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Willard Boepple Biography
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1945 |
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Born Bennington, Vermont
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1963 |
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Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
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1963 - 1964 |
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University of California at Berkeley
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1967 |
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Rhode Island School of Design
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1968 |
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City College of The City University of New York. B.F.A.
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1969 - 1973 |
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Asst. Faculty, Bennington College, Vermont
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1977 - 1987 |
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Faculty, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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Edmonton Art Gallery, Alberta, Canada
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Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York
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National Gallery of Botswana, Gaborone
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The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK
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National Gallery of Kenya, Nairobi
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2001 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors, London
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1997 United States Department of State Information Service Visiting Cultural Specialist to Kenya
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1995 British Council U.S. Participant Africa 95 International Sculpture Workshop, Yorkshire, U.K.
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1993 United States Department of State Information Service Visiting Cultural Specialist to Jamaica
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1989 United States Department of State Information Service Visiting Cultural Specialist to Zimbabwe
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1988 The New York State Association of Architects' Citation for the Triangle Collaborative Architecture Project
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1986 Francis Greenburger Foundation Prize
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1982 Ford Foundation Faculty Enrichment Grant
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2008
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New Sculpture, Broadbent, London (solo)
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2007
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Maiden Lane Exhibition Space, ‘Room’ (solo)
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2007
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'Willard Boepple, Charles Ginnever, John Henry' Broadbent, London
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2007
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“Four Sculptors, Other Dimensions” Brattleboro Museum, Vermont
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2007
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Celebrating 10 Years, Lori Bookstein Fine Art, New York
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2006
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“Some Sculpture: Albee’s Choice” Long House Reserve, East Hampton, New York
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2006
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9th Annual Art Park, North Bennington
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2006
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London Art Fair, installation (solo)
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2006
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“Willard Boepple: Resin, Paper and Wood” Lori Bookstein Fine Art, New York (solo)
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2005
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Broadbent, London (solo)
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2005
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"Look Don't Think" Broadbent, London
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2005
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“Hand Made” Clare Hall, Cambridge University
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2005
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“The Print Show” Kettles Yard, Cambridge, UK
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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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2004
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Salander O'Reilly, New York (solo)
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2004
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"The Body Disembodied" MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, Ontario
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2004
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179th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art, The National Academy Museum, New York
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2003
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Colourspace, The Gallery at APT
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2003
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Willard Boepple & Peter Griffin, Gallerie Aalders, St Tropez
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2003
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“The Archive Show” Broadbent, London
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2003
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Glasgow Art Fair, Scotland
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2003
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Broadbent, London (solo)
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2002
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Willard Boepple, Ori Gersht, Albrect Schäffer; Andrew Mummery Gallery, London Art 2002, London
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2002
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New Work, Broadbent, London
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2001
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Broadbent, London (solo)
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2001
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Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton Four Corners, Rhode Island (solo)
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2001
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Sculpture, Robert Steele Gallery, New York
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2001
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The Tipping Point, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia
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2001
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North Bennington Sculpture Park, Vermont
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2000
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The Way Things Work, Tricia Collins Contemporary Art
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2000
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Parker's Box, Williamsbugh, Brooklyn
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2000
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North Bennington Sculpture Park, Vermont
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2000
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Tricia Collins Contemporary Art, New York (solo)
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1999
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Tricia Collins Contemporary Art, New York (solo)
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1999
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New York Studio School Gallery, New York (solo)
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1999
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Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton Four Corners, Rhode Island
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1999
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North Bennington Sculpture Park, Vermont
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1998
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Substance, Tricia Collins Contemporary Art
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1998
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Convivial, Tricia Collins Contemporary Art
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1997
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Tricia Collins - Grand Salon, New York (solo)
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1997
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National Gallery of Kenya, Nairobi
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1997
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Wasanii International Artists'Workshop Exhibition
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1996
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Tricia Collins Grand Salon, New York
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1996
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Northern Voices..., N.O.B.I.A.S, Castleton State College
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1995
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Six Sculptors/Triangle, Gallery One-Ten, New York
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1995
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Yorkshire Sculpture Park, U.K. Pamoja, Africa 95 International Sculpture Workshop Exhibition
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1995
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Galerie du Tableau, Marseille, France (solo)
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1994
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Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, London (solo)
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1994
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A Celebration of Great American Sculpture at Naumkeag, Stockbridge, Massachusetts
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1994
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Across the River and into the Trees, A Sculpture Show The Rushmore Festival
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1994
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Lead and Follow, The Continuity of Abstraction Bede Gallery, Jarrow, Northumberland
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1994
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Atlantis Gallery, London
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1994
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Corr Contemporary Art Inaugural Exhibition, London
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1993
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Willard Boepple and Michael Williams, N.O.B.I.A.S. Gallery, North Bennington, Vermont
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1993
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Table Sculpture, André Emmerich Gallery
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1993
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Xayamaca International Artist's Workshop Exhibition, Kingston, Jamaica
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1993
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André Emmerich Gallery, New York (solo)
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1992
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Grounds for Sculpture Inaugural Exhibition, Johnson Atelier, Mercerville New Jersey
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1992
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CrossSection, Battery Park City & The World Financial Center
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1992
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Ten Sculptures, André Emmerich Gallery
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1992
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Painting and Sculpture by Leading Contemporary Artists, Gallery 90, Guildford, Surrey, U.K.
