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An example of work by Dennis Elliott
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
| The following, submitted January 2004, is from the artist.
Born: London, England - August 18, 1950
U.S. resident 1975, Citizenship 1993
Florida resident since 1997
Dennis Elliott started turning wood in 1972 and is self taught. His focus is large burl wood vessels, "Wall Sculptures", and Interactive Orbital pieces with frequent use of sandblasting, carving or burning the wood. Sometimes he incorporates alabaster, exotic woods, semi-precious stones and/or metal in the object.
In the year 2000, he began developing his Gemini, Gemini Orbital and Orbital Axis
Series of interactive art. Says Elliott, "The whole concept of the series is to be able to rotate the piece on its base whenever one wishes as as to give it a different look. I feel this involves the viewer in the actual artistic process."
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS:
Museum of Arts and Design, formerly, American Craft Museum - New York, New
York
Arkansas Art Center, Decorative Arts Museum - Little Rock, Arkansas
The Contemporary Museum of Art - Honolulu, Hawaii
Craft & Folk Art Museum - Los Angeles, California
The Detroit Institute of Arts - Detroit, Michigan
Los Angeles County Museum of Art - Los Angeles, California
The Mabel Brady Garven Collection, Yale University Art Gallery - New Haven,
Connecticut
The Mint Museum of Craft & Design - Charlotte, North Carolina
Mobile Museum of Art, (formerly, Fine Arts Museum of the South) - Mobile,
Alabama
Museum of Fine Arts - Boston, Massachusetts
Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum - Washington, D.C.
The Slater Museum - Norwich, Connecticut
University of Michigan Museum - Ann Arbor, Michigan
The Racine Museum of Art, formerly The Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts,
Racine, Wisconsin
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS:
Columbia Pictures, Star Trek Voyager set - Wall Sculpture - Bleached Maple
Burl
SELECTED CORPORATE COLLECTIONS:
General Electric, Corporate Headquarters - Fairfield, Connecticut
Merrill-Lynch - Scottsdale, Arizona
Williams & Connolly, Law Offices - Washington D.C.
Texas State Bank - McAllen, Texas
WORKS ON LOAN:
1995 Ambassadors residence of Joan & Walter Mondale, Tokyo, Japan - Carved
Open Bowl - on loan for display for 3 years from the Craft & Folk Art Museum
in Los Angeles
AWARDS:
1996 Niche Award Finalist - Wood: Production/Decorative - "Sculpted Vessel"
1995 "Crabbie" Award - Turned wood. Non-representational; sculptural
Honoraria & publication in book sponsored by Art Calendar
Niche Award Finalist - One of a Kind (Mixed & Misc. Media) "Wall Sculpture"
Wood (Decorative) "Sculpted Vessel"
1993 "Best in Wood" Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show - Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
"Best in Wood" The Society for Connecticut Crafts - 58th Annual Exhibit
1992 "Honorable Mention - Sculpture," Spirit Echoes Gallery - Austin, Texas
"First Prize," The Wood Show, Middle Street Gallery - Washington, Virginia
"Mixed-Media, Decorative, One of a Kind & Prototype" Niche Award Nominee
1991 "Master Craftsman of the Year," The Society of Connecticut Craftsmen
1990 "Certificate of Excellence in Wood" Art Horizons - International Art
Competition - New York, New York
1989 "Best In Wood Award," The Octagon Center for the Arts - Ames, Iowa
"Award of Distinction," The Pennsylvania State University, Crafts 22
1988 "Honoraria," Texas Fine Arts Association, "New American Talent,"
Laguna Gloria Art Museum - Austin, Texas
MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS:
2003 Ormond Memorial Art Museum & Gardens, Ormond Beach, Florida "Derived
from Wood"
2003 The Wharton Esherick Museum, Paoli, Pennsylvania - "Around the Looking
Glass"
2002-4 Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Renwick Gallery, Washington DC,
"Our Nations' Collection"
