Frank Fleming

(http://rookids.com/ 4-22-08)Alabama Artist -- Bronze and Porcelain Sculptor lives in Birmingham, AlabamaBorn: June 17, 1940, Bear Creek, AlabamaEducation: MFA, University of Alabama, BS, University of North AlabamaSOLO EXHIBITIONS:Birmingham Museum of Art 1974University College Art Gallery, Birmingham, AL 1975Dick Jemison Gallery, Birmingham, AL 1975The Craft Alliance, Shreveport, LA 1978University of Montevallo Art Gallery, Montevallo, AL 1978University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL 1979Heath Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 1979Appalachian Center for Contemporary Art, Charleston, W.VA 1979Morgan Art Gallery, Kansas City, MO, 1979Fendrick Gallery, Washington, DC 1981Alexander F. Milliken Gallery, New York 1981Birmingham Museum of Art, 1982Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO 1982Holsten Gallery, Palm Beach, FL 1982Moody Gallery, Houston, TX 1983Montgomery Museum of Art, Montgomery, AL 1983Heath Gallery, Atlanta, GA 1984Firehouse Arts Center, Norman, OK 1984University of Montevallo, Montevallo, AL 1984Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO 1984University of Georgia Art Gallery, Athens, GA 1985Holsten Gallery, Stockbridge, MA 1985Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1985University of North Alabama Art Gallery, Florence, AL 1986Heath Gallery, Atlanta, GA 1986Anniston Museum of Natural History, Anniston, AL 1986Fendrick Gallery, Washington, DC 1987Morgan Gallery, Shawnee Mission, KS 1987Mark Twain Bank, Kansas City, MO 1987Natsoulas/Novelozo Gallery, Davis CA 1988Fendrick Gallery, Washington, DC 1988Moody Gallery, Houston, TX 1988Elaine Horwitch Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ 1989Galerie Simone Stern, New Orleans, LA 1989Elaine Horwitch Gallery, Palm Springs, CA 1990Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI 1990Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA 1991-92Elaine Horwitch Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 1992Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO 1992Moody Gallery, Houston, TX 1993Kentuck Museum, Northport, AL 1993 Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI 1993Virginia Miller Gallery, Coral Gables, FL 1993-94Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA 1994Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO 1995Galerie Simmone Stern, New Orleans, LA 1996Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO 1997Atlanta Botanical Gardens, Atlanta, GA 1997Adam Whitney Gallery, Omaha, NE 1997Hodges/Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, NC 1998Galerie Simmone Stern, New Orleans, LA 1998Adam whitney Gallery, Omaha, NE 1999Monty Stabler Gallery, Birmingham, AL 1999Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, AL 2000Littlehouse Gallery, Birmingham, AL 2000 TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS:Huntsville Art Center, Huntsville, AL 1971University of Montevallo Art Gallery, Montevallo, AL 1976Leigh Gallery, Birmingham, AL 1977Western Carolina University Art Gallery, Cullowhee, NC, 1978Delta State University, Cleveland, Mississippi, 1978Alexander F. Milliken Gallery, New York, NY 1979Kennedy Gallery, Birmingham Southern College, Birmingham, AL 1985Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1985Maralyn Wilson Gallery, Birmingham , AL, 1988Alabama State Council On The Arts Gallery, Montgomery, AL, 1989Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, Mo< 1989Kathryn Fleck Gallery, Aspen, CO 1992GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS:Birmingham Museum of Art Juried Exhibition, 1973, 1974 (Craft Award), 1975, 1976Mississippi Art Association, 1974 (Ceramics Award)Birmingham Art Association Exhibition, 1974 (Craft Award), 1977 (Cash Award)Birmingham Museum of Art Annual Exhibition, 1974 (Craft Award), 1975 (Cash Award), 1976 (Cash Award), 1977, 1978 (honorable Mention)Contemporary Crafts of the America, Fort Collins, Colorado, 1975Alabama Craftsman Council Juried Exhibition, 1975 (Honorable Mention) 1976, 1977 Purchase AwardNational Cone Box Show, Purdue University, 1975Marietta College National Craft And Sculpture Exhibition, Marietta, OH, 1975Southeastern Crafts Juried Exhibition, Birmingham, AL, 1975 (Award of Excellence), 1976, 1977 (Cash Award)Greater Birmingham Art Alliance Juried Exhibition, 1976 (Honorable Mention)Biennial Exhibition of Piedmont Crafts, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC, 197622nd Annual Drawing and Small Sculpture Exhibition, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, 1978 (Purchase Award)National Small Sculpture Invitational Exhibition, Cypress State College, Cypress, CA, 1976Scottsdale National Juried Exhibition, Scottsdale, Arizona, 1976Contemporary Crafts Juried Exhibition, Delaware Museum, Wilmington, Delaware, 1976Craftwork '76, Miami Museum of Art, Miami, FL, 1976Heath Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 1976, 1978, 198135 Artists in the Southeast, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, 1976-78Ceramic Conjunction, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA, 19771977 Biennial of Artists, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA, 1977Atlanta Arts Festival Juried Exhibition, Atlanta, GA, 1977 (Ceramics Award) 1978 (Cash Award) 1979National Exhibition of American Crafts, Cooper-French Gallery, Newport, RI, 1977Alabama Invitational, Birmingham Museum of Art, 1978Southeast Crafts, Berea College, Berea, KY, 1978 (Cash Award)4 Artists Working on a Small Scale, Southeast Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC 1978The Great American Foot Show, Museum for Contemporary Crafts, New York, NY, 1978-80Clay for molds, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WS, 1978Mississippi Sculpture Competition, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS, 1978Birmingham, Sculpture Exhibition, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL, 1978Alexander F. Milliken Gallery, New York, NY, 1979, 1980, 1981Fendrick Gallery, Washington, DC, 1979Southern Realism, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson MS, 1979-19803 Alabama Ceramists, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL, 1979 "New Attitudes in Clay", Virginia Museum, Richmond, Va, 1980"Homage to Wedgewood", Philadelphia Museum, Philadelphia, PA, 1980American Porcelain, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 1981Animal Imagery, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 1981Art from Appalachia, National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC, 198125th Anniversary Exhibition, American Crafts Museum, New York, NY, 1981Chairs, SECCA, Winston-Salem, NC, 1982New Talent, Virginia Millery Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida, 1984Return to Narrative, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, Ca, 1984Beasts, Sioux City Arts Center, Sioux City, Iowa, 1984Still Life, Fendrick Gallery, Washington, DC 1984Spoletto Festival, Charleston, SC, 1984"Off Center", Birmingham Southern College Art Gallery, Birmingham, Al, 1985"Feet of Clay", Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, Il, 1985Alabama Craft Council Touring Exhibition, State of Alabama, 1985"Southern Exposure" Alternative Museum, New York, NY, 1985"Alabama: The State of the Arts", Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA, 1985"Animal Imagery", San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, Ca, 1985Blount Corporation Invitational, Montgomery, AL, 1985"Realism", Heath Gallery, Atlanta, Ga, 1985Animals: Contemporary Visions, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI, 1985Southeastern Figurative Ceramics, University of Tennessee Art Gallery, Athens, GA, 1986Airport Cafe - Artist Food, San Francisco Airports Commission, San Francisco, CA, 1986A Sense of Place - Contemporary Southern Art, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, Mn, 1986Off-Center, Uneversity of Monevallo Art Gallery, Montevallo, AL, 1986Alabama Craft Council Exhibition, Touring Statewide, 1986Alabama Artist, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL, 1986Clay, Everyday Plus Sunday, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WS, 1985-1986Me and My Friends, Gallery West, Cleveland, OH, 1986Poetry of the Physical, Museum of American Crafts Inaugural Exhibition, New York, NY, 1986The Art of Business - Corporations Collect, Delaware Museum of Art, Wilmington, Delaware, 1986Combined Talents, Florida State University Art Gallery, Tallahassee, Fl, 1986 (Catalog)Major Concepts: Clay, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI, 1986-87 (Catalog)Three Approaches to the figurative: Fleming, Gartewood, and Koegel, A Southern Arts Federation Traveling Exhibition, 1986-87 (Catalog)Gone Fishing, Fendrick Gallery, Washington, DC, 1986Animal Fair, Kentuck Museum, Northport, AL, 1986Fish, Milliken Gallery, New York, NY, 1987Fact/Fiction/Fantasy: Recent Narrative Art in the Sout, Ewing Gallery of Art, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 1987 (Traveling Exhibition, Catalog)The Right Foot, San Francisco Airport Commission, San Francisco, CA, 1987Focus: Clay, Ceramics