ANDREW SAFTEL
Pikeville, Tennessee
Born 1959, New Bedford, MA
Education: B.F.A. 1981, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Solo Exhibitions:
2008 Lanoue Fine Art, Boston, MA
Bennett Galleries, Knoxville ,TN
2007 Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN
Lowe Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Bennett Galleries, Knoxville, TN
2006 Lanoue Fine Art, Boston, MA
2005 Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL (catalogue)
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
2004 Bennett Galleries, Knoxville, TN
2004 Lowe Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
University Art Gallery, The University of the South, Sewanee, TN
2003 Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, FL
Bennett Galleries, Knoxville, TN
Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA (catalogue)
- Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN
2001 Bennett Galleries, Knoxville, TN
Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2001 Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN (catalogue)
2000 Tennessee Arts Commission (Fellowship Exhibition)
Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
St. Andrews-Sewanee School, Sewanee, TN
Cleveland State Community College, Cleveland, TN
1999 Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, TN
1998 Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA (catalogue)
Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN
1997 Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Albertson-Peterson Gallery, Orlando, FL
1996 Spirit Square Center for the Arts, Charlotte, NC
Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI
Bennett Galleries, Knoxville, TN
Tennessee Performing Arts Center/Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN
1995 Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN (catalogue)
1994 Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN
1993 Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1992 Bennett Galleries, Knoxville, TN
Lowe Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1991 Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN
1990 Carlton Cobb Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1989 Kyle Belding Gallery, Denver, CO
1988 Carlton Cobb Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1985 Artifacts Gallery, Bozeman, MT
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2007 The Hunter Invitational, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
- The Art of Tennessee, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN
2002-3 A Century of Progress: Twentieth Century Painting in Tennessee, Cheekwood
Museum of Art (traveling exhibition: West Tennessee Regional Art Center; Knoxville Museum of Art; Carroll Reece Museum, East Tennessee State University:
Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA)
Awards:
2003 Artist Residency, Spring Concentration, Penland School of Crafts
1999 Individual Artist Fellowship, Tennessee Arts Commission
1998 Tennessee-Israel Visual Artists Exchange
- Purchase Award, Dulin National Works on Paper Competition, Knoxville
Museum of Art (Juror: Thomas Leavitt)
Public Commissions:
2005 Imagery Winery, Glen Ellen, CA
“Offering”, original watercolor for wine label
2005 Bonnaroo Music Festival Poster, Manchester, TN
2003 Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, OR
“Learn to Grow,” 9′ tall welded steel outdoor sculpture
2002 Knoxville Convention Center, Knoxville, TN
“Local Talent,” wood and steel, 5′ tall pedestal sculpture
2001 Ruby Tuesday Headquarters, Maryville, TN
Pair of paintings for public foyer, each 80″ x 55″
CNL Corporate Headquarters, Orlando, FL
“Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow,” 5′ x 35′ acrylic and mixed media painting on wood
2000 St. Andrews-Sewanee School, Sewanee, TN
“A Head of Our Time,” 10′ tall steel and found object outdoor sculpture
1997 Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, Atlanta, GA
“Serenade the Procession,” 18′ long steel and found object mobile sculpture
1996 Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport, Atlanta Bureau of Cultural Affairs
“We Can Go,” acrylic and mixed media painting on wood panels, 2′ x 168′ running feet; 4 steel and found object sculptures on 70′ long baggage claim carousels in Concourse E (International Terminal)
1994 Bell South Headquarters, Nashville, TN
Pair of paintings for public foyer, each 72″ x 48″
Public Collections:
Asheville Art Museum
Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, GA
Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
Huntsville Museum of Art
Knoxville Museum of Art
Nashville International Airport
Orlando City Hall
Tennessee State Museum