Willard Boepple

1945
Born in Bennington, Vermont


PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Edmonton Art Gallery, Alberta, Canada
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
National Gallery of Botswana, Gaborone
National Gallery of Kenya, Nairobi
Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY


ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2006
Lori Bookstein Fine Art, New York, Oct 26–Dec 9
London Art Fair, installation Jan 17–22

2005
Broadbent, London, Nov 16–Jan 29

2004
Salander O'Reilly, New York, June

2003
Broadbent, London, March 14–May 3

2001
Broadbent, London, Sept 14–Oct 20
Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton Four Corners, RI

2000
Tricia Collins Contemporary Art, New York

1999
Tricia Collins Contemporary Art, New York, March 4–27
New York Studio School Gallery, New York, Feb 25–April 3

1997
Tricia Collins - Grand Salon, New York, Sept 30–Oct 25

1995
Galerie du Tableau, Marseille, France, November

1994
Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, London, May 20–June 25

1993
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, June 3–July 2

1991
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, April 4–27
Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, London, May 31–July 7

1990
"Sculpture 1970-1990," Usdan Gallery, Bennington College, VT

1989
Greenberg Wilson Gallery, New York, Feb 2–28
Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, London, April 21–May 21

1988
Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, MA, April 21–May

1986
Thomas Segal Gallery, Boston, MA, Oct 1–Nov 14

1985
Acquavella Contemporary Art, New York, Sept 26–Oct 25

1982
Thomas Segal Gallery, Boston, MA, April 10–May 5

1981
Acquavella Contemporary Art, New York, Dec 3–31

1980
Acquavella Contemporary Art, New York, Feb 23–March 13

1978
Acquavella Contemporary Art, New York, April 1–29
Dart Gallery, Chicago, IL, May 15–June 10

1977
Acquavella Contemporary Art, New York, March 19–April 13

1976
Acquavella Contemporary Art, New York, March 13–April 7

1974
Noah Goldowsky Gallery, New York, March 3–April 1

1971
McCullough Park Foundation, North Bennington, VT


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007
Anniversary: Ten Years of Gallery Art and Artists, Lori Bookstein Fine Art, New York, March 20–April 14

2006
“Some Sculpture: Albee’s Choice,” Long House Reserve, East Hampton, New York, May 27–Sept 17
9th Annual Art Park, North Bennington, VT, June 17–Oct 14

2005
"Look then Think," Broadbent, London, Feb 3–26
“Hand Made,” Clare Hall, Cambridge University, July 1–30
“The Print Show,” Kettles Yard, Cambridge, UK, July 2–24
“Recent Modernist Sculpture: Joined, Modeled, Cast, Carved, Poured, Painted,” Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Sept –Oct 8

2004
"The Body Disembodied," MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, Ontario, Nov 22–Feb 1
“179th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art,” The National Academy Museum, New York, May 6–June 20

2003
Willard Boepple & Peter Griffin, Gallerie Aalders, St Tropez, October
“The Archive Show,” Broadbent Gallery, London, Summer
“Colourspace,” curated by Clyde Hopkins, The Gallery at APT, March 1–23

2002
Willard Boepple, Ori Gersht, Albrect Schäffer
Andrew Mummery Gallery, London Nov 23–Dec 21
“New Work,” Broadbent, London, Summer

2001
“Sculpture,” Robert Steele Gallery, New York
“The Tipping Point,” Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2000
"The Way Things Work," Tricia Collins Contemporary Art, New York

1999
Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton Four Corners, RI
North Bennington Sculpture Park, VT

1998
Tricia Collins Contemporary Art, New York, Nov 17–Dec19
“Substance,” Tricia Collins Contemporary Art, New York, March

1997
“Wasanii International Artists' Workshop Exhibition,” National Gallery of Kenya, Nairobi, May

1996
Tricia Collins Contemporary Art, New York, May
“Northern Voices..." No. B.I.A.S Castleton State College, July

1995
"Six Sculptors,” Gallery One-Ten, New York, Oct–Nov
"Pamoja, Africa 95 International Sculpture Workshop Exhibition," Yorkshire Sculpture Park, U.K., Sept 9–Oct 29

1994
The Rushmore Festival, “Across the River and into the Trees, A Sculpture Show curated by Collins & Milazzo," Woodbury, NY, June 25–July 10
"Lead and Follow, The Continuity of Abstraction," Bede Gallery, Jarrow, Northumberland, April Atlantis Gallery, London, July 7–Sept 12
"Corr Contemporary Art Inaugural Exhibition," London, Oct 5–Nov 5

1993
"Table Sculpture," André Emmerich Gallery, New York, July–Aug
"Xayamaca International Artist's Workshop Exhibition," Kingston, Jamaica, Nov 7–22

1992
"Grounds for Sculpture Inaugural Exhibition,” Johnson Atelier, Mercerville, NJ, Jun 6–Aug 31
"CrossSection,” Battery Park City & The World Financial Center July 9–Sept 20
"Table Sculpture," André Emmerich Gallery, New York, June–July

1991
"Table Sculpture," André Emmerich Gallery, New York, July 12–Aug 16
"Spring Show," Woltjen/Udell Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, March 2–March 16
"Group Show," Woltjen/Udell Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, March 18–April 6

1990
"The Thapong Exhibition," National Gallery of Botswana, Gaborone, Dec–Feb
"Wood," Douglas Drake Gallery, New York, Nov 21–Jan 27
"Steel Works," curated by Phyllis Tuchman and Corolla van den Houten, USX Tower, Pittsburgh, PA, Sept 15–Nov 17

1989
Delta Gallery, Harare, Zimbabwe, July 1–30
"Gallery Artists," Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, London, Dec 13–Jan 8
Artists of the Pachi Pamwe Workshop, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Aug
Francis J. Greenburger Foundation Awards Show, Ruth Siegel Ltd., New York, Jun 25–Jul 11

1985
"Group Show," John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MA, May–June

1984
Acquavella Contemporary Art, New York, Sept 17–Oct 27

1983
"Abstract Art in New England,” Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA, Feb 2–April 24

1980
"Columbia Plaza Sculpture Show," Columbia Plaza, Washington, D.C., June 1–Sept 30
Made in the U.S.A., 909 Third Avenue, New York, Nov 18–Feb 14

1979
"Sculpture from the Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA


PRIZES AND FELLOWSHIPS

1997
United States Department of State Information Service
Visiting Cultural Specialist to Kenya

1995
British Council U.S. Participant
Africa 95 International Sculpture Workshop, Yorkshire, U.K.

1993
United States Department of State Information Service
Visiting Cultural Specialist to Jamaica

1989
United States Department of State Information Service
Visiting Cultural Specialist to Zimbabwe

1988
The New York State Association of Architects' Citation for the Triangle Collaborative Architecture Project

1986
Francis Greenburger Foundation Prize

1982
Ford Foundation Faculty Enrichment Grant


TEACHING

1977-87
Faculty, School of The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

1969-73
Assistant Faculty, Bennington College


EDUCATION

1968
City College of The City University of New York, B.F.A.

1967
Rhode Island School of Design

1963-4
University of California at Berkeley

1963
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture


SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2005
Art News, Dec (review)
Printmaking Today Vol 14, No 2, p 19 illustration, monotype 2004

2004
Cohen, David. The New York Sun, July 8 (review)
Hubbard, Sue. The Independent, November 22 (review of Broadbent exhibition)
Naves, Mario. The New York Observer, November 1 (review)
Wilkin, Karen. Art in America, December (review of Salander O'Reilley exhibition)

2000
Zing Magazine, Autumn, “The Way Things Work" Layla Lozano

1999
Halasz, Piri. "Hofmann, Boepple and Frankenthaler," NYArts Magazine, Vol 3, No 4, April 4
Naves, Mario. The New Criterion, May (review)
Taplin, Roberta. "Willard Boepple at the New York Studio School and Tricia Collins," Art in America, November
White, Kit. "Willard Boepple: The Sense of Things, Studio School Gallery Gallery, Tricia Collins Contemporary Art," Review Magazine, March 15
Wilkin, Karen. "The Sense of Things," The New York Studio School, February (catalogue essay)

1998
Wilkin, Karen. "At The Galleries," Partisan Review, Winter

1997
Frank, Elizabeth. Art News, December, (review)
Glueck, Grace. The New York Times, October 10 (review)
Riley, Charles II. "The Sense of Things," WE Magazine, October
Riley, Charles II. "Willard Boepple, Sculpture 1996-1997," Tricia Collins Grand Salon, October (catalogue essay)
Zaidi, Ali. "An Intense Time Away From Your Life," Executive Magazine, May

1994
Collins, Tricia and Richard Milazzo. "Across the River and into the Trees, a Sculpture Show," The Rushmore Festival, Woodbury, NY, June (catalogue)
"Goings On About Town," The New Yorker, June 14 (review)
Taplin, Roberta. "Willard Boepple At André Emmerich," Art in America, November (review)

1991
Hudson, Andrew. "On Irregularity: a December Visit to Willard Boepple's Studio," André Emmerich Gallery, New York, April (catalogue essay for "Willard Boepple, Sculpture in Wood")
Gale, Ian. The Independent, 28 May
Bevan, Roger. "Around the Galleries" The Art Newspaper, June
Wilkin, Karen. "At The Galleries," Partisan Review, Summer
Morgan, Robert C. Tema Celeste, Autumn (review)

1990
Hudson, Andrew. "Breaking Loose From Conventions," Usdan Gallery, Bennington College, Vermont, April (catalogue essay for Willard Boepple: Sculpture 1970-1990)
Leepile, Methaetsile. "Relating To The Body," The Reporter, Gaborone, Vol 7, No 1

1989
Wilkin, Karen. "At The Galleries," Partisan Review, Spring
Hilton, Tim. "Critics Choice," The Guardian, May 3
Norrie, Jane. "Willard Boepple," Arts Review, May 5
Ciphers, Peggy. Arts Magazine, May (review)
"Going out to the Galleries," The Independent, May 2

1988
Barter, Judith. Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Massachusetts (catalogue essay for Willard Boepple: Sculpture)

1985
Boepple, Willard. "Commencement Address," Museum School News, Vol VII, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Dunlap, David W. "Relearning the Sculptor's Craft," New York Times, October 7
Russell, John. New York Times, October 11 (review)
Klein, Ellen Lee. Arts Magazine, December (review)
“The Sculpture of Willard Boepple,” Acquavella Contemporary Art, New York

1984
Klein, Ellen Lee. Arts Magazine, December (review) catalogue essay, Stephen Sandy

1983
Moffett, Kenneth. Abstract Art in New England, Danforth Museum, Framingham, Massachusetts (catalogue introduction)
Swan, John. Abstract Art in New England (review)

1980
Hudson, Andrew. Fifteen Sculptures in Steel Around Bennington, Park McCullough House, North Bennington, Vermont (catalogue essay)
Sculpture Newsletter, January-June

1978
Russell, John. New York Times, April 24
Ashberry, John. New York Magazine, April 24
Saunders, Wade. "Willard Boepple at Acquavella," Art in America, September-October
The Museum Year: the 102nd Annual Report
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts