RESUME

JERRY C. MONTEITH

Professor Emeritus, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale- 1990-2021

M.F.A. in Sculpture, Cranbrook Academy of Art, 1978

B.F.A. in Sculpture, University of North Carolina, 1975

Born 1951, Sylva, North Carolina

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND SITE WORKS

2023   “Core Series”, solo show, High Low Gallery, St. Louis, MO

            Cedarhurst Biennial, (8 times since 1993), Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mt. Vernon, IL

2022   The Sheldon Galleries, “Attractors”, one-person show, St. Louis, MO

            Ft. Collins Museum of Art, “Attractors”, one-person show, Ft. Collins, CO

2021   Evanston and Vicinity Biennial, Evanston, Illinois

2020   “Wood”- Works Made of, by or for Wood, Manifest, Cincinnati, Ohio

2019   Two-Person show with Lindsay Obermeyer, Art and Culture Program, St. Louis Lambert International Airport

2018   Two-Person show with Chris Kahler, Contemporary Art Center, Peoria, IL

2017   Cedarhurst Biennial, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mt. Vernon, IL 

           “Public Sculpture: The Art of the Proposal”, Catapult Gallery, Southeastern Missouri University, Cape Girardeau, MO

2016   “Exposure 10 Years”, artists shown in this annual show over past 10 years, Gallery 210, University of Missouri, St. Louis                                

            National Sculpture Invitational, Clemens Fine Arts Center, Paducah, Kentucky

            “Natural Shift”, 4-person invitational, Ft. Collins Museum of Art, Ft. Collins, CO

2015   Cedarhurst Biennial, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mt. Vernon, Illinois

           “More is More”, Lexington Art League at Loudon House, Lexington, KY

            “In the Presence of Trees”, Ucross Foundation Gallery, Clearmont, WY

            “Art Lab: Work in Progress”, group show, Metropolitan Gallery, St. Louis, MO

2014   Jerry Monteith & Yamini Nayar, two-person show, Duet, St. Louis, Missouri

2013   “Attractors”, Solo show at OK Harris, New York, NY

            “Exposure 16, Primal Forms”, Three-person invitational, Gallery 210, University of Missouri, St. Louis

2011-15 Array, (site work) Mass Transit Div., Public Art League, Champaign, Illinois

2011   Inaugural Sculpture Biennial, St. Louis Community College, Florissant Valley 

2010   “Jumping Off Cliff,” artists influenced by H.C. Westerman, McCutchan Art

            Center, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, Indiana

           “Ucross 27”, Ucross Foundation Fellows, Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY

2009    “Primary Scars,” one-person show, Art Space Gallery, Fresno City College, Fresno, California

            “Wood: Two Perspectives”, with Stewart Wessel University Museum, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois

2008   “Splendid Flaws,” (solo show), NuArt Series/Metro Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri

2007   Dallas Array, site-specific installation, Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, Texas 

           “Hilarious Wounds,” (solo show) i2i Gallery, San Antonio, Texas

           Sculpture Salmagundi XI”, annual national juried, Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, N.C.

           Solo show, Moss-Thorns Gallery, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas

2006   Lightspill, an earthwork, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mt. Vernon, Illinois

2002   “Artists Respond to 9/11,” Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

2000   KC Beatrice, (window installation) Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO

            20th Anniversary Sculpture Exhibition, Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, Laurel, MD

1999   Daylights, Night Eyes, light installation, WD Brown Bldg., St. Louis, MO

            Group Show, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO

1998   Community Building, (custom, site-specific bus shelter) Martin Luther King Avenue and Belt Street, St. Louis, MO

1997   Solo show, Noyes Cultural Arts Center, Evanston, Illinois

            “Family: Interpretations by 4 Contemporary Artists,” Indiana University, Kokomo, IN

1996   “Flora 96,” Chicago Botanical Garden, Chicago, Illinois

1995   “Carpenters & Other Good Men,” (solo) Forum for Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO 

            Bellwether, (interactive site work) Western Michigan University Sculpture Tour, Kalamazoo, Michigan

            “Return to Beauty,” Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, Delaware

1994   New Sculpture (solo show) Franz Bader Gallery, Washington, D.C.

            “Garber, Monteith, Nardi & Ottmers,” Klein Artworks, Chicago, Illinois

1993   "Hand Pieces," (solo show) Franz Bader Gallery, Washington, D.C.

           “Abstract: Chicago,” Klein Artworks, Chicago, Illinois

1992   One Person show, Franz Bader Gallery, Washington, D.C.

1991   “New Sculpture,” (solo show) Franz Bader Gallery, Washington, D.C.

