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EDUCATION
Rhode Island School of Design MFA & MAT
Washington University School of Fine Art BFA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2009
Minneapolis Institute of Art – May 16 – May 9. 2010
Tychman Shapiro Gallery – Sept 10 – Oct 22 - Minneapolis, MN.
Traffic
Zone Gallery - Dec – Jan 2010 – Minneapolis MN
2008
FLATfile Gallery
- Chicago Sculpture International Biennale –Chicago, IL.
Jury, Sculptor
John Henry, Museum Director Neil Bremmer, and critic Corey Postiglione
Parish Gallery Georgetown (two-person) –Washington, DC.
Northern
Exposure, An exhibit of Twin Cities Contemporary Art-Minneapolis MN
Women’s Club of Minnesota (solo exhibition) - Minneapolis, MN.
Galleria
Omar Alonso - Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
2007
Minneapolis College of
Art and Design Gallery - Minneapolis, MN.
360 Gallery - Minneapolis, MN.
2006
Cornucopia Art Center - Lanesboro, MN.
Galleria Omar Alonso -
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
2005
Bet Yiga Alon - In Book Form - Genosar,
Israel.
Shelly Holzemer Gallery - Minneapolis, MN.
Galleria Omar
Alonso - Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
2004
Weisman Art Museum -
Minneapolis, MN.
Traffic Zone Center for Visual Arts (with Ann Ginsburgh
Hofkin) - Minneapolis, MN.
Flanders Contemporary Arts - Minneapolis, MN.
2000-2004
2003
Minnetonka Center for the Arts Biennial - Wayzata, MN.
McKnight Foundation/Walker Art Center - 5 Minutes of Fame - Minneapolis, MN.
2002
Minnesota Museum of American Art - Minnesota Sculpture Biennial -
St. Paul, MN.
Minneapolis Institute of Arts - Tzedakah Box: The Art of
Giving - Minneapolis, MN.
2001
Anderson Center - Red Wing, MN.
2000
Minneapolis Institute of Arts – Foot in the Door Show - MAEP Gallery
- Minneapolis MN
EuroGalleries - Trancending Space Invitational Exhibit -
Minneapolis, MN.
Howard Conn Fine Arts Gallery (with Paul Kellet) -
Minneapolis, MN.
Joseph Gazzuola Fine Arts Gallery - Brooklyn Park, MN.
1999
Rosen Museum - Updating Ceremonial Objects - Boca Raton, FL.
Invitational, Curated by Bernice Steinbaum, Steinbaum Krause Gallery, New
York.
Saint Cloud State University (with Robert Longo) - St. Cloud, MN.
Saint John’s University - Collegeville, MN.
Flanders Contemporary Arts
(two-person) - Minneapolis, MN.
1998
College of Visual Arts Gallery - St. Paul, MN
1997
College of Saint Catherine - Creating and Connecting - St. Paul, MN.
1996
Franconia Sculpture Park - Inaugural Exhibition -
Shafer, MN.
Phipps Center for the Arts (four-person exhibit) - Hudson,
WI.
1990 - 1991
Hastings Ruff Gallery - Artists Recycle - 1991 -
Minneapolis, MN.
Hastings Ruff Gallery - Lifescale (solo exhibition) -
1990 - Minneapolis, MN.
1986 - 1989
Art Center of Minnesota - Sculpture Show (Juried) - 1989 Crystal Bay, MN.
Bethel College - Perci
Chester: Recent Work (solo exhibition) - 1988 - St. Paul, MN.
Warm
Gallery - Minnesota Women (Juried) - 1987 - Minneapolis, MN.
Pindar
Gallery - Photography & Sculpture - 1987 - New York, NY.
Minnesota Museum
of American Art - Bronze & Steel (two-person) - 1986 - St. Paul, MN.
1969 – 1981
Fort Mason Center - Solo Exhibition - 1981 - San Francisco CA.
University of Massachusetts - Organic Environmental Sculpture (solo
exhibition) - 1971- Boston, MA.
Cambridge Gallery - Liquid Sculpture -
1971 - Cambridge MA.
Carr House Gallery - Drawing Exhibition (solo
exhibition) - 1967 - Providence, RI.
PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS
The
Galleria - Ella Racing the Wind (Granite Fountain) - 2006 - Edina, MN
Capella University - Pioneer Award - 2006 - Minneapolis, MN
Poriya
Hospital Complex- Family of the Sun and Girl Dancing on the Sun - 2001
-Tiberius, Israel.
Two sculptures created on-site by the artist, and
curated for the hospital complex grounds by
Ilana Tiecher as a cultural
exchange project.
Margaret S. Hayward Playfield House - Sculptural Wall
Relief - 1981 - San Francisco, CA.
North Beach Public Housing - Outdoor
Wall Mural Project - 1975/1976 - San Francisco, CA.
