Bill Botzow biographical information - 5points art mathematics science

Bill Botzow

1968: Princeton University, B. A. Art History, magna cum laude
1967: Atelier Geitlinger, Munich, Germany

1999: Woodchip Beaver Pelt, installation, Stewardship of the Land, Sculpturefest, Woodstock, VT; Rollarama, installation performance with Meg Cottam, Hubbard Hall, Cambridge, NY, Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT, Midnight Madness, Bennington, VT, Stratton Arts Festival, Stratton, VT; Launch, sculptural installation, North Bennington Art Park, North Bennington, VT; 1999 Artists of the Albany-Mohawk Region, installation, Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY, special installation award; Recycling Figures, collaborative residency with Meg Cottam, Monument Elementary School, Bennington, VT; Plastic/Nature, residency Pownal Elementary School, Pownal, VT; Scrollover, collaborative web site with Meg Cottam and Frank Peseckis; Stratton Arts Festival, group exhibition, Stratton, VT; Mixed Media-Uniquely Combined, group exhibition, Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT
1998: High Swing, outdoor installation for In Situ, Linda Hall Library, Kansas City, MO; Between Trust and Homes, collaborative outdoor installation for In Situ, University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, MO; Rollover, collaborative installations and theater performances with Meg Cottam and Kevin Bubriski, No. BIAS, North Bennington, VT, Mobius, Boston, MA, Flynn Theatre, Burlington, VT; Split, sculptural installation with Ruth Botzow for Spirit of Place, Huntington, VT; The Fight for Upright, sculptural installation for Beside Myself Gallery, Arlington, VT; Pine Needle Pelt, performed sculptural installation with Ruth Botzow, Meg Cottam, for Post Pastoral, Hopkins Center Plaza, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH; Dormancy, collaborative installations/performances with Meg Cottam and Kevin Bubriski, Berkshire Artisans Annex Gallery, England Brothers Department Store, Pittsfield, MA (January - March); Digital Portrait Booth, collaborative installation with Tony Carruthers and Frank Peseckis for Vermont Arts Council Inaugural Arts Conference, Montpelier, Vermont; Movement Map, workshop and installation with Meg Cottam for Paran Creek Festival, Vermont Arts Exchange, North Bennington, VT; Slate Skate (Late to Dinner), collaborative sculpture with Ruth Botzow for Six Sculptures in the Park, North Bennington Art Park, North Bennington, VT; Embrace, installation with Ruth Botzow for Riverworks 7, Hoosic River Watershed Association public event, Williamstown, MA; Lure, installation in Hoosic River for Riverworks 7, Hoosic River Watershed Association public event, Williamstown, MA; Semper Hay, collaborative fieldwork with Knox Cummin, Hay Art, Huntington, VT; Stratton Arts Festival 1998, group exhibition, Stratton, VT; 20th Century Windup, Stamford Center for the Arts, group exhibition, Stamford, CT.; To The Lake All Rivers Flow, Doll Anstadt Gallery, group exhibition, Burlington, VT; The Tile Show, Left Bank Gallery, group exhibition, Bennington, VT
1997: Gorge, collaborative web project with theoretical physicist Frank Peseckis, for 5points art mathematics science, http://www.5points.com/projects/5proj.htm; Wedge, installation for On the Land, Conant Land, Carlisle, MA, sponsored by the Carlisle Cultural Council; Gigapede, installation for Common Ground, Acton, MA, sponsored by the Acton/Boxborough Cultural Council and the Acton Arboretum; Creature, installation for Eleventh Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Fuller Art Museum, Brockton, MA, for Environmental Arts, Inc.; To and From the Continental Divide through the Great Floods of '93 along the Allegheny, Ohio, Mississippi, Missouri, Platte and South Platte Rivers, a drawing odyssey, Flynn Theatre Gallery, Burlington, VT; Reflections on Basin Harbor, group exhibition, Basin Harbor Club, Vergennes, VT; Purse, installation for Exposed, Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT; Birches, installation for The Big Splash, Connecticut Riverfest Public Event, Wilder, VT; Traction, installation for S.T. Griswold Sculpture Park, Williston, VT; Equilibrium, installation in Hoosic River for Riverworks 6, Hoosic River Watershed Association public event, Williamstown, MA; Hoosic Circle, installation with Ruth Botzow for Riverworks 6, Hoosic River Watershed Association public event, Williamstown, MA; Forked Oak, installation for Burlington County College Sculpture Garden, Pemberton, NJ, May 1997 - May 1998; Stratton Arts Festival 1997, group exhibition, Stratton, VT; Second Nature, group exhibition, Columbia Greene Hospital, Hudson, NY; r o l l, perfomance with Meg Cottam, Savage Art Center, North Bennington, VT
