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Exhibitions
- Parish Gallery Georgetown, Washington, DC 2007
- Woman’s Club of Minneapolis, MN 2007
- Cornucopia Art Center, Lanesboro, MN; Invitational exhibition 2006
- Galleria Omar Alonso, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico 2005-2006
- Bet Yigal Alon, In Book Form, Genosar, Israel 2005
- Shelly Holzemer Gallery, Minneapolis, MN 2005
- Weisman Art Museum, WAM Art Expo. Minneapolis, MN 2004
- Traffic Zone Center for the Visual Arts, Minneapolis, MN; two-person show with Ann Ginsburgh Hofkin, 2004
- Flanders Contemporary Arts, Minneapolis, MN; 2000-04
- Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Wayzata, MN; Biennial Exhibition, 2003
- "5 Minutes of Fame," Project of the McKnight Foundation and Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; 2003
- Beit Gabriel Gallery, Tiberias, Israel; Sketchbooks of American and Israeli Women Artists, 2002
- Minnesota Museum of American Art, Saint Paul, MN; Minnesota Sculpture Biennial, 2002
- Minneapolis Institute of the Arts, Minneapolis, MN; "Tzedakah Box: The Art of Giving" juried exhibition, 2002
- Anderson Center, Red Wing, MN; 2001
- EuroGalleries, Minneapolis, MN; "Transcending Space," invitational group exhibition, 2000
- Howard Conn Fine Arts Gallery, Minneapolis, MN; two-person show with Paul Kellet, 2000
- Joseph Gazzuola Fine Arts Gallery, Brooklyn Park, MN; 2000
- Nathan B. Rosen Museum Gallery, Boca Raton, FL; "Updating Ceremonial Objects," group invitational, 1999 (curated by Bernice Steinbaum, Steinbaum Krause Gallery, New York, NY)
- Saint Cloud State University, Saint Cloud, MN; two-person exhibition with Robert Longo, 1999
- St. John’s University, Collegeville, MN; 1999
- Flanders Contemporary Arts; two-person exhibit , 1998
- College of Visual Arts, Saint Paul, MN; 1998
- College of Saint Catherine, Saint Paul, MN; "Creating and Connecting," 1997
- Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, MN; Inaugural Exhibition, 1996
- Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI; four-person show, 1996
- Hastings Ruff Gallery, Minneapolis, MN; "Artists Recycle," an invitational exhibit, 1991
- Hastings Ruff Gallery; "Lifescale," a solo exhibition, 1990
- Art Center of Minnesota, Crystal Bay, MN; a juried sculpture show, 1989
- Bethel College, Saint Paul, MN; a solo show of recent work, 1988
- Warm Gallery, Minneapolis, MN; "Minnesota Women," a juried exhibition, 1987
- Pindar Gallery, New York, NY; "Messages from the Heartland: Photography and Sculpture," 1987
- Minnesota Museum of American Art, Saint Paul, MN; "Bronze & Steel," a two-person show, 1986
- Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA; multi-media solo exhibition, 1981
- University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA; "Organic Environmental Sculpture," a solo exhibition, 1971
- Cambridge Gallery, Cambridge, MA; "Liquid Sculpture," 1971
- Carr House Gallery, Providence, RI; a solo exhibition of drawing, 1969
Public Commissions
- Capella University, Minneapolis, MN; "Pioneer Award", 2005
- Poriya Hospital, Tiberias, Israel; two sculptures, "Family of the Sun" and "Girl Dancing on the Sun" created on-site for the grounds of the hospital complex, curated by Ilana Tiecher, 2001
- Margaret S. Hayward Playfield House, San Francisco, CA; sculptural wall relief, 1981
- North Beach Public Housing, San Francisco, CA; outdoor wall murals, 1975-76
- Commodore Stockton Elementary School, San Francisco, CA; "Stone Pony Family,"
Independent Public Projects
- "Wind Day," San Francisco, CA; an outdoor festival of environmental sculpture, 1978
- Wall Murals, Alvarado Elementary School, San Francisco, CA; 1972-74
