Jerilea Zempel

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SITED SCULPTURE
HOMELAND SECURITY BLANKET, Canadian Cultural Capital festival, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada, 2008
“THE LADY VANISHES...AGAIN” Rodman Hall Arts Center, St. Catherine's, Ontario, summer, 2001(CATALOG)
CARYATIS MANOUREN, 25TH Anniversary Exhibition, Sculpture Space, Utica, NY, spring, 2000
“THE LADY VANISHES,” Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, NY summer, 1998:(CATALOG)
“ GUNS AND ROSETTES,” installation in the Military Museum of Poznan, Poland, August, 1998
”AEDICULES,” Art/OMI, Hudson, New York, summer, 1997
"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION," Katonah Museum, Katonah, New York, summer, 1993 (CATALOG)
"SHOOTING GALLERY," 24 hour window installation, Lower Manhattan, Oct-Dec 1992
"TROPHY," Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Penna., spring, 1990-present
"GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS, Gettysburg College, spring, 1990
"PIECE DIVIDEND," Canterbury Arts Festival, Canterbury, UK, Oct, 1990
"ADVANCES AND DECLINES," Atlanta Arts Festival, September, 1990 (CATALOG)
"PUBLIC AND PRIVATES," Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, summer, 1990 (CATALOG)
"GREENBACKS," Gateshead Garden Festival, New Castle-upon-Tyne, UK, spring, 1990 (CATALOG)
"EXCESS VOLATILITY," Battery Park, New York, December, 1989- May, 1990
"ARTS AND LEISURE," Prospect Park Boathouse, Brooklyn, New York, spring-summer, 1988
"INSIDE TRADER," Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, summer, 1988
"SELECTIVE AMNESIA," Snug Harbor Cultural Center, summer, 1988
"LOOSE CANONS," Artpark, Lewiston, New York, summer, 1987 (CATALOG)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2001 Richard Brush Art Gallery, St Lawrence University, Canton, NY
1995 Corscaden Barn, Keene Valley, NY
1992 Shooting Gallery, display window, Lower Manhattan
1991 Webb and Parsons North, Burlington, Vermont
1987 The Sculpture Center, New York
1986 Real Art Ways (RAW) Hartford, Conn.
1985 Kingsborough College, Brooklyn
1984 Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, New York

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
FACULTY SHOW, Push Pin Gallery, Fordham University, Lincoln Center, New York, November, 1998, 2001, 2003
Public Artists in New York City Parks, The Arsenal, NY, March, 2001
ANNIVERSARY SHOW, Art Awareness, Lexington, NY, summer, 2000
SUMMER SHOW, Upstate Art, Phoenicia, NY, summer, 2000
FACULTY SHOW, Fordham University, New York, October, 1998
CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS, curated by Julie Courtney, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Jan, 1996
DIRECTIONS: WOMEN SCULPTORS OF THE NINETIES, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, summer, 1995
DIRECTIONS IN CONTEMPORARY SCULPTURE," curated by Judith Stein, Brattleboro Art Center, Vermont, 1995
NATURAL SELECTION," curated by Fred Wilson, Longwood Arts Gallery, Bronx, Dec, 1991
"CHINESE TAKE-OUT," curated by Harley Spiller, Franklin Furnace, New York, March, 1991
"ORIGINAL SIN," Hillwood Gallery, Long Island University, Jan, 1991 (CATALOG)
"OTHER NATURE," Canterbury Arts Festival, Canterbury, UK, fall, 1990
ATLANTA ARTS FESTIVAL, Atlanta, Georgia, Sept, 1990 (CATALOG)
"OUT OF THE WOODS," Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, summer, 1990 (CATALOG)
GATESHEAD GARDEN FESTIVAL, New Castle-upon-Tyne, UK, spring, 1990 (CATALOG)
"LIGHT WORK," The Gallery at Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, March, 1990
"IMAGE, OBJECT ABSTRACTED," CUNY Graduate Center, New York, Dec, 1989
BENEFIT, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, April, 1989
"ONE HUNDRED DRAWINGS," curated by Judith Collishan, Long Island University, Feb, 1989, (CATALOG)
TRANSFORMATIONS," curated by Stephen Westfall, Richard Green Gallery, New York, June, 1987
"MATERIALS," curated by Dorothy Kosinski, David Segal Gallery, New York, 1986
GROUP SHOW, designed by Ping Chong, City Gallery, Department of Cultural Affairs, NY, 1986
"BETWEEN DRAWING AND SCULPTURE," curated by Doug Dreishpoon, The Sculpture Center, NY, 1985 (CATALOG)
"DIAGONALE," curated by Annie Gentils, Montevideo, Antwerp, Belgium, 1983 (CATALOG)
"MIXED BREEDS II," Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY, 1983 (CATALOG)

