Gregory Windsor

MFA., BFA., Grad.Dip.Ed

Curriculum Vitae

 

EDUCATION

 

2010                 Grad Dip Ed – University of the Sunshine Coast

1994                 MFA Sculpture - Memphis College of Art
1991                 BFA Sculpture - Southwest Missouri State University
1987                 St. Louis Community College at Meramec, Kirkwood, MO
1984                 Jefferson College, Hillsboro, MO

 

RECENT WORKS, COMMISSIONS, AWARDS

 

2021               "The Big Finger"  Residency, Black Mountain Un Plugged, Black Mountain, Helensvale, FNQ.

2019                "Underwear Revisited" - Sirromet Winery Outdoor Sculpture Prize, 50th Anniversary Show of
                         Sculptors Queensland, Brisbane Sculpture Festival, Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens, Brisbane, Q.

2019                 "Oar or Ore" - Highly Commended, 2019 Brookfield Art Show, Brookfield, Q.

2018                "Something Funky - MixTape '19" Residency, Black Mountain, Un Plugged, Black Mountain, FNQ.

2016                 “Lighfboat” – Max Fabre Environmental Awareness Award, Swell Festival 2016, Currumbin, Q.

2016                 "Tiny Tin's Tip Toe" - Acquisiton Prize, Girt by Sea Festival - Redland Bay, Q.

2015                 "Lifghboat" First Place, 4 Islands Festival Sail and Sculpture, Karragarra Island, Moreton Bay, Q.

2014                 “Lighfboat” First Place, Sculpture on the Edge, Arts Connect and Spicers Tamarind, Qld

2013                  12 Angry Jurors set design and kinetic sculptures, Mapleton, Qld

2012-13           “Connecting the Circle 2012” – Queensland Mental Health and Wellbeing, A Breathing Space  Grant

                          “Coltrane’s Jive”, – Kinetic catapult sculpture, Timber, steel, coal, rope, chain.

2011                 ABC Open – “Artist by Artist” Documentary Australia Broadcasting Corporation, Qld

                          “Flight of a Course” – wood and steel Kinetic sculpture

2010                 “The Juggler” – Welded steel and wood – collection, Burnside State High School

2005                 “Fertility Mojo”, Private collection, Brian Turner, Auckland, New  Zealand

2000                 "Eleven Months Painting in Western Europe" Travel to Europe completes body of work

1999                 "Municipal Exhibit" Wilmington Children's Museum, A Grant Project Wilmington, NC

1999                 "Red Cloud Speaks" Totem Pole, Private collection Tom and Mary Fairley
1999                 "Turtle Dancer"  Woodcarving Sculpture Private collection Dennis and Linda Nicks

1998                 "Turtle Angel" Gift for the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre

 

EMPLOYMENT

 

ongoing              Full time working as Sculptor

2014-16              Teaching at various Primary and High Schools throughout the Sunshine Coast Region

2014                    Sev-Gen Indigenous Corporation, Program Facilitator of Education

2012–13              Nambour State High School Art Educator –Registered Queensland, Australia

2012                    NAMTEC – presenting 3D Design workshops to both children and adults

                             Queensland Department of Education –High School Art and Engineering

2010                    Post Grad. Diploma Art Education at University of the Sunshine Coast, Qld. Australia

2005-2009          Boat Builder Gov. Visa traveler through Australia, building of artist studio

2001-2004          Extensive travels through Europe as artist

1996-2001          Self Employed as a Professional Artist – Wooden Nickel Studio

1995                    Lead Mold-Maker and Assistant to Sculptor Joseph Barth, New Orleans, LA
                            Mold-Maker & Production Design, Lighthouse Glass Company, New Orleans, LA

1994                    Set Sculptor, Memphis Ballet Company

 

 

JURIED SHOWS

 

2019                     Brisbane Sculpture Festival - 50th Anniversary show by Sculptors Queensland at Mt Coot-tha   

                              Botanic Gardens, Brisbane, Q.

                              Juror: Lynne Seear, Private Art consultant and curator

2016                     Swell Sculpture Festival, Currumbin, Q.

                              Girt By Sea, Four Islands Festival, Redlands, Q.

2015                     Sculpture on the Edge, Spicers Retreat, Maleny, Q.

                              Four Island Festival, Redlands, Q.

2014                     Sculpture on the Edge, Spicers Retreat, Maleny, Q.

2011                     Noosa Regional Gallery Travelling Scholarship –  (forty sculptors chosen  nationally)                               

                              Juror: Dr.Maura Reilly,  Professor of Art Theory, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University,
                             held at Noosa, Qld. Australia

1999                     Artists of Southeastern North Carolina, St. Johns Museum of Art, Wilmington, NC                                                                   Juror: Fereshteh Daftari, Assistant Curator, Painting & Sculpture, MOMA, New York, NY

1993-94               Summer Exhibition, Tobey Gallery, Memphis, TN

 

 

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS

 

2016                     Swell Sculpture Festival, Currumbin Beach, SE QLD

2015                     4 Islands Bay Festival, Moreton Bay, SE QLD.

