Biography of Jerry McKellar

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JERRY MCKELLAR, SCULPTOR

MUSEUM, CORPORATE COLLECTIONS/ PUBLIC ART/ MONUMENTS

2005 CITY OF SHERIDAN, WY – LIFE-SIZE "FLOWER DANCING IN THE WIND"

2005 BEAVER CREEK LODGE, BEAVER CREEK, CO- "BOW STRINGER" MONUMENT

2005 KESSLER RANCH, GRAND JUNCTION, CO – LIFE-SIZE "HUCKLEBERRY DAZE"

2004 BEAVER CREEK LODGE, BEAVER CREEK, CO – LIFE-SIZE "HUCKLEBERRY DAZE"

2003 CLYMER MUSEUM - "WORKING THE LINE"

2001 FOUNTAIN HILLS CIVIC ASSOCIATION- LIFE-SIZE "FLOWER DANCING IN THE WIND"

2000 CELEBRATION HOTEL, CELEBRATION, FL - "BOW STRINGER" MONUMENT

1999 BENNINGTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS - "BOW STRINGER"

1999 BENNINGTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS - "SHAWL DANCER"

1999 UNIVERSITY OF MT PERMANENT COLLECTION - "BOW STRINGER"

1999 NORA ECCLES HARRISON MUSEUM - "ANCESTRAL WATERS"

1999 CITY OF ELLENSBURG, WA - "CHALLENGER"

1999 9' MONUMENT -PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT GROUP- "BOW STRINGER"

1998 NORA ECCLES HARRISON MUSEUM - "FIRST OF THE SEASON"

1997 CLYMER MUSEUM - "OSAGE SILVER"


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AWARDS

2005 PEOPLE`S CHOICE BEST SCULPTURE AWARD - "OTTER WOMAN" C.M. RUSSELL SHOW & AUCTION – GREAT FALLS, MT

2004 "WORKING THE LINE" - PURCHASED FOR THE "AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE" JH UROLOGIC CONFERENCE - DISPLAYED AT CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER

2003 GALLERY AWARD - OLD WEST MUSEUM- CHEYENNE, WY

2002 JOHN CLYMER AWARD - "INDOMITABLE SPIRIT" NATIONAL ART SHOW & AUCTION- ELLENSBURG, WA

2001 2ND PLACE CONTEMPORARY SCULPTURE- "SERENITY" PHIPPEN WESTERN ART SHOW- PRESCOTT, AZ

1999 2ND PLACE TRADITIONAL SCULPTURE-"FIRST OF THE SEASON" PHIPPEN WESTERN ART SHOW - PRESCOTT, AZ

1998 BEST OF SHOW/BRONZE- "WOOPE`S GIFT" NATIONAL WESTERN ART SHOW - ELLENSBURG, WA

1998 HONORARY AWARD/TRADITIONAL SCULPTURE - "BOW STRINGER" PHIPPEN WESTERN ART SHOW - PRESCOTT, AZ

1997 ARTISTS` CHOICE AWARD - "OSAGE SILVER" C.M. RUSSELL ART SHOW - GREAT FALLS, MT

1997 BEST SCULPTURE- "OSAGE SILVER" C.M. RUSSELL ART SHOW- GREAT FALLS, MT

1997 PURCHASE AWARD - "OSAGE SILVER" CLYMER MUSEUM - ELLENSBURG, WA

1997 1ST PLACE/3 DIMENSIONAL- "TIME OF THE COLD MAKER" SPOKANE WESTERN ART SHOW - SPOKANE, WA

1996 BEST OF SHOW/BRONZE- "KIT FOX LANCE BEARER" NATIONAL WESTERN ART SHOW - ELLENSBURG, WA

1995 BEST OF SHOW/BRONZE- "BLACK RAVEN" NATIONAL WESTERN ART SHOW - ELLENSBURG, WA

1994 2ND PLACE BRONZE- "KWOTTENAI KANYE" SCI ART COMPETITION - RENO, NV

1993 BEST OF SHOW/BRONZE - "ON EAGLES` WINGS" NATIONAL WESTERN ART SHOW - ELLENSBURG, WA

1999 RMEF BANQUET PROGRAM ARTIST - "FREE HUNTER"

2000 RMEF BANQUET PROGRAM ARTIST- "TWO ELK"

2001 RMEF BANQUET PROGRAM ARTIST - "WELL WORN"

2003 RMEF BANQUET PROGRAM ARTIST- "WHERE WARM WINDS BLOW"


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JURIED EXHIBITIONS, SPECIAL SHOWS

