GARY HAVEN SMITH
BORN
Boston, Massachusetts 1948
EDUCATION
BFA, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 1973
AWARDS / PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
Commission, Water Feature Sculpture, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay Harbor, ME, 2008
Awarded Grant, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, 2007
Commission, Outdoors sculpture for The New Hampshire State Library, Concord, NH 2006
Awarded Lifetime Fellow, NH State Council on the Arts, 2006
Commission, Water Feature Sculpture. Concord Hospital, Concord, NH 2005
Enrichment Grant, The Greater Piscataqua Foundation. Portsmouth, NH, 2002
Commission/ Design, an outdoor sculpture for PSNH Headquarters, Energy Park, Manchester, NH 2002
Commission, NH Department of Transportation, sculpture/ sign for the Seabrook, NH Welcome Center, 2000
The Paul McEachran Award, Prescott Park Art Festival, 2000
Commission, The Percent for Art Program, outdoor sculpture at the NH Correctional Facility. Berlin, NH 2000
Commission, Maine Arts Commission, outdoor sculpture at the Shapleigh Middle School, Kittery, Maine, 1996
Individual Artist Fellowship, NH State Council on the Arts, N.E.A. 1999 Commission, granite wall relief and courtyard for the Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery, Keene State College, Keene, NH 1992-93
Individual Artist Fellowship, NH State Council on the Arts, N.E.A. 1992
Second Prize, The Omer Lessoned Exhibition, NH Art Association 1986
The Paul Costello Award, 40th Annual, The Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH 1984
The Hitchner Award, The 39th Annual, The Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH 1984
The Indian National Bank Award, The 38th Annual, The Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH 1984
Individual Artist Fellowship, NH State Council on the Arts, N.E.A. 1984
Commission, The Percent for Art Program, outdoor sculpture at the
New Hampshire Technical Institute, Concord, NH, 1984
David Campbell Scholarship Award, University of New Hampshire, 1973
General Motors Summer Design Program, Detroit, MI, 1970
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2010 McGowan Fine Art, Concord, NH
2009 Cynthia Reeves, New York, NY
2008 George Marshall Store Gallery, Museums of Old York, York, ME
2005 Reeves Contemporary, NY, NY
McGowan Fine Art, Concord, NH
2004 Reeves Contemporary, NY, NY
2003 The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center, West Rutland, VT
McGowan Fine Art, Concord, NH
2000 McGowan Fine Art, Concord, NH,
1998 McGowan Fine Art, Concord, NH
1998 The Rivers School, Weston, MA
1996 McGowan Fine Art, Concord, NH
1995 The Rotunda, The Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA
1994 Darling Sculpture Courtyard, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
1994 McGowan Fine Art, Concord, NH
1994 Chapel Arts Center, St. Anslem's College, Manchester, NH
1993 Sasaki Associates, Inc. Watertown, MA
1992 Ps Galleries, Ogunquit, ME
1991 McGowan Fine Art, Concord, NH
1990 New England College, Henniker, NH
1989 McGowan Fine Art, Concord, NH
1987 Chapel Arts Center, St. Anslem's College, Manchester, NH
1988 Blackthorne Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
1987 Walt Kuhn Gallery, Cape Neddick, ME
1979 Seasons Gallery, The Hague, The Netherlands
1975 Hebron Academy, Hebron, ME
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2009 Gary Haven Smith and Gerald Auten, Spotlight New England, The Currier Museum, Manchester, NH
2008 Spheris Gallery, Hanover, NH
2006 Unique Visions, Arts Exclusive Gallery, Simsbury, CT
2005 Spheris Gallery, Bellows Falls, VT
2002 Granite to Glass, NH Art Institute, Manchester, NH
Gatherings, G. Marshall Gallery, Museums of Old York, York, ME
2001 Yo Gallery, Manchester, NH
2000 Spheris Gallery, New York, NY
1996 Fiber/Stone, Framingham State College, Framingham, MA
Elizbieta Sikorska /Gary Haven Smith, Marjan Frank Gallery, Kittery Pt., ME
1989 John Hultberg/ Gary Haven Smith, Gallery 127, Portland, ME
1987 Agrafiotis/Smith, Blackthorne Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
RECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 Water and Gravity, Hawk Ridge Farm, Pownal, ME, June Lacombe / Sculpture
