JACK YOUNGERMAN
chronology
1974-75, visiting artist, Yale University, New Haven; Artist in residence, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
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
In 1977, he begins to produce cast fiberglass sculpture with assistance from
the moldmaker and caster, Christopher Janney
Receives commission for The Ohio, Three Rivers Festival, Pittsburgh
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
1980, begins oil, epoxy, polystyrene and fiberglass relief paintings
Instructor, Painting and Sculpture, School of Visual Arts , New York
May, 1981, first of many one person exhibitions at Washburn Gallery, Inc.,
which continues to represent him today
Visiting professor, Painting and Sculpture, Hunter College, New York
1982, one person exhibition of relief paintings and sculpture at Art Gallery,
Fine Arts Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook
Exhibits painted steel sculptures, Sculpture Grove, in Central Park; Public
Art Fund, Inc., and New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
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.
1984, receives National Endowment for the Arts Award
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
