RESUME
Born, Boston, MA 1948
EDUCATION
BFA, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 1973
AWARDS / PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
Commission, Water Feature Sculpture, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay Harbor, ME, 2008
Awarded Grant, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, 2007
Awarded Grant, George Sugarman Foundation 2007
Commission, Outdoors sculpture for The New Hampshire State Library, Concord, NH 2006
Awarded Lifetime Fellow, NH State Council on the Arts, 2006
Commission, Water Feature Sculpture. Concord Hospital, Concord, NH 2005
Enrichment Grant, The Greater Piscataqua Foundation. Portsmouth, NH, 2002
Commission/ Design, an outdoor sculpture for PSNH Headquarters, Energy Park, Manchester, NH 2002
Commission, NH Department of Transportation, sculpture/ sign for the Seabrook, NH Welcome Center, 2000
The Paul McEachran Award, Prescott Park Art Festival, 2000
Commission, The Percent for Art Program, outdoor sculpture at the NH Correctional Facility. Berlin, NH 2000
Commission, Maine Arts Commission, outdoor sculpture at the Shapleigh Middle School, Kittery, Maine, 1996
Individual Artist Fellowship, NH State Council on the Arts, N.E.A. 1999 Commission, granite wall relief and courtyard for the Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery, Keene State College, Keene, NH 1992-93
Individual Artist Fellowship, NH State Council on the Arts, N.E.A. 1992Second Prize, The Omer Lessoned Exhibition, NH Art Association 1986
The Paul Costello Award, 40th Annual, The Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH 1984
The Hitchner Award, The 39th Annual, The Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH 1984
The Indian National Bank Award, The 38th Annual, The Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH 1984
Individual Artist Fellowship, NH State Council on the Arts, N.E.A. 1984
Commission, The Percent for Art Program, outdoor sculpture at the
New Hampshire Technical Institute, Concord, NH, 1984
David Campbell Scholarship Award, University of New Hampshire, 1973
General Motors Summer Design Program, Detroit, MI, 1970
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2016 Stone Waves, Coastal ME Botanical Gardens, Boothbay, ME
Celebration of Stone, Southern NH University, Manchester, NH
2010 McGowan Fine Art, Concord, NH
2009 Cynthia-Reeves, New York, NY
Autumn at Hawk Ridge Farm, June LaCombe / SCULPTUTRE. Pownal, ME
2008 George Marshall Store Gallery, Museums of Old York, York, ME
2005 Reeves Contemporary, NY, NY
McGowan Fine Art, Concord, NH
2004 Reeves Contemporary, NY, NY
2003 The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center, West Rutland, VT
McGowan Fine Art, Concord, NH
2000 McGowan Fine Art, Concord, NH,
1998 McGowan Fine Art, Concord, NH,
1998 The Rivers School, Weston, MA
1996 McGowan Fine Art, Concord, NH,
1995 The Rotunda, The Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA,
1994 Darling Sculpture Courtyard, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH,
1994 McGowan Fine Art, Concord, NH
1994 Chapel Arts Center, St. Anslem’s College, Manchester, NH,
1993 Sasaki Associates, Inc. Watertown, MA,
1992 Ps Galleries, Ogunquit, ME,
1991 McGowan Fine Art, Concord, NH,
1990 New England College, Henniker, NH,
1989 McGowan Fine Art, Concord, NH,
1987 Chapel Arts Center, St. Anslem’s College, Manchester, NH,
1988 Blackthorne Gallery, Portsmouth, NH,
1987 Walt Kuhn Gallery, Cape Neddick, ME,
1979 Seasons Gallery, The Hague, The Netherlands,
1975 Hebron Academy, Hebron, ME
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2110 Gary Haven Smith & Mary Judge, Spheris Gallery Hanover, NH
2009 Gary Haven Smith and Gerald Auten, Spotlight New England, The Currier Museum, Manchester, NH
2008 Gary Haven Smith & Heather Hutchinson, Spheris Gallery, Hanover, NH
2006 Unique Visions, Arts Exclusive Gallery, Simsbury, CT
2005 Spheris Gallery, Bellows Falls, VT
2002 Granite to Glass, NH Art Institute, Manchester, NH
Gatherings, G. Marshall Gallery, Museums of Old York, York, ME
2001 Yo Gallery, Manchester, NH
2000 Gary Haven Smith & Elizabeth Billings, Spheris Gallery, New York,
NY
1996 Fiber/Stone, Framingham State College, Framingham, MA
Elizbieta Sikorska /Gary Haven Smith, Marjan Frank Gallery, Kittery
Pt., ME
1989 John Hultberg/ Gary Haven Smith, Gallery 127, Portland, ME
1987 Agrafiotis/Smith, Blackthorne Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 REVIEW, Recent Work by UNH Alumni, Art Museum, UNH, Durham,
NH
2010 Artists’ Circle, Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough, NH
Who’s Counting, 15th Anniversary Year, George Marshall Store Gallery, York, ME
