C O R A L P E N E L O P E L A M B E R T
BORN UK 1966 LIVES New Orleans/New York, USA CONTACT corallambert@hotmail.com WEBSITE www.corallambert.com
EDUCATION
1990 Master of Fine Arts Sculpture, Manchester Metropolitan University, England
1989 B.F.A. in Fine Arts Canterbury School of Art, Kent, England
1986 Central School of Art Foundation Studies, London, England
AWARDS
2006 Gottlieb Foundation, Artist Assistance Award, New York
2005 SpringBoard for the Arts, Emergency Assistance Grant, St Paul, MN
Jerome Fellowship, Franconia Sculpture Park, MN, USA
Louisiana Division of the Arts, Artists Grant
2004 Louisiana State Arts Board, Iron House, Collaborative Public Art Commission
2001 Forecast Public Art Public Art Affairs Project. ‘Discover Sculpture Explore Lanesboro
1999 Forecast Public Art Research and Development Grant for 'Monuments to Meteorites'
1998 Artist of Extraordinary Ability. 01 Visa. US Immigration and Naturalization
1997 Jerome Fellow Emerging Artist Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, MN, USA
1997 British Arts Council US/UK 'