LOUIS MUELLER
Abbreviated Résumé
BORN 1943, Paterson, New Jersey
EDUCATION
1969 BFA Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
1971 MFA Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
AWARDS AND GRANTS
1996 Rhode Island State Council Fellowship in Design
1990 Individual Artist's Fellowship - Design, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
1988 Individual Artist's Fellowship - Design, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
1985-86 Development Grant, Rhode Island School of Design
1985 Individual Artist's Fellowship, New York Foundation for the Arts
1983 Mellon Travel Study Grant
1978 Ford Foundation Grant, Boston Museum of Fine Arts
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 2023 | Michael Bargo, New York, NY |
| 2005 | 1+1=3, Foster/White Gallery. Seattle, WA (with Benjamin Moore) |
| 2003 | Recent Work, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY |
| Recent Work, Wheeler Gallery, Providence, RI | |
| 2002 | A Lesson in Language, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY |
| Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI | |
| 2001 | Present Tense, Elliott Brown Gallery, Seattle, WA |
| 1998 | Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI |
| 1997 | Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1996 | Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY |
| Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona | |
| 1995 | Gallery Carin Delcourt Van Krimpen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| Jeanine Cox Fine Art, Miami Beach, FL | |
| 1993 | Gallery Carin Van Krimpen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
| Radix, Phoenix, AZ | |
| 1988 | Kurland Summers Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ | |
| Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI | |
| Ruth Braunstein, San Francisco, CA | |
| 1987 | The Society of Art in Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA |
| Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1986 | Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1985 | Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1984 | Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA |
| Area X Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 1982 | Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA |
| North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND | |
| 1975 | Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 1974 | Dominican College, San Rafael, CA |
| 1973 | California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2024 | Framing the Village, New York, NY |
| 2024 | Bracelets, Bangles & Cuffs, Metal Museum, Memphis, TN |
| 2023 | Farago XYZ, New York, NY and Marfa, TX |
| 2022 | Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA “Exquisite Corpse Project” July (Curated by Lisa Macleod Bowman, with catalog) |
| 2022 | Rings, Metal Museum, Memphis, TN (Curated by Helen Drutt) |
| 2022 | Farago, XYZ, Los Angeles, Paris and Marfa, TX (Pop-up) |
| 2011 | SOFA Chicago and Santa Fe, exhibiting with Elliott Arts West of Santa Fe, NM, and The Artfair Company |
| SOFA New York, exhibiting with Schantz Galleries, Stockbridge, MA | |
| 2010 | Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO (with Peter Millett) |
| Invitational, Indiana University Kokomo, Kokomo, Indiana | |
| 2008 | King Street Concentric, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR (catalog) |
| Gallery Loupe, Montclair, New Jersey | |
| SOFA Chicago exposition, exhibiting with Elliott Brown Gallery of Seattle, WA | |
| 2007 | Green Matters, SOFA Chicago exposition, exhibiting with Elliott Brown Gallery of Seattle, WA |
| Jewelry by Artists: The Daphne Farago Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA | |
| Gallerie Marzee, Nijmegen, Netherlands | |
| Gallery Loupe, Montclair, New Jersey | |
| 2004 | Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA |
| Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI | |
| Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA | |
| 2002 | Palm Springs International Art Fair, Palm Springs, CA with Elliott Brown Gallery of Seattle, WA |
| 2001-08 | SOFA Chicago exposition, exhibiting with Elliott Brown Gallery of Seattle, WA |
| 1999 | Franklin Parrasch, New York, NY |
| Margolis Gallery, Houston, TX | |
| 1997 | Jewels - Form, Function or Metaphor, University of Texas at El Paso |
| Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, Michigan | |
| Joanne Rapp Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona | |
