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Stephen
Knapp
95
Prescott Street, Worcester, MA 01605 http://www.lightpaintings.com, sk@stephenknapp.com
508-831-0390,
FAX 508-797-3228,
Born: Worcester, Massachusetts,
1947
Education: Hamilton College, BA, 1969 |
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| Selected Solo Exhibitions: |
| 2011: |
Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL
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| 2010: |
Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL
J. Johnson Gallery, Jacksonville Beach, FL
Melissa Morgan Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
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| 2009: |
Melissa Morgan Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
The Dahl Art Center, Rapid City, SD
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA
Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro, VT |
| 2008: |
Dennos Museum Center
South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings, SD
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| 2007: |
Butler Institute of American Art,
Youngstown, OH
Bernice Steinbaum
Gallery Art Basel Miami Beach, FL
Alden B. Dow Museum of
Science and Art of the Midland Center for the Arts
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| 2006: |
Eckert Fine Art, Naples, FL |
| 2005: |
Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI
Kraft Lieberman
Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 2004: |
Skot Foreman Fine Art, Atlanta, GA |
| 2003: |
Kraft Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 1994: |
“Fantasy in Glass”, Chicago, IL |
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| Group Exhibitions:
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| 2006: |
Palm Beach Contemporary |
| 2005: |
Art Chicago in the Park
Stephen Knapp Project Space, Art Santa Fe
Art Miami
San Francisco International Art Expo 7
Palm Beach Contemporary
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| 2004: |
The International Art + Design Fair
Los Angeles Art Show
Art Miami
Palm Beach Contemporary
San Francisco International
Art Expo 6
Art Chicago
SOFA
New York |
| 2003: |
Toronto International Art +
Design Fair
Art of the Twentieth Century
Los Angeles Art Show
Art Santa Fe
SOFA Chicago
SOFA New York
Art Chicago
ARTForm, Palm Beach, FL
“El Arte de las Vidrieras: luz, color y
espacio”, La Valldigna, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain |
| 2002: |
“Reflections on Glass”, New York, NY |
| 2001: |
The Coloured Light”, Pfarrkirchen,
Germany
“2001
Hsinchu International Glass Arts Festival”, Taiwan |
| 1998: |
Glass: A Group Exhibition”, Grounds for
Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ |
| 1994: |
“International Survey of Contemporary Art Glass”,
Pittsburgh, PA |
| 1993: |
“Glass Now 15th”, Japan |
| 1991: |
“Mars and the Muses”, Higgins Armory, Worcester,
MA |
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| Selected Commissions:
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| 2008: |
"Coming Home", lightpainting, private residence, St.
Augustine, FL |
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"Momentum", lightpainting, private residence, Naples, FL |
| 2007: |
“Masked Illusions”, lightpainting, Riverside
Theatre, Vero Beach, FL
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| 2006: |
“Traversing a Luminous Fold”,
lightpainting, Miami University, Oxford, OH
“First
Symphony”, lightpainting, Sursa Performance Hall, Ball State University,
Muncie, IN
“Seven
Muses”, lightpainting, Eisemann Center for Performing Arts, Richardson, TX
“Luminous
Affirmations”, lightpainting, Lights on Tampa, Tampa City Hall, FL |
| 2005: |
“Harlequin”, lightpainting,
private residence, Boca Raton, FL |
| 2004: |
“Toccata”, lightpainting,
MITRE Corp, Bedford, MA
“Beyond” lightpainting, private residence, Richardson, TX
“Joanie’s”,
lightpainting, private residence, Worcester, MA
“Fandango”, private residence, Allentown, PA |
| 2003: |
“The Magician”, lightpainting, private residence, Chicago, IL |
| 2002: |
“The Christ Doors”, kiln formed glass, The Solanus Casey
Center, Detroit, MI
“Quattuordecim”,
lightpainting, The American Bible Society, New York, NY
Lightpainting,
light sculpture, and kiln formed glass wall, the Congregation of the Sisters of
St. Agnes,
Fond
du Lac, WI |
| 2001: |
Kiln formed glass entries,
The Worcester Public Library, Worcester, MA
“The
Crystal Quilt”, kiln formed glass wall, Love Library, the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln
“Stories
from Light”, suspended light sculpture, Women
and Babies Hospital, Lancaster, PA |
| 2000: |
“The Crossroads Quartet”, four kiln formed glass
screens, Sam Nunn Federal Center, Atlanta,
GA
Light
sculpture, Saints Memorial Medical Center, Lowell, MA
“The
Healing Arts Suite”, three carved slate and mosaic tile murals, The Florida
Department of Health, Tallahassee, FL |
| 1999: |
Kiln formed glass screens, Kilroy Airport Center
III, Long Beach, CA
