Sculpture by Burton Blistein

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Résumé


Exhibitions, Solo:

1961 Brynwood Country Club, Milwaukee, WI
1959, 1962 Milwaukee Jewish Community Center, Milwaukee, WI
1962 Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI
1962 Robert Scheunke Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
1963 Wisconsin State College
1967, 1971 Shimer College, Mt. Carroll, IL
1972. 1976, 1977, 1996 St. John’s College, Annapolis, MD
1993 Taylor Gallery Lynchburg, Va
1998 Material Culture, Bethesda, MD


Exhibitions, Two Person:

1964 Milwaukee Jewish Community Center, Milwaukee, WI
1976 Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
1994 Carol Jones Gallery, Chicago, IL

Exhibitions, Group:

1962 Renaissance Society Invitational, University  of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1962 Streslin Invitational, Milwaukee, WI
1962 Johnson Foundation Invitational, Racine, WI
1962 Milwaukee Arts Center, Milwaukee, WI
1963 Festival of the Arts Invitational, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
1963 Sixth Annual Beloit and Vicinity Exhibition, Wright Art Center, Beloit, WI
1963 Ninth Annual Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Ball State Teachers College,
Muncie, IN
1963 & 1965 Friends of Art Gallery, Milwaukee Art Center, Milwaukee, WI
1964 Treasures of Wisconsin Art Invitational, Milwaukee Art Center, Milwaukee, WI
1964 Janesville Art League Invitational, Janesville, WI
1972 Gallery K, Washington, DC
1974 Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
1980 Watermark Gallery, Annapolis, MD
1990 Twentieth Century Sculpture, Mitchell Gallery, St. John’s College, Annapolis, MD
1991 Dadian Gallery, Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, DC
1991, 1992 Watkins Gallery, The American University, Washington, DC
1994 Delaplain Visual Arts Center, Frederick, MD
1994 Rock Creek Gallery, Chevy Chase, Washington, DC
1995 Maryland College of Art, Silver Spring MD
1998 Anne Arundel Community College, Annapolis, MD

Awards:

1958 Honorable Mention, Chicago Artists and Vicinity Exhibition, Navy Pier,
Chicago, IL           
1958 First Prize in Sculpture, Renaissance Society Festival of the Arts, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL           
1970 First Prize in Sculpture and Best of Show in portraiture, Chautaugua Exhibition, Chautaugua, NY

Representation, History:

             Irving Gallery, Milwaukee; Robert Scheunke   Gallery, Milwaukee; Oehlschlager Gallery, Chicago; Welna Gallery, Chicago; Carol Jones Gallery, Chicago; Sculpture Center, NYC; Dorsky Gallery, NYC; Gallery K, Washington, DC; Roe Gallery, Baltimore MD; Watermark Gallery, Annapolis, MD; DeMatteis Gallery, Annapolis, MD; Ira Pinto Gallery, Annapolis MD; Taylor Gallery, Lynchburg, Va.  Ira Pinto Gallery, Washington, DC (through 2002).