Sculptor Moira Geoffrion Info - Sculpture.org

MOIRA MARTI GEOFFRION

Abbreviated Résumé

4460 North Territory Place, Tucson, AZ 85750

Tel: 520-577-8518 Mobile: 520-906-0528 Email: moiramg@msn.com www.moiramartigeoffrion.com

EDUCATION

MFA, Sculpture, Department of Art & Design, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL.

BFA, Painting, Boston University School of Fine & Applied Art, Boston, MA

GALLERY REPRESENTION:

2008 - now, Mark Sublett Modern, Tucson; SOHO 20 CHELSEA Gallery, New York, NY

1979-2005, Zaks Gallery, Chicago, IL

Other galleries were, Lerner Heller Gallery, NYC, 14 Sculptors Gallery, NYC, Kit Basquin Gallery,

Milwaukee, WI, Anton Gallery, WA, DC, Carson and SHAPIRO, Denver

COMMISSIONS

2009 Rancho Vistoso Park and Ride Station, Oro Valley, AZ; Midtown Sidewalk Tiles, Tucson, AZ

2008 Sunrise Presidio Entryway Commission; Lincoln Park Gates Commission, Tucson, AZ;

Commission of 18 paintings for Neuro-Sciences Center of Southern AZ, Tucson;

Commission of 16 paintings for Fogel Dental Office, Tucson, AZ

2002-2007 1^st Ave road and bridge project, Oro Valley, AZ

2001-2004 Tangerine Road Widening Project with Mary Bates Neubauer, ORO Valley, AZ

1999-2001 River Road Public Art Enhancement Project with Mary Bates (three miles of new road)

1998 Collaborative project: life-sized, multi-figure sculpture commission with 3 art student participants, St. Joseph Hospital, Tucson, AZ

1995 – 97 Design Collaboration, with Medlin, for Terra Christa Foundation, Tucson, AZ

1994 – 96 Sculptural Band Shell, Veteran's Park, public art project, City of Sierra Vista, AZ

1990 Commission for temporary site sculpture, Connemara Conservancy, Dallas, TX, 8' x I6' x 16'

1989 Installation for private home of W. Treadwell, Tucson, AZ, 10' x 8' x 16'

1985 Bronze Sculpture, River Bend Branch, Commissioned for the City of South Bend, IN. 11’x 5’x3’

1970 –1982 8 commissions in Indiana, Illinois and Washington State

SOLO and TWO ARTIST EXHIBITIONS (36 solo shows include)

2010 U. KY gallery, Visiting Artist, solo show,(April)

2007 “Been Around: Gonna Stay”, two sculptors 10 year retrospective, Gallery Centella, Tucson

2002 GOCAIA Gallery (web catalogue - gocaia.org) Tucson,

Northern Trust Gallery, Tucson, Az

1998 Sonia Zaks Gallery, Chicago, IL

1997 University of Montemorelos, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

1996 Cullity Gallery, Perth, Australia; Joseph Gross Gallery, Tucson, AZ

Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, AZ (3 person show)

1989 Stonewall IV, Tucson Museum of Art (catalogue)

Northern Arizona University Art Museum, Flagstaff, AZ

1987 Snite Museum of Art,(catalogue) Notre Dame, In.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (200 group exhibitions include: )

2009 Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, Point Roberts Residency Exhibition, Washington

2007 Dialogue With Nature, (three artist show) BIS Altes Museum, Moenchengladbach, Germany

iX International Biennial, Municipal Museum of Art, Gyor, Hungary ( catalogue)

2006 New Art of the West 9, Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, IN (catalogue)

2005 The Politics of Water, Northern Arizona University Museum of Art, Flagstaff, AZ.

Rousse Museum of Art, Rousse, Bulgaria (two installations)

Two exhibitions at Liz Hernandez Gallery, (23 works), Tucson Az.

Sculpture by the Sea, site specific Public Art, large steel sculpture (catalogue) Bondi, Australia

2004 Tohono Chul Invitational: Mount Lemmon Fires, Tucson, AZ.

2004 Group Show, Liz Hernandez Gallery, Tucson, AZ

2002 University of Nebraska, Lincoln; JCC Gallery, Tucson, AZ; Kohler Art Center group show, WI

2001 International Masters of Graphic Arts, Municipal Museum of Art, GYOR, HUNGARY (catalogue)

2000 Group exhibits at Elizabeth Cherry Gallery, Tucson AZ and at SOHO 20 Gallery, New York City

1999 Ready Set D’Art, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson AZ

Group Exhibit, GOCAIA Gallery, Tucson AZ (three sculptures)

1999 Pleasures of the Palettes, The Phoenician, Scottsdale, AZ, (Catalogue))

Group Invitational, Elizabeth Cherry, Contemporary Art, Tucson AZ, (three sculptures)