Sculpture at Hawk Ridge Farm, June LaCombe SCULPTURE, Pownal,
ME
2009 Group Show, Portsmouth Museum of Art, Portsmouth, NH
RSVP, Invited New England Artists, George Marshall Store Gallery, York, ME
Sculpture For the Contemplative Garden, June Lacombe / Sculpture., Pownal ME
2008 Water and Gravity, Hawk Ridge Farm, Pownal, ME,
Chalk, Clay, Stone, Taylor Gallery, Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, NH
New Hampshire Originals, Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH
2007 Summer Show, G. Marshall Store Gallery, Museums of Old York,
York, ME
A Gathering of NH Visual Arts Fellows: 1999-2009, The Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough, NH
Sculpture at Maine Audubon, Falmouth, ME, June LaCombe / Sculpture
Sculpture at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay Harbor, ME
Road Trip, G. Marshall Store Gallery, Museums of Old York, York, ME
2006 Coming to Our Senses, June LaCombe/Sculpture, Pownal, ME
NH Painting in the 21st Century, Kimball-Jenkins School of Art, Concord, NH
2005 Costal Maine Botanical Garden, Boothbay, ME
2005 Sally French Gallery Lambertville, NJ
Touchstones, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME
Gateway to Sculpture, The Fells, Newbury, NH
Twenty-Five Years, McGowan Fine Art, Concord,
NH Hawk Ridge Farm, June LaCombe/ Sculpture. Pownal, ME
2004 Sally French Gallery, Lambertville, NJ
Four Square, The Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter,
NH
Sculpture for this Animate Earth 2004/ June Lacombe Sculpture, Pownal. ME
Art of the Elements, Coolidge Center for the Arts, Portsmouth, NH
Fourth Annual Sculptural Garden Invitational, University of New England, Westbrook, ME
Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill, ME
2003 Regional Selections 2003, The Hood Museum, Hanover, NH
An Eye on Alumni, Six Sculptors, Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.
Momentum, G. Marshall Store Gallery, Museums of Old York York, ME
Focal Point, Hawk Ridge Farm. Pownal ME, curated by June LaCombe
Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill, ME
2002 Cairn Croft Sculpture Garden, Dover MA
Heart of Matter, Chewonki Foundation, Wiscasset, ME
Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill, ME
2001 Summer Group Show, Axel Raben Gallery, New York, NY
New Hampshire Talent at the Mclninch Gallery, Notre Dame College, Manchester, NH
Accord IV, G. Marshall Store Gallery, Museums of Old York York, ME
River Currents, G. Marshall Store Gallery, York, ME
Images in Wax: Contemporary Encaustic, Karl Drerup Art Gallery,
Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH
2000 Group Show, Greenhut Galleries, curated by June LaCombe, Portland, ME
Black and White, McGowan Fine Art, Concord, NH
Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture 2000, Moses-Kent Museum, Exeter, NH
Spring Collections, G. Marshall Store Gallery, York, ME
1999 Sculpture, Greenhut Galleries, curated by June LaCombe, Portland,
Contemporary Sculpture at the Wentworth Coolidge Mansion, Portsmouth, NH
1999 Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill ME
Almost New to Town, curated by Bruce Brown, Davidson & Daughters, Portland, ME
Office Environment at the Design Center, Creiger-Dane Gallery, Boston. MA
1998 Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture VI, Moses-Kent Museum, Exeter,
NH
Cornucopia, Yukiko Lunday Gallery, Houston Texas
Sculpture in the Work Place, Cole Hahn, curated by June LaCombe, Yarmouth, ME
Sculpture Sanctuary, Maine Audubon, Gilsland Farm, Falmouth, ME
Coldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME
Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture V, Moses-Kent Museum, Exeter,
NH
Related by Marriage, G. Marshall Store Gallery, Museums of Old York,
ME
Beavis-Frank Gallery, Kittery Point, ME
The First 25 Years, Juried BFA Graduate Exhibition, UNH, Durham,
NH
1997 Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill, ME
Gallery Takara, Houston, TX
Accord II, G. Marshall Store Gallery, York, ME
Art at the Prudential Center, Creiger- Dane Gallery, Boston, MA
Living with Sculpture, curated by June LaCombe, Pownal, ME
Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture IV, Moses-Kent Museum, Exeter, NH
Picking Up the Pieces, G. Marshall Store Gallery, York, ME
Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill, ME
1996 Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture III, Moses-Kent Museum, Exeter, NH
1995 Maine Arts Festival, Brunswick, ME
Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill, ME
UMass Dartmouth Centennial Sculpture Exhibition, Dartmouth, MA
