Owen Morrel Studios

Biography

1950               Born in Amityville, New York

1972               B.A. Skidmore College, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York

1973               Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Public Installations & Select Exhibitions

2017               Gnomon purchased by the state of Connecticut for permanent installation at ACC New MFG Building, Enfield, CT, October 2017

2017              Unity Arch, Site Specific Sculpture placed in city of Arlington, TX at Globe Life Park between the Dallas Cowboys' and Texas Rangers' stadiums January 19, 2017

2014               Astrolabe, Site Specific Sculpture, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX

2013               Compass Rose, Site Specific Sculpture, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

2010               David Kapell Gallery, Greenport, New York

2009               Galerie La Cense, Installation, Paris, France

 2008              Galleria Ugo Ferranti, Rome, Italy
                          David Kapell Gallery, Greenport, New York

2001               Axis, Site Specific, New Museum Building, Broadway, New York, NY

2000             Philippe Staib Gallery, New York, New York

1998               Gnomon, Site Specific, Saint Paul Western Sculpture Park, MN

1997               Gnomon, Site Specific, Fifth Avenue, Flatiron District, New York, NY
                         Pilot Bridge, Site Specific, Shelter Island Ferry Terminal, Greenport, NY

1996               Lighthouse, Site Specific, Independence Station, Oswego, New York,

1991               Solo Exhibit, 5/25-6/1, Philippe Staib Gallery, New York, NY

1989               Pilot Bridge, Entrance of John F. Kennedy International Airport

1988               Ankor, Site Specific, Wang Building, 780 Third Avenue, New York, NY
                         Classroom, Site Specific Installation, The Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
                         Liz Galasso Fine Art, New York, New York
                         Jason McCoy, New York, New York

1987               Pilot Bridge, Site Specific, JFK International Airport, New York, NY
                         Jason McCoy, New York, NY

1985               Pilot Bridge, Site Specific, Franklin Street, Tribeca, New York, NY
                         Retrospective, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas
                         Musée de Centre d’Art Contemporaine, Bordeaux, France
                         Goldman-Kraft Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

1984               Retrospective, 1976-1984, Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin
                         Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas
                         Ted Greenwald Gallery, New York, New York

1981               Boomerang, Site Specific, McGraw-Hill Building, W. 42nd St., NY, NY
                         Galerie Alfred Schmela, Dџsseldorf, Germany
                         Bonlow Gallery, New York, New York

1980               Omega, Site Specific Sculpture, Art Park, Lewiston, New York
                         Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France
                         Galleria Ugo Ferranti, Rome, Italy
                         Galerie Francoise Lambert, Milan, Italy

1979               Asylum, Site Specific, American Thread Building, Rooftop, W. Broadway, New York, NY
                         Gallery Yvon Lambert, Paris, France
                         Galerie Alfred Schmela, Dџsseldorf, Germany

1977               Catapult, Site Specific, List Building, 599 Broadway, Rooftop, NY, NY

1976               Desk Axis, Site Specific, 724 Union Street, Rooftop, Brooklyn, NY

1975               Telescopic Reference Points, Site Specific, Poughkeepsie, New York

Grants & Awards

1981               C.A.P.S., New York State Council on the Arts, Project Grant

1980               Artists Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts Natural Heritage Trust, Project Grant

1979               C.A.P.S. New York State Council for the Arts, Project Grant

Publications/ Features/ Films

Public Art: A World’s Eye View Integrating Art Into The Environment, pages 456 - 467, 2008, ISBN: 978-4-931154-32-2, Publisher: ICO

“Public Sculpture” (28 min., 1983), featuring Louise Nevelson, Owen Morrel and Richard Serra. (Marc Miller Documentary Film on Public Art by Shalom Gorewitz, Parsons)

Gerrit, Henry, “Art Talk” ARTnews, November 1998

Arts and Antiques November 13, 1998

Hogrefe, Jeffrey, New York Observer, December 20, 1997

Vogel, Carol, “Inside Art” The New York Times, September 20, 1996

Blankstein, Amy, Sculpture Magazine, February 1996, p. 27

Chayat, Sherry, “Energy Sculpture”, Syracuse Herald American, September 10, 1995

Ash, John, “Morrel’s Delirious Structures”, Art In America, December 1991, pp. 104-08

Ashbery, John, Owen Morrel, April 25-June 1, 1991, Philippe Staib Gallery, New York, New York

Rockefeller Center for Special Education “The Rockefeller Group At a Glance”, November 1989

Koch, Wolfgang, “Zwischen Hџtte, Halde und Siedlung.” Ieton 211, September 10-11, 1988

Raynor, Vivian, “Two Sculpture Shows: One In Small Scale, The Other Large.” The New York Times, June 12, 1988, p. 32

Raven, Arlene, “Art In The Public Interest-Doing Or Making Good.” The Village Voice, May 3, 1988, pp. 3-4

Nadelman, Cynthia, “Gabo’s Progeny”, ARTnews, December 1987, pp. 123-7

Brensen, Michael, “Owen Morrel”, The New York Times, October 16, 1987, p. 27

Brensen, Michael, “Sculpture Goes Outdoors”, The New York Times, July 1984, 1987, p. C-20

Myers, Trent, Owen Morrel Works 1976-1984, Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin, 1984

Everingham, Carol, “Heightened Perspectives-Owen Morrel Platforms To New Visions”, The Houston Post, March 9, 1985, p. 1-2

Castle, Ted, “Owen Morrel In TriBeca”, Art In America, October 1984, p. 195

Christo, C. “Le Toucher de L’Espace et du Temps”, Artistes, March 1984, pp. 18-20

Myers, Trent, “Owen Morrel Works 1976-1984”, Madison Arts Center, 1984

Ashbery, John, “Don’t Look Down”, Newsweek, February 1, 1982, p. 77

Karmel Pepe, “Photography: Urban Disjunctions”, Art In America, March 1982, pp. 45-9

Helene Lassalle, Art americain, oeuvres des collection du Musee national d’art moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris, 1981

Select Collections

Pepino Agrati, Milan, Italy
Mr. and Mrs. Syed Ali, Greenwich, Connecticut
John Ashbery, New York, New York
Dr. Robert Beck, New York, New York
Phyllis and Richard Bernstein, Dallas, Texas
Jeanette Bonnier, Stockholm, Sweden
Centre National d’Art et de Culture, Georges Pompidou Centre, Paris, France
Christo and Jean-Claude, New York, New York
Mr. and Mrs. George A. Cohon, Toronto, Canada
Dresdner Bank of Germany, AG, Wall Street, New York, New York
Shawn and Jolene Fitzgerald, Garden City, New York
First National Bank of Chicago, Illinois
Estate of Rubin Gorewitz, New York, New York
Maria and Scott Hodes, Chicago, Illinois
Jean Paul Jungo, Zurich, Switzerland
George Kaufman, New York, New York
Pierre Keller, Lausanne, Switzerland
Josy Kraft, Basel, Germany
William Kriegel, New York, New York
Yvonne Lambert, Paris, France
Jacques Leviant, New York, New York