1996: Process, collaborative web project with theoretical physicist Frank Peseckis, for 5points art mathematics science, http://www.5points.com/projects/5proj.htm; William Botzow, Paintings, Albany Center Galleries, Albany, New York; Bill Botzow - Ed Kimball, New Work, sculpture installation, AVA Gallery, Lebanon, New Hampshire; Personal Nature, solo exhibition of painting, sculpture, drawing and installations, Beside Myself Gallery, Manchester, Vermont; Cascade of Gravity - A Parade in a Landscape, collaborative installation and performance with Meg Cottam, Vermont Arts Exchange, North Bennington, Vermont; Zillipede, installation for Five Sculptors and a Painter, Bennington Area Arts Council, Bennington, VT; Red Column, installation for Blithewold Outdoor Sculpture Expo, Bristol, RI; Add a Piece, installation with Ruth Botzow for Riverworks 5, Hoosic River Watershed Association public event, Pownal, Vermont; Willow Merge, installation with Ruth Botzow for Riverworks 5, Hoosic River Watershed Association public event, Pownal, Vermont; Shoot, installation for Riverworks 5, Hoosic River Watershed Association public event, Pownal, Vermont; River Sounding, group exhibition, Independence Seaport Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Stratton Arts Festival 1996, group exhibition, Stratton, Vermont; Artists for the Environment, group exhibition, Gallery at Park West, Kingston, New York; Messages from the Interior, 27 abstract artists, group exhibition, Sound Shore Gallery, Cross River, New York; Guest Artist, sculpture workshop and installation, River Watch Annual Meeting, Woodstock, Vermont
1995: Tree, installation, Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro, Vermont; Shift, installation with Tony Carruthers, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts; Skirted Rock, installation with Ruth Botzow for Spirit of Place, outdoor sculpture invitational, Huntington, Vermont; Trailer, outdoor installation with Ruth Botzow for Sculpture Fest 5, Woodstock, Vermont; Odonata, installation for Exposed, outdoor sculpture exhibition in Stowe Village, organized by Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, Vermont; Water Pyramids, installation in Hoosic River for Riverworks 4, Hoosic River Watershed public event, Williamstown, Massachusetts; High Rise, installation in Hoosic River for Riverworks 4, Hoosic River Watershed public event, Williamstown, Massachusetts, with Ruth Botzow; The Artist as Native, group exhibition curated by Alan Gussow, Middlebury College Art Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont, Babcock Galleries, New York, New York, Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, New York, et al. 1993-95; Northern Voices, group exhibition, AS220, Providence, Rhode Island; Stop the Rocks, group exhibition, No. B.I.A.S., North Bennington, Vermont; Forms from Nature, three person exhibition, Park West Gallery, Kingston, New York; Stratton Arts Festival 1995, group exhibition, Stratton, Vermont
1994: 26 Paintings: 1982-1994, solo exhibition, Five Points Gallery, East Chatham, New York; Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, solo exhibition, Beside Myself Gallery, Manchester, Vermont; Current, installation and collaborative performances with Meg Cottam, Michelle Distel, and Jay Knapp, No.B.I.A.S., North Bennington, Vermont; Locust Grove, artist-in-residence and installation, Art/Omi, Ghent, New York; Millipede and Trout Ramada, installations in Hoosic River for Riverworks 3, Hoosic River Watershed Association public event, Williamstown, Massachusetts; Battenfest, installation in Battenkill River for Battenkill River Watch public event, Cambridge, New York; Farmhouse, outdoor installation with Ruth Botzow for Landworks, Sculpturefest, Woodstock, Vermont; A Little Bit of Wiggle Could Be Great!, installation and collaboration with Tony Carruthers and Frank Peseckis for Random Systems in Art and Science, The Foundation Gallery, Arts Center, Columbia Greene Community College, Hudson, New York; Regional Selections, group exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, New Hampshire; Sculpture Under the Sky, group exhibition, Robert Hull Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont; Four Painters, Developing Vision, group exhibition, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, New Hampshire; Art for Cows, group exhibition, Pownal School, Pownal Vermont, and Southern Vermont College, Bennington, Vermont; Guest artist, Object and Sound: Automation of Accidental Gestures, by Jonathan Bepler and Sue Rees, No.B.I.A.S., North Bennington, Vermont; Collages and Constructions, Dietel Gallery, Emma Willard School, Troy, New York; Hudson River Sampler, group exhibition, Gallery at Park West, Kingston, New York; Collaborations '94, Donskoj and Company, Kingston, New York; The Ubiquitous Bowl, Frog Hollow, Manchester, Vermont; Stratton Arts Festival 1994, group exhibition, Stratton, Vermont
