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Invitational Exhibitions
2008
Goldesberry Gallery, Houston, Texas     
“Annual Jewelry and Metal Art Exhibition”

Shaw Gallery, Northeast Harbor, Maine     
“Anti-War Medals ”

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
“Spring Faculty Show”

Hall Street Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA    
“…of lineage and legacy: visual conversations on jewelry and metalworks,”     Gail M. Brown, curator

National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, TN
“Equal Footing: materials + processes + concepts, selected works by alumni of Cranbrook Academy of Art Metalsmithing”

Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA 
“Abstracted Landscapes,” Fabio Fernandez, curator

Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, OR           
“Touching Warms the Art,” Curators: Rebecca Scheer, Rachelle Thiewes and Namita Gupta Wiggers

2007
ZåRUBå & ZåRUBå, Frederick, MD
“Art of the Martini 6,” invitational exhibition

Shaw Gallery, Northeast Harbor, ME
“PoP ArT,” invitational exhibition

New Arts Program Gallery, Kutztown, PA           
“18th Invitational Salon of Small Works,” invitational exhibition

Hiko Mizuno College of Jewelry, Tokyo, Japan
“Metalsmiths Linking: A Crosscultural Exchange,” Jim Bové, curator

Space 101 Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
“Vessel,” Anna Divinsky, curator

2006
Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA
“The Necklace Show,” Mike Holmes and Elizabeth Shypertt, curators

Gallery Arka, Vilnius, Lithuania
“3rd Annual Collage Exhibition,” Kestutis Vasiliunas, curator

HUB Gallery, University Park, PA     
“Feast,” John Bowman, curator

Fawick Gallery, Kleist Center for Art, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH
“Black and White: A Multi-Media Invitational Exhibition,” David Williamson, curator

The Brewery, Barbican, London, England   
“Carry the Can,” invitational exhibition

Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI     
“Critical Mass: Metalsmithing at Cranbrook under Gary Griffin,” invitational exhibition

Marx-Saunders Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Golden Opportunity,” invitational exhibition

Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA                      
“The Edges of Grace:  Provocative, Uncommon Craft,” Gail M. Brown, curator

Purnell Center for the Arts, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
“Wall-to-Wall CFA,” invitational Centennial exhibition of alumni from the College of Fine Arts

2005
PRISM, Online & Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ                  
“Telesculpture 2005,” invitational exhibition, http://telesculpture.prism.asu.edu/

Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
“9th Annual Serious Moonlight Gala,” invitational exhibition

Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT
“Innovative Perspectives in Turning,” Albert LeCoff, curator

Palmer Museum of Art, University Park, PA
“Dialogue and Diversity,” Leo Mazow, curator

London Metropolitan Library, Whitechapel, London, England
“Trunk Show,” Ann Shostrum, curator

Sirius Cobh, Ireland   
“Trunk Show,” curated

Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
“Cranbrook to Lancaster and Back:  Contemporary Works in Clay, Fiber, and Metal from the Robert L. Pfannebecker Collection,” invitational exhibition

Gallery ER, Kaunas, Lithuania           
“1st International Collage Exhibition,” Kestutis Vasiliunas, curator

2004
King House, Boyle, Ireland
“Trunk Show,” Ann Shostrum, curator

Zoller Gallery, University Park, PA
“In a Voting Year,” invitational

Gallery Kaire Desine, Vilnius, Lithuania           
“1st International Collage Exhibition,” Kestutis Vasiliunas, curator

Gallery Gravicel, Lille, France
“Third International Artist’s Book Triennial,” curated

Zoller Gallery, University Park, PA
“Objects in/and Visual Culture,” Sallie McCorkle, curator

Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
“8th Annual Serious Moonlight Gala,” invitational exhibition

Frankfurt Art Fair, Frankfurt, Germany           
“Third International Artist’s Book Triennial,” curated

2003
City Space Gallery, Seattle, WA
“Sustainable Connections,” Barbara Johnson, curator

Zoller Gallery, University Park, PA
“School of Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition”

Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
“National Invitational Exhibition”

Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Third International Artist’s Book Triennial,” curated

10th Annual Green Design Conference, University Park, PA
“Rural Renaissance,” trophy design collaboration

International Contemporary Furniture Fair, New York City, NY
“International Design Resource Awards,” curated

2002
Zoller Gallery, University Park, PA
“Impromtu,” invitational exhibition

2001
Zoller Gallery, University Park, PA
“School of Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition,” invitational exhibition

Zoller Gallery, University Park, PA
“New Faculty Exhibition,” invitational exhibition

2000
The Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
“Alchemy in Wood,” invitational exhibition

Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
“Cranbrook Academy of Art Graduate Degree Show"

1999
The Yaw Gallery, Birmingham, MI
“The Knife, the Fork, the Spoon as Serving Pieces,” invitational exhibition

Nancy Sachs Gallery, St. Louis, MO
“Beacons for the 21st Century,” invitational exhibition

SOFA Exposition (Sculpture, Objects, & Functional Art), New York City, NY
“The Knife, the Fork, the Spoon as Serving Pieces,” invitational exhibition

Nexus Coop Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
“Artists of a Different Caliber,” juried exhibition

1998
Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
“Haptodynamic,” Metalsmithing Department exhibition

Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA
“Chain Gang,” invitational exhibition

Frick Fine Arts Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
“10th Annual Art for AIDS Benefit,” invitational exhibition

Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA
“Common Bonds,” invitational exhibition

1997
Community Literacy Center, Pittsburgh, PA
“Artists and Kids Group Permanent Installation,” public art project

The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
“Chain Gang,” invitational exhibition

Frick Fine Arts Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
“9th Annual Art for AIDS Benefit,” invitational exhibition

Gallery I/O, New Orleans, LA
“Chain Gang,” invitational exhibition

Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
“Chrome/osome: Art-Design-Technology 1945-2000,” invitational exhibition

Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
“Chain Gang,” invitational exhibition

1996
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
“Holiday Invitational Exhibit”

Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
“Chain Gang,” invitational exhibition

Space 101, Pittsburgh, PA
“Brew House Members Exhibition”

Kipp Gallery, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
“The Marriage Project,” invitational exhibition

Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA
“Chain Gang,” invitational exhibition

1995
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
“Pittsburgh Metals Society,” invitational exhibition

Delaware River Mill Society, Stockton, NJ
“Design 95,” Michael Monroe, curator

Chester Springs Studio, Chester Springs, PA
“Studio Days 95,” invitational exhibition

Main Exhibit Gallery, Ligonier, PA
“Art of the Horse,” invitational exhibition

Winchester Thurston Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
“Pittsburgh Metalsmith Society,” invitational exhibition

Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
“It’s a Bowl,” invitational exhibition

1994
The Garfield Artworks, Pittsburgh, PA
“8th Annual Art Show for the Homeless,” invitational exhibition

Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
“Teetotaller’s Teacups,” invitational exhibition

1993
Forbes Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
“James Thurman and Chris Dunham,” invitational exhibition

Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
“Purely Platters,” invitational exhibition

1992
Associazione Promozione Inizaiative Sociocultura, Sardegna, Italy
“Progetto Cuspide,” collaborative site-specific invitational exhibition

The Turmoil Room, Wilkinsburg, PA
“Archetypes,” invitational exhibition

Forbes Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
“Images of Self,” invitational exhibition

Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
“Totally Teapots,” invitational exhibition

 

 

©James Thurman 2007

 

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