Perci Chester

Perci Chester

Perci Chester

250 Third Avenue North, #200
Minneapolis, MN 55401
612/204-9664
www.percichester.com
perci@percichester.com

Exhibitions

o Parish Gallery Georgetown, Washington, DC 2007
o Woman’s Club of Minneapolis, MN 2007
o Cornucopia Art Center, Lanesboro, MN; Invitational exhibition 2006
o Galleria Omar Alonso, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico 2005-2006
o Bet Yigal Alon, In Book Form, Genosar, Israel 2005
o Shelly Holzemer Gallery, Minneapolis, MN 2005
o Weisman Art Museum, WAM Art Expo. Minneapolis, MN 2004
o Traffic Zone Center for the Visual Arts, Minneapolis, MN; two-person show with Ann Ginsburgh Hofkin, 2004
o Flanders Contemporary Arts, Minneapolis, MN; 2000-04
o Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Wayzata, MN; Biennial Exhibition, 2003
o “5 Minutes of Fame,” Project of the McKnight Foundation and Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; 2003
o Beit Gabriel Gallery, Tiberias, Israel; Sketchbooks of American and Israeli Women Artists, 2002
o Minnesota Museum of American Art, Saint Paul, MN; Minnesota Sculpture Biennial, 2002
o Minneapolis Institute of the Arts, Minneapolis, MN; “Tzedakah Box: The Art of Giving” juried exhibition, 2002
o Anderson Center, Red Wing, MN; 2001
o EuroGalleries, Minneapolis, MN; “Transcending Space,” invitational group exhibition, 2000
o Howard Conn Fine Arts Gallery, Minneapolis, MN; two-person show with Paul Kellet, 2000
o Joseph Gazzuola Fine Arts Gallery, Brooklyn Park, MN; 2000
o Nathan B. Rosen Museum Gallery, Boca Raton, FL; “Updating Ceremonial Objects,” group invitational, 1999 (curated by Bernice Steinbaum, Steinbaum Krause Gallery, New York, NY)
o Saint Cloud State University, Saint Cloud, MN; two-person exhibition with Robert Longo, 1999
o St. John’s University, Collegeville, MN; 1999
o Flanders Contemporary Arts; two-person exhibit , 1998
o College of Visual Arts, Saint Paul, MN; 1998
o College of Saint Catherine, Saint Paul, MN; “Creating and Connecting,” 1997
o Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, MN; Inaugural Exhibition, 1996
o Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI; four-person show, 1996
o Hastings Ruff Gallery, Minneapolis, MN; “Artists Recycle,” an invitational exhibit, 1991
o Hastings Ruff Gallery; “Lifescale,” a solo exhibition, 1990
o Art Center of Minnesota, Crystal Bay, MN; a juried sculpture show, 1989
o Bethel College, Saint Paul, MN; a solo show of recent work, 1988
o Warm Gallery, Minneapolis, MN; “Minnesota Women,” a juried exhibition, 1987
o Pindar Gallery, New York, NY; “Messages from the Heartland: Photography and Sculpture,” 1987
o Minnesota Museum of American Art, Saint Paul, MN; “Bronze & Steel,” a two-person show, 1986
o Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA; multi-media solo exhibition, 1981
o University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA; “Organic Environmental Sculpture,” a solo exhibition, 1971
o Cambridge Gallery, Cambridge, MA; “Liquid Sculpture,” 1971
o Carr House Gallery, Providence, RI; a solo exhibition of drawing, 1969

Public Commissions

o Capella University, Minneapolis, MN; “Pioneer Award”, 2005
o 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
o Margaret S. Hayward Playfield House, San Francisco, CA; sculptural wall relief, 1981
o North Beach Public Housing, San Francisco, CA; outdoor wall murals, 1975-76
o Commodore Stockton Elementary School, San Francisco, CA; “Stone Pony Family,” 1974

Independent Public Projects

o “Wind Day,” San Francisco, CA; an outdoor festival of environmental sculpture, 1978
o Wall Murals, Alvarado Elementary School, San Francisco, CA; 1972-74
o “Shrine & Earthwork,” at the Sufi Meditation Retreat, Mendicino, CA; 1973

Selected Awards and Honors

o Dayton-Hudson, General Mills & Jerome Foundation Travel Grant; Minnesota, 1993
o Finalist, Peavey Park Plaza Design Competition; Minnesota, 1992
o Semi-Finalist, Minneapolis College of Art & Design/Jerome Foundation Fellowship Program; Minnesota, 1988
o San Francisco Planning Department Installation Design Grant; California, 1976
o Purchase Award, Acklund Art Center; North Carolina, 1969

Selected Lectures and Public Appearances

o 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
o Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Minnesota; 2004
o Minneapolis College of Art and Design, MN; guest lecture and critique for the graduate students, 2003
o Minnesota Museum of American Art, Saint Paul, MN; 2002
o Minneapolis College of Art and Design, MN; fine arts forum, 1993
o Public Art Saint Paul, MN; 1997
o Bethel College, Saint Paul, MN; 1988
o Central School of London, London, England; 1981
o University of Minnesota; lecture at the Graduate Art Department, 1977
o San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA; “Sculpture in the Community,” 1976
o San Francisco Art Institute, CA; mural symposium, 1976

Teaching and Community Arts Experience

o Traffic Zone Center for the Visual Arts, Minneapolis, MN; Board President, 2004, Board Member 1997-2004
o Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN; Visiting Artist, 1995
o Minneapolis College of Art and Design, MN; Visiting Artist and Instructor in Drawing, Fall 1993 - Spring ‘94
o Artists’ Alliance, Minneapolis, MN; Treasurer 1991-93, Board Member 1990-93
o Saint Paul Academy, Minnesota; Director, “Artward Bound” program, Art Department Chair, and Instructor in Multimedia, 1983-85
o Intersection, San Francisco, CA; Community Liaison and Cultural Arts Coordinator, 1978-81
o Alvarado Art Workshop, San Francisco, CA; Artist-in-Residence, 1980-81
o City College, San Francisco, CA; Design Instructor, 1974-76

o Other Teaching Experience 1967-71:
o Project Incorporated, Cambridge, MA
o Horace Mann Elementary, Newton, MA
o Fiorello LaGuardia Elementary, New York, NY
o Flynn Elementary, Providence, RI
o Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

Education

o Washington University School of Fine Art
o BFA, 1967
o Rhode Island School of Design
o MAT, 1968
o MFA, 1969

Selected Bibliography

o Beginning Sculpture, Arthur Williams, features “Boneman”(2001), a sculpture by Perci Chester, p. 122, Davis Publications, Inc., 2005
o Minneapolis Star Tribune, Mary Abby, review of the Minnetonka Biennial, 07/04/2003
o ART WORKS, School of Art, Washington University, Class Notes, 2002
o Arts, Magazine of the Minneapolis Institute of the Arts, review of “Tzedakah Box,” May 2002
o Skyway News, Dean Seal, “Art Spotlight,” 04/29-05/05/2002
o Minneapolis Star Tribune, Mary Abby, “Resourceful Minnesotans Create Art for Israeli Hospital,” 03/03/2002
o Minnesota Public Radio interview on “Word of Mouth,” 05/2001
o Minnesota Monthly, 05/2000
o Law & Politics, Steve Marsh, “Art, as usual, Stirs Passions,” 12/1999-01/2000
o Views, Rhode Island School of Design, “Portfolio,” Winter 1999
o Minneapolis Star Tribune, Doug Hanson, review 11/01/1998
o Vernissage, Jon Zurn, Flanders Contemporary Art, review 10/1998
o Minneapolis Star Tribune, Mary Abbe Martin, “There’s Good News…,” 02/1997
o Hill & Lake Press, “Area Artists Think Big at Sculpture Park,” 10/05/1996
o Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jeffrey Kastner, review, 09/1990
o Pindar Gallery, New York, Mimi Wienberg, “Notes on Messages,” 06/1987
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50 3rd Ave North #200 Minneapolis, MN 55401 #612-204-9664

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

North Community College Minneapolis, MN 2000

Euro Gallery Minneapolis, MN 2000

Flanders Contemporary Arts Minneapolis, MN 2000

Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis, MN 2000

St. John’s University Collegeville, MN 1999

St. Cloud State University** St. Cloud, MN 1999

Nathan Rosen Museum Gallery Boca Raton, FL 1999

College of Visual Arts St. Paul, MN 1999

Flanders Contemporary Arts** Minneapolis, MN 1998

College of St. Catherine St. Paul, MN 1997

Franconia Sculpture Park Schafer, MN 1996

Phipps Center for the Arts Hudson, WI 1996

Minneapolis College of Art & Design Minneapolis, MN 1996

Hastings Ruff Gallery Minneapolis, MN 1991

Hastings Ruff Gallery* Minneapolis, MN 1990

Bethel College* St. Paul, MN 1988

Pindar Gallery New York, NY 1987

Landmark Center Minnesota Museum** St. Paul, MN 1986

University of Massachusetts* Boston, MA 1971

*solo or **two person show

COMMISSIONS & AWARDS

Dayton Hudson, Gen Mills, Jerome Travel & Study Grant (MN) 1993

Finalist, Peavy Park Plaza Design Competition (MN) 1992

Hayward Playfield House San Francisco, CA 1981

North Beach Public Housing San Francisco, CA 1976

Commodore Stockton Elementary San Francisco, CA 1974

San Francisco Planning Dept. Installation Design Award ( 1976

Acklund Art Center - Purchase Award - U of North Carolina 1969

SELECTED TEACHING & COMMUNITY ARTS

Public Art St. Paul, Mayor’s Design Forum 1997

Macalester College, St. Paul, MN Visiting Artist 1995-96

Minneapolis College of Art & Design 1993-94

St. Paul Academy, Director Artward Bound 1983-85

Central School of London, England - Guest Lecture 1981

City College of San Francisco, Instructor 1974-76

SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Bruce C. Dayton, Dr. Avram & Anat Bar-Cohen, Dr. Mitchell Bender,

Stephan & Dr. Judith Shank, Paul & Mary Reyelts, George Morrison

Drs. Valda & Keith Kaye, Sara & John Lindahl, Michael Peterman

EDUCATION

Washington University School of Fine Art BFA 1967

Rhode Island School of Design MAT 1968 MFA 1969

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