DON PORCARO

Sculpture
About the Artist

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011 - Kouros Gallery, New York, NY (catalog)
2010 - Drew University, Madison, NJ
2009 - Kouros Gallery, New York, NY (catalog)
- The Loomis-Chaffee School, Windsor, CT
2008 - Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN
- Fredrieke Taylor Gallery, New York, NY
2006 - Kouros Gallery, New York, NY (catalog)
2005 - Lowe Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- Allyn Gallup Gallery, Sarasota, FL
2004 - University Gallery, University of Florida, Gainesville; Crossley Gallery,
Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL. “The Object of Time;
Charting a Decade (catalog)
- Lowe Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2003 - Kouros Gallery, New York, NY
2002 - Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
- Byron Cohen Gallery for Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
- Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY (catalog)
2001 - Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2000 - Kouros Gallery, New York, NY
- Elena Zang Gallery, Shady, NY
1998 - Kouros Gallery, New York, NY
1997 - Cohen-Berkowitz Gallery, Kansas City, MO
- Nancy Solomon Gallery, Atlanta, GA,
1996 - Kouros Gallery, New York, NY
1995 - The Atlanta Botanical Gardens, Atlanta, GA
1994 - Kouros Gallery, New York, NY
- Nancy Solomon Gallery, Atlanta, GA
- Trinity Church, NYC
1990 - 55 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY
- Chenango County Art Center, Norwich, NY
1986 - Genest Gallery, Lambertville, NJ
1979 - Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY
1975 - Jersey City College Courtney Gallery, Jersey City, NJ