| Structures -Buildings in American Art 1900-1997, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA | |
| 1996 | New Time-New Thinking, International Crafts Council, London, UK |
| Contemporary Lights, Margolis Gallery, Houston, TX | |
| 1994 | Helander Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1993 | Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA (with Benjamin Moore) |
| The Pet Show, Helander Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Radix Gallery, Phoenix, AZ | |
| 1992 | Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL |
| Radix Gallery, Phoenix, AZ | |
| 1991 | Outdoor Sculpture Festival, Snug Harbor Cultural Art Center, New York, NY |
| Marcia Raffelman Gallery, Toronto, Canada | |
| 1990 | Henri Gallery, Washington, D.C. Jones & Hobbs Gallery, Provincetown, MA |
| Gallery Marzee, Holland | |
| Museum of Art, Aspen, CO | |
| Small Sculpture, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO | |
| Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ | |
| Six, Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI | |
| Sculpture, Ann Reed Gallery, Sun Valley, ID | |
| 1989 | Small Sculpture, Robinson Gallery, Denver, CO |
| Art & Industrie, New York, NY | |
| 1988 | Helen Drutt Gallery, New York, NY |
| Society for Art in Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA | |
| Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA | |
| Marcia Raffelman Gallery, Toronto, Canada | |
| Michael Malony Gallery, Santa Monica, CA | |
| 1987 | Dilaurenti Gallery, New York, NY |
| Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA | |
| 1986 | American Craft Museum, New York, NY |
| Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL | |
| Contemporary Crafts: Conception in Flux, The National Craft Showroom, New York, NY | |
| Craft Today: The Poetry of the Physical, American Craft Museum, New York, NY | |
| Rena Branstein Gallery, San Francisco, CA | |
| Contemporary Arts: An Expanding View (Part 1), Wellesley College Museum, Wellesley, MA | |
| Monmouth Museum of Art, Lincroft, NJ | |
| Contemporary Arts: An Expanding View (Part 2), The Squib Gallery, Princeton, NJ | |
| Foundation for the Arts: Recipients Exhibition, Carlyn Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Modern Jewelry, 1964-1986: The Helen Williams Drutt Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1985 | Urban Light, New York Center for Design, New York, NY |
| Illumination: The Quality of Light, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA | |
| The Creative Spirit: A Celebration of Contemporary American Crafts, Randolph-Macon Women's College, Lynchburgh, VA | |
| Adornments, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Funktional, Rosa Esman Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 1984 | Design in the Service of Tea, Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York, NY |
| Multiplicity in Clay, Fiber and Metal, Skidmore Craft Invitational, Saratoga Springs, NY | |
| Museum of Decorative Arts, Montreal Canada, General Foods, Rye, NY | |
| Fabric Workshop, New York, NY | |
| Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL | |
| 1983 | Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL |
| 1982 | Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1977 | University of Washington, Seattle, WA |
| Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA | |
| San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA | |
| 1976 | DeYoung Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA |
| San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA | |
| 1975 | First Artist Soapbox Derby, traveling to San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA; Finch College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA; Art Museum, Cranbrook Academy, Bloomfield Hills, MI; American Craft Museum, New York, NY |
| 1973 | Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA |
| 1971 | American Craft Museum, New York, NY |
| 1969 | American Craft Museum, New York, NY |
SELECTED PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
| 2008 | Kirkland Library, Kirkland, WA, collaboration with Benjamin Moore |
| 2002 | WD-50, New York, NY (restaurant) |
| 1992 | Lighting for The Port of Seattle, collaboration with Benjamin Moore |
| 1988 | Phoenix Arts Commission, One Percent for the Arts, Fence and Gate Panels for three parks |
| 1986 | Philadelphia Maritime Museum, Mermaid Loving Cup |
| Hyatt Hotel, Scottsdale, AZ | |
| 1985 | Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, Sculpture for Braceland Brothers, Inc. |
| The Locust Club of Philadelphia, Bronze Sculpture | |
