University Information

Research Interests:

Sculpture

Professional Biography:

Edward Mayer, Professor and Sculpture Area Chair, has a BA from Brown an MFA from the University of Wisconsin, and has taught at Ohio University and Tyler School of Art, Rome, Italy. His studio and home are in Albany. Fellowships and Grants were awarded by Ohio Arts Council (1978, 1979, 1981); P.S. 1 Residency Program, Queens, NY (1979-80); Awards in the Visual Arts (1983); National Endowment for the Arts (1979 & 1986); USIA Funding for Sao Paulo Bienal (1985); and NYFA (1986). His monumental and ephemeral installations have been shown in solo and group, indoor and outdoor exhibits in galleries, museums and alternative spaces throughout the US, in Germany and Brazil. These include Nassau County Museum (1980), Columbus (Ohio) Museum (1982), Madison (WI) Art Center (1984), Mattress Factory (1985), Socrates Sculpture Park (1987), NY State Museum & Hunter College Gallery (1994), Binghamton University (1996), Weston Gallery, Cincinnati (1998), RI College (1999), Albany Airport (2000) and HVCC, Troy (2004), University Art Museum (2005), Zabriskie Gallery (2005).

CV: PDF download

Museum Exhibition, 2004 and Catalog

Additional Links:
Gallery of Edward Mayer's Recent Work