- Arline Fisch
Arline Fisch is an American artist and educator who works with metal as her medium.
Life
Arline Fisch(1931-) was born in
New York, New York . She learned to sew and weave from her mother and picked up a passion for the color red from her father while growing up in New York. She studied at Skidmore College, receiving her B.S. in Art in 1952. She received her M.A. in Art in 1954 from theUniversity of Illinois . After teaching for two years atWheaton College , she traveled toCopenhagen, Denmark on aFulbright Grant to studysilversmithing . She has received three additional Fulbright grants, one to conduct further research in Denmark and two to lecture inAustria andUruguay . She has taught at Wheaton College,Skidmore College andSan Diego State University , where she retired in 2000. She has exhibited extensively all over the world in group shows and solo exhibitions.Arline Fisch is best known for the way she handles metal in her pieces. Her book, "Textile Techniques in Metal for Jewelers, Textile Artists and Sculptors", is a demonstration of the techniques she developed while trying to combine the textures of
weaving with a metal material. She works with thin wire to create forms that have been manipulated in similar ways to knitted or braided fabric. She has cited jewelry of ancient cultures as being a continued reference and inspiration for her work.Education
1952 B.S. in Art,
Skidmore College ,Saratoga Springs, New York 1954 M.A. in Art,
University of Illinois ,Urbana, Illinois 1956 – 57 Kunsthaandvaerkerskolen (School of Arts and Crafts),
Copenhagen, Denmark Teaching
1961 – 2000
San Diego State University , Professor of Art1957 – 1961
Skidmore College ,Saratoga Springs, New York , Instructor in Art1954 – 1956
Wheaton College ,Norton, Massachusetts , Instructor of ArtHonors and Awards 2002
Doctor of Humane Letters , Skidmore College2001 Gold Medal, American Craft Council
2000 Honorary Membership,
Society of North American Goldsmiths Distinguished Craft Educator Award, James Renwick Alliance
1996 Outstanding Professor, San Diego State University
1994 Award, “Lifetime Achievement in the Crafts", Nat. Mus. of Women in the Arts, Wash. D.C.
1990 Meritorious Performance and Professional Promise Award, SDSU
1989 Fulbright Grant, Lecturer, Montevideo, Uruguay
CSU Award for Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity 1986 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY 1985 Declared a "Living Treasure of California" by Resolution of California State Assembly 1982 Fulbright Grant, Lecturer, Vienna, Austria 1981 NEA Services to the Field Project Grant 1979 NEA Craftsman's Workshop Grant (Project Director) 1977 NEA Craftsman's Apprentice Grant 1975 National Endowment for the Arts Craftsman's Fellowship 1966 Fulbright Research Grant to Denmark (plus three-month extension) 1956 Fulbright Grant for study in Denmark
Professional
Trustee, American Craft Council, (1994-00) Board of Trustees, Haystack Mt, School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine (73-82,91-2000) President,
Society of North American Goldsmiths (1982-85) Fellow of the American Crafts Council, Class of 1979 Vice President for North America, World Crafts Council (1976-81) Craftsman-Trustee, American Crafts Council (1972-75) Founding Member,Society of North American Goldsmiths (1969)Selected Exhibitions
1955 "American Jewelry and Related Objects", Huntington, West Virginia plus touring section 1957 U.S. Education Foundation in Denmark, SOLO EXHIBITION 1958 "Young Americans", Museum of Contemporary Crafts, NYC 1962 Pasadena Museum of Art - SOLO EXHIBITION 1963 "California Crafts III", Oakland AWARD "Jewelry International", Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York 1964 USIA Traveling Exhibition to Latin America 1965 "California Design Nine", Pasadena Art Museum, California "Art of Personal Adornment", Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York 1967 Kunstindustrimuseet Copenhagen, Denmark - SOLO EXHIBITION 1968 Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York City - SOLO EXHIBITION Museum West, San Francisco - SOLO EXHIBITION 1969 "The Egg and the Eye" - Los Angeles, California - SOLO EXHIBITION 1970 "Goldsmith 70", Minnesota Museum of Artand Museum of Cont. Crafts, NYC 1971 Goldsmiths Hall, London - SOLO EXHIBITION Lee Nordness Galleries, New York City - SOLO EXHIBITION "Form and Quality", International Handicraft Fair, Munich-GOLD MEDAL AWARD "Schmuck-Objekte", Museum Bellerive, Zurich 1972 "5000 Years of Gold Jewellery", Goldsmiths Hall, London 1973 The Slocumb Gallery, Johnson City, Tennessee - SOLO EXHIBITION "Tendenzen - 73", Schmuckmuseum, Pforzheim 1974 First World Crafts Exhibition, Ontario Science Center, Toronto "Kreativer Schmuck", 32 International Jewelers, Basel, Switzerland 1975 Florence Duhl Gallery, New York City - SOLO EXHIBITION "Contemporary Crafts of the Americas", tour sponsored by Smithsonian Institution 1976 "Theme: Jewellery", Special Exhibition of Swiss Industries Fair, Basel "Six Contemporary American Jewellers", Electrum Gallery, London 1977 Southwest Missouri State University - SOLO EXHIBITION "Schmuck 77 - Tendenzen", Schmuckmuseum, Pforzheim 1978 "Craft Art and Religion", Vatican Museum, Rome "Modern American Jewelry", Tokyo, Japan "Sculpture to Wear", La Jolla Museum of Art, California 1979 "International Jewellery Art Exhibition", Tokyo, Japan 1980 Electrum Gallery, London, England - SOLO EXHIBITION "International Jewellery 1900 - 1980", Vienna, Austria 1981 FISCH AND HU, Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, Oregon - DUO EXHIBITION "Der Goldene Faden, Texturen in Gold" Schwabisch Gmund – PRIZE 1982 Museum fur Angewandte Kunst, Vienna - SOLO EXHIBITION
