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Jon Brooks
ArtSoul Pine Rd.
New Boston, NH 03070 (603) 487-2780 Jon@jonbrooks.org www.jonbrooks.org Education: 1967 MFA College of Fine Arts/Wood Furniture Design and Sculpture Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 1966 BFA College of Fine Arts/School for American Craftsmen Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY Selected Collections: National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA Museum of Arts and Design NY, NY Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH NH State Council on the Arts, Lifetime Fellowship Collection, Concord, NH Hampshire College, Amherst, MA Sculpture Park, Lewiston, NY John Robins Foundation, Westtown School, Westtown, PA St. Anselm College, Manchester, NH Society for the Protection of NH Forests, Concord, NH NH Historical Society, Concord, NH Whipple Free Library, New Boston, NH New Boston Central School, New Boston, NH Selected Solo Exhibitions: 2004 New England College Art Gallery, Henniker, NH 2003 Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 1998 Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 1994 Barn Gallery, Ogunquit, ME 1993 Buckingham, Brown, and Nichols School, Cambridge, MA 1992 Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA 1992 St. Anselm College, Manchester, NH 1991 Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH 1991 Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 1990 Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI 1988 Image Gallery, Sarasota, FL 1988 Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA 1986 Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 1985 Ten Arrow Gallery, Cambridge, MA 1985 St. Anselm College, Manchester, NH 1984 Craft Council of Tasmania Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 1983 Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 1981 Workbench Gallery, NY, NY 1981 Ten Arrow Gallery, Cambridge, MA 1979 Richard Kagan Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 1978 Hupper Gallery, Hebron, ME 1975 Fairtree Gallery, NY, NY 1974 Ten Arrow Gallery, Cambridge, MA 1971 J. Freeman Gallery, NY, NY 1971 Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 1969 Taylor & Ng, San Francisco, CA 1969 Shop One, Rochester, NY Selected Exhibitions: 2007- 2009 Craft in America: Expanding Traditions, National Museum Tour 2008 Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH 2008 Lifetime Fellows of The New Hampshire State Council On The Arts, Lamont Gallery, Exeter, NH. 2006 The Scale of Things to Come, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA 2006 Gallery Artists, Anderson-Soule Gallery, Concord, NH 2006 Studio Furniture, Sharada Gallery, Hudson, NY 2005 SOFA-Convergence Exhibition, Chicago, Synderman Gallery 2005 Convergence Exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco, CA 2005 Convergence Exhibition, Oceanside Museum of Art, San Diego, CA 2005 NH Furniture Masters Tenth Anniversary Exhibition, Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH 2005 Invitational Sculpture Exhibition, St. Pauls School, Concord, NH 2004 The Bennett Collection, San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design, Inaugural Exhibition, San Francisco, CA 2004 The Outrageous Home, Hunderdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ 2004 Anniversary Exhibition, Pritam & Eames, East Hampton, NY 2004 Salon Exhibition, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA 2004 Group Exhibition, Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough, NH 2003 Maker’s Hand: American Studio Furniture 1940-1990, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA 2003 The Figure as Object, Southern Highland Craft Guild, Ashville, NC 2002 The Chair, Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA 2002 NH Furniture Masters, Montshire Museum, Norwich, VT 2001 American Craft Odyssey, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC 2001 Le Bain, Studio Furniture for the Bath, Gallery Naga, Boston, MA 2000 Studio Furniture, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN 2000 Chairs, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA 2000 The Art of Craft, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 1999 SOFA, NY, Snyderman Gallery 1999 Gallery Artists, Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 1999 NH Furniture Masters, Boston Architectural Center, Boston, MA 1998 Gallery Exhibition, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC 1998 The Bennett Collection, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA 1997 Early Spring Exhibition, Pritam & Eames, East Hampton, NY 1997 Celebrating American Craft, Kunstindustrie, Copehagen, Denmark 1997 Studio Furniture Invitational, SUNY College Brockport, Brockport, NY 1996 Chairmania, Museum at the Fashion Institute, NY, NY 1996 Gallery Artists, Synderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 1996 Studio Furniture Invitational, Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI 1996 NH Furniture Masters, NH Historical Society, Concord, NH 1995 Studio Furniture Invitational, Limn Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1995 Chairmania, Chicago Athenaeum, Chicago, Ill 1995 Studio Furniture, Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA 1995 The Chair, Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI 1995 Master Works, Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH 1995 New Traditions, Worcester Craft Center, Worcester, MA 1994 Conservation by Design, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI 1993 Contemporary Chairs, San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, CA 1992 Craft Today USA European Tour, American Craft Museum, NY, NY 1992 The Mailbox, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Detroit, MI 1991 Dogs, Mystical, Magical, Inspirational, Pueblo Museum, Tucson, AZ 1991 Master Pieces of the 20th Century, Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH 1991 The Chair, Gallery of Functional Art, Santa Monica, CA 1991 Furniture Now, Art Works Gallery, Seattle, WA 1991 Contemporary Furniture Maker’s of the American Northeast, The Gallery at Bristol-Myers Scuibb, Princeton, NJ 1989 Craft Today USA, Musee Des Arts Decoratifs, Louvre, Paris, France 1989 Painted Wood, Mendelson Gallery, Washington Dept, CT 1988 Craft Today: Poetry of the Physical, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI 1988 Craft Today: Poetry of the Physical, J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY 1988 Craft Today: Poetry of the Physical, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA 1988 Gallery Artists, Wita Gardner Gallery, San Diego, CA 1987 Craft Today: Poetry of the Physical, The Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO 1987 Craft Today: Poetry of the Physical, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA 1987 The New Spirit: Wood Turned and Carved, Hand and Spirit Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ 1986 Inaugural Exhibition of the American Craft Museum, NY, NY 1986 Furniture You Can Dance To, Art and Architectural Design, Baltimore, MD 1985 Furniture Invitational, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA 1985 Subtractive Woodworking, Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 1985 Language of Materials, Baxter Gallery, Portland School of Art, Portland, ME 1985 Subtractive Woodworking, Pritam & Eames, East Hampton, NY 1985 National Furniture Exhibition, Tupelo Museum of Art, Tupelo, MI 1984 Faculty Exhibition, University of Tasmania, Australia 1983 National Furniture, Invitational, Landsman Gallery, Cherry Hill, NJ 1983 Studio Furniture, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC 1983 Furniture Invitational, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA 1981 Sculpture NH, Saint-Gaudens Memorial at the National Historic Site, Cornish, NH 1980 Wood and Iron Invitational, Louisville Art Gallery, Louisville, KY 1980 Northern New England Crafts Invitational, Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough, NH 1979 New Handmade Furniture, American Crafts Museum, NY, NY 1978 Studio Furniture Invitational, John Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI 1978 Gallery Artists Exhibition, Richard Kagan Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 1977 Crafts Invitational, Halifax Museum of Art, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 1976 Craftforms, Brockton Art Center, Brockton, MA 1976 Wood Invitational, The Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 1976 Fort Wayne Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana 1975 Bed and Board, Decordova Museum, Lincoln, MA 1974 FORM: 74, Northern Illinois University-Gallery 200, Dekalb, Il 1974 First World Craft Exhibition, Ontario Science Center, Toronto, Canada 1971 Art In Other Media, Burpee Art Museum, Rockford, IL Honors, Grants, and Awards: 2006 NH State Council on the Arts, Purchase Award Special Guest Artist, 73rd Annual Craftsmen’s Fair, Sunapee, NH 2004 Lifetime Fellowship Award, NH State Council on the Arts 2000 Best in Show Award, Annual Craftsmen’s Fair: Living With Crafts, Sunapee, NH 1999 Fellowship Grant, NH State Council on the Arts 1996 Fellowship Grant, NH State Council on the Arts 1995 Ballantine Best in Show Award, League of NH Crafts 1994 Ballantine Best in Show Award, League of NH Crafts 1985 Massachusetts Arts Council Purchase Award, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA 1985 Ballantine Best in Show Award, League of NH Crafts Selected Bibliography Publications: Woodwork, Jon Brooks: Working Where Art and Function Collide (cover article), Dec. 2006, p.22-29 NH Sunday News, From Functional to Whimsical, July 24th 2005, p.5E NH Magazine, The Non-linear World of Artist Jon Brooks, Oct. 2005, p.35-41 Accent Magazine, Building the House of His Dreams, July/Aug. 2005, p. 35-41 Craft Arts International, Convergence: Crossing the Divide, Summer 2005, #65, p.107-10 The San Diego Union Tribune, Form, Function, and Fantasy, April 14 2005 Oceanside Magazine, The Studio Furniture of Tasmania and America, Spring 2005 Arts Media, Furniture from Sleek to Freak, Winter 2004, p.20-22 NH Sunday News, Furniture Or Sculpture? Jon Brooks Does Both, Sept. 19th 2004, p.E6-11 Architectural Digest, A Dual Endeavor in Chicago, March 2004, p.178- 85 American Craft Magazine, Jon Brooks, Aug./Sept. 2003, p.72 American Craft, Shaker Inspiration, Feb./Mar. 2001, p.92-95 Boston Globe, July 2nd 2000, p.NH10 Boston Globe, States Craftsmen Look Ahead, Feb.13th 2000, p.NH11 New Hampshire Additions, Jon Brooks: Stickler for Functional Art, Mar. 1999, p.47 Washington Post, The New Patronage System, Oct. 2nd 1998, p.11-12 Bloomberg Magazine, Into the Woods, March 1998, p.114 Art and Antiques, Brilliance in the Woods, Jan. 1998, p.73-75 American Style, In the Grain, Fall 1997, p.67 New Hampshire Sunday News, Where Furniture and Sculpture Collide, Aug. 25th 1996, p.E1-4 Wall Street Journal, Crafting Tomorrow’s Antiques Today, July 26th 1996, p.19 NH Home, Storybook Style (Cover Story), Mar./April 1995, p.32-37 American Woodworker, Creative Conservation, Feb. 1994, p.92-93 Interiors Magazine, Furniture With Forests In Mind, April 1994, p.80 Concord Sunday Monitor Magazine, Climbing the Ladder to the Top (Cover Story), Aug. 21st 1994, p.3 The New York Times, Furniture With an Aura of Sculpture, Oct.27th 1991, p.13 The Philadelphia Enquirer, He Came, He Sawed-And It’s Art, May 30th 1990, p.3B The Miami Herald, Hoffman Gallery Offers Adventure, March 1st 1989, p.6D The Boston Globe, Arts Center Features Site Specific Works, June 12th1988, p.NH33 Sarasota Herald Tribune, Artist Creates Whimsical Furniture, Feb 7th 1988, p.4G Boston Globe, Nature Carver Collaborates to Create Unique Works in Wood, May 24th 1987, p.NH21-24 House and Garden, Craft Comeback, Nov. 1986, p.226 Time Magazine, Design: Handsome and Homemade, Nov.3rd 1986, p.94-95 Fine Woodworking, Subtractive Woodworking, Sept./Oct. 1985, p.88- 93 Touch Wood, New Zealand Journal for Woodworkers, Jon Brooks, Mar. 1985, p.15-16 Arts National, Woodcrafts of Tasmania, Sept. 1984, p.33-35 The New York Times, 3 Furniture Craftsmen at Home, Feb. 16th, 1984, p.34 Fine Woodworking, Chainsaw Carving, Spring 1978 AIA Journal, Furniture As Sculpture and Visa Versa, Oct. 1974, p.48- 53 NH Sunday News, NH Couple Finds Peace in Simpler Way of Life, March 12th 1972, p.31-37 Books: Furniture Makers Exploring the Digital Age, Cambium Press, Bethel, CT, 2005 The Maker’s Hand: American Studio Furniture, 1940-1990, Dist. Art Publishers, NY, NY 2003 The Workshop, Taunton Press, New Town, CT, 2003 Scratching the Surface, Guild Publishers, Madison, WI, 2002 Tradition in Contemporary Furniture, Cambium Press, Bethel, CT, 2001 Furniture Studio: The Heart of the Functional Arts, Cambium Press, Bethel, CT, 1999 The Year of American Craft Desk Diary, Harry S. Abrams Publisher, NY, NY, 1993 Craft Today: Poetry of the Physical, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, NY, NY, 1986 Woodworking: The New Wave, Crown Publishers, NY, NY, 1981 Fine