JACK YOUNGERMAN

chronology

1974-75, visiting artist, Yale University, New Haven; Artist in residence, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire

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1976, one person exhibit at The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York

Commission to create tapestry for the Federal Office Building, Portland, Oregon; General Services Administration

Awarded fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation

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In 1977, he begins to produce cast fiberglass sculpture with assistance from

the moldmaker and caster, Christopher Janney

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Receives commission for The Ohio, Three Rivers Festival, Pittsburgh

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1978, Youngerman is invited by Sidney Feldman, President of Tygartt Steel.

Pittsburgh, PA, to create freestanding steel and aluminum sculpture and

open-form metal screens

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1980, begins oil, epoxy, polystyrene and fiberglass relief paintings

Instructor, Painting and Sculpture, School of Visual Arts , New York

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May, 1981, first of many one person exhibitions at Washburn Gallery, Inc.,

which continues to represent him today

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Visiting professor, Painting and Sculpture, Hunter College, New York

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1982, one person exhibition of relief paintings and sculpture at Art Gallery,

Fine Arts Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook

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Exhibits painted steel sculptures, Sculpture Grove, in Central Park; Public

Art Fund, Inc., and New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

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In 1983, he begins producing cast fiberglass sculpture in black with Janney

Receives commission from Neimann-Marcus, Chicago, for large-scale

sculpture in laminated wood, Dryad.

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1984, receives National Endowment for the Arts Award

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The Ohio, 1977, fiberglass and resin, Gateway Center, Pittsburgh, PA In 1985, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum mounts a retrospective exhibition that includes over forty years of work by the artist, organized by Diane Waldman

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