GARY VOSS
Position: Chairman, Department of Art and Art History
Professor of Art, Colorado State University
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EDUCATION
1978 MFA (Sculpture), Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO
1974 BFA (Sculpture), University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL
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CREATIVE RESEARCH
Invitational Exhibitions:
2013 Modest X 4, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO. National invitational group exhibition.
2004 Reinventing Pleasure: Ornamentation and Experimentation in Contemporary Ceramics, Sangre de Christo Arts Center, Pueblo, CO
1999 Hard Play, Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, CO
1997 Contemporary American Ceramics V, Loveland Museum/Gallery, Loveland, CO
1991 One-West Art Center, Ft. Collins, CO
1988 Art Partnership Exhibit, Selected Denver Galleries, Denver, CO
1986 “Project America” group show, Federal Plaza, New York, NY (piece now in permanent collection of US Embassy in Germany)
1985 Colorado 3-D Show, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, CO
1982 Chosen as one of two artists to represent Colorado at “Art of the West”, Harrison Art Museum, Utah State University
1976 Spree ‘76 Celebration, Denver, CO
Juried Exhibitions:
2012 California Open Exhibition ,tag Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. Juror: Meg Linton, Director of Galleries at Ben Maltz Gallery and Otis College of Art and Design.
Modest in Scale, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO. Juror: Doug Stapleton, Chicago.
2011 Fusion, Kreft Juried Exhibition, Concordia University, Ann Arbor, MI. Juror: Aaron Timlin, Executive Director at Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit—second place award.
2011 Sources-Origins, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA. Juror: Howard Yezerski, owner Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA.
2009 23rd Annual International Jueied Show, Visual Arts Center of new Jersey, Summit, NJl, juror: Adelina Vlas, Assistant Curator for Modern and Contemporary Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art.
2009 “Analgous” National Juried Exhibition, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, NM., juror: Lucy Lippard, contemporary critic and author.
2009 18th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Art Institute & Gallery, Salisbury, MD
2009 4th National Juried Exhibition, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA, juror: Janet Bishop, Curator of Painting and Sculpture, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
2008 Rocky Mountain Biennial Group Exhibition (regional), Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, CO.
2008 “Convergence: The Human Experience”, three person exhibition, Howard County Center for the Arts, Ellicott City (Baltimore), MD
2007 “Perspectives”, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL (3rd place award)
2007“Here and Now-Encaustics and Time” Exhibition, MM Galleries, San Francisco, CA
2007 39th Annual VAST Exhibition (Visual Arts Society of Texas), Denton, TX
2006 North American Sculpture Exhibit, Golden, CO.
2005 “Convergence of Art and Science”, Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, CO
1998 Crafts National 32, Zoller Gallery, Penn State University, University Park, PA
1998 Colorado-Wyoming Biennial, One-West Art Center, Fort Collins, CO
1997 Seventh Biennial Seven-State Juried Exhibition, Dinnerware Contemporary Art Gallery, Tucson, AZ
1995 Seventh Annual National Competition, NE Missouri State University, juror: Charlotta Katik, Curator of Contemporary Art, Brooklyn Museum, NY
1994 Honorable Mention, Positive/Negative 10 National Exhibition, Eastern Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
1994 Gallery Six + 13, National Exhibition, Tucson, AZ
1991 Juror’s Award; Florida National, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
1990 Solo show, Lower Columbia College, Longview, WA
1989 Florida National, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Juror’s Award; Form and Figure; Contemporary Sculpture, Tempe Arts
Center, Tempe, AZ
1985 Summer Expo 1985, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO
1984 Small Sculpture Exhibit (traveling), Central Michigan University
1983 Rocky Mountain Sculpture Award, North American Sculpture Exhibit, Golden, CO
1983 Colorado 83 Biennial, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO
1979 North American Sculpture Exhibit, Golden, CO
Museum and Gallery Shows:
2008 Solo show, “Hybrids”, Mariani Gallery, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO
2007 Solo show, Directions Gallery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
2006 Solo show, Sangre De Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo, CO
2005 Solo show, Snook Gallery, Adams State College, Alamosa, CO
2001 Two artist show, Department of Art Gallery, Viterbo University, La Crosse, WI
2000 Solo show, Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, CO
1996 Solo show, Directions Gallery, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO
1989 Solo show, Directions Gallery, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO
1988 Solo show, Intimate Gallery, Lincoln Center, Ft. Collins, CO
1987 Two artist show, Inkfish Gallery, Denver, CO
1985 Solo show, Directions Gallery, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO
1985 Solo show, Sangre De Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo, CO
1985 Solo show, Atwell Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO
1985 Three artist show, Beaumont Art Gallery, Loretto Heights College, Denver, CO
1984 Faculty Exchange Show, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
Group Shows:
Art Faculty Show, University Art Museum (2012); CSU-Pueblo (2003); Hatton Gallery, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO (1998, 1995, 1992, 1988, 1984)
Inkfish Gallery, Denver, CO (1993, 1986, 1985, 1984, 1983)
Atwell Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO (1986, 1984)
Select Sales:
1994 Commission, Willard Eddy Memorial Plaques, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO
1992 Commission, Sutherland Sculpture Garden, Colorado State University, Ft.
Collins, CO
1984 Commission, Perry Development Company, Denver, CO
1984 Arts in Public Places, Colorado Council on the Arts and Humanities, Denver, CO
Select Publications:
Critic’s Choice, Mary Voelz Chandler, Rocky Mountain News, February 4, 2001.
