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About the Artist Internationally acclaimed artist Richard Erdman makes the impossible occur on a routine basis: From the seemingly grounded to the truly ethereal, his sculptures express a vitality which transcends their temporality. The inspirations for his creations are multi-faceted and varied. They do, however, have a common thread evolving from the artist's own reverence for nature, which was crystallized during his early years in Vermont. Erdman grew up in Dorset, Vermont at the foothills of the oldest marble quarries in the U.S., not surprisingly, these early experiences greatly influenced this sculptor’s life and work. He marveled at the cavernous shapes and formations of the quarries whose weather-beaten layers and textures unveiled the mystery of stone. He also engaged his passion of joyous physicality and risk-taking, leaping from high quarry walls to the water below, challenged by new heights and dreams. These two elements, a love of the medium and an intimate relationship with nature’s raw energy and beauty, inform his work today. Richard’s adaptability and his intimate understanding of the materials with which he sculpts have led to the creation of a prolific body of work which encompasses intimate maquettes to massive monumental works. Known for his forward-thinking, modern adaptations of marble and bronze sculptures in graceful, flowing designs, Richard Erdman’s massive marble sculptures weighing up to 50 tons defy gravity, bringing warmth and light to their resilient stone bodies. The artist’s work has been shown in more than 160 solo and group exhibitions throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. He has executed over 120 commissioned works for museums, public, and corporate collections. His work is held in collections in 52 countries worldwide for distinguished patrons such as The Minneapolis Institute of Art, Museum of Fine Art in Boston, Princeton University, The Rockefeller Collection in New York, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Four Seasons Park in Singapore, King Faisal Foundation in Riyadh, Shangri-La Hotel in Beijing, Bharti Airtel in New Delhi, and Handsome Fashion in Seoul. In 1985 PepsiCo commissioned Erdman to create the monumental sculpture titled Passage, which stands like a sentinel at the entrance to the esteemed Donald M. Kendall sculpture gardens at PepsiCo, considered to be one of the finest collections of 20th century outdoor sculpture. Carved from a massive 450 ton block of travertine, the 25 by 16 foot Passage is the largest sculpture in the world carved from a single block of travertine; it wondrously embodies lightness, fluidity, and grace, epitomizing Erdman’s ability to create the chimerical from the prosaic. Richard Erdman and his wife Madeleine live in Williston, Vermont and divide time between studios in Vermont and Italy. Claire Dammers 1 PUBLIC COLLECTIONS Handsome Fashion Inc. Rockefeller Collection SEOUL, KOREA NEW YORK, NY Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art RIDGEFIELD, CT Herbert Johnson Museum Sasak Peace Foundation CORNELL UNIVERSITY, TOKYO, JAPAN Allentown Art Museum ITHACA, NY ALLENTOWN, PA Seven Bridges Foundation Hilti Foundation GREENWICH, CT Belmont Group