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Biography |
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1957 - 1960 |
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Studied at St. Martin's School of Art, London |
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1961 - 1963 |
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Assistant to Henry Moore |
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1963 - 1965 |
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Professor of Sculpture, St. Martin's School of Art, London |
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1965 |
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First Prize, “Prix de La Ville de Paris”, IV Paris Biennale, Paris, France |
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1975 - 1978 |
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Professor, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY |
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1965 - 1979 |
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Artist in Residence, Bennington College, VT |
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1981 |
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Visiting Professor, Middlebury College, VT |
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1981 |
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Guggenheim Fellowship |
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1985 |
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New Jersey State Council on the Arts Grant |
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1990 |
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Member of Yale University Art Advisory Committee |
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1987 - 1991 |
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Member of Bennington College Art Collection Committee |
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1994 |
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Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Grant |
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1990 - 2002 |
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Board Member, International Sculpture Center (ISC) |
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1990 - 2002 |
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Sculpture Professor, Philadelphia College of Art, PA |
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1998 - 2002 |
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Member, Royal Society of British Sculptors |
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2002 |
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State of New Jersey Art Achievement Award, Burlington County College Foundation, NJ |
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2001 - 2006 |
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Sculpture Professor, Burlington County Community College, NJ |
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1996 - 2008 |
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Member, National Academy, New York, NY |
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Exhibitions |
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2007 |
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If Everybody Had an Ocean: Brian Wilson, Tate Gallery, St. Ives, London, and Musee d'Art Contemporain de Bordeaux |
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2007 |
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The Abstract Impulse: Fifty Years of Abstraction. 1956- 2006, National Academy, New York |
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2007 |
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New Acquisitions. Fall/Winter 2007, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey |
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2007 |
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New Works, Featuring Isaac Witkin’s “In the Beginning” from the Andre Emmerich Collection, The Fields Sculpture Park, Art Omi International, Ghent, N.Y |
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2006 |
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How to Improve the World: 60 Years of British Art, Selected Works from the Arts Council of Great Britain Collection (130 Works from the Collection of 7,000+), Hayward Gallery, London |
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2006 |
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Metamorphosis: British Art and the Sixties, The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, and British Arts Council, London, Tate Britain, London, and the Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation Museum of Contemporary Art, Greece |
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2006 |
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Isaac Witkin: In Memoriam, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia (solo) |
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2005 |
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Out of the Crucible: Images Born of Fire and Water, Rider University, Lawrenceville, New Jersey (solo) |
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2005 |
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Recent Modernist Sculpture: Joined, Modeled, Cast, Carved, Poured, Painted, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia |
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2005 |
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Isaac Witkin and George Segal, Rooftop Exhibition, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia |
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2004 |
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Improvisations: Lynda Benglis and Isaac Witkin, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia |
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2002 |
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Tra-la-la: British Sculpture in the Sixties, Tate Britain, Duveen Gallery, London |
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2002 |
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Grounds for Sculpture, Tenth Anniversary, Hamilton, NJ |
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2002 |
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Selections: Works from the International Sculpture Center Board, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ |
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2001 |
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Pier Walk, Chicago, Illinois |
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2001 |
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Isaac Witkin: Major Works Since 1963, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia (solo) |
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2000 |
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Sculpture at the White House: The View From Denver, Jacqueline Bouvier Sculpture Garden, The White House, Washington |
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2000 |
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Welded! Sculpture of the Twentieth Century, Neuberger Museum of Art’s 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Purchase College, New York |
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2000 |
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Silver + Gold, Opened at Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, Colorado. Exhibition Traveled to: Nohra Haime Gallery, New York; Gallery Simone Stern, New Orleans; Elayne Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida; Imago Gallery, Palm Desert, California |
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2000 |
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Group Exhibition, Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland |
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2000 |
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Alva Gallery, Group Exhibition, New London, Connecticut |
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2000 |
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Sculpture 2000 International Exhibition, Groton, CT |
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2000 |
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First Night, Many Faces, One Family, Mt. Holly, N.J |
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1999 |
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The Sculpture Center Anniversary Exhibition, Cleveland, Ohio |
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1999 |