Yale University Art Museum, Selections from our Permanant Collection
2001 Deland Museum - Deland, Florida - "48th Florida Craftsmen Exhibition"
2000 The Contemporary Museum - Honolulu, Hawaii - "Works from the Lipton
Collection"
The Detroit Museum of Arts - Detroit, Michigan - "The Fine Art of Wood at the
Millennium: The Bohlen Collection"
Ella Sharpe Museum - Jackson, Michigan - "Curator's Focus: Turning in Context"
1999 Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum - Logan, Kansas - "Curator's Focus:
Turning in Context"
Ella Sharpe Museum - Jackson, Michigan - "Curator's Focus: Turning in Context"
1998 Albuequerque Museum of Art - Albuquerque, New Mexico - "Curator's
Focus: Turning in Context"
Art Museum of South Texas - Corpus Christi, Texas - "Curator's Focus: Turning
in Context"
Davenport Museum of Art - Davenport, Iowa - "Expressions in Wood: Masterworks
from the Wornick Collection"
American Craft Museum - New York, New York - "Expressions in Wood:
Masterworks from the Wornick Collection"
1997 The Oakland Museum - Oakland, California - "Expressions in Wood:
Masterworks from the Wornick Collection"
Arizona State Univeristy Art Museum, Nelson Fine Arts Center - Tempe, Arizona
"Turned Wood Now: Redefining the Lathe Turned Object IV," curated by John
Perreault
Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, Ursinus College - Collegeville,
Pennsylvania - "Curator's Focus: Turning in Context Exhibition"
1995 American Craft Museum - New York, New York - "The Banquet"
1994 Arizona State University Art Museum, Nelson Fine Arts Center - Tempe,
Arizona - "Redefining the Lathe-Turned Object III"
Jacksonville Art Museum - Jacksonville, Florida - "42nd Florida Craftsmen
Exhibit"
SHOWS JURIED:
1993 "South Florida Woodturners' Show," Seldom Seen Gallery - Ft.
Lauderdale, Florida
1990 "First Annual Gallery Exhibition" New York Woodturners' Association
at The Craft Student's League, YWCA - New York, New York
LECTURES & DEMONSTRATIONS:
1993 A.A.W. Annual Symposium, S.U.N.Y. - Purchase, New York - demonstration
1992 "The Turner's Dance," opening reception at Florida Craftsmen Gallery
- St. Petersburg, Florida - lecture with video
1990-1991 Nutmeg Woodturner's League meetings, Brookfield Craft Center -
Brookfield, Connecticut - demonstrations
MEDIA COVERAGE:
American Woodworker Hosts Live Chat wiith Dennis Elliott on America Online
service - 9/11/96
Channel 11 Cable Television Show - Little Rock, Arkansas - work exhibited and
video shown of work and process
City of Ames, Iowa public access aired Elliott's work & video of demo
ART/CRAFT SHOWS:
1993 Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
American Craft Council (ACC) Craft Fair - Baltimore, Maryland
MEMBERSHIPS:
American Craft Council
American Craft Association
American Association of Woodturners, founding member
Co-founder of the Nutmeg Woodturners League
Collectors of Wood Arts
Furniture Society
Kinetic-Art.Org
Lee County Alliance of the Arts
Tampa Bay Local 427-21, American Federation of Musicians
Society for Connecticut Crafts Honorary Membership
The Wood Turning Center
"W.A.R.P." - Woodworkers Alliance for Rainforest Protection
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2002 "Branching Out: Contemporary Wood Turning in 2002" Ellipse Art
Center, Arlington, Virginia
"Spotlight 2002" Longwood College Art Center for the Visual Arts, Farmville,
Virginia
"State of the Craft", Museum of Early Trades & Crafts, Madison, New Jersey
2001 "The October International Competition" The Robert & Mary Montgomery
Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida
"The Exotic & The Esoteric" FLorida Craftsmen, St. Petersburg, Florida
1998 Spotlight '98, American Craft Council Southeast Region Annual Juried
Exhibition curated by David McFadden, Chief Curator, Vice President for Programs and Collections at the American Craft Museum , venues - Arrowmont School of Arts &
Crafts, Main Gallery - Gatlinburg, Tennessee and Venice Art Center - Venice,
Florida
1997 The Society of Arts & Crafts, Featured Artist - Boston, Massachusetts
