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| Resume | |
| ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2008 | Fairfield Arts Council, 70 Sanford Street, Fairfield, CT |
| 2005 | GaGa Gallery, 55 Railroad Place,Garnerville, NY |
| 2004 | Kouros Gallery, 23 East 73rd Street, New York, NY |
| Katonah Museum, Katonah, NY | |
| 2000 | Knoxville Museum of Art, World’s Fair Park Dr., Knoxville, TN, “Fabrications” |
| New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT | |
| Kouros Gallery, 23 East 73rd Street, NYC | |
| 1999 | Connecticut Commission Artists Showcase, Bradley Airport, Windsor Locks, CT |
| 1998-99 | DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Sandy Pond Rd, Lincoln, MA, ”Fabrications” |
| 1997 | Gallery New World, Dusseldorf, Germany |
| 1996 | Kouros Gallery, 23 East 73rd Street, NYC |
| 1994 | Cortland Jessup Gallery, 432 Commercial Street, Provincetown, MA |
| 1993 | Kouros Gallery, 23 East 73rd Street, NYC |
| 1992 | Cortland Jessup Gallery, 234 Commercial Street, Provincetown, MA |
| 1991 | Humphrey, 594 Broadway, New York, NY |
| Cortland Jessup Gallery, 234 Commercial Street, Provincetown, MA | |
| 1990 | Cortland Jessup Gallery |
| 1989 | Alena Adlung Gallery, 31 Greene Street, NYC |
| 1987 | Aetna Gallery Institute, Hartford, CT |
| 1984 | Pindar Gallery, 127 Greene Street, NYC |
| Mona Berman Gallery, 168 York Street, New Haven, CT | |
| 1983 | Pindar Gallery |
| 1983 | Mona Berman Gallery |
| 1981 | Pindar Gallery |
| 1981 | Bell Gallery, Fieldpoint Road, Greenwich, CT |
| MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2004 | Katonah Museum, one person exhibition of outdoor sculpture and drawings |
| International Center of Photography, group exhibition | |
| 2001 | Neuberger Museum of Art Biennial Exhibition of Public Art, Campus of SUNY, Purchase, NY |
| Weir Farm Artists, Stamford Museum, Stamford, CT | |
| 2000 | New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT, one-person exhibition |
| Knoxville Museum of Art, World’s Fair Park Dr.,” Fabrications”, one person show of outdoor & indoor work | |
| 1998-99 | DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA, “Fabrications”, one person show of outdoor and indoor sculptures and works on paper |
| 1998-2000 | Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, “Just the Thing! Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture and the Object”, Wausau, WI, curated by Nick Capasso, Associate Curator of the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA: traveled to DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, May 2000-May 2001 |
| 1995-96 | Grounds for Sculpture, “Three Sculptors and Their Drawings”, Hamilton, NJ |
| 1994-99 | DeCordova Museum, Sculptures on Extended Outdoor Exhibit, Lincoln, MA |
| 1994-95 | Lyman Allyn Museum, Sculpture on Extended Outdoor Exhibit, New London, CT |
| 1994 | Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID, "Fabricated Nature" traveled to Univ. of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY and Virginia Beach Center for the Arts, Virginia Beach, VA |
| Stamford Museum & Nature Center, Stamford, CT; Four Winners Exhibition | |
| 1993 | Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, CT, "The Inner Light: An Invitational Sculpture Exhibition" |
| 1991 | The Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT, "The Second Connecticut Biennial Exhibition" |
| 1990 | Stamford Museum, Stamford, CT, one-person show |
| 1987 | Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY, "In the Country" |
| 1984 | Heckscher Museum, Huntington, NY, "Through the Looking Glass; Reflected Images in Contemporary Art" |
| 1978 | Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT, "Contemporary Reflections" |
| HONORS AND AWARDS | |
| 1999 | Franconia Sculpture Park/Jerome Foundation Fellowship, Shafer, Minnesota |
| Weir Farm Trust Visiting Artist, Wilton, CT | |
| 1980 | GTE Corporation Award, New England Exhibition, Silvermine Guild of Artists, New Canaan, CT |
| SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2006 | Zone, Chelsea Center for the Arts, 601 West 26th Street, NY, Summer Group Show |
| “Global” Westport Art Center, Westport, CT, Curated by Richard Klein, Exhibitions Director, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art |
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| 2005 | “Babe”, Holland Tunnel, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY |
| 2004 | “Spectra ’04, National Photography Triennial, Juried by Barbara Hitchcock, Director, Cultural Affairs, The Polaroid Collections, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT |
| “Tunnel of Love”, Holland Tunnel, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY | |
| “Digital Imaging, International Center of Photography School | |
| 2003 | “Byrdcliffe Outdoor Exhibition 2003: The Lily Loosely Seen”, The Woodstock Guild, Woodstock, NY |
| “Artist’s Select Artists”, Century Association, 7 West 43rd Street, NYC | |
| New Haven open studios exhibition. Outdoor sculpture on the Yale University Campus | |
| 2002 | “Unforgettable”, curated by Judy Collischan, Chelsea Studio Gallery, 515 West 19th Street, traveled to Berlin |
| Sculpture Now, “Sculpture in the Garden”, The Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA | |
| 2001 | Norwalk Community College, Norwalk, CT, “Curators’ Choices, 5 Curators, 5 Artists” |
| 1999 | Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, Minnesota, “Directors’ Choice” |
| Kim Foster Gallery, 529 West 20th Street, “small abstraction” | |
| PMW Gallery, Stamford, CT, “Figure, Fetish”, (Four person show) | |
| 1997 | Elena Zang Gallery, Woodstock, NY, Outdoor Sculpture Show |
| Kouros Gallery Sculpture Center, Ridgefield, CT, Summer Group Show | |
| 1996 | FAO Gallery, Broome Street, NYC, “If the Shoe Fits...”,, group show |
| John Slade Ely House, Four-Person Show, New Haven, CT | |
| Hollycroft Foundation, Ivoryton, CT, Outdoor summer group show | |
| Kouros Gallery Sculpture Center, Ridgefield, CT, Summer Group Show | |
| 1995 | Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT (Two person show) |
| Sights on the Sound, Special Olympics Sculpture Exhibition, New Haven, CT | |
| Hollycroft Foundation, Ivoryton, CT, Outdoor, summer group show | |
| 1994 | Kouros Gallery Sculpture Center, Summer Group Show, Kouros Gallery Sculpture Center, Ridgefield, CT |
| Explorations, Inner/Outer Spaces, Cheseborough Gallery, Westport, CT | |
| • Juror - Charlotta Kotik, Curator, Contemporary Art, Brooklyn Museum | |
| 1993 | Kyoto Gallery, Kyoto, Japan, Sculptors Guild Exhibition |
| 1992 | Philippe Staib Gallery, 8 Greene Street, NYC, "Then & Now" Curated by Buzz McCall InterArt Center, "Dematerialism" |
| International Sculptors Conference, Philadelphia, PA, Sculptors Guild Exhibition | |
| Humphrey, 594 Broadway, NYC, Summer Group Show | |
| Kouros Gallery, 23 East 73rd Street, NYC & Sculpture Center, Ridgefield, CT, Summer Group Shows | |
| 1991 | Kouros Gallery Sculpture Center, Ridgefield, CT, Summer Group Show |
| Sculptors Guild, 104-110 Greene Street, NYC | |
| 1990 | Kouros Gallery Sculpture Center, Rigefield, CT, "Out of Doors: Diversity in Environmental Sculpture" |
| The Connecticut Gallery Marlborough, CT, Group Show | |
| Primal Forces, Women's Caucus for Art National Exhibition, Cooper Union College, NYC • Juror - Dr. Sharon F. Patton, Chief Curator, The Studio Museum of Harlem |
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| 1989 | John Szoke Gallery, NYC, "Man-Woman-Child" |
| Art of Northeast USA, Silvermine Guild Center for the Arts | |
| • Juror - Helaine Posner, Curator, Contemporary Art, The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC | |
| 1988 | John Szoke Gallery, NYC, "New York Inspired" |
| Art of Northeast USA, Silvermine Guild Center for the Arts | |
| • Juror - Lowery Sims, Associated Curator 20th Century Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC | |
| 1987 | Silvermine Guild of Artists, curated by Andrew Stasik, "A Sense of Place, |
| Contemporary Portraits from the Northeast, Creative Arts Workshop, CT - Juror - Philip Pearlstein | |