Kiln formed glass wall, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA
Carved slate and mosaic murals, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD |
| 1998: |
Kiln formed glass
screens, Kilroy Airport Center, Long Beach, CA
“Rainbow
Harp”, light sculpture, “Chicago’s Treasures”, kiln formed glass, CNA Insurance
Companies,
Chicago,
IL
Kiln
formed glass, Charles Hotel, Boston, MA |
| 1997: |
Kiln formed glass wall,
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA |
| 1996: |
Kiln formed glass walls and suspended
sculpture, Harnischfeger Industries, Milwaukee, WI
Kiln
formed glass panels, CNA Insurance Companies, Chicago, IL
Mixed
media installations, Splendour of the Seas, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
Kiln
formed glass wall, Sprint, Washington, D.C. |
| 1995: |
Kiln formed glass doors, Disney’s
Contemporary Resort, Lake Buena Vista, FL
Kiln
formed glass walls, Lotus Development Corporation, Cambridge, MA |
| 1994: |
Kiln formed glass wall, Allmerica
Financial Headquarters, Worcester, MA |
| 1993: |
Kiln formed glass screens, United
Airlines, Benito Juarez International Airport, Mexico City
Kiln
formed glass screens, United Airlines, Dulles Airport, Washington, D.C.
Kiln
formed glass wall, Brunswick Corporation, Lake Forest, IL
Kiln
formed glass entry, The Quarasan Group, Chicago, IL
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| 1992: |
Kiln formed glass wall, private
commission, Boston, MA |
| 1989: |
Polychromed stainless
steel murals, McDonnell Douglas, Long Beach, CA |
| 1988: |
Ceramic mural, etched stainless steel
walls, The Spa, Boston, MA |
| 1986: |
“Convergence”, etched metal mural, Hamilton County
Justice Complex, Cincinnati, OH |
| 1985: |
“The Odyssey”, “Homage to Shigaraki”, “The Search”,
glass glaze ceramic murals, USAA Federal Savings
Bank, San Antonio, TX |
| 1984: |
“The Dawning”, dyed, etched aluminum
mural, Norton Company, Worcester, MA |
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| Publications: |
The Art of Glass, Stephen Knapp,
Rockport Publishers, 1998
“A Guide to Architectural Art Glass”, Architectural Record, May 1995
“Architectural Art Glass”, Glass Magazine, May 1995
“Art with Heart - A Guide to
Collaborating with Creative Types on Building Art”, Skylines, March 1989
“Collaborating
with Artists”, Progressive Architecture,
April, 1987
“Working with Artists - A Developers’
Guide for Commissioning Artwork”, Urban
Land, September 1987
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| Books: |
The Sculpture Reference,
Illustrated, Arthur Williams, 2005
Reflections on Glass, Virginia Chieffo Raguin,
American Bible Society, 2002
Artisans Glass, Jera May Morton, Watson
Guptil Publications,1999
Architectural Glass Art, Andrew
Moor, Mitchell Beazley,1997
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| Selected Articles: |
90+10,
Buenos Aires, 2008
Sculpture
Magazine, September 2007
Art
of the Times, Summer 2006
Worcester
Telegram & Gazette, August 2006
The
Star Press (Muncie, IN), September 2006
Chicago
Sun Times, October 2003
Worcester
Telegram & Gazette, May 2002
Worcester
Magazine, March 2002
The
Coloured Light – Exhibition Catalog, 2001
2001
Hsinchu International Glass Arts Festival, Exhibition Catalog
Intelligencer
Journal (Lancaster, PA), May 2001
ArchitectureWeek.com,
October 2001
Lincoln
Journal Star (Lincoln, NE), August 2001
StatePaper.com,
August 2001
Sunday
World-Herald (Omaha, NE), August 2001
Interior
Design, May 1996
Architectural
Record, May 1995
Glass
Now 15th, Exhibition Catalog, 1993
Interiors,
July 1993
Progressive
Architecture, July 1989
The
New York Times, June 15, 1989
Skylines,
March 1989
Identity,
Summer, 1988
Urban
Land, September 1987
Art
& Antiques, April 1987
Progressive
Architecture, April 1987
Ceramics
Monthly, February 1987
ARTnews,
January 1987
Southwest
Art, May 1986
Honoho
Geijutsu (Japan), Spring 1986
Corporate
ARTnews, March-April 1986
Nikkei
Architecture (Japan), December 1985
Corporate
ARTnews, November-December 1985
The
Shinbijutsu Shinbun (Japan), August 1985
Corporate
Design, May-June 1982
US
Air Magazine, May 1982
Interior
Design, December 1981
Progressive
Architecture, July 1981
Progressive
Architecture, June 1978
Interior
Design, March 1977 |
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| Museum Collections: |
Butler
Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
The
Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI
Grounds
for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
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| Selected Private, Public
and Corporate Collections and Installations
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Ella
Fontanals-Cisneros, Miami, FL
Bob
and Terry Edwards, Naples, FL
Al
and Betsey Harris, Naples, FL
Barry
Hershman, Boca Raton, FL
Randall
and Marcia Johnson, Santa Fe, NM
Bruce
and Pam Loch, Allentown, PA
Don
and Mary Melville, Worcester, MA
Jim
and Gayla VonEhr, Richardson, TX
Abuja
Hyatt Regency, Nigeria
Acme
Printing Co., Inc.
