David Boyajian, Sculptor

3 Milltown Rd., New Fairfield, CT 06812 / 203.746.6101 / www.davidboyajian.com Click here for PDF Resume

 

AWARDS / PUBLIC COMMISSIONS

2013     Dancing milkweed VI commissioned by Rocky Hill properties Rocky Hill CT.

2013     University Hospital San Antonio TX. Sculpture commission Terrace Garden

2011     Stow Courthouse 'Unfurling XV". Commissioned by City of Stow, Stow, OH

2011     (2006-Oresent) Governors Awards, State of CT Commission on Culture and Toursim, Hartford, CT

2011     S. Norwalk, MTA Station with Matt Rink and Vincent Appel, South Norwalk, CT

2011     Sherwood Island State Park, "Sanctuary" 9/11 Memorial with Matt Rink, Westport, CT

2010     Richmond Dock Street Riverwalk Public Arts Commission, Richmond, VA

2009     Naugatuck Valley Community College, Public Commission, Main Entrance, Waterbury, CT

2008     Archstone-Smith, Corporate Commission, Archstone Gateway Apartments, Orange, CA

2007     Macerich Company, Corporate Commission, Freehold Raceway Mall, Freehold, NJ

2003     City of New Haven CT., Public Commission, Morris Cove Fire House, New Haven, CT

Town of Hamden, CT., Public Commission, Miller Cultural Complex, Hamden, CT

City of Bridgeport, CT., Public Commission, Six to Six Magnet School, Bridgeport, CT

Meyer Jabara Hotels, Corporate Commission, Brookshire, Pier V, Admiral Fells Hotels Baltimore, MD

AmeriCares, Corporate Commission, Hope Award for Mayor Rudi Giuliani, NY

2002     AmeriCares, Corporate Commission, Hope Award for President and Barbara Bush, NY

2000     Sidney Simon Sculpture Award, National Academy of Design, New York, NY

1999     Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Public Commission, Oliver Wolcott Voc-Tech, Torrington, CT

City of Stamford, Public Commission, Hart Elementary School, Stamford, CT

1998     Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Public Commission, Windham Voc-Tech, Willimantic, CT

1996     Town of Darien, Public Commission, Darien High School, Darien, CT

1994     Leadership Greater Hartford, Public Commission, Main Street Market, Hartford, CT

1992     Canton Creative Arts Council, Public Commission, Mill Pond Park, Canton, CT

1991     Sculpture Award, Stamford Museum and Nature Center, Stamford CT

1990     Sculpture Award, Essex Art Association, Essex, CT

1989     Sculpture Award, Milford Fine Arts Council, Milford, CT

1982     Ammeli Rothchild Award, Maryland Institute, Baltimore, MD

1980/81 Rinehart Award, Maryland Institute, Baltimore, MD & Marlein Charlotte Cybis Award (scholarship)

 

SOLO / DUO EXHIBITIONS (1990-present)
2013     Art in Place Foundation Invitational outdoor sculpture exhibition Charlottesville VA. 2013-2014

2013     “Ossining in 3D Bicentennial invitational outdoor sculpture celebration Ossining NY.
2013     “Sculpture park at the residence invitational sculpture exhibition CT. Governors residence conservancy
2013     “Invitational sculpture exhibition Art in The Park Elm Park Worcester MA.
2013     “Invitational sculpture exhibition 27th Rosen out door sculpture exhibition
               At Appalachia State University Turchin Center for the visual arts
2013     “Invitational sculpture exhibition Downtown Abstractions Stamford CT.

2009     “Amaryllis, From Bud to Seed to Flowering Form” Longwood University, Farmville, VA

2006     “Sanctuary Revealed”, Sculpture Barn, Danbury, CT

2005     “Nature Constructed”, University of New Haven, Seaton Gallery, New Haven, CT

2004     “Steel Seeds”, Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, Cross River, NY

2001     “New Narrative”, Entrance Gallery, Fordham University at Lincoln Center, New York, NY

2000     “A Fruitful Conversation”, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT

1999     “Sculpture Inside and Out”, Norwalk Community College, Norwalk, CT

“Art on the Grounds”, Entrance Courtyard, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT

1998     “Genesis”, Robert Moses Sculpture Garden, Fordham University at Lincoln Center, New York, NY

1997     “Recent Sculpture & Drawing”, Hays Gallery, Silvermine Guild, New Canaan, CT

“Boyajian Sculpture – Dublac Painting”, Chase Freedman Gallery, West Hartford, CT

1996     “Art in the Atrium”, River Park Atrium Lobby, Darien, CT

1995     “Great Woods”, Learner Corporation Atrium Lobby, McLean, VA

1993     “Regeneration”, Hartford Seminary, Hartford, CT

“Sculpture & Drawing”, Pooke Gallery, Walnut Hill School, Natick, MA

1990     “Boyajian Sculpture – Maskovitz Painting”, Chase Freedman Gallery, West Hartford, CT

“Recent Sculpture”, Miriam Butterworth Art Gallery, Hartford College for Woman, Hartford, CT

 

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS (1990-present)