| 1983 | The General Electric Gallery, A Silvermine Christmas |
| New England Exhibition, Silvermine Guild of Artists | |
| • Juror - Suzanne Delehanty, Director, Neuberger Museum | |
| 1982 | Mona Berman Gallery, New Haven, CT, "Realism" |
| Views by Women Artists, "Women Artists, Self-Images," Judy Caden Gallery, 180 Duane Street, NYC | |
| • Juror - Ellen Lubell, Free-lance critic | |
| 1981 | Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT, "Images in Airbrush--Six Spray Painters" |
| 1980 | New England Exhibition, Silvermine Guild of Artists, New Canaan, CT |
| GENERAL TELEPHONE AND ELECTRONICS CORPORATION AWARD | |
| • Juror - Henry Geldzahler, Commission of Cultural Affairs of NYC | |
| Bell Gallery, Greenwich, CT, "Four Points of View" | |
| 1979 | Hansen Gallery, South William Street, NYC |
| Greenwich Arts Council Juried Show, Greenwich, CT | |
| • Juror - Lester Johnson, painter Chairman, Yale Graduate Art Department | |
| Westport-Weston Arts Council Juried Show, Westport, CT, THIRD PRIZE | |
| • Jurors - Jacqueline Moss, Curator of Education, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art; Bruce Glaser, Dean of Fine Arts, University of Bridgeport; Warren Owens, Painter and Sculptor |
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| 1978 | Hansen Gallery, Wooster Street, NYC |
| National Artists' First Annual Open Juried Exhibition, New Haven, CT | |
| • Juror - Lowery Sims, Curator, 20th Century Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC | |
| New England Exhibition, Silvermine Guild of Artists, New Canaan, CT | |
| • Juror - Thomas Hess, Curator, 20th Century Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC | |
| 1976 | Montclair State College, Upper Montclair, NJ |
| 1971 | Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, NJ |
| COLLECTIONS | |
| New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT City University of New York, Staten Island, NY Westport Public School System, Westport, CT Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Song of Norway Southern New England Telephone, CT Pepsico, Purchase, NY Cigna, Brookfield, CT Champion Paper, Stamford, CT General Electric Corporate Headquarters, Fairfield, CT & Washington, DC Rax Restaurants, Columbus, OH Westport Historical Society, Westport, CT New York Twist Drill, Huntington, NY Many private collections |
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| ARTICLES AND REVIEWS | |
| The New York Times | |
| William Zimmer, “From Five Artists, the Fruits of a Retreat “, May 20, 2001 William Zimmer, “Crop of New Names, Fields of Sculpture”, August 1, 1997 William Zimmer, “A Profile of Sculpture’s Concerns,” June 23, 1996 William Zimmer, “How Funny Is the Human Body? Some Answers From Sculptors,” January 28, 1996 Vivian Raynor, “When (and Where) Sculpture Can be Seen in Sharper Relief,” November 12, 1995 Vivian Raynor, "In Ridgefield, Works Familiar and New," September 4, 1994 Vivian Raynor, "The Tidy World of a New England Printmaker in Old Lyme," December 12, 1993 Vivian Raynor, "Seven Sculptors Construct A Show At Norwalk Community College," December 29, 1991 William Zimmer, "Sculpture Themes Intertwine at Outdoor Display in Ridgefield," October 15, 1991 William Zimmer, "Connecticut Biennial Displays Diversity," April 14, 1991 William Zimmer, "Sculpture Garden Yields Bumper Crop," September 16, 1990 Vivian Raynor, "Art: In Museo Del Barrio, Influences on a Culture," July 6, 1984 Ruth Robinson, "Looking to Westport for Inspiration," April 10, 1983 Vivian Raynor, "Following in Their Footsteps," August 6, 1978 |
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| Art in America | |
| Jonathan Goodman, “Niki Ketchman at the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park”, June, 1999 | |
| Sculpture Magazine | |
| Jill Conner, New York, Niki Ketchman, Kouros Gallery, January/February, 2005 Marty Carlock, “Niki Ketchman, Fabrications”, November, 1998 |
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| The Boston Globe | |
