Colin Chase

#112520, 2021
Reclaimed polychromed wood, steel, glass, wood & plastic beads
25 1/8 x 25 1/8 x 1 1/2 inches

	Born Newark, New Jersey Lives and works in New York City
Education
	1986	MFA, University of Michigan, School of Art and Design, Ann Arbor, MI
	1982	BFA, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, School of Art, New York
	1979	AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology, Division of Textile Design, New York
Solo Exhibitions
	2021	Cadences: New Sculpture, June Kelly Gallery, New York
	2016	code-switching: sculpture and works on paper, artist statement, June Kelly Gallery, New York
	2014	Cipher, The Sculptors Guild Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
	2012	contronym: new sculpture, June Kelly Gallery, New York
	2009	Intersection: sculpture, June Kelly Gallery, New York
	2005	not one not two: sculpture, June Kelly Gallery, New York
	2003	season reason with a transitive verb, June Kelly Gallery, New York
	2001	To Turn a Somersault on a Needle’s Point, The Phillips Museum, Franklin & Marshall, Lancaster, PA
	1999	free associating new - ancient tongues, June Kelly Gallery, New York
	1995	Praise Poems and Mute Dialogue in the Upside-Down Circle, June Kelly Gallery, New York
	1993	Alchemy of Thought, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA Sculpture, Visual Arts Program, Saint Peter’s Church, New York
	1992	After the Benediction of the Rain, Sculpture, June Kelly Gallery, New York House of Many Stories, Sculpture, Olin Art Gallery, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH
	1990-91	New Sculpture, organized by the Flushing Council on the Arts, Jamaica Arts Center, Jamaica, NY
	1989	Spirit Catchers, June Kelly Gallery, New York
Selected Group Exhibitions
	2020	Exhibition by Artists of the Mohawk Hudson-Region, curated by Susan Cross, Albany Institute of History & Art, Albany, NY
	2019	Woodstock Byrdcliffe Kleinert/James Center for the Arts, Woodstock, NY Irregular verbs, 11 Jane Street Art Center for the Arts, Woodstock, NY
	2018	Haiku Box Project: Byrdcliffe Colony; curated by Melinda Stickney Gibson, Woodstock, NY.
	2017	Celebrating 30 years, Gallery Artists: Drawings and Photographs, June Kelly Gallery, New York
	2016	Soul Searching, DM Contemporary Gallery, NYC American Twist, Governors, NYC I Breathe with You, The Fine Arts Center Augustus Savage Gallery University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA Unum Sumus, Woodstock Byrdcliffe Kleinert/James Centerfor the Arts, Woodstock, NY
	2015	Respond, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY Artists Of The Mohawk Hudson Region, curated by Rachel Uffner, University Art Museum, University at Albany NY
	2014	TransFORMation, Sculptors Guild, Governors Island, NY slfer, The Sculptors Guild Gallery, Dumbo/Brooklyn, NY (in)grained, DM Contemporary Gallery, New York Scaled to Fit, Sculptors Guild Gallery, Dumbo/Brooklyn, NY Artist Studios at 33 Orchard, curated by Jill Conner, 33B Orchard Gallery, New York Transformation, Governors Island, New York Sculptors Guild at The Fountain Art Fair, The 69th Armory, New York
	2013	Rising Tide, curated by Sarah Schmerler, Governors Island, New York Sculptors Guild at the Fountain Art Fair, The 69th Armory, New York
	2011	Loosely Coupled, sponsored by West Harlem Art Fund, Governors Island, NY
	2008-10	Reimaging the Distaff Toolkit, curated by Rickie Solinger, Bennington Museum, VT, traveling exhibition with independent catalogues and brochures
	2008	From Taboo to Icon: Africanist Turnabout, curated by Sophie Sanders and Shervone Neckles, Ice Box Project Space, Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA
	2007	Celebration: Nine Artists Commemorate the 35th Anniversary of the Winston-Salem Delta Fine Arts, Inc., NC; brochure the Jacqueline Bradley and Clarence Otis, Jr. Collection, Cornell Fine Arts Museum Winter Park, FL; traveling exhibition; catalogue Select Encounters, Broadway Gallery, New York
