Résumé (last revised: October 3, 2009)
DEVORAH SPERBER
MAILING ADDRESS:
3 Sheridan Square, 15D
New York, NY 10014
NEW YORK STUDIO
Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts
323 West 39th Street, NYC
LARGE WORKS STUDIO
Woodstock, New York
(212) 627-9257
Woodstock, New York
(212) 627-9257
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 Devorah Sperber: Threads of Perception, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, March - June (catalog)
2009 Clin d'oeil au Louvre, Galerie Nordine Zidoun, Paris, France, June 5- July 30
Devorah Sperber: A Strange Sense of Déjà vu, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA, March 20- May 31 (catalog)
Devorah Sperber: Threads of Perception, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID, June 13 through September 20 (catalog)
Devorah Sperber: Threads of Perception, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN, October 29, 2009- January 24, 2010 (catalog)
Devorah Sperber: Seeing Things, Ierimonte Gallery, Milan, Italy, October 5, 2009 - January 3, 2010.
2008 Interpretations: Devorah Sperber, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA, March 27 – September 1
Devorah Sperber: Flash Back, Kleinert James Gallery, Woodstock, NY, August 2 - September 7
Mirror Universe, Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY, March 20 - April 26
2007 The Eye of The Artist: The Work of Devorah Sperber, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, January 26- June 17
Selected works from The Eye of The Artist: The Work of Devorah Sperber, Bentley Projects, Phoenix, AZ, December 7, 2007- January 30, 2008
3 Site-Specific Thread Spool Installations, commissioned by NYFA for the lobby of One Penn Plaza, NYC, Vornado Realty Trust
After Magritte, 12' x 16' permanent site-specific thread spool installation, RCCL Independence of the Seas, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
Devorah Sperber: Ocular, Ottawa School of Art Gallery, Ottawa, Canada, October 11- November 18 (catalogue)
2006 BiFocal, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred University, September 8- October 6
After Monet (Water Lilies), permanent 8' x 54' thread spool installation, commissioned by Wells Read Estate Funds, Arlington, VA
2005 US Representative, Ljubljana Print Biennale, Ljublijana, Slovenia (catalogue)
2004 Devorah Sperber, McKenzie Fine Art, Chelsea, NY
Quartered, Flipped, & Rotated, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
Reflections, permanent 10' x 60' thread spool installation, Centro Medico Train Station, San Juan, Puerto Rico, installed December 2004 (catalogue)
Banal and Sublime, Morlan Gallery, Transylvania University, Lexington KY
2003 Pixelated, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI (catalogue)
Digitized Notions, Edwin A. Ulrich Museum, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS (catalogue)
2002 Bikinis, Bandanas and a VW Bus, Graham Gallery, New York, NY.
Virtual Environment, Diverse Works, Houston TX
2001 POST-DIGITAL: 800 lbs. of pixels, HEREArt, Soho, NY (catalogue)
1998 Humanity--A Living Installation, Ernest Rubenstein Gallery, New York City, NY
1996 Sangre De Christo Arts Center, Pueblo, CO
1995 Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, NM
1994 State Historical Museum, Boise, ID
1993 Cadena Gallery, Soho, NY. Orlando City Hall, Orlando, FL
University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis, MN
1992 Tampa Bay Holocaust Memorial Museum, St. Petersburg, FL
College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY
1991 Denver Museum of Natural History, Denver, CO
Joslyn Castle, Omaha, NE
1990 The Design Center, Denver, CO
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 The Art, Inspiration, and Appropriations of Andy Warhol, Marla Wasser, curator, Ontario, Canada, January 8- April 19 (catalog)
Chelsea Visits Havana, Musee Nationale Belles Artes (part of Havana Biennial), Havana, Cuba, March 28 thru April 30
Upcycling: Recuperating Past Lives, Architecture and Design Museum (A+D), Marieke Elaine Treilhard, curator, Los Angeles, CA, May 7- June 7
Deviate, Schroeder Romero Gallery, New York, NY, opens May 22-June 27
Out of This World, Albany International Airport Gallery, Sharon Bates, curator, Albany, NY, June 20- November 29
Then and Now, Arkell Museum, Canajohare, NY, Diane Forsberg and Martha Hoppin, curators, May 15, 2009 – August 5
Summer Group Exhibition, Scott White Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA, July 10- September 6
Manuf®actured: The Conspicuous Transformation of Everyday Objects, 2nd venue, Natalie and James Thompson Art Gallery,
San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, September - November
Beyond Appearances, Lehman College, Bronx, NY, Susan Hoeltzel, Patricia Cazorlla, and Nina Sundell, curators, September 10 - December 15
In Stitches, Beth Rudin DeWoody, curator, Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller Gallery, New York, NY, November 12 - December 23
2008 Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary, Museum of Arts and Design, Inaugeral Exhibition at 2 Columbus Circle, New York, NY