| Christine Temin, “Sculpture Parks: Lithuania to Lincoln”, July 15, 1998 Marty Carlock, “Images Woven from Miles of Wire, DeCordova Show has Feminine Feel”, June 21, 1998 |
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| Art New England | |
| Kate Jennings, "Regional Reviews, Connecticut Silvermine Guild, New Canaan, Black and White," May 1989 Paula Reens, "Regional Reviews, Connecticut, Silvermine Guild, New Canaan, Food, Glorious Food," June 1987 |
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| The Hartford Courant | |
| Owen McNally, “Splendor on the Museum Grass, Provocative Sculpture of Westport Artist on Display In New Britain”,July 21, 2000 |
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| Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | |
| James Auer, Show offers outdoor sculpture with some sass, July 1, 1998 | |
| The Hour | |
| Betty Tyler, "The Eloquent Sculptures of Niki Ketchman," September 2, 1994 | |
| Arts Magazine | |
| Jacqueline Moss, "Nancy Ketchman, " April, 1984 Robert Yoskowitz, "Nancy Ketchman, " March, 1981 Jacqueline Moss, "Nancy Ketchman, " January, 1981 Robert Yoskowitz, "Group Show, " February, 1980 |
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| Artspeak | |
| Joseph Merkel, New York's National Spring Annuals, May, 1991 Roger Erickson, "Season Highlight Shows Part 1, SOHO," July 3, 1980 |
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| The Journal News | |
| Georgette Gouveia, “Avant Garden, Purchase College’s Neuberger Museum presents a campus wide canvas of contemporary art”, May 29, 2001 |
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| Westport Magazine | |
| Stephen Sawicki, “Artist Showcase, Niki Ketchman, Make a Treasure of It”, September, 2005 | |
| CATALOGS | |
| “Niki Ketchman, July 25 - October 3, 2004, Katonah Museum of Art “Neuberger Museum of Art 2001 Biennial Exhibition of Public Art”. May 20 -October7, 2001 • Eleanor Heartney,” Public Art and Public Questions” “2000 Weir Farm Visiting Artists”, May – June 10, 2001 Stamford Museum & Nature Center, Stamford,CT “Niki Ketchman: Fabrications”, June 13, 1998-May 31, 1999, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA • Arthur Danto, “Pre-historical and Post-Modern Forms in the Work of Niki Ketchman” • Nick Capasso, “Niki Ketchman: Fabrications” “Just the Thing! Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture and the Object”, June, 1998-May, 2000, Leigh Yawky Woodson Art Museum, Wasau, WI • Nick Capasso, essay “Niki Ketchman, Primal Fugue”, March 16-April 13, 1996, Kouros Gallery, New York, NY • Cynthia Nadelman, essay “Fall/Winter Exhibition, 95/96, Three Sculptors and Their Drawings”, October 21, 1995- February 29 1996, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ Buzz McCall, “The Speculative Aspects of Memory, Lawrence Fane, Niki Ketchman, John Monti, Conversations with the Artists and Reflections about their Work” “Fabricated Nature”, April 9-November 20, 1994, Boise Museum of Art, Boise, Idaho, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, Virginia Beach Center for the Arts, Virginia Beach, VA • Sandy Harthorn, essay “The Connecticut Biennial II”, February 24-May 25, 1991, The Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT • Nancy Hall-Duncan, essay “Then & Now, A Selection of Artists Who Early in Their Museum Careers Exhibited at the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art of Ridgefield, Connecticut”, April 23-May 30, 1992, Philippe Staib Gallery, New York, NY • Marc J. Straus, M.D., essay • Buzz McCall, essay • John Russell, essay reprinted from “Art in America”, January, 1969 |
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| EDUCATION | |
| 1976 | MA (Fine Arts), Montclair State College, NJ |
| 1971 | BA (Fine Arts), Cum Laude, Fairleigh Dickinson University, NJ |
| TEACHING | |
| 2003-06 | Teaching assistant, International Center of Photography |
| 1992-93 | New Museum of Contemporary Art, NYC, Docent |
| 1978-81 | Sacred Heart University, Bridgeport, CT, Painting, Drawing, Art History |
| 1977-79 | Quinnipiac College, Hamden, CT; Painting, Drawing |
