Craig Langager
Birth: 1946, Seattle, Washington
Education:
Minnesota State University, Bemidji; B.S. Art, 1969-72
University of Oregon, Eugene; M.F.A., 1972-74
Solo Exhibitions:
Craig Langager, Foster/White Gallery, Seattle; February 14 - March 10, 1975
Craig Langager: New Paintings, Foster/White Gallery, Seattle; February 25 - March 15, 1977
Craig Langager: Constructions, Foster/White Gallery, Seattle; February 23 - March 12, 1979 Craig Langager, Western Washington State University, Bellingham; June 26 - July 25, 1979
Craig Langager, Susan Caldwell, Inc., New York City; September 13 - October 11, 1980
Craig Langager, Susan Caldwell, Inc., New York City; November 2 - November 30, 1981
Critical Distance: Cloning for a New Society, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; March 10 - May 2, 1982
Craig Langager, Susan Caldwell, Inc., New York City; February 5 - February 26, 1983
Craig Langager: Gargoyles and Memorials, Susan Caldwell, Inc., New York City; April 28-June 2, 1984
Craig Langager: Sculpture, Ruth Siegel Ltd., New York City; January 4 - January 25, 1986
Craig Langager: `Survival Instinct' Sculpture and Drawings (alma mater exhibition), Talley Gallery, Bemidji State University, Minnesota; September 10 - October 8, 1986
Craig Langager: Recent Work, William Traver Gallery, Seattle; October 3 - November 3, 1991 75% Down and Falling: Where Have All the Song Birds Gone?, Installation, Security Pacific Gallery, Seattle, November 18, 1991 - April 24, 1992
Craig Langager, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, November 18, 2007-January 13, 2008
Three-Person Exhibitions:
Dialogues. The Winnipeg Perspective 1984: Sherry Grauer, Craig Langager and John McEwen, The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Manitoba; February 9 - March 25, 1984
Realism - Three Perspectives: Jim Cogswell, Margaretta Gilboy and Craig Langager, Edith Baker Gallery, Dallas; July 10 - September 5, 1987
Selected Group Exhibitions:
New Talent, Foster/White Gallery, Seattle; 1973
Under 35, Portland Art Museum, Oregon; 1974
Foster/White Gallery, Seattle; 1974
One Hundred Eighteen Gallery, Minneapolis; 1975
Peter M. David Gallery, Minneapolis; 1975
Northwest Annual, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle; 1975
Foster/White Gallery, Seattle; 1976
Northwest '77, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle; 1977
West Coast Prints, Impressions Workshop, Boston; 1977
Dartington College of the Arts, Dartington, England; 1977
Selected Works from the Faculty, Cornish Institute, Seattle; 1978
City Selects III, One Percent for Art, Seattle Arts Commission, Seattle; 1978
Eight Seattle Artists, Western Washington State University, Bellingham; 1979
Wave Hill 1981: Tableaux, Wave Hill Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Bronx, New York; 1981 Menagerie, Goddard-Riverside Community Center, New York City; 1981
New New York, East Florida State University, Tallahassee, and Metropolitan Museum and Art Center, Coral Gables, Florida; traveled to Phoenix Art Museum;1982-83
Painting and Sculpture Today, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana; 1982
36 Works, 18 Artists, 6 Galleries, 1 Alma Mater, Sarah Lawrence College Gallery, Bronxville, New York; 1982
Selected Gallery Artists, Susan Caldwell Inc., New York City; 1982
Collectors' Gallery XVI, Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, San Antonio; 1982
Selected Gallery Artists, Susan Caldwell Inc., New York City; 1983
Chicago Sculpture International Mile 2, Navy Pier, Chicago; 1983
Nocturne, Siegel Contemporary Art, New York City; 1983
Selected Gallery Artists, Susan Caldwell Inc., New York City; 1984