New Hampshire Originals, Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH
Chalk, Clay, Stone, Taylor Gallery, Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, NH
2007 Summer Show, G. Marshall Store Gallery, Museums of Old York York, ME
2007 Sculpture at Maine Audubon, Falmouth, ME, June LaCombe / Sculpture
Sculpture at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay Harbor, ME
Road Trip, G. Marshall Store Gallery, Museums of Old York, York, ME
2006 Coming to Our Senses, June LaCombe/Sculpture, Pownal, ME
NH Painting in the 21st Century, Kimball-Jenkins School of Art, Concord, NH
2005 Costal Maine Botanical Garden, Boothbay, ME
2005 Sally French Gallery Lambertville, NJ
Touchstones, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME
Gateway to Sculpture, The Fells, Newbury, NH
Twenty-Five Years, McGowan Fine Art, Concord,
NH
Hawk Ridge Farm, June LaCombe/ Sculpture. Pownal, ME
2004 Sally French Gallery, Lambertville, NJ
Four Square, The Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH
Sculpture for this Animate Earth 2004/ June Lacombe Sculpture, Pownal. ME
Art of the Elements, Coolidge Center for the Arts, Portsmouth, NH
Fourth Annual Sculptural Garden Invitational, University of New England, Westbrook, ME
Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill, ME
2003 Regional Selections 2003, The Hood Museum, Hanover, NH
An Eye on Alumni, Six Sculptors, Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
Momentum, G. Marshall Store Gallery, Museums of Old York York, ME
Focal Point, Hawk Ridge Farm. Pownal ME, curated by June LaCombe
Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill, ME
2002 Cairn Croft Sculpture Garden, Dover MA
Heart of Matter, Chewonki Foundation, Wiscasset, ME
Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill, ME
2001 Summer Group Show, Axel Raben Gallery, New York, NY
New Hampshire Talent at the Mclninch Gallery, Notre Dame College, Manchester, NH
Accord IV, G. Marshall Store Gallery, Museums of Old York York, ME
River Currents, G. Marshall Store Gallery, York, ME
Images in Wax: Contemporary Encaustic, Karl Drerup Art Gallery, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH
2000 Group Show, Greenhut Galleries, curated by June LaCombe, Portland, ME
Black and White, McGowan Fine Art, Concord, NH
Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture 2000, Moses-Kent Museum, Exeter, NH
Spring Collections, G. Marshall Store Gallery, York, ME
1999 Sculpture, Greenhut Galleries, curated by June LaCombe, Portland, ME
Contemporary Sculpture at the Wentworth Coolidge Mansion, Portsmouth, NH
Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill ME
Almost New to Town, curated by Bruce Brown, Davidson & Daughters, Portland, ME
Office Environment at the Design Center, Creiger-Dane Gallery, Boston. MA
1998 Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture VI, Moses-Kent Museum, Exeter, NH
Cornucopia, Yukiko Lunday Gallery, Houston Texas
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Guest artist, Art All State, Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH 2003-04
Workshop, Southwest Stoneworks, Dixon, New Mexico 2002
Artist in Residence, The Currier Museum of Art /Yo Gallery, Manchester, NH, 2001
Lecturer, New England College, Henniker, NH 1998-99
Workshop, The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center, West Rutland, VT 1998-
Adjunct Professor, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 1991-98
Artist-Teacher Field Faculty, Vermont College, Montpelier, VT, 1992
Artist in Residence, St. Anslem College, Manchester, NH, 1987
Foundry and sculpture technician, University of New Hampshire, 1974-76
Maintained studios: Paros, Greece, 1976-77; Pietrasanta, Italy, 1978-79 and 1981
BIBLIOGRAPHY
The Inspired Garden: 24 Artists Share Their Vision, by Judy Paolini, Down East Press, 2009
o "Defying the Nature of Stone," Profile by Jeanne' McCartin, Portsmouth Herald, September 30, 2008
"Commanding Stone and Canvas at Spheris," Review by Alex Hanson, Valley News, May 15, 2008
o New Hampshire Public Radio, "Carving Up the Granite State, "radio interview on John Water's Front Porch, April 21, 2005
o The New York Art World, Exhibition Review: "Michael Mulhern and Gary Haven Smith at Reeves Contemporary", by Jack Savage. Pg. 15, March, 2004.