Invitational; Elaine Horwitch Gallery, Palm Springs, CA, 1987Modern Masters, Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO, 1988Southern Arts Federation/NEA Fellowship Winners Exhibition, Atlanta College of Arts, Atlanta, GA, 1988-89 (Traveling Exhibition)Looking South: A Different Dixie, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL, 1988-89 (Traveling Exhibition, Catalog)Surrealist Ceramics, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI, 1989Birmingham Artist: 1959-1989, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham AL, 1989Kansas City Collects Contemporary Ceramics, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1990International Art Exposition, Chicago Navy Pier, Chicago, IL, 1989Southeast Figurative Ceramics, Louisiana State University Arrt Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA, 1990International Art Exposition, Chicago Navy Pier, Chicago, IL, 1990Fin, Fur And Feather, Gloria-Laguna Art Museum, Austin, TX, 1990Ceramics, Heath Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 1990American Figurative Ceramics, National Museum of American Ceramics, Baltimore, MD, 1990Fourth International Shoe Box Sculpture Exhibition, University of Hawaii Art Gallery 1991 (Traveling Exhibition, Catalog)A Beastly Exhibition, Southbend Arts Center, Southbend, IN 1991-92 (Catalog)International Art Exposition, Chicago Navy Pier, Chicago, IL 1991-92 Keepers Of The Kiln, National Traveling Exhibition, 1991-93The Archives of American Art Mailbox Exhibiton, Detroit, MI, 1992American Crafts- The Nations Collection, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. 1992-93Wiregrass Biennial, Wiregrass Museum, Dothan, Al, 1993Just Like Us, Skyharbor Airport, Phoenix, AZ, 1993Sculpture, Martha Mabey Gallery, Richmond, VA, 1993Fantastical Art With Wit, Wiregrass Museum, Dothan AL, 1993Fur, Fins, Feathers and More, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, TX, 1993Outdoor Sculture, Gwinnett Cultural Center, Atlanta, GA, 1993Small Sculpture, Elaine Horwitch Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, 1993Sculpture 94, South Carolina State Museum, Columbia, SC 1994Tribute to Robert Arneson, Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, NY, 1994-95The Imaginary Zoo, St. Paul Company, St. Paul, MN 1995Southern Images-Christenberry, Fleming, and Frazer, Heath Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 1995Alabama Impact-Contemporary Artists With Alabama Ties, Fine Arts Museum of the South, Mobile, AL and The Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL, 1995Alabama Biennial, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, 1995-96Sculpture In The Garden, Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN, 1995WORKSHOPS/LECTURESArtist-In-Residence, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL 1975University of Montevallo, Montevallo, AL 1976, 1978Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL 1978, 1982, 1984Craft Alliance, Shreveport, LA 1978Montgomery Museum Of Art, Montgomery, AL 1978, 1986University of Alabama-Huntsville, Al 1979Penn State University, State College, PA 1981Artist-In-Residence, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO 1981Anniston Museum Of Natural History, Anniston, AL 1981, 1985Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL 1981Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA 1981University of Georgia, Athens, Ga 1982, 1985University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, 1983, 1988Samford University, Birmingham, AL 1983Firehouse Arts Center, Norman, OK 1982Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 1983Birmingham Southern College, Birmingham, AL 1985California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA 1987Southeastern Regional American Crafts Conference, Northport, AL 1988University of California at Davis, Davis, CA 1987Southeastern Regional American Crafts Conference, Northport, AL 1988Virginia Museum Of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA 1988 COLLECTIONS:Nelson-Rockhill Museum, Kansas City, MOBirmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, ALHunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TNNational Collection of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DCUtah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UTPeoples National Bank, Tupelo, MSMr. Arnold Glimcher, Director of the Pace Gallery, New York, NYUniversity of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, ALUniversity of Alabama, Birmingham, ALBall State University Art Gallery, Muncie, IndianaThe