1927 Born in Pendleton, Oregon on June 29th
The artist lives and works in New York, New York.
The artist lives and works in New York, New York.
1927Born on June 29th in Pendleton, Oregon
1946 - 1951Black Mountain College, Black Mountain, North Carolina; Chicago Institute of Design, Chicago, Illinois; University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon; studied with Fernand Léger in Paris, France
2002The Elizabeth N. Watrous Gold Medal, The National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts, New York, New York, United States
2001Award, City of Osaka Civic Environment Award, Osaka, Japan
1999Biennial Honoree, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College State University of New York, Purchase, New York, United States
1999Lifetime Achievement Award, International Sculpture Center, Hamilton, New Jersey, United States
1994Membership, The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, New York, United States
1991Award, The American Institute of Architects Kansas City Chapter, Kansas City, Missouri, United States
1989Prix Ars Electronica, Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria
1987Art Award, The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, New York, United States
1985Honorary Doctorate, School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States
1981Award, The American Institute of Architects (AIA), Washington, DC, United States
1976DAAD Fellowship, Berlin Künstlerprogramm, Berlin, Germany
1974Advisory Board, The Public Arts Fund, New York, New York, United States
1974Grant, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC, United States
1974Sculpture Award, Reynolds Metals Company, Richmond, Virginia, United States
1974Sculpture Award, Iowa City Sculpture Competition, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
1971Sculpture Award, New York State Council on the Arts, New York, New York, United States
2003Kenneth Snelson: Sculpture, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
2003Large Scale Panoramas, Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
1999Kenneth Snelson: Sculptures and Drawings 1968-1998, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, New York, United States.
1998 Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
1995 Contemporary Sculpture Center, Tokyo, Japan.
1994 Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, New York, United States.
1994 Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
1994 Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
1993 Yoh Art Gallery, Osaka, Japan.
1992Kenneth Snelson, Contemporary Sculpture Center, Tokyo, Japan.
1991 Yoh Art Gallery, Osaka, Japan.
1990 National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, United States.
1990 New York Academy of Sciences, New York, New York, United States.
1990 Zabriskie Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
1986 Zabriskie Gallery, New York, New York, United States. and Paris, France
1984 De Cordova and Dana Museum and Park, Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States.
1982Kenneth Snelson, Blaffer Gallery, The Art Museum of the University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States.
1968 Bryant Park, New York, New York, United States.
1968 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC, United States.
1968 Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, Germany.
1968 Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany.
1968 Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo, The Netherlands.
1968 Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany.
1968 Zabriskie Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
1968Kenneth Snelson, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, United States.
1968Kenneth Snelson, Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover, Germany.
1966 Dwan Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
2009Summer Exhibition, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, New York, United States.
2009Summer Exhibition , Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
2009Technocultures: The History of Digital Art, panel discussion, The MFA Computer Art Department, School of Visual Arts, New York, New York, United States.
2008Digital Stone, Today Art Museum, x, Beijing, China. traveled to Shanghai, China; Chongging, China
2008Summer Show, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, New York, United States.
2007Painting and Sculpture, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
2006Deux Americains à Paris: Sculptures de George Rickey et Kenneth Snelson, Jardins du Palais Royal, Paris, France.
2006Sculpture, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
2005 Salamanca ciudad de la escultura, x, Salamanca, Spain.
2004Black Mountain Assemblage, ACA Galleries, New York, New York, United States.
2002Group Exhibition, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
2002Math Art/Art Math, Selby Gallery, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida, United States.
2002Navy Pier Walk 2002, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois, United States.
199920th Century Sculpture, Nassau County Museum, Roslyn Harbor, New York, United States.
1999Neuberger Biennial Exhibition of Public Art, Neuberger Museum of Art, State University of New York, Purchase, New York, United States.
1998 Zabriskie Gallery, Paris, France.
1998Contemporary American Sculpture, x, Monte-Carlo, Monaco.
1998Important Sculptors of the Late Twentieth Century, Stamford Sculpture Walk, Stamford, Connecticut, United States.
1995Japan, U.S., Photography, Takashi Maya Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
1994Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition, x, Honolulu, Hawaii.
1989Digital Visions, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio, United States.
1988Computers and Art, IBM Gallery, New York, New York, United States.
1988 - 1990SIGGRAPH computer art exhibitions, SIGGRAPH, New York, New York, United States.
1983Big Pictures, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, United States.
