Michael Brolly
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b. 1950, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2007-08 Turned Wood – Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Collectors of Wood Art Forum, Scottsdale, AZ
2005-07 Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition, Chicago, IL
2005 Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition, New York, NY
Collectors of Wood Art Forum, Philadelphia, PA
2004 Nature Transformed, Wood Art from The Bohlen collection, University of Michigan
Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
Hot Tea! 2004, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Serious Play: The Work of Michael Brolly, Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA
A Tribute to Rude Osolnik: An Exhibition of Contemporary Turned Wood, Kentucky
Museum of Arts + Design, Louisville, KY
Corporal Identity, The Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Frankfort, Germany,
touring
Around the Looking Glass, "Best of Show" Award, The Wharton Eshrick Museum, Paoli,
PA
Cabinets of Curiosities, Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA
Solo Exhibition, The Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA
Turned Wood – Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition, New York, NY
2002 One Man Show, Susquehanna Museum of Art, Harrisburg, PA
The Chair, Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA
Branching Out: Contemporary Wood Turning in 2002, Ellipse Art Center, Arlington, VA
2001-02 Wood Turning in North America Since 1930, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts,
Minneapolis, MN
Renwick Gallery of the 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
University of California, Davis, CA
University of New York, Purchase, NY
Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2001 Cradle to Cradle, Solo Exhibition, Erie Museum of Art, Erie, PA, touring
Art in the Garden, Tognini Estate, Kempton, PA
Challenge VI – Roots: Insights and Inspirations in Contemporary Turned Objects, Philip &
Muriel Berman Museum of Art, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA and touring
Celebrating Boxes, Tullie House, Carlisle, England, touring
The Birthday Party, Brand Library and Gallery, Glendale, CA
Turned Multiples, The Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA
The Saskatchewan Crafts Council, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Craft Alliance, St. Louis,
MO
Irving Lipton Collection, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
2000 The Fine Art of Wood at the Millennium, The Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI
1999 Transitions, Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA
Established and Emerging Talent, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA
Turned On the Lathe: From the Collection of the Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia
Airport, Philadelphia, PA
The Art of Turned Wood: Selections from the Lipton Collection, World Forestry Center,
Portland, OR
American Woodworkers Show, First Place, Fort Washington, PA
1997-99 Bats and Bowls, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MI
Kentucky Arts and Craft Gallery, Louisville, KY
Florida Craftsmen Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MI and touring
1998 Turned Wood - Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1997 Beyond Traditions: A Turned Wood Invitational, Arkansas Arts Center, Decorative Arts
Museum, Little Rock, AK
Toys, Wharton Esherick Museum, Paoli, PA
Turned For Use, San Antonio Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
1997 Art of the State, First Place, Art Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
1996 International Turning Exchange, Wood Turning Center Sponsored Residency, Newtown,
PA
Jewelry Boxes, Awards, Wharton Esherick Museum, Paoli, PA
Growth Through Sharing, Guilford College Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
Sticks and Stones, American Craft Gallery, Cleveland, OH
1995 Wood Sculpture: Craft and Symbolism, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH
1993 Year of American Craft, White House Christmas Tree, Washington, DC
Iowa State University, Ames, IO
Conservation by Design, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Art from the Lathe, Hagley Museum, Wilmington, DE
Redefining the Lathe Turned Object, Arizona State University Museum, Tempe, AZ
1992 Contemporary Pennsylvania Craftsmen, Indiana University Art Museum, Indiana, PA
One Man Show, Rodale Gallery, Baum School of Art, Allentown, PA
Crafts National, Penn State University, State College, PA
1990 Works Off the Lathe: Traditions, Trends, Transitions, Woodmere Museum, Philadelphia,
PA
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2004 Nature Transformed, Wood Art from The Bohlen Collection, Hudson Hills Press
2003 Meilach, Dona Z., Wood Art Today: Furniture, Vessels, Sculpture, Schiffer
2002 The Colombus Dispatch,"Sculpture In Spiraling Wood," November
New York Times, "If Only Shop Class Had So Much Style", September
The Morning Call, "Against The Grain", July
Philadelphia City Paper,"Michael Brolly's World", October
