Michelle Holzapfel
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b. 1951, Woonsocket, Rhode Island
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Gilman Foundation, New York, NY
Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2007-09 Craft In America: Expanding Traditions, Traveling Exhibition
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, OR
Mingei International Museum, San Diego, CA
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, OK
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
2007-08 Shy Boy, She Devil and Isis: The Art of Conceptual Craft, Selections from the Wornick
Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2004 Solo Exhibition, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Celebrating Nature: Craft Traditions/Contemporary Expressions, Craft & Folk Art
Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Into the Woods, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
2001-03 Challenge VI- Roots: Insights & Inspirations in Contemporary Turned Objects, Touring
Philip & Muriel Berman Museum of Art, Collegeville, PA
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
Washington State University Museum of Art, Pullman, WA
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI
The Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, OR
2002 Surface + Form, Craftwest Gallery, Perth, Australia
Collectors' Choice, Collectors of Wood Art Forum, SOFA, Chicago, IL
2001-02 Wood Turning in North America since 1930, Touring
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Washington, DC
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
2001 The Birthday Party, An installation, Brand Gallery, Glendale, CA
2000 Holzapfel - Hunter - Lindquist, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
American Woodturning: An Emerging Contemporary Art Form, Rochester Art Center,
Rochester, MN
The Art of Craft: Expressive Works by NH and Vermont Artists, Hood Museum of Art,
Dartmouth College, Dartmouth, NH
Living With Form, Art and Furniture from the Horn Collection, Arkansas Arts Center,
Little Rock, AR
Turning Wood into Art: The Arthur and Jane Mason Collection, Mint Museum of Craft +
Design, Charlotte, NC
Defining Craft, American Craft Museum, New York, NY
The Fine Art of Wood: the Bohlen Collection, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
1999 New Traditions ‘99, Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA
Bats and Bowls, The Mississippi Museum of Art, MS
Collectors' Choice, Collectors of Wood Art Forum, SOFA, Chicago, IL
The Warmth of Wood, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
1998 The Meaning of Materials: Wood Turning in Context, Participant/panelist, Annual
National Conference, Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH in conjunction with the
American Association of Woodturners
1997-98 Expressions In Wood: Masterworks from the Wornick Collection, Touring
Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY
Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
International Museum of Art & Science, McAllen, TX
1997 Turned Wood Now, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
Centennial Exhibition, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
The Renwick at 25, Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum,
Washington, DC
Bats and Bowls, Kentucky Arts and Crafts Foundation, Louisville, KY
1996 Marlboro College 50th Anniversary Alumni Show, VT
1995 Out of the Woods, Visiting guest artist, Varazdin, Croatia
Light Interpretations, The Jewish Museum of San Francisco, CA
Nature Turning into Art, Carleton College, Northfield, MN
1994 The Robyn Horn Collection, Arrowmont School, Gatlinburg, TN
1993 11 Artists/ 11 Visions 1993, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
Art From the Lathe, Hagley Museum, Wilmington, DE
1991 International Lathe-Turned Objects, Port of History Museum, Philadelphia, PA
1990 Wood for the Trees, Oxford Gallery, Oxford, England.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2009 Masters: Woodturning: Major Works by Leading Artists. Lark Books, Sterling
Publications, New York, NY.
2007 Shy Boy, She Devil and Isis: The Art of Conceptual Craft, Selections from The Wornick
Collection. Kangas, Matthew; Muniz, Julie & Ward, Gerald. MFA Publications,
Boston, MA.
2004 500 Wood Bowls: Bold & Original Designs Blending Tradition & Innovation. Leier, Ray;
Peters, Jan & Wallace, Kevin. Lark Books, Sterling Publications, New York, NY.
Celebrating Nature: Craft Traditions/Contemporary Expressions. Wallace, Kevin. Craft &
Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA.
2003 Wood Art Today: Furniture, Vessels, Sculpture. Meilach, Dona. Schiffer Publications,
Westchester, PA.
2001 Challenge VI--Roots: Insights & Inspirations in Contemporary Turned
Objects; co-curator and essayist, WoodTurning Center.
Wood Turning in North America Since 1930. Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA and
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT.
2000 Turning Wood into Art: the Jane and Arthur Mason Collection. Abrams.
“Michelle Holzapfel’s ‘Bespoke Vessels’ at Barry Friedman”, Glenn Adamson, Turning
Points, Winter.
“The Art of the Lathe”, Turning Points, book review, Summer.
Living With Form: The Horn Collection, Robyn Horn.