Art Works of Fallbrook, Fallbrook, CA

1998 Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, AZ

Abject Lands, Joseph Gross Gallery (catalogue) Tucson AZ

Low Lands Horizons, Cullity Gallery, UWA, Nedlands, Australia (catalogue)

4-Person Show, International Sculpture Conference, Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL

Tucson Collection '98, Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, AZ

1997 Ready, Set, D’Art, Tucson Museum of Art

International Triennial of Painting, Museum of Modern Art, Sofia, Bulgaria, (catalogue)

View Points, Temple of Music & Art, Tucson, AZ

Stocker Center Gallery, Lorain County Community College, Elyria, OH

Southern Illinois University Art Gallery Invitational, Edwardsville, IL

The Art & Cultural Center Invitational, Fallbrook, CA

Smack Mellon Studios Invitational, Brooklyn, NY

1995 - 1997 Public Sculpture Project, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN, (catalogue and CD)

1996 Two-Person Show, Cullity Gallery, University of Western Australia

International Painting Biennial, Contemporary Artists’ Union, Sofia, Bulgaria

Fibula, Traveling Invitational, Sofia, Baltchik, & Plovdiv, Bulgaria,

1995 Southwest Artscapes, Artimiso Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

Tubac Center for the Arts, Invitational, Tubac, AZ

Redefining Legacies, Juried Exhibition, San Antonio, TX,(catalogue)

The Art of the Matter, Boston University Galleries, Invitational, Boston

Women Artists '95, Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA

International Invitational, Festival of Modern Art, Baltchik, Bulgaria

Entirely Approachable Art, Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

Tucson Collection '95, Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, AZ

Life Through Art, PACT Auction, Loew's Ventana Resort, Tucson, AZ

Invitational, World Heritage Rock Art, Northern Arizona University Museum

1994- Positive/Negative Slocumb Gallery, Johnson City, TX

Invited Exhibitor, Museum of Modern Art, Sofia, Bulgaria

Southwest Artscapes, Artimiso Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

Tubac Center for the Arts, Invitational, Tubac, AZ

WCA Juried Exhibition, San Antonio, TX

Group Invitational, Boston University Galleries, Boston, MA

Barn Gallery, Rancho Linda Vista, Oracle, AZ

Off the Walls, Greater South Bend Museum of Art, IN

The Phoenix Center Gallery, Phoenix, AZ

Davis Dominguez Summer Invitational, Tucson, AZ

1992 Northwest Coast Collage Traveling Exhibition, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA; Corbin Art Center; Governor's Gallery, Capitol Museum, Olympia, WA; Index Gallery, Vancouver, WA; North Light Gallery, Everett, WA

N.B. Moira Marti Geoffrion’s works are in 23 museum and corporate collections.

HONORS and AWARDS - 28 grants, awards and honors, including:

2006 James B Anthony Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Arizona

2005 Distinguished Faculty Fellow Award, (awarded for extra curricular programs and assistance of

students at all levels, especially freshman students) University of Arizona, Tucson

1999 National Student Interaction Award, Coconino Dorm Special Programming

1997 Faculty Interaction Award

1994 UA Mortar Board Hall of Fame Award for Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring Students

1993 Earth Walls, Human and Geological Time Layers, UA Small Grant

1990 ACA Grant awarded for Borders & Bridges Conference

Connemara Invited Exhibitor Grant for site sculpture, Dallas, TX

1988-89 Exhibition Grant, Stonewall Foundation, Tucson Museum of Art

1988, 85, NEA Grants, Exxon Distinguished Scholars Grant, University of Notre Dame, IN

Jesse Jones Travel and Research Grant, University of Notre Dame

1984, 1983, 1981 Indiana Arts Commission Grants

1983 Mellon Foundation, Faculty Summer Research Program

National Council of Art Administrators Award for Recognition for Service to the Field

Student Hall Government Award for Outstanding Programming

1982 ICIP Fulbright Grant to India Research and Travel

Other Grant-funded Artist Residencies include

Bulgaria, Switzerland, Australia, Malawi, Oregon, Washington, UC Boulder, Brooklyn College, Chicago Art Institute,

REVIEWS and ARTICLES in 5 Arts magazines, 20 newspapers and regional magazines include:

2009 Architectural Review , March issue

1999 Sculpture Magazine, Essay- 4 Arizona/4 New Mexico Artists by Kay Whitney, July/ August issue

1998 Review of Solo show at Sonia Zaks Gallery in the Chicago Reader,(Nov.)

1995 Sculpture Magazine, review of my solo exhibition, Zaks Gallery, Chicago,

1985 Arts Magazine, Robert Mahoney

EMPLOYMENT

1986-present Art Department Head and thenProfessor of Art and Faculty Fellow, University of Arizona, Tucson.

1974-86 Assistant Professor, then Associate Professor and then Full professor of Art, Notre Dame University, South Bend, IN