Biography


1951b. 2 November, New York City
1969-73Studied anthropology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. B.A., 1973.
1971-72Studied sculpture, Cleveland Institute of Art
1973Studied Music, Cleveland Institute of Music
1974Began sculpting, Berkeley, California
1976Began working in marble, Berkeley.
1980-83Worked for James Prestini, reproducing his plaster designs in marble.
1984Recipient of Athena Foundation Grant to sculpt at the
Mark Di Suvero Studio, New York City
1985-97Lived and worked in Carrara, Italy.
1998-Living and working in Santa Fe, NM and Carrara Italy.



Exhibitions

1976Walton Gallery, San Francisco
1977-78Forster Goldstrum Gallery, San Francisco
1979Walnut Creek Civic Art Center, Walnut Creek CA (catalog)
1979Rusty Baker Gallery, San Anselmo CA
1980-82Victor Fischer Gallery, Orinda and Oakland, CA
1984Walnut Creek Civic Art Center
1984Allan Stone Gallery, New York
1985-88Forum Gallery, New York
1988-89Various exhibitions, Tuscany, Italy
1990L'Grup Galleria, Carrara, Italy
1992-96Galerie Carzaniga & Ueker,
Basel, Switzerland (catalog, 1992)
1993Allene Lapides Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1994-96Lo Studio Reggiani, Milan, Italy
1995L'Grup Galleria
1996Avignon en Provence, France
1997-98Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ. Stone sculpture exhibit.(catalog)
1998ACA Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1999Christian Chaneau Gallery, Santa Fe NM
1999-2000Lumina Gallery, Taos NM
2000Gallery Zip, Valencia NM
2000Vanto Fine Arte, San Francisco CA
2000,2004-07Santa Fe Community College
Faculty Show, Santa Fe NM
2001Bryant Street Gallery
Palo Alto, CA
2001-3I Wolk Gallery
St. Helena, CA (Auberge du Soleil)
2004State Capitol Building
Faculty Show, Santa Fe NM
2004-05Winterowd Fine Art
Santa Fe NM
2006-09Salon Margraff
Santa Fe NM
2009-11Riva Yares
Santa Fe NM
2010San Francisco Int'l. Art Fair
I Wolk Gallery
St. Helena, CA
2010One Painter, Estaban Vicente and Sculptor, Paul Bloch
Bryant Street Gallery
Palo Alto CA
2014LA Int'l. Art Fair
Heather Gaudio Fine Art
New Canaan CT
2014Solo Exhibit
Yares Art Projects
Santa Fe NM
2014Black White and Red
Heather Gaudio Fine Art
New Canaan CT

Personal Exhibitions:
1989Galerie Carzaniga & Ueker, Basel, Switzerland
1991Galerie Carzaniga & Ueker (catalog)
1995Galerie Carzaniga & Ueker
2002Gallery Chiaroscuro
Santa Fe, NM
2007Zane Bennett Gallery
Santa Fe, NM
2014Yares Art Projects
Santa Fe NM
Collaborations/video
Paul Bloch: "Any Surface
Installations
New Mexico Artist Achievement Purchase Award, Santa Fe Community College
Colenco Power Engineering, LTD, Baden (Zurich), Switzerland
Reinhardt Druck, Basel
Wachendorf AG, Basel
Bogazzi Cargo Massa, Italy
Westin Hotel, New York, NY
Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe, NM
George & Cynthia Mitchell Basic Sciences Research Bldg., Houston, TX


Teaching Positions


1981Taught sculpture at Hayward State University, Hayward California.
1978-94Frequent lecturer and demonstrator at then University of California at Berkeley and Santa Cruz and also San Francisco City College at Fort Mason.
1988-95Taught sculpture at the Studio S.G.F., Carrara, Italy.
1999Conducting stone sculpture workshops in Santa Fe.
2000-04Teaching stone sculpture classes, Santa Fe Community College.


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