	2006	Hearing Voices: Personal Narratives, Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ
	2004-6	Birdspace: A Post-Audubon Artists Aviary, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans; traveling exhibition; catalogue
	2002	Out Of The Woods, curated by Kathleen Spicer, Delaware Arts Center Gallery, Narrowsburg, NY Reactions, Exit Art/The First World, New York
	2001	Cross-Pollination, The Arboretum of Los Angeles County, Arcadia, CA Cross-Pollination, Holland Tunnel Gallery, New York The Act of Drawing: Meaning/Method/Meaning, curated by Cynthia Hawkins, Rusharts Gallery, New York
	2000	The End: An Independent Vision of Contemporary Art, 1982-2000, Exit Art/The First World, New York African-American Art at 2000, Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY The Act of Drawing: Selected Works, Tompkins College Center Gallery, Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA Passages: Contemporary Art in Transition, guest curator, Deirdre A. Scott, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York; traveling exhibition, catalogue
	1999	Slave Routes: The Long Memory, Kenkeleba Gallery, New York
	1998-99	Black New York Artists of the 20th Century: Selections from the Schomburg Center Collection, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, NY; catalogue
	1998	Pieces 2, curated by Sylvia Netzer, Gallery 128, New York Postcards from Black America, curated by Rob Perrée, De Beyerd, Centre For Contemporary Art, Breda, Netherlands and the Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands; catalogue essays by Rob Perrée
	1997	Objectivity: International Objects of Subjectivity, co-curated by Carla Hanzal and Barbara J. Bloemink, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA Pieces Speak, Gallery 128, New York The 6th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition, University of Hawaii at Manoa Art Gallery Shaded Voices, School of Art, Cooper Union, New York
	1996	Til Spring Thaw: An Exhibition of Eclectic Environmental Works, Aquamarine Park & Sculpture Garden, New York Small Works, Arthur Houghton Gallery, Cooper Union, New York 10th Anniversary Season, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY The Shape of Sound, curated by Jeanette Ingberman and Papo Colo, music curated by Ben Neill, Exit Art/The First World, New York
	1995	Imaginary Beings, curated by Jeanette Ingberman and Papo Colo, Exit Art/The First World, New York Required Nuance: Three Contemporary Sculptors, guest curator Carl E. Hazelwood, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York Os Herdeiros da Noite: Fragmentos da Imaginario Negro, curator, Dr. George Preston, Palmares 300 Anos, Pinacoteca Teca de Estados, Sao Paulo, Brasil
Awards, Fellowships and Residencies
	2020	University Art Museum, Robert J. Krackeler Award SUNY Albany, University Art Museum Purchase Award
	2017	Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant Award for Painters and Sculptors, New York
	2007-09	PSC-CUNY Research Award, Visual Arts
	2004-05	PSC-CUNY Research Award, Visual Arts
	2004	The New York Health and Hospitals Corporation
	1990-91	Artist-in-Residence, Longwood Studios, Bronx Council on the Arts, NY
	1987-88	National Studio Program, The Institute for Contemporary Art, P.S.1 Museum, Long Island City, NY
	1986-87	Artist-in-Residence, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
	1984-86	Fellowship, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Public Collections
	The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York The New School, New York University At Albany Fine Art Museum Collection, State University, NY Prudential Life Insurance Company AT&T, Chicago, IL
Public Commissions
	1999-2003	“Breath and Mandala Queens Hospital Center, New York
	1994-1998	"Malcolm X Memorial," etched glass and bronze lettering, Percent for Art Program, sponsored by the Department of Cultural Affairs and NY City Economic Corporation