1983The Arts at Black Mountain College, Gray Gallery, New York University, New York, New York, United States.
1983The Great East River Bridge, The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, United States.
1977 Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, United States.
1977 Howard Gallery, London, England.
1974Sculpture in the Park: Mark di Suvero, Michael Hall, John Henry, Richard Hunt, Kenneth Snelson, Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, United States. (organized by the Auxiliary Board of the Art Institute of Chicago)
1971Sonsbeek ’71, Sonsbeek Park, Arnhern, The Netherlands.
1970Expo ’70, World's Fair, Osaka, Japan.
1970Salon International de Galeries Pilotes, Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland.
1970Sammlung Etzold, Kolnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany.
1969Twentieth Century Art from the Rockefeller Collection, Museum of Modern Art, New York , New York, United States.
1968Plus by Minus: Today’s Half Century, Albright Knox Museum, Buffalo, New York, United States.
1968Prospect ’68, Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf, Germany.
1967Sculpture of the Sixties, Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, California, United States.
1966Sculpture Annual, Whitney Museum, New York, New York, United States.
Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts, United States
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, United States
Asheville Art Museum,, Asheville, North Carolina, United States
Australian National Gallery, Canberra, Australia
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University, Stanford, Connecticut, United States
City of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
City of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States
City of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
City of Hannover, Hannover, Germany
City of Iowa City, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
City of San Diego, San Diego, California, United States
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio, United States
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas, United States
DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States
Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC, United States
J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, New Jersey, United States
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Nueberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of New York, Purchase, New York, United States
Osaka Prefecture University, Osaka, Japan
Portland Art Museum, Potland, Oregon, United States
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Princeton University, John B. Putnam, Jr. Memorial Collection, Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo, The Netherlands
Rijksmuseum Staedelijk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
Shiga Museum of Modern Art, Shiga, Japan
Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, United States
Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York, United States
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
The Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, United States
The Milwaukee Art Institute, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, United States
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Wakayama Museum of Art, Wakayama, Japan
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York, United States
Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany
Daibiru Building, Osaka, Japan
Donald M. Kendall Sculpture Gardens, Purchase, New York, United States
Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri, United States
J.T. Building, Toronomon Square, Tokyo, Japan
Japan Iron and Steel Federation, Osaka, Japan
2009Anonymous. "Art that inspires science." Public Radio International, June 04, 2009
2009Ayers, Robert. "My intention is to create mystery. Robert Ayers in conversation with Kenneth Snelson." A Sky Filled with Stars: Robert Ayers in New York City, March 11, 2009
2009Heartney, Eleanor. “Ken Snelson and the Aesthetics of Structure.” Kenneth Snelson: Selected Work, 1948-2009. New York: Marlborough Gallery, 2009
2009Heartney, Eleanor. Kenneth Snelson: Forces Made Visible. Lenox: Hard Press Editions, 2009
2009Laneri, Raquel. "Master of Metal: Sculptor Kenneth Snelson’s light-as-air steel is the antidote to art-world hype." Forbes.com, February 25, 2009
2009Morgan, Robert. "Where’s the Matter?: On the Sculpture of Kenneth Snelson." The Brooklyn Rail, April 01, 2009
2008Hays, Michael K. and Dana Miller. Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe. New York: The Whitney Museum of American Art in association with Yale University Press, 2008
