1020 Willett Drive
Johnstown, PA 15905, U.S.A.

Phone: (814) 255-5013
Email: sculpture@stallingsart.com
URL: http://www.stallingsart.com

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John E. Stallings

 

 

1020 Willett Drive

 

 

 

! Johnstown, PA 15905 ! 814-255-5013 ! sculpture@stallingsart.com

Narrative

 

John E. Stallings (born 1954 in Baltimore, Md.) is a contemporary sculptor now living in Johnstown, Pa. After experimenting with many forms of art, including painting and printmaking, he focused on sculpture after studying with sculptor Frank Gilliam in the mid-1970s.

His style has been described as classic modernist minimalism, with an emphasis on simplicity of geometric form as an expression of beauty and power. Stallings is considered one of the top six sculptors specializing in stabile sculpture. Working primarily with steel and aluminum, he creates stabiles that accentuate their environments. He also works with stone and bronze.

Stallings believes in "laws that seem to overview all art. The lines of good art should seem neither to begin nor end." He also feels that certain rules of nature also apply to art. In keeping with this philosophy, he infuses each piece with a sense of continuous motion and the ability to "interact" with its environment.

Working with the City of Johnstown and the local arts community, Stallings has proposed a public art program. Its mission, goals and plans are now being formulated by a recently formed group of area citizens representing the arts community, the City, local neighborhoods, area businesses and interested citizens.

 

Commissions

YMCA of Johnstown, PA - outdoor sculpture 2007

Kernville Community Action Center, Johnstown, PA - murals 2003

Earlier paintings and bronze sculpture sold to private collectors

 

Invitations

Amsterdam Whitney International Fine Art, Inc. Gallery, New York, NY

Representation Program

 

Shows

2006: Target Gallery - Show Me Your Metal - Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA, June 7 – July 16

Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, New York, NY - Group Show, November 9

Summer 2007: Ezair Gallery, South Hampton, NY- July 1 - Sept. 30

June 2008: Ezair Gallery, New York, NY- April 1 - 30

June 2008: Pittsburgh Technology Council Arts and the 15 Minutes Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA - June 12 - September 12

 

 

Awards

2006-2007

Project Grant for YMCA outdoor sculpture.

2008

Pennsylvania Rural Arts Alliance Project Grant for the Haynes Street Sculpture Project

2008

Sole recepient of the National 2008 George Sugarman Foundation Grant for the Haynes Street Sculpture Project

 

This project was supported by the Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts (PPA), the regional arts funding partnership of the Pennsylvania Council on the arts, a state agency. State government funding comes through an annual appropriation by the Pennsylvania General Assembly and from the National Endowment for the Arts, a Federal agency. PPA is administered in this region by the Pennsylvania Rural Arts Alliance (PRAA).

Membership

International Sculpture Center

Pennsylvania Rural Arts Alliance

VSA

Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council

Americans for the Arts

Education

A.F.A. Fine Arts 1975

 

 

Studied with sculptor Frank gilliam during mid-1970s.

 

Publications

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Landscape Architecture Magazine, July 2006

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Landscape Architect and Specifier Magazine, January 2007

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Johnstown Magazine, January 2007

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Johnstown Magazine, September 2007

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Johnstown Tribune Democrat, May 2007

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Johnstown Tribune Democrat, November 2007

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* Johnstown Tribune Democrat, December 2008

 

 

Our Town, Johnstown, November 2007

List of Works

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Annutara (two sizes)

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Aham (two sizes)

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Anava

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One

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Sun

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Prakasa

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Quatri

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In and Out

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Wave (vertical)

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Wave (horizontal)

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The Sail

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Spirit, Mind and Body

Internet Links

Web site:

www.stallingsart.com

 

 

Email:

sculpture@stallingsart.com

Landscape Architecture

 

magazine, July 2006http://www.stallingsart.com/images/john%20stallings003.pdf

International Sculpture Center:

http://www.sculpture.org/portfolio/sculpture_info.php?sculpture_id=1004182

Sculptural Stabiles:

www.stabiles.com

Artists Register:

http://artistsregister.com/search_alpha.phtml?letter=s

The Sourcebook of Architectural & Interior Art 21:

http://www.guild.com/servlet/Guild/SourcebookLandingPage?sb=42&chap=6

Public Art Project in Johnstown, PA

http://www.johnstownartspa.com/assets.html

George Sugarman Foundation

http://www.georgesugarman.com/framepage.html

 

Mt. Aloysius College Cresson, Pa