Sculptor Drew Goerlitz Info - Sculpture.org

Containment, concealment, and privacy have been recurring themes in my work. My interpretation of reliquary is not to hold a sacred object or relic, but to engage the viewer with the form and tension of the unknown interior. The adornment of these objects relates to architectural details and the idea of facade. Facade is what we are presented with upon first appearance, whether speaking of people or architecture, and it isn’t until we look inside that we discover the true structure.

This body of work developed from a series I began while in residence in Switzerland. During my time spent there I was drawn to the architecture and also to Swiss social and political ideals. All of these observations have found their way into this series of sculpture. The Reliquary series is a new body of work that has many influences both reoccurring and new. During my stay in Switzerland I had limited time, which had me adjust my process in the studio. It forced me to adopt a very candid approach, and react to the sculpture during the process of making. The continuation of the series over the last year has seen an increase in scale and a subtle refinement in the elements of composition. Being back in my studio has afforded me more time to reflect on the form and content of these larger sculptures.

EDUCATION

MFA: Fellowship recipient, University of Maryland at College Park: 2003: Sculpture

BA: State University of New York at Plattsburgh, 2000: Studio Art/Sculpture

EXHIBITIONS

2012: Solo Exhibition: The Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY

2011: Commissioned: Earthwork, Evans Parkway Park, Silver Spring, MD

2011: Solo Exhibition: John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY

2010: Commissioned: Franconia Sculpture Park, Franconia, MN

2010: Solo Exhibition: Art-St-Urban, St. Urban, Switzerland,

2010: Fit to be Bound. The Everson Museum of Art Syracuse NY

2009: DRAW: Vasari Revisited: Notre Maar Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2009: Outdoor Sculpture: Art in the Heart of the City, Ithaca, NY

2009: Commissioned: Franconia Sculpture Park, Earthwork Amphitheater,

Franconia, MN

2009: Solo Exhibition: Colgate University, Hamilton, NY

2009: Einladung Auktion: group exhibition, St. Urban, Switzerland

2008: Artscape: Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Pittsfield, MA

2008: Sculpture Now: Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Lenox, MA

2008: Einladung Auktion: group exhibition/Auction, St. Urban, Switzerland

2008: Two person Exhibition: Adnate Marshall University, Huntington, WV

2008: Norte Maar, Rouses Point, NY

2008: Seaba Art Hop, Burlington, VT

2007: Art St. Urban: Outdoor Sculpture, St. Urban, Switzerland

2007: Solo Exhibition: Adirondack Community College, Glens Falls, NY

2007: WPA/Corcoran, Art Auction Gala, Washington DC

2006: Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Chattanooga State Technical Community College, Chattanooga, TN

2006: Medium Diverse: BluSeed Studios, Saranac Lake, NY

2006: In Sight/ On Site: The Fredonia Sculpture Project, Fredonia, NY

2006: Washington Project for the Arts\Corcoran Centerpiece Sculpture, Washington DC 2005: City of Sculpture, Museum of Contemporary Art in Merida, Yucatan,Mexico

2005: Outdoor Sculpture, St. Urban Skulpturen, St. Urban, Switzerland

2005: Solo Exhibition: South Bend Regional Museum, Meet Me at the Island, South Bend, IN

2005: The First Street Project, Outdoor Sculpture Chattanooga, TN

2005: Outdoor Sculpture, Permanent collection City of Topeka, KS

2004: 26^th Elkhart Juried Exhibition, Elkhart, IN, Midwest Museum of American Art,

2004: Sculpture on Second st: Cedar Rapids, IA

2004: University of Western Michigan Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Kalamazoo, MI

2004: Washburn Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Topeka, KS

2004: Group Invitational: Modern Art Gallery, Bellinzona, Switzerland

2004: Sculpture Without Walls: State University of New York at Plattsburgh, NY

2004: Group Invitational: Box Factory Krasel Art Center, St. Joseph, MI

2004: Sculpture at the Airport: South Bend Regional Airport, South Bend, IN

2003: Solo Exhibition: Modern Art Gallery, Zofingen, Switzerland

2003: Solo Exhibition: Compressed Paper Forms, Tyson’s Corner, VA

2003: International Sculpture Center Member Juried Exhibition, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ

2003: ArtScape, outdoor sculpture exhibition, Baltimore, MD

2003: Sculpture Exhibition at Mount Vernon Square Metro Station, NW Washington, DC

2003: Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Show at Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ

2003: Group Exhibition, Connor Contemporary Gallery, Juror: Michael O’ Sullivan, Washington, DC

2003: Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE

2003: 25^th Elkhart juried Exhibition, Elkhart, IN, Midwest Museum of American Art

2003: Group Exhibition, Washington Square, NW Washington DC Juror: Foon Sham

2003: Sculpture Now 2003, NW Washington DC Juror: Giorgio Furioso

2002: Convergence: Sculpture Exhibition, Providence, RI, Juror: Bob Rizzo

2002: Skokie Northshore Sculpture Park, Skokie, IL

2002: Sculpture on the Roof: Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington DC

Curator: Olga Viso, Assistant Curator, Hirshhorn Museum

2002: Fire to Form: International Iron conference, Johnson Atelier, NJ Curators: Hanna Jubran, and David Lobdell,

2002: Group Exhibition, Wolfarth Gallery, NE Washington DC

2002: ArtInPlace: Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Charlottesville, VA

2002: Burlington County College Sculpture Garden, NJ

Curator: Jeff Nathanson, President and Director of ISC

2002: Washington Square Exhibition, NW Washington DC, Juror: Phil Lee

2002: Sadat for Peace, University of Maryland

2001: BluSeed Gallery, Saranac Lake, NY, Curator: Carol Marie Vossler

2001: Western St. Paul Sculpture Park, MN, Curator/Director: John Hock

2000: Franconia Sculpture Park, MN, Curator/Director: John Hock

2000: Poughkeepsie Sculpture Park, Poughkeepsie NY, Curator: Lorraine Kessler Gallery

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

· James and John Clute, Esq.’s

· SUNY Plattsburgh Presidential Art Purchase

· Burlington County College Sculpture Garden, NJ

· City of Topeka, KS

PUBLICATIONS and ARTICLES

· “All New” faculty show at Burke Gallery, Press Republican, December 29, 2005

· Los huespedes primero, Diariode Yucatan, May 4, 2005

· 26-foot paper sculpture towers over First Street, Chattanooga Times, 2005

· Debut of water front public art, Chattanooga Times, March 20, 2005

· ISC Student Awards, Sculpture Magazine October 2003

· ISC Postscript, Sculpture Magazine October 2003

· A Show With a Good Sense of Humor, NY Times August 2003

· CNN, Headline News November, 10 2002

· Convergence, Sculpture Magazine’ September 2002

· Art in Place, Daily Progress Charlottesville, VA 10/21/02

· Notre Dame Sculptor leads WSC art awareness event, Norfolk Daily News.

· Press Republican ‘All New’ Faculty show at Burke Gallery

WRITINGS and LECTURES

· Lecture at Marshall University, Huntington, WV 2008

· Juried Exhibition and Lecture at SUNY Potsdam, 2005

· Lecture at Grounds For Sculpture, Oct. 2005

· Sculpture Magazine January/February 2004, Based on Swiss Sculpture Residency

· Lecture at University of Nebraska, Wayne. March 2004

GRANTS and AWARDS

2003: International Sculpture Center’s and Heinz and Gertrud

Aeschlimann Swiss Sculpture Residency.

2003: International Sculpture Center’s Outstanding Student Achievement

In Contemporary Sculpture Award.

2003: David C. Driskell Award for outstanding Masters Research and

Teaching. University of Maryland

2003: Best Sculpture Award. 25^th Elkhart juried Exhibition,

Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart, IN

2002: Thesis Research Grant, University of Maryland

2001: The Jacob K. Goldhaber Grant

1999: Nina Winkel Intern Scholarship

2000: Nina Winkel Intern Scholarship

RESIDENCIES and WORKSHOPS

2008: Art-St-Urban, St. Urban, Switzerland

2003: International Sculpture Centers Sculpture Residency.

Zofingin, and Lugano, Switzerland

2002: Intern Artist Fellowship, Summer Residence program,

Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, MN

2002: International Iron Conference, Johnson Atelier, Hamilton, NJ

2000: Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, MN: Intern/Artist Residency