David McFadden & Lowery Stokes Sims, curators, September 23, 2008 - April 19, 2009 (catalog)
Through the Looking Glass: Image and Process Deconstructed, works by Chuck Close and Devorah Sperber, le Poisson Rouge Gallery,
New York, NY, September 23 - December 9
Futurotextiel 08, Kortrijk, Belgium, October 15 - December 15
Art, Image and Warhol Connections, The Jewish Museum, Daniel Belasco & Joanna Montoya, curators, New York, NY, February 3- August 18
Domestico, Ieremonti Gallery, Milan, Italy, January 17 - March 17
Locally Grown, Albany International Airport Gallery, April 25 - September 7
Brainwave: Common Senses, Exit Art, Jeanette Ingberman, Papo Colo, curators, New York, NY, February 16- April 19
Bearden to Ruscha: Contemporary Art from the North Carolina Museum of Art, Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC May 22, 2008 - May 24 2009
Fast Forward: Three Decades of Contemporary Art from the North Carolina Museum of Art, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, GA, January 23- April 27
Manuf®actured: The Conspicuous Transformation of Everyday Objects, Museum of Contemporary Craft, August 28, 2008 – January 4, 2009,
Mara and Steven Holt Slov, curators, Portland, OR, August 28, 2008- January 4, 2009 (catalog/book)
Familiar Faces, VCUarts Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA, January 18- March 2
2007 Rock my Religion, Oda Park, Venray, Nederland, September 9- November 4
Material Pursuits, Robert Hull Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, Evelyn Hankins, curator,, Burlington, VT, September 4- December 14 (catalogue)
Selected Works from "The Eye of the Artist: The Work of Devorah Sperber, Bentley Projects, Phoenix, AZ, January 7- 31
Thread, Johansson Projects, Oakland, CA, July 19- Aug 3, 2007 (Note: same title as Wood Street Gallery exhibition but unrelated)
Thread, Wood Street Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, January 26 - March 31
Floored, Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC, January 21 – April 1
2006 Material Abuse, Clifford Gallery of Colgate University, October 26 - December 15
There/Not There, 4 person show, KBCC/CUNY Art Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, October 25- November 22
After The Mona Lisa 2, 20th Century Galleries, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC, September 3, 2006- June 30
Everything Is Wrong, Kunsthalle Palazzo, Antonia Donzé-van Saanen, curator, Liestal/Basel, Switzerland, August 26- October 6 (catalogue)
Material Abuse, Caren Golden Fine Art, Chelsea, NY, June 29- August 4
Over + Over: Passion For Process, Austin Museum of Art, Judith Hoos Fox & Ginger Duggan,Curators, Austin, TX, May 13- August 6 (catalogue)
Cowgirls of the Hudson River Valley, Brik Gallery, Catskill, NY, August 5- September 17
Thread Bare: Tradition Unraveled, Kleinert/James Art Center, Woodstock, NY, July 1-August 6
Extreme Materials, Memorial Art Gallery, Marie Via, curator, Rochester, NY, January 28-March 26
2005 The New Art Event, Edwin A. Ulrich Museum, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS, March 12- April 24
Over + Over: Passion For Process, Katonah Art Museum, October 2, 2005 through January 1, 2006 (catalogue)
Over + Over: Passion For Process, Krannert Art Museum (KAM),Urbana-Champaign, IL (catalogue)
Over + Over: Passion For Process, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA (catalogue)
RxArt Invitational Exhibition/Auction, New York City (catalogue)
Precious Little, Albany International Airport Gallery
2004 Squint, Jack the Pelican Presents, Williamsburg, NY
2003 Art After the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, Apex Art, Eugenie Tsai, Curator, New York, NY
Bits n Pieces, DAC, Beth Venn, Curator, Brooklyn, NY
Formed to Function?, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI (catalogue)
Duality/Autonomy, two-person exhibition, Victoria H. Myhren Gallery, Denver University, Denver, CO
Rockin' back Inside Our Hearts, 1993-2003, HEREArt, Soho, NY (October, 2003)
2002 The Nature of the Beast, Caren Golden Gallery, New York, NY
Faster than the Eye, four-person exhibition, Yerba Buena Art Center, San Francisco, CA
Sense Data, four-person exhibition, The Painted Bride, Philadelphia, PA
Accumulations, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY (catalogue)
Building Supplies, four-person exhibition, Spaces, Cleveland, OH
Text/Textile, Deutsche Banc, New York, NY
2001 Alterations, Graham Gallery, New York City
The Garden of Forking Paths "Art/Science, Pacifico Gallery, New York City
Museum at Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
2000 Minutiae, S.E.C.C.A., Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, David Brown, Sen. Curator, Winston-Salem, NC
SnapShot, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, Maryland
Extraordinary Things, University of Bridgeport Gallery, Kaz McCue, Director, Bridgeport, CT
ELEMENTS 2000, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY
Generations II: A Survey of Women Artists at the Millennium, Invitational, A.I.R. Gallery, Soho, NY
Utopia/Dystopia, Invitational, Byrdcliffe Colony of the Arts, Woodstock, NY
