Résumé

Lee Tribe

Born October 3, 1945

155 Wooster Street, 7F, New York, NY, 10012

646-761-6977

One-person exhibitions

2012 Installation of Public Sculpture, Newport News, VA
2011 Iron and Bronze, New York Studio School, New York, NY
2007 Robert Steele Gallery, New York, NY
2004 Muse Etnografico, S’Bras de Alportel, Algarve, Portugal
2003 Sculpture and Drawings, EUC Art Gallery, Univ. of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
2002 Galeria Municipal de Arte Trem, Faro, Portugal
Robert Steele Gallery, New York, NY
2001 Robert Steele Gallery, New York, NY
Art at Pfizer, 150 Building, New York, NY
Amerin Café, Curated by Scott Aldridge, Brooklyn, NY 1998-2002 Lee Tribe at 100 Broadway, Curated by Randolph & Tate Associates, NY
1997 Robert Steele Gallery, New York, NY
1995 J.J. Brookings Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1994 Victoria Munroe Gallery, New York, NY
Robert Morrison Gallery, New York, NY
Retrospective, Holden Gallery, Manchester Metropolitan Museum, Manchester, England (Funded in Part by The Dayton Trust)
Phillipe Staib Gallery, Kent, CT
1991 Victoria Munroe Gallery, New York, NY
Bingham Kurts Gallery, Memphis, TN
Lee Tribe, RVS Fine Art, Southampton, NY
Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT
1990 Victoria Munroe Gallery, New York, NY
1989 Lisa Kurts Gallery, Memphis, TN
1988 Victoria Munroe Gallery, New York, NY
Sculpture Space Inc., Utica, NY
Madeleine Carter Fine Arts, Boston, MA
J.J. Brookings Gallery, San Jose, CA
1986 Victoria Munroe Gallery, New York, NY
Jan Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1985 Madeleine Carter Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1984 Victoria Munroe, New York, NY
1983 Madeleine Carter Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1981 Air Gallery, London, England
1977 Summer Show Three, Garden of the Serpentine Gallery, London, U.K.

