Dennis Elliott
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b. 1950, London, England
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
The Contemporary Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI
Cincinnati Museum of Art, Cincinnati, OH
Craft & Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
North Carolina State, Gallery of Art & Design, Raleigh, NC
Museum Art & Design, New York, NY
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Racine Museum of Art, Racine, WI
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
The Slater Museum, Norwich, CT
University of Michigan Museum, Ann Arbor, MI
Yale University Art Gallery, Mabel Brady Garven Collection, New Haven, CT
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2006 Turned & Sculptured Wood, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Dennis Elliott: Solo Show, Hodgell Gallery, Sarasota, FL
Off the Earth, Lee County Alliance of the Arts, Fort Myers, FL
Our Turn Now:Artists Speak Out in Wood, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH
Contemporary American Woodturning, American Association of Woodturners,
Minneapolis, MN
2005 Contemporary Woodturning, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN
Woodworks, The Bascom Louise Gallery, The Fine Arts Center, Highlands, NC
2004 Nature Transformed, Wood Art from The Bohlen Collection, (traveling)
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL (2005)
2003 2D 3D, Alliance for the Arts, Ft. Meyers, FL
Derived from Wood, Ormond Memorial Art Museum & Gardens, Ormond Beach, FL
Around the Looking Glass, The Wharton Esherick Museum, Paoli, PA
Collectors of Wood Art Forum, Santa Fe, NM
2002-03 Our Nations' Collection, Selections from our Permanant Collection, Renwick Gallery,
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Yale University Art Museum, New Haven, CT
2002 Branching Out: Contemporary Wood Turning in 2002, Ellipse Art Center, Arlington, VA
State of the Craft, Museum of Early Trades & Crafts, Madison, NJ
2001 48th Florida Craftsmen Exhibition, Deland Museum, Deland, FL
Turned Wood, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2000 Works from the Lipton Collection, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
The Fine Art of Wood: The Bohlen Collection, The Detroit Museum of Arts, Detroit, MI
1997-00 Curators Focus: Turning in Context, Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art,
Collegeville, PA, touring
1997-98 Expressions In Wood: Masterworks from the Wornick Collection, American Craft
Museum, New York, NY
Davenport Museum of Art, Davenport, IA
McAllen International Museum, McAllen, TX
Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
1997 Turned Wood Now: Redefining the Lathe-Turned Object IV, Arizona State University,
Tempe, AZ
1995 The Banquet, American Craft Museum, New York, NY
Nature Turning Into Art: The Ruth and David Waterbury Collection of Turned Wood
Bowls, The Carleton Art Gallery, Carleton College, Northfield, MN
1994 42nd Florida Craftsmen Exhibit, Jacksonville Art Museum, Jacksonville, FL
Redefining the Lathe-Turned Object III, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
National Exhibition of the American Association of Woodturners,
Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
1993-94 The Domestic Object: Articles for Everyday Living, The Berkshire Museum,
Pittsfield, MA
Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA
1993 Crafts National, Zoller Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
1992 Recent Acquisitions, The American Craft Museum, New York, NY
Containers, Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, CT
1992-93 American Crafts: The Nation's Collection, Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American
Art Museum, Washington, DC
1991 International Lathe-Turned Objects: Challenge IV, Port of History Museum,
Philadelphia, PA
Annual Exhibition, The Society of Connecticut Craftsmen, Stamford Museum and Nature
Center, Stamford, CT
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2004 Nature Transformed, Wood Art from The Bohlen Collection, Hudson Hills Press
STATEMENT
Over the last twenty years, my focus seems to have lingered on making pieces that are interesting to touch and have the appearance of looking rather old and well worn. Some have abstract markings and appear to be of some ancient or Indian inspiration, although I have not studied these cultures' art.
Although I use carving techniques, and occasionally burn/scorch the markings with open flame, many of these "accents" are made without too much predetermination because I do not want the piece to look contrived.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
The Contemporary Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI
Cincinnati Museum of Art, Cincinnati, OH
Craft & Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
North Carolina State, Gallery of Art & Design, Raleigh, NC
Museum Art & Design, New York, NY
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Racine Museum of Art, Racine, WI
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
The Slater Museum, Norwich, CT
University of Michigan Museum, Ann Arbor, MI
Yale University Art Gallery, Mabel Brady Garven Collection, New Haven, CT
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2006 Turned & Sculptured Wood, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Dennis Elliott: Solo Show, Hodgell Gallery, Sarasota, FL
Off the Earth, Lee County Alliance of the Arts, Fort Myers, FL
Our Turn Now:Artists Speak Out in Wood, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH
Contemporary American Woodturning, American Association of Woodturners,
Minneapolis, MN
2005 Contemporary Woodturning, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN
Woodworks, The Bascom Louise Gallery, The Fine Arts Center, Highlands, NC
2004 Nature Transformed, Wood Art from The Bohlen Collection, (traveling)
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL (2005)
2003 2D 3D, Alliance for the Arts, Ft. Meyers, FL
Derived from Wood, Ormond Memorial Art Museum & Gardens, Ormond Beach, FL
Around the Looking Glass, The Wharton Esherick Museum, Paoli, PA
Collectors of Wood Art Forum, Santa Fe, NM
2002-03 Our Nations' Collection, Selections from our Permanant Collection, Renwick Gallery,
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Yale University Art Museum, New Haven, CT
2002 Branching Out: Contemporary Wood Turning in 2002, Ellipse Art Center, Arlington, VA
State of the Craft, Museum of Early Trades & Crafts, Madison, NJ
2001 48th Florida Craftsmen Exhibition, Deland Museum, Deland, FL
Turned Wood, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2000 Works from the Lipton Collection, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
The Fine Art of Wood: The Bohlen Collection, The Detroit Museum of Arts, Detroit, MI
1997-00 Curators Focus: Turning in Context, Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art,
Collegeville, PA, touring
1997-98 Expressions In Wood: Masterworks from the Wornick Collection, American Craft
Museum, New York, NY
Davenport Museum of Art, Davenport, IA
McAllen International Museum, McAllen, TX
Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
1997 Turned Wood Now: Redefining the Lathe-Turned Object IV, Arizona State University,
Tempe, AZ
1995 The Banquet, American Craft Museum, New York, NY
Nature Turning Into Art: The Ruth and David Waterbury Collection of Turned Wood
Bowls, The Carleton Art Gallery, Carleton College, Northfield, MN
1994 42nd Florida Craftsmen Exhibit, Jacksonville Art Museum, Jacksonville, FL
Redefining the Lathe-Turned Object III, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
National Exhibition of the American Association of Woodturners,
Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
1993-94 The Domestic Object: Articles for Everyday Living, The Berkshire Museum,
Pittsfield, MA
Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA
1993 Crafts National, Zoller Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
1992 Recent Acquisitions, The American Craft Museum, New York, NY
Containers, Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, CT
1992-93 American Crafts: The Nation's Collection, Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American
Art Museum, Washington, DC
1991 International Lathe-Turned Objects: Challenge IV, Port of History Museum,
Philadelphia, PA
Annual Exhibition, The Society of Connecticut Craftsmen, Stamford Museum and Nature
Center, Stamford, CT
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2004 Nature Transformed, Wood Art from The Bohlen Collection, Hudson Hills Press
STATEMENT
Over the last twenty years, my focus seems to have lingered on making pieces that are interesting to touch and have the appearance of looking rather old and well worn. Some have abstract markings and appear to be of some ancient or Indian inspiration, although I have not studied these cultures' art.
Although I use carving techniques, and occasionally burn/scorch the markings with open flame, many of these "accents" are made without too much predetermination because I do not want the piece to look contrived.