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Education:

University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana Master of Fine Art, Sculpture, 2003

New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, New York Bachelor of Fine Art,

Sculpture 1984

Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio 1980-81

 

Awards and Honors:

2009-12

Station artist for the Irving Convention Center Station, Dallas Area Rapid Transit, Irving, Texas

2008

University of Dallas Haggar Scholar, for research in Corinth and Athens, Greece.

2007

Inclusion in catalog, “3D Discovery”

Inclusion in catalog “Sculpture Invasion” essay on my work by Victor Cassidy

2006

Honorable Mention “Texas National” Stephen F. Austin College, Nacogdoches, Texas

2002

1st place award, Regional Juried Exhibition, Blank Art Center, Michigan City, Indiana

1999

Merit Award, 55th Annual Wabash Valley Art Exhibition

Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, Indiana

1998

Merit Award, Midwestern Sculpture Exhibition

South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, Indiana

1995

The 1995 International Sculpture Symposium, Rustavi, Republic of Georgia.

1987-88

Artist in Residence, Alternative Worksite/ Bemis Foundation

Omaha, Nebraska

Solo and Two Person Exhibitions:

*-Indicates solo exhibitions

2013

Sherry Giryotas and Phillip Shore: Paintings and Sculptures, Overbrook Gallery, Muskegon Community College, Muskegon, MI

2012

Tracking Changes, Edington Gallery, Three Oaks, MI

Suddenly Last Summer, Blink Contemporary, Michigan City, IN

2010

Juncture, Olin Art Gallery, Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, PA *

Place, Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN

2009

Between Realities, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, TX *

2007

Within, Forum Gallery, Brookhaven College, Farmers Branch, TX*

Reliquaries and Ritual Objects, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, TX

2004

New Faculty, Upper Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, TX

2003

Shore/Lambert, Lakeside Gallery, Lakeside, MI

Grove, Snite Museum of Art, Notre Dame, IN (M.F.A. thesis exhibition)

2000

A Working Journal, Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, MI*

1998

Jvuri Revisited, Neometix Gallery, New Orleans, LA

1995

Dependence no.2, Jackson/ Peoria Exhibition Space, Chicago, IL*

1992

Meet Me on the Island, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN*

Installations, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred, NY

1991

Urban Sprawl #1, Richard J. Daley College, Chicago, IL*

1989

Shelter, Raw Space, A.R.C.Gallery, Chicago, IL*

Sherry Healy/ Phillip A. Shore, Franklin Square, Chicago, IL

1988

Stability Dissolves, New Gallery/ Bemis Foundation, Omaha, NE*

Group Exhibitions:

2014

ND Alumni: Sculptors and Professors, Snite Museum of Art, Notre Dame, IN and South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN (catalog)

2013

Day of the Dead Altars, Cole Art Center at Stephen F. Austin State University, Ledbetter Gallery, Nacogdoches, TX

Texas Sculpture Inside and Out: Invitational Exhibition, Wichita Falls Art Museum at Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX (online catalog)

University of Dallas Art Faculty, Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, TX

Drawings and Maquettes from Sculpture Fernwood Sculptors, Fernwood Botanical Garden and Nature Preserve, Niles, MI

Summoned, K-Space, Corpus Christi, TX

Group Show, Craighead- Green Gallery, Dallas, TX

2012

Breaking the Mold, Rockport Center of the Arts, Rockport, TX

Biennial Sculpture Invitational, Box Factory for the Art, St. Joseph, MI (catalog)

University of Dallas Faculty, Griffith Gallery, Steven F, Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX

2011

TXSN, Meadows Gallery, University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX

Sculpture Today: New Forms New Forces, Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, MI (catalog)

Form in Flora II, Lincoln Park Conservatory, Chicago, IL

Sculpture Fernwood, Fernwood Botanical Garden and Nature Preserve, Niles, MI

Annual Group Show, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, TX

2010

Chicago Sculpture International, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL

Form in Flora I, Garfield Park Conservatory, Chicago, IL

2009

Gallery Artists, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, TX

Winter Group Show, Sue Greenwood Fine Arts, Laguna Beach, CA

2008

New Artist, Sue Greenwood Fine Arts, Laguna Beach, CA

Renew React, Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, MI (catalog)

Group Show, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, TX

Chicago Sculpture International 2008 Juried Exhibition, Center Art Gallery Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI

2007

True to Form, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX

Sculpture Invasion, Koehnline Museum of Art, Des Plaines, IL (catalog)

UD Art Faculty, Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, TX

Art Santa Fe, exhibited through Craighead-Green Gallery Santa Fe, NM

2006

Texas National, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX (catalog)

3D Discovery, Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN

2005

New Texas Talent, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, TX

Sculpture Park, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

Sculpture: Connecting the Ages, Wood Street Gallery, Chicago, IL

2004

Recent Works: University of Dallas Art Faculty, Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, TX