1995 Silvermine Guild Arts Center, Masters of Their Craft - New Canaan, Connecticut
1993 Washington Art Association, Mastercraftsman Exhibit, Mendelson Gallery -
Washington Depot, Connecticut
1990 Worcester Center for Crafts, Woodturners of the Northeast - Worcester,
Massachusetts
1989 The Dairy Barn, American Contemporary Works in Wood - Athens, Ohio
The Sharon Arts Center, School of Arts & Crafts, Form & Pattern - Turned Wood
& Handmade Paper - Sharon, New Hampshire
1987 The Houston Festival, Vessels & Forms Exhibit - Houston, Texas
SELECTED FEATURES IN MONTHLY NEWSPAPER - MAGAZINE:
1993 Woodshop News - Cover photo - feature article - "struggles yield
recent success by Dennis Elliott" by Daniel Mac Alpine (4 page article with
photos) photographed by Michael Gordon - December
PUBLISHED WORKS IN BOOKS:
2003 "The Tribute Book for In Concert for One People 2003 - Sacred Vessels"
2003 "Wood Art Today" by Dona Meilach - Wall Sculpture, Sculpted Vessel by
Dennis Elliott
2000 "The Fine Art of Wood, The Bohlen Collection" - published by
Abbeville Press
1999 "Contemporary Turned Wood - New Designs in a Rich Tradition" - Photos
of Ursa Major wall sculpture, by Leier, Peters, Wallace & published by Hand
Books Press
1997 "Turned Wood now: Redefining The Lathe-Turned Object IV" - Photos of
Dennis Elliott at the lathe, Sculpted Vessels: Perigee & Apogee, Wall
Sculptures: Antares and The Black Scallop, resume, published by The Arizona State
University Art Museum
"Curator's Focus: Turning in Context" - Photo of Shallow Open Bowl and
resume, published by The Wood Turning Center
"Expressions in Wood: Masterworks from the Wornick Collection" - Photos &
resume or artist & selected works, published by The Oakland Museum of California
1971 Washington State University - Pullman, Washington - Bachelor of Arts
in English
1996 "Design Book Seven" by Taunton Press - Wall Sculpture, 1992 and
Turned & Carved Vase
"The Art of Elegant Wood Kitchenware" By Tony Lydgate for Sterling Publishing
- Cover photo & article about Vertizontal, 1990
1995 Faceplate Turning: Features, Projects, Practice by The Guild of
Master Craftsmen - "Making a Hollow Vessel" and "Making a Wall Sculpture"
1992 Design Book Six by Taunton Press - Wall Sculpture, 1992
1991 "International Lathe-Turned Objects Challenge IV" by The Wood Turning
Center - Wall Sculpture
1990 Beautiful Things, original Art From the artists of Guild.com - Fiesta
Wall Sculpture
Design Book Five by Taunton Press - Hollow Vessel
1988 "Lathe Turned Objects" by The Wood Turning Center - Hollow Vessel
PUBLICATIONS:
1991 "Lathes and Turning Techniques" by Taunton Press Wall Sculptures
Woodturning, "Making a Wall Sculpture," published in Great Britain - Autumn
Woodturning, "Making a Hollow Vessel," published in Great Britain - Spring
1990 Woodworker, "Small Runs of Bowling," published in Great Britain -
December
Fine Woodworking, "Wall Sculptures" - September and October
1989 American Woodturner, "Making Petite Bowls" - August
American Woodworker, "A Faceplate Centering Tool" - June
PUBLISHED WORKS MAGAZINES:
2004 - Cover Photo & Profile - Aesthetx Magazine
2003 - Log Home Design Ideas - May, "A Likely Story" Profile by Jay
Uhlenbrauck
2003 - Blender - May, "Life After Rock" Profile
2003 - Art Calendar - Cover - April
2003 - Woodwork - Gallery - April
2003 - Sarasota - Burnt and Burly - February
2003 - Florida International - "Wood Turning your Life Around" w/ photo of
Sculpted Open Bowl - February
2003 - Art & Antiques - Gallery Watch - photo of "Gemini Orbital Vortex"
January
2002-3 American Style- photo of Sculpted Vase, Winter Issue
2002 American Woodturner - Back Cover -"The Gemini Vortex" Fall, Vol.17#3
Woodturning - "Up CLose & Personal" by Iona Elliott - Issue #109
Woodwork - photo of "Gemini Orbital" August issue
American Style - photo of "Gemini Orbital" Summer Issue
2001 Craft Arts - "Turning Big & Burly," by Juanita Martin - Issue #51
2000 Florida International - "Into The Woods," Profile, by Agnes Ash -