Group Exhibitions

2016 Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
2015 The Presence of Form, N.Y. Studio School, New York, NY
2015 Construction Industry, Cur. Geoff Rigden, Deptford Bridge, London
2015 Contemporary Assemblage and Construction, SLAM, London, England (curated by Geoffrey Rigdan)
2015 Sideshow Nation III: Circle the Wagons, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Summer Show, Royal Academy of Art, London, England
2014 American Academy Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Art and Design, New York, NY
2014 Sculpture at Greenwald Gardens, Shorthills, NJ
2014 Sideshow Nation II: At the Alamo, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Come Together: Surviving Sandy, Year, Industry City, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Alumni Association Exhibition, New York, NY
2013 Nation, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2012 mic:check (The: human mic), Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Sculptors’ Drawings, Pangolin Gallery, London, England
2012 Sculpture by the Sea, Perth, Australia
2011 Sculpture by the Sea, Sydney, Australia
2010 Iron: Forged, Tempered, Quenched, Houston Center For Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
2009 Yoshi Tomikura Second Art Exhibition, Higashi Hiroshima, Japan
Open City, Curated by Sean Scully, New York Studio School, NYC, NY
It’s a Beautiful Life, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2008 American Academy of Arts and Letters Invitational Exhibition, New York, NY
2007 Sculpture in the Park 2006-07, The C. Konner Sculpture Park, Rockland
Center for the Arts, Curated by Bill Hochhausen & Harriet Hyams
Juried Show, Boltax Gallery, Shelter Island, NY
2006 Robert Steele Gallery, Sculpture and Drawing, New York, NY
New York Studio School, Sculptors’ Drawings, Sculpture Department Annex, Brooklyn (Dumbo), NY
2004-2006 Tom Bendham: Collector and Artist, Contemporary Art Society, Traveling Exhibition, Galleries and Museums throughout Great Britain
2005 MOD, Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
American Academy of Arts and Letters Invitational Exhibition, New York, NY
2004 September Show, Muse Etnografico, S’Bras de Aiportel, Algarve, Portugal
Neither Here Nor There, curated by Dewitt Cornell, Robert Steele Gallery, New York, NY
Pray for Peace – Driscoll, Franks, Higashida, Tribe, Motoazabu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Degrees of Abstraction, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
Vulnerability, New York Studio School, Curated by Bill Jensen
2003 Drawings, Greenbean Gallery, Greensboro, NC
2002 177th Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, New York, NY
Made in Brooklyn, Curated by Phong Bui, The Brooklyn Rail, Whyte Studio, Brooklyn, NY
2001 Sculpture: Lee Tribe; Painting, Hector Leonardi, Robert Steele Gallery, NY, NY Stephanie L Franks & Lee Tribe: Making & Collecting, Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford College, Haverford, PA
Beckoning Vision, curated By Karen Wilkin, New York Studio School, NY
2000 Welded Sculpture of the Twentieth Century, curated by Judy Collischan, Neuberger Museum of Art, SUNY Purchase, Purchase, NY
On the City: Urban Realities and Fantasies, Curated by Irving Sandler, New York
Studio School, New York, NY
Splendid, Splendid, curated by Matt Unterman Brooklyn, NY
1999 Marcia Childs Gallery, Princeton, NJ
Alumni Drawings: Raw Seeing, New York Studio School, New York, NY
1998 Gallery Artists, Robert Steele Gallery, New York, NY
M. Sugiyama Gallery, Whistler, BC, Canada
Faculty +1: Drawings, New York Studio School, New York, NY
1997 Robert Steele Gallery, New York, NY
Vault Series: Sculptors, New Bedford Art Museum, MA
1996 Alumni Show curated by Michael Brenson, New York Studio School, New York, NY
Kouros Gallery Summer Show, New York, New York
Kouros Gallery Sculpture Park, Ridgefield, CT
“Slag” Sculpture at Chelsea Market, Curated by Marc Menin, New York, NY 1995 Art at Hammerson’s, 100 Park Lane, London, England
Coming to Form, curated by G. Nichols, Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY
Sculpture Space: Celebrating 20 Years, Munson Williams Proctor Institute, Utica, NY
1995 Sculpture: Tribe, Hardy, Novatt, Witkin, Marc de Montebello Gallery, New York, NY
Inaugural Show, J.J. Brookings Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Past & Present Sculpture, New York Studio School, New York, NY
The Box Show, K&E Gallery, New York, NY
1994 Inaugural Exhibition, Corr Contemporary Art, London, England
Selected Works, Bingham Kurts Gallery, Memphis, TN
1993 NY 50, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY
Small Works Sculpture Show: Lee Tribe, William Tucker, Isaac Witkin, Robert Morrison Gallery, New York, NY
Art From New York, curated by Zero Higashida, Higashi Hiroshima Museum, Hiroshima, Japan
1992 Tribe, Franks, Knowles, Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, NY
Jacques Kaplan, Sculpture Garden, Kent, CT
Unicef Show, Robert Morrison Gallery, New York, NY
1991 Collection of Mortalla Diop, Museum of Art, Dakar, Senegal
Ruth Hardinger, Lee Tribe, William Tucker, Yuriko Yamaguchi, Philippe Staib Gallery, New York, NY
Hector Leonardi & Lee Tribe, RVS Gallery, Southampton, NY
1990 Objects and Entities, University Art Gallery, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
Flowers and Art, Dixon Art Gallery, Memphis, TN
Selected Artists, Victoria Munroe Gallery, New York, NY
Gallerie International Arte, Quinta Do Lago Almansil, Portugal
Wood & Steel, Philippe Staib Gallery, New York, NY
The Second Hunt’s Point Sculpture Park Exhibit, Hunt’s Point, Bronx, NY
Art Connections, Harrowgate, England
Before Sculpture, Sculptor’s Drawings, Curated By Stephen Williams, New York Studio School, New York, NY
1989 Snug Harbor Sculpture Festival, Curated by Elizabeth Egbert, Snug Harbor Culural Center, NY
1988 New Guinea Comparisons, Curated by Marc Mancini Stuben Park Gallery Utica, NY
Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
Three Faculty Members, Suzanne Lemburg Usdan Gallery, Bennington College, Bennington, VT
1985 Twentieth Anniversary Show, New York Studio School, New York, NY
Waterfront Art Show, Empire Fulton Ferry State Park, Brooklyn, NY
Today’s Painters and Sculptors, 385 North, Los Angeles, CA
Tenth Anniversary Show, Air Gallery, London, England
1984 Janus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Waterfront Art Show, Empire Fulton Ferry Gallery State Park, Brooklyn, NY
Inaugural Exhibition, Victoria Munroe Gallery, New York, NY
1983 British Art, New Directions, Puck Building, New York, NY
Small Works, Brooklyn Arts and Culture Association, Curated by Irving Sandler, (Juror’s Award) Brooklyn, NY
Artists Choose Artists II, Curated by Jack Flam, CDS Gallery, New York, NY
Lucky Strike Gallery, New York, NY
Fourth International Biennale of Sculpture, Skironio Museum, Athens, Greece
1982 Critic’s Choice, Atlantis Gallery, London, England Summer Show, Nicola Jacobs Gallery, London, England
Small Works, Brooklyn Arts and Culture Association, Brooklyn, NY
1981 Visual Arts Gallery, State University of New York, Purchase, NY
Faculty Show, New York Studio School, New York, NY
Third International Biennale of Sculpture, Skironio Museum, Athens, Greece
1980 Olympic Celebration Show, Sculpture Space, Utica, NY
Sculpture at Columbia Plaza, Washington, DC
Sculptor’s Studies, Traveling Show, Lake George Arts Project, USA
1979 Homage to David Smith, Prospect Mountain, Lake George, NY
1978-1979 Sculpture, New York Studio School, New York, NY
1977 St. Martin’s South Bank Show, London, England
Sculpture Garden, Abington Arts Centre, Oxfordshire, England
1976 Sculpture in Two Landscapes, Kenwood and Hillingdon, London, England
1975 New Contemporaries, Camden Arts Centre, London, England
Sculpture at Greenwich, Crooms Hills, London, England
1974 New Contemporaries, Camden arts Centre, London, England
Six Sculptors, Chelsea Gallery, London, England

Awards & honors

2011 Opening Speaker, Sculpture by the Sea, Sydney, Australia
2010 Elected as Member of National Academy of Arts, New York, NY
1991 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Fellowship in Sculpture
1989 Corange Ltd Fellowship at Djerassi Artists Program, Woodside, CA
1994 Winner – International Sculpture Center Bronze Casting Competition
1987-1988 Guggenheim Fellow in Sculpture
1982-1983 Ingram Merrill Award in Sculpture
1979-1981 Supervising Artist Apprenticeship Program, Dept. of Cultural Affairs, New York, NY
1978 Art Council of Great Britain Award in Sculpture City and Guilds of London Institute, 1966 Best Student, Welding, Thurrock Technical College, UK

Selected workshops, residencies, selection committees and panels

2014 Selection Committee, Fulbright Scholarships, New York, NY
2005 Host Artist to Royal Academy American Patrons studio visits, chaired by Sarah Foote, New York, NY
2004 Judge for Scholarships, Art Students League, New York, NY
2003 Artist in Residence, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
1998 Judge for Scholarships, Art Students League, New York, NY
1996 Guest Artist and Workshop Leader, Contemporary Artworks, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Judge on Scholastic Awards U.S.A. – Art & Writing
Guest Artist, Emma Lake Artists Workshop, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
1993 Resident, Djerassi Artists Program, Woodside, CA
1990 Panel, Triangle Workshop, Green Street, NY
“Sculptor’s Drawings” Panel, chaired by Stephen Williams, NY Studio School, NY
1989 Triangle Workshop, Pine Plains, NY
Funded Residency, Sculpture Space, Utica, NY

Selected Collections

Arts Council of Great Britain
Autozone, Memphis, TN
Borden Inc., Columbus, OH
Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL
City of Higashi Hiroshima, Japan
Contemporary Arts Society of Great Britain
The Devonshire Group, Boston, MA
The Grand Hyatt Hotel, Washington, DC
Huntington National Bank, OH
Leicester Education Department, Great Britain
Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, England
Museum of the City of Northampton, Northamptonshire, Great Britain
Neuberger Museum of Art, NY
Ornamental Metals Museum, Memphis, TN
Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, New York, NY
Saturn Automobile, Memphis, TN
The Storm King Sculpture Center, NY
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC
Westminster Financial Corporation, Beverly Hills, CA
Other corporate and private collections in Great Britain and the U.S.

Education

1977 Recipient of Barnett Newman Scholarship, New York Studio School, New York, NY
1976-1977 Birmingham School of Art, England, M.A. (European Equivalent to M.F.A.)
1974-1975 St. Martin’s School of Art, England, Advanced Certificate in Sculpture/M.F.A. Equivalent
1971-1974 St. Martin’s School of Art, England, B.A., 1st Class Honors
1970-1971 Thurrock Technical College, England, Foundation Course
1961-1969 Apprentice and journeyman, boilmaker/plater, City and Guilds Full Technical
Certificates in Welding, London Docks, England

Teaching

2012 Vermont Studio Center, Visiting Artist
1979– New York Studio School, NY, Teaching at all levels including regular program, running marathons, and summer programs in sculpture; giving tutorials and critiques in sculpture and painting
2012 Visiting Artist, PS 330, Queens, NY
2003 University of North Carolina Greensboro, Artist in Residence
2002 Hunter College at City University of New York, NY, Visiting Professor, Seminar Class, M.F.A. Program
1990– Chautauqua Summer School, Chautauqua, NY, Teaching Sculpture including tutorials and critiques in sculpture and painting, giving public lectures
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, Taught three-dimensional design at Foundation Level
1992 Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, U.K., Guest artist/lecturer working with graduates and post-graduates
1985–1989 Bennington College, VT, Head of Sculpture, Teaching all levels of undergraduates and graduates, extensive committee work
1980–1981 Columbia University, New York, NY, Taught all levels of undergraduates
1979– Visiting Lecturer and Teacher, Colleges throughout U.S.A. and U.K.

Bibliography

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Brenson, M. (1991, June 28). Welded Steel From Lee Tribe. The New York Times.
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(1989, July 21). Bold Sculpture for Wide Open Spaces. The New York Times.
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Sculpture featured in:

2011 Filmed Interview for Australia TV, AustraliaUnlimited on Participation in Sculpture by the Sea.
2004 Japanese Television Interview about my sculptures with Kumico Akiyoshi.
1986 Something in Common, Mary Tyler Moore. Directed by Allan Burns.
1992 Boomerang. Eddie Murphy. Directed by Reginald Hudlin.

Drawings published in:

1994 Portfolio. The Paris Review, 131, 134-140.