AWARDS AND GRANTS
GUNK FOUNDATION, 1998, 2000
MONEY FOR WOMEN, fall, 1998
ARTSLINK Collaborative Grant for project in Poznan, Poland, 1995, 1997
MID-ATLANTIC ARTS FOUNDATION, Residency Grant , Philadelphia, 1992
Project Grant, FELS FOUNDATION, BARTHOL FOUNDATION, Philadelphia, 1993
Finalist, VACANT LOTS COMPETITION, Art Commission of Philadelphia, 1990
Project Grant, NEW YORK STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS, 1989
Funded Residency, SCULPTURE SPACE, Utica, NY, 1988
HERITAGE TRUST for Artpark, Lewiston, NY, 1987
Fellowship in Sculpture, NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS, 1985
Fellowship in Sculpture, NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, 1981
JUROR'S PRIZE, given by Marcia Tucker, New York University, 1981
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, 1979 Collaboration Grant to work with Meredith Monk
Funded Studio, THE INSTITUTE FOR ART AND URBAN RESOURCES/P.S. 1, 1978

ARTICLES, REVIEWS and CRITICAL MENTION (selected)
John K Grande, "Threshold 2001," Artfocus, vol 9, issue 2, fall, 2002 (photo)
Ricardo Barreto, "Shoptalk," Public Art Review, Fall, 2001 (photo)
Ms Magazine (inside front cover photo), June-July, 2001 (photo)
Mary E Murray, “Urban Identity/Personal Architecture,” Sculpture Magazine, April, 2001
Espace Sculpture , winter, 2000 (photo)
Mother Jones Magazine, winter, 1999, (photo)
“The Tank’s New Clothes.” Poznaniak Magazine, Poznan, Poland, August, 1998 (photo)
William Zimmer, Review, The New York Times, Sunday, July 18, 1993 group review
Helen Harrison, "Putting the Blame on Eve," The New York Times, Feb 10, 1991 review (photo)
Elaine Louie, "If it's Broken..," The New York Times, June 14, 1991 news mention
Suein Hwang, "You can feast your eyes.." Wall Street Journal, March 4, 1991, group review
Victoria Giebel, Metropolis, April, 1990 (photo) feature article
Patricia C. Phillips, Artforum, April, 1990 (photo) review
Sculpture Magazine, March-April, 1990 (photo)
Robert Mahoney, Arts Magazine, Nov, 1988 (photo) group review
Michael Brenson, "Sculpture Shows its Muscle, The New York Times, Sunday, Sept 6, 1987 (photo)
William Zimmer, The New York Times, Sunday, August 3, 1986 (photo) feature review
Michael Brenson, The New York Times, July 13, 1984 group review
Kathryn Kramer, "Life signs," Arts Magazine, February, 1984 group review
Lawrence Alloway, 55 Mercer: 12 Years, catalog for 55 Mercer Gallery, New York, 1983

CATALOGS and BOOKS
John K Grande, foreward by Edward Lucie-Smith, Art Nature Dialogues, Interviews with Environmental Artists, State University of NewYork Press, 2004
Vermont Studio Center Print Portfolio Catalog, spring, 2001
John K Grande, Balance: Art and Nature, Black Rose Books, 1994
Corinne Robins, The Metaphorical Use of Form, Katonah Museum, summer, 1993
Mary Ann Wadden, Original Sin, Hillwood Art Gallery, Long Island University, winter, 1992
"The Art of Education, " Heresies 25, 1990 (photo)
Nancy Princenthal, Other Nature, Canterbury Arts Festival, October, 1990
Lowery Sims, catalog for the Arts Festival of Atlanta, September, 1990 (photo)
Isabel Vasseur and Geraldine Prince, catalog for the Newcastle Garden Festival, 1990, (photo)
Judy Van Wagner, Lines of Vision, Hudson Hills Press, 1990

THEATER AND DANCE COLLABORATIONS
With Wendy Perron for a work-in-progress, P.S. 122, November, 1991
With Gabriel Berry and John Vaccarro for "The Nutcracker," LaMama, New York, 1980
With Meredith Monk and The House for "Recent Ruins," and Ellis Island film produced for German television
With Ping Chong and the Fiji Company for "Humbolt's Current," LaMama, 1978, (Village Voice Obie)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, Fordham University, 1983-present:
INSTRUCTOR, Rhode Island School of Design, 1989-90
ASSISTANT ADJUNCT PROFESSOR, Pace University of White Plains, 1974-80
VISITING ARTIST: School of Visual Arts, New York Vermont Studio Center, Indiana State University, Gettysburg, College, University of South Florida, Maryland Institute College of Art, RISD, Bennington College, Minneapolis College of Art and Design

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Every December I celebrate the holiday making cookies with some friends. Each year we chose a different theme. It's a lot of fun and we make a huge mess. Here's a selection of our handiwork.

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