ROB LORENSON

ROB LORENSON Biography

Rob Lorenson received his BFA from the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, and an MFA from Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. Since 1999 he has lived and taught sculpture in southeastern Massachusetts. His works have been included in a number of exhibitions including Pierwalk in Chicago, The Sarasota Season Of Sculpture and the Convergence International Arts Festival in Providence, RI. His sculptures are included in numerous public and private collections from small tabletop pieces to 20' large-scale sculptures.

ROB LORENSON Statement

"The methodology behind my work is to create a compositionally rich interplay of modernist elements that are exceptionally crafted to remove the hand of the artist. The purpose of this is to further emphasize the compositional qualities of the work, which is to create dynamic movement with static solid objects. I also intend to make the work look manufactured, as though it was itself an industrial product, like the industrial forms that originally influenced it."

ROB LORENSON Resumé

Selected Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2011 City of Salem, MA
2010 St. Georges School, Newport, RI
2009 Bristol Community College, Fall River, MA
2009 Liberty Hotel, sponsored by Lattitude Gallery, Boston, MA
2008 Two Person Show, Lattitude Gallery, Boston, MA
2008 Two Person Show, Elaine Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
2008 Solo Show, Hearst Center for the Arts, Cedar Falls, IA
2007 Elaine Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
2006 Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
2006 Solo Show of Sculpture, Lattitude Gallery, Boston, MA
2004 Two Person Show, Lattitude Gallery, Boston, MA
1999 Solo Show, Anderson Gallery, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA
1998 New Bronze Maquettes, NICOR, Corporate Headquarters, Naperville, IL
1997 Cast Maquettes, Zurich American Insurance Group, Schamberg, IL
1996 New Outdoor Work, Luther College, Decorah, IA
1994 Master of Fine Arts Thesis Show, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
1993 “Three Volumes,” Raw Space Gallery, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL

Selected Group Exhibitions
2012-2013 "Nature Abstracted," a new leaf gallery | sculpturesite, Sonoma, CA
2011 Outdoor Show of Sculpture, City of Chapel Hill, NC
2011 Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, NH
2011 Sculpture Garden Exhibition at Brecknock Hall, Riverhead, NY
2011 NESA Invitational Show, Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA
2010 Fall Invitational Sculpture Show, Endicott College, Beverly, MA
2010 Sculpture Garden Exhibition at Brecknock Hall, Riverhead, NY
2010 Invitational Show, Imago Gallery, Warren, RI
2010 “Bending Metal,” Lattitude Gallery, Boston, MA
2009 NESA Fall Show, Transportation Building, Boston, MA
2009 ArtScape, Milwaukee, WI
2009 Outdoor Sculpture, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI
2009 Carin Croft Sculpture Show, Dover, MA
2008 Millbrook Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Concord, NH
2008 Western Michigan Sculpture Tour
2008 “Sculpture on the Plaza,” Sculpturesite Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008 Suydam and Diepenbrock Fall Outdoor Show, Jamestown, RI
2007 “Odyssey Sculpture Show,” Purdue University, Westville, IN
2007 Sarasota Season of Sculpture, Sarasota, FL
2007 Newburyport, MA
2006 ArtScape, Baltimore, MD
2006 Florida Outdoor Sculpture Competition, Winter Haven, FL
2006 Sarasota Season of Sculpture, Sarasota, FL
2006 Florida Outdoor Sculpture Competition, Lakeland, FL
2004 Outdoor Sculpture, Ferncroft Country Club, Danvers, MA
2004 Carin Croft Sculpture Garden, Dover, MA
2004 Outdoor Sculpture at the Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
2003 Purdue University North Central Sculpture Exhibit, Westville, IN
2003 Sculpture and 2D Work, Ferncroft Resort, Danvers, MA
2003 Wind, Sea and Sky, Easton’s Beach, Newport, RI
2003 Carin Croft Sculpture Garden, Dover, MA
2003 Clark Gallery Sculpture for the Outdoors, Lincoln, MA
2003 Newport Designers Showcase House, Newport, RI
2003 “Sculpture 2003,” Ferncroft Resort, Danvers, MA
2002 “December Sculpture Spectacular,” Steinway Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
2002 Suydam and Diepenbrock Outdoor Summer Show, Newport, RI
2002 Wind, Sea and Sky, Easton’s Beach, Newport, RI
2002 Convergence Arts Festival at the Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
2002 Clark Gallery Summer Show, Lincoln, MA
2002 Niemi Sculpture Gallery Summer Show, Kenosha, WI
2002 Gardens to Main Street Sculpture Show, Cedar Falls, IA
2002 Sarasota Season of Sculpture, Sarasota, FL
2002 “Third Month 3D,” Visions Gallery, O’Fallon, IL
2001 Maquette Show, Selby Library, Sarasota Season of Sculpture, Sarasota, FL
2001 DeCordova Museum Corporate Artist Show, Cambridge, MA
2001 Steinway Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
2001 “Sculpture for the Outdoors,” Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
2001 Convergence 14, Providence, RI
2001 Gardens to Main Street, Public Art in Cedar Falls, IA
2001 Sudydam and Diepenbrock, Newport, RI
2000 Convergence 13, Providence, RI
2000 Pierwalk 2000, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
2000 Park Art 2000, Warner Park Gardens, Chicago, IL
2000 Sculpture on Campus, Purdue University, Northwest, Hammond, IN
2000 Sarasota Season of Sculpture, Sarasota, FL
2000 Summer of Sculpture, South Bend Regional Museum, South Bend, IN
2000 DeKalb Gallery, DeKalb, IL
1999 Maquette Show, Sarasota Season of Sculpture, Sarasota, FL
1998 Midwestern Sculpture Exhibition, South Bend, IN
1997 Faculty Show, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
1996 Art at the Helene Curtis Corporation, Rolling Meadows, IL
1995 Illinois Professional Art Exhibition, Springfield, IL
1994 “4 Artists in Mixed Media Sculpture,” ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
1994 Illinois Professional Art Exhibition, Springfield, IL
1994 “Unknown Chicago,” Gallery 312, Chicago, IL
1994 ARC Regional Exhibition, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
1994 MFA Awards Show, NIU Gallery, Chicago, IL
1994 “Flora 94,” Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, IL
1990 “Constructs,” Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, MO
1990 Midwestern Sculpture Exhibition, South Bend Art Center, South Bend, IN
1990 36th Annual Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Ball State University, Muncie, IN

Selected Public Commissions
2009 Five Points Plaza, Sarasota, FL
2007 Keene State College Veterans Memorial, Keene, NH
2005 Tower Park Corporation, Newport News, VA
2004 Keene State College, Keene, NH
2002 Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA
2002 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, two editions of works for “Innovator of the Year” and “Humanitarian of the Year” awards to be given annually for 20 years
2000 South Bay Development Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA
1990 University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA

Selected Public Collections
2010 “Hurricane” and “Eclipse #5,” Hearst Center for the Arts, Cedar Falls, IA
2010 “Eclipse #8” and “Brushstrokes,” City of Newburyport, MA
2009 “Red Rhythm #5,” Bank of America Collection, Ritz-Carlton, Charlotte, NC
2009 “Red Lion,” City of Winter Haven, FL
2008 “Split Ring in Balance” 2008 “Red Form,” Louis Shuster Design, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
2008 “First Gear,” Purdue University, Hammond, IN
2006 “Open Apex,” Germanna College, Culpepper, VA
2006 “Split Ring in Motion,” City of Winter Haven, FL
2005 “Sentinel,” Purdue University, Hammond, IN
2000 “Persistence of Youth” and “Oculus,” City of O’Fallon, IL
1999 “Fragmented Form,” Bellville College, Bellville, IL
1999 “Sentinel,” Rio Grande University, Rio Grande, OH
1998 “Textural Gear,” Capitol Arts Collection, Providence, RI
1998 “Inner Gear,” SAS Institute, Cary, NC

Education
1992-1994 Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, MFA in Sculpture
1987-1991 University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA, BFA in Sculpture

Professional Experience
1999-Present Professor of Sculpture, Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA