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David Skora, Artist
Background
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Background
- I grew up in South Western Michigan along the shores of Lake Michigan, where I was influenced by the woods, the fields, and the beauty of the lake. Growing up in that environment, shaped the way I perceived the world and allowed me to develop my interest in art and creativity. In the late 1970’s I attended undergraduate school at West
- I grew up in South Western Michigan along the shores of Lake Michigan, where I was influenced by the woods, the fields, and the beauty of the lake. Growing up in that environment, shaped the way I perceived the world and allowed me to develop my interest in art and creativity. In the late 1970’s I attended undergraduate school at Western Michigan State University and graduated with a degree in Graphic Design and Painting. Upon graduation, I moved to Chicago where I worked as a Graphic Designer. While in Chicago I was exposed to a plethora of creative energy which influenced my early creative endeavors. A creative opportunity presented itself which required me to move to South Bend, Indiana where I worked as a graphic designer. In South Bend I began my professional career as a Painter and Sculptor. In the mid-1980s I accepted a position as a Graphic Designer on the East Coast and moved to Connecticut. By the late 1980's I was accepted into graduate school at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. I received a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1989. After graduate School, I returned to Connecticut. In 1991 I began teaching at the University of New Haven. In early 2000 I learned how to weld. And I began to make large fabricated steel sculptures. I have been showing my sculptures publicly since 2003. Currently, I continue to teach as a full-time Professor of Graphic Design at Western Connecticut State University and I paint, sculpt, and design. I live with my family in Litchfield County in the Northwest Hills of Connecticut.
- My artwork has been shown extensively and can be found in many public and private collections throughout the United States.
Résumé
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Background
EDUCATION
• Masters of Fine Arts,
1989 School of Visual Arts
New York City, New York
• Bachelor’s of Science (Graphic Design), 1981 Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, Michigan
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
• Professor of Art and Graphic Design,
2012-Present
• Associate Professor of Graphic Design, 2005-2011
• Assistant Professor of Graphic D
EDUCATION
• Masters of Fine Arts,
1989 School of Visual Arts
New York City, New York
• Bachelor’s of Science (Graphic Design), 1981 Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, Michigan
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
• Professor of Art and Graphic Design,
2012-Present
• Associate Professor of Graphic Design, 2005-2011
• Assistant Professor of Graphic Design, 2003-2005
• Adjunct Professor, Graphic Design, 1994-2003
Western Connecticut State University
Danbury, Connecticut
• Professional-In-Residence Fine Art, 2001-2003 University of New Haven
West Haven, Connecticut
• Adjunct Professor Graphic Design & Fine Art, 1990-2001
University of New Haven West Haven, Connecticut
• Adjunct Professor, Graphic Design, 1990-1991
Paier College of Art
Hamden, Connecticut
AWARDS
• Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Permanent placement of my sculpture
For a newly created sculpture garden on the Naval base at Kittery, Maine. 2021
• The Gibbons Prize for
New England Sculptors
New England Sculptors Association Outstanding Abstract Sculpture 2015
• Best of Show-Other Materials, 2014 Sculpture Walk 2014 Awarded by the Sculpture Walk committee
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
• Sculpture Commission, Caste Bronze
Permanent Installation,
Fernwood Arboretum and Sculpture Garden, Niles, Michigan, 2014
• Purchase Foundation Award
Permanent Sculpture installation at the Performing Arts Center
New Buffalo, Michigan, 2009
• Purchase Award
Border to Border # 6, National Drawing Exhibition Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, Tennessee
• Juror’s Choice: New Work 95
New Work Exhibition ARTSPACE
New Haven, Connecticut
• Purchase Award
The 25th Biennial Exhibition of Works on Paper University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware
• Arts Exclusive Sculpture Award
Ninth Annual Wintonbury Art Juried Exhibition University of Hartford
West Hartford, Connecticut
• Michigan Foundation for the Arts Award
A Road Show
Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit Detroit, Michigan
• Michiana Tri-state Painting Award