“Attuned to Textures”, Penny Pagano, American Style, Spring.
“Dream House...”, Barbara Mayer, Art and Antiques, April.
“Prototypical Furniture”, Stephen Hogbin, Woodwork, October.
1999 “One Good Turn...”, F. Magiera, Worcester Sunday Telegram, April 4.
“Growth Rings and Heartwood: An Introduction to Contemporary Sculpture in Wood,
Part II”, Susan Hagen, WoodworkMagazine, October.
Contemporary Turned Wood: New Perspectives in a Rich Tradition. Leier, Ray; Peters,
Jan & Wallace, Kevin. Hand Books Press, Madison, WI.
1998 “The Woman in Woodturning”, Turning Points, Spring.
“Promenade Suite”, Turning Points, included in a review by Russ Nelson of “Turned
Wood Now” at Arizona State University. Spring.
“Women’s Role in Woodworking”, Merryll Saylan, Woodwork Magazine, June.
1997 “Reflections of a Perpetual Student”, Turning Points, Spring.
“Sandlot Season”, Turning Points, Spring.
“The Body as Vessel”, Turning Points, Fall.
“Gallery: Michelle Holzapfel”, Woodwork, April.
1996 Expressions In Wood: Masterworks from The Wornick Collection. Cooke, Edward;
Kangas, Matthew & Perreault, John. Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA.
1995 Review of “Turning Plus...”Arizona State University, Tempe AZ, Turning Points.
EDUCATION
1993-95 BA, Vermont College/Norwich University, Brattleboro, VT
Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
Lost & Found
Each piece is a verse in a song. the chorus - Lost & Found - confirms that this work sprang from a looser improvisational approach in which I:
Reconsidered/recycled unfinished several turned forms edited from other projects.
Excavated some unusual limb scars from storage bins and shelves. Though dusty, these
tree-parts had indeed kept their youth, and the power to surprise.
Found objects and ideas that were mislaid or forgotten.
Lost myself in puzzles of arrangement of vessels-made within vessels-found.
Wall-mounted forms predominate. They address the viewer face-to-face. Two tableaux (Tartaruga and Phantom Limb) and a pilgrim-vessel (Lucky Leaf) attest to my continued interest in forms that inhabit a horizontal surface.
Now they step onto the public stage to sing their truths.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Gilman Foundation, New York, NY
Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2007-09 Craft In America: Expanding Traditions, Traveling Exhibition
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, OR
Mingei International Museum, San Diego, CA
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, OK
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
2007-08 Shy Boy, She Devil and Isis: The Art of Conceptual Craft, Selections from the Wornick
Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2004 Solo Exhibition, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Celebrating Nature: Craft Traditions/Contemporary Expressions, Craft & Folk Art
Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Into the Woods, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
2001-03 Challenge VI- Roots: Insights & Inspirations in Contemporary Turned Objects, Touring
Philip & Muriel Berman Museum of Art, Collegeville, PA
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
Washington State University Museum of Art, Pullman, WA
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI
The Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, OR
2002 Surface + Form, Craftwest Gallery, Perth, Australia
Collectors' Choice, Collectors of Wood Art Forum, SOFA, Chicago, IL
2001-02 Wood Turning in North America since 1930, Touring
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Washington, DC
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
2001 The Birthday Party, An installation, Brand Gallery, Glendale, CA
2000 Holzapfel - Hunter - Lindquist, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
American Woodturning: An Emerging Contemporary Art Form, Rochester Art Center,
Rochester, MN
The Art of Craft: Expressive Works by NH and Vermont Artists, Hood Museum of Art,
Dartmouth College, Dartmouth, NH
Living With Form, Art and Furniture from the Horn Collection, Arkansas Arts Center,
Little Rock, AR
Turning Wood into Art: The Arthur and Jane Mason Collection, Mint Museum of Craft +
Design, Charlotte, NC
Defining Craft, American Craft Museum, New York, NY
The Fine Art of Wood: the Bohlen Collection, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
1999 New Traditions ‘99, Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA
Bats and Bowls, The Mississippi Museum of Art, MS
Collectors' Choice, Collectors of Wood Art Forum, SOFA, Chicago, IL
The Warmth of Wood, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
1998 The Meaning of Materials: Wood Turning in Context, Participant/panelist, Annual
National Conference, Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH in conjunction with the
American Association of Woodturners
1997-98 Expressions In Wood: Masterworks from the Wornick Collection, Touring
Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY
Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
International Museum of Art & Science, McAllen, TX
1997 Turned Wood Now, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
Centennial Exhibition, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
The Renwick at 25, Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum,
Washington, DC
Bats and Bowls, Kentucky Arts and Crafts Foundation, Louisville, KY
1996 Marlboro College 50th Anniversary Alumni Show, VT
1995 Out of the Woods, Visiting guest artist, Varazdin, Croatia
Light Interpretations, The Jewish Museum of San Francisco, CA
Nature Turning into Art, Carleton College, Northfield, MN
1994 The Robyn Horn Collection, Arrowmont School, Gatlinburg, TN
1993 11 Artists/ 11 Visions 1993, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
Art From the Lathe, Hagley Museum, Wilmington, DE
1991 International Lathe-Turned Objects, Port of History Museum, Philadelphia, PA
1990 Wood for the Trees, Oxford Gallery, Oxford, England.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2009 Masters: Woodturning: Major Works by Leading Artists. Lark Books, Sterling
Publications, New York, NY.
2007 Shy Boy, She Devil and Isis: The Art of Conceptual Craft, Selections from The Wornick
Collection. Kangas, Matthew; Muniz, Julie & Ward, Gerald. MFA Publications,
Boston, MA.
2004 500 Wood Bowls: Bold & Original Designs Blending Tradition & Innovation. Leier, Ray;
Peters, Jan & Wallace, Kevin. Lark Books, Sterling Publications, New York, NY.
Celebrating Nature: Craft Traditions/Contemporary Expressions. Wallace, Kevin. Craft &
Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA.
2003 Wood Art Today: Furniture, Vessels, Sculpture. Meilach, Dona. Schiffer Publications,
Westchester, PA.
2001 Challenge VI--Roots: Insights & Inspirations in Contemporary Turned
Objects; co-curator and essayist, WoodTurning Center.
Wood Turning in North America Since 1930. Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA and
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT.
2000 Turning Wood into Art: the Jane and Arthur Mason Collection. Abrams.
“Michelle Holzapfel’s ‘Bespoke Vessels’ at Barry Friedman”, Glenn Adamson, Turning
Points, Winter.
“The Art of the Lathe”, Turning Points, book review, Summer.
Living With Form: The Horn Collection, Robyn Horn.
“Attuned to Textures”, Penny Pagano, American Style, Spring.
“Dream House...”, Barbara Mayer, Art and Antiques, April.
“Prototypical Furniture”, Stephen Hogbin, Woodwork, October.
1999 “One Good Turn...”, F. Magiera, Worcester Sunday Telegram, April 4.
“Growth Rings and Heartwood: An Introduction to Contemporary Sculpture in Wood,
Part II”, Susan Hagen, WoodworkMagazine, October.
Contemporary Turned Wood: New Perspectives in a Rich Tradition. Leier, Ray; Peters,
Jan & Wallace, Kevin. Hand Books Press, Madison, WI.
1998 “The Woman in Woodturning”, Turning Points, Spring.
“Promenade Suite”, Turning Points, included in a review by Russ Nelson of “Turned
Wood Now” at Arizona State University. Spring.
“Women’s Role in Woodworking”, Merryll Saylan, Woodwork Magazine, June.
1997 “Reflections of a Perpetual Student”, Turning Points, Spring.
“Sandlot Season”, Turning Points, Spring.
“The Body as Vessel”, Turning Points, Fall.
“Gallery: Michelle Holzapfel”, Woodwork, April.
1996 Expressions In Wood: Masterworks from The Wornick Collection. Cooke, Edward;
Kangas, Matthew & Perreault, John. Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA.
1995 Review of “Turning Plus...”Arizona State University, Tempe AZ, Turning Points.
EDUCATION
1993-95 BA, Vermont College/Norwich University, Brattleboro, VT
Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
Lost & Found
Each piece is a verse in a song. the chorus - Lost & Found - confirms that this work sprang from a looser improvisational approach in which I:
Reconsidered/recycled unfinished several turned forms edited from other projects.
Excavated some unusual limb scars from storage bins and shelves. Though dusty, these
tree-parts had indeed kept their youth, and the power to surprise.
Found objects and ideas that were mislaid or forgotten.
Lost myself in puzzles of arrangement of vessels-made within vessels-found.
Wall-mounted forms predominate. They address the viewer face-to-face. Two tableaux (Tartaruga and Phantom Limb) and a pilgrim-vessel (Lucky Leaf) attest to my continued interest in forms that inhabit a horizontal surface.
Now they step onto the public stage to sing their truths.