Robert Michael Smith
ROBERT MICHAEL SMITH
DIGITAL SCULPTOR / PROFESSOR OF ART & TECHNOLOGY
954 Lexington Ave., #269, New York, NY 10021
646-247-4724
e-mail: sculpt3d@gmail.com
website: http://rms-sculpture.com
EDUCATION
1982 MFA (Sculpture) University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, HI
1979 MA (Sculpture) San Jose State University
San Jose, CA
1976 BA (Graphic Design) San Jose State University
San Jose, CA
1974 AA (Art) Santa Rosa Junior College
Santa Rosa, CA
TEACHING POSITIONS
1999 - 2018 Associate Professor (Tenured) New York Institute of Technology
New York, NY and Old Westbury, NY
2015 – 2018 Distinguished Visiting Professor Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, China
2005 – 2013 Middle East Computer Graphics Coordinator Amman, Jordan; Manama, Bahrain; and
NYIT Global Academic Program Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
2007 Visiting Sculpture Professor Chautauqua Institution School of Art
Chautauqua, NY
2000 - 2003 Senior Lecturer University of the Arts
Philadelphia, PA
1997- 2000 Instructor School of Visual Arts
New York City, NY
1996 - 1999 Adjunct Assistant Professor Pratt Institute
Brooklyn, NY
1990 - 1997 Instructor Sculpture Center
New York City, NY
1993 - 1997 Instructor The New School for Social Research
New York City, NY
1994 - 1996 Instructor Parsons School of Art & Design
New York City, NY
1985 - 1990 Assistant Professor University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, ND
1985 Faculty Support Technician I San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
1979 - 1982 Lecturer University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
COLLECTIONS
China National Museum of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
Datong Contemporary Art Museum, Datong, China
Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Amman, Jordan
Autodesk Gallery at One Market, San Francisco, CA
Foresight Art Center, Amman, Jordan
Jinse Gallery, Chongqing, China
OneHome Hotels, Wenzhou, China
University Park, Grand Forks Park District, Grand Forks, ND
Estate of Nick Maggos, Alton, IL
Lama Hourani, Amman, Jordan
Howard Unger, New York, NY
Pascale Gallais, New York, NY
Ian McMean, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Tom Myers, Beijing, China / Phoenix, AZ
Ross Wales, Cleveland, OH
Henri Doner-Hedrick, Lawrence, Kansas
Laura Tietz, Healdsburg, CA
EXHIBITIONS
2017 Chelsea Gallery PopUp Exhibition at Zaha Hadid Condo Building, New York, NY
2017 “Digital Stone V”, Sala Ex Marmi, Pietrasanta, Italy
2017 “Currently 80”, Governors Island, New York, NY
2017 "Stronger Together: Exhibition of Tech Art”, Knockdown Center, Maspeth, Queens, NY
2017 3DVP Lab Launch Exhibition, University of Arizona at Tempe
2017 “Currently 80”, Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY
2017 “3D Glitch”, Filodrammatica Gallery, Rijeka, Croatia
2016 – 2017 “Experiment: Experimental Art Exhibition of Tianjin Academy of Fine Art” Tianjin, China
2016 “Hard Copy: Digital Stone Project IV”, Sala Ex Marmi, Pietrasanta, Italy
2015 “3D Glitch”, Priestman Gallery, Sunderland, UK and NY Space, Manchester, UK
2015 “This is Not a Box”, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015 “Marble Codes”, Villa Strozzi, Florence, Italy
2015 “Laws of Attraction”, Governors Island, New York, NY
2015 Select Art Fair, New York, NY
2015 “What Things May Come: The Third International 3D Print Sculpture Exhibition”, Fine Arts Gallery in the Sarofim School of Fine Arts at Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX
2015 “Beyond the Buzz: New Forms, Realities, and Experiences in Digital Fabrication”
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
2014 “The Lumen Prize Exhibition: New York City”, NYIT Auditorium on Broadway, New York, NY
2014 “2014 Lumen Prize Exhibition: The Global Award for Digital Art”
On-line gallery: http://lumenprize.com/lumenonlinegallery
2014 “Materialize: 3D Printing and Rapid Prototyping Juried Exhibition, Schemer Art Center, Phoenix, AZ
2014 “The 2014 International Digital Sculpture Exhibition”, University of Texas at Austin
Sponsored by the 25th Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium,
National Science Foundation, and The Office of Naval Research
2014 “Rock Stars: Robotic Sculpture in Tuscan Stone”, MUSA Museo Virtuale della Scultura e dell'Architettura,
Pietrasanta, Italy; and the gardens of Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Firenze, Florence, Italy
2014 “Transformations”, Governors Island, New York, NY
2014 “Return of the Thing: 5 Bay Area Artists Use 3D Printing”, Eddie Rhodes Gallery,
Contra Costa Community College, San Pablo, CA
2013 “Regenesis”, Solo Exhibition, Hammerfriar Gallery, Healdsburg, CA
2013 Garfagnana Innovazione Digital Stone Project: Robotic Stone Carving Residency Exhibition,
Fortezza di Mont’Alfonso, Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Italy
2013 Fountain Art Fair at the Armory, New York, NY
2013 “Hand, Eye, and Mind: Sensory and Tactile Models for Holistic Learning”,
Experimental Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India
2013 Group Exhibition, Hammerfriar Gallery, Healdsburg, CA
2012 “Generationxyz: The Past, Present, and Future of Digital Sculpture”, Arizona State University,
Night Gallery at Tempe Market Place, Tempe AZ
2012 “Sparks3D”, Gallery13, Minneapolis, MN
2012 10th Annual Cloverdale Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Cloverdale, CA
2012 Housatonic Museum, Bridgeport, CT
2012 Gallery61, New York Institute of Technology, New York, NY
2011 - 2012 “How THINKS Work: An Artistic Exploration of Mathematical Thinking”,
Simons Center for Geometry and Physics”, SUNY Stonybrook, Stonybrook, NY
2011 - 2012 “Full Circle: The Art of Materials, Research, and Creation in Rapid Prototyping”, curated by Mary Visser,
Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX; traveled to: MIRIAD Righton Building, Manchester, UK;