Gallery Viva, Kawasaki, Japan
Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill, ME
1994 Outside, at the Moses-Kent House Museum, Exeter, NH
Sculpture and the Landscape, Maine Audubon Society, Falmouth, ME
Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture, Moses-Kent House Museum, Exeter, NH
1993 Abstract Visions, Hollander & Co., York Harbor, ME
Juried Summer Show at AVA Gallery, Lebanon, NH
1992 New Art / New Hampshire, Keene State College, Keene, NH
1991 Art& Artists: Grason, Meyers, Smith, Colby-Saywer College,
New London, NH
1991 Cohen, Smith & Penfield, AVA Gallery, Lebanon, NH
Thompson, Smith & Huller, Arts Exclusive Gallery, Simsbury, CT
Art Faculty Review, The Art Gallery, University of New Hampshire
The Environment: An Artist’s Medium, Library Arts Center, Newport, NH
1990 Introducing- Kizik, Dashef, Smith & Meyers, A.R.A. Gallery, South Hamilton, MA
New Dimensions, Juried Alumni Exhibition, University of NH.
Touchstone, Invitational Exhibition, The Barn Gallery, Ogunquit, ME
1988 National Invitational Art Exhibition, Brenau College, Gainesville, GA
Invitational: Former Students of Sigmund Abeles, The Art Gallery, and UNH
The 41st, The Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH
1987 Hobe Sound Galleries, Hobe Sound, FL
Sculpture ’87, Massachusetts Community Bay College, Wellesley, MA
Contemporary Furniture, Winston & Co. in So Ho, New York, NY
New England Contemporary, Nashua Center for the Arts, Nashua, NH
Invited New England Sculptors, The Barn Gallery, Ogunquit, ME
Sculpture Invitational, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH
Of the Land, Varley & Stevens Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
Blackthorne Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
1986 New Work/ New Directions, NH Art Association, Manchester, NH
Tangent Directions. Portsmouth, NH
Invited New England Sculptors, The Barn Gallery, Ogunquit, ME
Selected Works, Walt Kuhn Gallery, Cape Neddick, ME
Inaugural Exhibition, Varley & Stevens Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
Some Illustrious Alumni: The First Invitational Exhibition, The Art Gallery, The University of New Hampshire
1985 4th New England Arts Biennial, The Manchester Institute of Arts & Sciences, Manchester, NH
New Hampshire Sculptors / 1985, The Manchester Institute of Arts & Sciences, Manchester, NH
1984 The Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, NY
1983 The Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, NY
The Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
1982 The 36th Annual, The Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH
1980 Seasons Gallery, The Hague, The Netherlands
The Walt Kuhn Gallery, Cape Neddick, ME
1979 Piazzale Michelangelo Exhibition, Fabianno, Italy
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Juror, REVIEW, Recent Work by UNH Alumni, Art Museum, UNH, Durham, NH 2010
Lecture: Rye Art Group, Rye, NH 2010
Guest artist, Art All State, Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH 2003-04
Workshop, Southwest Stoneworks, Dixon, New Mexico 2002
Artist in Residence, The Currier Museum of Art /Yo Gallery, Manchester, NH, 2001
Lecturer, New England College, Henniker, NH 1998-99
Workshop, The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center, West Rutland, VT 1998-
Adjunct Professor, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 1991-98
Artist-Teacher Field Faculty, Vermont College, Montpelier, VT, 1992
Artist in Residence, St. Anslem College, Manchester, NH, 1987
Foundry and sculpture technician, University of New Hampshire, 1974-76
Maintained studios: Paros, Greece, 1976-77; Pietrasanta, Italy, 1978-79 and 1981
BIBLIOGRAPHY
100 Artists of New England, by E. Ashley Rooney, Schiffler Publishing LTD. , 2010
Delicate Granite by Robin Respaut,UNH Magazine Online, Spring 2010 http://www.unhmagazine.unh.edu/sp10/granite.html
Granite Carver, Word of Mouth- NHPR, Virgina Prescott, 2009 July/ August
Spotlight New England, Gary Haven Smith and Gerald Auten, by LindaChestney, Artscope Magazine, 2009
The Gary & Gerry Show, New England Formalism at the Currier Museum, Edgar Allan Beem, Yankee Magazine, 2009
The Inspired Garden: 24 Artists Share Their Vision, by Judy Paolini, Down East Press, 2009
Defying the Nature of Stone, Profile by Jeanne’ McCartin, Portsmouth Herald, September 30, 2008
Commanding Stone and Canvas at Spheris, Review by Alex Hanson,New Hampshire Public Radio,
Carving Up the Granite State, radio interview on John Water’s Front Porch, April 21, 200
The New York Art World, Exhibition Review: Michael Mulhern and Gary Haven Smith at Reeves Contemporary”, by Jack Savage. Pg. 15, March, 2004.