2011     “GVI Group Show”, Ridgefield Guild for Artist, Ridgefield, CT

2011     Ridgefield Guild for Artist, Ridgefield, CT

2011     “Painted Metal”, Sculpture Barn, Danbury, CT

2011     'Five Sculptors" Able Fine Arts, New York, NY

2010     Galeria Ortiz Contemporary Gallery, San Antonio, TX

2009     “Formative Lines”, Drawing and Sculpture, Governors Island, New York, NY

2006     “ArtScape”, Outdoor Annual, Mt. Royal Avenue, Baltimore, MD

2005     “Span”, Collaborative Concepts, Beacon, NY

2004     “Political Persuasions, Left Right & Center”, Silvermine Guild, New Canaan, CT

“Outdoor Sculpture Competition”, Collinsville Arts Initiative, Collinsville, CT

2003     “Direct Metal”, Educational Alliance, NYC

“The Craft of Fine Art”, Norwalk Community College, Norwalk, CT

2002     “Katonah Museum of Art Studio Tour”, Katonah, NY

“The Madison Mile”, Hollycroft Foundation, Madison, CT

“14th Annual Invitational”, Williamsville Sculpture Garden, West Stockbridge, MA

2001     “Art Noir”, Hays Gallery, Silvermine Guild, New Canaan, CT

“Sculpture at the Art Center of the Capital Region”, Troy Art Center, Troy, NY

“The Annual”, Mill Brook Sculpture Garden, Concord, NH

2000     “175th Annual Exhibition”, National Academy of Design, New York, NY

“Still Life”, Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT

“Sculpture by the Sea”, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY

“Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood”, Chesterwood Museum, Stockbridge, MA

1999     “Regeneration: Rebuilding Torn Societies”, United Nations, New York, NY

“Summer Exhibition”, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ

“Contemporary Sculpture”, Weatherburn Gallery, Naples, FL

1998     “60th Anniversary Exhibition”, The Lever House, New York, NY

“Sculpture Exhibition”, Washington Square Atrium, Washington, DC

1997     “A Spread of Sculptural Statements”, Fordham University at Lincoln Center, New York, NY

“Sculpture Indoor/Outdoor”, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT

“Sculptors, Kyoto / New York”, Cast Iron Gallery, New York, NY and Kyoto Gallery, Kyoto, Japan

1996     “Rinehart 100: The Contemporary Years”, Decker Gallery, Maryland Institute, Baltimore, MD

“The Sculptors Guild”, Stamford Museum & Nature Center, Stamford, CT

1995     “Focus on Sculpture”, Vassos Gallery, Silvermine Guild, New Canaan, CT

“Art at the Bank”, Federal Reserve Bank, Philadelphia, PA

1994     “Reflections of the Inner Light”, Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, CT

“Connecticut Artists”, Slater Museum, Norwich, CT

1993     “Near the Turn of the Century”, Washington Square Atrium, Washington, DC

1992     “Center Pieces”, Chase Freedman Gallery, West Hartford, CT

1991     “The Figure – Evolving Traditions”, National Sculpture Society, 58th Annual Exhibition, Fairfield, CT

 

COLLECTIONS (select)
2013 - Dancing milkweed III In the collection of the Village of Ossining NY.

University of Akron, Akron, OH

The Art Institute of Colorado, Denver, CO

PepsiCo., Purchase, NY

Citizens Utilities, Stamford, CT

CPG Architects, Stamford, CT

Maritime Museum, Norwalk, CT

Dr. Ruth Westheimer, New York, NY

President, George H. W. and Barbara Bush, Kennebunkport, ME

Mayor, Rudi Giuliani, New York, NY

 

EDUCATION

1982 - MFA - Maryland Institute College of Art, Rinehart School of Sculpture, Baltimore, MD

1980 - BFA - Alfred University, New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred, NY

1981 - Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME

 

TEACHING

2006 - present - Adjunct Instructor, Drawing I & II, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT

2003 - present - Master Sculptor, Sculpture Barn Art Center, New Fairfield, CT

1999 - present - Adjunct Instructor, Drawing & 2-D Design, Norwalk Community College, Norwalk, CT

1986 - 2006 - Faculty, Metal Sculpture, Wood / Stone Carving, Silvermine School of Art, New Canaan, CT

1995 - 98 - Adjunct Instructor, 3-D Design & Drawing, Southern CT. State University, New Haven, CT

1989 - 91 - Adjunct Instructor, Studio Arts, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT

1987 - 88 - Instructor, Sculpture, 3-D Design, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT

 

ADDITIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

1984 – present – Member, Sculptors Guild Inc., New York, NY

1992 – present – Member, Silvermine Guild, New Canaan, CT

 

References;

Judge Kim Hoover: Stow Courthouse, Stow, OH (330)310-0199 Kimhoover29@hotmail.com

Catherine Easterling: Richmond Department of Planning and Development Review. (804)646-7550

Catherine.esterling@richmondgov.come

Daisy Cocco De Filippis Ph.D: President, Naugatuck Vally Community College.(203)575-8044

ddefilippis@nvcc.commnet.edu

Tamara Dimitri: Connecticut Office of the Arts.

Arts in Publick Spaces Coordinator, 1 Consitution Plaza, 2nd Floor, Hartford, CT 06103

Tamara.dimitri@ct.gov (860)256-2720

 

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