William Baczek Fine Arts

 

Tim de Christopher

BORN Kentfield, California 1954

EDUCATION

Columbia University School of Architecture, New York, NY 1989 – 1990
The Cooper Union, School of Art, New York, NY, 1977 – 1982
Independent work/study, Italy, 1979 – 1980

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2014- “Fruits of Our Labor (FOOLs)” deCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
2012- “Sufficeth”, Oxbow Gallery, Northampton, MA
2011- “Art in the Orchard”, Pine Hill Orchard, Easthampton, MA
2010- “The Fruit of Our Labors”, Oxbow Gallery, Northampton, MA
2010- Amherst Biennial, Amherst, MA
2010- Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood, Stockbridge, MA
2010 - “Art+Space”, The Gallery at Hallmark, Turners Falls, MA
2009 - “The Sculpture Show”, Tower Hill Botanical Gardens, Boylston, MA
2009 - “Serious Considerations”, Oxbow Gallery, Northampton, MA
2009 - “Harvesting Yesterday, Cultivating Tomorrow”, Discovery Center, Turners Falls, MA
2008 – “Blank Slate/Clean Slate”, Mt. Wachusett Community College, Gardner, MA
2008 – “Group Show”, Oxbow Gallery, Northampton, MA
2007 – “Group Show”, Oxbow Gallery, Northampton, MA
2007 – “Falling Apart/Falling Away”, Oxbow Gallery, Northampton, MA
2006 - “Group Show”, Oxbow Gallery, Northampton, MA
2006 – “The Cathedral Project: In Praise of Turners Falls”, The Oxbow Gallery, Northampton, MA
2005 - “The Stone Show: Stone Sculptors of New England”, Hardwick, MA
2005 - The New England Spring Flower Show, Boston, MA
2004 – “Years of Work: A Thirty Year Retrospective”, Amy H. Carberry Gallery, Springfield, MA
2002/2003 – DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
2002 – “New Digs for the Dog”, The Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA
2002 – “The Teapot Transformed”, Ferrin Gallery, Lenox, MA
2002 – Inaugural Exhibit, Ferrin Gallery, Lenox, MA
2001 – The New England Spring Flower Show, Boston, MA

SELECTED PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COMMISSIONS

Angel of Industry, Arnot Ogden Medical Center, Elmira, New York, 1999 - 2000 A complex "stage set" of figurative and architectonic elements, based on the industrial heritage of Elmira, honoring the dignity and spiritual essence of human industry. The installation was sited in a courtyard healing garden.

Urban Birdbath, The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, New York, 1990 - 1992 Limestone birdbath sited at the entrance to the cathedral’s Biblical Garden.

Huffington Library, Culver, Indiana, 1991 - 1992 - Twenty-four 4 by 4-foot panels on the library facade depicting evolution from the origins of the cosmos to man in space.

Gargoyles, The Jewish Museum, New York, New York, 1990 - 1991 – Two new gargoyles for the façade of the Jewish Museum’s expansion, representing Labor and Management

SELECTED PRIVATE COMMISSIONS

Hayfield Bath, Greenfield, Massahusetts, 2009

Life's Little Mysteries, Dover, Massachusetts, 2002-2003

Noah's Requiem, Hilton Head, South Carolina, 2001 - 2002

Downtown Atlantis, Lloyd Harbor, New York, 1997 - 1998

The Furies, Lloyd Harbor, New York, 1997

Aeneid Fountain, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1996

Maya Redux, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1995 - 1996

LECTURES

“Art Tea at Eagle Hill”, Eagle Hill Cultural Center, Petersham, MA 2010 “Hillside Salon”, UMass, Amherst, MA 2010

“Process and Technique”, Mt. Wachussett Community College, Gardner, MA, 2008

"Narrative Themes: Recent Works" Western MA chapter of the American Institute of Architects, 2003

"Overview" Horizons School of Crafts, Williamsburg, MA, 2000 - 2001

"Raising the Furies." The Horticultural Society of New York and the Rhode Island Spring Flower and Garden Show, 1997.

"Working Stone." Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York. Lecture and demonstration on history and techniques of stone cutting and carving, 1991.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS / MEDIA

Buttonwieser, Sarah, “Stories in Stone”, Preview Magazine, November, 2007 Detmold, David, “ “, The Montague Reporter, July , 2007

Stocker, Carol, “Ignore the gnome...forget the flamingo”, Boston Globe, Aug. 25, 2005

Brantley, William, “The medium is the message”, Daily Hampshire Gazette, Aug. 21-22, 2004

Openheimer, Daniel, “Big Red”, The Valley Advocate, Aug. 12, 2004

Wilson, Suzanne. "Kathryn Service and Tim de Christopher prepare to take the stage for their Really Big Wedding." Daily Hampshire Gazette, Feb. 20, 2002

Ray, Virginia. "Making stone come to life." The Recorder, Jan. 10, 2002.

Varnen, Andrew. "Turners Falls: a new haven for area artists?" The Recorder, Aug. 23, 2001.

Ray, Virginia. "Sculpture graces flower show." The Recorder, March 16, 2001.

Ray, Virginia. "Sculptor to carve niche in Turners." The Recorder, March 13, 2001.

Bagg, Mary. "Industrial Evolution: Sculptor Tim de Christopher tackles urban subject matter with almost religious dedication." Valley Advocate, Sept. 2, 1999.

Ray, Virginia. "De Christopher taps into the soul of stone." The Recorder, Sept. 2, 1999. Benvenuto, Christine. "Creative Spirit." Daily Hampshire Gazette, Mar. 26, 1999.

Crane, Kevin. "Snapshots" featured artist. WGBY public television of western Massachusetts, 1998. Friedman, Ali. "Written in Stone." Design Times, April/May 1997.

Drawings for Murray, Stephen. Notre-Dame, Cathedral of Amiens: The Power of Change in Gothic, Cambridge, 1996.

Sokolowski, Thomas W. "The Creative Will." exhibition catalog for The Creative Will, a group show, Grey Art Gallery, New York, New York, 1995 - 1996.

Doyle, Sisso. "Breaking Ground." Home and Garden Television, featured artist in segment on sculpture in the landscape, 1996.

RESIDENCIES

Vermont Studio Center, 2010

Virginia Center for Creative Arts, 2012

GRANTS AND AWARDS

Artists Resource Trust, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, grant, 1999 LEF Foundation, project grant, 1999

Massachusetts Cultural Council, 2000

Northampton Arts Council, 2007

The Arts and Business Council of Greater Boston, 2012