Alan Finkel
75 Ludlow St.
New York, NY 10002

Tel: (212) 254-1855
Fax: (212) 254-7122
Email: afinkel@nyc.rr.com
Born 1943 New York
Education: New York University,
Long Island University,
Queens College,
New School for Social Research,
Art Students League


EXHIBITIONS

Flight 93 National Memorial Design Competition January 19- February 21, 2005
Sponsored by Families of Flight93, Flight 93 Advisory Commission, Flight
93 Memorial Task Force and the National Park Service. Somerset Pennsylvania

Art of the 20th Century International Art Fair, November 19-22, 2004
Seventh Avenue Armory (Park Ave at 67thSt)

what"’"s that? June 30- November 14, 2004
CMOM (Children"’"s Museum of Manhattan) New York

The Archive Project, Storefront for Art and Architecture; 1982-2003
Curated by Sarah Herda and Kyong Park.
May 9- Aug.6, 2003, New York City

Lucky Draw Spring Benefit
SculptureCenter 2003 , Long Island City, New York

Lucky Draw Spring Benefit
SculptureCenter 2002 , Long Island City, New York

We Watch the City: Stories in the Shadow of 9/11.
Documentary (VHS) and booklet produced by the Research and Training Center
on Community Living, Institute on Community Integration,
The College of Education and Human Development,
University of Minnesota, 2002

UNFORGETTABLE September 5- 28, 2002
Chelsea Studio Gallery 515 West 19th St., New York City, 10001
Curator/Organizer Judy Collischan

"“"Reactions"”" January 26- April 27, 2002
Exit Art 548 Broadway, New York City 10012

Here is New York '“"A Democracy of Photographs"”" 2002
International Center of Photography
1105 Sixth Ave, New York City, 10036

Here is New York "“"A Democracy of Photographs"”" Feb, 2002- present
US Shows: Chicago, IL; Washington, D.C.; Louisville, KY;
Troy, NY; Houston, TX; Marietta, OH; San Diego, CA;
Tampa, FL; Boca Raton, FL; Pomona, NJ
International Shows: Berlin; Stuttgart; Zurich; Dublin;
Dresden; Dusseldorf; London; Tokyo; Paris.

Life in the City: Here is New York Feb- May, 2002
Museum of Modern Art, New York City

Here is New York "7ldquo;"A Democracy of Photographs"”" Sept.
2001- present 119 Prince St, New York City

Haizuka Earthworks Project, 1997
Mirasaka Peace Museum, Hiroshima, Japan

Seattle, A Portrait of a City, March-April, 1996
Harborland Joho Bunka Plaza, Kobe, Japan

Gallery TE, January 1996
Ginza-Cho, Tokyo, Japan

Functional, March 1995
Gallery 128, 128 Rivington St., NYC

SOS Exhibition, April 1995
420 West Broadway, NYC

Know Peace/No Peace February-March, 1991
Gallery 128, 128 Rivington St., NYC

Mixed Use District, October-November 1988
Institute for Contemporary Art
The Clocktower Gallery, NYC

Project DMZ, November-December 1988
Storefront for Art and Architecture

Painting and Sculpture by Candidates for Art Awards February- March 1988
American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, NYC

Couples, August 1987
Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA

Material Sense, March-April 1987
SculptureCenter, NYC

1989 The Twelfth Year, January-March 1986
City Gallery, Department of Cultural Affairs, NY

Urban Artworks, November 1985- January 1986
Public Artspace, Seattle, WA

The Way of Wood, October 1983- June 1984
Queens College, Queens, NY

The Elements- Weather in Art Feb, March, April, 1984
Tweed Gallery, Plainfield, NJ

10 Years of Public Art, May 1982
Doris Freedman Gallery, The Urban Center, NYC

C.A.P.S. Sculpture Exhibition, October-November 1981
Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY

Artists Book Show September- October 1981
Zone, Springfield, MA

Summer Sculpture Exhibit, July- August 1981
Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY

Breaking in at the First Precinct October, 1980
Creative Time, Inc, NY

Sculpture Exhibit Part I Nov 1978- 1979
Organization of Independent Artists, Wards Island, NY

Post Card Size Art, December 1978
P.S.1 Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Long Island City, NY

Small Works, June- July, 1978
55 Mercer Gallery, NYC

An Exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture, June- July 1978
Robert Freidus Gallery, NYC

Arte Fiera "&requo;"78, June 1978
Organization of Independent Artists, Bologna, Italy