- "Shrine & Earthwork," at the Sufi Meditation Retreat, Mendicino, CA; 1973
Selected Awards and Honors
- Dayton-Hudson, General Mills & Jerome Foundation Travel Grant; Minnesota, 1993
- Finalist, Peavey Park Plaza Design Competition; Minnesota, 1992
- Semi-Finalist, Minneapolis College of Art & Design/Jerome Foundation Fellowship Program; Minnesota, 1988
- San Francisco Planning Department Installation Design Grant; California, 1976
- Purchase Award, Acklund Art Center; North Carolina, 1969
Selected Lectures and Public Appearances
- Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian, Washington D.C.; video interview in relation to the exhibition "Native Modernism: the Art of George Morrison and Allan Houser," 2004
- Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Minnesota; 2004
- Minneapolis College of Art and Design, MN; guest lecture and critique for the graduate students, 2003
- Minnesota Museum of American Art, Saint Paul, MN; 2002
- Minneapolis College of Art and Design, MN; fine arts forum, 1993
- Public Art Saint Paul, MN; 1997
- Bethel College, Saint Paul, MN; 1988
- Central School of London, London, England; 1981
- University of Minnesota; lecture at the Graduate Art Department, 1977
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA; "Sculpture in the Community," 1976
- San Francisco Art Institute, CA; mural symposium, 1976
Teaching and Community Arts Experience
- Traffic Zone Center for the Visual Arts, Minneapolis, MN; Board President, 2004, Board Member 1997-2004
- Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN; Visiting Artist, 1995
- Minneapolis College of Art and Design, MN; Visiting Artist and Instructor in Drawing, Fall 1993 - Spring ‘94
- Artists’ Alliance, Minneapolis, MN; Treasurer 1991-93, Board Member 1990-93
- Saint Paul Academy, Minnesota; Director, "Artward Bound" program, Art Department Chair, and Instructor in Multimedia, 1983-85
- Intersection, San Francisco, CA; Community Liaison and Cultural Arts Coordinator, 1978-81
- Alvarado Art Workshop, San Francisco, CA; Artist-in-Residence, 1980-81
- City College, San Francisco, CA; Design Instructor, 1974-76
- Other Teaching Experience 1967-71:
- Project Incorporated, Cambridge, MA
- Horace Mann Elementary, Newton, MA
- Fiorello LaGuardia Elementary, New York, NY
- Flynn Elementary, Providence, RI
- Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Education
- Washington University School of Fine Art
- BFA, 1967
- Rhode Island School of Design
- MAT, 1968
- MFA, 1969
Selected Bibliography
- Beginning Sculpture, Arthur Williams, features "Boneman"(2001), a sculpture by Perci Chester, p. 122, Davis Publications, Inc., 2005
- Minneapolis Star Tribune, Mary Abby, review of the Minnetonka Biennial, 07/04/2003
- ART WORKS, School of Art, Washington University, Class Notes, 2002
- Arts, Magazine of the Minneapolis Institute of the Arts, review of "Tzedakah Box," May 2002
- Skyway News, Dean Seal, "Art Spotlight," 04/29-05/05/2002
- Minneapolis Star Tribune, Mary Abby, "Resourceful Minnesotans Create Art for Israeli Hospital," 03/03/2002
- Minnesota Public Radio interview on "Word of Mouth," 05/2001
- Minnesota Monthly, 05/2000
- Law & Politics, Steve Marsh, "Art, as usual, Stirs Passions," 12/1999-01/2000
- Views, Rhode Island School of Design, "Portfolio," Winter 1999
- Minneapolis Star Tribune, Doug Hanson, review 11/01/1998
- Vernissage, Jon Zurn, Flanders Contemporary Art, review 10/1998
- Minneapolis Star Tribune, Mary Abbe Martin, "There’s Good News…," 02/1997
- Hill & Lake Press, "Area Artists Think Big at Sculpture Park," 10/05/1996
- Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jeffrey Kastner, review, 09/1990
- Pindar Gallery, New York, Mimi Wienberg, "Notes on Messages," 06/1987