Rainbow Arch, 2001
KENNETH SNELSON
1927 —Born in Pendleton, Oregon
2016 —Died in New York, New York
Education
1946-1951 —
Studied at Black Mountain College, Black Mountain, North Carolina; Chicago Institute of
Design, Chicago, Illinois; University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon; and with Fernand Léger in
Paris, France
Solo Exhibitions
2021 —
A Tribute to Kenneth Snelson, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York
2011 —
Kenneth Snelson: New York City Panoramas, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York
2009 —
Kenneth Snelson, Selected Work: 1948-2009, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, New York
2003 —
Kenneth Snelson: Sculpture, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York
Large Scale Panoramas, Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, New York
1999 —
York
Kenneth Snelson: Sculptures and Drawings 1968-1998, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, New
1998 —
Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, New York
1995 —
Contemporary Sculpture Center, Tokyo
1994 —
Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, New York
Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, New York
1993 —
Yoh Art Gallery, Osaka, Japan
1992 —
Kenneth Snelson, Contemporary Sculpture Center, Tokyo, Japan
1991 —
Yoh Art Gallery, Osaka, Japan
1990 —
New York Academy of Sciences, New York, New York
National Academy of Sciences, Washington, District of Columbia
Zabriskie Gallery, New York, New York
1986 —
Zabriskie Gallery, New York, New York and Paris, France
1984 —
deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts
1982 —
Kenneth Snelson, Blaffer Gallery, The Art Museum of the University of Houston, Houston, Texas
1981 —
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
Kenneth Snelson, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Zabriskie Gallery, New York, New York
1977 —
Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany
1971 —
Kenneth Snelson, Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover, Germany
1970 —
Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, Germany
1969 —
Rijksmuseum Kröller-Muller, Otterlo, The Netherlands
1968 —
Brant Park, New York, New York
1966 —
Dwan Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 —
Altruistic Genius: Buckminster Fuller’s Plans to Save the Planet, Asheville Art Museum,
Asheville, North Carolina
2022 —
Wave, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York
2021 – 2024 —
As Long as There Is Sun, as Long as There Is Light, The John and Mable Ringling Museum of
Art, Sarasota, Florida
2020 –
Escultura Monumental I, Galería Marlborough, Madrid, Spain
2016 —
Large Sculptures, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York
2012 —
Atlanta Botanical Gardens, Atlanta, Georgia
2011 —
York
Constructivists: George Rickey and Kenneth Snelson, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New
2008 —
Geometry as Image, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, New York
Digital Stone Exhibition, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
2002 —
Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York
1999 —
Stamford Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Stamford, Connecticut
Neuberger Biennial Exhibition of Public Art, Purchase, New York
Nassau County Sculpture Exhibition, Roslyn Harbor, New York
1995 —
Japan, U.S., Photography, Takashimaya Gallery, New York, New York
1987 —
The Arts at Black Mountain College, Gray Gallery, New York, New York
1983 —
Big Pictures, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
1980 —
Hayward Gallery, London, England
1979 —
Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, New York
1971 —
Sonsbeek ’71, Arnhem, The Netherlands
1970 —
Sammlung Etzold, Kolnischer Kunstverein, Cologn, Germany
Salon International de Galeries Pilotes, Lausanne, Switzerland
1969 —
New York
Twentieth Century Art from the Rockefeller Collection, The Museum of Modern Art, New York,
1968 —
Prospect ’68, Düsseldorf, Germany
1967 —
Sculpture of the Sixties, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
1966 —
Sculpture Annual, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York
Selected Awards
2002 —
The Elizabeth N. Watrous Gold Medal, The National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts,
New York, New York
2001 —
Civic Environment Award, City of Osaka, Osaka, Japan
1999 —
Biennial Honoree, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College State University of New York,
Purchase, New York
Lifetime Achievement Award, International Sculpture Center, Hamilton, New Jersey
1994 —
Membership, The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, New York
1991 —
Award, The American Institute of Architects Kansas City Chapter, Kansas City, Missouri
1989 —
Prix Ars Electronica, Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria
1987 —
Art Award, The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, New York
1985 —
Honorary Doctorate, School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute, Troy, New York
1981 —
Award, The American Institute of Architects (AIA), Washington, District of Columbia
1976 —
DAAD Fellowship, Berlin Künstlerprogramm, Berlin, Germany
1974 —
Award for Sculpture, Reynolds Metals Company, Richmond, Virginia
Grant, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, District of Columbia
Iowa City Sculpture Competition, Iowa City, Iowa
Advisory Board, The Public Arts Fund, New York, New York
1971 —
Award for Sculpture, New York State Council on the Arts, New York, New York
Selected Public Collections
Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, North Carolina
Australian National Gallery, Canberra, Australia
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama
Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University, Stanford, Connecticut
City of Baltimore, Maryland
City of Buffalo, New York
City of Hamburg, Germany
City of Hannover, Germany
City of Iowa City, Iowa
City of San Diego, California
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas
deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts
Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Gibbs Farm, Kaipara, New Zealand
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, District of Columbia
J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky
Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, New Jersey
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana
Nueberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of New York, Purchase, New York
Osaka Prefecture University, Osaka, Japan
Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey
Princeton University, John B. Putnam, Jr. Memorial Collection, Princeton, New Jersey
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
Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
The Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York
The Milwaukee Art Institute, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Wakayama Museum of Art, Wakayama, Japan
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York
Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany