Eric K Drury

 

 

Selected Exhibitions

 

2006      Context, Construct, Content, Gallery Boreas, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

2005      Unrelated (Sculpture Mostly), Arts Center Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY              Curated by Peter Dudek Exhibitions Director, Sculptor's guild

              Flash Art Fair, Milan, Italy

              Paper Show, Empty Set Gallery, Pittsfield, MA, Juried

Transform, Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, Pittsfield, MA

2004      Solstice at Boreas, Gallery Boreas, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY  

Brooklyn Preview, Gallery Boreas, Pittsfield, MA

Throat Culture, Lee Library, Lee, MA

2003         Options R, Empty Set Gallery, Pittsfield, MA

2000         All School Show, Student Life Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Juried       by faculty

Senior Show, Huntington Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Juried by     faculty

1999      The Haystack Show, Student Life Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art

              New Paintings, Bakalar Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art

1998         Force Times Distance, Bakalar Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art

              Phobia-The Graffiti Show, Johann Westurburg Gallery, Great Barrington MA

 

Exhibitions Curated

 

2005      Transform, Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, Pittsfield, MA (Co-curated with artist Maggie Mailer)

 
Education

 

2004      BFA, Painting, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

             

Berkshire Community College, Pittsfield, MA, Fine arts, Social work, Nonprofit governance

                     

Williams College, Williamstown, MA, (Auditor): Courses: "Introduction to the Qur'an and Islam", "Mosque"

 

Grants / awards

 

2004      Artist Grant, Downtown Inc., Pittsfield, MA

2000         Williamsburg Paint Award, Massachusetts College of Art

 

Lectures

 

2005      Chesterwood Estate and Museum, Stockbridge, MA

 

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Selected Bibliography

 

"Worth Noting,"The Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, April 8, 2005, B5

 

Lesley Ann Beck, "From Storefront to Gallery," The Berkshire Eagle, article, interview, and pictures, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, February 4, 2005, D1

 

      The Berkshire Eagle, studio photograph and caption, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, April 4, 2004, B1

 

Olga Medvedev, "Diversity Team Leading Discussion," The Beacon Online, North Adams, Massachusetts, November 15, 2001

 

The Berkshire Eagle, exhibition photograph and caption, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, December 27, 1995, A1

 

Publications

 

Exhibition review - Amparo Carvajal-Hufschmid's First Cut Series at Berkshire Community College. The Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield Massachusetts. April 8, 2005. D5

 

      Interview - Sculptor/curator Peter Dudek Artful Mind. Great Barrington, Massachusetts. November 2004. pp. 32-33

 

Exhibition review - Pickup Lines at the Geoffrey Young Gallery. Artful Mind, Great Barrington, Massachusetts. September 2004. p.40

 

Exhibition review - Matthew Ritchie's Proposition Player and Ann Hamilton's Corpus at Mass MoCA Artful Mind. Great Barrington, Massachusetts, July 2004. pp. 16-17

 

Lectures

 

2005      Chesterwood Estate and Museum, Stockbridge, MA

 

Conferences

 

2001         Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams MA

              Panel Chair "Campus Forum: Intolerance, A Panel Discussion"

 

Selected Collections

 

      Scott Cole, West Stockbridge, MA

      Brunetta Silvestri Bologna, Italy

      Maggie Mailer, Pittsfield, MA

      Luisa Monti, Bologna, Italy

      Chris Coffin, Hanson MA

      Gerri Rachins, Brookline, MA

      Suha Abu Jires, Beit Jala, Palestine

      Essam Sarras, Beit Jala, Palestine

      Clifford Wagner, Pittsfield, MA

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Commissions

 

1996       Mural, Berkshire Council on Alcoholism and Addictions, Pittsfield, MA

1995           Mural, The Christian Center, Pitt Park, Pittsfield, MA

1993       Murals, Pittsfield Paintball Inc., Pittsfield, MA

 

board / committee Service

 

Current: Corporator, Downtown Inc., Pittsfield, MA

                  Pittsfield Cultural Council, Past President, FY '06, President, FY '05

         Artscape Committee, Office of Community Development, Pittsfield, MA

                 Duties: Artist/art selection, logo design 

Past:       Search Committee, Office of Cultural Development, Pittsfield, MA

Advisory Board, Storefront Artist Project, Pittsfield, MA

 
international Travel

 

Italy, Holland, Germany, Belgium, France, Palestine, Israel, Egypt, England, Canada

 

Artist Statement