New Directions/New Choices, August 1976
Jamaica Arts Center, Jamaica, NY

55 Mercer Gallery, April 1976
NYC

Penrose Gallery November 1973
Tyler College, Philadelphia, PA

55 Mercer Gallery, April 1973 NYC

55 Mercer Gallery, April 1972 NYC


INSTALLATIONS/COMMISSIONS/COLLABORATIONS/PROJECTS

SkyCube 1998-2001
Alan Finkel and Jon Michael Schwarting, Collaboration, NYC

Haizuka Site Generative Project, October 1994 to present
Haizuka Dam Project for Regional Development, Towns of Soryo,
Mirasaka, Kisa, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

Kumamoto Artpolis, November 1994
Takeda Koji Architect Project #49
Izumi Mura, Kyushu, Japan

National Peace Garden Design Competition, 1989
Washington, D.C.
v Suffolk County Vietnam Veterans Memorial Competition 1989
Suffolk County, New York

New York Waterfront Competition, June-July 1988
Second Prize Winner
Municipal Art Society,
N.E.A. Design Arts Program, Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC

New York Waterfront Competition, Project Presentation April 1988
University of Buenos Aires, University of Belgrano,
JFK University, Argentina

Todos Santos Plaza Design Competition, September 1987
Award of Excellence,
Concord, CA

Urban Artworks Project, 1983
Seattle, WA

Sculpture: Site Specific, 1983
North Central Ohio Arts Council, Milan Township, OH

Artpark, July 1981
Lewiston, NY

Public Art Fund Inc, Spring 1981
Empire Fulton Ferry State Park, Brooklyn, NY

South Site Sculpture, October 1980
Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY

Wave Hill 1980-Temporal Structures, May 1980
Riverdale, NY

Interpretations "’"79, July 1979
Castle Clinton, U.S. Department of the Interior,
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, NYC

Untitled Installation, February 1979
P.S. 1 Institute for Art and Urban Resources,
Long Island City, NY

Art on the Beach, August-September 1978
Creative Time, Inc.; Battery Park Landfill, NYC

AT&T Long Lines, 1977
International Headquarters, Bedminister, NJ

Customs and Culture, June 1976
U.S. Customs House on Bowling Green
Creative Time, Inc. NYC

A Month of Sundays, September 1976
P.S. 1 Institute for Art and Urban Resources


GRANTS AND AWARDS

2001
First Annual ScultureCenter Prize for Contemporary Sculpture,
SculptureCenter, Long Island City, NY

1988
New York Waterfront Competition, Second Prize Winner
Municipal Art Society, N.E.A. Design Arts Program, NYC

1987
Japan-United States Arts Program, Fellowship
Asian Cultural Council, NY

Todos Santos Plaza Design Competition,
Award of Excellence Concord, CA

1985
New York Foundation for the Arts, Fellowship

1980-81
Creative Artists Public Service Program,
(CAPS) Fellowship

1979-80
National Endowment for the Arts, Fellowship

1978
Change, Inc

1974-75
Creative Artists Public Service Program, (CAPS) Fellowship


TEACHING, DISCUSSIONS AND LECTURES

Faculty, Artist-in-Residence, Reinhart School of Sculpture,
MFA Program Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD 2004-2005

Interim Director, Reinhart School of Sculpture,
MFA Program Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

2003-2004
Faculty, Artist-in-Residence, Reinhart School of Sculpture,
MFA Program Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

2001-2003
Hiroshima, Japan Haizuka Project, 1996

B-Semi School, Yokohama, Japan, 1994

National Public Radio, NY 1988

FIT Symposia, NY 1988

WNYC Radio, Public Art Fund, NY 1994

North Central Ohio Arts Council, OH 1984

Queens College, NY, 1984

Parsons School of Design, NY 1982

Boston Museum School, Boston, MA, 1982

Hosftra University, NY 1980

Artist Talk on Art, NY 1978


Related PUBLICATIONS, ARTICLES and REVIEWS

Dec. 28, 2001
"“"The people"’"s chronicle of the day that changed the world"”"
"“"September 11"”" THE Week Magazine,

2001
Alan Finkel, Arlene Raven, Jon Michael Schwarting, and SculptureCenter,
Inc Alan Finkel: SculptureCenter Prize 2001,
SculptureCenter, Inc. New York. 44pp.

March 1998
Arlene Raven "“"A Geography of Home:
Alan Finkel"’"s Public Art"”" Sculpture

1996
Soft Urbanism- 15 Projects Haizuka Earthworks Projects

1991
Alan Finkel, guest editor "“"Public Art in Transition"”"
Frame Magazine 3 IDEE Press, Tokyo, Japan

1990
Alan Finkel, guest editor "“" Public Art in Transition-
Exploring the Potentials"”" Frame Magazine 2
IDEE Press, Tokyo, Japan

1989
"“"Contemporary California Competitions in the
Spirit of Collaboration, Todos Santos Plaza Design Competition"”"
Urban Design International

1989
Shoichiro Higuchi '“"Urban Forms by Alan Finkel"”"
Idea Magazine March

June 1988
"7ldquo;"New York-Wanted a Waterfront"”" AU Arredo Urbano Magazine

Spring 1984
"“"Role of Artists"”" Public Art Fund Inc

September 1983
Jan Rogosh "“"Milan Sculpture Turns out to be New England Woods"”"
Norwalk Ohio Reflector

September 1983
"“"Sculpture by Nature"”" Sandusky Ohio Register, Chris Clark

October/November 1981
"“"Adventures at Artpark"”" Washington Review Lee Fleming

August 1981
"“"Seeing Artpark on the Hoof: Its only for the Adventurous"”"
Buffalo Courier Express, Richard Huntington

August 24, 1981
"“"Summer Camp for Artists"”" New York Magazine, Kay Larson

August 7, 1981
"“"An outdoor Safari around New York"”"
The New York Times Weekend, Grace Glueck

June 21, 1981
"“"Art Park Art, is Larger Better"”" Evening New,
Buffalo New York Anthony Bannon

May 1981
Marjukka Kaminen "*“"emporal Environmental
Installations"”" Taide Magazine

April 30, 1981
"“"15 Artists will create New Works on Artpark Grounds
The Summer"”" Niagra Gazette

April 29, 1981
"“"Bumper Crop due at Artpark"”" Courier Express,
Buffalo, NY Richard Huntington

December 1980
"“"Vandals mar Hosftra Art Show"”"
New York Times, David Shirley

July 1980
"“"Sculpture as Big as all Outdoors"”"
New York Times, Peter Schjeldahl

July 2, 1980
"“"Meditation can be Fun"”" Village Voice Carrie Rickey
("“Temporal Structures, Wave Hill"”")

July 18, 1980
"“"Art: Wave Hill offers a cool site for Sculpture"”"
New York Times John Russell

June 1980
"“"Temporal Structures"”" Art in America (Wave Hill)

June 1980
"“"Wave Hill"” Soho Weekly News William Zimmer

October 24, 1980
"“"The Joys of Breaking In"”" New York Post Jerry Talmer

August 3, 1979
"“"New Sculpture under the Sun, from Staten Island
to the Bronx"”" New York Times

July, 1979
"“"Art: Birds in and Old Fort"”" The New York Post Jerry Talmer

September 1978
"“"Contemporary Sculpture"”" Arts Magazine, Harold Olejarz

August 24, 1978
"“"On the Beach Battery Park City, Art on the Beach"”"
The Soho Weekly News John Perreault

October 1978
"“"Thirteen Sculptors"”" Artforum Magazine Robert Freidus Gallery,
New York, Stuart Greenspan

Aug 28, 1978
"“"City Site. Works, Desert Works"”" Village Voice Kay Larson

July 31, 1978
"“"To be Young, Gifted and Avant Guard IV"”" Village Voice Peter Frank

1977
Drawings for Rain Alan Finkel

June 1976
"“"Alan Finkel, 55 Mercer Gallery"”" Arts Magazine

June 1976
Marjukka Kaminen "“"What is it like to be a sculptor
in New York City?"”" Taide Magazine

Feb 13, 1975
"“"Subject Matter"”" Soho Weekly News Mona Davinci
("“"Gypsum Works"’", 167 Spring St. Gallery, New York)

1974
"“"Alan Finkel"”" Artforum Magazine Jeremy Gilbert Rolfe

December 1973
"“"Alan Finkel, 55 Mercer Gallery"”" Arts Magazine Ellen Lubell

February 1973
"“"A Renewal of Possibilities"” Arts Magazine, Lenore Goldberg

February"’" 1973
"*“"lan Finkel"”" Arts Magazine, Rosemary Mayer (55 Mercer Gallery)


LINKS

http://www.sculpture-center.org/gi_presscenter.html

http://www.sculpture.org/documents/scmag98/finkel/sm-finkl.htm

http://www.sculpture.org/documents/scmag98/sm-mar98.htm