Stone in America Magazine, "A Continuum of Stone", by Jacqueline Kimball, Pgs. 28-32, May/June, Vol 115. No.3, 2002
o Sculpture Review Magazine, "Taking Chisel and Hammer to Stone", by Ellen B. Cutler, Pgs. 25-30, Spring 02 Vol. LU No. 1
o Concord Monitor, "Gary Haven Smith- In His Element", by Victoria Shouldis, pg. D6, Aug. 28, 2000
o Sculpture Magazine, Reviews, Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture 5, Dec. 1998, Vol.17. Pgs. 59-60.
o Exhibition Review, ART NEW ENGLAND, Dec / Jan 1988
o The Boston Sunday Globe, Arts & People, by Mark Dagostino, pg. NH16, June 7, 1998
o NH Sunday News, "Sculptor Explores Heart of Stone," by Laura Pope, pg. 1E, May 3, 1988
o Exhibition Review, ART NEW ENGLAND, Dec./ Jan. 1994
Riparian, "Alumni Close Up: "Along the Continuum: Sculptor Gary Haven Smith, " by Alex Stephens. Pg.20, Spring 1994
o Concord Monitor, "Rock-solid Connection," by Christine Hamm, Pg. D-1, May 26, 1994
o Exhibition Review, ART NEW ENGLAND, Dec / Jan 1993
Concord Monitor, "Gary Haven Smith- A Multi-Media Man," by Mary Beth Lapin, Pg. 3, Jan. 10, 1992
o Exhibition Review, ART NEW ENGLAND, Aug / Sept 1991
o Exhibition Review, ART NEW ENGLAND, November 1988
Foster's Daily Democrat, Showcase Magazine, "Carving Out a Living", by Larry Peskin, October 6, 1988
o Portsmouth Herald, Rockribbed, Gary Haven Smith's Exhibition at Blackthorne Gallery," by Neil Cote, Pgs. E1-2, Sept. 1988
SELECTED PRIVATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay Harbor, ME
Coventry Corporate Center, Fort Washington, PA
New Hampshire State Library, Concord, NH
The Park Hyatt Hotel at the Bellevue, Philadelphia, PA (2)
New Britain Museum of Art, New Britain, CT (3)
Energy Capital Partners, Short Hills, NJ (3)
Acadian Asset Management, Boston, MA
Max Re Capital Ltd. Hamilton, Bermuda
John MacNamara Foundation, Westport, ME
Wheaton College, Norton, MA (3)
Center Solutions Ltd. Bermuda
The Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH
Davis Companies, Boston, MA
Hale & Dorr, Washington, DC
Tracy Memorial Library, New London, NH
Fidelity Investments, Merrimack, NH (3)
Kittery School Department, Kittery, ME
The Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA
New Hampshire Compensation Fund, Concord, NH
Lanza, Newington, NH
Primary Bank, Concord, NH
Hotel Cosima, Tokyo, Japan (3)
Healsthsource, Hookset, NH (headquarters)
Sulloway & Hollis, Concord, NH
McLean, Gray, Raulerson & Middelton, Manchester, NH
The Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery, Keene State College, Keene, NH
Friar Associates, Farmington, CT
Bank of New Hampshire, Manchester, NH
Drexel Technical Institute, Philadelphia, PA (2)
Putnam Company, Boston, MA
NYNEX, Washington, DC
New Hampshire Technical Institute, Concord, NH
CIGNA Corporation, Wilmington, DE (headquarters)
General Electric Company, Fairfield, CT
The Dimond Library, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
Allied Signal, Hampton, NH
The Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, NY
McDevitt and Street Company, Charlotte, NC
The Piscataqua National Bank, Portsmouth, NH
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