KEN HRUBY - SCULPTURE

28 Damrell St. Ste. 105,
Boston, , MA. 02127
Tel: 617-821-2410
www.kenhruby.org

EDUCATION:
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Fifth Year Certificate, 1988; Diploma, 1987.
U.S. Army Command and Staff College, Ft. Leavenworth, KS, 1975.
University of Georgia, Athens, GA, MBA, 1971.
USMA, West Point, NY, BS,1961.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

Museum of Craft and Design, "Veteran's Voices", San Francisco, CA, Sep 2015 - Apr 2016.
Craft and Folk Art Museum,";Art and Other Tactics: Contemporary Craft by Artist Veterans"; Los Angeles, CA, May - Sep 2015
NK Gallery,  “Trepanation: A Face of Battle”, Solo Show, Boston,  MA,  May 2012.
A D Gallery, “A Veteran’s Voice: Sculpture by Ken Hruby,  Solo Show,  University of North Carolina, Pembroke, NC,  May – July 2011
IAP Gallery, "A Veteran's Voice: Ken Hruby", Solo Show,
Arizona State University West, Glendale, AZ, Oct - Nov, 2009.12
Farnsworth Street Gallery, "Odysseus Project: Finding Home" Group Show, June-July 2009.
Fuller Craft Museum, "The Perfect Fit: Shoes Tell Stories" Group Show, Brockton, MA., June 2009 - Jan 2010.
Good Harbor Beach, "Bivouac Perspective", Solo Installation, Gloucester, MA, 11 Nov. 2008.
Brickbottom Gallery, "Collateral Damage - when the battle's lost and won",Group Show, Somerville, MA 2005.
Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA, "Collection Connection", Group Show, Sep,2003 - Jan 2004.
Harbor Gallery, UMASS Boston, "Stack Arms", Solo Show Boston MA, Nov.-Dec 2002.
Boston Scluptors at Chapel Gallery, "Fire fight", Solo Show, Newton, MA, 2002.
Cape Ann Historical Museum, "Tour of Duty", Solo Show, Gloucester , MA, 2001.
Hampden Gallery, "Minefields of Memory", Solo Show, U. Mass, Amherst, MA, 2000.
Boston Sculptors at Chapel Gallery, 'Free Fall", Solo Show, Newton, MA, 1999.
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Gallery, "Material Connection: Boston-Paris: Sculptures/ Fiber", Group Show, Boston MA, 1999.
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, "Great Buys: Recent Acquisitions from the Permanent Collection", Group Show, Lincoln, MA., 1998.
Citz Internationale des Arts, "Biennale Internationale de Tapisseries Contemporaine et de Sculptures", Group Show, Paris, 1998.
Boston Sculptors at Chapel Gallery, "Minefields of Memory", Solo Show, Newton, MA, 1997.
Rockport Art Association, "Cape Ann Sculptors", Group Show, Rockport, MA, 1997.
Museum of Fine Arts, "Guns As Image", Group Show, Tallahassee, FL, 1997.
Boston Sculptors at Chapel Gallery, "Bronzes - 18", Group Show, Newton, MA, 1996.
Boston Sculptors at Chapel Gallery, "Juggernaut", Solo Show, Newton, MA, 1995.
Boston Sculptors at Chapel Gallery, "Sculptors' Edition", Group Show, Newton , MA, 1994.
Aikman Gallery, "50 Years - SMFA Faculty Show", Tufts Univ., Medford, MA, Group Show,'94.
Boston Sculptors at Chapel Gallery, "Nomenclature", Solo Show, Newton, MA, 1993.
Risley Gallery, "Ken Hruby, Sculpture", Litchfield, CT, Solo Show, 1993.
Boston Sculptors at Chapel Gallery, Inaugural Group Show, Newton, MA, 1992.
Class of 1929 Gallery, USMA, West Point , NY, "KEN HRUBY, Sculpture", Solo Show, 1991.
Chapel Gallery, Group Show, Newton, MA, 1991.
Gloucester Stage Company Gallery, "With Tracers", Solo Show, Gloucester, MA, 1990.
Chapel Gallery, "Mustering Out", Solo Show, Newton, MA, 1989.
Currier Gallery, "New Artist "Group Show, Manchester, NH, 1989.
Museum of Fine Arts, "Traveling Scholars Exhibition," Group Show, Boston, MA, 1988.

PROFESSIONAL:
Associate Professor of Sculpture, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1990 - present.
Founding Member, Boston Sculptors as Chapel Gallery, 1992.
Commissions, "First Night Celebration of the Arts", Boston 1987 through 1990.

