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Herb
Babcock
Born 1946, in Bloomdale,
Ohio. Residing in Michigan since 1969.
Education
1973
- MF A in sculpture,
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield 1973
- Hills, Michigan
1970
- 1971
Glass workshop, Toledo
Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio
1969
- BF A in sculpture,
Cleveland Institute of Art,
1969
-Cleveland Ohio
Current Position
Professor, Chairman
of the Crafts Department and Section Chair of the Glass Department,
Center for Creative Studies, College of Art and Design, Detroit,
Michigan, since 1974.
One Person
Shows
2000 - One Person
Show, Habatat Galleries, Chicago, Illinois
1997
- One
Person Show, Habatat Galleries, Pontiac, Michigan
1996
- Retrospect:
Herb Babcock, The University of Michigan-1996
- Dearborn, Dearborn,
Michigan
1995
- New
Works, The Glass Gallery, Bethesda, Maryland
1995
- Michigan
Glass Artist, Muskegon Museum of Art,
1995 - Muskegon,
Michigan
1994 - One
Person Show, Habatat Galleries, Aspen, Colorado
1991 - Pillared
Series, Works In Progress, Habatat Galleries,
1991 - Farmington
Hills, Michigan
1987 - New
Works, One Person Show, Habatat Galleries, Lathrup 1987
- Village, Michigan
1984 - One
Person Show, Robert Kidd Galleries, Birmingham,
1984 - Michigan
1981 - One
Person Show, The David Bernstein Gallery , Boston,
1981 - Massachusetts
1980 - Herb
Babcock, One Person Show, Habatat Galleries,
1980 - Lathrup
Village, Michigan
1973 - One
Person Exhibition-Outdoor Sculpture, Riverview Plaza,
1973 - St.
Clair, Michigan
Commissions
1995
- Young Bamboo In
Wind, cast glass, steel, stone and 1995
- fiber optics, 22.5
foot tall outdoor sculpture, Hsinchu
1995
- Culture Center, Hsinchu,
Taiwan
1991 - Adult
Room Windows, designer and project director with
1995 - CCS
students, Huntington Woods Library; Huntington
1995 - Woods,
Michigan
1986 - Grand
Traverse Environs, glass and steel sculpture/
1995 - fountain,
Grand Traverse Resort, Acme, Michigan,
1995 - Architect:
Louis G. Redstone & Associates
1984 - Atomic
Glass, glass and silver sculpture, for Mr. and Mrs.
1995 - Stanford Ovshinsky,
Energy Conversion Devices, Troy,
1995 - Michigan
Group Exhibitions (partial)
2001 - Of The
Earth, Habatat Galleries, Chicago, Illinois
2000 - Millennium
Glass, Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation,
2000 - Louisville,
Kentucky (catalog)
1994-2000
SOFA, Habatat Galleries,
Chicago Illinois, (including Raw Space exhibit, catalogs)
1999-2000
Glass, Glass, Glass, Detroit
Institute of Arts, Detroit Michigan
1972-2000
The Annual International
Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Pontiac, Michigan,
(catalogs)
1999 - A
Passion for Glass: The Aviva and Jack A Robinson 2000
- Studio Collection,
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit,
2000 - Michigan,
(catalog)
1999 - Clearly
Sculpture: An Exhibition of Contemporary Class, 2000
- Birmingham Bloomfield
Art Center, Birmingham,
Michigan
COLIDO!, Contemporary Warm
Glass, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, 1997;
Mississippi Museum of Art, 1998;
Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, Washington, 1998; Liegh Yawkey
Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI, 1999.(catalog)
1995 and 1997
Hsinchu International
Glass Art Festival Exhibition,Hsinchu Culture Center, Hsinchu
City, Taiwan, (catalogs)
1996 - Tornado
Warning!, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon,
2000 - Michigan,
( catalog)
1988-1993
New Art Forms Exposition,
Navy Pier, Habatat Galleries, Chicago, Illinois
1984-1990
Glass, C. Corcoran
Gallery, Muskegon, Michigan
1989 - The
New Aesthetic, Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton,
2000 - Florida
1987 - Michigan
Artists, Acquired Between 1961-1986,
2000 - Detroit
Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan
1987 - Glass
Exhibition, Contemporary Crafts Gallery,
2000 - Contemporary
Crafts Association, Portland, Oregon
1987 - Glass,
A Clear View, Sarah Squeri Gallery,
2000 - Cincinnati,
Ohio
1985 - 1986
Glass Invitational,
Robert Kidd Galleries, Birmingham, Michigan
1985 - Sculpture
Concepts, Katie Gingrass/D. Erllien Gallery,
2000 - Milwaukee,
Wisconsin
1985 - Insight-Glass
Invitational, Owens-Illinois World
2000 - Headquarters,
Toledo, Ohio
A Road Show, Organized
by the Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, touring; Jesse
Besser Museum, Alpena,
Michigan; Race Street Gallery , Grand Rapids, Michigan; Detroit
Artist Market,
Detroit, Michigan; Midland
Center for the Arts, Midland, Michigan; McCune Arts Center,
Petoskey, Michigan, 1985; Artemesis
Gallery
Chicago, Illinois, 1986 (catalog)
1984 - 1985
Glass America, Heller
Gallery, New York, New York 1982 - 1985
A Gather Of Glass,
Mindscape Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1980 - 1985
Anniversary Exhibition,
Glass Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1984 - Architecture:
Other Ideas, Detroit Artists Market,
2000 - Detroit,
Michigan
1983 - Glass
In Vollendung International Glass, Gallerie
2000 - Herrman,
Bodenmais, Germany,
1983 - Masters
In Glass, Perception Galleries, Houston, Texas,
1983 - Glass
In Michigan, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit,
2000 - Michigan
1982 - Glass,
Galerie do Beerenburght, Rotterdam, Holland
1982 - Internationales
Glass Unserer Zeit, Glasmuseum
2000 - Frauenau,
Frauenau, Germany
1982 - Contemporary
Art Collections In Detroit, Detroit
2000 - Institute
of Arts, Detroit, Michigan
1982 - Glass-Collectors
Choice, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo 2000
- Alto, California,
1982 - Alumni
Glass Exhibition, 50th Anniversary, Cranbrook 2000
- Museum
of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
1981 - Emergence,
Art Glass, Art Department Galleries, Bowling
2000 - Green
State University, and Kent State University,
Ohio,
2000 - (catalog)
1981 - Three
Person Show, Galerie L. Hamburg, Germany
1981 - Masters
In Glass, Craftsman Gallery, Scarsdale,
2000 - New
York
1981 - Summer
Exhibition, Glasmuseum Frauenau, Frauenau,
2000 - Germany
1981 - 30
Americans International, Galveston Arts Center
2000 - Gallery,
Galveston, Texas, (catalog)
1981 - Michigan
Artist 1980-81, Detroit
Institute of Arts, Sill
2000 - Gallery
of Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti,
Michigan
1980 - Designer
Craftsman Update '81, Columbus Museum of
2000 - Art,
Columbus, Ohio, 1981 Focus
West Virginia and Glass
2000 - Art
Society, Huntington Galleries, West Virginia, (catalog)
1980 - Kunst
und Antiquitaten Messe, Hanover, Germany
1979 - New
Glassworks, Contemporary Art Glass Group, New
2000 - York,
New York
1982 - New
Glass, A Worldwide Survey, Corning Museum of
2000 - Glass,
Corning, New York; Toledo Museum of Art,Toledo,
2000 - Ohio, 1979;
Renwick Gallery of Fine Art, Smithsonian
2000 - Institution,
Washington, D.C.,1980;
Musee des Arts
2000 - Decortifs,
Paris, France; Seibyu Museum, Tokyo, Japan,
2000 - (catalog)
1978 - Collector's
Glass, Two Person Show, Contemporary Art
2000 - Glass
Group, New York, New York
1978 - Glass
American, Lever House, N ew York, N ew York,
2000 - (catalog)
1977 - Beaux
Arts Designer Craftsman '77, Columbus Museum
2000 - of
Art, Columbus, Ohio, (purchase award and catalog)
1976 - Contemporary
Art Glass, Lever House, New York, New
2000 - York,
(catalog)
1974 - Outdoor
Sculpture Exhibition, Wright State University,
2000 - Dayton,
Ohio
1973 - 6th
Annual Blossom Arts Festival - Kent Outdoor
2000 - Sculpture
Exhibition, Kent, Ohio
1973 - Thesis
Show, Cranbrook Museum of Art, Bloomfield Hills,
2000 - Michigan
1968 - The
49th May Show, Cleveland Museum of Art,
2000 - Cleveland,
Ohio,
Benefit
Exhibits
1993 - 1994, 1996 - 1997, 1999 - 1900
Glass Exhibition
and Auction, Arts Commission of Greater
Toledo, Owens Illinois Gallery, Toledo, Ohio,
(catalog)
1991 - 2nd
Masterworks Of Contemporary Glass, Benefit
2000 - Auction
for the New York Experimental Glass Workshop,
2000 - Christies
New York, New York, (catalog)
1990 - Contemporary
American and European Glass, Benefit
2000 - Auction
for the Creative Glass Center of America,
2000 - Sothebys
New York, New York, (catalog)
Public Collections (Partial)
