JOHN
BUCK

 

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   BORN:

 
1946  Ames, IA

  RESIDES:

 Bozeman, MT

 EDUCATION:

1968  Kansas City Art Institute and School of Design, Kansas City, MO, B.F.A.
1971  Skowhegan School of Sculpture and Painting, Skowhegan, ME
1972  University of California, Davis, M.F.A.

TEACHING:

1972-73  Gloucestershire College of Art and Design, Cheltenham, England
1973-75  Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA. Sculpture Instructor
1975       Mira Costa College, Carlsbad, CA. Ceramics Instructor, Summer
1976-90  Montana State University, Bozeman, MT. Assistant Professor, Sculpture

SELECTED GRANTS AND AWARDS:

1980  National Endowment for the Arts. Individual Artist Grant
1984  Awards in the Visual Arts. National Artists Award

SELECTED COMMISSIONS:

1988  Washington State Arts Commission, University Hospital, Olympia, WA
1989  Principal Financial Group, Des Moines, IA.
Three Generations
1991  Ahmanson Commercial Development, Chicago, IL. The Loop, 1990, cast bronze.
1999  Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR.
Music in the Sky 1999, cast bronze;
          
 The Hawk & the Dove 1999, cast bronze.
         Swedish Hospital, Seattle, WA. T
he Accompaniment 1999, wood panel;
            The Waltz
1999, wood panel.
2002  Meridian Plaza, Sacramento, CA. Sacramento 2002, wood sculpture;
             Sacramento Red Panel
2002, Sacramento Green Panel 2002; Sacramento Blue Panel 2002; Sacramento Purple Panel 2002.
2005  Hokua Condominium, Honolulu, HI. Night Fishing, 2005, wood panel.
2006  Harsch Investment Properties, South Shore Center, Alameda, CA.
Untitled # 3076.1, 2007, bronze sculpture; Untitled # 3077.1, 2007, bronze sculpture.
         Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. Snowbird, 2006.
2007  Children’s Hospital of Denver, Denver, CO. Loveland, 2007.
         Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX. The Way West, 2007.
2008  The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH. Omnibus, 2008.

RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2000  Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT, John Buck: Recent Sculpture & Woodblock Prints,
                Jan14-Mar12.
         Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, FL, John Buck, March 9-April 1.
         Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA, John Buck: Self Contained,
                March 10 - May 28.
2001  David Floria Gallery, Aspen CO, John Buck: New Sculpture, Reliefs & Wood Block
                Prints, Jul 26-Aug 29
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 Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, CA, John Buck, December 8 - January 13, 2002.
        Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL John Buck: New Work, March 2 - April 21, 2001.
2003  DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY, John Buck: Sculpture and Prints
                March 11 - April 5, 2003.
         Sangre De Christo Arts & Conference Center, Pueblo, CO, John Buck: A Selection of 
             Prints, 1980 - 2003, August 16 - November 1, 2003.
2004  Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO, John Buck, May 1 - June 19, 2004.
         Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA, John Buck, June 17 – July 31, 2004.
2005  The Robert and Gennie DeWeese Gallery, Bozeman, MT, John Buck: Sculpture and Prints, March 21 - May 2, 2005.
         Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, CA, John Buck, March 26 - April 30, 2005.
         Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO, John Buck Prints, March 31 - June, 2005.
         Jackson Hole Center for the Arts, Jackson, WY, John Buck, September 9 - October 31, 2005.
         Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL John Buck, October 28 - December 3, 2005.
2006  Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, FL, John Buck, January 12 - February 4, 2006.
         Schneider Museum of Art, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR, John Buck, September  29-December 16, 2006.
2008  Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA, John Buck, May 1- May 31, 2008.
         Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, CA, John Buck: A Figure of Speech, December 13, 2008 – January, 2009.
         Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, Spokane, WA, John Buck: Iconography, May 24 - Nov 17, 2008.

RECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2000  Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, Ohio, Off the Wall: Sculptural Markers in the
                20th Century, January 11- March 5, 2000.
         Oskar Friedl Gallery, Chicago, IL, The Budda Show, October 13-November 11.
         William Havu Gallery, Denver, CO Select Prints Shark's Ink, August 25-October 7.
2001  The Art Gym, Marylhurst University, Maryhurst, OR, Pressure Points,
               Sept 16 - October 25.
         Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR, In Public, January 4-February 7.
         Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington, DC, A Century of American Woodcuts,
                spring/summer.
         Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Salem, OR, Pressure Points,
                Nov 10-Jan 5, 2002. Traveled to three to five other venues in Washington,
                Montana, and Oregon in 2002 & 2003.
         Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR, Strike: Printmakers as Social Critics,
                Sep 6-Oct 31, 2001.
         DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY, Self-Made Men, April 4 - May 5, 2001.
         San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA, Collecting Our Thoughts: The Community
                Responds to Art in the Permanent Collection, June 24- September23.
         Seattle Arts Commission, Seattle, Washington, Printworks 2001,
                July 12 - October 5, 2001.
         Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, Arizona, The Cultural Desert,
                 Nov 30-Apr21.
         Sky Harbor Airport, Phoenix, AZ, Limited Editions, March 31-July 15, 2001.
         Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID, Red, Yellow, Black, March 9-April 18, 2001.
2002  Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL, To Kiss the Spirits, October 4 - October 25, 2002.
         The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI, Contemporarities 2002, April 4 -19.
         Flanders Graphics, Minneapolis, MN, Prints from Shark= s Ink,
                April 19-May 25, 2002. Catalog.
         Gallery of Contemporary Art, University of Colorado Springs, CO,
                Shark's Ink, 1976-2001: A 25 Year Retrospective, January 4-February 15,2002.
         Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA, States of the Union: Before and After,
                Sept 5-28, 2002.
         Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT, 9th Annual Minitreasures Exhibition & Auction,
               
Jun 7-Aug 9, 2002.
         J. Johnson Gallery, Jacksonville Beach, FL, Contemporary Printmakers,
                Sept 14-Nov 1, 2002.
         Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, MT, Escape to Jamaica
                Dec 17, 2002 - Feb 1, 2003.
         Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO, Solace, Sept 7- Sept 14, 2002.
         San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA, Collection Highlights, Nov 2, 2002 -
                Sept 12, 2004.
         Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC,
                Preview Exhibit: Spring Art Auction 2002, April 15-April 19, 2002.
2003     Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO, 22nd Annual Art Auction, Aug 4-Aug 9, 2003.Catalog.
            di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA, Off the Preserve!, Sept 6 - Oct 5, 2003. Catalog.
            Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV, Through American Eyes: Two Centuries of American Art from the Huntington Museum of Art,
                April 12 - August 31, 2003.Catalog. Travel to: The Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ, October 21, 2003 - January 4, 2004; Museum of Texas Tech
                University, Lubbock, Texas, June 27 - August 22, 2004; The Taft Museum, Cincinnati, OH, September 12 - November 7, 2004; Louise Wells    
                Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC, November 28, 2004 - January 23, 2005; Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI, February 13 - April 10,
                2005; Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, MI, May 1 - June 26, 2005.
             Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL, Exquisite Snake, Dec 16 - Dec 31, 2003.
             Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, Mountain West Contemporary Art Auction, Oct 6 - Oct 31, 2003.
             Pendleton Center for the Arts, Pendleton, OR, Pressure Points, June 15 - August 15, 2003.
             Schneider Museum of Art, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR, Pressure Points, March 7 - April 19, 2003.                    
             Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts, The University of Texas at El Paso, TX,
Pressure Points, September 11 - October 23, 2003.
             Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA, Building Tradition: Gifts in Honor of the Northwest Art 
Collection, May 3 - October 10, 2003. Catalog.
             Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, Pressure Points, November 7 - December 20, 2003.
             Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT, Expanded Horizons, January 24 - March 1, 2003. Catalog.
2004     
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR, National Drawing Invitational, Jan 16 - February 29, 2004.
             Art Students League of Denver, Denver, CO, Sculpture Invitational, Visiting Artist Series, May 7 – June 4, 2004.
             Chiaroscuro Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, Alliance of Artists Communities, October 5 - 18, 2004.
             Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, American Identities: Twentieth-Century Prints from the Nancy Gray Sherrill,
                 Class of 1954, Collection, May 27 - June 27 and Sept 17 - Dec14, 2004. Catalog.
             di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA, The True Artist, Sept 2 - Oct 9, 2004.
             Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL, Roberta Lieberman: A Sharp Eye; An Art Dealer’s 40 Year
Journey, January 11 – February 18, 2004.
             Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IN, Pressure Points, Oct 1- Dec 19, 2004.
             John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA, Four Sculptors, September 4 - October 24, 2004.
             Museum of Art, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, Sculpture from the Walla Walla Foundry, August 20 - October 17, 2004.
             Paula Brown Gallery, Toledo, OH, Shark’s Ink Contemporary Prints, September 8 - October 8, 2004.
             Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT, Expanded Horizons, January 23- March 6, 2004. Catalog.
2005      Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, CO, Five Presses, June 9 - August 28, 2005.
             di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA, Fourth Annual Benefit Exhibition and Auction, Oct 8-Oct 22, 2005.
             Exhibitrek,  Boulder, CO, Shark & His Ink, May 13 - June 16, 2005.            
             Hillstrom Museum of Art, Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, MN, Pressure Points, September 12 - November 6, 2005.
             Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT, 12th Annual Summer Art Exhibition and Auction, June 24 - August 5, 2005.
             Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA, Print, Process, Collaboration, April 13-May 15, 2005.
             Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID, The Fine Art of Prints, June 25 - August 25, 2005.