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1991
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Table Sculpture, André Emmerich Gallery
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1991
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Spring Show, Woltjen/Udell Gallery,Vancouver, British Columbia
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1991
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André Emmerich Gallery, New York (solo)
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1991
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Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, London (solo)
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1991
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Group Show, Woltjen Udell Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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1990
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The Thapong Exhibition, National Gallery of Botswana,Gaborone
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1990
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Wood, Douglas Drake Gallery, New York
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1990
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Steel Works, curated by Phyllis Tuchman and Corolla van den Houten, USX Tower, Pittsburgh, PA
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1990
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Sculpture 1970-1990, Usdan Gallery, Bennington College, Vermont (solo)
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1989
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Greenberg Wilson Gallery, New York (solo)
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1989
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Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, London (solo)
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1989
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Delta Gallery, Harare, Zimbabwe
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1989
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Gallery Artists, Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, London
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1988
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Artists of the Pachi Pamwe Workshop, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare
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1988
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Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Massachusetts (solo)
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1987
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Modern and Contemporary Masters, Lever/Meyerson Gallery, New York
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1987
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Triangle Artists' Workshop, Pine Plains, New York
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1987
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Matthew Scott Gallery, South Miami, Florida
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1986
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Thomas Segal Gallery, Boston (solo)
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1986
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Francis J. Greenburger Foundation Awards Show, Ruth Siegel Ltd., New York
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1986
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Made in the U.S.A., 909 Third Avenue, New York
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1985
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Group Show, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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1985
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Acquavella Contemporary Art, New York (solo)
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1984
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Acquavella Contemporary Art, New York
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1983
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Abstract Art in New England, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA
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1982
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Thomas Segal Gallery, Boston (solo)
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1981
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Acquavella Contemporary Art (solo)
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1980
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Acquavella Contemporary Art (solo)
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1980
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Columbia Plaza Sculpture Show, Columbia Plaza, Washington, D.C.
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1979
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Sculpture from the Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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1978
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Ten by Ten/Sculpture Space, Joe and Emily Lowe Art Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
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1978
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Fifteen Sculptors in Steel Around Bennington, 1963-1978, Park McCullough House, North Bennington, Vermont
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1978
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Acquavella Contemporary Art (solo)
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1978
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Dart Gallery, Chicago (solo)
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1977
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Acquavella Contemporary Art (solo)
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1977
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Sculpture Space, Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, New York and Munson Williams Proctor Institute
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1977
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Artists Salute Skowhegan, Kennedy Galleries, New York
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1976
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Acquavella Contemporary Art (solo)
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1974
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Noah Goldowsky Gallery, New York (solo)
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1973
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New New England Sculpture, Currier Gallery, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH and Art Gallery of the State University at Postdam, New York
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1972
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Five Sculptors From Bennington, André Emmerich Gallery, New York
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1971
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Regional Exhibition, Schenectady Museum, Schenectady, New York
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1971
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McCullough Park Foundation, North Bennington, Vermont (solo)
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| Literature |
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2005
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Art News, Dec. review
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2005
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Printmaking Today Vol 14, No 2 p 19 illustration, monotype 2004
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2004
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The Independent, Monday 22nd November, review of Broadbent exhibition by Sue Hubbard
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2004
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Art in America, December edition. Review of Salander O'Reilley exhibition by Karen Wilkin
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2004
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The New York Sun, July 8th, review by David Cohen
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2004