100 Drawings, Haggerty Art Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, TX

Firing Art, Snite Museum of Art, Notre Dame, IN (catalog)

2003

Odyssey 2003-04, Purdue University North Central, Westville, IN

Featured Artists, Neimi Sculpture Gallery, Kenosha, WI

2002

Regional Exhibition, Blank Art center, Michigan City, IN

Krasl Biennial Sculpture Invitational, Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, MI (catalog)

2000

Krasl Biennial Sculpture Invitational, Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, MI (catalog)

1999

55th Annual Wabash Valley Art Exhibition, Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN

Pier Walk ’99, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL (catalog)

1998

Krasl Biennial Sculpture Invitational, Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, MI (catalog)

Pier Walk ’98, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL (catalog)

Midwestern Sculpture Competition, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN (catalog)

1997

Fifth Annual Sculpture Invitational, Fernwood Botanic Gardens and Nature Preserve, Niles, MI

Pier Walk ’97, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL

1996

Forth Annual Sculpture Invitational, Fernwood Botanic Gardens and Nature Preserve, Niles, MI

Midwestern Sculpture competition, South Bend regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN (catalog)

Krasl Biennial Sculpture Invitational, Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, MI (catalog)

Pier Walk ’96, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL (catalog)

International Festival for the Arts, Central Gallery, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia

1995

Key of the Universe, Georgian Arts & Culture Center, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia (catalog)

Third Annual Sculpture Invitational, Fernwood Botanic Gardens and Nature Preserve, Niles, MI

Mad Dog Loves Becky, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN

Director’s Choice, Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, MI

1994

Second Annual Sculpture Invitational, Fernwood Botanic Gardens and Nature Preserve, Niles, MI

A Forest of History, Kellogg Company, Battle Creek, MI

1993

Earth, Wind, Water, John G. Blank Art Center, Michigan City, IN

Chicago International Art Exposition, Donnelly Hall, Chicago, IL

8th Annual Juried Exhibition, John G. Blank Art Center, Michigan City, IN

All Michigan, All Media, Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, MI

1992

Bluffworks, Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, MI (catalog)

1991

Solon De Refuse: Michigan Artists Grant Recipients, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI

1990

Midwest Sculpture Exhibition, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN

Chicago International Art Exhibition, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL

1989

18 Artists, 18 Major Works, 1800 Clybourn, 1800 Clybourn Ave, Chicago, IL

1987

Ten Visions, Emmy Gifford Theater, Omaha, NE (performance)

Drawing, New Gallery/ Bemis Foundation, Omaha, NE

Juried Exhibition, A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, IL

Outdoor Light Exhibit, Bastrop, TX

1986

Atlanta Biennial, Nexus Contemporary Arts Center, Atlanta, GA

Profession Related Activities and Education:

2014

Invited participating artist, Iron Casting Symposium, Keen Foundry, Houston, TX

2013

Video Interview, Day Of the Dead Altar Exhibition, Video aired during Day of the Dead celebration, Nacogdoches, TX

Juror, image review and on site, Krasl Art Fair, St. Joseph, MI

2012

Adjudicator, Independent Schools Association of the Southwest Arts Festival, Greenhill School, Addison, TX

2010

Exhibition Curator, Drawing on Sculpture, an exhibition of 2D works by sculptors from around the nation including notable artists, Mark di Suvero, Jun Kaneko, John Buck and Tony Hepburn. Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, TX

2005

Exhibition Organizer, A Core Convergence: Sculpture from Chicago and Central Texas, Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, TX

2003

Exhibition Curator, Sculptural Memory, Lubeznik Center for the Arts,

Michigan City, IN (essay)

Crewmember, Corinth Architecture Project, Ancient Corinth, Greece (archeological)

2001

Crew member, Corinth Architecture Project, Ancient Corinth, Greece (archeological)

2000

Project assistant for David Nash on the Chicago Project, Pyramids Rise, Spheres Turn, Cubes Stay Still, Museum Campus, Chicago IL

Artist Consultant, Millennia Nexus, Purdue University North Central, Westville, IN

1998-2000

Project Curator, Meet Me on the Island, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN

1996-98

Director, Middlebrook Center for the Arts, Three Oaks, MI

1995

International Sculpture Symposium, Rustavi, Republic Of Georgia. Invited by Georgian government to participant in eight-week symposium

1987-88

Artist assistant for Sherry Healy, Chicago, IL

1986

Artist assistant for Terence Karpowicz, Chicago, IL

1983

Apprentice to Thomas Lacagnina, Alfred, NY (furniture)

Apprentice to Fred Tschida, Alfred NY

Grants:

1995

USIA/ Arts America Travel Grant

1990-91

Artists Support Grant, Michigan Council for the Arts

Professional Organization Memberships:

2010- present

Texas Atomic Iron Commission (timber division)

2004- present

Chicago Sculpture International, Chicago, Illinois (charter member)

Sculpture Network of Texas

2000-present

International Sculpture Center, Hamilton, New Jersey