Byrdcliffe Bienniel/ Faculty Show, Kleinert/James Art Center, Woodstock, NY
1999 Projects 99, The Carriage House at the Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
Invitational, Coffey Gallery, Kingston, NY
Invitational, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT
Alumni Show, Regis University, Denver, CO
Byrdcliffe Faculty Show, Kleinert/James Gallery, Woodstock, NY
1998 Holocaust, The Polish Experience, Curated by Art Without Walls, Polish Consulate, New York City
Time and Place, Kleinert James Gallery, Woodstock, NY
Byrdcliffe Faculty Show, Kleinert James Gallery, Woodstock, NY
1997 Faculty Show, The Educational Alliance Art School, New York City
Byrdcliffe Faculty Show, Kleinert/James Gallery, Woodstock, NY
Carving the Forces of Change, WCA National 25th Anniversary Show, Chicago, IL
10 Years of the Colorado Institute of Art Hall of Fame, Denver, CO
1996 Spaces, ISE Foundation, Soho, NY
Nine Sculptors- Recent Sightings, Sullivan County Museum, NY
The Central Industrial Supply Show, curated by Gene Pool-Soho Arts Festival, New York City
Transforming Tradition, WCA National Exhibition, Boston, MA
100, Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, New York City
1995 Director's Choice, Ernest Rubenstein Gallery, New York City
1994 Off the Wall, Pace University Gallery, New York City
Jewish Women and Art, Curtis Arts Center, Greenwood Village, CO
1993 Holocaust Art Exhibition, Mizel Museum, Denver, CO
Pioneering Artists of Colorado, Curtis Arts Center, Greenwood Village, CO
1992 Faces, Spark Gallery, Denver, CO
1991 E.S. Lawrence Gallery, Aspen, CO. Gallery Artist. 1991-92
1990 21st Century Gallery, Denver, CO. Gallery Artist. 1990- 91
1989 College of Marin, San Anselmo, CA
1988 Loretto Heights College Gallery, Denver, CO
PUBLICATIONS (Books and Catalogues):
Devorah Sperber: Threads of Perception, Washington Press, 2009
Devorah Sperber: A Strange Sense of Déjà vu, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA, 2009
Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary, exhibition catalogue, Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY, 2008
Manuf®actured: The Conspicuous Transformation of Everyday Objects, Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, OR, 2008
Contemporary Textiles: The Fabric of Fine Art, Black Dog Publishing, London, UK, 2008
Futuro Textiel: Surprising Textiles, Design & Art, lille3000 catalogue, Stichting Kunst Boek, Belgium, 2008
Art, The Collection: The Contemporary Spirit of the Old Masters, catalogue of artwork onboard the Independence of the Seas Cruise Ship, Royal Caribbean International, published by icart, 2008
Reflections: Largest Spool Art, Guinness World Records, 2008
Thread, exhibition catalogue, Wood Street Galleries, Philadelphia, PA 2007
Everything is Wrong, exhibition catalogue, Kunstalle Palazzo, Liestal, Switzerland, 2006
Over and Over: Passion for Process, exhibition catalogue, Krannert Art Museum, Urbana-Champaign, IL, 2005
Sunek/ Thrust, 26th Biennial of Graphic Arts Ljubljana catalogue, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2005
BIBLIOGRAPHY (National/International Articles and Reviews)
"Pixel Perfect Building Blocks," Embroidery Magazine, 6 page article and photographs, by Jessica Hemmings, UK, July/August, 2009
"Devorah Sperber: Galerie Nordine Zidoun," Le Figaro, France, June 29, 2009
"Clin d'oeil au Louvre, Galerie Nordine Zidoun," ARTPRESS, France, July 2009
"Seeing is believing… not so fast," Idaho Press-Tribune, by Dan Lea, July 4, 2009
"Devorah Sperber-Gallery Nordine Zidoun," Art and You, France, June 24, 2009
"CLIN D'ŒIL AU LOUVRE!," uneEXPO.com, Interview by Sebastian Valtida, France, June 9, 2009
"Devorah Sperber chez Nordine Zidoun," Abonnez-vous au Magazine, review and photograph, France, June 5, 2009
"Devorah Sperber: Clin d'oeil au Louvre," Respect Magazine, France June 2009
Nisha Magazine, review and photograph, Israel, May 2009
"Scientists and Artists Explore Visualization at World Science Festival," Popular Mechanics, by Linda Yin, June 18, 2009
"PBS Sunday Arts Feature Profile: Devorah Sperber," PBS WNET Thirteen New York, January 11, 2009
"Artist to Artist with Devorah Sperber," Cloth, Paper, Scissors Magazine, feature article and photographs, by Lesley Riley, May/June, 2009
"Museums That Speak to Children," The New York Times, text and photograph, by Lisa Foderaro, May 2, 2008
"Brooklyn Museum: The Eye of the Artist: The Work of Devorah Sperber," The New York Times, review and photograph, by Benjamin Genocchio, March 23, 2007
"Crystal Balls, Pixels & Transporters: Artist Devorah Sperber," Roll Magazine, cover art, feature article and photographs, by Ross Rice, March 10- April 10, 2009
"Please Don't Be Seated," Art News, feature article and photograph,by Steven Skov Holt and Mara Holt Skov, December 2008
"Follow the Thread" Anna Magazine, feature article and photograph, by Kitty Cox, Winter Issue/ December 2008
"Taking off on Andy Warhol," Grand Magazine, feature article and photograph, by Charolotte Prong Parkhill, November/ December 2008
"Seeing Things," Museum Magazine, July- August 2008
"Devorah Sperber," Sculpture Magazine, July/ August 2008
