FOON SHAM : : : RESUME & EXHIBITIONS

	FOON SHAM

	1953		Born, Macao, China

	1975		Arrived in United States

	1990		Assistant Professor, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland

	1996		Associate Professor, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland

	2000		Professor, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland

	EDUCATION

	1981		M.F.A. Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia.

	1978		B.F.A. California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California.

	ADDITIONAL STUDIES

	1981		College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia.

	1979		Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

	1978-79		Rinehart School of Sculpture, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland.

	1976		Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York.

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	SOLO EXHIBITIONS

	2007		Heineman Myers Gallery, Bethesda, Maryland

	2007		Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston, Virginia

	2006		Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

	2006		Scott White Contemporary Arts, San Diego, CA

	2005		DianneTanzer Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

	2004		Kim Foster Gallery, New York, New York

	2003		Manningham Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

	2003		The World Bank, Washington DC

	2001		Stiftelsen Kulturhuset USF, Bergen, Norway

	2001		Delaware Center for The Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, Delaware

	2000		Centre Cultural Fernand-Charist, Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada

	2000		Gallery K, Washington, DC. 1998 456 Gallery, New York, New York.

	1997		"20-20-2: Vase of Knowledge, outdoor site-specific sculpture installation, George Washington University, Washington, DC.

	1997		"Recent Works," Gallery K, Washington, DC.

	1996		"Houses at Night," An Installation: Sculptures and Drawings, McCray Gallery, Western New Mexico University, Silver City, New Mexico.

	1995		"New Sculptures & Drawings," Gallery K, Washington, DC.

	1994		"Sculptures and Drawings," Dunlap Gallery, Otterbein College, Batelle Fine Arts Center, Westerville, Ohio.

	1992		"Vertebrae VI," outdoor site-specific sculpture installation, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, Virginia

	1991		Art Department Gallery, Catholic University, Washington, DC.

	1990		Franz Bader Gallery, Washington. DC.

	1989		Arnold & Porter Law Firm, Washington, DC.

	1988		"Shards and Monolith," Arlington Arts and Center, Arlington, Virginia.

	1985		Gallery 10, Washington, DC.

	1984		Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia.

	1981		"Poles," Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia.

	1980		"Me and Sculpture," Proposal Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland.

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	GROUP EXHIBITIONS

	2008		"Cederhurst Biennial Sculpture Compeition and Maquette Exhibition", Cederhurst Center for the Arts, Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, Illinois

	2008		Gensler Design, Washington, DC

	2008		Art Omi International Arts Center, Ghent, New York

	2008		"Look Now Look Around", Maryland State Arts Council, Baltimore, Maryland

	2008		"Hand-Made", Strathmore Hall Arts Center, Bethesda, Maryland

	2007		4 person-exhibition, Grounds of Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey (Curator: Betsy Bowens, Grounds For Sculpture)

	2007		Downtown at the Garden, Miami, Florida

	2007		Four-persons exhibition, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey

	2006		Art in Embassy, US Consulate General, Hong Kong (06-08)

	2006		“Pulse,” Hillyer Art Space, International Art and Artists, Washington, DC

	2006		“Sculpture Unbound”, Edison Place Gallery, Washington DC (Juror: Glenn Harper, Editor,Sculpture Magazine)

	2006		“Dejavu,” Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, Virginia

	2006		“FoonSham and Claire Sherwood,” Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia

	2005		Searching For A Path, Asian Arts and Culture Center, Towson University, Towson, MD

	2005		Outdoor sculpture installation, Longwood Center For the Visual Arts, Longwood University, Farmville, Virginia (Curatror: Mara Scrupe)

	2005		“City of Sculpture,” Paseo de Montejo, Museum of Contemporary Art of Yucatan, Mexico, Merida, Mexico (Curator: Silvia Madrid)

	2005		“Collaboration as a Medium,” 25 years of Pyramid Atlantic, Edision Place Gallery, Washington DC

	2004		“Master Sculptors,” Montgomery College, Rockville, MD “EDAW/CCA,” Fall CCA alumni exhibition, EDAW INC, San Francisco, CA “WPA/C Anonymous,” Gallery at Flashpoint, Washington DC

	2003		“Sculpture By the Sea,” International Juried exhibition, Bondi , Sydney, Australia

	2003		“With the Vessel in Mind”, Eleven Eleven Sculpture Space, Washington DC (curator: Binney Fry, Independent Curator)

	2003		"International Sculpture Center Members Juried Exhibition", Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey

	2002		"De'marrage III", Mount-Saint Hilaire, Quebec, Canada

	2002		Gallery 10 Invitational, Washington Square, Washington DC

	2002		"Cell", School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, Maryland. (In collaboration with Renee Rendine)