Gallery13, Minneapolis, MN; and Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2011 – 2013 Outdoor Sculpture on Loan, University of New Haven, New Haven, CT
2011 Datong 1st International Sculpture Biennial Exhibition, Datong, Shanxi, China
2011 “Intersections”, Sculpture exhibition curated by Karen Wilkin, Governors Island, New York, NY
2011 Group Exhibition, Hammerfriar Gallery, Healdsburg, CA
2011 Beijing Tomorrow Art Gallery, Beijing, China
2011 Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
2010 Solo Exhibition, Hammerfriar Gallery, Healdsburg, CA
2010 First Prize, “Best of Show”, Cloverdale Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Cloverdale, CA
2010 “Encounters”, Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Governors Island, New York, NY
2010 Beijing Tomorrow Art Gallery, Beijing, China
2009 Solo Exhibition, Hammerfriar Gallery, Healdsburg, CA
2009 "INTERSCULPT 2009 - De la Terre aux étoiles: les voyages des Darwinautes / From the Earth to the Stars: the Darwinian Travels", Fete de la Science, Gare de Metz, Lorraine, France
2009 “Formative Lines”, Governors Island, New York, NY
2009 “Tenth International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition”, University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu, HI
2008 - 2009 “Digital Stone Exhibition”, sponsored by Autodesk, featured artists: Bruce Beasley, Jon Isherwood, Robert Michael Smith and Kenneth Snelson, at Beijing Today Art Museum; Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art; Jinse Gallery, Chongqing; and Art Map Gallery, Wenzhou, China
2008 Newcastle/Gateshead Art Fair, The Sage, Gateshead, England
2008 “IN-SITE”, Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Governors Island, New York, NY
2008 “Windows on Fifth”, Saks, New York, NY
2008 Studio 122 Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA
2008 Supermarket 2008, Stockholm, Sweden
2007 Art Cologne, Germany
2007 “Sculpture Numerique et Biomorphisme”, Conseil Général de Meurthe-et-Moselle, Nancy, France
2007 New York Institute of Technology, New York City, NY
2006 "Alien Beauty / A Universal Form", solo exhibition, Foresight Art Center, Amman, Jordan
2006 - 2008 Westchester County Courthouse Sculpture Exhibition, White Plains, NY
2006 “Archival to Contemporary: Six Decades of the Sculptors Guild”, Hillwood Art Museum,
C.W. Post Campus, Long Island University, Brookville, NY
2006 “International Rapid Prototyping Sculpture Exhibition”,
Robert Fullerton Art Museum at California State University, San Bernadino
DAAP Gallery, College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning, University of Cincinnati
2005 “Made Known”, UTS Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2005 New Media Exhibition: The International Rapid Prototyping Sculpture Exhibition
Zoller Gallery, Penn State University
2005 Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey
2004 – 2009 “Sculpture on the Plaza”, Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, White Plains Public Library, NY
2004 “International Rapid Prototyping Sculpture Exhibition”, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL
2004 “Digital and Beyond”, Rockland Center for the Arts, Nyack, NY
2004 “International Rapid Prototyping Sculpture Exhibition”, University of Houston at Clearlake, TX
2004 Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey
2003 - 2004 Open Studio Solo Exhibition, 35 York Street Studio, Brooklyn, NY
2003 “International Rapid Prototyping Sculpture Exhibition”, Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX
2003 Telesculpture2003, Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA
2003 Intersculpt2003, Paris, France; Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester, England
Snowhite Gallery at Unitec Design School, Aukland, New Zealand
2003 Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey
2002 “Robert Michael Smith and Fellow Travellers”, The Rourke Museum, Moorhead, MN
2001 - 2004 Kouros Sculpture Center, Ridgefield, CT
2001 InterSculpt2001, New York, NY; Paris, France; Manchester, England; Aukland, New Zealand;
Brisbane, Australia; Hong Kong, China; Dayton OH; Tempe, AZ; New Orleans, LA
2001 Mellon Park, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
2001 “The New York Digital Salon: Selected Works”, The Corning Gallery at Steuben, New York, NY
2001 Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY
2000 - 2001 New York Digital Salon, Visual Arts Museum, New York, NY (exhibition traveled to Spain and Italy)
2000 Chesterwood, Stockbridge, MA
2000 Spectra Digital Arts Gallery, New York, NY
1999 "InterSculpt99", Paris, France; Manchester, England; Hong Kong, China; Cleveland, OH; Tempe, NM
1999 Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
1999 SCAN Exhibition, Silicon Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1999 "Digital Spectrum", Spectra Digital Arts Gallery, New York, NY
1999 Long Beach Island Foundation, Loveladies, NJ
1999 "POD1: Prints On Demand by Digital Artists", Vibrant Gallery, New York, NY
1998 SCAN Exhibition, Silicon Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1998 “The Art of Digital Technology”, Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, San Jose, CA
1997 - 1998 “imagined / output”, The Rubelle & Norman Schafler Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY;
Pratt/Manhattan Gallery, Puck Building, New York, NY
1997 “Intersculpt”, Silicon Gallery, Philadelphia, PA; Gallerie Graphe, Paris, France
1997 Sculpture Center, New York, NY
1996 Sculpture Center, New York, NY
1995 "In Celebration of 50 Years of the Computer", Silicon Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1995 Sculpture Center, New York, NY
1995 “Intersculpt”, Silicon Gallery, Philadelphia, PA; Gallerie Graphe, Paris, France
1995 Atelier 14 Studios, New York City, NY
1994 Sculpture Center, New York, NY
