David Sengel
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b. 1951, Redford, Virginia
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Arkansas Arts Center, Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, AR
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC
Museum of Art & Design, New York, NY
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2008 Hot Tea!, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition, Chicago, IL
New Work, Blue Spiral 1 Gallery, Asheville,NC
2006-07 Turned & Sculptured Wood, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Contemporary American Woodturning, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN
Our Turn Now: Artists Speak Out in Wood, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH
Woodturning on the Edge, Prichard Art Gallery, University of Idaho
2005 A Rhythmical Weave of the Elements, Upstairs Gallery, Tryon, NC
A Nation of Enchanted Form, AAW invitational exhibition, St. Paul, MN
Hot Ice Tea IV, Teapots and Pitchers, Blue spiral 1 Gallery, Asheville, NC
2004-05 Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition, New York, NY
2004 Nature Transformed, Wood Art from the Bohlen Collection, University of Michigan
Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
2003-04 Selected Works, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1999-05 Turned Wood – Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Visiting Artist Exhibition, Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, PA
Collectors of Wood Art Forum, Santa Fe, NM
Turned & Sculptured Wood, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002 Branching Out: Contemporary Woodturning in 2002, Ellipse Art Center, Arlington, VA
Surface + Form, Craftwest Gallery, Perth, Australia
2002 Colors: Material - Contemporary Illusions, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT
Collectors' Choice, Collectors of Wood Art Forum, SOFA, Chicago, IL
2001-02 Wood Turning in North America Since 1930,
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
Nature Takes a Turn, International Juried Exhibition,
Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN, touring
2001 Challenge VI - Roots: Insights & Inspirations in Contemporary Turned Objects, Berman
Museum of Art, Collegeville, PA, touring
The Birthday Party, An Installation, Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, CA
Telling Tales, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
Against the Grain: Turned and Sculpted Wood, McAllen International Museum, McAllen,
TX
2000 Collectors of Wood Art Forum, Charlotte, NC
Horizons 2000, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT
American Woodturners: An Emerging Contemporary Art Form, Rochester Art Center,
Rochester, MN
1999-00 Hot Tea!, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1999 Collectors' Choice, Collectors of Wood Art Forum, Chicago, IL
Living with Form: The Horn Collection of Contemporary Crafts, Arkansas Arts Center,
Little Rock, AR
1998 Collectors of Wood Art Forum, San Francisco, CA
1996 Growth Through Sharing, Guilford College Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC
1994 Challenge V: International Lathe-Turned Objects, Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of
Art, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA and touring
1992 Solo Exhibition, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2005 Turning Points Journal, Wood Turning Center, Autumn, cover
2004 500 Wood Bowls, Lark Books
2004 Nature Transformed, Wood Art from The Bohlen Collection, Hudson Hills Press
2002 Hosaluk, Michael, Scratching the Surface: Art and Content in Contemporary Wood, Guild
Publishing, p. 103
Turning Points, Wood Turning Center, Summer, cover and pp. 12-13
2001 Woodturning, England, May, pp. 50-53
2000 Woodwork, October, pp. 22-28
1999 Leier, Peters, Wallace, Contemporary Turned Wood: New Designs in a Rich Tradition,
Hand Books Press, Madison Wisconsin
Duce, William, The Fine Art of Small Scale Woodturning, Sterling Press, NY
1997 Lydgate, Tony, The Art of the Small Wood Box, Sterling Press, NY
ABOUT THE ARTIST
David Sengel gained an appreciation for wood at an early age in his father’s amateur woodworking shop. After studying music at Davidson College in North Carolina, Sengel went to work as a piano technician. In 1973, he opened his own business repairing and restoring pianos. During that time, he began to work more with wood and purchased a lathe out of a catalog. Though he was primarily self-taught, classes at the Arrowmont School with instructors including Del Stubbs and David Ellsworth, gave him the technical skills and desire to pursue lathe-oriented woodworking full-time. He feels fortunate to have been making his living as a full-time turner since 1987.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
Having become a part time farmer these past few years, I have come back to a point of valuing the more functional aspects of beauty, be it with vegetables or art. The platter form offers the multiple opportunities of function, beauty and expression.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Arkansas Arts Center, Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, AR
