JOHN VAN ALSTINE
P.O. Box 526
Wells, New York 12190
Tel &Fax: 518-924-9204

EDUCATION
	Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Cornell Graduate Fellowship in Sculpture; M.F.A. August 1976
	Kent State University, Kent, Ohio; graduated cum laude, 1974, with B.F.A. degree in Sculpture, Ceramics and Glass
	Blossom Festival School, Cleveland-Kent, Ohio, 1973; full scholarship in sculpture; worked with Richard Stankiewicz and Richard Hunt
	St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York; attended 1970-72

AWARDS, GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, SCHOLARSHIPS
	2008	Beijing, China, Merit Award - competition for construction of large scale public sculpture built and installed for the Olympic Park for the 2008 Olympic Games
	2005	Gottlieb Foundation Individual Artist Grant
	2002	Pollock-Krasner Foundation Individual Artist Grant
	1996	Resident Fellowship, Casting Institute, Art Department, SUNY at Buffalo, NY
	1994	Development Grant - New York State Artists, Empire State Artists Alliance
	1988	Individual Artist Fellowship, New Jersey State Council on the Arts
	1986	Individual Artist Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts, Sculpture
	1985	Yaddo Fellowship, Saratoga Springs, New York, July/August
	1984	Individual Artists Fellowship, New Jersey Council on the Arts
	1983	Creative and Performing Arts Award, University of Maryland
	1981	District of Columbia Commission on the Arts -- Individual Artist Fellowship Creative and Performing Arts Award, University of Maryland
	1980	Louis C. Tiffany Foundation Individual Artist Fellowship -- Jurors: Suzanne Delehanty, Dimitri Hadzi, Lee Hall, and Marcia Tucker Individual Artist Fellowship (photography), Wyoming Council on the Arts
	1979	Grants-in-aid. University of Wyoming, for work and study at Italy (Pietrasanta) Summer 1979
	1978	Finalist for 1978-79 Rome Prize Fellowship in Sculpture
	1974-5	Cornell Graduate Fellowship in Sculpture
	1973	Blossom Festival School of Art, Full Scholarship in Sculpture, Kent-Cleveland, Ohio

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS (selected)
	ALBANY INSTITIUTUE OF ART AND HISTORY, Albany, NY
	BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART, Baltimore, MD
	BLANTON MUSEUM OF ART, University of Texas at Austin
	CITY OF BEIJING,CHINA, Olympic Park
	CARNEGIE INSTITUTE OF ART, Pittsburgh, PA
	CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART, Washington, DC
	DAYTON ART INSTITUE, Dayton, OH
	DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART, Dallas, TX
	DELAWARE MUSEUM OF ART, Wilmington, DE
	DENVER ART MUSEUM, Gift of List Foundation, NYC
	MR. & MRS. ROBERT LEVI FOUNDATION, Baltimore, MD
	HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
	THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, HOUSTON, Houston, TX
	HERBERT F. JOHNSON MUSEUM OF ART, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
	NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
	FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD, Washington, DC
	NEWARK MUSEUM OF ART, Newark, NY
	MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, GULBENKIAN FOUNDATION, Lisbon, Portugal
	PHOENIX ART MUSEUM, Phoenix, AZ
	THE ADIRONDACK MUSEUM, Blue Mountain Lake, NY
	THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION, Washington, DC
	U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT, Art in Embassies / Bolivian Embassy, Washington, DC
	U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT, Art in Embassies - permanent collections: Kingston, Jamaican; Katmandu, Nepal, Santiago, Chile

RECENT HARDCOVER BOOK RELEASE
	Bones of the Earth, Spirit of the Land: The Sculpture of JOHN VAN ALSTINE, Essay by Nick Capasso, interview by Glenn Harper, published by Editions ARIEL, an imprint of Grayson Publishing, hardcover-96pages, release spring 2000

UNIVERSITY TEACHING

       University of Maryland, College Park - Assistant professor - 1980-86

         University of Wyoming, Laramie - Assistant Professor - 1976-80

         Cornell University - Ithaca NY, Teaching Assistant 1975-6

CORPORATE COLLECTIONS (selected)
	Artery Organization, Bethesda, MD
	Harris Trust & Savings Bank, Chicago, IL
	Hechinger Company, “Tools AS Art: The Hechinger Collection, Largo, Maryland
	MCI Corporation - East Coast Headquarters, Arlington, VA
	Prudential Life Insurance, Newark, NJ
	Mountain Bell, Denver, CO
	Norwest Bank, Billings, MT
	Peat Marwick Inc., Montvale, NJ
	Rouse Company, Baltimore, MD
	Progressive Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio
	Gulf Co., Aspen, CO
	Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis, Washington, DC
	Wilmer Cutler & Pickering, Tyson, VA
	Buchanan Partners, Washington, DC Deltec Corporation, Washington, DC
	MCI   Corporation-East Coast Headquarters, Arlington,VA

