JANE SAUER GALLERY - Paul Stankard

PAUL STANKARD

Press Release
Paul Stankard
Intimate Views of Nature

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Artist Statement
"I am interested in integrating mysticism with botanical realism giving the glass organic credibility. Through the work, I reference the continuum of nature, by portraying and exploring the mysteries of seeds, fertility and decay. The work celebrates the primal beauty of nature on a intimate level. It is influlenced by the poetry of Walt Whitman."

Paul J Stankard

Born in 1943, Attleboro, Massachusetts

Education
Salem Community College
        Pennsgrove, New Jersey
Rowan University, 1997
        Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts
        Glassboro, New Jersey
Muskingum College, 2007
        Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts
        New Concord, OH
Salem Community College
        Honorary Associate Degree

Awards and Special Honors
Salem Community College, Honorary Associate Degree
        in Fine Art, New Jersey, 2008
Muskingum College, Honorary Doctor of Fine Art
        New Concord, OH., 2007
Salem Community College, Honorary Member of
        Phi Theta Kappa International
Honorary Society, New Jersey, 2007
National Liberty Museum, Artist as Hero Award,
        Philadelphia, PA, 2006
Art Alliance For Contemporary Glass, Lifetime of Innovative
Achievements in Art, Chicago, 2003American Craft Council, College of Fellows, New York, 2000
Salem County Community College Glass Center,
        "Paul Joseph Stankard Gallery," Dedicated in 1999
Urban Glass, Urban Glass Award -
        Innovation In A Glassworking
Technique, New York, 1998
Rowan University, Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts,
        New Jersey, 1997
New Jersey Council of County Colleges,
        Excellence Award, New Jersey, 1993
New Jersey State Council of the Arts Award for
        Excellence, New Jersey, 1986, 1989

Selected Public Collections
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, Neenan, WI
Birmingham Art Museum, Birmingham, AL
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
GlasMuseum, Ebeltoft, Denmark
Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan
Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV
Hsinchu Cultural Center, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
The JBSpeed Museum, Louisville, KY
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, NC
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
Morris Museum of Arts and Sciences, Morristown, NJ
Musee des Arts Decoratif, Palais du Louvre, Paris, France
Museum of American Glass, Wheaton Village, Millville, NJ
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
National Museum of American Art - The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
Newark Public Museum, Newark, NJ
New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art
        The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Lorretto, PA
Suwa Museum, Toyoda, Japan
Tittot Glass Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD
Wustum Museum of Fine Art, Racine, WI

Documentaries/Books
"Paul Joseph Stankard: A Glass Maker's Pilgrimage
        Through Nature," DVD/Video, Robert Hahn, Shanrac
        Productions, 2003
"Paul J. Stankard: Homage to Nature," Ulysses Grant
        Dietz, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 1996
"PAUL STANKARD "INVENTING ILLUSIONS", Bates-
        Renaud, Kirsten, Video, 1996, 46mins.

Select Media
Martha Stewart Living, "Glass Art with Paul", CBS,
June 2003
Modern Masters, "Glass Artist: Paul Stankard",
HGTV, November 2003

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The April/May 2012 issue of American Craft Magazine has a two page feature article on artist Paul Stankard's solo exhibition at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Washington. This exhibition continues through June 17.

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Paul Stankard's finely wrought organic detail is illuminated through never-before-seen high-resolution photographs enlarged and printed with the highest production values to create a unique book that is itself a work of art. In an essay by William Warmus, an interview by Andrew Page, and photographs by Ron Farina and Douglas Schaible, Beauty Beyond Nature (published by the Robert M. Minkoff Foundation, Ltd., 2011) reveals Stankard's work as a powerful touchstone that connect us to the potency of the natural world and remind us of what it means to be alive.

Audio & Video

Paul has just completed a new “Honeybee Swarm Orb” that our gallery will exhibit at Art Palm Beach, January 19 - 23, 2011 (see image of new artwork above). Don't miss viewing the Museum's new YouTube video on Paul below:

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