. Visiting Lecturer, Art Appreciation class, SUNY Brockport, Brockport, New York; February 26, 2002. PAPERS Artist Talk, LECTURES Art Library Gallery, Alfred University, REVIEWS Alfred, NY; February23, 2001. CONTINUED Review, Art Afloat, Scott Wescott, Review of Floating Suburbia, Erie City Paper, Erie, PA. July 9, 2000. Review, Harbour Beauty, Mary Birdsong, Review of Floating Suburbia, The Arts, Shwocase (weekly), Erie, PA. September 28, 2000. Tools for the Making of a Happy Home, paper/panelist, Mid-Atlantic Popular Culture Annual Conference, Valley Forge, PA; November 5-7, 1999. Visiting Artist, Ivan Wilson Arts Center, Bowling Green, KY; September 30 - October 2, 1997. Gallery Talk and Student Studio Visits, Zoller Gallery, University Park, PA; September 15, 1997. Symposium, Object/Material, Seton Hill College, Greensburg, PA; April 9, 1995. Artist Talk, Hartnett Gallery, Rochester, NY; November, 1993. Lecture, The Dysfunctionate Object, The Bald Eagle Art League, Williamsport, PA, June 6, 1991. Lecture, The Dysfunctionate Object, The Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA, July 17, 1991. Review, Quartet in Artistic Harmony, Tim Higgins, Four Artists Exhibit at the Allentown Art Museum, A.m. Magazine, The Morning Call, Allentown, PA, June 21,1991. Review, Remnants of a Lost Art, Sandy Cullen, Three person exhibition at the Doshi, Patriot News, Harrisburg, PA, April 27, 1989. The Imagery of Andy Warhol, Lecture to coincide with Andy Prints: Recent Series by Warhol, exhibit at Center Gallery, Bucknell University, May 15,1986. HONORS Special Opportunity Stipend awarded, AWARDS Arts and Cultural Council of Greater Rocheter; March 2001. AFFILIATIONS Board of Directors, Pyramid Art Center, Rochester, NY, 1997 - 2000. Juror's Selection, first place, Materials: Hard & Soft, The Meadows Gallery, Denton, Texas; Jan. - March, 2000. Board of Directors, Pyramid Art Center, Rochester, NY, 1997 - 2000. Art and Cultural Council of Rochester, member 1999 - present. Nomination, Curtis Award, Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, 1996. Penny McCall Foundation Grant for Young Artists, 1990. Best of Show, The Allentown Art Museum 22nd Juried Show, 1990. College Arts Association, member 1990 - present. Graduated Magna Cum Laude with Honors, Bucknell University, 1986. Dana Fellowship, Bucknell University, 1986. Clarence Kent and Marilla Gummo (full tuition) Scholarship, Bucknell University, 1986. Phi Beta Kappa (Honor Society), Bucknell University, 1985. RELEVANT Juror, Hide and Seek, EXPERIENCE Pyramid Art Center, Rochester, NY, April, 2001. Juror, SUNY Brockport Undergraduate Exhibition, Brockport, New York; April, 2001. Curator, The Campus That Wasn't, Hartnett Gallery, University of Rochester, October - November, 2000. Faculty Advisor / Director, Hartnett Gallery, Wilson Commons, University of Rochester, 1993 - present. Shop Technician, Pennsylvania State University, School of Visual Arts, 1990. Interim Gallery Director, Pennsylvania State University, School of Visual Arts, 1990. Studio Assistant to: Michael Steiner, sculptor, Bridgewater, CN; Summers, 1988 & 1989. Neil Anderson, painter, Lewisburg, PA; 1987 - 1988. William Lasansky, sculptor, Lewisburg, PA; 1985-1987. Gallery Assistant, Center Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA; 1984 - 1988. TECHNICAL SKILLS Proficient in: Shop safety and maintenance. Metal shop skills and steel fabrication; forging, cutting, brazing, and welding (arc, acetylene, and mig). Wood working abilities; carving and fabrication. Mold making; plaster and flexible. Clay skills; modeling and firing procedures. Gallery operations and management. Possess basic knowledge in: Photography, PhotoShop, animation, textiles, and cold glass processes. Foundry operation and casting; standard investment and ceramic shell.
