Jeffrey Schiff

  

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Education

M.F.A.   University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
B.A   Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

 

Awards and Fellowships

2008   John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Fellowship
2005   Bogliasco Foundation, Liguria Study Center Residency
2003   New York Foundation for the Arts, Fellowship in Sculpture
2003   Center for Humanities, Wesleyan University
2002   Rockefeller Foundation, Bellagio Residency
1998   Fulbright Senior Scholar Research Fellowship: India
1991   Boston Society of Architects, Award For Design Collaboration shared with Kennedy and Violich, Architects.
1985   Massachusetts Artists Foundation, Individual Artist Fellowship
1984   National Endowment for the Arts, Individual Artist Fellowship
1984   Boston/Kyoto Sister City Traveling Grant
1980   Massachusetts Artists Foundation, Individual Artist Fellowship
1979   National Endowment for the Arts, Art in Public Places Planning
1976   National Endowment for the Arts, Individual Artist Fellowship
1976   American Academy in Rome, The Rome Prize: Sculpture
1975   Massachusetts Artists Foundation, Individual Artist Fellowship

 

Selected Exhibtions

2012   National Academy Museum, NYC, Annual Exhibition
2011   Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, Double Vision
2010   Gallery Nature Morte, New Delhi, India, Spiral Jetty
2010   San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, Primary Forms
2008   Proteus Gowanus, Brooklyn NY, Mend
2006   Proteus Gowanus, Brooklyn NY, Library
2006   Exit Art, NYC, The Water Project with Aki Sasamoto Colossus
2006   William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Proximities of Distance
2005   Exit Art, NYC, The Praying Project with Aki Sasamoto Everything
2004   Paul Mellon Library, Choate Rosemary Hall, The Library Project
2003   William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Masala
2003   Wesleyan University, Olin Memorial Library, The Library Project
2001   The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, NY, A Threshold of Spirit
2000   Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn NY, Wunderkammer Wonderworks
2000   Bose Pacia Modern, NY, Boundlessly Various and Everything Simultaneously
2000   San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose CA, Blurring the Boundaries
curated by Hugh Davies and Ron Onorato
1999   Scottsdale Museum of Art, Scottsdale AZ, Blurring the Boundaries, curated by Hugh Davies and Ron Onorato
1998   Nature Morte, New Delhi, India, Everywhere Chidambaram
1998   Real Art Ways, Hartford CT, from L'ENCYCLOPEDIE: Miriotier
1997   Deutsche Bank, NYC, World Views organized by Creative Time
1996   Katonah Museum, Katonah NY, Making Sense
1996   Wesleyan University, Zilkha Gallery, Middletown CT, Earth Again
1996   Caldwell College, Caldwell NJ, Testing Transcendence
1995   Richard Anderson Gallery, NYC
1994   Caldwell College, Caldwell NJ, Working Paper
1993   Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, NYC, Transcending Boundaries
1993   Sculpture Center, NYC, Devices
1991   Snug Harbor Sculpture Festival, Staten Island, NY, Kill Van Kull
1991   Wesleyan University, Zilkha Gallery, Middletown, CT, Field of Play
1991   Sculpture Center, NYC, Lost and Found
1990   Damon Brandt Gallery, NYC
1990   Boston Center for the Arts, Installation and Place, O Sole Mio
1989   Wesleyan University, Zilkha Gallery, Middletown, CT, ...or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken
1989   New Mexico State University Gallery, Las Cruces, NM (under)MINING
1989   The Berkeley School, NYC, Korean War Memorial Finalist Exhibition
1988   Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Deus Ex Machina
1987   San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, Parameter 8, San Diego, CA
1987   Rastovsky Gallery, NYC New, Renaissance Voices
1987   R.C. Erpf Gallery, NYC, Finer Distinctions, curated by Joseph Masheck
1987   Stux Gallery, NYC, Transvision
1986   Stux Gallery, New York, NY, New Sculpture
1986   Atlanta Arts Festival, Atlanta, GA, Site Works
1986   Stux Gallery, New York, NY, Gallery Artists
1986   Stux Gallery, Boston, MA, Gallery Artists: Part II - Sculpture
1986   Stux Gallery, New York, NY, Inaugural
1986   Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, Sculptural Objects and Installations, High Mesa
1985   East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, New Ground
1985   University Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, Ten: Tenth Anniversary Exhibition
1985   Whitney Museum of American Art, Fairfield County, CT, Working on the Railroad: Art Projects for the Northeast Corridor, South Station Project
1985   Stux Gallery, Boston, MA, Gallery Artists: Part One-Sculpture
1984   Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA, Artists Curate, Holy Wars
1984   Stux Gallery, Boston, MA, Small, Smaller, Tiny
1983   Hayden Gallery, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Cambridge, MA, Beyond the Monument, South Station Project
1983   Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI, Sculpture/Installations
1983   Stux Gallery, Boston, MA, Summer Review
1983   Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA, Second Sight
1982   Stux Gallery, Boston, MA, A Courtyard, an Axis, an Ambulatory
1982   Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, Graham Gund Collection
1982   Stux Gallery, Boston, MA
1981   University Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, Revision: An Installation
1981   School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, Architectural References
1980   Washington Project for the Arts (WPA), Washington, DC, Drawn in Space
1980   University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
1979   Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA Six Sculptors
1977   American Academy in Rome, Italy
1976   American Academy in Rome, Italy