2008Hinds, Katherine. The Martin Margulies Collection: Painting and Sculpture. Miami: The Martin Margulies Foundation, 2008
2008Kertess, Klaus and Peter Plagens. The Martin Z. Margulies Collection: Paintings and Sculpture. Seattle: Marquand Books, 2008
2007Gedeon, Lucinda H. George Rickey Kinetic Sculpture: A Retrospective. Vero Beach: Vero Beach Museum of Art, 2007
2007Zelanski, Pat and Mary Pat Fischer. Shaping Space: The Dynamics of Three- Dimensional Design. 3rd ed. Belmont: Thomson/Wadsworth Publishers, 2007
2006Diaz, Eva. “Experiment, Expression, and the Paradox of Black Mountain College.” Starting at Zero: Black Mountain College, 1933-1957. Bristol: Arnolfini with Kettle’s Yard, 2006 Cambridge University
2006Hobbs, Robert. “George Rickey et Kenneth Snelson au Palais Royal.” Deux Americains à Paris: Sculptures de George Rickey et Kenneth Snelson. Paris: Association Sculptures au Palais Royal, 2006
2006Miller, Leigh Anne. "New Orleans Museum Update." Art in America, January 01, 2006
2005Anonymous. Kenneth Snelson. Tokyo: Contemporary Sculpture Center, 2005
2005Robinson, Walter. "Hurricane Batters Arts in New Orleans." Artnet, September 02, 2005
2005Spence, Rebecca. "It Could Have Been a Lot Worse." ARTnews, November 01, 2005
2005Vesna, Victoria. "Community of People with No Time." Electronic Book Review, March 06, 2005
2004Eaves, Elizabeth. "Art for Smart People: The Mathematical Sculptures of Kenneth Snelson." Slate.msn.com, January 13, 2004
2004Goodman, Jonathan. "Kenneth Snelson." Sculpture Magazine, May 01, 2004
2003Cohen, Mark Daniel. The Art of the Thought: The Sculptural Intelligence of Kenneth Snelson. New York: Marlborough Gallery, 2003
2003Leffingwell, Edward. "Kenneth Snelson at Marlborough." Art in America, December 01, 2003
2002Katz, Vincent. Black Mountain College: Experiment in Art. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2002
1999Anonymous. Kenneth Snelson: Sculptures and Drawings 1968-1998. New York: Marlborough Gallery, 1999
1999Cohen, Mark Daniel. "Kenneth Snelson." Review Magazine, February 15, 1999
1999Glueck, Grace. "Kenneth Snelson." The New York Times, February 12, 1999
1999Weil, Rex. "Kenneth Snelson." ARTnews, May 01, 2001
1998Ingber, Donald. "The Architecture of Life." Scientific American 278, No. 1, January 01, 1998
1998Walter, Ingo F. ART of the 20th Century, Vol. 2. Cologne: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 1998 illustrated p. 540
1996McCarthy, Jane and Laurily K. Epstein. A Guide to the Sculpture Parks and Gardens of America. New York: Michael Kesend Publishing, 1996
1994Heartney, Eleanor. Kenneth Snelson: Sculptures. New York: Maxwell Davidson Gallery, 1994
1992Heartney, Eleanor. Kenneth Snelson Essay. Tokyo: Contemporary Sculpture Center, 1992
1990Anonymous. Smithsonian World: The Quantum Universe. Washington: Smithsonian Institution with WETA-TV, 1990
1990Bentley, Joelle. "Art/Science, Science/Art." Print Magazine, May 01, 1990
1990Heartney, Eleanor. "Designs on the Universe." Contemporanea International Art Magazine, April 01, 1990
1987Harris, Marry Emma. The Arts at Black Mountain College. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1987
1982Hagen, Charles. "Full Circle." Camera Arts, January 01, 1982
1981Fox, Howard N. Kenneth Snelson: Portrait of an Atomist. Buffalo: The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, 1981
1981Sawin, Martica. "Kenneth Snelson: Unbounded Space." Arts Magazine, September 01, 1981
1981Whelan, Richard. "Kenneth Snelson: Straddling the Abyss Between Art and Science." ARTnews, February 01, 1981
1978Anonymous. "Snelson: tensione e compressione." Carta Bianca, March 01, 1978
1977Anonymous. Skupturen. Berlin: Nationalgalerie Berlin, 1977
1977Perlberg, Deborah. "Snelson and Structure." Artforum, May 01, 1977
1977Ruhdberg, Karl. Kenneth Snelson Skulpturen. Duisberg: The Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, 1977
1975Donadio, Emmie. "Kenneth Snelson." Arts Magazine, February 01, 1975
1974Busch, Julia M. A Decade of Sculpture: The New Media in the 1960s. Philadelphia: The Art Alliance Press, 1974 with Associated University Presses, London
1971Glover, Lazlo. Structur und Spannung. Hannover: Kunstverein Hannover, 1971
1969Burnham, Jack. Beyond Modern Sculpture: The Effects of Science and technology on the Sculpture of the Century. New York: George Braziller, 1969 illustrated pp. 130, 159
1969Kurtz, Stephan. "Kenneth Snelson: The Elegant Solution." ARTnews, October 01, 1969
1968Battock, Gregory. "Kenneth Snelson, Dialogue between Stress and Tension at Dawn." Arts Magazine, February 01, 1968
1967Ashton, Dore. "Jeunes talents de la sculpture Americaine." Aujourd hui
1967Coplans, John. "An Interview with Kenneth Snelson." Artforum, March 01, 1967