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Color Sculptures: Britain in the Sixties, Waddington Galleries, London |
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1998 |
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Philadelphia Sculptors, Ground for Sculpture, Hamilton |
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1998 |
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Pier Walk '98, Wood Gallery, Chicago |
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1998 |
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Stages of Creation: Public Sculpture by National Academicians, National Academy Museum, New York |
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1998 |
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Locks Gallery, Philadelphia (solo) |
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1997 |
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In Full View, Stedman Gallery, Rutgers University, NJ |
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1997 |
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Facets of Modern Sculpture, Two Sculptors Gallery, New York |
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1997 |
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Plastic Fantastic! The New Generation, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney |
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1996 |
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Sculpture from New Jersey, New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts, Summit |
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1996 |
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Isaac Witkin: The Past Decade, Grounds for Sculpture, Mercerville (solo) |
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1994 |
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Sculptural Cross Sections: Productive Partners, Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, N.J. |
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1994 |
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Atlantic Foundation, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, N.J. |
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1994 |
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Lee Tribe, William Tucker & Isaac Witkin, Marc de Montebello Fine Art, New York |
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1993 |
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Robert Morrison Gallery, New York |
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1993 |
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Chelsea Harbour Invitational Sculpture Exhibition, Royal Society of British Sculptors, London |
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1993 |
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Locks Gallery, Philadelphia (solo) |
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1992 |
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Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul (solo) |
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1991 |
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Locks Gallery, Philadelphia (solo) |
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1991 |
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Nippon International Art Exhibition, Yokohama, Japan |
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1991 |
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Process to Presence: Issues in Sculpture 1960-1990, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia |
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1991 |
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Festival Sankofa-Masianoke, Debut World Tour, African History Month, Observing World Day of Anti-Apartheid Movements, The United States and South Africa |
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1990 |
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Directions, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia |
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1990 |
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Patricia Hamilton, New York (solo) |
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1989 |
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Jan Turner Gallery, Los Angeles (solo) |
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1989 |
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Inaugural Exhibition, James A. Michener Fine Arts Center, Doylestown |
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1989 |
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Recent Small Scale Works, Security Pacific Bank, Costa Mesa, CA |
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1989 |
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Color and Sculpture, Gimpel and Weitzenjoffer Gallery, New York |
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1988 |
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Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York (solo) |
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1986 |
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McIntosh/Drysdale Gallery, Washington (solo) |
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1985 |
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Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York (solo) |
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1982 |
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McIntosh/Drysdale Gallery, Washington (solo) |
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1982 |
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Mattingly Baker Gallery, Dallas (solo) |
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1981 |
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Hammerskjold Plaza, New York (solo) |
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1981 |
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Hamilton Gallery of Contemporary Art, New York (solo) |
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1979 |
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Isaac Witkin: Bronzes, Hamilton Gallery of Contemporary Art, New York (solo) |
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1978 |
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Isaac Witkin: Spill Series, Marlborough Gallery, New York (solo) |
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1977 |
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Thorne Gallery, Keene, New Hampshire (solo) |
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1977 |
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Tanglewood Music Festival, Tanglewood (solo) |
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1976 |
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Marlborough Gallery, New York (solo) |
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1975 |
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Marlborough Gallery, New York (solo) |
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1973 |
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Robert Elkon Gallery, New York (solo) |
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1971 |
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Isaac Witkin: Retrospective, University of Vermont at Burlington, VT (solo) |
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1971 |
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Robert Elkon Gallery, New York (solo) |
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1970 |
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Bridgeport University, Bridgeport (solo) |
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1969 |
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Robert Elkon Gallery, New York (solo) |
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1968 |
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Waddington Gallery, London (solo) |
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1967 |
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Robert Elkon Gallery, New York (solo) |
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1966 |
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Isaac Witkin: Recent Sculptures, Waddington Gallery, London (solo) |
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1965 |
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Robert Elkon Gallery, New York (solo) |
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1962 |
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Rowan Gallery, London (solo) |
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