	2002		"Sculpture at Evergreen", Evergreen House, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland (Curator: Mary Jane Jacobs)

	2002		WPA/Corcoran Curator's Choice Art Auction, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (Curator: Judy Greenberg, Director, Kreeger Museum, Washington, DC)

	2001		"Shared Spirits & Sensibilities: Contemporary Asian Artists", Howard County Center for the Arts, Ellicott City, Maryland (Curator: Ock-Kyung Lee)

	2001		"Sculptors at Work", Corcoran Gallery of Art, Hemicycle Gallery, Washington, DC (Curator: John Beardsley, Independent Curator)

	2001		Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, Minnesota

	2001		Pittsburg Center for the Arts, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania

	2000		"Vevringutstillinga 2000", Vevring, Norway

	2000		"Summer Exhibition at Grounds for Sculpture", Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey (Juror: Brooke Barrie, Curator/Director, Grounds for Sculpture)

	2000		Faculty Exhibition, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland

	2000		"Year of the Dragon," Cultural Center of Glen Allen, Glen Allen, Virginia (Curator: Deborah Mcleod, Independent Curator).

	2000		Faculty Exhibition, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.

	1999		Cederhurst Sculpture Park, Mt. Vernon, Illinois.

	1999		Proposals for " The Moment in a Period of Transition," maquettes and drawings, Gallery Plan 3, Hamnmagasinet, Orebro, Sweden.

	1999		"Tradition and Innovation," University of Maryland University College, Inn and Conference Center, College Park, Maryland.

	1999		"Portals," outdoor sculpture exhibition at Arena Stage, Washington, DC (Curator: Sarah Tanguy, Independent Curator).

	1999		"Pier Walks," an international exhibition of outdoor sculptures, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois.

	1999		"Process, Concepts, Solutions, Virginia Invitational," Longwoods Arts Center, Farmsville, Virginia (Curator: Georgio Coopersmith).

	1999		"Shared Roots," Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia.

	1999		Maquettes, Vendanta Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.

	1998		"Sculptors' Plans-Drawings &Maquettes," 505 Gallery, Washington, DC (Juror: Joann Moser, Senior Curator of Graphic Arts, National Museum of American Art).

	1998		"Material Forces," The American Center for Physics, College Park, Maryland (Curator: Sarah Tanguy, Independent Curator).

	1998		"Commonwealth Collects," Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, Virginia.

	1997		"Quiet Movements," two-person exhibition, Boyden College, St. Mary's College of Maryland, St. Mary City, Maryland.

	1997		"Landscapes: An Exhibition of Sculptures," The Art Museum of the Americas, Organization of American States, Washington, DC (Jurors: Ana Maria Escallon, Director, Museum of the Americas, and Susana Torruella Leval, Director, El Museo del Barrio, New York).

	1997		"International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition," Art Gallery, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii; travelled through 1999.

	1997		"Fin de Siecle," Delaware Center for Creative Arts, Wilmington, Delaware (Juror: Daniel Rosenfeld, Director, Pennsylvania Academy of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).

	1997		"Sculpture Now," Washington Square, Washington, DC (Juror: Sarah Tanguy, Independent Critic and Curator).

	1997		"UMCP faculty Exhibition, Konin Museum, Konin, Poland.

	1997		"Janus I," Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, Virginia (Curator: Andrea Pollan, Independent Curator).

	1996		"Metamorphosis," Art Auction, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.

	1996		Two-person Exhibition, Maryland College of Art and Design, Silver Spring, Maryland.

	1996		"17th Annual Montpelier Invitational Sculpture Show," Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, Laurel, Maryland.

	1996		"Sculpture Now," Washington Square, Washington, DC (Juror: Olga M. Viso, Assistant Curator, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC).

	1996		"Converging Lines," six-person exhibition, Soma Gallery, San Diego, California.

	1996		"Commonwealth Collects: Reaching Across Our Borders," Virginia Beach Center for the Arts, Virginia Beach, Virginia (Juror: Jenny Moore, Director, Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art).

	1995		"International Woodcarving Symposium," outdoor sculpture installation, Nagyatad Sculpture Park, Nagyatad, Hungary.

	1995		"30th Annual Open Exhibition," San Bernardino County Museum, Redland, California (Juror: Henry Hopkins, curator of the Armand Hammer Museum, Westwood, California).

	1995		"Traces: Connecting Drawing and Sculpture," Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, Maryland (Juror: John Beardsly, writer and curator of ÔLandscape as Metaphor,' at the Denver Art Museum).