Commodore Stockton
Elementary School - Stone Pony Family - 1974 - San Francisco, CA.
INDEPENDENT PUBLIC PROJECTS
Private collection - Spiralitious - 2007 -
Mahtomedi, MN.
Outdoor Environmental Sculpture Festival - Wind Day -
1978 - San Francisco, CA.
Alvarado Elementary School - Wall Murals
-1972/1974 - San Francisco, CA.
Sufi Meditation Retreat - Shrine and
Earthwork - 1973 - Medicino, CA.
SELECTED HONORS & AWARDS
Dayton-Hudson/General Mills/Jerome Foundation Travel Grant - 1993 -
Minneapolis MN.
Peavy Park Plaza Design Competition (semi-finalist) 1992
- Minneapolis, MN.
Minneapolis College of Art and Design/Jerome
Fellowship (semi-finalist) 1988) - Minneapolis, MN.
San Francisco
Planning Department Design Grant - 1972 - San Francisco, CA.
Initiating
the Fisherman’s Wharf Gateway Park cablecar turnaround concept.
Auckland
Art Center - Purchase Award - 1969 - Chapel Hill, NC.
SELECTED LECTURES & PUBLIC APPEARANCES
Minnesota Museum of American Art - 2006 - St. Paul,
MN.
George Morrison Exhibit Panel
The Smithsonian Museum of the
American Indian - 2004 - Washington, DC.
Native Modernism: George
Morrison & Allan Houser - Video Interview
Minnetonka Center for the Arts
- 2004 - Minnetonka, MN.
Minneapolis College of Art & Design - 2003 -
Graduate Student Lecture & Critique
Minnesota Museum of American Art -
2002 - St. Paul, MN.
Public Art Saint Paul - 1997 - St. Paul, MN.
Minneapolis College of Art & Design - Fine Arts Forum - 1993 - Minneapolis,
MN.
Bethel College - 1988 - St. Paul, MN.
Central School of London -
1981 - London, UK.
University of Minnesota - 1977 - Minneapolis, MN.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - Sculpture in Community - 1976 - San
Francisco, CA.
San Francisco Art Institute - Mural Symposium – 1976 - San
Francisco, CA.
SELECTED TEACHING & COMMUNITY ARTS
Traffic Zone Center
for Visual Arts - Minneapolis, MN. Board Member 1997/2004 2008-09
Board
Treasurer 2008-09 Board President 2004
Macalester College - 1995 - St.
Paul, MN. -Visiting Artist
Minneapolis College of Art and Design -
1993/1994 Visiting Artist & Drawing Instructor
Artists Alliance -
Minneapolis, MN. - Treasurer 1991/1993 - Board Member 1990/1993
St. Paul
Academy - 1983/1985 - St. Paul, MN. Art Dept. Chair & Director - Artward
Bound Program
Intersection – 1978/1981 - San Francisco, CA. Community
Liasion and Cultural Arts Coordinator
Alvarado Art Workshop - 1980/1981 -
San Francisco, CA. - Artist in Residence
City College - 1974/1976 - San
Francisco, CA. Two & Three Dimensional Design Instructor
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Class Notes Rhode Island School of Design 2008
E views:
For Rhode Island School of Design. Issue #43 9.18.08
Washington
University School of Art Class Notes. Art Works. 2007
Sculpture Magazine,
Commissions in Brief. 2007
Williams, Arthur, Beginning Sculpture. Davis
Publications, Inc. 2005.
Featuring Boneman, Perci Chester sculpture -
2001.
Abbe, Mary. Minnetonka Biennial Review. Minneapolis Star Tribune
2003.
Washington University School of Art Class Notes. Art Works. 2002
Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Arts Magazine. Review of Tzedakah Box. 2002
Seal, Dan. Skyway News Art Spotlight. 2002
Abbe, Mary Resourceful
Minnesotans Create Art for Israeli Hospital. Star Tribune. 2002
Minnesota
Public Radio. Interview on Word of Mouth - May 2001.
Minnesota Monthly -
May 2000.
Marsh, Steve. Art, as Usual, Stirs Passions. Law & Politics.
Winter 1999.
Rhode Island School of Design - Views 1999.
Hanson, Doug
- Review. Minneapolis Start Tribune. 1998.
Zurn, Jon - Review of
Vernissage. Flanders Contemporary Art. 1998.
Abbe, Mary. There’s Good
News… Minneapolis Star Tribune. 1997
Hill & Lake Press. Area Artists
Think Big at Sculpture Park. 1996
Kastner, Jeffrey. Review. Minneapolis
Star Tribune. 1990
Weinberg, Mimi. Notes on Messages. Pidnar Gallery, New
York, NY. 1987.
MEDICINA CONTEMPORANEA. Cover art: Perci Chester, Bogota,
Columbia. 1980
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