SOLO EXHIBITION (selected)
	OLPALKA GALLERY, John Van Alstine: Arrested Motion/Perilous Balance , Sage College, Albany,NY
	GERALD PETERS GALLERY, Santa Fe, August 2008
	NOHRA HAIME GALLERY, New York City 2006,  2004,  2000, 1998, 1996, 1994, 1991, 1990, 1988 BUSHLENMOWATT GALLERY, Palm Desert , CA , 2002
	HYDE COLLECTION ART MUSEUM, “CONFLUENCE” Glens Falls, NY, Jan-April 1999
	GRIMALDIS GALLERY, Baltimore, 2008, 2000, 1999, 1997, 1995, 1992, 1984
	WOOD STREET GALLERY and SCULPTURE GARDEN, Chicago, 1999
	STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, PLATTSBURGH, ART MUSEUM, “Acknowledging the Figure” 1998
	DeCORDOVA MUSEUM, Lincoln, Mass. "Vessels and Voyages", June 1996-June 1997
	KENDALL CAMPUS ART GALLERY, Miami-Dade Com. Collage, Miami, Fl, October 1997
	DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, Studio Art Exhibition Program, Sept.- Nov. 1995
	UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Paul Creative Arts Center, Durham, NH, Oct.-Dec. 1994
	TROYER FITZPATRICK LASSMAN GALLERY, Washington, DC, Sept -Oct. 1994
	CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY, Art Gallery, Cleveland, OH, April 1994
	SUN VALLEY CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Sun Valley, Idaho, February 1993
	SONSBEEK INTERNATIONAL ART CENTER, Arnhem, The Netherlands, Sept.-Nov. 1991
	NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, Washington, D.C., "Documents" (drawings and related documents produced in conjunction with large scale site-specific solstice projects), Jan.-Mar., 1991
	MORRIS MUSEUM, Morristown, NJ, "New Jersey Artist Series," January/March, 1991
	GERALD PETERS GALLERY, Santa Fe, NM, 1991, 1989
	FRANZ BADER GALLERY, Washington, D.C., "New Work/Raw Space," special exhibition in conjunction with the international Sculpture Conference, 1990
	PHILLIPS COLLECTION, Washington, D.C., April-June, 1987

INSTALLATIONS (selected)
	THE PHOENIX ART MUSEUM, museum entrance, Phoenix, AZ 1997-
	STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, Plattsburgh
	DE CORDOVA MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Lincoln, (Boston) MA, 1997-
	HIRSHHORN MUSEUM SCULPTURE GARDEN, permanent collection, lower garden 1982-96
	SOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK, New York City, 1997-8
	PHILLIPS COLLECTION, Washington, D.C., 1995-7, Large scale sculpture at museum entrance
	AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS HEADQUARTERS, Washington, D.C., Spring 1983

LARGE SCALE OUTDOOR SCULPTURAL COMMISSIONS
	2008-present MICHIGAN STATE UNIV. - 30 'high sculpure for campus -Federal % for art
	2008 BEIJING OLYMPIC PARK, Commissioned by the city of Beijing
	INDIANAPOLIS AIRPORT, 35'h outdoor sculpture (under construction)
	STATE UNIVERSITY OF INDIANA, TERRE HAUTE, 20'h bronze and granite equinox calendar
	9/11 MEMORIAL - Kettering, OH. Build in conjunction with the Kettering International Stone Sculp Symposium, 2002
	NJ TRANSIT AUTHORITY - Light Rail Station. Hoboken, NJ - 2001-3
	DULLES TRADE CENTER - for Buchanan Partners Inc. 2002
	REED MEMORIAL, Harleysville, PA. 11foot granite and bronze monument with solstice calendar 2002
	JERSEY CITY STATE COLLEGE, funded by New Jersey State Council on the Arts. 1994
	ARTERY PLAZA HEADQUARTERS, Bethesda, MD, for the Artery Organization Inc. ,1993 18' bronze and granite, Solstice Calendar.
	DEMOCRACY PLAZA, Washington, D.C., for the Artery Organization Inc., 1988-89
	INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYZES, Super Computing Research Ctr., Washington, D.C., 1988-89
	AUSTIN COLLEGE, Sherman, TX. Funded in part by the Texas Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts
	OUTDOOR PUBLIC SCULPTURE, Billings, MT. Funded by American Linen Co., Burlington Northern Railroad, Ravenhust Corp., First Northwestern National Bank.
	OUTDOOR SCULPTURE -- LUCK STONE CORPORATION, Richmond, VA,. 1983