VADUZ, LICHTENSTEIN DALLAS, TX Shangri-La Hotel Hilton International BEIJING, CHINA Bowdoin College Museum of Arts SINGAPORE BRUNSWICK, ME Shelby Cullom Davis Foundation Ihilani Resort International BETHESDA, MD Carpathian Foundation OHAHU, HI KOSICE, SLOVAKIA Southern Vermont Art Center JP Morgan Chase MANCHESTER, VT Charles Stewart Mott Foundation NEW YORK, NY FLINT, MI Stratton Educational Foundation King Faisal Foundation STRATTON MTN., VT Conrad International Hotel RIYADH, Saud Arabia SINGAPORE Tel Aviv Museum of Art Lumière Place TEL AVIV, Israel Continental Development Corp. ST. LOUIS, MO Taipei, Taiwan The Menninger Foundation Maeda Environmental Art Co. TOPEKA, KS Dolly Fiterman Fine Arts TOKYO, JAPAN MINNEAPOLIS, MN Tia Foundation Mason Creek Park BOSTON, MA Donald M. Kendall Sculpture Houston, TX Gardens at PepsiCo United Nations PURCHASE, NY Marriott Hotel NEW YORK, NY BURLINGTON, VT Dorothy Alling Memorial Library United States Olympic Foundation WILLISTON, VT Mediterranean Cruise Lines STOWE, VT NAPLES, FL East West Institute University of St. Thomas NEW YORK, NY Methodist Hospital ST. PAUL, MN HOUSTON, TX EcoLean International A/S University of Vermont SWEDEN MGM Grand BURLINGTON, VT DETROIT, MI Enterprise Corporate Park Valley Hospital SHELTON, CT Minneapolis Institute of Art RIDGEWOOD, NJ MINNEAPOLIS, MN Fetzer Institute Weintraub Sculpture Garden KALAMAZOO, MI Museum of Fine Arts TEL AVIV, ISRAEL BOSTON, MA Four Seasons Hotel Weishaupt Museum of Art SINGAPORE Norton Museum of Art ULM, GERMANY PALM BEACH, FL Four Seasons Hotel Osborn Center ST. LOUIS, MO RYE, NY Four Seasons Park SINGAPORE Princeton University Art Museum PRINCETON, NJ Georgia Institute of Technology Ringling College of Art and Design ATLANTA, GA SARASOTA, FL Green Mountain Valley School WAITSFIELD, VT Robert Hull Fleming Museum BURLINGTON, VT Halkin Hotel LONDON, ENGLAND 2 CORPORATE COLLECTIONS Galveston-Houston Corporation Society Generale HOUSTON, TX SINGAPORE Air Products & Chemicals Inc. ALLENTOWN, PA Goldman, Sachs & Company UBS Bank NEW YORK, NY Hong Kong AKZO Nobel Inc, Arnhem THE NETHERLANDS Humana Corporation Westwood Energy Corporation LOUISVILLE, KY ABILENE, TX Altera Corporation SAN HOSE, CA Hunter Douglas Corp. Woodside Hotels and Resorts Pearl River, NY PARK, CA American International Group NEW YORK, NY IBM Corporation World Carpets, Inc. ESSEX JCT., VT DALTON, GA Andrew Corporation NEW YORK, NY International Silver Corporation Shangri-La Hotel MERIDEN, CT BEIJING, CHINA ANR Pipeline Corporation DETROIT, MI Johnson & Johnson Corporation Silverstein Properties NEW BRUSWICK, NJ NEW YORK, NY B.A.T. Industries PLC LONDON, ENGLAND Key Investment Company Society Generale MINNEAPOLIS, MN SINGAPORE Bechtel Corporation NEW YORK, NY Linclay Corporation Watermark L.L.C. CINCINNATI, OH SAN DIEGO, CA Bertholon Rowland Corporation DETROIT, MI Lindenmaier Praizisiou A.G. Westwood Energy Corporation LAUPHEIM, GERMANY ABILENE, TX Bharti Enterprises NEW DEHLI, INDIA Lytle Enterprises Woodside Hotels and Resorts SEATTLE, WA PARK, CA Blackstone Group MENLO PARK, CA Max Weishaupt Gmbh World Carpets, Inc. SCHWENDI, GERMANY DALTON, GA Canadian Corporate Funding MONTREAL, CANADA MBNA Bank America WILMINGTON, DE Cargill Corporation MINNEAPOLIS, M North American