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND OUTDOOR INSTALLATIONS

2011 - Rockland Center for the Arts,West Nyack, NY. “Toy Story”
- Kouros Gallery, NYC. “Accrochage”
- Portoroz, Slovenia. “Forma Viva 50th Anniversary”
2010 - Art Athena, Athens, Greece
- Kouros Gallery, NYC. “Dialogues”
- Alma in Manhattan, NYC. “Your Documents Please”
2009 - The Educational Alliance, NYC. “Better Half” curated by David Gibson
- Kouros Gallery, NYC. “Accrochage”
- The Art Lot, Brooklyn, NY. “Summer Show” (outdoor sculpture installation)
- Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN. Summer Showing Gallery Artists
- Galeria Ajolote Arte Contemporaneo, Jalisco, Mexico; Galerie Kurt im Hirsch,
Berlin, Germany; Galeria Z, Bratislava, Slovakia. “Your Documents Please”
- Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN. “Food for the Soul”
- Gallery MC, New York, NY. “Grand Tour 2”
2008 - Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY. “Couples” curated by Karen Shaw
- ZAIM, Yokahama, and MAC-Itami, Itami, Japan; 2B Galeria, Budapest,
Hungary. “Your Documents Please”
- Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN. “First Growth and Perennials”
2007 - Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY. “Free Play” curated by Judith Page
- Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN. “Packages Large and Small”
- Kouros Gallery, New York, NY. “Small Scale Sculpture”
2006 - Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY. “Peace Tower/Whitney
Biennial”
- Red Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA. “Pull”
- Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN. “Small Packages 12”
2005 - Kouros Gallery, New York, NY. “TableTop: small works by gallery artists”
- Solomon Projects, Atlanta, GA. “Oceans Inspire Art, Art Benefits Oceans”
- Gallery MC, New York, NY. “Works on Paper”
2004 - Heidi Cho Gallery, New York, NY. “A Coat Of…”
- Collaborative Concepts, Beacon, NY. “Slippage: Form and Image in the
Disjunction,” curated by Don Porcaro
2003 - Byrdcliffe Art Center, Woodstock, NY. Centennial Exhibition
- Elena Zang Gallery, Shady, NY. Outdoor Sculpture
2001 - Baird Center, The Gallery of South Orange, South Orange, NJ. “Earthline”
- Global Art Source, Zurich, Switzerland. “Cross Culture”
2000 - The Sculpture Center, New York, NY. “Spring Benefit 2000”
- North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND; Akus Gallery, East Conn. State
Univ., Willnantic, CT; Illinois University Art Gallery, Normal, IL;
Parsons School of Design, NY, NY. “Drawing In The Present Tense”
1999 - Kouros Gallery, New York, NY. “Twelve Duets”
- Clifton Sculpture Park, Clifton, NJ
- Elena Zang Gallery, Shady, NY, Outdoor Sculpture Show
- Royal College of Art, London, UK. “Absolut Secret”
1998 - Suffolk County Community College, Seldon, NY, “West Side Meet East End”
- Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, FL, “Shaping Space: Drawings by Six
Contemporary Sculptors”
- Hunterdon Museum, Clifton, NJ, “Form and Space: A Dialogue”
- Elena Zang Gallery, Shady, NY, Outdoor Sculpture Show 1998
- Kouros Sculpture Center, Ridgefield, Ct. Outdoor exhibition
- Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ, Spring exhibition
- Jeffrey Coploff Gallery, New York, NY, “Small”
1997 - Monte Carlo, France, “VI Biennial de Monte Carlo”
- Royal College of Art, London, UK, “Absolut Secret 1997”
- Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, FL, “The Resonance of Paint”
- Kouros Sculpture Center, Ridgefield, CT, Outdoor exhibition
- Elena Zang Gallery, Woodstock, NY, Outdoor sculpture exhibition
1996 - Nancy Solomon Gallery, Atlanta, GA
- Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ , “Associated Media”
- Kouros Sculpture Center, Ridgefield, CT, Outdoor exhibition
- Elena Zang Gallery, Woodstock, NY, Outdoor sculpture exhibition
- Chelsea Market Gallery, Chelsea, NY, “Slag,” curated by Mark Mennin
- Elena Zang Gallery, “Miniature Works by Major Artists,” Woodstock, NY
1995 - Nancy Solomon Gallery, Atlanta, GA, “Paper Works”
- College Art Gallery, SUNY New Paltz, “Hudson Valley Artists ‘95: Domestic
Polices,” curated by Nina Felshin
- Kouros Gallery, New York, NY, "Introductions"
- The Open Center, NYC; Paterson Museum, Paterson, NJ; University Art Gallery
- University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, "From Celestial to Earthly: Exploring the
Environment Through Ourselves," curated by Jane Schneider
1994 - Krasdale Corporate Headquarters Gallery, White Plains, NY
- Kouros Sculpture Center, Ridgefield, CT, Outdoor exhibition
1993 - New York Downtown Hospital, NYC, "Art Show 2"
- Kouros Gallery Sculpture Center, Ridgefield, CT, Outdoor exhibition
- Bill Bace Gallery, East Hampton, NY, "Introductions"
1992 - Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY, Outdoor installation
- Kouros Gallery Sculpture Center, Ridgefield, CT, Outdoor exhibition
- Kouros Gallery, NYC, "Sculptors' Drawings"
- Bill Bace Sculpture Fields, Sagaponack, NY, Outdoor exhibition
- Trenkmann Gallery, NYC, “Action”
- 450 Broadway, NYC, "Large Drawing"
- Bill Bace Gallery, NYC, "Large Scale"
1991 - Triplex Gallery, NYC, "Natural Materials"
- Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, NY, "Inaugural Show," Outdoor installation
- Genest Gallery Sculpture Garden, Lambertville, NJ, Outdoor exhibition
- Bill Bace Gallery, NYC, group show
1990 - Genest Gallery Sculpture Garden, Lambertville, NJ, Outdoor exhibition
1989 - Burlington Community College, Pemberton, NJ, Outdoor exhibition
1989 - Ann Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID, "Sculpture Visions Transformed"
- Genest Gallery Sculpture Garden, Lambertville, NJ, Outdoor exhibition
1987 - Genest Gallery Sculpture Garden, Lambertville, NJ, Outdoor exhibition
- Lever-Myerson Gallery, NYC, "Modern and Contemporary Masters"
- Sandra Gering Fine Arts, Oyster Bay, NY
- Genest Gallery Sculpture Garden, Lambertville, NJ, Outdoor exhibition
1986 - 50 West Gallery, NYC, "Sculpture and Abstraction"
- Cheltenham Art Center, Beaver College, Philadelphia, PA, "Sculpture
Outdoors"
- Sandra Gering Fine Arts, Oyster Bay, NY
- Genest Gallery, Lambertville, NJ
1985 - Garden of St. Bartholemew's Church, NYC, Outdoor exhibition
- 50 West Gallery, NYC, "Interpretations of the Southwest"
- Atlantic Gallery, NYC, "Time, Chance, Entropy"
1982 - New York Cultural Center, NYC, "Artists Who Teach"
- South Beach Sculpture Garden, Staten Island, NY, Outdoor installation
1981 - Wards Island, NYC, Outdoor installation

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2010 - Goodman, Jonathan. “Don Porcaro at Kouros Gallery.” Sculpture, March 2010
- Kreel, Amanda. “Don Porcaro: A New York-Based Sculptor Brings his
Imagination to Life and his Art to Drew University.” The Alternative
Press.com, February 8, 2010
2008 - Budick, Ariella. “ Review: ‘Couples’ at Islip Art Museum.” New York
Newsday, April 11, 2008.
- Genocchio, Benjamin. “Married to Art and to Each Other. The New York
Times, April 27, 2008.
2007 - Goodman, Jonathan. “The Monster and the Child: Don Porcaro.” Featured
profile, Sculpture, June 2007.
- Goleas, Janet M. “Playabout.” Closewin, Summer 2007.
2006 - Bryant, Eric. “Don Porcaro.” ARTnews, December, 2006.
2004 - Benatti, Michelle. “University Galleries Mark 40th With Varied Exhibits.”
The Gainesville Sun, October 7, 2004.
- Costello, Kevin. “Couple’s Art Complements, Contrasts.” Sarasota Herald
- Tribune, December 5, 2004.
- Genocchio, Benjamin. “A Backup Plan With Fine Results.” The New York
Times, May 30, 2004.
- Sheffield, Margaret. “Woodstock, New York Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition.”
- Sculpture, May 2004.
2003 - Koplos, Janet. “Don Porcaro and Leslie Wayne at Dorsky Museum.” Art
in America, March 2003.
- Landi, Ann. “Don Porcaro.” ARTnews, June 2003.
2002 - Fintz, Jeanette. “Don Porcaro, ‘Oracle’ at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art.”
The Artful Mind, September 2002.
- Kirsch, Elizabeth. “Art Shows.” The Kansas City Star, February 8, 2002.
2001 - Sheffield, Margaret. “Don Porcaro at Kouros Gallery.” Sculpture Magazine,
April, 2001.
2000 - Zimmer, William. “Untitled, Leaving Viewers on Their Own.” The
New York Times, February 13, 2000.
1999 - Everett, Deborah. “Drawing in the Present Tense.” NYArts, November 1999.
- Karlins, N.F. “Drawing Notebook.” artnet.com - magazine
1998 - Bischoff, Dan. “Sculptors share space at museum.” The Star-Ledger,
March 6, 1998.
- Marger, Mary Ann. “Not by sculpture alone...” St. Petersburg Times,
September 4, 1998.
1998 - Milani, Joanne. “Area art museums offering mixture of texture, technology.”
The Tampa Tribune Times, September 13, 1998.
- Mullen, Rachel. “Form and space, and an artist’s journey.” Hunterdon Review,
March 25, 1998.
- Schwabsky, Barry. “Form and Space: A Dialogue at Hunterdon Museum of Art”
The New York Times, March 29, 1998
- Jinkner-Lloyd, Amy. “Southern Exposure.” Art and Antiques, April 1997.
- Lane, Dakota. “Garden of bronze, bluestone, and steel delights.” Woodstock
Times, July 17, 1997.
1997 - Marger, Mary Ann. “Peeling Through the Layers.” St. Petersburg Times,
September 26, 1997.
- Milani, Joanne. “Paint’s the focus in show at Dunedin Fine Art Center.” The
Tampa Tribune, September 4, 1997.
1997 - Purcell, Janet. “Mixing Things up at the Grounds.” The Trenton Times,
January 10, 1997.
- Wasserman, Burton. Art Matters, February 1997.
- Zimmer, William. “Crop of New Names, Fields of Sculpture.” The New York
Times, August 17, 1997.
1996 - Glueck, Grace. “Don Porcaro.” New York Times, July 5, 1996.
- Zimmer, William. “Don Porcaro, Sculpture.” Catalogue essay.
- Norklun, Kathi. Elena Zang Gallery, Woodstock Times, August 29, 1996
1995 - Locke, Donald. “Paper Weight.” Creative Loafing, November 18, 1995.
1994 - Melrod, George. “Multimedia Visions of Reality; Artists Explore New Methods
of Expression.” Art and Antiques, December 1994.
- Raynor, Vivien. “Exhibit by Italian-Americans Poses Questions About
Ethnicity.” New York Times, December 25, 1994.
1992 - Maffei, Nick. guest editor. Appearances Magazine.
1986 - “In the Open.” Daily Intelligencer, September 8, 1986.
1985 - Brensen, Michael. “What's New Around Town in Outdoor Sculpture.”
New York Times Weekend, July 19, 1985.
- Grove, Nancy. “Interpretations of the Southwest.” ARTS Magazine, December
- Palmer-Poroner, Bruno. “Sculpture Environment.” Artspeak, June 1, 1985.
1982 - Glueck , Grace. “A Critic's Guide to Outdoor Sculpture Shows.”
New York Times Weekend, June 11, 1982.