	1995		"29th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show," Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas (Juror: Mark Pascale, Assistant Curator of Prints and Drawings, The Art Institute of Chicago).

	1994		"Introduction," Soma Gallery, San Diego, California.

	1994		"Art Site 6," Hemicycle Gallery, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (Juror: Samuel Hoi, Dean, Corcoran Gallery of Art ) and at Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston, Virginia (Juror: Judith Forst, Director, Greater Reston Art Center).

	1994		"Cross Border/ Sin Fronteras," Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC. (Juror: Jack Cowart, Deputy Director and Chief Curator of Corcoran Gallery of Art, and Dr. Delgica Rodriquez, Director of the Museum of Americas, Washington, DC).

	1994		"ORIENTation," Works of Eight Chinese-American Artists, David Adamson Gallery, Washington, DC; traveled to Louisville Visual Arts Association, Louisville, Kentucky.

	1994		"New To Gallery K," Gallery K, Washington, DC.

	1994		"Critic's Choice," Montserrat Gallery, New York, New York.

	1993		"Tributaries," Ellipse Arts Center, Arlington, Virginia. (Juror: Lee Fleming, Lead Art Gallery Critic, Washington Post).

	1993		"10th Anniversary Exhibition," Washington Square Building, Washington, DC (Juror: Marion Griffith, Director of the Sculpture Center, New York, New York).

	1993		"Small is Beautiful," Gallery K, Washington, DC.

	1993		"Fragments," School 33 Arts Center, Baltimore, Maryland.

	1992		"Working On the Wall," Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, Laurel, Maryland.

	1992		"Relief Sculptures," Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland.

	1992		"Heads Up," outdoor site-specific sculpture installation, Key Gallery, Richmond, Virginia.

	1992		"Visual Constructs," Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, Virginia.

	1991		"Material and Mass," Academy of Arts, Easton, Maryland.

	1991		"The Diversity That Is Arlington," Ellipse Arts Center, Arlington, Virginia.

	1991		"DC Sculpture Now, " Sumner School Museum and Archives, Washington, DC (Juror: Susan Sollins, Executive Director, Independent Curators Inc.).

	1991		"Art in the Atrium," Columbia Square Building, Washington, DC (Curator: Joshua Smith, Independent Curator).

	1990		"Objects D'Art: Contemporary Folding Screens," Hands Workshop Inc. (Curator: Paula Owen; travelled to Piedmont Arts Association, Martinsville, Virginia; Portsmouth Art Center, Portsmouth, Virginia; Delaplaine Visual Arts Center, Frederick, Maryland; Ellipse Art Center, Arlington, Virginia).

	1990		"Prints and Drawings, Tri-State Juried Exhibition," Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, Virginia (Juror: Deborah Wye, Associate Curator, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York).

	1990		"DC Sculpture Now," Sumner School Museum and Archive, Washington, DC (Juror: David Collens, Director, The Storm King Art Center, New York).

	1990		"All Arlington Juried Multi-Media Exhibition," Ellipse Arts Center, Arlington, Virginia (Juror: Jane Addams Allen).

	1989		"New Gallery Sculptors," Franz Bader Gallery, Washington, DC.

	1989		"DC Sculpture Now," The Sumner School Museum and Archives, Washington, DC (Juror: Judith Zilezer, Associate Curator, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution).

	1988		"Crossroads: An Exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture from the International Community in Washington, DC," Washington Square Building, Washington, DC (Curator: Elena Canavier).

	1988		"Four Directions," Bluemont Park, Arlington, Virginia; outdoor site-specific sculpture exhibition (Curator: Rita Bartolo).

	1987		"Sculpture On the Ground," Rockville Civic Center, Rockville, Maryland; outdoor sculpture installation (Curator: Francoise Yohalem).

	1986		"Sculpture on the Mall," 14th St. and Constitution Ave, Washington, DC; outdoor sculpture installation (Curator: Washington Sculptors Group).

	1986		"New Sculptures," Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC; two-person exhibition.

	1986		"Alexandria Sculpture Festival," Alexandria, Virginia (Juror: Ned Rifkin, Curator of Contemporary Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC).

	1986		"Four Sculptors," Washington Square Building, Washington, DC (Curator: Elena Canavier, Director, Public Art Trust).

	1985		"Sculpture 85, " Washington Square Building, Washington, DC (Jurors: Howard Fox, Lynda Roscoe Hartigan, and Ned Rifkin).

	1985		"The Garden Environment: Sculpture Setting, Setting for Sculpture," Audubon Naturalist Society, Chevy Chase, Maryland (Jurors: Franz Bader, David Furchgott, and James Van Sweden).