1994 - 1995 Solo Exhibition, Fine Arts Center Gallery, Ocean County College, Toms River, NJ
1994 - 1995 “Fifth International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition”
University of Hawaii at Manoa Art Gallery, Honolulu, HI
Exhibition traveled to:Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ; Nave Museum, Victoria, TX;
Murray State University, Eagle Gallery, Murray, KY; Taiwan Museum of Art, Taichung, Taiwan;
The University of Akron, The Emily Davis Gallery, Akron, OH; East Hawaii Cultural Center, Hilo, HI;
Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Alaska State Museum, Juneau, AK;
University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, AK; Maui Community Arts & Cultural Center, Kahului, HI
Anchorage Historical and Fine Arts Museum, Anchorage, AK
1993 “1st New York Digital Salon”, Art Directors Club, New York, NY
1991 - 1993 Invited Artist, "Fourth International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition"
University of Hawaii at Manoa Art Gallery, Honolulu, HI
Exhibition traveled to: East Hawaii Cultural Center, Hilo, HI;Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ;
Murray State University Eagle Gallery, Murray, KY; University of Oklahoma Museum of Art, Norman, OK;
The Brunnier Gallery and Museum, lowa State University, Ames, lA; Nave Museum, Victoria, TX;
California State University Dominguez Hills Art Gallery, Carson, CA;
Fine Art Museum of the South, Mobile, AL; Gaston County Museum, Dallas, NC;
West Bend Gallery of Fine Arts, West Bend, WI;
Isla Center for the Arts, University of Guam, Mangilao, Guam;
1992 Sculpture Center, New York, NY
1991 - 1992 Sculpture Tour, Cleveland State Community College, Cleveland, TN
1991 Sculpture Center Gallery, New York City, NY
1991 Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, FermiLab, Batavia, lL
1990 - 1991 Sculpture Tour, Walters State Community College, Morristown, TN
1990 Annual TALLIX Exhibition, Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY
1990 "Robert Michael Smith and Connie Lowe", Anderson & Anderson Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1989 - 1990 "China - June 4,1989", Blum Helman Warehouse; P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Asian American Arts Center; New York, NY
1989 - 1990 Sculpture Tour, University of Tennessee / Knoxville
1989 "Animal Imagery: New Forms, New Functions", Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts,
Gatlinburg, TN
1989 3rd Annual Review, Gallery Artists Exhibition, Anderson & Anderson Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1989 30th Midwestern Exhibition, The Rourke Art Gallery, Moorhead, MN
1989 "Pumping Art ll", Cast Metal Invitational, Anderson & Anderson Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1988 Solo Exhibition, The Rourke Art Gallery, Moorhead, MN
1988 Solo Exhibition, Mind's Eye Gallery, Dickinson State University, Dickinson, ND
1988 Wesleyan Centennial Sculpture Exhibition, Nebraska Wesleyan University / Lincoln
1988 "The Art of Cast Iron: Contemporary Sculpture", University of Alabama / Birmingham
1988 Parkersburg National Sculpture and Print Competition, Parkersburg Art Center,
Parkersburg, WV
1988 The Greater Midwest International Exhibition lll, juried by Roy Slade,
Central Missouri State University Art Center Gallery, Warrensburg, MO
1988 29th Midwestern Exhibition, The Rourke Art Gallery, Moorhead, MN
1988 Faculty exhibition, Hughes Fine Arts Gallery, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
Also exhibited at University of Wisconsin, Superior
1988 "Gone Fishing", Gallery Artists Exhibition, Anderson & Anderson Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1988 "Pumping Art", Cast Metal Invitational, Anderson & Anderson Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1987 "Face to Face" 28th Midwestern Exhibition, The Rourke Art Gallery, Moorhead, MN
1987 "A Decade of Sculpture by Robert Michael Smith", The Plain's Art Museum, Moorhead, MN
1987 Contemporary Metals USA lll, Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA
1987 Summer Arts XIV, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD
1986 Solo Exhibition, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND
1986 Casting Exhibition, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND
1985 "Animal Art", Civic Fine Arts Center, Sioux Falls, SD
1984 Newcastle Festival Fringe, Queen's Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
1983 "Mostra Delle Artiste Giovane di Versilia", Galleria Arte Moderna, Forte di Marmi, Italy
1982 - 1984 "First International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition", juried by Marisol Escobar and Mario Shinoda
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
Exhibition traveled to: The Art Museum and Galleries, California State University/Long Beach;
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI; Muskegon Museum, Muskegon, MI;
Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, TX; Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, KS;
University of Alabama Art Gallery, Birmingham, AL; Museo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico;
Victoria Regional Museum Association, Victoria, TX; The Alexandria Museum, Alexandria, LA;
University of Oklahoma Museum of Art, Norman, OK; University of Oregon Museum of Art, Eugene, OR; including various museums and galleries in Japan
1982 "Sculpture Hawaii", juried by Mamoru Sato and Tom Klobe, AMFAC Plaza Exhibition Room,
Honolulu, HI
1982 "A Quality of Necessity", Social-political art in Hawaii, Wailoa Art Center, Hilo, HI
1981 "UH Sculpture Faculty Exhibit", AMFAC Plaza Exhibition Room, Honolulu, HI
1981 31st Annual "Artists of Hawaii", juried by Wayne Thiebaud, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI
1981 "SRJC Alumni Art Show", Santa Rosa Junior College Art Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA
1980 "Sculpture Hawaii", juried by Bruce Beasley, AMFAC Plaza Exhibition Room, Honolulu, HI
1979 Solo Exhibition, The Beuret Gallery, Honolulu, HI
1979 29th Annual "Artists of Hawaii", juried by Suzanne Foley, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI
1979 "The Manoa Connection", lolani School, Honolulu, HI
1979 Solo Exhibition, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
LECTURES
2017 Guest Speaker, National Seminar on Digital Sculpture Teaching of Higher Art Education Institutions,
Xian Academy of Fine Arts, Xian, China
2017 “In Search of the Lost Coord”, Guest Lecture, Xian Academy of Fine Arts, Xian, China
2017 “In Search of the Lost Coord”, Guest Lecture, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou, China
2017 Guest Lecture, Animation Educational Forum, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou, China
2017 International Expert Lecture “Non-Linear Storytelling for Virtual Reality Animation”, The 9th China International Animation Copyright Fair, The Academic Exchange Center, Dongguan, China
2017 “Singularity Art is Here”, Tianjin Academy of Arts, Tianjin, China
2017 Guest Lecture, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2016 Guest Lecture, Beijing Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
2016 “Creativity for Virtual Reality Workshop”, Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, Tianjin, China
2016 Guest Artist, Rutgers University – Camden, NJ
2016 Panelist, “The Object Maker in the Digital Age”, 26th International Sculpture Conference,
August Wilson Center, Pittsburgh, PA
2016 Guest Lecture, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2016 Panelist, “Stone Carving in the Age of Digital Reproduction”, Sala Ex Marmi, Pietrasanta, Italy
2016 “In Search of the Lost Coord”, Guest Lecture, Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, Tianjin, China
2016 Video-conferenced lecture, “Creativity and Aesthetics of Future Design”, Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts,
Digital Media Department, Tianjin, China
2015 Featured Speaker, XXXVII Brown Symposium, “What Things May Come: 3D Printing in the Fine Arts and Sciences”, “In Search of the Lost Coord”, Alma Thomas Theater, Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7QUYLH2plU
2014 Panelist, 2014 Lumen Prize Panel, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2014 Guest Lecture, Department of Architecture, University of Hartford, West Harford, CT
2014 Panelist, “From Stone to Robots: Stone Carving in the 21st Century Symposium of Digital Fabrication” Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights, Florence, Italy
2014 “Return of the Thing: 5 Bay Area Artists Use 3D Printing”, Eddie Rhodes Gallery,
Contra Costa Community College, San Pablo, CA
2013 Moderator, “Robotic Stone Carving in Italy”, New York Institute of Technology, New York, NY
2013 Panelist, Lumen Prize Digital Art Panel, “What’s The Next Big Thing?” New York Institute of Technology,
New York, NY
2013 Guest Lecture, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2013 Guest Lecture, “Regenesis”, Hammerfriar Gallery, Healdsburg, CA
2013 Guest Panelist: “The Bleeding Edge of 3D Printing and Digital Fabrication” moderated by Dan Collins,
and “Biological Printing” at SIGGRAPH 2013 Annaheim Conference Center Studio Talks,
Annaheim, CA
2013 Guest Lectures and Video Presentations: “Digital Stone Exhibition” and
“Stage One - Bio-Sculpture: Rapid Prototyping Human Biological Material for Sculpture” at
Garfagnana Innovazione Digital Stone Project: Robotic Stone Carving Residency,
Garfagnana Innovazione, Gramolazzo, Italy
2013 Guest Reviewer, “Disheveled Geometries” seminar, Yale School of Architecture, New Haven, CT
2013 Guest Lecture, University of New Haven, New Haven, CT
2012 Guest Lecture, Nor’easter Conference, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY
2012 Guest Lectures and Video Presentations: “Digital Stone Exhibition” and
“Stage One - Bio-Sculpture: Rapid Prototyping Human Biological Material for Sculpture” at
“Generationxyz: Digital Sculpture Colloquium”, Night Gallery at Tempe Market Place,
Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
2012 Keynote Speaker, “Sparks3D”, Gallery13, Minneapolis, MN
2012 Panelist, “Art of the Digital Age 2012”, New York Institute of Technology, moderated by Bruce Wands,
featuring panelist artists: Manfred Mohr, Toni Dove, and Robert Michael Smith
2011 Panelist, Datong 1st International Sculpture Biennial Exhibition, Datong, Shanxi, China
2011 Guest Lecture, William Patterson University, Wayne, New Jersey
2011 Guest Lecture, New York Institute of Technology, Amman, Jordan
2011 Guest Lecture, New York Institute of Technology, Adliya, Bahrain
2010 Panelist and Moderator, “Digital Stone Exhibition”, with Jon Isherwood and Kenneth Snelson,
New York Institute of Technology, New York, NY
2008 Guest Lecture, Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts, Chongqing, China
2008 Guest Lecture, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
2008 Guest Lecture, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
2008 Panelist, “Digital Stone Exhibition”, Fine Art College of Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
moderated by Tang Yao, featuring panelist artists: Bruce Beasley and Robert Michael Smith
2008 Guest Lecture, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
2008 Panelist, “Digital Stone Exhibition”, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
moderated by Tang Yao, featuring panelist artists: Bruce Beasley, Jon Isherwood, Robert Michael Smith and Carl Bass, CEO of Autodesk, Inc.
2008 Panelist, “Digital Stone China Exhibition”, New York Institute of Technology, New York, NY
moderated by Robert C. Morgan, featuring panelist artists: Bruce Beasley, Jon Isherwood, Kenneth Snelson, Robert Michael Smith and Carl Bass, CEO of Autodesk, Inc.