Menagerie: Animal Images by Contemporary Artists, San Francisco International Airport, 1985
Body & Soul, Aspects of Recent Figurative Sculpture, The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati; September 6-October 12, 1985; circulated by The Art Museum Association of America, San Francisco through June 1987
Painting and Sculpture Today 1986, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana; 1986
Square and . . ., Ruth Siegel Ltd., New York City; 1986
Ten Artists, Ruth Siegel Ltd. at The International Contemporary Art Fair, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles; 1986
National/International, Ruth Siegel Ltd., New York City; 1987
2nd Annual Bal Masque Invitational, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle; 1987
Totems, Edith Baker Gallery, Dallas; 1988
Small and Stellar, Ruth Siegel Ltd., New York City; 1989
20th Anniversary of the Visiting Artist Program, CU Art Galleries, University of Colorado at Boulder; 1992
5th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition, University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu;1994
Recent Northwest Acquisitions, Seattle Art Museum, 1996
Recent Acquisitions: The Blair and Lucy Kirk Collection, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, 2005
Awards/Grants/Commissions
Recipient, Minnesota State Arts Grant, Minnesota Council for the Arts, Minneapolis; 1975 Whitney Foundation Grant, Guest Artist, Dartington College of the Arts, Dartington, England; 1977
Commission, Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority, Buffalo; 1982-83
Selected Bibliography:
"Three Painters, Arts Council," Minneapolis Tribune, August 1975
Campbell, Richard. "Craig Langager and Nature's Colors," Seattle Post Intelligencer, February 23, 1975, section H6
Campbell, Richard. "Nebulous Fields of Color," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, March 11, 1977
Walsh, Mike. "The Seattle Scene," Artweek, February 11, 1978, p. 3
Kangas, Matthew. "Cornish Comes of Age," The Weekly (Seattle), May 4, 1978
Glowen, Ron. "Sculptural Subdivisions," Artweek, March 3, 1979, p. 15
Downey, Roger. "Craig Langager: Constructions," The Weekly (Seattle), March 7-13, 1979, p. 25
Glowen, Ron. "Upstairs/Downstairs at Foster/White, "Argus Magazine (Seattle), March 9, 1979, pp. 7, 15
Kangas, Matthew. "Reviews: Seattle," Artforum, May 1979, p. 71
"Harmony in Seattle," Architectural Digest, December 1979, p. 114
Hackett, Regina. "Shining through the Jumble: A Sculptural Treasure Trove," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 13, 1980
Rickey, Carrie. "Insider/Outsider. The Two Art Worlds,” The Village Voice, Oct. 15-21, 1980, pp. 65, 67-69, 76, esp. 69
Yoskowitz, Robert. Gallery Review, Arts Magazine, November 1980, p. 30
Levin, Kim. Wave Hill 1981: Tableaux, catalogue essay for the exhibition including statement by the artist, 1981
Zimmer, William. "All the Works A Stage," The Soho Weekly News, June 10, 1981, p. 26
Caldwell, John. "Sculpture and Site Blend at Wave Hill," The New York Times, June 14, 1981, Westchester Edition
Larson, Kay. "At the Still Point," New York Magazine, June 29, 1981, pp. 52-53
Glueck, Grace, "An Outdoor-Sculpture Safari Around New York," The New York Times, August 7, 1981
Onorato, Ronald J. "Tableaux, Wave Hill," Art Express, November/December 1981, pp. 62-63 Silverhorne, Jeanne. "Tableaux, Wave Hill," Artforum, November 1981, pp. 85-86
Pincus-Witten, Robert. "Diary Entries: Style Shucks," Arts Magazine, October 1981, pp. 96-97 "Craig Langager," Appearances, Nos.5/6, 1981, pp. 36, 39, 99
Yoskowitz, Robert. Gallery Review, Arts Magazine, February 1982, p. 36