Position: Chairman, Department of Art and Art History
Professor of Art, Colorado State University
________________________________________________________________________
EDUCATION
1978 MFA (Sculpture), Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO
1974 BFA (Sculpture), University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL
_______________________________________________________________
CREATIVE RESEARCH
Invitational Exhibitions:
2013 Modest X 4, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO. National invitational group exhibition.
2004 Reinventing Pleasure: Ornamentation and Experimentation in Contemporary Ceramics, Sangre de Christo Arts Center, Pueblo, CO
1999 Hard Play, Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, CO
1997 Contemporary American Ceramics V, Loveland Museum/Gallery, Loveland, CO
1991 One-West Art Center, Ft. Collins, CO
1988 Art Partnership Exhibit, Selected Denver Galleries, Denver, CO
1986 “Project America” group show, Federal Plaza, New York, NY (piece now in permanent collection of US Embassy in Germany)
1985 Colorado 3-D Show, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, CO
1982 Chosen as one of two artists to represent Colorado at “Art of the West”, Harrison Art Museum, Utah State University
1976 Spree ‘76 Celebration, Denver, CO
Juried Exhibitions:
2012 California Open Exhibition ,tag Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. Juror: Meg Linton, Director of Galleries at Ben Maltz Gallery and Otis College of Art and Design.
Modest in Scale, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO. Juror: Doug Stapleton, Chicago.
2011 Fusion, Kreft Juried Exhibition, Concordia University, Ann Arbor, MI. Juror: Aaron Timlin, Executive Director at Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit—second place award.
2011 Sources-Origins, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA. Juror: Howard Yezerski, owner Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA.
2009 23rd Annual International Jueied Show, Visual Arts Center of new Jersey, Summit, NJl, juror: Adelina Vlas, Assistant Curator for Modern and Contemporary Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art.
2009 “Analgous” National Juried Exhibition, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, NM., juror: Lucy Lippard, contemporary critic and author.
2009 18th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Art Institute & Gallery, Salisbury, MD
2009 4th National Juried Exhibition, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA, juror: Janet Bishop, Curator of Painting and Sculpture, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
2008 Rocky Mountain Biennial Group Exhibition (regional), Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, CO.
2008 “Convergence: The Human Experience”, three person exhibition, Howard County Center for the Arts, Ellicott City (Baltimore), MD
2007 “Perspectives”, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL (3rd place award)
2007“Here and Now-Encaustics and Time” Exhibition, MM Galleries, San Francisco, CA
2007 39th Annual VAST Exhibition (Visual Arts Society of Texas), Denton, TX
2006 North American Sculpture Exhibit, Golden, CO.
2005 “Convergence of Art and Science”, Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, CO
1998 Crafts National 32, Zoller Gallery, Penn State University, University Park, PA
1998 Colorado-Wyoming Biennial, One-West Art Center, Fort Collins, CO
1997 Seventh Biennial Seven-State Juried Exhibition, Dinnerware Contemporary Art Gallery, Tucson, AZ
1995 Seventh Annual National Competition, NE Missouri State University, juror: Charlotta Katik, Curator of Contemporary Art, Brooklyn Museum, NY
1994 Honorable Mention, Positive/Negative 10 National Exhibition, Eastern Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
1994 Gallery Six + 13, National Exhibition, Tucson, AZ
1991 Juror’s Award; Florida National, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
1990 Solo show, Lower Columbia College, Longview, WA
1989 Florida National, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Juror’s Award; Form and Figure; Contemporary Sculpture, Tempe Arts
Center, Tempe, AZ
1985 Summer Expo 1985, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO
1984 Small Sculpture Exhibit (traveling), Central Michigan University
1983 Rocky Mountain Sculpture Award, North American Sculpture Exhibit, Golden, CO
1983 Colorado 83 Biennial, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO
1979 North American Sculpture Exhibit, Golden, CO
Museum and Gallery Shows:
2008 Solo show, “Hybrids”, Mariani Gallery, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO
2007 Solo show, Directions Gallery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
2006 Solo show, Sangre De Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo, CO
2005 Solo show, Snook Gallery, Adams State College, Alamosa, CO
2001 Two artist show, Department of Art Gallery, Viterbo University, La Crosse, WI
2000 Solo show, Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, CO
1996 Solo show, Directions Gallery, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO
1989 Solo show, Directions Gallery, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO
1988 Solo show, Intimate Gallery, Lincoln Center, Ft. Collins, CO
1987 Two artist show, Inkfish Gallery, Denver, CO
1985 Solo show, Directions Gallery, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO
1985 Solo show, Sangre De Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo, CO
1985 Solo show, Atwell Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO
1985 Three artist show, Beaumont Art Gallery, Loretto Heights College, Denver, CO
1984 Faculty Exchange Show, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
Group Shows:
Art Faculty Show, University Art Museum (2012); CSU-Pueblo (2003); Hatton Gallery, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO (1998, 1995, 1992, 1988, 1984)
Inkfish Gallery, Denver, CO (1993, 1986, 1985, 1984, 1983)
Atwell Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO (1986, 1984)
Select Sales:
1994 Commission, Willard Eddy Memorial Plaques, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO
1992 Commission, Sutherland Sculpture Garden, Colorado State University, Ft.
Collins, CO
1984 Commission, Perry Development Company, Denver, CO
1984 Arts in Public Places, Colorado Council on the Arts and Humanities, Denver, CO
Select Publications:
Critic’s Choice, Mary Voelz Chandler, Rocky Mountain News, February 4, 2001.
