Ron Fleming
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RON FLEMING
b. 1937, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
The American Mission of the United States, State Department, Geneva, Switzerland
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Kirkpatric Center Museum, Oklahoma City, OK
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC
Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY
The Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
The White House Collection of American Crafts, Washington, DC
Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2006-07 Turned & Sculptured Wood, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Selected Works, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005-06 Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition, Chicago, IL & New York, NY
Collectors of Wood Art Forum, Philadelphia, PA
2004 Observations of Nature, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Vision Makers, Sponsored by the State Arts Council, Norman, OK
Nature Transformed, Wood Art from The Bohlen Collection, University of
Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
2001-06 Turned Wood - Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Into the Woods, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Selected Works, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Turned & Sculptured Wood, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Collectors of Wood Art Forum, Santa Fe, NM
2002 Special Exhibition: Ron & Patti Fleming, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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
2001-02 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 Challenge VI-Roots: Insights & Inspirations in Contemporary Turned Objects,
Philip & Muriel Berman Museum of Art, Collegeville, PA
2000 Artful Wood 2000, The Irving & Mari Lipton Collection, Los Angeles County
Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
The Fine Art of Wood: The Bohlen Collection, The Detroit Institute of Arts,
Detroit, MI
Turning Wood into Art: The Jane & Arthur Mason Collection, Mint Museum of
Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Ron Fleming is a native of Oklahoma. He was a professional illustrator and designer and has now turned his full attention toward wood sculpture and sculpting on the turned vessel form. Fleming is active in the American Association of Woodturners and the Wood Turning Center, where he is currently serving on the board of advisors.
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
I love nature. For many years I watched and helped my father and grandfather work in wood. By observing and learning, thinking and searching I found a way to express the feelings and thoughts I have about nature…its beauty and its passages. Woodturning is a natural way for me to combine my capabilities as an artist and a craftsman.
Whether it be the falling leaves of autumn swirling into a frozen form or a single flower bud unfolding in spring, each piece gives me an opportunity to make a statement about the never ending rituals of nature's evolution. Each form in wood becomes a captured moment in time of its own existence, and every vessel gives me a way to express my feelings about the things I see around me and to share these visions with others.
b. 1937, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
The American Mission of the United States, State Department, Geneva, Switzerland
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Kirkpatric Center Museum, Oklahoma City, OK
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC
Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY
The Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
The White House Collection of American Crafts, Washington, DC
Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2006-07 Turned & Sculptured Wood, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Selected Works, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005-06 Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition, Chicago, IL & New York, NY
Collectors of Wood Art Forum, Philadelphia, PA
2004 Observations of Nature, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Vision Makers, Sponsored by the State Arts Council, Norman, OK
Nature Transformed, Wood Art from The Bohlen Collection, University of
Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
2001-06 Turned Wood - Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Into the Woods, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Selected Works, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Turned & Sculptured Wood, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Collectors of Wood Art Forum, Santa Fe, NM
2002 Special Exhibition: Ron & Patti Fleming, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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
2001-02 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 Challenge VI-Roots: Insights & Inspirations in Contemporary Turned Objects,
Philip & Muriel Berman Museum of Art, Collegeville, PA
2000 Artful Wood 2000, The Irving & Mari Lipton Collection, Los Angeles County
Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
The Fine Art of Wood: The Bohlen Collection, The Detroit Institute of Arts,
Detroit, MI
Turning Wood into Art: The Jane & Arthur Mason Collection, Mint Museum of
Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Ron Fleming is a native of Oklahoma. He was a professional illustrator and designer and has now turned his full attention toward wood sculpture and sculpting on the turned vessel form. Fleming is active in the American Association of Woodturners and the Wood Turning Center, where he is currently serving on the board of advisors.
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
I love nature. For many years I watched and helped my father and grandfather work in wood. By observing and learning, thinking and searching I found a way to express the feelings and thoughts I have about nature…its beauty and its passages. Woodturning is a natural way for me to combine my capabilities as an artist and a craftsman.
Whether it be the falling leaves of autumn swirling into a frozen form or a single flower bud unfolding in spring, each piece gives me an opportunity to make a statement about the never ending rituals of nature's evolution. Each form in wood becomes a captured moment in time of its own existence, and every vessel gives me a way to express my feelings about the things I see around me and to share these visions with others.