Columbus Museum
of Fine Art, Columbus, Ohio
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit,
Michigan
Glasmuseum, Ebeltoft, Denmark
Glasmuseum Frauenau, Frauenau,
Germany
J. & L.
Lobmeyer, Vienna, Austria, from World Craft Conference
Glass Studio, Vienna, Austria
Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg,
Coburg, Germany
Lannon Foundation, Palm Beach,
Florida
Morris Museum, Moristown, New
Jersey
Museum
die Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany, from "New
Glass, A Worldwide Survey"
Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon,
Michigan
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo,
Ohio
University of Michigan, Dearborn,
Michigan
Weaton Village Museum of Glass,
Millville, New Jersey
Film Documentaries
1999 - Technique
documentary, A Passion
for Glass: The Aviva
2000
- and
Tack A. Rovbinson Studio Collection,
Kiosk Videos,
2000
- Detroit Institute
of Arts, Detroit, Michigan
Spring 1986
- Documentary , A
Touch of Glass. by Sue Marx
Spring
1986 - Films and Urban
Communication, Detroit, Michigan,
1983 - Documentary
, Flames. Artists Whose Works Involve
1983
- Fire. WTVS/56
Public TV and Jo-Anne Westerby,
1983 - Director,
Detroit, Michigan, Michigan Council for the Arts
1983 - Funding
Presentations
1995 - Presentation
gift, Life Time Achievement Award from
1983
- the NAACP Detroit
Chapter, to the Honorable Mayor,
1983
- Coleman A.Young
1984 - Presentation
gift from the State of Michigan, by Governor
1983 - James
Blanchard, to the Governor of Yang Xizong of
1983 - Sichauan
Province, China
1984 - Presentation
gift from the State of Michigan, by
1983 - Mrs.
Paula Blanchard, to the Governor of Shiqa
1983 - Perfecture,
Japan
1984 - Presentation
gift from the Mayor of the City of Detroit,
1983 - to
the Mayor of Paris, France
Grants
1987 - Arts Foundation
of Michigan Grant to complete a series
1983
- of sculpture
Projects (partial)
1997-1999
Limited Edition g;ass and copper trophy "Alpha" for
GM NAO Awards, Detroit, Michigan, collaboration
with Todd Errickson.
1994 - Limited
Edition "Blue Swan" Glass Tiles for Fostoria Ohio
1983 - Glass
Association, Fostoria, Ohio
1992 - 1993
Limited Edition glass
trophy for "Eyes On The Classics" Annual Detroit
Automotive Designer Showcase
1981 - Project
Director for "Children's Windows", Huntington
1983 - Woods
Library, Huntington Woods, Michigan
1980 - Project
Director for "Ann Burch Children's Windows,"
1983 - Baldwin
Public Library, Birmingham, Michigan, Michigan
1983 - Council
for the Arts Funding
Memberships
Member of Modern Decorative
Arts Group Steering Committee, Detroit Institute of Art Founders
Society, 1994
- 1999, Chairman, 1999
- 1900
Member of Michigan Glass Month
Committee, 1982
- 1992; Chairperson 1986;
Co-Chair 1987
- 1900
Member of Glass Art Society
, 1976
- 1900
Member of Michigan Glass Guild, 1974
- 1999
Member of Cranbrook Alumni Committee, 1999 |
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