2008 Guest Lecture, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
2008 Guest Lecture, C.W. Post Campus, Long Island University, Brookville, NY
2007 Guest Lecture, Chautauqua Institution School of Art
2007 Panelist, “Art of the Digital Age”, New York Institute of Technology, moderated by Bruce Wands,
featuring panelist artists: Joseph Nechvatal, Victor Acevedo, W. Bradford Paley and Robert Michael Smith
2007 Panelist, “Digital Stone Project”, New York Institute of Technology, New York, NY
moderated by William Ganis, featuring panelist artists: Barry X Ball, Jon Isherwood, Christoph Spath and Robert Michael Smith
2006 Panelist, "The State of Stone Sculpture in the Digital Age", Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ, moderated by William Ganis, featuring panelist artists Barry X Ball, Lauren Ewing, Jon Isherwood, Michael Rees and Robert Michael Smith
2006 Panelist, “From the Virtual to the Real”, The 5th International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art
at the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site, Shropshire, United Kingdom
2006 Guest Lecture, Digital Salon Public Lecture Series, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2006 Guest Lecture, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
2006 Panelist, “Six Decades of the Sculptors Guild”, Hillwood Art Museum, C.W. Post Campus,
Long Island University, Brookville, NY
2006 Guest Lecture, CERT Technology Park, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
2005 Guest Lecture, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2005 Keynote speaker, “Third International Symposium of Interactive Media Design”
Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey
2004 Guest artist, Bennington College, Bennington, VT
2004 Panelist, “New Technologies/New Vistas”, International Sculpture Conference,
Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
2004 “Digital and Beyond”, Rockland Center for the Arts, Nyack, NY
2004 Guest Lecture, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2004 Digital Sculpture CAD Workshop, Towson State University, Baltimore, MD
2004 Keynote speaker, “Second International Symposium of Interactive Media Design”
Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey
2003 Guest Lecture, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
2003 Guest Lecture, Intersculpt2003, Paris, France
2003 Guest Lecture, Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX
2003 Visiting Artist, Towson State University, Baltimore, MD
2003 Guest Lecture, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2003 Visiting Artist, Keystone College, La Plume, PA
2003 Keynote speaker, “First International Symposium of Interactive Media Design”
Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey
2002 Moderator, Digital Sculpture Panel, “Crossing the Line”, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
joint sculpture conference of Philadelphia Sculptors and Tri-State Sculptors
2002 Panelist, “Advanced Digital Technologies for Sculpture”, 4th International Cast Iron Art Conference,
Johnson Atelier, Hamilton, NJ
2001 “3D Visualization of Print on Demand”, Videostreamed conference; Spectra Digital Fine Arts Gallery
2001 InterSculpt2001”Digital Sculpture”, Engine 27, New York, NY
2001 Visiting Artist, Minneapolis College of Art & Design, Minneapolis, MN
2001 Guest Lecture, SIGGRAPH2001, Los Angeles, CA
2001 Lecturer / Panelist, International Sculpture Conference, Pittsburgh, PA
2000 Lecturer / Panelist, International Sculpture Conference, Houston, TX
2000 Guest Lecture, Parsons School of Art & Design, New York, NY
2000 Panelist, "Artists of the Eighth Digital Salon", NYC/SIGGRAPH, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2000 Panelist, "Bit by Bit: Creating Art, Craft and Design in the 21st Century"
SCAN Conference (Small Computers in the Arts), University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2000 Co-Coordinator, Rapid Prototyping at The Studio, SIGGRAPH2000, New Orleans, LA
2000 Organizer and Panelist, International Sculpture Conference; Houston, TX
1999 InterSculpt99, Digital Sculpture Tele-Conference, lecture at French Senate, Paris, France
1999 Cybercasting Conference, School of Visual Arts, sponsored by SIGGRAPH/NYC, New York, NY
1998 Lecturer / Panelist, International Sculpture Conference, Chicago, IL
1997 First On-Line Sculpture Course, 17 students in U.S. and Canada
1996 Lecturer / Panelist, International Sculpture Conference, Providence, RI
1996 Guest, “ArtDirt”, Pseudo On-line Radio program for artnetweb, moderated by G.H. Hovagimyan
1996 Panelist, "Legal Challenges for the Arts on the Electronic Network", Pittsburgh, PA
1996 Panelist, ISEA95, International Symposium on Electronic Art, Montreal, Canada
1994 Lecturer / Panelist, International Sculpture Conference, San Francisco, CA
1992 - 2000 Lecturer, SCAN Conferences (Small Computers in the Arts), Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, PA
1992 Lecturer / Panelist, International Sculpture Conference, Philadelphia, PA
1991 Guest Artist, Central Time Zone Sculpture Conference, FermiLab, Batavia, lL
1990 Visiting Artist, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
1988 Guest Panelist, "Going Public: Midwest Regional Public Art Forum", Saint Paul, MN
Sponsored by National Endowment for the Arts, Minnesota State Art Board, and Public Art Saint Paul
1988 Guest Artist, National Conference of Cast Iron Art, Birmingham, AL
1988 Guest Artist, Sculpture Symposium, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE
1988 Visiting Artist, University of Washington at Seattle
1987 Visiting Artist, Eastern lllinois University, Charleston, lL
1987 Visiting Artist, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX
1986 Guest Lecture, La Coste School for the Arts, La Coste, France
1986 Guest Artist, 17th Annual Minnesota Iron Pour, University of Minnesota at Minneapolis/St. Paul
1985 Visiting Artist, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
1982 "Mold Making for Sculptor's Workshop", Lihue, Kauai, HI
1980 Program Director, "Sculptor's Symposium", University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
funded by grants from InterArts Hawaii and Hawaii State Foundation for Culture and the Arts.