Lannan Foundation, Palm Beach, FLThe Landon Collection, Coral Gables, FLThe Headley Museum, Lexington, KYJerry Uelsmann, Gainesville, FLDelta State University, Cleveland, MSThe Morgan Collection, Kansas City, MOHercules Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware Federal Express, Memphis, TNSouth Central Bell, Birmingham, ALFederal Reserve System, Jacksonville Branch, Jacksonville, FLJohn Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WSMontgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, ALEwing Gallery of Art, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TNFrederick Weisman Collection, Los Angeles, CARobinson-Humphrey, Birmingham, AlE. F. Hutton, Montgomery, AlJemison Investment Company, Birmingham, ALBirmingham Botanical Gardens, Birmingham, ALJim HensonCith of Birmingham AlabamaBirminghamm Airport Authority, Birmingham, ALSAKS, New York, NYSidney Bestoff, New Orleans, LASteve Chase and Associates, Palm Springs, CAFrederick R. Wiesman Museum, Pepperdine Uneversity, Malibu, CAAmerican Ambassadors Residence, Bangkok, ThailandTopeka public Library, Topeka, KSGeiger International, Chicago, ILHoover Public Library, Hoover, ALGrace Family Vinyards, St. Helena, CAMr. and Mrs. John Grisham, North Garden, VADr. and Mrs. Jim Cook, Oxford MSHewlett-Packard, Palo Alto, CAHeath Gallery, Atlanta, GAFine Arts Museum of the South, Mobile, ALHouston/Effler and Partners, Boston, MAPepperdine University, Malibu, CAEssex Investments, Boston, MAPalm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CAMonitor Company, Boston, MAMassachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MAOlin Mills Family Collection, Chattanooga, TNVenture Capital/Citicorp, New York, NYWiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, ALBuckhead Park, Atlanta GAH and R Block, Kansas City, MOAlys Stephens Performing Arts Center, University of Alabama, Birmingham, ALWestfield Capital Management, Boston, MANomura Securities, New York, NYMorgan Stanley, New York, NYDechert/Price and Rhoads Law Firm, New York, NYCravath and Swain Law Firm, New York, NYMr. and Mrs. Thomas Cousins, Atlanta, GaBear Creek No. 1 Baptist Church Cemetery, Bear Creek, ALColumbus College Art Gallery, Columbus, GAArkansas Art Center, Littlerock, ARCheekwood Museum and Gardens, Nashville, TNDixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TNHeritage Hall Museum, Talladega, ALHuntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, ALVictory Garden, University of North Alabama, Florence, ALMr. Naohiko Kumagai, Tokyo, JapanCity of Maebashi, JapanAlabama Power Company, Birmingham, ALAmsouth Bank, Birmingham, ALScottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZCentre Solutions LTD. , BermudaTotal System Services, Columbus, GAThe Frist Mansion, Nashville, TNPUBLICATIONS:Contemporary Crafts of the Americas, Nilda C. Fernandez Getty, Henry Regency Company, Chicago, ILAmerican Porcelain, Lloyd Herman, Timber Press; Forest Grove, OR Contemporary International Ceramics, Hildegard Storr-Britz, Koln: Dumont 1980 Koln, West GermanyMore Than Land or Sky, Barbara Shissler Nosanow, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC, 1981Porcelain-Traditions and New Visions, Jan Axel and Karen McCready, Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, NYThe Animal Image, Michael W. Monroe, The Smithsonian Press, Washington, DC, 1981Return to the Narrative, Hough and Cove, Palm Springs Desert Museum, 1984, Palm Springs, CAThe Georgia Review, Athens, GA 30602, Summer, 1985American Ceramics, 15 West 44th Street, New York, NY, 10036, Issue 4/2, 1985A Sense of Place - Southern Contemporary Art, MCAD Gallery, 133 East 25th Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55404Craft Today-Poetry of the Physical; American Craft Museum, 40 West 53rd Street, New York, NY, 10019American Art Now, Edward Lucie-Smith, William Morrow and Company, Inc., 105 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, 10016The History of American Ceramics, Elaine Levin, Harry Abrams, Inc., New York, NY, 1988The New Ceramics - Trends and Traditions, Peter Dormer, Thames and Hopson, Inc., 500 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10110 Fevised Edition 1994Who's Who in America 1997, 51st Edition, Marquis Who's Who, Reed Elsevier Inc., 121 Chanlon Road, New Providence, NJ 07974Who's Who in American Art 1995-96, 21st Edition R. R. Bowker, Reed Reference Publishing Company, 121 Chanlon Road, New Providence, NJ 07944 The Accidental Artist, Megan Lane, Southern Accents, January-February 1997, 2100 Lakeshore Drive, Birmingham, AL 35209