Allmerica
Financial
The
Atlantic Richfield Company
Bakery
Confectionery and Tobacco Workers International Union
Ball
State University, Muncie, IN
Bankers
Trust Company
Beatrice
Chemical Company
Beth
Israel Hospital, Boston, MA
Brunswick
Corporation, Lake Forest, IL
Central
Federal Savings and Loan
The
Charles Hotel, Boston, MA
Citibank,
New York, NY
CNA
Insurance Companies, Chicago, IL
Commercial
Union Assurance Companies
Connecticut
General Life Insurance
Corroon
and Black of Massachusetts
Dana
Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
Disney’s
Contemporary Resort, Lake Buena Vista, FL
The
Eisemann Center, Richardson, TX
Fiduciary
Trust Company
Flexcon
Company, Inc.
The
Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, FL
FMR
Investment Management Service
Fox
Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA
Greenberg,
Rosenblatt, Kull & Bitsoli
The
Hamilton County Justice Complex, Cincinnati, OH
Harrah’s
Marina Hotel Casino
Harnischfeger
Industries
IBM
Jet
Spray Corporation
John
Hancock Mutual Life Insurance
Kingston-Warren
Corporation
Lee
Numismatics International, Inc.
Lotus
Development Corporation
McDonnell
Douglas, Long Beach, CA
Martin-Copeland
Company
Masoneilan
International, Inc.
Massachusetts
General Hospital
Menorah
Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
Miami
University of Ohio, Oxford, OH
Miller
Brewing Company
Minnesota
Protective Life Insurance
Mirick,
O’Connell, DeMallie & Lougee
Montrose
Products Company
New
Hampshire Savings Bank
Norton
Company, Worcester, MA
Offices
Unlimited, Inc.
Pearcy
House Restaurant, Toronto, ON
Peoples
Savings Bank
Peat,
Marwick, Mitchell & Company
Polaroid
Corporation, Cambridge, MA
Price-Waterhouse
& Company
The
Quarasan Group
Rockefeller
Center, New York, NY
Royal
Caribbean Cruise Lines
St.
Regis Paper Company
The
Sam Nunn Federal Center, Atlanta, GA
Savings
Bank Employees Retirement Association (Massachusetts)
Sealol,
Inc.
Shawmut
Bank
Simplex
Time Recorder Company
Smith
Barney, Harris Upham & Co.
The
Spa at The Heritage, Boston, MA
Sprint,
Washington, DC
Sun
Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S. Headquarters)
Tampa
City Hall, Tampa, FL
United
Airlines, Dulles Airport, Washington, DC
United
Airlines, Benito Juarez International Airport, Mexico City
The
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
USAA
Federal Savings Bank, San Antonio, TX
The
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD
Western
Bank, Houston, TX
The
Wexner Institute for Pediatric Research, Columbus, OH
Women
and Babies Hospital, Lancaster, PA
The
Worcester Public Library, Worcester, MA
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| Special Study |
1993-present: Continuing studies in light and
developing lightpaintings.
1989-2003: Extensive work with factories,
developing kiln formed glass on an architectural scale, and
working in cast glass, bronze, and welded steel.
1983-present: Research in durable materials for public
art, throughout the United State and Japan.
1985-1993: Extensive research in art in
architecture collaborations, public, corporate and private.
1984-1987: Developed new
techniques in metal etching and fabrication, Texas.
1985: Developed new glazing techniques for
large-scale ceramic murals, Japan.
1983: Developed new metal etching technique,
Utah. |
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