Guest Artists: James Surls, Charmaine Locke, Mark Prent, and Steve Daly
1981 Visiting Artist, University of Washington at Seattle
1981 Visiting Artist, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
1980 Program Director, "Summer Workshop in Cast Metal Sculpture", University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu funded by grants from National Endowment for the Arts, Hawaii State Foundation for Culture and the Arts, and InterArts Hawaii. Guest Artists: John Battenberg, Steve Daly, and Ron Young
1980 Guest Lecture, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI
1980 Guest Lecture, University of Texas at San Antonio
PUBLICATIONS
2017 Catalog, “Currently 80”, Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY
2017 Catalog, “3D Glitch”, Filodrammatica Gallery, Rijeka, Croatia
2017 Catalog, “Digital Stone V”, Sala Ex Marmi, Pietrasanta, Italy
2016 Catalog, “Hard Copy: Digital Stone Project IV”, Sala Ex Marmi, Pietrasanta, Italy
2015 Wrote Foreword and sculpture images included in “3D Technology in Fine Arts and Craft: Exploring 3D Printing, Scanning, Sculpting, and Milling” by Bridgette Mongeon, published by Focal Press
2015 “3D Printing Helps Robotic Marble Sculptors Push the Limits of Digital Manufacturing”, by Davide Sher,
3D Printing Industry (3DPI), on-line zine
http://3dprintingindustry.com/2015/06/24/3d-printing-helps-robotic-marble-sculptors-push-limits-digital-manufacturing/
2015 Catalog, “Marble Codes”, Villa Strozzi, Florence, Italy
2015 Catalog, “Laws of Attraction”, Governors Island, New York, NY
2015 Catalog, “What Things May Come: The Third International 3D Print Sculpture Exhibition”, Fine Arts Gallery
in the Sarofim School of Fine Arts at Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX
2013 “The Organ Trail”, by Nicholas Grizzle, North Bay Bohemian, October 23, 2013
http://www.bohemian.com/northbay/the-organ-trail/Content?oid=2495956
2013 “Cell by Cell”, by Nicholas Grizzle, North Bay Bohemian, August 14, 2013
http://www.bohemian.com/northbay/cell-by-cell/Content?oid=2471751
2012 “Stage One - Bio-Sculpture: Rapid Prototyping Human Biological Material for Sculpture”
video documentary interview with Dr. Anthony Atala, Wake Forest Institute of Regenerative Medicine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0sZTesAoYM
2011 Catalog, “How THINKS Work: An Artistic Exploration of Mathematical Thinking”, Simons Center for Geometry and Physics”, SUNY Stonybrook, Stonybrook, NY
2011 Catalog, Beijing Tomorrow Art Gallery, Beijing, China
2011 Mojo City, November 2011, Beijing, China
2011 Catalog, Datong 1st International Sculpture Biennial Exhibition, Datong, Shanxi, China
2011 Catalog, “Intersections”, Sculpture exhibition, Governors Island, New York, NY
2010 China Sculpture, by Tang Yao, November, 2010
2010 ArtfixDaily, “Autodesk Aids Sculptors in Art-Making”, November 18, 2010
http://www.artfixdaily.com/news_feed/2010/11/18/7594-autodesk-aids-sculptors-in-art-making
2010 China Today, “Pushing Granite”, by Penelope Colville, August 2010
http://www.chinatoday.com.cn/ctenglish/se/txt/2010-09/30/content_301513.htm
2010 Sculpture images included in “Digital Sculpting with Mudbox: Essential Tools and Techniques for Artists”, by Mike de la Flor and Bridgette Mongeon
2010 Digitalsculpting.net Art & Technology Podcast Interview moderated by Bridgette Mongeon: http://www.digitalsculpting.net/showthread.php?36-Art-Technology-002-Interview-with-Robert-Michael-Smith
2008 “Digital Sculpture”, by Tang Yao, World Art (Chinese), December 2008
2008 “Technology VS Art, Traditional VC Contemporary, Beginning with the Exhibition of Digital Stone Carving”, by Wang Mengjia, Sculpture Magazine (Chinese), December 2008
2008 “Evolution or upgrading?”, by Zhang Chengliang, and “Dimension of Creation”, by Ningning, World Art, Contemporary Volume (Chinese), October 2008
2008 “Crazy Stone”, Contemporary Woman Newspaper, B edition (Chinese), Dec. 17, 2008
2008 “City Beat”, English language ten-minute television broadcast regarding “Digital Stone Exhibition” with artist interviews: http://tvshow.smgbb.cn/dianshi/shipin/chengshijiepai/2008-11-14/70281.html
2008 Catalog, “Digital Stone Exhibition: The Intersection of Art and Technology”, sponsored by Autodesk, Inc.
2008 “Digital Stone Exhibition” video documentary, directed by Joanne Cheng, sponsored by Autodesk, Inc.
2007 SKIN Magazine interview, Amman, Jordan
2006 “Art of the Digital Age”, by Bruce Wands, published by Thames & Hudson
2006 “Loving the Alien”, by Nicholas Seeley, Photos by Eyad Obeid, JO Magazine, July 2006, Amman, Jordan
2006 “Alien Beauty”, by Ica Wahbeh, Frame I Beyond the Image I Passion, The Jordanian Times Weekender,
Thursday, June 22, 2006 review of solo exhibition at Foresight Art Center, Amman, Jordan
2006 Catalog, "Alien Beauty / A Universal Form", solo exhibition, Foresight Art Center, Amman, Jordan
Introduction “Digital Nature” by William Ganis
2006 Catalog, Westchester County Courthouse Sculpture Exhibition, White Plains, NY
2006 Art Review, “Archival to Contemporary: Six Decades of the Sculptors Guild”, by Helen A. Harrison,
The New York Times, Arts & Entertainment, Sunday, March 19, 2006
2006 Catalog, “Archival to Contemporary: Six Decades of the Sculptors Guild”
Hillwood Art Museum, C.W. Post Campus, Long Island University, Brookville, NY
2005 "Art on Air" WPS1 on-line radio interview, March 14, 2005
http://www.artonair.org/archives/j/content/view/217/124/
2005 “The Digital Stone Project”, by William V. Ganis, “Sculpture” magazine, September issue
2005 Ganis, William V. "Escultura Digital: Un Salto Virtual Hacia lo Real" Translated by Marta Caro.
In Arte Digital Y Videoarte: Transgrediendo los Límites de la Representación. Edited by Donald Kuspit.
Madrid, Círculo de Bellas Artes
2005 “Digital Sculpture: The Move to Digital Stone and Outsourcing to China”, by Robert Michael Smith
also included in “Complexities and Contradictions in Digital Sculpture”, by William Ganis
Catalog, 3rd International Symposium of Interactive Media Design, Yeditepte University, Istanbul, Turkey
2004 “Temel Tasarim” (Turkish language Basic Design textbook), by Prof. Dr. Latife Gurer and Gul Gurer
2004 “Ars Ex Machina: Digital Sculpture”, by William Ganis, “Sculpture” magazine, September issue
2004 Catalog, “Sculptors Guild at White Plains Library Plaza”, White Plains, NY
2004 “International Impact of Digital Sculpture”, lectures, workshops and exhibition at 2nd International Symposium of Interactive Media Design, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey
2004 On-line documentation of 35 York Street studio http://www.sculpture.org/RMS/
2003 Catalog, “International Rapid Prototyping Sculpture Exhibition”, The Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX
2003 “Pioneers Blend Art, Technology at Southwestern Exhibition”, by Mary Hale Visser
The Sunday Sun, Country Life, September 14, 2003; Georgetown, TX
2003 “NYIT Professors Bridge Cultures in Turkey”, by Christopher Collora, Campus Slate, February 4, 2003
2003 “International 3D Design/Sculpture as Impacted by Contemporary Developments in New Media and Telemanufacture”, documentation of lectures, workshops and exhibition at 1st International Symposium of Interactive Media Design, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey
2003 ISC Web Special videostreamed interviews with curators of museums located in Queens, NY:
Museum of Modern Art, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Queens Museum of Art, Sculpture Center, Socrates Sculpture Park, Museum for African Art, and Noguchi Museum http://www.sculpture.org/queens/
2002 - 2007 On-line archive of sculpture by Robert Michael Smith 1976 to 2001
2001 “PodGallery.com digital art”, Yellow Rat Bastard, Fall 2001
2001 “Art Boom: Sculpture Convention Three Rivers Fest Touch Off an Explosion”, by Mary Thomas
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Magazine, June 5, 2001
2001 Catalog, “Sculptors Guild/2001”, Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY
2000 Leonardo Special Issue, Vol. 33 #5 2000; Eighth Digital Salon Exhibition catalog; The MIT Press
2000 "Lieblinge der Industrie", by Bernd Hendricks, “Wirtschafts Woche”, November 2, 2000
2000 Catalog, “Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood 2000”, Stockbridge, MA
2000 ISC Web Special: “3D Visualization for Print on Demand”, videostreamed conference moderated by Christiane Paul and G. H. Hovagimyan with guest artists: Victor Acevedo, Roland Brener, Nicholas Rieben and Robert Michael Smith. http://www.sculpture.org/documents/webspec/spectra/spectra1.htm
1999 ISC Web Special: "Fluid Borders: The Aesthetic Evolution of Digital Sculpture", by Christiane Paul
http://www.sculpture.org/documents/webspec/digscul/digscul.htm
1999 ISC Web Special videotaped interview with Kenneth Snelson, moderated by Christiane Paule and
Robert Michael Smith http://www.sculpture.org/documents/webspec/snelson/snelson.htm
2000 Catalog, Sculptors Guild Summer Exhibition, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
1999 ISC Web Special: “La Sculpture Numerique: A Brief History of Digital Sculpture”, English translation
http://www.sculpture.org/documents/webspec/magazine/wsenglis.htm
1998 “La Sculpture Numerique”, by Christian Lavigne, “Computer Arts”, Sept. 98
1997 “T+I Virtuelle Kunst: Maus statt Staffelei”, by Bernd Hendricks, “Wirtschafts Woche”, September 9, 1997
1996 Authored article, “Virtual Armatures”, “Sculpture” magazine, July/August issue
1996 Authored article, "VRML: 3-D Internet Imaging", "Sculpture" magazine, May/June issue
1996 Guest, “ArtDirt”, Pseudo On-line Radio program for artnetweb, moderated by G.H. Hovagimyan
October 17, 1996 interview archived by Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
http://www.walkerart.org/gallery9/dasc/artdirt/index.html
1994 3D Digital Artist, "Millennium Auction Project", ARTnews, February, 1995
1994 Catalog, “Fifth International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition”
University of Hawaii at Manoa Art Gallery, Honolulu, HI
1993 Authored article, “Generating Virtual Sculpture”, “Maquette”, September, 1993
1991 Catalog, "Fourth International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition"
University of Hawaii at Manoa Art Gallery, Honolulu, HI
1991 Catalog, “Sculpture Tour”, Walters State Community College, Morristown, TN
1989 Catalog, “Sculpture Tour”, University of Tennessee / Knoxville
1989 Video documentary of “Porte du Nord”, Grand Forks Park District University Park Sculpture Project
broadcast on Prarie Public Television
1987 "A Decade of Sculpture by Robert Michael Smith", The Plain's Art Museum, Moorhead, MN
"Art in the Valley", televised interview Fargo/Moorhead Public Television
1982 Catalog, "First International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition"
University of Hawaii at Manoa Art Gallery, Honolulu, HI
1982 Catalog, "A Quality of Necessity", Social-political art in Hawaii, Wailoa Art Center, Hilo, HI
1982 MFA Thesis Book, “Humanist Sculpture by Robert Michael Smith”, University of Hawaii at Manoa
1979 MA Thesis Book, “The Psycho-Sexual Socio-Political Struggles of Contemporary Humanity”
San Jose State University
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
2017 Principal Investigator, NYIT Faculty ISRC Grant to develop robotic bio-printer as cross disciplinary collaboration project between Digital Arts, Architecture, Bio-Medical Science, and Engineering & Computer Sciences
2016 Curated NYIT Graduate MFA Thesis Exhibition at Gateway Art Center, New York, NY
2015 - 2016 Sponsor Host at New York Institute of Technology for J-1 Visa Visiting Scholars, Hulya and Rifat Sahiner, professors from Istanbul, Turkey to research Digital Sculpture at USA
2014 - 2015 Sponsor Host at NYIT for J-1 Visa Visiting Scholar, Wang Xing Gang, sculptor/professor from Capital Normal University, Beijing to research Digital Sculpture at USA and Italy
2014 Developed CAD model for Precision Stone, Inc. from 3D scans that I produced of original clay and fabric sculpture, "Consider the Legacy", for "The Ark of Return" Memorial to Honor Victims of Slavery and Transatlantic Slave Trade at United Nations Visitors Plaza, New York, NY
2013 – 2016 Artist in Residence, Garfagnana Innovazione Digital Stone Project: Robotic Stone Carving Residency
Garfagnana Innovazione, Gramolazzo, Italy
2012 – 2013 Art Director, Green Kids Media, 3D virtual gaming project for endangered species, New York, NY
2011 – 2014 President, Sculptors Guild, New York, NY
2010 - 2012 Director, Beijing Tomorrow Art Gallery, Beijing, China
2008 - 2009 Awarded one year sabbatical leave by New York Institute of Technology to concentrate on
traveling organization of Digital Stone Exhibition and lectures throughout China
2008 "Paradise Bird Burlesque," installed in permanent collection of the Autodesk Design Gallery,
San Francisco, CA
2008 Curated “e-Form”, the indoor exhibit of “Digital Stone Exhibition, featuring over thirty international artists who utilize digital technologies to produce sculpture.
2007 NYIT Faculty ISRC Grant for Granite Carving of RP Sculptures at Xiamen, China
2006 Donated four digital prints to the permanent collection of Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Amman
2006 Received grant from the Cultural Section of the US Embassy in Amman to present the exhibition,
"Alien Beauty / A Universal Form", solo exhibition at Foresight Art Center, Amman, Jordan
2006 Honoree, Fifth Annual Faculty Scholars Reception, New York Institute of Technology
2005 Crew Captain for Installation team, Christo’s “The Gates” Project, Central Park, New York, NY
2003 - 2015 Founding Board Director, Digital Stone Project
2003 - 2005 Director, Board of Directors, International Sculpture Center
2003 Produced two large scale sculptures by CNC milling, Digital Atelier, Hamilton, NJ
2003 Produced several marble sculptures by CNC milling, Johnson Atelier Stone Division, Hamilton, NJ
2003 Juror, “Art in the Age of Spiritual Machines”, 44th Midwestern Exhibition, The Rourke Museum,
Moorhead, MN
2002 - 2003 Juror, International Rapid Prototyping Sculpture Exhibition
2001 - 2005 President, Sculptors Guild, New York, NY
2000 Senior Sculptor, constructed several stage sets for Star Wars toy commercials for Hasbro
1999 - 2003 Director, Board of Directors, ACM/SIGGRAPH/NYC
1999 - 2000 Vice President, Sculptors Guild
1997 - 2003 Web Director, International Sculpture Center http://www.sculpture.org/
1997 - 1998 President, A<factor>E Corp., New York, NY
1996 Pioneered VRML sculptures for the Web
1996 Authored Web pages for Sculpture Center School & Studios
1996 Display Designer for LGB model trains. Constructed two train layout environments for showroom
at Toy Building for Toy Fair '96, New York City, NY
1996 Received educational institution loan of stereoscopic projection system from VRex, Inc. for
3D visualization and animation experimentation for the International Sculpture Conference
1996 Received grant copy of MasterCAM for Windows and instructional support from CNC Software, Inc. for development of first on-line sculpture course at Sculpture Center Computer Resource Studio
1996 Selected participant in Project Get SMARTer by SMART Technologies, Inc. to test SMART Board,
interactive electronic whiteboard projection system, and SMART 2000, data conferencing software for development of digital sculpture courses at Sculpture Center, New York, NY
1995 Virtual sculpture projects with 3D stereoscopic system at Dimensional Media Associates, New York, NY
1995 Computer reduction of two prototype doll heads for Danbury Mint, MBI, Inc., Norwalk, CT
1994 - 1997 Pioneered Web design and on-line arts projects with artnetweb, New York, NY
1993 1st Place in Two Categories, for 3D Computer Visualizations, "Architectural Still" & "Animation",
Autodesk "CADDIE" awards. Collaboration with Yoni Koenig for Personal Media International, Inc.
1993 2ND Place in Computer Pictures Magazine’s “Art and Design Contest”
Collaboration with Yoni Koenig for Personal Media International, Riverdale, NY
1992 - 1993 3D Computer Artist, "Millennium Auction Project", Personal Media International, Riverdale, NY
1992 Supervised Installation of ceramic shell casting system at Kinkell Castle, Black Isle, Scotland
1990 - 1991 Enlargement and mold, 12 - foot head of "Justice", by Diana Moore for Martin Luther King Federal
Court Building, Newark, NJ (Government Services Administration Commission)
1990 - 1991 Several large molds for Empire Bronze Art Foundry, Long Island City, NY
1990 Molds and bronze castings - Civil War Memorial Restoration, West Point Military Academy,
West Point, NY
1990 - 1994 President, Sculptor Services, Newburgh, NY
1989 - 1990 Enlarger/Mold maker for TALLIX Foundry, Beacon, NY
1987 - 1988 Commissioned for outdoor public sculpture for Grand Forks Park District, University Park,
Grand Forks, ND
1986 Faculty Instructional Development Grant, University of North Dakota - two months study in Italy of "Traditional Italian Stone Carving Techniques"
1986 Curator for "Casting Across America: An Artist Selects", North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND
1986 Juror, "Art on the Road", Billboard Art Competition for North Dakota
1985 - 1987 Redesigned and supervised construction of The Myra Fine Arts Foundry,
University of North Dakota, funded by The Myra Foundation, Grand Forks, ND
1983 - 1984 Lived and worked in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Sponsored by lan McMean, Director of
Origination and Development, Lonrho Textiles, Ltd.,Cramlington, Northumberland, England
1982 - 1983 Lived and worked in Pietrasanta, Italy
1982 Commissioned for outdoor sculpture at the residence of Nick Maggos, Fairmont Addition, Alton, lL
1982 Juror's Award, "Sculpture Hawaii", Honolulu, HI
1981 Assisted Marisol Escobar to re-patina her sculpture "Father Damian", Hawaii State Capitol,
Honolulu, HI
1979 - 1980 Redesigned and constructed Art Foundry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
1976 Display Technician for Christo's "Running Fence Project", Northern California