2004 MARYHILL MUSEUM, GOLDENDALE, WA - OUTDOOR SCULPTURE INVITATIONAL - "INDOMITABLE SPIRIT"

2004-05 ART ON THE PLAZA, SHERIDAN, WY- LIFE-SIZE "FLOWER DANCING IN THE WIND" 2003 CASWELL GALLERY - TROUTDALE, OR- "OUT OF AFRICA" EXHIBITION

2002 FRED OLDFIELD WESTERN HERITAGE CENTER , TACOMA, WA- EXHIBITION

2000 CLYMER MUSEUM - ELLENSBURG, WA - "DUAL EXPRESSIONS" - EXHIBITION WITH PAINTER JIM NELSON (MAY - JULY)

1999 NATIONAL SCULPTURE SOCIETY ANNUAL EXHIBITION - NEW YORK, N.Y. - "BOW STRINGER"

1999 MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA "MASTERS OF THE MEDIUM" - "OSAGE SILVER" AND "BOW STRINGER"


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RESUME

EDUCATION & BACKGROUND:

GRADUATE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, DDS DEGREE, JUNE 1969

PRIMARILY A SELF-TAUGHT ARTIST, MCKELLAR`S EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON DENTAL SCHOOL PROVIDED HIM WITH EXTENSIVE STUDIES OF FACIAL AND HUMAN ANATOMY THAT HAS HELPED GREATLY IN SCULPTING THE HUMAN BODY. HE BEGAN MAKING JEWELRY IN DENTAL SCHOOL, AND CONTINUED THROUGHOUT HIS DENTAL CAREER TO EXPERIMENT WITH DIFFERENT ART FORMS, INCLUDING PAINTING, SCRATCHBOARD DRAWING, AND SCULPTING. HE HAS BEEN SERIOUSLY SCULPTING IN BRONZE AND STEEL SINCE 1987 AND RETIRED FROM DENTISTRY IN 1994 TO PURSUE HIS ART CAREER FULL TIME. HE HAS TAKEN SEVERAL PATINA CLASSES AND CURRENTLY DOES MUCH OF HIS OWN PATINA WORK, ESPECIALLY WHERE A SPECIAL EFFECT SUCH AS A MARBLEIZED PATINA IS NEEDED.

CHARACTERISTIC OF MCKELLAR`S WORK IS HIS REALISTIC STYLE, EMBODIED WITH POWER AND MOVEMENT. HIS SUBJECT MATTER IS WIDELY VARIED FROM WILDLIFE TO HUMAN FIGURES. NOTABLE ARE HIS NATIVE AMERICAN DANCERS WITH EXTREMELY FINE DETAIL WHICH CONTRAST WITH HIS SMOOTH MUSCLE STUDIES EMPHASIZING THE HUMAN FORM. MANY WEEKS EACH YEAR ARE SPENT TRAVELING IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD DOING PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIES WHICH INSPIRE FUTURE WORK.

AS AN ACCOMPLISHED AND INVENTIVE ARTIST, HE IS CONSTANTLY EXPANDING HIS STYLE AND SUBJECT MATTER. SINCE 1998 SEVERAL MONUMENTAL AND LIFE-SIZE SCULPTURES HAVE BEEN INSTALLED IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS.


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Indomitable Spirit Monument


MUSEUMS/ CORPORATE/ PUBLIC SCULPTURE

2005- Life-size "Flower Dancing in the Wind" – City of Sheridan, WY

2005- "Bow Stringer" Monument – Beaver Creek Lodge, Beaver Creek, CO

2005 – Life-size "Huckleberry Daze"- Kessler Canyon Ranch, Grand Junction, CO

2004- Life-size "Huckleberry Daze" Beaver Creek Lodge, Beaver Creek, CO

2004- "Challenger" –Steel – 10` H - Kessler Canyon Ranch, Grand Junction, CO

2003 - "Working the Line" – Clymer Museum, Ellensburg, WA

2001- Life-size "Flower Dancing in the Wind", Fountain Hills Civic Assoc., Fountain Hills, AZ

2000 - "Bow Stringer" Monument – Celebration Hotel, Celebration, FL

1999 - "Ancestral Waters" - Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, UT

1999 - "Bow Stringer"- Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, VT

1999 - "Shawl Dancer" - Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, VT

1999 - "Challenger" - City of Ellensburg, WA

1999 - "Bow Stringer" - University of Montana Permanent Collection, Missoula, MT

1998 – "First of the Season" – Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, UT