March/April
Gulfshore Life - "Material Matters - Southwest Florida Artists create works
that invite the hand as well as the eye," Profile with photos, by L. Payne -
February
N Magazine - "Dancing with Nature," Profile on Dennis Elliott with photos -
January
1999 American Style - "Collector's Corner - Turn, Turn, Turning Wood",
photo of Texas Shot Glass - Winter
Get Up & Go, Lifestyles - "Sculptor Dennis Elliott turns big-leaf maple
burl........" by Cathy Cuthbertson - April
Ambience - photo of Adios Amoebas Wall Sculpture - February
1998 American Woodturner - "Turned Wood Now: Redefining the Lathe Turned
Object IV" by Russ Nelson, photo of Apogee - Spring
SELECTED FEATURES IN NEWSPAPERS:
1999 Cape Coral Breeze, "Turning Wood into Art" by Janeen Costello,
profile with photos - March
1998 Naples Daily News, Art Scene, photo of Sculpted Vessel - November
1995 The News Times Sunday Magazine, "Turn, Turn, Turn" By Ann Dunnington,
Cover and profile with photos - March
1994 Art Matters, "Philadelphia Art - It's Show Time!" By Dani Kasrel,
cover and photo of Dennis sanding a large sculpted vessel - September
Woodshop News, "A One-Man Show for Woodturner Drums Up Business for Delaware
Gallery" by Daniel Mac Alpine - August
Hockessin Community News, "From Musician to Woodworker", cover story with
photo of artist at Creations Gallery opening - April
The News Journal, "Woodworker takes his turn" - April
Woodshop News, "........at the 18th Philadelphia Craft Show" by Daniel Mac
Alpine, photo of Dennis Elliott receiving Excellence in Wood Award - February
1993 The Mainliner, "Talented Wall Sculptor at Philadelphia Craft Show" -
November
Woodshop News, photo Dennis Elliott's demo at A.A.W. Symposium - September
The Litchfield Times, "Country Life" section, "He's No Foreigner to Wood
Turning" by Charles Hix, photographed by Gary Gunderson - August
1992 The New York Times, "Classic Vessels, Whimsical Teapots Round Out a
Crafts Show" by B. Liebson with photo of S.B.S. Bowl - November
The News Times, "Furniture That's Fit To Print" by Ann Dunnington - September
1991 The New York Times, "Stamford Exhibition Reveals Quality and Variety
of Crafts in Connecticut" by Bess Liebenson, photo by Dave LaBlanca of Wall
Sculpture - September
The Litchfield Times, "Country People" section, "Master Woodturner" by
Dorothy Lane - July
The Advocate, "Craftsmen Hold Annual Exhibition" by Barbara Mayer - July
Jewish News, "Sybaris Gallery Opens New Season", photo of vessel - January
1990 Woodshop News, "Images features Elliott", photo of Acorn - November
The Mountain Press, "A Heart of Wood" by Terry Morrow, photo - November
The Knoxville News - Sentinel, "Vision, Concept shows woods best faces" by
Doug Mason, photo of Ojo Dios Wall Sculpture - November
1987 Northwest Travel Guide, photo Hollow Vessel - November
The New York Times, "Westchester This Week", photo Hollow Vessel - August
Sunstorm, "Dennis Elliott's Woodturnings In Brookfield Mini-show" - April
1981 The Country Shopper, feature - May
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Dennis Elliott received a Christmas gift from his wife, Iona in 1972 of a Black & Decker lathe attachment for his power drill and began to turn wood in his spare time. Over a period of years his skills developed from functional objects to more artistic objects and now to museum quality art pieces.
Elliott is a self taught wood artist.
Elliott bagan turning wood in Kent, England and in 1975 immigrated to the US and lived in Weschester, New York. In 1988 he moved to Connecticut, having become a US Citizen in 1975 and moved to SW Florida in 1998 where he currently resides and works in wood.
The following American wood artists had special influence on Elliott: Bob Stocksdale, Del Stubbs, Ed Moulthrop, Melvin and Mark Lindquist & David Ellsworth.
Elliott was the original drummer for the rock group "Foreigner" and left the band in 1994.
Source:
Iona Elliott, wife of the artist.
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