Nemser, Cindy. Gallery Review, Art News, March 1982, p. 212
Levin, Kim. "Craig Langager. `Critical Distance - Cloning for a New Society,'" catalogue essay for Issues: New Allegory II. Craig Langager, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, 1982
Stewart, Albert. New New York, catalogue with essay, University Fine Art Galleries, Florida State University, Tallahassee and Metropolitan Museum and Art Center, Coral Gables, 1982
Rubenstein, Betty. "Fine Art Festival, FSU Exhibition Reveals Shift to Symbolism," Tallahassee Democrat, March 18, 1982, section C1-2
Taylor, Robert. "New ICA Exhibition is Incisive and Vivid!" Boston Sunday Globe, March 21, 1982, section B13
"Galleries," Review of ICA exhibition, The Christian Science Monitor, April 1, 1982, section B11 Kohen, Helen L. "New New York," The Miami Herald, July 25, 1982, section L
Ferrulli, Helen and Yassin, Robert. Painting and Sculpture Today, catalogue with essay, Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1982
Walls, Michael. 36 Works, 18 Artists, 6 Galleries, 1 Alma Mater, catalogue with essay, Sarah Lawrence College Gallery, Bronxville, New York, 1982
Glueck, Grace. "In the Arts: Critics' Choices," The New York Times, October 24, 1982, section G3
Caldwell, John. "Good Concept, Ingrown Results," The New York Times, October 24, 1982, Westchester Edition, p. 20
"Craig Langager," Appearances, No.8, 1982, p. 31
Raynor, Vivien. "New York is Gallery of Best by Living Artists: Soho: Downtown Space for Extremes," The New York Times, February 18, 1983, section C1 and C24
“Anne Gerber [Seattle] Interview, 1983, Feb. 24, Mar. 4, & Apr.21,” Oral History Interview for the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution conducted by Anne Focke, pp. 36, 39
Handy, Ellen. Gallery Review, Arts Magazine, April 1983, p. 37
Bannon, Anthony. "Review: Art. Looking down the tracks at subway art," Gusto (Buffalo), May 20, 1983
Rose, Barbara. "Talking about . . . Art: Art under ground," Vogue Magazine, September 1983, p. 397
Klein, Ellen Lee. "Nocturne," Arts Magazine, November 1983, p. 38
Madill, Shirley. Dialogues. The Winnipeg Perspective 1984: Sherry Grauer, Craig Langager and John McEwen, catalogue with essay, The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Manitoba, 1984; 35 pp., esp. 3-4, 9-15
Madill, Shirley. "Dialogues. The Winnipeg Perspective1984," The WAG Magazine, February 1984, pp. 4-7
McIlroy, Randal. "Animal artforms endeavor to plumb human emotions," Winnipeg Free Press, February 14, 1984
Anderson, Jeffrey. "Sculptors use animals as metaphors for man," Winnipeg Free Press, March 3, 1984, p. 23
Raynor, Vivien. "Art. Craig Langager," The New York Times, May 25, 1984, section C21
Mann, Kenny. "Monuments, Memorials and Gargoyles Show Changing Role in Modern Society," Sunstorm (Middle Island, New York), May 1984, pp. 12-13
Handy, Ellen. Gallery Review, Arts Magazine, September 1984, p. 32
Rogers-Lafferty, Sarah. Body & Soul. Aspects of Recent Figurative Sculpture, catalogue with essay, The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, 1985
"Animal Fare," Alameda Co. Review (Hayward, California), August 16, 1985, illus.
"California Artists Now Exhibited at S. F. International Airport," San Francisco Business Journal, August 19, 1985
Anon. "Buffalo Metro Rail System Art; Happy Trails to View," Presentation. The Fine Art Journal of Upstate New York, Summer 1985, p. 21
Brenson, Michael. "Craig Langager," The New York Times, January 10, 1986, section C22
Klein, Ellen Lee. Gallery Review, Arts Magazine, March 1986, p. 128
Henry, Gerrit. "Craig Langager at Ruth Siegel," Art in America, July 1986, p. 117 with color illus.
