Mark Blumenstein
HC73, Box 11
Alderson West Virginia 24910

Penn State

1970 to Present - Artist

Background in Arts:1962-70 - 8 years in Photography

1970 - 1 year in Stained Glass and WoodSculpture

  • 1974 to Present - metal Sculpture
  • Art Shows: Albatross Gallery, Harper's Ferry, WV - June 1978

    Union Carbide, WV Show on Park Ave., NY,September 1978

    WV Bi-Annual Juried Exhibition, 1978

    AFSCME (American Federation of State andCounty Municipal

    Employee Union) sponsored a one-man show -May 1979

    Franz Bader - One-Man Show - July 1979, July1981, July 1983

    WV Allied Artist Juried Show - 1979

    Galleries Featuring Work-present and past

    The Works Gallery , Phila. Pa,

    The Albatross Gallery Harpers Ferry WV

    Franz Bader Gallery, Washington, DC

    Gallery 1897, Lewisburg, WV

    Art Store, Charleston, WV

    The Greenbrier, Glass Roots Gallery,White SulphurSpring WV

    Art Gallery, Homestead, Hot Springs, VA

    The OutPost, Homestead , Hot Springs VA

    Cooper Gallery , Lewisburg, WV

    Blumenstein Gallery @ Mountain Trading Co. Chas WV

    Mc Junkin Gallery , Chas WV

    Terra Salis, Chas WV

    Greenbrier Nursery, Talcott WV

    Matsumoto Gallery, Sanibel Island Fl

    Ivy Gallery, Charlottesville Va

    Grounds Keeper Nursery North, Morgantown WV

    Browning Artworks, Frisco NC

    Vivians Art fir Living Charlottesville Va

    Taylor Books Annex Gallery

    Tamarack , Beckley WV

    One Man shows

    Sunrise Art Gallery One-Man Show - July 1982

    Huntington Galleries One-Man Show - Oct '84--Aug'85

    Southern WV Youth Museum- November 1988

    Piedimont Arts Center- Sept 1988

    Waynesboro Arts Center - June 1990

    Swift Level, Lewisburg, WV May 96

    Vivians Art for Living Gallery, Charlottesville VA

    Owners of MCB Sculpture:

    Sculptures are now located from Los Angeles, CA to

    Minneapolis, MN as far South as Sanibel, FL toWells,

    England as well as in the collection of Ex-President, Gerald Ford

    Canada, Switzerland

    Large Sculptures For Public Places:

    Two outdoor sculptures in Courtyard in Wells, England

    20 foot mobile built for shopping mall in Fairlea, WV

    purchased and completed Spring 1981

    10 foot fountain for garden in Sanibel, FL

    10 foot mobile designed for private home in Glade

    Springs, November 1980

    2 - 14 foot outdoor sculpture flower

    25 foot Peace Totem for Southern WV Children's museum

    November 1988

    Samples of Recent Unique Commissions:

    8 foot wall sculpture - Watergate Offices, Washington, DC

    Septernber 1983

    12 foot custom design deck railing in Arlington, VA

    October 1983

    10 foot exterior copper shower - Charleston, WV - Nov '1983

    12 foot bird squadron mobile for private home - Dec 1988

    Wall installation for restaurant - October 1987

    30 foot copper sculpture Beckley WV - June 91

    Unique Contributions:

    Informance at the WV Governors Mansion

    Founder of Greenbrier Valley Artisans Guild in Lewisburg, WV

    Guild is a juried artists cooperative for the purpose of

    providing an outlet for WV artists for their arts

    and crafts 1975

    Juror in Alderson Arts and Crarts Fair in August 1980

    Conducted Workshop at Federal Reforniatory for Women in

    Alderson, WV in April 1978

    Art show in conjunction with the Charleston Symphony

    for Southern Art Commission in Fayetteville, WV in September 1979

    Was focal point of the Clarksburg Arts Council Show in

    Clarksburg, WV October 1980

    WV Juried Exhibition - 1987

    Huntington Galleries 280 Show - 1989

    One Man Show, 2 months, Parkersburg Art Center, WV 1998

    One of the 5 selected Artists to sit on the Tamarack advisory

    board during conceptual phase of the $17 Million Arts & Crafts center

    Founder of: The Concerned Citizens of Alderson/Glenray 1989

    The Greenbrier River Watershed Association 1993

    Founder: Friends of the Lower Greenbrier River 1999

    Past Board Member of WV Arts Advocacy

    © Copyright 2004 Mark Blumenstein