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC
Museum of Art & Design, New York, NY
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2008 Hot Tea!, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition, Chicago, IL
New Work, Blue Spiral 1 Gallery, Asheville,NC
2006-07 Turned & Sculptured Wood, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Contemporary American Woodturning, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN
Our Turn Now: Artists Speak Out in Wood, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH
Woodturning on the Edge, Prichard Art Gallery, University of Idaho
2005 A Rhythmical Weave of the Elements, Upstairs Gallery, Tryon, NC
A Nation of Enchanted Form, AAW invitational exhibition, St. Paul, MN
Hot Ice Tea IV, Teapots and Pitchers, Blue spiral 1 Gallery, Asheville, NC
2004-05 Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition, New York, NY
2004 Nature Transformed, Wood Art from the Bohlen Collection, University of Michigan
Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
2003-04 Selected Works, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1999-05 Turned Wood – Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Visiting Artist Exhibition, Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, PA
Collectors of Wood Art Forum, Santa Fe, NM
Turned & Sculptured Wood, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002 Branching Out: Contemporary Woodturning in 2002, Ellipse Art Center, Arlington, VA
Surface + Form, Craftwest Gallery, Perth, Australia
2002 Colors: Material - Contemporary Illusions, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT
Collectors' Choice, Collectors of Wood Art Forum, SOFA, Chicago, IL
2001-02 Wood Turning in North America Since 1930,
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
Nature Takes a Turn, International Juried Exhibition,
Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN, touring
2001 Challenge VI - Roots: Insights & Inspirations in Contemporary Turned Objects, Berman
Museum of Art, Collegeville, PA, touring
The Birthday Party, An Installation, Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, CA
Telling Tales, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
Against the Grain: Turned and Sculpted Wood, McAllen International Museum, McAllen,
TX
2000 Collectors of Wood Art Forum, Charlotte, NC
Horizons 2000, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT
American Woodturners: An Emerging Contemporary Art Form, Rochester Art Center,
Rochester, MN
1999-00 Hot Tea!, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1999 Collectors' Choice, Collectors of Wood Art Forum, Chicago, IL
Living with Form: The Horn Collection of Contemporary Crafts, Arkansas Arts Center,
Little Rock, AR
1998 Collectors of Wood Art Forum, San Francisco, CA
1996 Growth Through Sharing, Guilford College Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC
1994 Challenge V: International Lathe-Turned Objects, Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of
Art, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA and touring
1992 Solo Exhibition, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2005 Turning Points Journal, Wood Turning Center, Autumn, cover
2004 500 Wood Bowls, Lark Books
2004 Nature Transformed, Wood Art from The Bohlen Collection, Hudson Hills Press
2002 Hosaluk, Michael, Scratching the Surface: Art and Content in Contemporary Wood, Guild
Publishing, p. 103
Turning Points, Wood Turning Center, Summer, cover and pp. 12-13
2001 Woodturning, England, May, pp. 50-53
2000 Woodwork, October, pp. 22-28
1999 Leier, Peters, Wallace, Contemporary Turned Wood: New Designs in a Rich Tradition,
Hand Books Press, Madison Wisconsin
Duce, William, The Fine Art of Small Scale Woodturning, Sterling Press, NY
1997 Lydgate, Tony, The Art of the Small Wood Box, Sterling Press, NY
ABOUT THE ARTIST
David Sengel gained an appreciation for wood at an early age in his father’s amateur woodworking shop. After studying music at Davidson College in North Carolina, Sengel went to work as a piano technician. In 1973, he opened his own business repairing and restoring pianos. During that time, he began to work more with wood and purchased a lathe out of a catalog. Though he was primarily self-taught, classes at the Arrowmont School with instructors including Del Stubbs and David Ellsworth, gave him the technical skills and desire to pursue lathe-oriented woodworking full-time. He feels fortunate to have been making his living as a full-time turner since 1987.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
Having become a part time farmer these past few years, I have come back to a point of valuing the more functional aspects of beauty, be it with vegetables or art. The platter form offers the multiple opportunities of function, beauty and expression.