Dennis Nahabetian
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portfolio | artists listing
b. 1965, Dearborn, Michigan
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2007 Beyond The Basket, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004,06 Smithsonian Craft Show, National Building Museum, Washington, DC
2004 Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
Selected Works, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
National Metal Art Invitational, Vessels and Art Jewelry, Montgomery College,
Rockville, MD
2003-06 Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition, Chicago, IL
2003 Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition, New York, NY
Big/ Little: Jewelers and SculptorsMaking it in Metal, Craft and Cultural Arts
Gallery, State of California Office Building, Oakland, CA
2002-05 Contemporary Baskets, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002 Exquisite Vessels, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
Cases for Close Looking, Madonna Art Gallery, Madonna University, Livonia, MI
The Art of Fine Craft, University Place Art Center, Lincoln, NE
2001 Transformation 3: The 2001 Elizabeth R. Raphael Founder's Prize Exhibition, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2000 Eastern Silversmith's Guild Alumni Show, Ford Gallery, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
Faculty Biennial Exhibition, Colonel Myers Gallery, University of North Dakota,
Grand Forks, ND
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2004 Fiberarts Magazine, Nov./Dec
Ornament, Volume 27, spring
2003 Meilach, Dona Z. Art Jewelry Today, Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Fiberarts Magazine, "Contemporary Baskets: The State of the Art", Vol. 29
2001 Metalsmith Magazine, "Exhibition in Print, Contemporary Holloware", Special Edition
Object Lessons, Guild Publishing,
American Craft Magazine, "Portfolio", August/ September
2000 Metalsmith Magazine, "Display Case", summer
1999 Hertenstein, Barbara, St. Louis Post Dispatch, "Charmed. I'm sure: Metalsmiths-
Exhibit Magical Assortment of Talismans", February
1998 Elle Décor, image of work, May
Arcade, "The Wayne Art Center gets crafty with Craft Forms '98".
Ornament, image of work, fall
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
The underlying structure of my work is derived from personal interpretations of architecture, music, craft history, and the visual order of nature.18th century Chinese basketry, the human form, and math form the aesthetics I employ in my work. My work is a harmonious balance of opposites. Often described as simple and complex, powerful and delicate, geometric and organic, moving and contemplative, it is anything but conventional
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2007 Beyond The Basket, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004,06 Smithsonian Craft Show, National Building Museum, Washington, DC
2004 Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
Selected Works, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
National Metal Art Invitational, Vessels and Art Jewelry, Montgomery College,
Rockville, MD
2003-06 Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition, Chicago, IL
2003 Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition, New York, NY
Big/ Little: Jewelers and SculptorsMaking it in Metal, Craft and Cultural Arts
Gallery, State of California Office Building, Oakland, CA
2002-05 Contemporary Baskets, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002 Exquisite Vessels, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
Cases for Close Looking, Madonna Art Gallery, Madonna University, Livonia, MI
The Art of Fine Craft, University Place Art Center, Lincoln, NE
2001 Transformation 3: The 2001 Elizabeth R. Raphael Founder's Prize Exhibition, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2000 Eastern Silversmith's Guild Alumni Show, Ford Gallery, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
Faculty Biennial Exhibition, Colonel Myers Gallery, University of North Dakota,
Grand Forks, ND
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2004 Fiberarts Magazine, Nov./Dec
Ornament, Volume 27, spring
2003 Meilach, Dona Z. Art Jewelry Today, Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Fiberarts Magazine, "Contemporary Baskets: The State of the Art", Vol. 29
2001 Metalsmith Magazine, "Exhibition in Print, Contemporary Holloware", Special Edition
Object Lessons, Guild Publishing,
American Craft Magazine, "Portfolio", August/ September
2000 Metalsmith Magazine, "Display Case", summer
1999 Hertenstein, Barbara, St. Louis Post Dispatch, "Charmed. I'm sure: Metalsmiths-
Exhibit Magical Assortment of Talismans", February
1998 Elle Décor, image of work, May
Arcade, "The Wayne Art Center gets crafty with Craft Forms '98".
Ornament, image of work, fall
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
The underlying structure of my work is derived from personal interpretations of architecture, music, craft history, and the visual order of nature.18th century Chinese basketry, the human form, and math form the aesthetics I employ in my work. My work is a harmonious balance of opposites. Often described as simple and complex, powerful and delicate, geometric and organic, moving and contemplative, it is anything but conventional