AWARDS

2011 Academic Leave (1 semester)
U.S. Representative, Forma Viva Sculpture Symposium, Slovenia
2010 Faculty Development Grant, Parsons The New School for Design
2009 Academic Leave (1 semester)
2008 Faculty Development Grant, Parsons The New School for Design
2007 Faculty Development Grant, Parsons The New School for Design
2002 New York Foundation for the Arts/New York State Council on the
Arts SOS Grant
1996 Academic Leave, Parsons School of Design
1994 Faculty Development Grant, Parsons School of Design
1991 Teaching Excellence Award, Parsons School of Design
1990 Faculty Development Grant, Parsons School of Design
1989 Faculty Development Grant, Parsons School of Design

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Ackerman Securities, Atlanta, GA
Barkley & Evergreen, Kansas City, MO
City University of New York, Staten Island
City of South Orange, NJ
DST Reality, Kansas City, MO
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
McBride Medical Center, Oklahoma
The Hay Group, NYC/Philadelphia, PA
The Minet Insurance Corporation, NYC
The New School for Social Research, NYC
The Progressive Corporation, Cleveland, OH
Radford University Art Center, Radford, VA
Rhone-Poulenc Rorer, Inc., Collegeville, PA
South Bay Centre, Gardena, CA
Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO

CATALOGUES

2011 - “Don Porcaro, Volume 3.” Kouros Gallery, New York, NY
2009 - “Don Porcaro, Volume 2.” Kouros Gallery, New York, NY
2008 - “Couples.” Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY
2006 - “Don Porcaro.” Kouros Gallery, New York, NY
2005 - “A Coat Of…” Heidi Cho Gallery, New York, NY
2004 - “The Object of Time; Charting a Decade.” University Gallery, University of
Florida, Gainesville; Crossley Gallery, Ringling School of Art and Design,
Sarasota, FL. Essay by Amy Dickerson.
2002 - “Don Porcaro and Leslie Wayne.” Essay by Nadine Wasserman. Samuel
Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY
2001 - “Cross Culture.” Global Art Source, Zurich, Switzerland
1999 - “Drawing In The Present Tense.” New York, NY
1998 - “Spring Exhibition.” Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
1997 - “VI Biennale de Sculpture Monte-Carlo.” Monaco, France
1996 - “Don Porcaro - Sculpture and Works on Paper.” Essay by William Zimmer,
Kouros Gallery Exhibition, New York, NY
- “Associated Media.” Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
1993 - “Sculpture Outdoors.” Kouros Sculpture Center, Ridgefield, CT

EDUCATION

1976 - MFA, Sculpture, Columbia University, NYC
1973 - Montclair State College, Montclair, NJ
1972 - BFA, Fine Arts, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, NJ

OTHER EXPERIENCE

ACADEMIC:
Parsons The New School for Design:
2009 – 2010 Associate Professor, Dept. of Fine Arts
2008 – 2009 Associate Professor/Dir. of Undergraduate Programs, Dept. of Fine Arts
2006 – 2008 Associate Professor/Chair, Department of Fine Arts
2003 - 2006 Full Time Faculty/Chair, Department of Fine Arts
1999 - 2003 Full Time Faculty/Associate Chair, Fine Arts Department
1984 - 1999 Full Time Faculty, Sculpture, Fine Arts Department
1975 - 1984 Instructor, Undergraduate Sculpture, Fine Arts DepartmentFarleigh Dickinson University:
1973 - 1974 Instructor, Theater OTHER PROFESSIONAL:
2011 Visiting Artist/lecturer, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
U.S. Representative, Forma Viva Sculpture Symposium, Slovenia
2010 Artist lecture and Thesis Reviewer, Drew University, Madison, NJ
2009 – present Member, ASAPP (Association of Sustainable Arts Professional Practices
2007 – 2008 Review Panelist, Legal Art, Miami, FL
2008 Speaker/Panelist, Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation Annual
Summit on Best Professional Practice for Visual Artists, Chicago, IL
2007 Panelist, Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL
2006 Visiting Artist, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
2004 Visiting Artist, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Visiting Artist, Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
2002 Visiting Artist, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY New Paltz, NY
1995 Visiting Artist, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
1975 Visiting Artist, Jersey City State College, Jersey City, NJ