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2020 National Sculpture Society 87th Annual Awards Exhibition August 8 – October 25, 2020 Brookgreen Gardens Pawleys Island, South Carolina 87th Annual Prize Winners Exhibition November 30, 2020 – February 5, 2021 New York, New York 2020 National Sculpture Society 87th Annual Awards Exhibition August 8 – October 25, 2020 Brookgreen Gardens Pawleys Island, South Carolina 87th Annual Prize Winners Exhibition November 30, 2020 – February 5, 2021 New York, New York 1 Exhibitions Coordinators New York: Patricia Delahanty, National Sculpture Society South Carolina: Robin R. Salmon, Brookgreen Gardens ©National Sculpture Society 6 East 39th Street, Suite 903 New York, NY 10016 2 Table of CONTENTS Artists in the 87th Annual Awards Exhibition ............ 4 Introduction ........................................ 5 Catalogue of the Exhibition .........................8-35 Artists Biographies ................................38-42 National Sculpture Society Board of Directors ........... 43 List of Society Presidents .............................44 Exhibitions Committee .............................. 45 List of Awards ......................................45 Artist Members of the National Sculpture Society ......46-47 3 EXHIBITORS Artists in the 87th Annual Awards Exhibition Fellows Sculptor Members Associates John Belardo Douglas Aja Gegham Abrahamyan LeaAnn Cogswell Lindley Briggs Ezra Bookstein John Coleman Steven Alden Carpenter Morgan Dummitt Lee Hutt Kevin Chambers Leslie Hutto Joshua Koffman Angela Mia De la Vega Kristina Kossi Roger Martin Mick Doellinger Dave LaMure, Jr. Janice Mauro Martin Gates Thomas Player Sandy Scott George McMonigle Heather Rison Wesley Wofford David Richardson Brittany Ryan Jeremiah D. Welsh 4 INTRODUCTION A Letter from the NSS Executive Director 87th Annual Awards Exhibition This year brought an international pandemic, social isolation, disturbing images of police brutality, protests, and the violent destruction of public monuments across our nation and abroad. As our world changes around us at an accelerated pace, it is a welcome respite to enter the glorious Brookgreen Gardens. Here, one can take a truly deep breath, experience nature of the low country in all its glory, and view one of the best yet Annual exhibitions by the National Sculpture Society (NSS). The works of sculpture in the 87th Annual Exhibition celebrate the contemporary – and timeless – human figure, speak to the human experience, and explore our relationship to other forms of animal life. National Sculpture Society extends its thanks to all the art lovers, members, visitors, and staff members at Brookgreen Gardens who have supported the NSS Annual Exhibition with enthusiasm for over two decades. As this country’s premier sculpture garden of figurative work, Brookgreen Gardens is an ideal venue for an exhibition that celebrates excellence in sculpture that is inspired by the natural world. We are also deeply grateful to the exhibition prize-donors who are acknowledged in this catalogue for their encouragement of sculptors and sculpture, and to the members of both the jury of selection and the jury of awards for their part in contributing to a successful show. NSS supports a rotating exhibition schedule throughout the year at its own gallery in New York City and at venues around the country for the public to view contemporary sculpture, and for sculptors – both emerging and established – to exhibit their work. Please visit us in midtown Manhattan; we look forward to welcoming you! Gwen Pier, Executive Director National Sculpture Society 5 6 CATALOGUE National Sculpture Society Catalogue of the 87th Annual Awards Exhibition 7 Gegham Abrahamyan Lynnwood, WA The Chosen Bronze 78" x 14" x 14" 8 Douglas Aja Waterford, VT Morning’s Chill Bronze 16" x 6" x 8" 9 John Belardo Pine Plains, NY The Master and His Emissary Terracotta 14" x 46" x 10" 10 Ezra Bookstein Brooklyn, NY Adam Hydrocal with Applied Iron 35" x 22" x 15" 11 Lindley Briggs Newburyport, MA Field of Faces Cast Aluminum 1.5" x 20" x 16.5" 12 Steven Alden Carpenter York, ME The Sandman Bronze 14" x 10" x 4" 13 Kevin Chambers Atlanta, GA Dreamer Bronze/Marble 21" x 22" x 8" 14 LeaAnn Cogswell Windsor, CT Butterfly Terracotta 23.5" x 16" x 11.25" 15 John Coleman Prescott, AZ The Healer Bronze 24.5" x 15" x 12.5" 16 Angela Mia De la Vega Dallas, TX Sunshine Every Day Bronze 43" x 30" x 19" 17 Mick Doellinger Fort Worth, TX Reclining Nude Bronze 4.5" x 15" x 4" 18 Morgan Dummitt Upper Darby, PA Sketch for Harbinger Bronze 13.5" x 5.5" 19 Martin Gates Micanopy, FL Sacred Messenger Holly (wood) 10.5" x 7" x 7" 20 Lee Hutt South Hadley, MA Eye of the Beholder Painted Aqua Resin on Steel 23" x 12" x 8" 21 Leslie Hutto Pell City, AL Carpe Lepus Bronze & Copper Plate 17" x 14" x 6" 22 Joshua Koffman Philadelphia, PA Hevel