 

Commissions

2007   Office of Chief Medical Examiner Forensic Biology Lab, New York City, from L'Encyclopedie, 20 digital prints
2004-08   Superior Courthouse, New Britain, CT, Rail of Justice
1990-95   South Station Railroad Terminal, Boston, MA, Destinations. Permanent sculpture commissioned by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
1986-98   Thompson Square - Charlestown, MA. Commissioned by Charlestown Preservation Society and Brown Fund of Boston.
1985   Liberty Square/Market Center Intersection, Baltimore, MD. Commissioned by Market Center Development Corporation of Baltimore.
1985-87   University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, Bench: Mooring. Commissioned by the Connecticut State Commission on the Arts.
1984   University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. Separate Ground, permanent outdoor sculpture at Chancellor residence
1983   Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA Second Mesa, a performance collaboration: Sculpture/Sets, Jeffrey Schiff; Choreography, Douglas Dunn; Music,John Driscoll/Richard Lerman

 

Selected Reviews

Benjamin Genocchi, THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 19. 2003
Cori Bolger, HARTFORD COURANT, September 24, 2003
John Adamian, HARTFORD ADVOCATE, September 11, 2003
AMERICAN LIBRARY, November, 2003
LIBRARY JOURNAL, November 15, 2003
Ana Honigman, TIME OUT NEW YORK, August 16, 2001
Lilly Wei, ART NEWS, October, 2000
NEW YORK MAGAZINE, September 11, 2000
Holland Carter, THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 7, 2000
Holland Carter, THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 14, 2000
Kim Levin, THE VILLAGE VOICE: Voices Choice, June 27, 2000
THE NEW YORKER, July 24, 2000
THE HINDU, December 18, 1998
EXPRESS, December 10, 1998
Owen Drolet, FLASH ART, March/April 1998
Kevin Clapp, HARTFORD COURANT, January 21, 1998
Anne Harnish, SCULPTURE, January, 1996
Christine Temin, BOSTON GLOBE, May 28, 1995
George Melrod, SCULPTURE, March/April 1994
Faust, Gretchen, ARTS MAGAZINE, November, 1991.
BALTIMORE SUN, March 7, 1991
Wilson Lloyd, Ann, CONTEMPORANEA, October, 1990.
Phillips, Patricia, ARTFORUM, September, 1989.
Johnson, Ken, ART IN AMERICA, February, 1989.
Biemiller, Lawrence. CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION, December 18, 1988
BOSTON GLOBE, “Critic’s Tip”, September 19, 1988.
McDonald, Robert. LOS ANGELES TIMES, March 6, l987.
Pincus, Robert. "Exhibition Shows: The Common & Uncommon Ways,"
SAN DIEGO UNION, February 5, l987.
Stapen, Nancy. "New Works by New England Sculptors," BOSTON HERALD
Grey, Channing. PROVIDENCE JOURNAL, January 7, l987.
Temin, Christine. BOSTON GLOBE, January l7, l984
Tarlow, Lois. ART NEW ENGLAND, January, l984 Cover Interview
Onorato, Ron. DRAWING SOCIETY REVIEW, November, l983.
McFadden, Sarah. ART IN AMERICA, May, l983.
Temin, Christine. BOSTON GLOBE, April 2l, l983.
Onorato, Ron. ART EXPRESS, May, l982.
Baker, Ken. BOSTON PHOENIX, January 18, 1982
Karson, Robin. ART NEW ENGLAND, June l98l.
Holland, Laura. THE VALLEY ADVOCATE, April 29, l98l.
Dickenson, Nancy. ART NEW ENGLAND, January, l981.
Fleming, Lee. NEW ART EXAMINER, December, l980.
Lewis, JoAnn. WASHINGTON POST, November, l980.
Forgey, Ben. WASHINGTON STAR, October, l980.
Temin, Christine. BOSTON GLOBE, September, l980.
Leja, Michael. ART IN AMERICA, January, l980.
Onorato, Ron. ARTFORUM, October, l979.
Taylor, Robert. BOSTON GLOBE, July 22, l979.

 

Publications

Everywhere Chidambaram, Nature Morte Books, New Delhi , 2003
Breaking the Boundaries, Hugh Davies and Ron Onorato, San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, 1997
Making Sense: 5 Installations on Sensations, Patricia Phillips, Katonah Museum
of Art, NY, 1996
A Guide to Public Art in Boston, Marty Carlock, Harvard Common Press, 1993
Art and Dance, Elisabeth Sussman, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, 1982

 

Collections

City of New York, New York
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
City of Boston Massachusetts
City of Baltimore Maryland
Williams College Museum of Art
San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University
University of Connecticut, Storrs
Prudential Insurance Company
Paine-Webber Company
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Graham Gund and Associates