"On the Cover," Chronogram Magazine, cover photograph and review by Amy Lubinski, August, 2008
"For the Folks at Home," Woodstock Times, photographs and review by Paul Smart, July 31, 2008
"Devorah Sperber," photographs and article, Sleek Magazine, Germany, Spring 2008
"Shatners at an Exhibition: Artist Devorah Sperber draws a bead on Star Trek," Geek Monthly, by Jeff Bond, May 2008
"Fair Weather," artnet, review and photograph, by Walter Robinson, March 28, 2008
"Dangly Trek mosaic art," Boing Boing- a directory of wonderful things, by Cory Doctorow, March 24, 2008
"Bead Me Up, Scotty: A Crafty Take on Star Trek," WIRED, by Sonia Zjawinski, March 19, 2008
"Artist Devorah Sperber Boldly Goes Where No Needlepointer Has Gone Before," New York Magazine,Vulture, by Emma Pearse March 18, 2008
Recommended Exhibitions, Devorah Sperber: Mirror Universe, New York Magazine, listing published from March 20- April 26, 2007
"Spring Art Preview: Devorah Sperber: 'Mirror Universe'," Village Voice, by R.C. Baker, March 4, 2008
"Mind and Matter," Art in America, review and photograph, by Eleanor Heartney, April 2008
"Neural Networking in Manhattan," Nature, review and photograph, by Giovanni Frazzetto, February 14, 2008
"The Eye of the Artist: The Work of Devorah Sperber," The New Yorker, review, March 12, 2007
"The Science of Sight," National Post, Canada, 2-page photo spread and interview by Leah Sandals, October 11, 2007
"Voit-on le monde tel qu-il est?," Ca m'interesse Magazine, Paris, France, 2-page photo spread and text, October 10, 2007
"Venray schept zijn eigen Da Vincicode," Trouw Newspaper, The Netherlands, by Jolanda Breur, August 18, 2007
"The Eye of the Artist: The Work of Devorah Sperber, The Brooklyn Museum," Art and Living Magazine, color photo and review, Issue 5, 2007, by John McCarthy
"Eye of the Beholder," New Scientist Magazine, review and color photograph, March 17, 2007
"The Eye of the Artist: The Work of Devorah Sperber," The New Yorker, color photograph and review, February 19 & 26, 2007
"A Masterpiece in Thread," The New York Sun, front page color photograph and review, by Brice Brown, January 25, 2007
"Daily Planet," Discovery Channel, video shoot of studio visit and interview with Devorah Sperber, January, 2007
"Brooklyn Museum, The Eye of the Artist: The Work of Devorah Sperber," Sculpture Magazine, Itinerary, March, 2007
"Material Abuse," The New York Times, July 21, 2006 by Ken Johnson
"The Art of Seeing: A Conversation with Devorah Sperber," Sculpture Magazine, feature article by Ana Finel Honigman, May 2006 issue
"Probing the Picasso Lobe: Visual Art and the Brain," Update, New York Academy of Sciences Magazine, cover photo and article, March/April 2006 issue
"Recent Projects," Public Art Review, Spring/Summer 2006 issue
"Making Something Out of Nothing," The New York Times, by Benjamin Genocchio, October 30, 2005
"26th Ljubljana Print Biennale," Catalogue Essay by Marilyn Kushner, Curator at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, July 2005
"First Quartered, Then Drawn," The New York Times, article by Benjamin Genocchio, February 13, 2005
"2004 Public Art In Review," Art in America Annual Guide, August 2005
"Squint," The New York Times, by Roberta Smith, October 8, 2004
"Devorah Sperber," The New Yorker, illustration, May 31, 2004
"Devorah Sperber," The New Yorker, review, May 17, 2004
"Art After the Age of Mechanical Reproduction," The New York Times, by Ken Johnson, June 20, 2003
"Devorah Sperber: Pixelated," Sculpture Magazine, June 2003
"Seeing Things," Art Journal, Features/ Artists Projects, essay by Patricia C. Phillips, Winter 2002
"Exhibits, Remembering Anne," Newsweek International Edition, by Kathryn Williams, June 28, 2004
"A Sprinking of Diamonds," artnet.com Magazine, review by Charlie Finch, December 13, 2002
"Accumulations," The New York Times, review by Helen Harrison, color photo, October 13, 2002
"Bikinis, Bandanas and a VW Bus," Time Out New York, review by Robert Mahoney, color photo, March 21-28, 2002
"Bikinis, Bandanas and a VW Bus," The New Yorker, review by Andrea Scott, March 21, 2002
"Alterations," Sculpture Magazine, review by Ana Honigman, color photo, January, 2002
"POST-DIGITAL: 800 Lbs. of Pixels," The New York Times, review by Ken Johnson, March 23, 2001
"Devorah Sperber--HEREArt," Sculpture Magazine, review by Joel Silverstein, color photo, December, 2001
"Talent: The Textile Business," New York Magazine, review by Edith Newhall, color photo, July 9, 2001
"Alterations," The New Yorker, review, July 30, August 6, 2001
"Alterations," Time Out New York, review by Sarah Schmerler, July 19-26, 2001
"ELEMENTS 2000," Sculpture Magazine, review by Joel Silverstein, March, 2001
"Participatory Works: Viewers as Co-Creators," Sculpture Magazine, review by Jane Ingram Allen, color photo, Jan./ Feb. 2000
"ELEMENTS 2000 Exhibition Open at 7 Locations," Esquire-Japan, review by Yuriko Yamaki, color photo, April 2000
"In Islip, Experimentation and Installation," The New York Times, review by Helen Harrison and color photo, August 29, 1999
"Commissions," Sculpture Magazine, Maquette, March 1995.
(Regional Articles and Reviews)
"Of the Beholder, The Devorah Sperber Experience," Boise Weekly, by Christopher Schnoor, July 29, 2009
"Reality turned upside down," Idaho Statesman, article and photographs, by Dana Oland, June 25, 2009
"Events for Friday in New York," Daily News, by Carlin Galietti, March 28, 2008
"Thread," Artillery Magazine, review by Anuradha Vikram, vol 2 no 2, Nov/Dec 2007
"Contemporary art exhibit at the Robert Hull Fleming Museum," The Press Republican, article by Robin Caudell, October 26, 2007
"Hanging out with Mona Lisa, upside down," The Woodstock Times, 4 photographs and article by Paul Smart, February 1, 2007
"'Thread' weaves a digital approach to craft artworks," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, photograph and review by Mary Thomas, February 7, 2007
"Exhibit ties traditional craft together with computer technology," Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, photograph and review by Kurt Shaw, February 1, 2007
"Sperber's Visual Trickery is the Highlight of Cameron's 'Floored,'" North Carolina Star News, photograph and review by Isabel Heblich January 25, 2007
"Forward in all directions," The Woodstock Times, photograph and review by Paul Smart, December 28, 2006
"Where art is fun," The Woodstock Times, review by Paul Smart, July 20, 2006
"Spooling us in," The Woodstock Times, photograph and review by Paul Smart, February 23, 2006
"Repetition makes the ordinary sublime," The Boston Globe, review by Christine Temin, July 20, 2005
"Cast a Vote for Art," The Wichita Eagle, review by Chris Shull, March 11, 2005
"Passion for Process," Buzz Weekly, by Courtney Hrejsa, February 3, 2005
"Quartered, Flipped and Rotated at MAM," The Montclair Times, October 6, 2004
"Non-Linear Work from Off the Rim," U.S. 1 Newspaper, by Frank Rivera, June 23, 2004
"Low-Tech Science, Sperber's Digital Spool Magic Expands Worlds," Woodstock Times, by Paul Smart, April 1, 2004
"Don't Look Now," Lexington Herald-Leader, review by Heather Lindquist, photo, February 15, 2004
"No Pens, No Brushes," The Courier-Journal, review by Diane Heilenman, January 11, 2004
"February Picks," NY Arts, review by Christopher Chambers, February 2003
"Innovative Arts Center Showcases Fiber," Fiberarts Magazine, review by Karen Searle, November 2003
"Spinning art with spools of thread," The Wichita Eagle, review by Chris Shull, October 12, 2003
"Seeing not believing in Kohler exhibit," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, review by James Auer, February 23, 2003
"Formed to Function?," Dialogue Journal, review by Kevin Cole, May/June 2003
"Artists Shine in Shared Show," Denver Post, review by Kyle MacMillan, photo, February 10, 2003
"High Tech Impact Comes Through Unplugged," The Rocky Mountain News, review by Mary Voelz Chandler, color photo, January 25, 2003
"Grooving to the Oldies--Fascinating shows feature riffs on the golden age of modernism," Westword, review by Michael Paglia, January 30, 2003
"The Impossible Theme," Cleveland Free Times, review by Frank Green, March 6-12, 2002
"Even with FotoFest's tech emphasis, photography wins out," The Dallas Morning News, review by Janet Kutner, photo, March 17, 2002
"Summer Sculpture Exhibitions-- A Welter of Good ideas and Mixed Messages," Princeton Town Topics, review by Frank Rivera, August 15, 2001
"Female Touch enlivens sculpture park and garden," The Sunday Star Ledger, review by Dan Bischoff, July 29,2001
"ELEMENTS 2000," Review Magazine, review by Joel Silverstein, March, 2000
"Former Creek student plays with reality in NYC," The Villager, review by Quentin Young, March 8, 2001
"SECCA's 'minutiae' show more craft than art," News Record, review by Jacqueline Humphrey, Nov. 16, 2000
"Extra Ordinary," Journal Now, review by Tom Patterson, Dec. 3, 2000
"Back to Basics," Staten Island Advance, review by Michael Fressola, photographs, January 28,2000
"Communing with the Elements," Woodstock Times, article and photo, March 9, 2000
"Art in the Woods," Daily Freeman, review by Bonnie Langston, color photo, June 11, 2000
"Creative Careers- Today in New York," Daily News, review by Pam Lapore, March 21, 2000
"Rooms with a View," Long Island Voice, review by Michael Giacalone, Aug.19-25, 1999
"Byrdcliffe Bounty," Woodstock Times, review by Kathi Norklin, photo, Woodstock, NY. May 1999
"Master Carver Imparts her Art," Woodstock Times, review by Kelly Lockmer, photos, Woodstock, NY. December 1998
"Locus Pocus," Woodstock Times," review and photos, Woodstock, NY. September 1998
"Woodstock Guild's Byrdcliffe Staff Struts its Stone, Metal and Ceramic Stuff," Woodstock Times, review and photo, Woodstock, NY. June 1998