2001 Showcase, "Artful Humor", December
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2007-08 Turned Wood – Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Collectors of Wood Art Forum, Scottsdale, AZ
2005-07 Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition, Chicago, IL
2005 Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition, New York, NY
Collectors of Wood Art Forum, Philadelphia, PA
2004 Nature Transformed, Wood Art from The Bohlen collection, University of Michigan
Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
Hot Tea! 2004, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Serious Play: The Work of Michael Brolly, Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA
A Tribute to Rude Osolnik: An Exhibition of Contemporary Turned Wood, Kentucky
Museum of Arts + Design, Louisville, KY
Corporal Identity, The Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Frankfort, Germany,
touring
Around the Looking Glass, "Best of Show" Award, The Wharton Eshrick Museum, Paoli,
PA
Cabinets of Curiosities, Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA
Solo Exhibition, The Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA
Turned Wood – Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition, New York, NY
2002 One Man Show, Susquehanna Museum of Art, Harrisburg, PA
The Chair, Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA
Branching Out: Contemporary Wood Turning in 2002, Ellipse Art Center, Arlington, VA
2001-02 Wood Turning in North America Since 1930, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts,
Minneapolis, MN
Renwick Gallery of the 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
University of California, Davis, CA
University of New York, Purchase, NY
Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2001 Cradle to Cradle, Solo Exhibition, Erie Museum of Art, Erie, PA, touring
Art in the Garden, Tognini Estate, Kempton, PA
Challenge VI – Roots: Insights and Inspirations in Contemporary Turned Objects, Philip &
Muriel Berman Museum of Art, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA and touring
Celebrating Boxes, Tullie House, Carlisle, England, touring
The Birthday Party, Brand Library and Gallery, Glendale, CA
Turned Multiples, The Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA
The Saskatchewan Crafts Council, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Craft Alliance, St. Louis,
MO
Irving Lipton Collection, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
2000 The Fine Art of Wood at the Millennium, The Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI
1999 Transitions, Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA
Established and Emerging Talent, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA
Turned On the Lathe: From the Collection of the Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia
Airport, Philadelphia, PA
The Art of Turned Wood: Selections from the Lipton Collection, World Forestry Center,
Portland, OR
American Woodworkers Show, First Place, Fort Washington, PA
1997-99 Bats and Bowls, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MI
Kentucky Arts and Craft Gallery, Louisville, KY
Florida Craftsmen Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MI and touring
1998 Turned Wood - Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1997 Beyond Traditions: A Turned Wood Invitational, Arkansas Arts Center, Decorative Arts
Museum, Little Rock, AK
Toys, Wharton Esherick Museum, Paoli, PA
Turned For Use, San Antonio Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
1997 Art of the State, First Place, Art Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
1996 International Turning Exchange, Wood Turning Center Sponsored Residency, Newtown,
PA
Jewelry Boxes, Awards, Wharton Esherick Museum, Paoli, PA
Growth Through Sharing, Guilford College Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
Sticks and Stones, American Craft Gallery, Cleveland, OH
1995 Wood Sculpture: Craft and Symbolism, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH
1993 Year of American Craft, White House Christmas Tree, Washington, DC
Iowa State University, Ames, IO
Conservation by Design, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Art from the Lathe, Hagley Museum, Wilmington, DE
Redefining the Lathe Turned Object, Arizona State University Museum, Tempe, AZ
1992 Contemporary Pennsylvania Craftsmen, Indiana University Art Museum, Indiana, PA
One Man Show, Rodale Gallery, Baum School of Art, Allentown, PA
Crafts National, Penn State University, State College, PA
1990 Works Off the Lathe: Traditions, Trends, Transitions, Woodmere Museum, Philadelphia,
PA
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2004 Nature Transformed, Wood Art from The Bohlen Collection, Hudson Hills Press
2003 Meilach, Dona Z., Wood Art Today: Furniture, Vessels, Sculpture, Schiffer
2002 The Colombus Dispatch,"Sculpture In Spiraling Wood," November
New York Times, "If Only Shop Class Had So Much Style", September
The Morning Call, "Against The Grain", July
Philadelphia City Paper,"Michael Brolly's World", October
2001 Showcase, "Artful Humor", December