1993: Centipede, installation in Schoharie Creek with Lynne Hull, Art Awareness, Lexington, New York; Branches, installation for N.E.A.R. concert, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts; Tholos, outdoor installation with Ruth Botzow for Fieldwork, Art/Omi, Ghent, New York; Catch and Release, installation in Hoosic River for Riverworks 2, Hoosic River Watershed Association public event, Williamstown, Massachusetts; Art from Nature, group exhibition, Five Points Gallery, East Chatham, New York; 1993 Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region, group exhibition, Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, New York; Drawings '93, group exhibition, Southern Vermont College, Bennington, Vermont; Color-Expression, Perception and Meaning, group exhibition, Dietel Gallery, Emma Willard School, New York; Sculpture Fest 3, group exhibition, Woodstock, New York; Stratton Arts Festival 1993, group exhibition, Stratton, Vermont
1992: Ascension, site specific installation in a former church, The Hudson Arts Project, Hudson, New York; Spillway, installations and collaborations with Tony Carruthers, Carol Field, and Frank Peseckis, No.B.I.A.S., North Bennington, Vermont; Drawing from the Hudson River Watershed, collaborative project with Carol Field 1992-1992, exhibited, Five Points Gallery, East Chatham, New York, and Colburn Gallery, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont; Battenfest, installation in Battenkill River for Battenkill River Watch public event, Salem, New York; Current Markers, installation in Hoosic River for Riverworks 1, Hoosic River Watershed Association public event, Williamstown, Massachusetts; Sculpture Fest '92, group exhibition, Woodstock, New York; A.I.R. Gallery, invitational group exhibition, New York, New York; River Voices, group exhibition, Paramount Center, Peekskill, New York; Stratton Arts Festival 1992, group exhibition, Stratton, Vermont
1991: Art for the Land, group exhibition, Five Points Gallery, East Chatham, New York; Botzow, Coyne, Winterhalter, Southern Vermont College, Bennington, Vermont; The Platter,group exhibition, Rice Gallery, Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, New York; Performance and Set for Tempography, by Christina Svane, Twining Gallery, New York, New York; Stratton Arts Festival 1991, group exhibition, Stratton, Vermont
1990: Paintings, solo exhibition, Beside Myself Gallery, Manchester, Vermont; Paintings - Works on Paper, solo exhibition, Five Points Gallery, East Chatham, New York; Five Paintings - Five Years, solo exhibition, Chafee Gallery, Rutland, Vermont; Paintings, two person exhibition, Passepartout Gallery, Winooski, Vermont; Performance and Set for House of Corn, by Christina Svane, Pownal, Vermont; Projects for the Holden-Leonard Mill, site installations, Bennington, Vermont; Works on Paper, group exhibition, Artspace, New Haven, Connecticut; Stratton Arts Festival 1990, group exhibition, Stratton, Vermont
1989: Berkshire Art Association 1989 Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, group exhibition, Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts; Vermont Memory Maps, Vermont Council on the Arts Traveling Exhibition, toured Vermont 1989-1990; Gallery Artists, group exhibition, Neo-Persona Gallery, New York, New York; Stratton Arts Festival 1989, group exhibition, Stratton, Vermont
1988: Paintings - Works on Paper, solo exhibition, Beside Myself Gallery, Manchester, Vermont; Twenty Year Drawing Retrospective , solo exhibition, Ars Nova, North Adams, Massachusetts; Stratton Arts Festival 1988, group exhibition, Stratton, Vermont
1987: William Botzow - Paintings, Neo-Persona Gallery, New York, New York; Paintings, solo exhibition, Beside Myself Gallery, Manchester, Vermont; Twenty Year Retrospective, Paintings, Drawings, Constructions, Dietel Gallery, Emma Willard School, Troy, New York; Romanticism and Classicism, group exhibition, Queensboro Community College, Bayside, New York; Gallery Artists, group exhibition, Neo-Persona Gallery, New York, New York; Guest Artist, A Folly for Lake Paran, by Christina Svane and Tony Carruthers, North Bennington, Vermont