| Philadelphia Museum of Art, Bronze Metal for Philadelphia Craft Show Award |
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Fidelity Investments, Providence, RI
First Capital Corporation, New York, NY
General Foods Corporation, Ryebrook, NY
Hyatt Hotel, Scottsdale, Arizona
Locust Club of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Carl Miller Associates, New York
Museum of Arts and Design (formerly American Craft Museum), New York, NY
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
The Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
Philadelphia Maritime Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
| 1977–2003 | Rhode Island School of Design, Head of Jewelry and Metalsmithing Department |
| 2000 | Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington (Visiting Artist) |
| 1998 | Massachusetts College of Art (Visiting Artist) |
| 1997 | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, First Annual Daphne Farago Lecture Panelist, New England Foundation for the Arts |
| 1995 | Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam the Netherlands (Visiting Artist) |
| Academy of Art, Prague, The Czech Republic (Visiting Artist) | |
| 1992–1994 | Academy of Art, Munich, Germany (Guest Professor) |
| 1992 | Fachhochschule, Pforzeim, Germany (Visiting Artist) |
| Royal College of Art, London, England (Visiting Artist) | |
| Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Symposium with Otto Kunzli (Visiting Artist) | |
| 1991 | Simon Bolivar University, Department of Architecture, Caracas, Venezuela (Visiting Artist) |
| 1987 | Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (Visiting Artist) |
| New York State University at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY (Visiting Artist) | |
| 1986 | Pilchuck School, Stanwood, WA (Visiting Artist) |
| 1984 | Parsons School of Design, New York City, NY (Visiting Artist) |
| University of Montana at Bozeman, Bozeman, MN (Visiting Artist) | |
| 1983 | Academy of Art, Munich, Germany (Visiting Artist) |
| 1982 | Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA (Visiting Artist) |
| 1978–80 | Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA |
| 1978–79 | School of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA |
| 1977 | University of California at La Jolla, La Jolla, CA (Visiting Artist) |
| 1976–77 | Dominican College, San Rafael, CA |
| 1976 | St. Mary's College, Moraga, CA |
| 1974 | Maryland Art Institute, Baltimore, MD (Visiting Artist) |
| Pilchuck School, Stanwood, WA (Visiting Artist) | |
| 1974, 76 | School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA (Visiting Artist) |
| 1973, 76 | Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA (Visiting Artist) |
| 1973 | Pilchuck School, Stanwood, WA (Visiting Artist) |
| 1972, 74 | Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI (Visiting Artist) |
| 1971–75 | California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA |
| 1971, 83 | College of Ceramics, Alfred, NY (Visiting Artist) |
| 1975, 76 | Pilchuck School, Stanwood, WA (Visiting Artist) |
| 1971 | University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA (Visiting Artist) |
PUBLICATIONS
| 2011 | New Glass Review 32, The Corning Museum of Glass, p. 35 |
| 2004 | Traditional Homes, September issue; New Glass Review 25, Corning Museum of Glass, p. 32Wine Spectator, Jan.-Feb.Wine and Spirits, Jan.-Feb. |
| 2003 | Johnson, Ken, New York Times, art review, March 8Van Siclen, Bill, Providence Journal Bulletin, art review, April 10Time Out New York, April 10–17 |
| 2002 | Baran-Mickle, William, "Louis Mueller: Present Tense," Metalsmith Winter 2002 pp. 53–54MacMillian, Kyle, "Solace in Art," The Denver Post |
| 2000 | Chandler, Mary Voelz, Rocky Mountain News, Art review, September 13 |
| 1999 | Sculpture Magazine, July/August, Focus, Matthew Kangas, pp. 14–15New York Times, Art Review, March 26, 1999, Grace Glueck |
| 1995 | The New Yorker, October; American Craft, December |
| 1993 | Kunstforum International, July; Het Parool, The Netherlands, November |
| 1991 | Arts Magazine, “New York Reviews,” November |
| 1990 | Metalsmith, Winter; Elle Decor, May |
| 1989 | Art Aurea, March |
| 1988 | Artspace, Spring |
| 1987 | Pittsburgh Press, February; The New Furniture by Peter Dormer, Thames & Hudson |
| 1986 | Metalsmith, October |
| 1985 | City Magazine International, January; Crafts Magazine, England, August; Metropolis, October |
| 1984 | Art News, "New York Reviews," September; Industrial Design Magazine, June |