Biography Fred Borcherdt
Education
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, M.F.A. 1963
University of Arizona, B.F.A. 1961
Teaching Experience
University of Arizona - Tucson, Arizona - Visiting Lecturer
School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Chicago, Illinois - Instructor
National College of Education - Evanston, Illinois - Visiting Artist
Fred Borcherdt, Passage Marker II, Stone and Forged Steel, 23" x 103" x13"
Exhibitions
2006 - El Cortijo Outdoor Sculpture Show, Invitational Group Show - Tucson, Arizona
2001 - "Ancient Futures - The Art of the Blacksmith" Invitational Show
2001 - Nova Scotia Center for Craft and Design Invitational Exhibit - Halifax, N.S. Canada
1999 - 20 Year Retrospective, Tucson Museum of Art, Stonewall Foundation Series
1998 - "After the Fire" Juried Group Show, Shermer Art Center - Phoenix, Arizona
1997 - Pima Community College Art Gallery, Two Person Show - Tucson, Arizona
1996 & 97 - "1st Annual Washburn University Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition," Topeka, Kansas
1996 - "Contemporary Arizona Sculpture" Tempe Arts Center - Tempe, Arizona
1994 - "ABANA Comes of Age" National Ornamental Metals Museum - Memphis, TN
1991 - "Pedestal 1" Invitational Group Show, Scottsdale Center for the Arts - Scottsdale, AZ
1989 - 4th International Contemporary Art Fair - Los Angeles, California
1987 - Contemporary Metals USA III, Juried Exhibition, Downey Museum of Art - Downey, CA
1986 - Southwest Sculpture Competition, Scottsdale Center for the Arts - Scottsdale, AZ
1986 - Contemporary Art of the Southwest, Tampa Museum of Art - Tampa, Florida
1985 - The Phoenix Biennial, Phoenix Art Museum - Phoenix, Arizona
1985 - "Outdoor Sculpture" Invitational Show, University of Arizona Union Gallery - Tucson, AZ
1984 - Sculpture Invitational, Tempe Fine Arts Center - Tempe, Arizona
1984 - "Three Alumni" Invitational Show, University of Arizona Union Gallery - Tucson, AZ
1980 & 81 - Arizona Sculpture Invitational, Museum of North Arizona - Flagstaff, Arizona
1979 - Arizona Sculpture I - Flagstaff, Arizona
1971 - Tucson Art Center, Two Person Show - Tucson, Arizona
1970 - Sculpture 70 Invitational, Art Institute of Chicago
1966 - School of the Art Institute of Chicago Faculty Show - Minneapolis, Minnesota
1966 - "Chicago Sculpture ‘66" Juried Exhibition, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois
1965 - "Phalanx III" Invitational Show, Illinois Institute of Technology
1965 - "Six Sculptors" Invitational Group Show, Bernard Horwich Center - Chicago, Illinois
1965 - Festival of the Arts, Juried Exhibition, University of Chicago
1964 - Chicago and Vicinity Show, Art Institute of Chicago - Chicago, Illinois
1964 - "Eye on Chicago" Invitational Show, Illinois Institute of Chicago - Chicago, Illinois
**Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art - 1980, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1993, 1997
**New Horizons in Sculpture, Chicago, Illinois - 1962, 1983, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969
**Texas Sculpture Association, Plaza of the Americas, Dallas, Excellent 1986, 1987, 1988
Fred Borcherdt, Desert Anchor, Stone and Forged Steel, 22" x 29" x 23"
Honors and Awards
1996 - Kupfer Award, International Teaching Center for Metal Design - Germany
1986 - Visual Improvement Award for Sculpture City of Phoenix - Phoenix, Arizona
1985 - Award of Merit, Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art - Tucson, Arizona
1985 - Jurors Award, "Southwest Sculpture" Scottsdale Center for the Arts - Scottsdale, AZ
1979 - Arizona Biennial, Purchase Prize, Tucson Museum of Art - Tucson, Arizona
1979 - First Prize, Reid Park Zoo Entrance Competition - Tucson, Arizona
1979 - Purchase Prize, "Alumni II" University of Arizona - Tucson, Arizona
1969 - First Prize, New Horizons in Sculpture - Chicago, Illinois
1967 - Marina City Purchase Prize, New Horizons in Sculpture - Chicago, Illinois
1967 - First Prize for Sculpture, Old Orchard Art Fair - Skokie, Illinois
1964 - Jurors Award, Festival of the Arts, University of Chicago - Chicago, Illinois
1964 - Pauline Palmer Prize for Sculpture, Art Institute of Chicago
1964 - Edward L. Ryerson Foreign Traveling Fellowship, Art Institute of Chicago
Public and Corporate Collections
Phoenix Art Museum - Phoenix, Arizona
Tucson Museum of Art - Tucson, Arizona
Marina City Tower - Chicago, Illinois
University of Arizona Museum of Art - Tucson, Arizona
University of Arizona Student Union Collection - Tucson, Arizona
Southbank Business Park - Phoenix, Arizona
New Trier High School - Northbrook, Illinois
Tampa Museum of Art - Tampa, Florida
National Ornamental Metals Museum - Memphis, Tennessee
Tohono Chul Park - Tucson, Arizona
Loews Ventana Canyon Resort - Tucson, Arizona
Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University - Topeka, Kansas
University of Arizona Student Union Collection - Tucson, Arizona
Tucson Community Center - Tucson, Arizona
Fred Borcherdt, Terminal Marker, Stone and Forged Steel, 42" x 51" x 40"
Select Publications
The Contemporary Blacksmith, 2000, Dona Meilach
Decorative and Sculptural Iron Work, 1999, 2nd Ed., Dona Meilach
Tucson Weekly, "Rocks and Hard Places", April 1-7, 1999
Sculpture, Vol. 18, No. 6 July/August 1999, pp. 43-44
Sculpture Vol. 15, No. 6, July/August 1996, pp. 12-13
Metalsmith, Summer 1988, pp. 43-44
New Times, October 29, 1986, p.66
Designer West, Vol. 33, No. 1, November 1985, p. 120
Creative Carving, Dona Meilach
Creative Art with Wood, Dona Meilach
Artspace, Summer 1984, p. 29
Arttalk, November 1984, p. 21
Artspace, Spring 198, p. 52
Art News, December 1980, p. 149
Lectures
1997 - "Press Forming Sculpture" Arizona Blacksmith Association of North America, Winterfest Conference - Phoenix, Arizona
1996 - Sculptural Forging Demonstration, 3rd Annual International Blacksmithing Congress - Aachen, Germany
1992 - Slide lecture and panel discussion, Artist Blacksmiths' Association of North America Biannual Conference, California Polytechnic University - San Luis Obispo, California
1990 - Industrial Forging Demonstration Mid America College Art Association 54th Annual Conference - Tucson, Arizona
1985 - Slide Lecture, "The Influence of Place" International Conference on Sculpture, Trinity College - Dublin, Ireland
1986 - Lecture, "Explosive Art" on creating art with explosives, University of Arizona Graduate Sculpture Workshop
1982 - Lecture, "Art the Way It Is" Grand Canyon College - Phoenix, Arizona
1980 & 81 - Workshop, Sculpting in Wood, Northern Arizona University - Flagstaff, Arizona
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