2015                     Sculpture on the Edge, Arts Connect in conjunction with the Sunshine Coast Regional Council,

                              Spicers Tamarind Retreat, Maleny, QLD.

2014                     Sculpture on the Edge, Arts Connect, Spicers Tamirind Retreat, Maleny, QLD.

2011                     Take Aim SCAIP Gallery, Nambour, QLD.

                              Collection of Drawings and Sculpture, SCAIP Gallery, Nambour, QLD.

1999                     Animal Art, St. Johns Museum of Art, Family Day with Clyde Jones, Wilmington, NC

1996                     New Works by Local Artists, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
                             100 Artists, Plan B Gallery Memphis, TN
                             Elvis "Music & Myth" Delta Axis Contemporary Arts Center, Memphis, TN
                             12th Annual Horn Island Exhibition, Tobey Gallery, Memphis, TN

1995                     A Taste of New Orleans, Reginelli’s, An eating Gallery, New Orleans, LA
                             Where the Floor meets the Wall, Plan B gallery, Memphis, TN
                             Art on the walls, Pie in the Sky, New Orleans, LA
1994                     Off the Island, George E. Ohr Museum and Cultural Center, Biloxi, Mississippi
                             10th Annual Horn Island Exhibition, Tobey Gallery, Memphis, TN
                             1,2,3 Installation, Marshall Arts Gallery, Memphis, TN        
                             Eclectic Baptism, Wild Gallery, Memphis, TN

                              Recent Works, Cooper Street Gallery, Memphis, TN

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

2019                      Sampson, Lynda, 'Underwear on Show', The Local Bulletin, May 2019, Q. Australia.

2014                      Martin, Patrick  ‘People in the news’, Jefferson County Leader, Dec.31, 2014, MO.USA

2014                      Grounsell, Lauren, ‘See Sculptures, Make your vote’, Range News, Oct. 2, 2014, Qld.                      

2012                      Berry, Michael, ‘Greg Windsor, Local Artist, Activist… and Educator’,

                               Hinterland Times, May 4, 2012.

2011                      Clubb, Shawn, ‘Festus native, now in Australia, works to make his name in art world’,

                               St Louis Post Dispatch, Aug 4, St. Louis, MO

                               Pcino, Sasha, ‘Finalists Listed’, The Range News, July 14, Maleny, Qld.

                               Long, Erin, ‘Mixing Art and Engineering: The Juggler is the result of teamwork’,

                               Nambour Week,  June 22, Nambour, Qld.

                               Campbell, Kieran, ‘Newman Confronted by job he can’t do’, Sunshine Coast Daily,

                               Qld., Australia

                               Brunovs, Natalija, ‘Artist by Artist’, ABC Open, (Documentary), ABC Television Qld.

2003                      Likens, Terri, ‘Art and Life: One Man's Struggle’, Roane Newspapers, March 28, Kingston, TN

1999                      Hardy, Sara, ‘Native Starting to Get Noticed’, Jefferson County Leader, August 5, MO

                               ‘Turtle Angel Surf City Artist’ CNN Television Exposé, Atlanta, Georgia  

                               Waters, Jesse, ’Local Artist Gives Life to Island Wood’, Topsail Voice, June 2, Surf City , NC
                              Erwin, Scott, ‘Fun with Fine Arts’, Morning Star, June 11. 1999, Wilmington NC

                               Unger, Steve, ‘Autumn with Topsail is a Good Time for All’, Topsail Voice, September 23, NC
                              Davey, Randy, ‘Play Along’, The Daily News, September 20, Jacksonville, NC

1997                      Davey, Randy, ‘Fall Festival’, The Daily News, September 21, Jacksonville, NC

1996                      Gorham, Terre, ‘Roughing it for Art’, Memphis Downtowner, August, TN
                              Jones, Vannessa E., ‘Music and Myth’, Commercial Appeal, August 18, Memphis, TN
                              Lanham, Thomas, ‘Local Art Scene’,  My Living Room Gallery, New Orleans, LA

1995                      Beghtol, L.D., ‘Blink and You’ve Missed It’, Memphis Flyer, March 28, Memphis, TN

1993                      Fredette, Suzanna Phelps, ‘Horn Island Exhibition’, Commercial Appeal, August 28,

                               Memphis, TN
                              Derrosit, James, ‘Art Review’, Commercial Appeal, October 29, Memphis,TN.