Ron Fleming
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b. 1937, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
American Mission of the United States, Geneva, Switzerland
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Kirkpatrick 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
Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
White House Collection of American Crafts, Washington, DC
Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2009 Ron Fleming & Ron Layport: Narratives on Nature, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Wood Takes Root, St. George Museum, St. George, UT
The Perfect Marriage: Wood & Color, CWA Exhibit, SOFA, Chicago, IL
Far From the Tree, AAW Gallery of Wood Art, Landmark Center, St. Paul, MN
2007-08 Shy Boy, She Devil and Isis: The Art of Conceptual Craft, Selections from the
Wornick Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2006-08 Turned & Sculptured Wood, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006-08 Selected Works, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005-08 Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Exposition, New York, NY
2005-07 Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Exposition, Chicago, IL
2004-06 Nature Transformed: Wood Art from the Bohlen Collection, Touring
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY
2001-06 Turned Wood - Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Turned Wood by Patti & Ron Fleming, WoodTurning Center, Philadelphia, PA
Sacred Hybrids, Living ArtSpace, Tulsa, OK
2004 Observations of Nature, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Vision Makers, Sponsored by the State Arts Council, Norman, OK
Celebrating Nature: Craft Traditions/Contemporary Expressions, Craft & Folk Art
Museum, Los Angeles, CA
From Sea to Odyssey, AAW Symposium, Orlando, FL
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
Collectors of Wood Art Forum, Santa Fe, NM
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
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
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2008 New Masters of Woodturning: Expanding the Boundaries of Wood Art. Martin, Terry &
Wallace, Kevin. Fox Chapel Publishing, East Petersburg, PA.
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.
2005 American Craft. August/September. “Review.” Csaszar, Tom. Pp 64-65.
2004 500 Wood Bowls: Bold & Original Designs Blending Tradition & Innovation. Leier, Ray;
Peters, Jan & Wallace, Kevin. Lark Books, Sterling Publications,
New York, NY.
Nature Transformed: Wood Art from The Bohlen Collection. Ulmer, Sean. Hudson Hills
Press, Manchester, VT.
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. Holzapfel,
Michelle; Rice, Robin & Tyler, Christopher. Wood Turning Center,
Philadelphia, PA.
Wood Turning in North America Since 1930. Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA and
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT.
2000 The Fine Art of Wood: The Bohlen Collection. Fike, Bonita. Abbeville Press,
New York, NY.
Turning Wood into Art: The Jane and Arthur Mason Collection. Ramljak, Suzanne and
Monroe, Michael. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, NY.
Living With Form: The Horn Collection of Contemporary Crafts. Arkansas Arts Center.
Bradley Publishing, Little Rock, AR.
1999 Contemporary Turned Wood: New Perspectives in a Rich Tradition. Leier, Ray; Peters,
Jan & Wallace, Kevin. Hand Books Press, Madison, WI.
1996 Expressions In Wood: Masterworks from The Wornick Collection. Cooke, Edward;
Kangas, Matthew & Perreault, John. Oakland Museum of California,
Oakland, CA.
1995 The White House Collection of American Crafts. Monroe, Michael. Harry N. Abrams
Publishers, New York, NY.
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.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
American Mission of the United States, Geneva, Switzerland
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Kirkpatrick 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
Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
White House Collection of American Crafts, Washington, DC
Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2009 Ron Fleming & Ron Layport: Narratives on Nature, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Wood Takes Root, St. George Museum, St. George, UT
The Perfect Marriage: Wood & Color, CWA Exhibit, SOFA, Chicago, IL
Far From the Tree, AAW Gallery of Wood Art, Landmark Center, St. Paul, MN
2007-08 Shy Boy, She Devil and Isis: The Art of Conceptual Craft, Selections from the
Wornick Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2006-08 Turned & Sculptured Wood, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006-08 Selected Works, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005-08 Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Exposition, New York, NY
2005-07 Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Exposition, Chicago, IL
2004-06 Nature Transformed: Wood Art from the Bohlen Collection, Touring
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY
2001-06 Turned Wood - Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Turned Wood by Patti & Ron Fleming, WoodTurning Center, Philadelphia, PA
Sacred Hybrids, Living ArtSpace, Tulsa, OK
2004 Observations of Nature, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Vision Makers, Sponsored by the State Arts Council, Norman, OK
Celebrating Nature: Craft Traditions/Contemporary Expressions, Craft & Folk Art
Museum, Los Angeles, CA
From Sea to Odyssey, AAW Symposium, Orlando, FL
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
Collectors of Wood Art Forum, Santa Fe, NM
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
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
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2008 New Masters of Woodturning: Expanding the Boundaries of Wood Art. Martin, Terry &
Wallace, Kevin. Fox Chapel Publishing, East Petersburg, PA.
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.
2005 American Craft. August/September. “Review.” Csaszar, Tom. Pp 64-65.
2004 500 Wood Bowls: Bold & Original Designs Blending Tradition & Innovation. Leier, Ray;
Peters, Jan & Wallace, Kevin. Lark Books, Sterling Publications,
New York, NY.
Nature Transformed: Wood Art from The Bohlen Collection. Ulmer, Sean. Hudson Hills
Press, Manchester, VT.
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. Holzapfel,
Michelle; Rice, Robin & Tyler, Christopher. Wood Turning Center,
Philadelphia, PA.
Wood Turning in North America Since 1930. Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA and
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT.
2000 The Fine Art of Wood: The Bohlen Collection. Fike, Bonita. Abbeville Press,
New York, NY.
Turning Wood into Art: The Jane and Arthur Mason Collection. Ramljak, Suzanne and
Monroe, Michael. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, NY.
Living With Form: The Horn Collection of Contemporary Crafts. Arkansas Arts Center.
Bradley Publishing, Little Rock, AR.
1999 Contemporary Turned Wood: New Perspectives in a Rich Tradition. Leier, Ray; Peters,
Jan & Wallace, Kevin. Hand Books Press, Madison, WI.
1996 Expressions In Wood: Masterworks from The Wornick Collection. Cooke, Edward;
Kangas, Matthew & Perreault, John. Oakland Museum of California,
Oakland, CA.
1995 The White House Collection of American Crafts. Monroe, Michael. Harry N. Abrams
Publishers, New York, NY.
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.