1983 Electrum Gallery, London, SOLO EXHIBITION International Jewellery Art Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan. Catalog 1984 "Jewelry USA", American Craft Museum, NYC Contemporary Jewellery, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan 1985 Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, SOLO EXHIBITION AMERICAN JEWELRY NOW, USIA touring exhibition "New Tradition: The Evolution of Jewellery 1966-85", British Craft Centre, London 1986 International Jewellery Exhibition, Tokyo, Catalog "Craft Today: Poetry of the Physical", American Craft Museum, NYC, Catalog "Perspectives: International Spirit in Jewellery", Basle, Switzerland, Catalog MacQuarie Galleries, Sydney, Australia SOLO EXHIBITION 1987 "Woven Gold", Concepts Gallery, Carmel, CA SOLO EXHIBITION "Woven Gold", Electum Gallery, London, SOLO EXHIBITION 1988 "Woven Gold", Galerie am Graben, Vienna, SOLO EXHIBITION 1989 Museum of Fine Arts, Montevideo, Uruguay. SOLO EXHIBITION "Smykker I Metal: 10 International Jewellers". Copenhagen, DK "Craft Today USA", USIA exhibition touring Europe. Catalog 1990 "Ornamenta 1" International Jewelry Exhibition, Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim. Catalog. "Woven Gold Spirit Houses" Hand & Spirit, Scottsdale, AZ. SOLO EXHIBITION 1991 "Schmuckszene 91", Munich Handcraft Fair, Germany and Ireland 1992 "Design Vision" International Triennial, Art Gallery of Western Australia "American Crafts: The Nation's Collection", Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C. 1993 "Lifetime Achievements", Nat. Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis (catalog) "Contemporary Jewellery", TRIO Exhibition, STUDIO COM Gallery, Kyoto 1994 Fanourakis Gallery, Athens, Greece. SOLO EXHIBITION "School of Fisch", Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark, Catalog 1995 "School of Fisch", DesignYard, Dublin, Ireland "In Our Hands", 3rd International Competition, Nagoya, Japan 1996 "Textile Techniques, New Work", Connell Gallery, Atlanta, GA SOLO EXHIBITION "American Revelations", Shipley Gallery, Gateshead, UK, Catalog "New Times, New Thinking: Jewellery in Europe and America", Crafts Council, London 1997 "Celebrating American Craft, 1975-95" Danish Mus. of Decorative Art, Copenhagen "Portrait of Masters in the Crafts", Int'l Handwork Fair, Munich, Germany. Catalog. "Designed for Delight: Alternative Aspects of 20th C. Decorative Arts", Canada. Catalog "Textile Techniques in Metal", Electrum Gallery, London. SOLO EXHIBITION 1998 "American Metalanguage", Barbican Center, London SOLO EXHIBITION "Jewellery Moves", National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh 1999 "Fish by Fisch", Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA SOLO EXHIBITION 2000 "Elegant Fantasy: Jewelry by Arline Fisch", SDHistorical Society,SOLO RETROSPECTIVE "Aluminum by Design:Jewelry to Jets". Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh "Alles Schmuck",, Museum fur Gestaltung, Zurich "Women Designers in the USA: 1900-2000" Bard Center for Studies in the Dec Arts, NYC 2001 "Elegant Fantasy: The Jewelry of Arline Fisch":, Oakland Museum, CA SOLO "Elegant Fantasy: The Jewelry of Arline Fisch":, Textile Museum, Washington DC SOLO "BRAID", Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, DK
2002 "Elegant Fantasy: The Jewelry of Arline Fisch":, American Craft Mus.,NY, SOLO "Small Works". Longhouse Reserve and MDS Gallery,Tokyo, Curated by Jack Lenor Larsen 2003 "The Art of Arline Fisch", Tang Museum, Skidmore Coll., Saratoga, NY SOLO RETROSPECTIVE "The Art of California Gold",Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA "The Art of Gold" , traveling exhibition organized by SNAG "Boston University's Program in Artisanry", Fuller Museum of Art. Brockton, MA "Planting, Potting and Pruning, Artists and the Cultivated Landscape", Racine Art Museum, WI "Flechten", Handwerks Pflege in Bayern, Munich, Germany "International Showcase", Contemporary Applied Arts, London, UK 2004 "Die Danner Rotunde",Schmuck in der Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany "California Design 2004", San Francisco "Master and Student", National Museum of Ireland, Dublin 2005 "Transformations, The Language of Craft", National Gallery of Australia "Scents of Purpose, Artists Interpret the Spice Box", Cont. Jewish Museum, San Francisco
Sources
Artist Statement and Resume http://www.taboostudio.com/artist_pages/a_fisch_as.htm
Artists Spaces’ “Big, Bold, Bright.” http://www.taboostudio.com/articles/a_fisch_as6.htm
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Artist Biography http://americanart.si.edu/search/artist_bio.cfm?ID=5748
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