KEN HRUBY - SCULPTURE
28
Damrell St., Ste 205,
Boston, MA. 02127
Tel: 617-821-2410
www.kenhruby.com
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:
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.
CitŽ 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
“Bruided Brains”, Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe, 5/15/2012.
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 Hruby_s 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: National Vietnam
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.