1997 – "Osage Silver" – Clymer Museum, Ellensburg, WA


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HONORS & AWARDS

2005 People`s Choice Best Sculpture Award C.M. Russell Show & Auction, Great Falls, MT

2004 "Working the Line" presented "Award for Excellence" JH Urology conference

2003 Clymer Museum Purchase Award National Art Show & Auction, Ellensburg, WA

2003 Old West Museum Gallery Award Western Spirit Art Show, Cheyenne, WY

2002 John Clymer Award National Art Show & Auction, Ellensburg, WA

2001 2nd Place Contemporary Sculpture Phippen Western Art Show, Prescott, AZ

1999 2nd Place Traditional Sculpture Phippen Western Art Show, Prescott, AZ

1999 Juried Annual Exhibition National Sculpture Society, NY, NY

1998 Best of Show/Bronze National Western Art Show, Ellensburg, WA

1998 Honorary Award/Traditional Sculpture Phippen Western Art Show, Prescott, AZ

1997 Artists` Choice Award C.M Russell Show & Auction, Great Falls, MT

1997 Best Sculpture C.M. Russell Show & Auction, Great Falls, MT

1997 Purchase Award Clymer Museum, Ellensburg, WA

1997 1st Place/3 Dimensional Spokane Western Art Show, Spokane, WA

1996 Best of Show/ Bronze National Western Art Show, Ellensburg, WA

1995 Best of Show/ Bronze National Western Art Show, Ellensburg, WA

1994 2ND Place Bronze SCI Art Competition, Reno, NV

1993 Best of Show/ Bronze National Western Art Show, Ellensburg, WA

COMMISSIONS:

2004 - Spokane Ronald McDonald House – life-size bear

2004- Private Commission- 16` Monument, "Dance of Sun & Moon"

1998- Private Commission - 8 1/2' Monument, "Bow Stringer"

1997- Private Commission – Sculpture, "Last Load"

1995 Rotary International – Sculpture for Rotary International President – Calgary, Alberta




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Coup Ponies Monument


EXHIBITIONS/ SHOWS

Maryhill Museum 2004 Outdoor Sculpture Invitational Goldendale, WA

2004 Juried Outdoor Sculpture Art on the Plaza Sheridan, WY

C.M. Russell Show Great Falls, MT

Loveland Sculpture Invitational Loveland, CO

National Sculpture Society Annual Exhibition (1999) New York, NY

Old West Museum 2003 & 2004 Western Spirit Show Cheyenne, WY

Will Rogers Masters Trappings Exhibition Fort Worth, TX

Old West Museum 2003 Gallery Awards Art Show Cheyenne, WY

Phippen Western Art Show Prescott, AZ

Museum of Fine Arts, University of Montana Missoula, MT

National Art Show Ellensburg, WA

Jagen Und Fischen Show (SCI Pavilion) Munich, Germany

Shared Visions Exhibition/Clymer Museum Ellensburg, WA

Mountain Oyster Club Art Show Tucson, AZ

Clymer Museum "Dual Expressions" Ellensburg, WA

Art Associates of the Missoula Art Museum Missoula, MT

Trails West Western Art Show Vancouver, WA

Spokane Western Art Show Spokane, WA

Artists for Open Space Bigfork, MT

Fred Oldfield Western Heritage Center Tacoma, WA

Thunderbird Artists Carefree, AZ

Caswell Gallery Out of Africa Exhibition Troutdale, OR




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Coup Ponies Monument


DEMONSTRATIONS

Quick draw/Patina demonstration

C.M. Russell Show & Auction

Quick draw/Patina demonstration

Ellensburg National Western Art Show

MEMBERSHIPS:

National Sculpture Society – Colleague Member

Western Art Association Member

Western Art Association Artist Advisory Board

Colville Arts Foundation Member

PUBLICATIONS:

InformArt Magazine- Winter Issue 2005,2002

Southwest Art Magazine - July 2001

Art of the West - November/December 2000

InformArt Magazine - Summer Issue -1999

Sculpture Forum Magazine - Summer 1998

Indulge Magazine - Art Review - Summer Issue 1998

Washington State Dental Alumni Magazine - Fall 1997


MCKELLAR`S WORKS RESIDE IN PRIVATE AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE U.S., CANADA, MEXICO, AND EUROPE. THE ARTIST`S WORK IS REPRESENTED BY GALLERIES THROUGHOUT THE U.S.