1990   "Totally Useless Objects," (solo show) Franz Bader Gallery, Washington, D.C.

            “Four Installations,” Ellipse Gallery, Arlington, Virginia

1989   Sculpture Garden Solo Show, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

1988   Solo show, Franz Bader Gallery, Washington, D.C.

1987   Solo Show, Franz Bader Gallery, Washington, D.C.

1985   “The Washington Show,” Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

HONORS AND AWARDS

 2014   Palazzo Rinaldi Residency, Noepoli, Basilicata, Italy

2012   Caldera Artist Residency, Sisters, Oregon

            Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Fellowship, Amherst, VA

2007   Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Fellowship, Amherst, VA

$15,000 Commission to produce “Lightspill” for the Cedarhurst sculpture grounds at Mitchell Museum in Mt. Vernon, Illinois                         

1998   Commission: production of “Community Building,” a unique bus shelter, Arts-In Transit Program, Bi-State Development  Agency, St. Louis, MO 

1996    Ucross Foundation Fellowship, Clearmont, Wyoming

1989    Semi-finalist Honorarium: proposal for $200,000 exterior site work, The District of Columbia Convention Center, Washington, DC.

 PUBLICATIONS WITH MENTION

2016   45 Years at OK Harris, a book with reproductions of selected exhbition announcement cards and a list of artists exhibited over 45 years at OK Harris Gallery, New York, NY

2015   Cedarhurst Biennial Exhibition catalog, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mt. Vernon, Illinois

2014   Malcolm Gay, “Yamini Nayar and Jerry Monteith: Duet Gallery features two dissimilar yet complimentary artists”,

           Riverfront Times, May 8

2013   Exposure 16, Primal Forms, color exhibition catalog with interview and images

2011   In the Presence of Trees, (color catalog) Ucross Foundation Art Gallery, Clearmont, Wyoming

2010   Ucross 27, color catalog of works by Ucross Foundation Fellows, Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, Wyoming

2009   Monteith/Wessel: Wood- Two Perspectives, color catalog with essay by Kathleen Kageff, University Museum, Southern     Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois

2004   The Orcadian, Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Great Britain, November 15-21, 2004

2000   Commissions Section, photo/description of Community Building, Sculpture Magazine, April 2000, Vol. 19, No. 3

1999   Arts in Transit Public Art Projects Catalog, Bi-State Development Agency, St. Louis, Missouri.  Photos and description of    Community Building

1997   11th Annual Rosen Sculpture Exhibition Catalogue, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina

1995   Commissions Section, Sculpture Magazine, photograph and description of Bellwether, September/October Issue.

           Robert Duffy, “Making Art From Art,” The St. Louis Post Dispatch, Sept. 17.

           Tim Porges, "Four Sculptors,” New Art Examiner, February Issue.

           Western Michigan Sculpture Tour Catalog, Art Department, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan

1994   Sarah Tanguy, "Washington, D.C.,” Sculpture Magazine, September/October.

1993     Lee Flemming, “Galleries,” The Washington Post, Washington, D.C., June12. 

1992     "Galleries,” by Mary McCoy, The Washington Post, Washington, D.C., June 27.

1990   Review by J.W. Mahoney, Sculpture Magazine, May/June Issue. 

            “Seeing Double,” by Lee Fleming, Museum & Arts Washington, Washington, D.C., September/October Issue.

1989   "Playground of the Natural Order," Lee Fleming, The City Paper, Washington, D.C., February 10.

            ”Sculptors Make Furniture,” by Daniel Barbiero, Sculpture Magazine,  January/February Issue.

1988   "Furniture and Fantasy," by Jo Ann Lewis, The Washington Post, Washington, D.C., July 23.

            "Furniture Shock,” by Susan Tamulevich, The Washington Post Magazine, Washington, D.C., October 2.

1987   "Art's Natural Gifts," by Ben Forgey, The Washington Post, Washington, D.C., July 18. 

1985    “Washington Square Sculpture,” by Alice Thorson, The New Art Examiner, Washington, D.C., October issue. 

OTHER

 2012   Guest Artist, “Expressions”, WSIU TV, November 29

2007   Brian Sherwin, “Art Space Talk”, myartspace blog, interview, April 12

            Full-page, color ad, Sculpture Magazine, (funded by Cedarhurst Center for the Arts and the School of Art and Design,      Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

2004   Interview and discussion of Lightspill and its relationship with Maeshowe- a chambered tomb, with Robbie Fraser,     Producer, BBC Radio Orkney, Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, UK, November 17

Color photographs of sculpture, Triune in progress, Arthur Williams, The Sculpture Reference, sculpture Books Publishing