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The New York Observer, November 1st, review by Mario Naves
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2000
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Zing Magazine, Autumn, “The Way Things Work" Layla Lozano
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1999
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Taplin, Robert, "Willard Boepple at the New York Studio School and Tricia Collins", Art in America
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1999
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Naves, Mario, Review, The New Criterion, p. 57, May
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1999
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Halasz, Piri, "Hofmann, Boepple, and Frankenthaler," NYarts Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 4, p. 59, April 4
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1999
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White, Kit, "Willard Boepple: The Sense of Things, Studio School Gallery, Tricia Collins Contemporary Art," Review magazine, March 15
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1999
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Wilkin, Karen, "The Sense of Things," catalogue essay, The New York Studio School, New York, February
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1999
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Wilkin, Karen, "At the Galleries", Partisan Review, p. 135
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1997
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Frank, Elizabeth, Review, Art News, p. 166, Dec
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1997
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Glueck, Grace, Review, The New York Times, Oct 10
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1997
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Riley, Charles II, "The Sense of Things", WE Magazine, Oct
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1997
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Tricia Collins * Grand Salon, October, 1997
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1997
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Zaidi, Ali, "An Intense Time Away From Your Life", Executive Magazine, p 24-30, May
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1996 - 1997
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Riley, Charles II, Catalogue essay, "Willard Boepple, Sculpture"
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1994
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Collins, Tricia & Milazzo, Richard, Catalogue essay "Across the River and into the Trees, a Sculpture Show", The Rushmore Festival, Woodbury, New York, June
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1993
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Taplin, Robert, Review, "Willard Boepple at Emmerich", Art in America, Nov
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1993
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The New Yorker, "Goings on About Town", Review, June 14
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1991
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Wilkin, Karen, "At The Galleries", Partisan Review, Summer
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1991
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Morgan, Robert C, Review, Tema Celeste, Autumn
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1991
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Hudson, Andrew, "On Irregularity: A December Visit to Willard Boepple's Studio", Catalogue essay, "Willard Boepple, Sculpture in Wood", André Emmerich Gallery, April
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1990
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Bijutsu Techo Monthly Art Magazine, Review, Tokyo, August
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1990
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Hudson, Andrew, "Breaking Loose from Conventions,Willard Boepple: Sculpture 1970 - 1990," Catalogue essay, Usdan Gallery, Bennington College, Vermont, April
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1990
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Leepile, Methaetsile, "Relating To the Body", The Reporter, Gabarone Botswana, Vol. 7 No. 1.
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1990
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Hilton, Tim, Critics Choice, The Guardian, March 28
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1989
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Norrie, Jane, Arts Review, May 5
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1989
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Hilton, Tim, "A Mood for Minimalism, Critic's Choice" The Guardian, London, May 2
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1989
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"Going out to the Galleries," The Independent, London, May 2
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1989
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Wilkin, Karen, "At the Galleries," Partisan Review, Spring
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1989
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Cyphers, Peggy, Review, Arts Magazine, p. 110, May
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1988
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Barter, Judith, Catalogue essay, "Willard Boepple: Sculpture", Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, April
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1988
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Sandy, Stephen, Catalogue essay, "The Sculpture of Willard Boepple", Acquavella Contemporary Art, April
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1985
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Klein, Ellen Lee, Review, Arts Magazine, December, p. 113
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1985
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Boepple, Willard, "Commencement Address", School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, May 24, 1985. Published in Museum School News, Volume VII, Fall
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1985
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Russell, John, Review, The New York Times, Oct 11
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1985
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Dunlap, David W, "Relearning the Sculptors Craft" The New York Times, Oct 7
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1984
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Klein, Ellen Lee, Arts Magazine, Review, p. 35, Dec
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1983
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Swan, John, "Abstract Art in New England", Review, April
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1983
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Moffet, Kenworth, "Abstract Art in New England", Catalogue introduction, Danforth Museum, Framingham, Massachusetts, Feb
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1980
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Sculpture Newsletter, January-June, p.4.
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1978
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Saunders, Wade, "Willard Boepple at Acquavella," Art in America, pp. 123-4, Sept
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1978
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"The Museum Year: The 102nd Annual Report". Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, p. 24., April
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1978
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Hudson, Andrew, "Fifteen Sculptors in Steel Around Bennington 1963-1978", Catalogue essay, Park McCullough House, North Bennington, Vermont
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1978
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Russell, John, The New York Times, Review, April 24
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1978
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Ashbery, John, The New York Magazine, Review, April 24
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