Found Object Mixed Media Box Art Assemblage

Education:

Chouinard Art Institude, Fine Arts, 1970-1971 Los Angeles, CA

Awards & Prizes:

First Prize 2009, Slater Memorial Museum, “66th Annual Connecticut Artists Exhibition.”
New Beginnings Award 2008, Guilford Art League, “61st Annual Juried Exhibition”
Sculpture Prize , Guilford Art League, Arts Connecticut 2007, “60^th Annual Juried Exhibition”
Emporium of Old Saybrook Award 2006, Madison Art Society, “31^st Annual Juried Exhibition
”Wall Street Gallery Award 2005, Guilford Art League, “58^th Annual Juried Exhibition”
Third Prize 2003, Guilford Art Center, “Found Object Art Exhibition”
Charles R. Johnson Memorial Award 2001, Springfield Art League, “Northeast Juried Exhibit”
Lenny and Joe’s Fishtail Award 2001, Madison Art Society, “27^th Annual Juried Exhibition”

Solo Exhibitions:

2008         “Found”, Westport Arts Center, Westport, CT
2006 - 07  “Current Works” CHOW, New Haven CT
2004         “Works by Harvee Riggs” Southern Connecticut State University, Earl Hall

Group Exhibitions:

2009 Juried Show
         “Play IT Again Sam,” Juried Exhibition,  Blue Door Gallery, Yonkers, NY.
2009 Juried Show
         “Dem Bones, Dem Bones,” Juried Exhibition, The Carriage Barn Art Center, New Canaan, CT..
2009 Juried Show
         Art Kudos International Juried Competition and Exhibition. Viewable on line: http://www.artkudos.com.
2009 Juried Show
         108th New Haven Paint and Clay Club, Juried Exhibition,. Ely Slade House, New Haven , CT
2009 Juried Show
           “66th Annual Connecticut Artists Exhibition,” Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT.
2009 Tri-State Juried Exehibition:
         “ Contemporary Confrontations,” Katonah Museume of Art, Katonah, N.Y.
2008 Group Show
         “Circus Freaks,” Insider/Outsider Gallery, Cornwal Bridge, CT
2008 Juried Show
         New Haven Paint and Clay Club, Members Show. Ely Slade House, New Haven , CT
2008 Juried Show
         61st Annual Juried Exhibition,  GAL-Arts Connecticut”, Mill Gallery, Guilford, CT
2008 Juried Show
         107Th Juried Competition, New Haven Paint and Clay Club, Ely Slade House, New Haven , CT
2007 Juried Show
         60th Annual Juried Exhibition,  GAL-Arts Connecticut”, Mill Gallery, Guilford, CT
2007 Juried Show
           106Th Juried Competition, New Haven Paint and Clay Club, Ely Slade House, New Haven , CT
2007 Invitational Miniature Art Exehibition
         “Mini” Exehibition of Minature Art, Guilford Art Center, The Mill Gallery, Guilford, CT
2006 Juried Show
         “31st Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Madison Art Society”, Scranton Memorial Library, Madison, CT
2005 Juried Show
         “58th  Annual Juried Exhibition, GAL-Arts Connecticut”, Mill Gallery, Guilford, CT
2004 Invitational Chair Show
         “Please be seated”, Flinn Gallery, Greenwich, CT
2003 Invitational Box Art Show
         “Boxes As Art”, Flinn Gallery, Greenwich, CT
2003 Juried Show
         “Exhibition of Found Objects, Images and Materials”, The Mill Gallery, Guilford, CT
2002 Group Show
         “Box Art and Pastel Drawings”, Keye’s Gallery, Stony Creek, CT
2002 Group Show
         “New Works from Past Award Winners”, Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA
2002 Juried Show
         “55th Annual Juried Exhibition,  GAL- Arts Connecticut” , Mill Gallery, Guilford, CT
2002 Juried Show
         “27th Annual Juried Exhibition”, S.C. Scranton Library, Madison, CT
2001 Juried Show
         “21st Annual Connecticut Artists Show”, Center for the Arts, Milford, CT
2001 Juried Show
         “Northeast Juried Exhibition” Karen Sprague Cultural Arts Center, Springfield, MA
2001 Juried Show
         “54th Annual Juried Exhibition, Arts Connecticut”, The Mill Gallery, Guilford, CT

Bibliography:

“I think, therefore I Art” Blurb.com, 2010, 40 pages.
“Best of America Mixed Media Artists and Artisans,” Kennedy Publishing,  2007, Pg. 88
Judi Birke, “Found Objects, reborn, ..........”, New Haven Register, 5/03 E-1, E-7
Sandi Kahn Shelton, “Eureka!”, New Haven Register, 4/03, E-1, E-5
Amy J. Barry, “Spotlight on the Arts” Shore Publishing Newspaper Group, 2/02, C-4/5