South Bend Art Center South Bend, Indiana
• Best of Show - Painting Award
1984 Kalamazoo Area Show The Kalamazoo Art Institute Kalamazoo, Michigan
FINE ART EXHIBITIONS (Abridged)
• Evanston, Illinois
Sculpture on display at the Park
Evanston, Illinois. 2024-2026
• Down East Sculpture Exhibition
Two sculptures were selected, from
Pitt County, North Carolina. 2022-2026
• Art in Public Places,
McGhee Tyson Airport
One sculpture placed at McGhee Tyson Airport Knoxville, Tennessee. 2023-2025
• Sculpture Loan Program
Sculpture placed in a park in Crestwood Crestwood, Missouri. 2023-2025
• Art in the Park 2023
Two sculptures placed in Elm Park Worcester, Massachusetts. 2023
• Sculpture Now, The Mount
Edith Wharton Estate
Sculpture selected, “Kind of Blue” Lenox, Massachusetts. 2023 & 2024
• University of Saint Joseph Sculpture Installation
sculptures selected to show indefinitely West Hartford, Connecticut. 2022-2028
• The Peabody Institute
Grounds Sculpture Show
Sculpture, Danvers, Massachusetts June - September 2013-2015
• City of Danbury, Connecticut
My sculpture “Bent” on display until 2022
Danbury, Connecticut. 2021-2022
• Beyond the Walls: Sculptures from the New England Sculptors Association,
My sculpture “Watchman” is included in this show at the Fuller Craft Museum
Brockton, Massachusetts. 2021
• University of South Dakota
1 Sculptures on exhibit, Vermillion, South Dakota 2020-2024
• Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Permanent placement of my sculpture Cascade For a newly created sculpture garden on the base Kittery, Maine. 2021
• Franconia ArtWalk
Invitation to show sculptures
in three locations
Franconia, New Hampshire 2018-2021
• Bennington Museum Sculpture Garden
Invitation to show sculpture at the Sculpture Garden at Bennington Museum
Bennington, Vermont 2020-2025
• Small Works / Five Points Gallery
Juried show at the Five Points Gallery, Torrington, Connecticut 2020
• NBOSS 2020-2025
Invitation to show sculptures at the outdoor sculpture show
North Bennington, Vermont -2020-2025
• Drawing Today 2020
36 International Artists July 25 - August 8, 2020
• Mason City sculptures on Parade City wide sculpture show,
Mason City, Iowa 2018-2025
• Fayetteville-Cumberland County Arts Council Public Art Exhibition
Sculpture placed in front of City Hall Fa
• Governor’s Residence Sculpture Garden
Invitation to show sculpture at Connecticut Governor’s Residence Sculpture Garden
Hartford Connecticut, 2014-2019
• Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition,
Unison Art Center
New Paltz, New York
2009-2015
•University of Sioux Falls
2 Sculptures on exhibit,
Sioux Falls, South Dakota 2017-2020
• Annual Meredith Sculpture Walk
Invitation to show sculptures
Meredith, New Hampshire, 2018-2022
• SculptureWalk Sioux Falls 2015-2022
Sculptures displayed in downtown area Sioux Falls, South Dakota 2013-2021
•Sculpture Tour Eau Claire 2017-2019
Invitation to place a sculpture in the
Eau Claire sculpture walk
Eau Claire, Wisconsin 2017
• Boston Design Center
Invitation to place a sculpture in the front of the Boston Design Center Boston, Massachusetts 2016
• NESA Exhibition at The Crane Estate
Invitation to show my sculpture at the Carne Estate Residence
Sculpture Garden
Ipswich, Massachusetts 2019
• City Art Walking Sculpture Tour 2014
Sculpture Park Invitation Mankato, Minnesota May 2014 - May 2015
• David Skora: Dreams, Myths, and Subconscious Doodles, 2005
Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
The Marie Louise Trichet Gallery
Litchfield, Connecticut
• Drawing Today, 2005 New Arts Gallery Litchfield, Connecticut
• Three Artists/An Exhibition, 2004 Paintings of David Skora Washington Arts Association Washington, Connecticut
• Sculpted Spaces, Historic Places
Two Historic New England's properties — the Governor John Langdon House in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and the Sarah Orne Jewett House Museum and Visitor Center in South Berwick, Maine
One sculpture at each sculpture garden June 5, 2015 - September 8, 2015
• Downtown Expressions Art in Public Places Stamford Downtown Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit Invitation to show 4 sculptures in down town Stamford, Connecticut 2016
• Bushnell Plaza Sculpture Garden
Invitation to show 2 sculptures at the newly created Sculpture Garden at Bushnell Plaza, Harford Hartford Connecticut, 2014-2019
• Beneath the Surface:
Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture,
Simon’s Rock of Bard College Great Barrington, Massachusetts 1991
• Small Wonders Exhibition, 2010 Maryland Federation of Art (MFA) Annapolis, Maryland
• David Skora/New Paintings,
2009 One Person Show
New Arts Gallery
Litchfield, Connecticut
• Somerby’s Landing Sculpture Park,
June 2007- June 2008
Newburyport, Massachusetts