Stone in America Magazine, A Continuum of Stone, by Jacqueline Kimball, Pgs. 28-32, May/June, Vol 115. No.3, 2002
Sculpture Review Magazine, Taking Chisel and Hammer to Stone, by Ellen B. Cutler, Pgs. 25-30, Spring 02 Vol. LU No. 1
Concord Monitor, Gary Haven Smith- In His Element, by Victoria Shouldis, pg. D6, Aug. 28, 2000
Sculpture Magazine, Reviews, Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture 5, Dec. 1998, Vol.17. Pgs. 59-60.
Exhibition Review, ART NEW ENGLAND, Dec / Jan 1988
The Boston Sunday Globe, Arts & People, by Mark Dagostino, pg. NH16, June 7, 1998NH Sunday News, Sculptor Explores Heart of Stone, by Laura Pope, pg. 1E, May 3, 1988
Exhibition Review, ART NEW ENGLAND, Dec./ Jan. 1994
Riparian, Alumni Close Up: Along the Continuum: Sculptor Gary Haven Smith, by Alex Stephens. Pg.20, Spring 1994
Concord Monitor, Rock-solid Connection, by Christine Hamm, Pg. D-1, May 26, 1994
Exhibition Review, ART NEW ENGLAND, Dec / Jan 1993Concord Monitor, Gary Haven Smith- A Multi-Media Man, by Mary Beth Lapin, Pg. 3, Jan. 10, 1992
Exhibition Review, ART NEW ENGLAND, Aug / Sept 1991
Exhibition Review, ART NEW ENGLAND, November 1988
Foster’s Daily Democrat, Showcase Magazine, Carving Out a Living, by Larry Peskin, October 6, 1988.
Portsmouth Herald, Rockribbed, Gary Haven Smith’s Exhibition at Blackthorne Gallery,” by Neil Cote, Pgs. E1-2, Sept. 1988.
SELECTED PRIVATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH (2)
Museum of Art, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay Harbor, ME
Coventry Corporate Center, Fort Washington, PA (2)
New Hampshire State Library, Concord, NH
The Park Hyatt Hotel at the Bellevue, Philadelphia, PA (2)
New Britain Museum of Art, New Britain, CT (3)
Energy Capital Partners, Short Hills, NJ (3)
Acadian Asset Management, Boston, MA
Max Re Capital Ltd. Hamilton, Bermuda
John MacNamara Foundation, Westport, ME (2)
PSNH, (headquarters) Manchester, NH
Wheaton College, Norton, MA (3)
Center Solutions Ltd. Bermuda
Davis Companies, Boston, MA
Hale & Dorr, Washington, DC
Tracy Memorial Library, New London, NH
Fidelity Investments, Merrimack, NH (3)
Kittery School Department, Kittery, ME
The Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA
New Hampshire Compensation Fund, Concord, NH
Celltech Biologic, Newington, NH
Primary Bank, Concord, NH
Hotel Cosima, Tokyo, Japan (3)
Healsthsource, Hookset, NH (headquarters)
Sulloway & Hollis, Concord, NH
McLean, Gray, Raulerson & Middelton, Manchester, NH
The Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery, Keene State College, Keene, NH
Friar Associates, Farmington, CT
Bank of New Hampshire, Manchester, NH
Drexel Technical Institute, Philadelphia, PA (2)
Putnam Company, Boston, MA
NYNEX, Washington, DC
New Hampshire Technical Institute, Concord, NH
CIGNA Corporation, Wilmington, DE (headquarters)
General Electric Company, Fairfield, CT
The Dimond Library, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
Allied Signal, Hampton, NH
The Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, NY
McDevitt and Street Company, Charlotte, NC
The Piscataqua National Bank, Portsmouth, NH