Woodworking Techniques 2, Taunton Press, New Town, CT, 1980 Design Book Two, Taunton Press, New Town, CT, 1979 Creating Small Wood Objects as Functional Sculpture, Crown Publishers, NY, NY, 1976 Creating Modern Furniture, Crown Publishers, NY, NY, 1975 In Praise of Hands: Contemporary Crafts of the World, McClelland and Stewart, Toranto, Canada, 1974 Film/Video: 1988, Beetlejuice, The Geffen Company, Dir. Tim Burton 1998, NH Crossroads: Jon Brooks, NH Public Television, 2005, MSBR-Wilton, NH; Jon Brooks, WCVB-TV Channel 5, Boston, MA 2005, Off-Beat America: Outrageous Homes, High Noon Productions, Denver, CO Lectures & Residencies: 2008 Emma International Collaboration, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada 2006 Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 2006 73rd Annual Craftsmen’s Fair, Sunapee, NH 2006 NH State Council on the Arts, Hancock, NH 2006 New Boston Public School, New Boston, NH 2005 Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco, CA 2005 Haystack School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME 2004 New England College Art Gallery, Henniker, NH 1999 Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH 1997 Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH 1995 Worcester Craft Center, Worcester, MA 1994 NH Historical Society, Concord, NH 1993 University of NH, Durham, NH 1992 Worcester Craft Center, Worcester, MA 1990 University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 1990 L’Etacq College, Christchurch, New Zealand 1990 Contemporary Design Center, Auckland, New Zealand 1990 Alfred University, Alfred, NY 1989 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI 1988 League of NH Craftsmen (State Juror), Concord, NH 1986 University of NH, Durham, NH 1986 Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA 1984 Craft Council of New Zealand: Christchurch; New Plymouth; Auckland, New Zealand 1984 Craft Council of Australia: Sydney; Adelaide; Hobart 1983 University of Tasmania, Hobart Tasmania, Australia 1981 Program in Artisanry, Boston University, Boston, MA 1980 Johnson Atelier, Institute of Sculpture, Princeton, NJ 1978 Artpark, Lewiston, NY (1977, 1976, and 1975) 1974 University of NH, Durham, NH Teaching Appointments: 2008 Current Artist in Resident/ Teaching Position: Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC 2006 Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC 2006 NH Institute of Furniture Making: Studio Based Learning Program, Concord, NH 2005 NH Institute of Furniture Making: Studio Based Learning Program, Concord, NH 2000 Haystack Mt. School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME 1999 Haystack Mt. School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME 1996 Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC 1995 Haystack Mt. School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME 1994 Haystack Mt. School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME 1993 Haystack Mt. School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME 1991 Haystack Mt. School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME 1990 Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC 1990 University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 1987 Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, NY 1986 Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC 1985 Haystack Mt. School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME 1984 Haystack Mt. School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME 1984 University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 1983 University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 1982 Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC 1979 Peter’s Valley, Layton, NJ 1978 Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC 1978 Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 1978 St. Anselm College, Manchester, NH 1977 Peter’s Valley, Layton, NJ 1976 Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 1975 Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC 1970-78 St. Anselm College, Manchester, NH Current Professional Affiliations: American Craft Council Furniture Society New Hampshire Furniture Masters Association New Hampshire Institute of Furniture Making (Board Member) League of New Hampshire Craftsmen |
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