Cerutti Corporation PITTSBURGH, PA Centon Electronics Inc. IRVINE, CA Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation RARITAN, NJ CJX Holdings TEQUESTA, FL Pardee Resources Company PHILADELPHIA, PA Credit Suisse First Boston NEW YORK, NY PKV Racing INDIANAPOLIS, IL Deutsche Bank NEW YORK, NY Rossignol Ski Corporation PARK CITY, UT Dynamic Gunver Technologies MANCHESTER, CT Rowe-Smith Oil Corporation SAN ANTONIO, TX Enrich Oil Corporation ABILENE, TX Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines OSLO, NORWAY Enterprise Corporate Park SHELTON, CT S.G.F. Scultura CARRARA, ITALY Evans Corporation CHICAGO, IL Silverstein Properties NEW YORK, NY 3 NOTABLE Prime Minister Tony Blair UNITED KINGDOM Chancellor Helmut Kohl GERMANY Prime Minister Jean Chretien CANADA President Vojisilav Kostunica FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUKOSLAVIA Prime Minister Josef Tosovsky CZECH REPUBLIC Dr. Javiar Solana SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION Finance Minister Alexei Leonidovich Kudrin RUSSIA Foreign Minister Anna Lindh SWEDEN Foreign Minister Ismain Cem REPUBLIC OF TURKEY Foreign Minister George Papandreau GREECE Senator Frank Lautenberg NEW JERSEY Paolo Scaroni CEO OF ENI S.P.A. Nursulan Nazarbayev PRESIDENT OF KAZAKHSTAN 4 SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2016 Old Town Gallery 1989 White PARK CITY, UT Francis Colburn Gallery Melissa Morgan Fine Art BURLINGTON, VT Palm Desert, CA 2001 OTG Fine Art Old Town Gallery 2015 PARK CITY, UT PARK CITY, UT Elements in Motion Galerie d’Orsay 2000 1988 BOSTON, MA Old Town Gallery Weintraub Gallery PARK CITY, UT NEW YORK, NY Richard Erdman, Stone and Bronze Galerie ArtZiwna, Southern Vermont Art Center 1987 VIENNA, AUSTRIA MANCHESTER, VT Weintraub Gallery NEW YORK, NY 2012 1999 Marble Weeks 2012 Old Town Gallery 1986 Piazza Alberica PARK CITY, UT Southern Vermont Art Center CARRARA, ITALY MANCHESTER, VT 1998 Three Decades of Sculpture Notices Gallery 1985 Madison Gallery SINGAPORE Weintraub Gallery LA JOLLA, CA NEW YORK, NY 1997 2011 The Landon Gallery 1984 The Modern Tradition NEW YORK, NY Old Town Gallery West Branch Gallery PARK CITY, UT STOWE, VT J.J. Brookings Gallery SAN FRANCISCO, CA 1982 Erdman and Esbin, American Gallery Cortina Sculptors 1994 ASPEN, CO Galerie am Lindenplatz Notices Gallery LICHTENSTEIN SINGAPORE Byck Gallery LOUISVILLE, KY 2008 Hartley Gallery Erdman & Leestemaker CARMEL, CA First State Bank Galerie d’Orsay ABILENE, TX BOSTON, MA 1993 Old Town Gallery 1981 2007 PARK CITY, UT Limited Art Editions Gallery MODA NEW YORK, NY SANTA FE, NM Francis Colburn Gallery BURLINGTON, VT 1980 2006 Frank Wood Gallery Modern Masters Fine Art Hartley Hill Gallery HOUSTON, TX PALM DESERT, CA CARMEL, CA 1979 2005 1992 Frank Wood Gallery Modern Masters Fine Art Weintraub Gallery HOUSTON, TX PALM DESERT, CA NEW YORK, NY 1977 Cavalier Galleries Hartley Hill Gallery Francis Colburn Gallery NEW YORK, NY CARMEL, CA BURLINGTON, VT 2004 Kristal Gallery Southern Vermont Art Center Cavalier Galleries WARREN, VT MANCHESTER, VT GREENWICH, CT 1990 Byck Gallery 2003 Weintraub Gallery LOUISVILLE, KY Elizabeth Edwards Fine Art NEW YORK, NY PALM DESERT, CA Southern Vermont Art Center MANCHESTER, VT 2002 Elizabeth Edwards Fine Art NANTUCKET,