Caspar Henselmann

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bio

Caspar Henselmann was born in 1933 in Germany and grew up in Ticino Switzerland. His family immigrated in 1950 to the USA, and settled in Chicago, Illinois. He recieved a B.F.A. from the Art Intistitute of Chicago and a diploma of medical illustration from the College of Medicine from the University of Illinois. He worked in Detroit, Michigan, and there turned to sculpture during his studies. He settled in New York City where he has worked and lived since 1960. He has exhibited extensively in the USA, and Europe, including 25 solo shows. His works are in museums and in many private collections both in Europe and the USA.

statement

Most of my work has a scientific conotation. My large architectual installations reflect an analogy to the structural order found in biological organisms. The thinking process is usually multilayered and, although a scientific concern maybe underlying, aesthetic, material and functional considerations modify and alter the final configuration. My public artworks consider historical, enviromental and sociological aspects in site specific presentations.

Present concerns are and expanding universe, physics, philosophy and the process of translating abstract concepts; and information into a visual statement. Art is a reflection of our thoughts, and since most ideas are complete, so is art.

Caspar's work reflects a uniquely personal expression of his interest in minimal, post-minimal and conceptual ideas.

*Group shows*
	Riverstone Gallery, Haverstraw , NY. 2006 Long House , EastHampton, NY. “Albee’s choice” 2006 1816 Gallery , Bretenoux, France 2005A Artefact, Pardo Gallery , Zurich, 2005 Artefact, Pardo Gallery, Milan, 2004 Wooster Art Space, NYC, 2005 Salena Gallery , LIU ,Brooklyn , NY. 2004 Wooster Art Space, NYC , 2003 Chelsea Srudio Gallery, NYC, 2002 Robert Pardo Gallery ,NYC, 2002 Sculpture Center LIC, NY, 2001 Pardo-Lattuada Gallery, Milan, 2001 Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany, 1999 Robert Pardo Gallery, NYC, 1999 Six Sculptors, Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY, 1998 Nanjing Art College, China, 1997 Villa Haiss Museum, Zell AH, Germany, 1997 View Pardo Gallery, NYC , 1996 Rosenberg & Kaufman, NYC, 1995 Bill Bace Gallery, NYC. 1994 Burlington College, NJ, 1962 International Sculpture Symposium, Cuxhaven, Germany, 1991 American Trust Heritage, Chesterton, Mass. 1989 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass. 1989 Nina Owen Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, 1987 Sculpture Center, NYC, 1985 Bologna & Landi Gallery, Easthampton, NY, 1983 Artpark, Lewiston, NY, 1983 Ackland Museum, Chapel Hill, NC, 1983 Memphis Academy of Fine Arts, Tennessee, 1982 Willam Patterson College, Wayne, NJ, 1981 PS 1 Institute of Art & Urban Resources, NYC, 1978 Marika Malacorda Gallery, Geneva Switzerland, 1976 Weatherspoon Gallery, University of North Carolina, 1974 Whitechapel Gallery, London, England, 1970 Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC, 1969 Contemporary Crafts Museum, Plastic as Plastic, NYC, 1969 Riverside Museum, NYC, 1978 Stamford Museum, Ct., 1967 Feingarten Gallery, Los Angeles, 1965 National Design Center, Chicago, 1964 Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA, 1964
*Solo exhibits*
	Wooster Art Space , NY/NY.2007 1816 Galerie , Bretenoux , France 2006 Artefact, Pardo , Milano 2005 Artefact, Pardo, Zurich, 2005 Forum , Munich , Germany , 2003 Neuberger Museum, Purchase, NY, 1999 Robert Pardo Gallery, NYC, 1999 Kingsborough Community College, Bklyn, NY, 1997 Lindenau Museum, Altenburg, Germany, 1997 Walter Bischoff Gallery, Berlin, Stuttgart 1986, 1990, 1994, 1997 Offenburg Museum, Germany, 1994 Bill Bace Gallery, NYC, 1992, 1995 Stadt Gallery, Lahr, Germany, 1993 Kunstverein Bielefeld Museum in Waldhof, Germany, 1991 Sandra Gering Gallery, NY, 1989 Dorothea Van Der Koelen, Mainz, Germany, 1989 Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridghampton, NY, 1983, 1987 Real Artways, Hartford, CT, 1987 Nina Owen Galllery, Chicago, 1986 Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany, 1982 Ben Shahn Galllery, Paterson, NJ, 1980 Sculpture Now, NYC, 1979 55 Mercer Gallery, NYC, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 Stable Gallery, NYC, 1968 Kern Country Museum, Bakersfield, CA, 1965
*Commissions & collections*
	Dennison Museum, Traverse City , Mich Kresge Art Museum , East Lansing , Mich. Museo Cantonale del Ticino, Lugano, Switzerland City of Denver CO. Police Station District 2 Swiss Paraplegic Center, Nottwil, Switzerland Lindenau Museum, Altenburg, Villa Haiss Museum, Zell AH. Germany Kunsthalle, Bremen, Germany Bank Julius Baer, NYC Deutsche Bank, NYC SMS Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA Union Swiss Bank Int'l, NYC Lehmbruck Museum, Duisberg, Germany F.Scheidt Collection, Essen Kettwig, Germany Mannesman Int'l, Dusseldorf, Germany Marshall-Isley Bank, Milwaukee, Wisc. Southridge Shopping Center, Milwaukee, Wisc. Technicon Corp. Science Center, Tarrytown, NY
*Grants*
	Pollok – Krasner Foundation Award 2004 George Sugarman Foundation Award 2003- 2006 Lesly and Adolph Gottlieb Foundation Award 2003 National Endowment for the Arts Sculpture Award, 1984 National Endowment for the Arts Sculpture Award, 1979 Ford Foundation Artist-in-Residence Grant, 1965 Louis Comfort Tiffany Sculpture Award, 1962
*Education*
	Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois, Art Institute of Chicago, BFA,1956 University of Illinois College of Medicine, Diploma of Medical Art, 1955 Graduate studies : Wayne State University , Detroit, Mich. Columbia University , NYC. 1952-56

*Teaching experience*
	Associate Professor Summer Program in Otranto , Italy CUNY , School of Architecture 2001- present Visitng Artist, Memphis Academy of Arts, 2002 Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecure, Seminar 2000 Associate Professor, Long Island University, Bklyn, NY, 1996-present Lecturer & Critic, Columbia U Graduate School of Architecture, 1994 Lecturer & Critic, U of Pennsylvania, School of Architecure, 1993 Associate Professor, Sculpture, Hofstra U., Hempstead, NY, 1987-88 Visiting Artist, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1983 Visiting Artist, Maryland Art Institute, Baltimore, 1982 Visiting Artist, Memphis Academy of Arts, 1982 Associate Professor, Sculpture, C.W. Post, LIU, NY, 1976-77 Visiting Artist, St. Cloud State College, St. Cloud, Minn., 1975 Visiting Artist, Rutgers U, Douglass College, NJ, 1968-69
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