AWARDS:
Massachusetts Cultural Council Sculpture "Finalist" grant, 1999.
SMFA Faculty enrichment grant, 1996, 1999.
New England Foundation for the Arts, Sculpture grant, 1995.
Museum School Traveling Scholarship, 1988.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

“Bruised Brains”, Cate McQuaid,  Boston Globe,  5/15/2012.
Ste.Post Mortem,  Consequence Magazine, George Kovach, Ed,  Pyramid Printing, 2010.
A Matter of Choice: 25 People Who Transformed Their Lives, Seal Press, Joan Chatfield-Taylor, editor, 2004.
Reviews: Gloucester, MA, Ken Hruby, Marty Carlock, Sculpture Magazine, May 2002.
"Shooting art gallery", Alexander Stevens, The Wellesley Townsman, 2/28/02
"A veteran's experiences shape his violent sculpture", Christine Temin, The Boston Globe, 2/20/02.
"The best of 2001 - Art Events", Christine Temin, The Boston Globe, 12/30/01.
"Tour of Duty, Sculpture by Ken Hruby", Rich McKown, Art New England. Dec / Jan 2002.
"Tour of Duty", Ken Shulman, Morning Edition, WBUR FM, 10/10/01.
"Mining War for Art", Beth Surdut, arts Media, Sept. - Oct. 2001.
"Contradictions of war surface in `Tour of Duty'" , Mary Sherman, Boston Herald, 8/19/01.
"Conflict and Resolution in the Art of Ken Hruby", Carl Belz, Art New England, Aug/Sep 01.
"From life of war, provoctive pieces", Christine Temin, The Boston Globe, 7/27/01.
"Tour of Duty", Mort Kaplan, The Gloucester Daily Times, 06/21/01.
"War, peace, and Ken HrubyÕs work", Christine Temin, The Boston Sunday Glove, 06/03/01.
"Artist mines wartime memories", James Hoff, Hampshire Gazett, 3/21/00.
"Disturbances in the Field", Mary Bagg, The Valley Advocate, 3/16/00.
" 'Minefields of Memory' mixes life, death, time", Jane Broderick, The Greenfield Recorder, 3/16/00.
"The best art of 1999", Christine Temin, The Boston Globe ,12/26/99.
"Free Fall", Jason Bovian, Morning Edition, WBUR FM, 11/11/99.
" 'Free Fall' into war experience", Mary Sherman, Boston Harold, 11/7/99.
"Hub's arts leaders pick era-defining events, people, works", Joanne Silver, Boston Harold, 12/10/99.
"Hruby's floating world", Christine Temin, The Boston Globe , 11/5/99.
"The time of their lives", Marianne Jacobbi, The Boston Globe Magazine, 5/9/99.
"Weaving art into the material world", The Boston Globe , Christine Temin, 1/15/99.
"Vietnam: Reflexes and Reflections, The National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum" Eve Sinaiko, editor, Abrams Press, 1998.
"Sculptor portrays war through art", Courtney A. Roskilly, Gloucester Daily Times, 11/9/98.
"The Best of 1997", Christine Temin, The Boston Sunday Globe, 12/28/97.
"Veteran treads lightly in 'Minefields' of life", Joanne Silver, Boston Harold, 11/14/97.
"Mine poems", Christine Temin, The Boston Sunday Globe, 11/2/97.
"Greater Boston Arts" Hilary Weisman, WGBH-TV, 10/29/97.
"Art that has the power to heal", Christine Temin, The Boston Globe, 11/27/96.
"Saving space for art", Christine Temin, The Boston Globe Magazine, 11/10/96.
"The Best of 1995", Christine Temin, The Boston Globe, 12/31/95.
"The soldier's art", Christine Temin, The Boston Globe, 11/19/95.
"Sculptor leaves his footprints on art world", Joanne Silver, The Boston Harold, 11/17/95
"Ex-soldier captures the terrors of war through sculpture", Nancy Stapin, The Boston Globe, 12/16/93.
"Artistic Endeavors of West Point Graduates", Linda Berman, Assembly, March 1993.
"Leadership", Pat C. Hoy II, The Sewanee Review, Summer, 1992.
"Art with Tracers", Gail Mountain, The Gloucester Daily Times, 3/8/90.
"The Best of 1989", Christine Temin, The Boston Globe, 12/26/89.
"Of Pride and Pain: Images of Vietnam", Christine Temin, The Boston Globe,2/20/90.
"Ken Hruby's Provocative Solo Show", Christine Temin, The Boston Globe, 11/23/89.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:

Cape Ann Historical Museum,
NationalVietnam Veterans Art Museum, Chicago, IL., Boston Public Library, Boston, MA.,
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA.,
Federal Reserve Bank, Boston, MA.,
Rose Museum, Brandise University, Waltham, MA.  

MILITARY: Commissioned a lieutenant of Infantry in 1961. Served in a wide variety of command and staff positions for the following twenty-one years, including two combat tours on the DMZ in Korea and a tour as an advisor to ARVN Infantry and Ranger battalions in Vietnam.

 

 

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