"Exhibit to Open at Talley Gallery," The Pioneer, (Bemidji, Minnesota), September 7, 1986 "Who," The Pioneer (Bemidji, Minnesota), October 12, 1986, illus. with Governor viewing exhibit
Art, Bemidji State Alumnus News, Fall 1986, p. 6
Chayat, Sherry. "Art to Watch Trains By," New York Alive, March/April 1987, pp. 32-37
Scully, Vince. "Robert A. M. Stern. New Spaces in an East Hampton Shingle-Style Cottage," Architectural Digest, Supplement Architecture, September 1987, pp. 26-31; illus. pp. 26, 28-29
Hackett, Regina. Review. “Twenty Years, 1970-1990 Prints” and Installation by Craig Langager, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, November 20, 1991, C.15
The 5th International Sculpture Exhibition. University of Hawaii Art Gallery (Honolulu, 1994), catalogue, p. 69
“Sculpture on the Plains,” Arts and Entertainment, Grand Forks Herald, November 17, 2007
Maneker, Roberta and Gomez Edward, “Top 100 Treasures,” Art and Antiques, November 2008, #19
“Craig Langager,” About Drawing, http://aboutdrawing.org/artist/artwork
Selected Collections:
Mr. and Mrs. Parks Anderson, Seattle, Washington
Bank of California Collection
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York
Susan Caldwell, New York, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Cannold, Rye, New York
Gwen Carlson, Seattle, Washington
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Catterall, Seattle, Washington
Gerald Collier, Seattle, Washington
Dartington College of the Arts, Dartington, England
Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
Richard Ekstract, New York, New York
Sue Everett, Seattle, Washington
Mrs. Robert Frayn, Seattle, Washington
Donald Foster, Seattle, Washington
Anne Gerber, Seattle, Washington (commission)
Gordon Hanes, Winston-Salem, North Carolina (commission)
Richard Hyer, Barneveld, New York
Brehanan Ingersoll, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
David Ishii, Seattle, Washington
Mr. and Mrs. Blair Kirk, Seattle, Washington
Werner Kramarsky, New York, New York
Lincoln First Federal Savings and Loan, Seattle
Martin Margulies, Coconut Grove, Florida
Kenneth McKinnon, Seattle, Washington
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York
Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA
Countess Christian De Navasques, Dallas, Texas
Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority, Buffalo, New York (commission)
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Nicoletta, Mahwah, New Jersey
North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll O'Rourke, Seattle
Donalee Peden, Syracuse, New York
Peoples Bank Collection
Ken Polsky, New York, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Pruzan, Seattle, Washington
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Rogers, Kirkland, Washington
Carolyn Joan Rottsolk, Seattle, Washington
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene
City of Seattle
Seattle Art Museum
SeaFirst Corporate Art Collection
Short, Cressman, and Cable, Attorneys at Law, Seattle
Ruth Siegel, New York, New York
Simpson Timber Company, Seattle, Washington
Phillip B. Smith, New York, New York
Dan Stewart, Seattle, Washington
Mrs. Robert David Strauss, Houston, Texas
Tacoma Art Museum
William Teeter, Seattle, Washington
UC Galleries, University of Colorado, Boulder
United Gas-Pipe Line, Inc., Seattle, Washington
Charles Upham, San Francisco, California
Washington Mutual Savings Bank Collection
Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham
The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Public Collections:
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York
Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York
Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA
Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority, Buffalo, New York (commission)
North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene
City of Seattle, Seattle Arts Commission
Seattle Art Museum
Tacoma Art Museum, WA
UC Galleries, University of Colorado, Boulder
Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham
The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Teaching Experience: 1971-72; Walker Senior High, Walker, Minnesota; Studio Arts
1973-74; Lane Community College, Eugene, Oregon; Instructor in Painting (evening school)
1973-74; Teaching Fellowship, University of Oregon, Eugene; Intermediate Drawing
1975; Guest Artist, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
1977; Guest Artist, Dartington College of the Arts, Dartington, England
1976-78; Chairman, Fine Arts Department, Cornish Institute, Seattle; Classes taught: Sculpture; Intermediate and Advanced Painting; Drawing; Contemporary Issues; Thesis Seminar
1982; Visiting Sculptor, Syracuse University, Syracuse 1985; Visiting Sculptor, University of Colorado, Boulder
1989-90; Guest Lecturer, Western Washington University, Bellingham; Advanced Painting; Drawing; Beginning-Advanced Sculpture
Projects:
1976; Committee member, Art in Public Places Committee, Seattle. Responsibilities: ad-hoc committee to write a new proposal for City of Seattle One Percent for Art Program
1976-78; Chairman, Fine Arts Department, Cornish Institute, Seattle. Responsibilities: general administration of Art Department
1976-78; Coordinator, Special Events/Guest Art Programs, Cornish Institute. Responsibilities:fundraising and grantsmanship, coordination of programs including such artists as Christo and Tom Holland
1976-78; Gallery Director, Cornish Institute. Responsibilities: selection of exhibitions, installations, documentation, maintenance and supervision of personnel
1976-78; Chairman, Committee on Curriculum, Cornish Institute. With input from fine arts faculty and students, chairman wrote new foundation curriculum for Fine Arts Department. Adopted by faculty, Spring 1978
1976-78; Negotiator and Coordinator, Exchange Program, Cornish Institute. Negotiated arrangements for exchange program with Cornish Institute and Dartington College of the Arts, Dartington, Devon, England. Two visits to England, one visit to New York to meet with Whitney Foundation to request funding for the exchange. Coordination of three exchanges with faculty and students
1978-79; Coordinator, Earthworks: Land Reclamation as Sculpture, King County Arts Commission, Seattle. Responsibilities: site locations, fundraising, coordination of program and exhibition, and documentation. Artists included: Ian Baxter, Herbert Bayer, Richard Fleischner, Larry Hanson, Mary Miss, Robert Morris, Dennis Oppenheim, and Beverly Pepper
Bibliography with reference to Coordinator: Delores Tarzan, "Earthworks are good economics," The Seattle Times, October 17, 1978, section A8; Roger Downey, "Earthworks get off the ground," The Weekly, January 10-17, 1979, pp. 18-19; "New York artist named for $149,000 earthwork," The Seattle Times, January 14, 1979; Ron Glowen, "Earthworks Can the Art Save the Land?" Argus Magazine, January 26, 1979, p. 8; John Robinson, "Earthworks: New Art form here with links to past," The Seattle Times, February 24, 1979, section A10; Wini Carter, "Artist pleased with his tour of the canyon," Kent News Journal, March 3, 1979, and “Earthwork Artist Views Canyon,” March 8, 1979; Grady Clay, "Earthworks in Seattle. Reclamation as a Fine Art," Landscape Architecture April 1979; Craig Langager, "Getting the Symposium off the Ground, `A Process in Itself'," Earthworks: Land Reclamation as Sculpture, Bulletin of King County Arts Commission, July 1979; Kathy Kucera, "Bulldozer art: Some dig it, others say it's the pits," The Journal-American (Bellevue), August 23, 1979, section C; Judith Dunham, “Artists Reclaim the Land,“ Artweek, September 15, 1979, pp. 1,16; Matthew Kangas, "Earthworks-Earthwords," Seattle Sun, September 19, 1979, p.15; Robert Morris, Earthworks: Land Reclamation as Sculpture (Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 1979), catalogue, p. 8; Barbara Noah, "Cost Effective Earth Art," Art in America, January 1980, pp. 13-15.
Source:
Information provided by Sarah Clark-Langager, the artist's wife.
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