Education:
1966, MFA degree, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
Work Experience:
1966-1973, moved to Los Angeles, CA and was working in neon and
Plexiglas.
1974, returned to Wisconsin and began to work in
cast bronze.
Experimented in other materials including Cor-ten
steel, burlap, tree branches, paint and rope
Artwork, abstract and
figurative in nature
Performance works, (sculptures and paintings) which were used on stage.
1994, maintained a
studio in Sherman Park, Milwaukee, WI
Married Wisconsin artist, Estherley (Estherlee)
Allen.
1995, left Wisconsin for Arizona
1995-2008, created welded scrap steel
life size sculptures of horses, made of material found in Arizona scrap
yards. Four of these sculptures were exhibited at the
Phippen Museum in Prescott, AZ. The Phippen purchased three of these
sculptures
for their collection and one was sold to a private collector. and was
exhibited at the Hahn-Ross Gallery in Santa Fe as well as more currently
at
Prescott College.
Currently, maintains and works in a home studio in Prescott, Arizona and am creating painted totem-like welded
steel sculptures and also continues to create horse sculptures.
Exhibitions:
1967, One Person Show
at the Esther Robles Gallery
circa 1974, exhibited in a number of group exhibitions.
circa 1995-2008, Phippen Museum, Prescott, AZ.
2008, solo exhibition, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Peck School of the
Arts, Inova/Kenilworth Gallery
Awards:
1963-66, Madison Art
Center Purchase Award, Wisconsin Salon of Art Awards,
Milwaukee Art
Museum Awards (1966, Get Out of
Vietnam III, Best of Show and $1000 prize,
award
winning sculpture welded jagged sections of boiler plating, 6”x6”
beams, 12 feet high and
occupied a 12’x10’ area)
Commissions:
2004, horse sculpture for a
private client in Point Reyes, CA
Source of Information: Gene Galazan's website, July,
2010