1986: Paintings, Banners, Works on Paper, Frame of Mind Gallery, Winooski, Vermont; Statue of Liberty, group exhibition, Neo-Persona Gallery, New York, New York; Inaugural Exhibition, group exhibition, Donald Wren Gallery, New York, New York; 37th Art of the Northeast USA, group exhibition, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, Connecticut
Selected 1985-1969: Three Expressionist Visions, Vermont Council on the Arts Traveling Exhibition, toured Vermont, 1984; Park-McCullough House, North Bennington, Vermont, 1983, solo exhibition; Cochise Fine Arts, Bisbee, Arizona, 1980, 1983, solo exhibitions; Galerie Issa en Ville, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 1983, solo exhibition; Southern Vermont College, Bennington, Vermont, 1982, solo exhibition; Eight Bisbee Artists - Works on Paper, group exhibition curated by the Utah Arts Council and the Arizona Commission for the Arts through the National Endowment for the Arts, 1981-1983, traveling exhibition through Utah, Arizona and Nevada; Bisbee in Santa Fe, Armory for the Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1980; Bisbee Biennial, Cochise Fine Arts, Bisbee, Arizona, 1980; Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona, 1980; University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1979, solo exhibition; Institute Francais d'Haiti, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 1979, solo exhibition; University of Idaho Gallery, Moscow, Idaho, 1974, solo exhibition; Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, 1974, solo exhibition; Christian Johnson Gallery, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, 1970, solo exhibition; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1969, solo exhibition

Panelist, National Endowment for the Arts, 1999
Board of Directors, River Network, Portland, OR, 1997-
Board of Directors, National Assembly of State Art Associations, Washington, DC, 1996-99: Chair, Communications Committee, 1998; Planning and Budget Committee, 1998; Development Committee, 1998; Nominating Committee, 1997
Board of Trustees, The Carving Studio, West Rutland, Vermont, 1996-
Board of Directors, Art/Omi, NewYork, New York, 1994-
Art in State Building Coordinator, Vermont Arts Council, 1996-
Co-Chair, Vermont Watershed Arts Group, Montpelier, Vermont, 1996-
Board of Trustees, Vermont Council on the Arts, 1988-95: Chair, Executive Director Search Committee, 1996; Chair, 1993-95; Chair, Policy and Planning Committee, 1990-93; Artists Advisory Committee, 1987-88
Board of Trustees, New England Foundation for the Arts, 1994-95: Artists Advisory Committee for New England Artists' Trust, 1992-94
Board of Directors, New Works of Vermont, 1992-94: Interim Artists Advisory Committee for New England Artists' Trust
Panelist, New Directions in Landscape, Artists talk on Art, New York, New York, 1996
Project Coordinator, Art for Cows, Pownal, Vermont, 1994
Panelist, Artists, Places and Spirituality, Albany Institute of History and Art, February 27, 1994
Project Coordinator, Riverworks 2, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1993
Artist in Schools, (watershed project five day residency), Florida, Massachusetts, 1993
Project Coordinator, Projects for the Holden-Leonard Mill, Bennington, Vermont, 1990
Guest speaker, Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 1989
Panelist, Art and the Marketplace, Princeton University, 1988
Board of Directors, Cochise Fine Arts, Bisbee, Arizona,: Chair, Exhibition Committee, 1978-80
President, Green Mountain Arts Collaborative, Bennington, Vermont, 1976-77
Guest lectures, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho; Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, 1974
Drawing Instructor, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1969-70
Director, East 116th St. Tutoring Center, New York, New York, 1968-70

: Allentown Medical Associates, Allentown, Pennsylvania; AMOCO Corporate Collection, Denver, Colorado; Art/Omi, Ghent, New York; The Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey; Berkshire Telephone Company, Kinderhook, New York; Christian Johnson Gallery, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont; Cochise Fine Arts, Bisbee, Arizona; Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana; Northern Berkshire Mental Health Association, North Adams, Massachusetts; Pepsi Co. Collection, Harrison, New York; Pondside Press, Rhinebeck, New York