Bronze 24" x 24" x 10" 23 Kristina Kossi New York, NY Peace Aqua Resin 56" x 11" x 10" 24 Dave LaMure, Jr. Kimberly, ID Nine Muses Bronze 25" x 15.25" x 15.25" 25 Roger Martin Albemarle, NC Easter Parade Bronze 25" x 11" x 9" 26 Janice Mauro Redding, CT The Listener Carved Oak 50" x 6" x 10" 27 George McMonigle Romansville, PA Rescued Sisters Stainless Steel 9" x 16" x 8" 28 Thomas Player Atlanta, GA The Plan Bronze 14" x 18" x .5" 29 David Richardson Berthoud, CO Gossip Cast Bronze on Black Granite 7.5" x 20" x 4" 30 Heather Rison South Jordan, UT Getting Into the Vortex Ceramic 14.5" x 7.5" x 11" 31 Brittany Ryan Laguna Beach, CA Midwest Mermaid Aqua Resin and Oil Paint 12" x 12" x 32" 32 Sandy Scott Lander, WY Flightless Tondo Bronze 3" x 17" x 17" 33 Jeremiah D. Welsh Colorado Springs, CO Cormorant and Moon Jellyfish Mahogany Faux-Finished Cast Resin, Copper Leaf and Wax 30.375" x 18.75" x 1.75" 34 Wesley Wofford Cashiers, NC Harriet Tubman – The Journey to Freedom Bronze 19.5" x 21" x 10" 35 36 BIOGRAPHIES National Sculpture Society Meet the Exhibitors 37 Gegham Abrahamyan Ezra Bookstein Lynnwood, WA Brooklyn, NY The Chosen Adam Bronze Hydrocal with Applied Iron 78" x 14" x 14" 35" x 22" x 15" Born in 1988, Gegham Abrahamyan earned his MFA in 2014 A good eye, a strong composition, and the ability to tell a story from the Yerevan State Academy of Fine Arts in his home has helped Ezra Bookstein in his dual careers as a documentary country of Armenia. He participated in numerous solo and group filmmaker and sculptor. In the 1990s, Bookstein studied three- exhibitions across Eastern and Western Europe and his 10-foot dimensional art at the University of Oregon before embarking on tall basalt carving of Saint Johannes Odzneci is installed in front of a film career that earned him many awards, including an Emmy. Ardvi Monastery of Saint Hovhannes. Since immigrating to the After 25 years in the film business, Bookstein reignited his love United States in 2017, Abrahamyan has settled into the vibrant for sculpture and enrolled at the Art Students League of New northwest art community of Seattle, WA. National Sculpture York. Studying with NSS Fellow Anthony Antonios and NSS Ettl Society awarded Abrahamyan the Bleifeld Memorial Grant in Grant winner Arslan, Bookstein has earned several honors for his 2020; an annual prize named in honor of former NSS President work including the Vivian Frankel Award (2016), Ann and Bruno and Fellow, Stanley Bleifeld (1924-2011), and given to a sculptor Lucchesi Award (2017), and the Nessa Cohen Grant (2018). whose body of work is inspired by nature. Lindley Briggs Douglas Aja Newburyport, MA Waterford, VT Field of Faces Morning’s Chill Cast Aluminum Bronze 1.5" X 20" x 16.5" 16" x 6" x 8" Lindley Briggs received her BA from Connecticut College (New Wildlife conservation artist Douglas Aja credits a formative trip to London, CT) and continued her studies in sculpture at the School Kenya in his youth for the recurring African themes prevalent in of the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, MA) and The Skowhegan his artwork today. Aja has exhibited with and earned awards from School of Painting and Sculpture (Skowhegan, ME). Briggs’ work the Society of Animal Artists, Artists for Conservation, Audubon has been featured in national publications such as Yankee Magazine, Artists, American Artists Professional League, and Allied Fine Woodworking, The New York Times, Art Business News and Artists of America. His sculptures are in the private collections The Boston Globe. A medallic artist as well, Briggs is a member of of elephant researchers Cynthia Moss and Joyce Poole, wildlife the International Art Medal Federation (FIDEM) and designed 60 cinematographer Martyn Colbeck, and the David Sheldrick medals for attending USA members and international delegates Wildlife Trust. Aja, an Elected Member of NSS, regularly exhibits at the 2018 FIDEM Congress (Ottawa, Canada). Briggs and her in National Sculpture Society’s Performance in Sculpture at the husband, sculptor Jeffrey Briggs, both became Elected Members of Straz Center (Tampa, FL) and has been included in two previous NSS in 2016. NSS Annuals (2012 & 2017). Steven Alden Carpenter John Belardo York, ME Pine Plains, NY The Sandman The Master and His Emissary Bronze Terracotta 14" x 10" x 4" 14" x 46" x 10" Originally from Northern Illinois, Steven Alden Carpenter NSS Fellow John Belardo was educated at the New York Academy has lived in York, ME for over 20 years. His sculpture has been of Art and the Newington Cropsey Academy of Art and served featured in The Art Guide, Artscope Magazine, Accent Magazine, as an apprentice in the studio of Richard McDermott Miller, Fine Arts Connoisseur, Portsmouth Magazine, Portsmouth Herald FNSS (1922-2004). He has exhibited at Vytlacil, Lodge Gallery, and on Maine’s Channel 6 News.