"Ten Years Later," The Villager, Greenwood Village, CO. May 1998
"Featured Artist," Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Web Site. May 1998
"Sperber's Spacious Vision," Woodstock Times, Woodstock, NY. May 1998
"Guild exhibits Byrdcliffe faculty works at Kleinert/James Arts Center," Woodstock Times, review and photo, Woodstock, NY. July 1997
"Numbers," The Villager, review and photo, New York City. January 1997
"What's Up Downtown," Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's Downtown, article and photo, New York City. January 1997
"Multiplism as a Feminist Strategy," Business Women's Calendar, article, New York City. January 1997
"Arts and Stage," Gazette Telegraph, article and photo, Colorado Springs, CO. April 1996
"Anne Frank in the World: Exhibit in Pueblo," Colorado Women News, article, Colorado Springs, CO. April 1996
"Looking at the Holocaust," The Pueblo Chieftan, article, Pueblo, CO. March 1996
"Eight Holocaust Exhibits Open at San de Christo," Intermountain Jewish Review, article, Denver, CO. March 1996
"Means of Survival and Remembrance," The Colorado Springs Independent, review, Colorado Springs, CO. March 1996
"Witness to the Holocaust," Hembra- Journal of Southwest Feminist Art, feature article and cover photo, Albuquerque, NM. Dec. 1995
"1993 Hall of Fame," Colorado Institute of Art Alumni News, article, Denver, CO. March 1994.
"Carved in stone," Westword, Denver, CO. February 1994
"Jewish Women and Art," The Villager, article and photo, Englewood, CO. Jan. 1994
"Sculptor Sperber to discuss her work Feb. 6 at Curtis," Intermountain Jewish News, feature article and photo, Denver, CO. January 1994
"Witness to the Holocaust Features Sculptures by Devorah Sperber," Bulletin, University of St. Thomas, feature article and cover photo, Albany, NY. August 1993
"Woodstock Guild offering eclectic mix in new education experiment," Woodstock Times, photo, Woodstock, NY. June 1993
"Denver artist flourishes in NYC," Intermountain Jewish News, feature article and photo, Denver, CO. March 1993
"Patience is definitely a virtue," The Villager, feature article and photo, New York City. January 1993
"Sculptors Alliance Show," The Villager, cover photo, New York City. November 1992
"Sculptor's Work on Display At Saint Rose," The Chronicle, feature article and cover photos, Albany, NY. February 1992
"Sculptor's creative intensity bound to Holocaust," The Jewish Review, feature article, Portland, OR. November 1992
"A garden of remembrance," Westchester Daily Gazette, photo, Westchester, NY. May 1992
"Bearing Witness," The Times Union, front page color photo, Albany, NY. March 1992
"Record of an ugly era," The Oregonian, photo, Portland, OR. October 1992
"Park your eyes at the Art Zone," Intermountain Jewish News, Denver, CO. Nov. 1991
"Local artist carving her own niche," Intermountain Jewish News , Denver, CO. September 1991
"One girl's diary opens window on Holocaust," Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph, feature article and color photo, Colorado Springs, CO. March, 1991
"Denver Sculptor pays tribute in stone," Boulder Camera, feature article, Boulder, CO. March 1991
"Anne Frank's ordeal inspires exhibit," Denver Post, Denver, CO. March 1991
"Anne Frank exhibit lures 500 to Museum of Natural History," Rocky Mountain News, brief review, Denver, CO. March 1991
"The Monument to Anne Frank," Denver Post, color photo, Denver, CO. February 1991
TELEVISION/ INTERVIEWS / EXHIBITION COVERAGE
"Devorah Sperber's Ocular Exhibit," Interview with Dipna Horra, Ottawa Morning Show, NPR, CBC Radio One, Canada, October 22, 2007 (Radio)
Interview with Mitchell Caplan, "Click here," CHUO.FM89, Canada, October 20, 2007 (Radio)
Exhibition Coverage, WCAX TV, Channel 3, Vermont, September 5, 2007
Interview, L1 News, The Netherlands, August 17, 2007
Interview/Studio Visit, Discovery Channel, The Daily Planet, featured interview and video, 2007
Exhibition Coverage, ART-TV.CH Everything Is Wrong, Antonia Donzé-van Saanen, Curator, Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal/Basel, Switzerland, Fall 2006
Exhibition Coverage, CNN World Report, interview and video of Devorah Sperber's installation at the Ljubljana Print Biennale, Slovenia, Bostjan Jurecic, Reporter, August 14 & 31, 2005
Exhibition Coverage, PBS (HITN) Cultura Viva (Live Culture), Laura Rivera, Reporter, Puerto Rico, March 2004
Exhibition Coverage, WNYC (NBC), Weekend Today-Best Bets, New York, April 23, 2000
Albuquerque channel 7 (ABC) evening and late news, NM. 1995
Albuquerque channel 13 (CBS) evening and late news, NM. 1995
Interview, Portland Channel 2, noon and evening news, OR. 1991
Interview, KUSA (ABC), Making a Difference, CO. 1991. *Emmy Award
Interview, KUSA (ABC), evening news, CO. 1991
Interview, KCNC (NBC), Colorado Today, CO. 1991
Interview, KCNC (NBC), evening news, CO. 1991
Interview, KRDO, noon news, CO. 1991. Omaha, noon news, NE. 1991
AWARDS / HONORS
2007 NYFA Panelist for Fellowships in Scultpure, New York City
Byrdcliffe Master, Pollock Krasner Foundation
2006 International Contemporary Print Project, After Goya, 100 editioned prints, Nacional de España, Madrid, Spain
2005 NYFA Fellowship for Sculpture, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York City
People's Choice Award for New Aquisitions, Ulrich Museum, Wichita, KS
2000 Carriage House Project Space Award Recipient, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
1993 Inducted into Hall of Fame, Colorado Institute of Art , Denver, CO.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com
Beth Rudin DeWoody
Fundacio Sorigue, Spain
Peter Norton
North Carolina Museum of Art
Ulrich Museum
The West Collection
COMMISSIONS/ PUBLIC ART
After Magritte, commissioned by Royal Caribbean International for the cruise ship "Independence of the Seas," 2007
Four site-specific works, 1 Penn Plaza Lobby, commissioned by NYFA for Vornado Realty Trust, New York City. 2007
After Goya, Nacional de España’s Contemporary Print Project," commissioned edition of 100 prints, Madrid, Spain. 2006
After Monet (Water Lilies), site-specific installation, commissioned by Wells Read Estate Funds, Arlington, Virginia. 2005-2006
That Tree, site-specific residential thread spool installation, Belvedere, CA, 2005-2006
Reflections, site-specific installation, commissioned by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Centro Medico Train Station, San Juan, PR. 2004
Byrdcliffe Award, 2 stone sculptures, The Woodstock Guild, Woodstock, NY. 1998
The President's Award, 5 limited edition bronze sculptures, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, CO. 1996-2000
The Ernest Rubenstein Award, stone sculpture and annual bronze sculptures, The Educational Alliance, New York City. 1996
Lorber Award, 10 limited edition bronzes, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, CO. 1995-2004
Generation to Generation II, National Humanitarian Award, 2-5 bronzes per year, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, CO. 1993
For the Love of Children, stone sculpture, Friends of Anne Frank, Minneapolis, MN. 1993
Witness to the Holocaust, traveling exhibition comprised of eight bronze sculptures, private donor, New York City. 1991
Monument to Anne Frank, limestone monument, Mr. Jack Polak, White Plains, NY. 1991
CURATING/ TEACHING
Instructor, "Masters Class," Brooklyn Museum, April, 2007
Curator, "NYFA Fellowship Recipients 2000/ SUNY New Paltz Faculty," Kleinert/James Gallery, Woodstock, NY. May 2000
Curator, "Byrdcliffe Biennial 2000: Contemporary Byrdcliffe Artists," Kleinert/James Gallery, Woodstock, NY. June 2000
Curator, "Quintessence," Kleinert/James Gallery, Woodstock, NY. May 2000
Curator of Exhibitions, Kleinert/James Gallery, Woodstock, NY. 1997 to present
Curator, "ELEMENTS 2000," seven sites in New York City. Jan.- May 2000
Curator, "Byrdcliffe Biennial '98: Contemporary Byrdcliffe Artists," Kleinert/James Gallery, Woodstock, NY. 1998
Curator, "Time and Place," Kleinert/James Gallery, Woodstock, NY. 1998
Curator, "Multiplism as a Feminist Strategy," WCA Eastern Regional Exhibition, Soho, NY. January- February 1997
Curator, "Multiplism, Selfhood and Conformity," sponsored by O.I.A., New York City. 1997
Instructor, "The Art of Stone Carving," Byrdcliffe Artist Colony, Woodstock, NY. 1996-present
Instructor, "The Art of Stone Carving," Educational Alliance Art School, New York City. 1993- 1998
LECTURES
2009 Lecture and Visiting Artist, Hamilton College,Clinton, NY, September 30
2008 Residency, MASS MoCA
Visiting Artist, Williams College, spring semester
2007 Lecture, Robert Hull Fleming Museum, October 25
"Vision and Art: The Work of Devorah Sperber," Byrdcliffe Master Artist Lecture, Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Woodstock NY, August 12
"Science and Art," Panel Discussion, with Neuroscientist Bevil Conway, Brooklyn Museum, May 6
Visiting Artist, Ottawa School of Art, Ottawa, Canada, October
Visiting Artist, Oakland University, Detroit, MI, March, an interdisciplinary collaboration between
Oakland University's Honors College, Eye Research Institute, Department of Art and Art History, and
the Women's Studies Program
Gallery Talk, Brooklyn Museum, February 3
2006 Lecture, School of Art & Design, Alfred University
Lecture, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY, sponsored by the Institute of Optics, Memorial Art Gallery, and NYFA
2005 Speaker, "Visual Art and the Brain: At the Interface of Art and Science" sponsored by The Graduate Center of the
City University of New York and the New York Academy of Sciences, New York, NY
2004 Lecture, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
Lecture, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ
2003 Lecture/Visiting Artist, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO
Wichita State University, Wichita KS
2002 Gallery Talk, Yerba Buena Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA.
2001 Lecture, The Artist as Curator, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz
2000 Moderator, ELEMENTS 2000 Panel Discussion, Artists Talk On Art (ATOA), Soho, NY
3 Lectures, Artist/Curator's Talk: ELEMENTS 2000, sponsored by Snug Harbor Cultural Center, New York City
Lecture/Tour, ELEMENTS 2000, at HEREArt and Snug Harbor, sponsored by HEREArt, Soho, NY
Lecture, The Artist as Curator, sponsored by the Women's Caucus for Art, Ceres Gallery, Soho, NY
Lecture, The Artist as Curator, ArtGroup, New York City
Lecture, The Artist as Curator, sponsored by TheWoodstock Guild
1999 Lecture, Regis University, Denver, CO. 1998
Lecture, The Artist as Curator, co-sponsored by TheWoodstock Guild and Woodstock Artist's Association, Woodstock, NY
1998 Lecture, Curator's Workshop, Organization for Independent Artists, New York City
Lecture, Pen and Brush Club, New York City. 1997
Lecture, Women's Caucus for Art. Soho, NY
Lecture, , The Woodstock Guild, Woodstock NY
1997 Moderator, Multiplism as a Feminist Strategy, sponsored by the Women's Caucus for Art, Soho, NY
1996 Panelist, The Artist as Curator, sponsored by the Women's Caucus for Art, Soho, NY.
1995 Lecture, Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, NM. Lecture, Boise Public Library, Boise, ID
1994 Lecture, Colorado Institute of Art, Denver, CO. Lecture, Curtis Arts and Humanities Center, Denver, CO
1993 Lecture, University of Saint Thomas, Minneapolis, MN. 1992
Lecture, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR. Lecture, Portland College of Art, Portland, OR. 1991
Lecture, Denver Museum of Natural History, Denver, CO. Lecture, Jewish Community Center, Denver, CO
Lecture, Joslyn Castle, Omaha, NE. Lecture, Regis College, Denver, CO
Lecture, Bellermine College, Louisville, KY
Visiting Artist, Bellermine College, Louisville, KY.
OTHER
Juror, "Solo Shows 2002," Woodstock Artists Association, Woodstock, NY. 2001
Juror, "Projects 2000," Carriage House/Islip Art Museum installation show, East Islip, NY. 2000
Juror, "Access Gallery." Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY. 2000
Juror, "Altars and Other Sacred Sites," Artgroup, New York City.. 2000
Juror, Artist in Residence Program, Byrdcliffe Artist Colony, Woodstock, NY. 1998
Open Studio, Downtown/ Soho Arts Festival, New York City. 1997
Part Time Resident, Byrdcliffe Artist Colony, Woodstock, NY. May 1995- 2003
Site-Specific Installation, Christies Auction House, Benefit Auction for A.I.R. Society. New York City. 1994 & 1995
Executive Board Member, Women's Caucus for Art, NYC chapter, 1997- 1999
Membership chair, Sculptor's Alliance, New York City. 1995- 1999
Co-chair, Sculptor's Alliance, New York City. January 1993- January 1995
Resident, Byrdcliffe Artist Colony, Woodstock, NY. May 1993- September 1993
Juror, Regional Art Competition. Denver Public Schools, Denver, CO. 1991
Archive of Contemporary Artists, Yad Vashem Holocaust and Heroism Museum of Art, Jerusalem, Israel. 1997
EDUCATION
REGIS UNIVERSITY, Denver, CO. Bachelor of Arts, Summa Cum Laude, 1987.
COLORADO INSTITUTE OF ART, Denver, CO. Associates in Occupational Studies, finalist for best portfolio, 1981.
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