             San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA, Visual Politics: Art of Engagement, Nov 20, 2005 - March 5, 2006.
             Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT, Making Connections, July 16, 2005 - January 8, 2006. Catalog.
2006      Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, CO, The Dog and Pony Show, June 15- Nov 12, 2006.
             Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO, Woodcut Prints from Shark’s Ink, August 11- October 14, 2006.
             di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA, Fifth Annual Benefit Exhibition and Auction: California Dreamin’, Oct 7-Oct 18, 2006. Catalog.
             Katzen Art Center, American University, Washington, DC,  Visual Politics: Art of Engagement, April 19 - July 29, 2006.
            
Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT, 38th Annual Art Auction, January 29 - March 4, 2006. Catalog.
             Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT, Montana Collection, March 24 - May 21, 2006.
2007      Art Association of Jackson Hole, Jackson, WY, Contemporary Prints from Shark’s Ink, Feb 2 - April 13, 2007.
             Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE, 9th Annual Art Auction, Sept 7 - Oct 27, 2007.
             The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI, Contempo 2007: Animal Instincts, April 6 - April 21, 2007.
             di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA, Moon Proof Madness, October 5- October 20, 2007.
             Hawaii State Art Museum, Honolulu, HI, uncommon objects, Nov 2 - ????, 2007.
             Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT, Holter Art Auction 2007, August 24 - September 22, 2007.
             Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, Spokane, WA, Works from the Heart Contemporary Art Exhibition and Auction, March 17-April 14, 2007.
             Nu’uanu Gallery at Marks Garage, Honolulu, HI, Hiroki Morinue & John Buck, March 29 - April 27, 2007.
             Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, Clear Cut: Wood Sculptures from Northwest Collections, Nov 26, 2007 – March 3, 2008.
             Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO, Decades, January 13 - February 24, 2007.

             Ucross Foundation Art Gallery, Clearmont, WY, Range of Expression II: A Montana Invitational,
March 30 - June 11, 2007. Catalog.
             Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT, The Human Touch, October 26, 2007 - January 6, 2008.
             Zolla Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL, Killer B’s, Dec 14 - Feb 2, 2008.
2008      Danforth Gallery, Livingston, MT, Impressions, June 27 – July 22, 2008.
             di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA, Wild Things, October 3- October 18,  2007.
             Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT, Speaking Volumes: Transforming Hate, January 25 - April 15, 2008. 
             Zolla Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL, Re:visions, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery through 32 Years, February 15 – March 29, 2008.

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:

Achenbach Foundation for the Graphic Arts, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, CA
Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Atlantic Richfield Company, Dallas, TX
Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
Bank America Corporation, San Francisco, CA
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Children's Hospital, Denver, CO
Contemporary Art Center, Honolulu, HI
Dain Bosworth Inc., Minneapolis, MN
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
First Union Bank Corporation, San Francisco, CA
Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
Honolulu Advertiser Collection, Honolulu, HI
Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska
Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR
Library of Congree, Washington, DC
Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN
Meridian Plaza, Sacramento, CA
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA
Prudential Life Insurance Company, Newark, NJ
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Swedish Hospital, Seattle, WA
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
The St. Paul Companies, Minneapolis, MN
Tri-City Corporate Center, San Bernardino, CA
University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
University of Washington Hospital, Seattle, WA
Frederick R. Weisman Collection, Los Angeles, CA
Wright State University, Dayton, OH
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT