JOHN M. WEIDMAN
sculptor
AWARDS
2017 Meri Goyette Art Award, Nashua, NH
2015 The American Legion, Certificate of Appreciation
2014 First Prize,” Art in Nature”, The Fells Historic Estate & Gardens, Newbury, NH
2013 Nominated for governor’s award in public art achievement.
2009 “It” List, New Hampshire Magazine
2009 Special Recognition Award, Shriners Burns Hospital, Boston, MA
2008 Forrest D. McKerley Award for Sculpture, NHAA 60th Currier Mus. Annual Juried Exhibition, NHIA
2007 Honorable Mention, Fitchburg Art Museum Regional Juried Exhibition, MA
2007 Forrest D. McKerley Award for Sculpture, NHAA 59th Currier Mus. Annual Juried Exhibition, UNH
2006 Sculpture Award, Sunapee Arts and Crafts Fair, Lake Sunapee, NH
2006 Paul McEachern Award for Sculpture, Prescott Park Arts Festival Juried Exhibition, Portsmouth, NH
2006 Sculpture Prize, Fitchburg Art Museum Regional Juried Exhibition, MA
2004 First Prize, Mill Brook Outdoor Sculpture exhibition,
1977,’80 First Prize, White Mountain Festival of the Arts,
1979 First Prize, Acton-Boxborough Cultural Festival,
1977 First Prize, Sculpture, Fitchburg Museum of Fine Arts,
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 Two artist exhibition, Millbrook Gallery, Concord, NH
2013 “Retrospective – Sculpture of Life”, Contemporary Arts International, Acton, MA
2009 “Future Memories” Rivier College Art Gallery, Nashua, NH
2008 Derryfield School, Manchester, NH “Generations” Father (sculpture) Daughter (painting) co-exhibit.
2005 NOA Gallery, Groton, Massachusetts.
2001 Eaton-Richmond Center Art Gallery, Daniel Webster College, Nashua, New Hampshire
“An Invitation to Individual Conformation”
2000 Gallery at Gould Academy, Gould Academy, Bethel, Maine
1998 Thayer Gallery, Thayer Academy, Braintree, MA
1995 Art in the Workspace, Embassy of Belgium, Kiev, Ukraine
Kotsubynski Museum, Chernihiv, Ukraine
Culture House, "Energy", Slavutich, Ukraine
Krayeznavchy Museum, Poltava, Ukraine
State Artists Center, Krimsky Val, Moscow, Russia
1994 Museum of Western and Oriental Art, Odessa, Ukraine
1993 Art Gallery Kiev Mohilianska Akademia, Kiev, Ukraine
Art Gallery Union of Artists, Gomel, Belarus
Winged Arrow II, Klatovy, Czech Republic
Museum of Fine Arts, Chernihiv, Ukraine
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017,’11’,10 “Art In The Park”, Worcester, MA
2017,’13 Outdoor Invitational Sculpture Exhibitions, Mill Brook Gallery, Concord, NH
2014, 2017 Meredith Sculpture Walk, Meredith, NH
2016 Art in the Yard, Oxford, MA
2013,’15 Art of Sculpture, Danvers, MA
2014 Art in Nature, The Fells Historic Estate & Gardens, Newbury, NH
2012 Brush Gallery & NE Sculptors Ass., Juried exhibition, Lowell, MA
2012,’09 Fitchburg Art Museum, Juried Regional Exhibitions, Fitchburg, MA
2011 Carousel du Louvre, Louvre Museum, Paris, France
2011 Art en capital, Grand Palais, Paris, France
2011 Big Art, 2nd Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, Emerson Umbrella, Concord, MA
2011 Juried Work of Members NESA, Bristol College, Fall River, MA
2009 New Hampshire Art Assn., Invitational, Prescott Park, Portsmouth, NH
2009 Nashua Area Artists Assn. Gallery One, Nashua,
2009-2010 10th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition, Univ. of Hawai’i. Exhibitions shown worldwide
2008 NHAA 60th Currier Annual Juried Exhibition, NHIA
2007 NHAA 59th Annual Juried Exhibition, University of New Hampshire
2006 Sunapee Arts and Crafts Fair, Sunapee, NH
Prescott Park Arts Festival Juried Exhibition, NH Art Association, Portsmouth, NH
Swell Arts Festival Currimbum, Gold Coast Arts, Queensland, Australia
2006,’07 Regional Juried Exhibit, Fitchburg Art Museum, MA
2003-05;2006-08 The 8th and 9th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibitions,
Sponsored by U. of Hawai’i Dept of Art. Exhibitions shown worldwide
