Sculpture/Installation

Contact Information

3132A Nova Scotia Road
Bel Air, MD 21015
tel: 410- 836-2546
e-mail:
www.brentcrothers.com
Please contact artist for purchases, commissions, etc.

Artist Statement

Many years ago, I committed myself to expressing my views and feelings about the world I inhabit by working with my hands to create art. At that time, I lived in the woods so the forest and the spirit of nature guided me along, mentored me. In those early years, I worked mostly with natural materials, mainly wood.

Slowly I was changing.

It took September 11th and some life-altering health issues for me to see the real importance of working with a wider range of materials. This further expanded my dialogue with the world.

I look back on my early sculptures as ponderings, questions, and pleas. In many regards, my works still follow those feelings today. My pieces are a type of physical poetry with an emphasis on form and relationships of materials and our relationship to these materials. The artwork comes in part from a strong environmental viewing of the world, a sustainable world.

Now, some 30 years on, I see the solid foundation I built, where all my works sprang from and how they radiate out from those early pieces. Each of my pieces is the culmination of 55 years of experience.

With every decision there is a moment and that gap is where my art springs from.

Education

2003
Rinehart School of Sculpture, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
MFA

1989
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
BFA

Residencies

1988
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME

Honors and Awards

2010 and 2008
Janet & Walter Sondheim Prize Semi-Finalist

2009, 1997 and 1995
Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award

2003
Amalie Rothschild Rinehart Award

1993
Artists’ Fellowship Inc. Grant

Finalist: Mid-Atlantic/NEA Regional Visual Art Fellowship Grant

1988
Skowhegan Scholarship

Professional Experience

2009
Adjunct Sculpture Instructor, University of Maryland,
College Park, MD

2004
Visiting Artist, Harford Community College, Bel Air, MD

2001-2000
Adjunct Sculpture Instructor, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

2000
Guest lecturer, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ

2000, 1998, 1992
Visiting Artist, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

1997
Artist workshop, “Organic Form in Space”, Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC

1994
Artist-in-residence, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, MD

1994
Visiting Artist, Towson State University, Towson, MD

1993
Visiting Artist, Neumann College, Aston, PA

Collections

The Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE

The Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, DC

The Hechinger Collection, Largo, MD

Essex Community College, Baltimore, MD

Selected Exhibitions

Solo

2010
Sculpture 1275: Brent Crothers, 1275 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC

2006
Brent Crothers: 20 Years of Sculpture, Chesapeake Gallery, Harford Community College, Bel Air, MD

2005
Brent Crothers: Why Not Care?, Haven Arts, Bronx, NY

Brent Crothers: Where Are We Going With This?, Louise Jones Brown Gallery,
Duke University, Durham, NC

Brent Crothers: Take Nothing For Granted, Galerie Francoise e.s.f., Baltimore, MD

2001
Brent Crothers: Why Care?, Galerie Francoise e.s.f., Baltimore, MD

1998
Brent Crothers New Works, Galerie Francoise e.s.f., Baltimore, MD

1995
Brent Crothers Recent Sculptures, Galerie Francoise e.s.f., Baltimore, MD

1994
Brent Crothers, Mosely Gallery, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, MD

Two-person

1993
Brent Crothers and David Gleeson, Galerie Francoise e.s.f., Baltimore, MD

Group

2010
Janet and Walter Sondheim Prize Semi-Finalists Exhibition, Decker Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

The Language of Objects, MD State Arts Council / James Backas Gallery, Baltimore, MD

Crossroads: Determining The Authentic Visual Voice, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ

2009
Bilateral Engagement, The Art Museum of The Americas, Washington, DC

American Artist, Thaumaturgist Gallery, Beijing, China

Hunter Gatherer, CCBC Art Gallery, Catonsville, MD

2008
Janet and Walter Sondheim Prize Semi-Finalists Exhibition, Decker Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore MD

Men on Maps, Haven Arts, Bronx NY

2007
Intervene/Activate, The Union Gallery, College Park, MD

2006
Gallery in the Garden, Hawk Mountain, Orwigsburg, PA

Art of the Word, Haven Arts, Bronx, NY

The Art of Barter, Sowebo Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD

2005
Sticks and Stones: The Making of a Sculpture Garden, Devault, PA

2004
War or Peace, Warehouse Gallery, Washington, DC

A Walk in the Woods, Carroll County Arts Council, Westminster, MD

2003
Sculpture at Wildwood, Wildwood Park, Wildwood, PA

Seven on Seventh, Convention Center Metro Station, Washington, DC

2002
Eight From Baltimore, Eleven Eleven Sculpture Space, Washington, DC

2001
Out of Tradition, Delaware Center For Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE

Snapshot, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD

2000
Birth, 57 N. Fine Arts, Washington, DC

Sculpture, Evergreen, Baltimore, MD
Juror: Michael Brenson

Sculpture, Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ

Mill-enium Show, Mill River Gallery, Oella, MD

1999
Sculpture Now ‘99, Gallery 505, Washington, DC
Juror: Willem de Looper

It’s Sculpture, outdoor exhibition, Arena Stage, Washington, DC

Artscape 2000-1, Decker Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

1998
Sculpture on Site, 2 year outdoor exhibition, Harford Community College, Bel Air, MD

1997
Tools As Art: Exploring Metaphor, National Building Museum, Washington, DC

Landscape: An Exhibition of Sculpture, The Art Museum of The Americas, Washington, DC

1996
Biennial Exhibition, The Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE

ArtSites ‘96, Tudor Place, Washington, DC
Sponsored by the International Sculpture Center

16th Annual Invitational Sculpture Exhibition, Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, Laurel, MD

Sculptor’s Incorporated 12th Anniversary Exhibition, Mill River Gallery, Ellicott City, MD

1995
The Book As, Gallery 10, Washington, DC

Future Relics, Artscape ‘95, outdoor installation, Mt. Royal Avenue, Baltimore, MD
Curator: Sarah Tanguy

Sculpture Now, Washington Square, Washington, DC
Curator: Virginia Mecklenberg, National Museum of American Art

1994
Across Borders/Sin Fronteras, The Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC

ArtSites 6: Survey of New Washington Area Art, Rockville Arts Place, Rockville, MD

1993
10th Anniversary Show, Washington Square, Washington, DC
Curator: Marian Griffiths, New York Sculpture Center

Mandala #2, Neumann College, Aston, PA

Sculpture Tour 92-93, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

1992
Sculpture Now, Washington Square, Washington, DC
Curator: Jeremy Strick, National Gallery of Art

Inside The Mid-Atlantic, Outside Tradition, Maryland Hall For The Creative Arts, Annapolis

Sculpture at Liberty Rotunda, International Sculpture Center Conference, Philadelphia, PA

1991
Neutral Ground, outdoor installation,Artscape’91, Mt Royal Avenue, Baltimore, MD

Art In The Atrium, Columbia Square, Washington, DC
Curator Joshua P. Smith

Mandala, 1 year outdoor installation, Maury Park, Arlington Arts Center, VA

1990
New Sculpture, School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD

Maryland On View, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD

Society installation, School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD
Juror: Martin Puryear