	1984		"Art Scape," Baltimore, Maryland. (Juror: Roberta Smith, Critic, Village Voice, New York).

	1984		"City Spaces," Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia, outdoor sculpture exhibition (Curator: Gretta Bader).

	1984		"Sculpture 84," Washington Square Building, Washington, DC (Juror: Michael Botwinick, Grace Glueck, and Harry Rand).

	1984		Washington Sculpture, Prospects and Perspective," Georgetown Court Artists' Space, Washington DC (Juror: Michael Walls, Director, Ruth Segal Gallery, New York, New York).

	1983		"Outdoor Sculpture 1983," Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, Virginia.

	1983		"Alexandria Sculpture Festival," Alexandria, Virginia (Jurors: Benjamin Forgey, Claire List, and David Tannous).

	1982		"20 Sculptors," Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia (Curator: Julia Boyd, Director, The Institute of Contemporary Arts, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts).

	1982		Visiting Artist Exhibition," Chowen College, Murfressboro, North Carolina.

	1982		"Virginia Painting and Sculpture 1981," Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, Virginia (Juror: Peter Plagens, Contributing Editor, Art Forum, New York

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	PUBLIC ART COLLECTIONS

	2005		Museo De Arte Contemporaneo Ateneo de Yucatan, Merida, Mexico

	2004		Freddic Mac Corporation, Mclean, Virginia

	2003		Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

	2003		Washington Convention Center, Washington DC

	2001		Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, Illinois

	2000		Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, Washington DC

	1999		The Red Cross Nordic, United World College, Flekke, Fjaler, Norway

	1999		Strathmore Hall Arts Center, Bethesda, Maryland.

	1998		University of Virginia, Charlottsville, Virginia.

	1997		National Association of Manufacturers, Washington DC.

	1995		Nagyatad Sculpture Park, Nagyatad, Hungary.

	1994		Universidid De Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

	1994		Sallie Mae Corporation, Washington, DC

	1994		Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

	1979		Cloisters Children's Museum, Baltimore, Maryland

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	PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS

	2002		Sculpture Pavilion, WRIT Rosslyn Center, Arlington, Virginia. (Budget $65,000) to be installed in 2006

	1997		Gallery Place-Chinatown Metrorail Station - large scale wall-hanging sculpture. to be installed on the interior wall of the station. (commissioned by District of Columbia, Commission of the Arts and Humanities, Washington DC).

	1993		Police Training Academy, Richmond, Virginia - large scale interior wood and steel sculpture (commissioned by the Percent For the Art Program, City of Richmond).

	1992		Technical Center, Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland - large scale interior mixed media sculpture (commissioned by the Art in Public Architecture Program, Montgomery County, Maryland).

	1991		John A.F. Hall Manor Community Building, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - large scale concrete sculpture placed on the exterior circular lawn (commissioned by the Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

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	AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND FELLOWSHIPS

	2005		International Activity Grant, University of Maryland, College Park

	2005		Creative and Performing Arts Award, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland

	2002		Summer Research Grant, General Research Board, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland

	2001		Residency Grant, National Endowments of the Arts, at Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center, Riverdaly, Maryland

	2001		Franconia Sculpture Park/Jerome Fellowship, Shafer, Minnesota

	1999		Stipend and Residency, Nordic Artists' Center in Dale, Norway.

	1998		Improvement on Instructions Grant, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.

	1996		Individual Artist Fellowship,Virginia Commission for the Arts.

	1992,95 & 98		Creative and Performing Arts Award, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.

	1990		Second Place Award, "All Arlington Juried Multi-Media Exhibition," Ellipse Arts Center, Arlington, Virginia (Juror: Jane Addam Allen).

	1984		Two Judge Awards, "Sculpture 84," Washington Square Building (Jurors: Michael Botwinick, Grace Glueck, and Harry Rand).

	1979- 81		Graduate Assistantship, Virginia Commonwealth University.

	1978- 81		The Lebovitz Fund Scholarship, Virginia.

	1979		Best Design Award, Artist's Soap Box Derby, Baltimore, Maryland.

	1978-79		Rinehart Fellowship, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland.

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	RESIDENCY

	2006		Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

	2003, 2005		Victoria Woodworkers Association, Melbourne, Australia

	2001		Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center, Riverdale, Maryland

	2001		Kulturhuset USF, Bergen, Norway

	1999		Nordic Artists' Centre, Dale, Norway

	1996		Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, Virginia

	1996		Western New Mexico University, Silver City, New Mexico

	1995		International Wood Carving Symposium, Nayatad, Hungary

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