2005 “Dreams and Symbolism Exhibition” Rawls Museum of Arts, Courtland, Virgin
1997 “Bridges and Connections” Sharon Arts Center, Sharon, NH
1995 "Plast Art", Kyiv Art Show, Ukraine Culture Center, Kiev, Ukraine
1993 International "Imprezna '93",Museum of Fine Art, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
1992 "Artists Love New York" Exhibition, NYC, NY
1991 Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, Long Island, NY
1985 "New Hampshire Sculptors '85", Manchester Institute of Arts and Sciences, Manchester, NH
SYMPOSIUMS AND PRESENTATIONS
2016 International Sculpture Symposium, Ghaziabad, India
2015 International Sculpture Symposium, Ramstein, Germany
2015 International Sculpture symposium, Domazlice, CZ
2013 National Bronze Sculpture Symposium, Yellow Springs, OH
2011 International Sculpture Symposium, Ninh Trang, Vietnam
2011 International Sculpture Symposium, CAI, Acton, MA
2010 Bronze Sculpture Symposium, Jaspur Art Center, Uttarayan Art Foundation, Baroda, India
2009,’08 International Sculpture Symposia, “Footprints”, Nashua, NH, USA
2007 First International Sculpture Symposium, Do Son, Hai Phong Region, Vietnam
2005 Sculpture in Context 2005, International Sculpture Symposium, Farmleigh House,
Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland
International Sculpture Symposium, Banyazati Museum, Tatabanya, Hungary
International Sculpture Symposium, Chau Doc, An Giang Province, Viet Nam
“Seven Dreams” Permanent Sculpture, Village of Bamboo Gate, Taiwan
1998 "Wooden Sculpture '98", 7th International Wood Symposium, Zdar nad Sazavou, Czech Republic
1993,’92,’95 "Winged Arrow IV" Metal Symposium, Plzen, Czech Republic
1995 "Stone '95", Stone Symposium, Truskavets, Ukraine
1993 Artists Residence, Dzintari, Yurmala, Latvia
1992 Stone Symposium, Vilnius, Lithuania
1992 Stone Symposium, Kiev, Ukraine
1991 Cultural Information Center, Plzen, Czech Republic
ART ACTIVITIES
2019 Firemen Memorial, Brookline, NH
2008-2019 Artistic Director, International Sculpture Symposia, “Footprints”, Nashua, NH, USA
2015 Juror, First Kish Island International Sculpture Symposium, Iran
2014 Holocaust Memorial in Nashua, NH
2007 Panelist: Individual Artist Fellowship Awards, New Hampshire Council of the Arts, Concord, NH
2004 Juror (solo): Rocky Mount Art Center, “The Salmagundi VIII Sculpture Exhibition”, Rocky Mount, NC
2001 Participant, Panelist: The 53rd Conference on World Affairs “Borders and Beyond”,
University of Colorado, Bolder, Colorado
1998-present: Artistic Director, Co-founder: Andres Institute of Art, www.andresinstitute.org, Brookline, NH
1993 Juror in International "Impreza '93", Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
1990 International Sculpture Conference: “I S 90”, Washington, DC. Tech & Safety Lecture
1989 Member of Committee on Art & Architecture, NYC Chapter AIA
1986 International Conference on Sculpture, Dublin, Ireland. Tech & Safety Presentation
Works in museums, municipal, corporate, and private collections worldwide
PUBLICATIONS
2009 New Hampshire Magazine “It” List
2002 “Paris was my Paramour and other Lost Diaries” by Lawrence Millman. (cover illustration)
1995 “Ohni Slavuticha” September
1993 “Architecture Ukraine”, February
1987 “New Hampshire Profiles”, April
1972 “Garden Sculpture”, Horticulture, Spring
Numerous articles in domestic and foreign newspapers
EDUCATION
Harvard University Medical School (Anatomy and Dissection), Boston, MA
Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH
Miami University, Oxford, OH
AFFILIATIONS
Juried Member: New England Sculptors Association
Juried Member New Hampshire Artists Association
Honored Member of Union of Artists of Ukraine
Listed on Inventory of American Sculpture and Painting, National Museum of American Art,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC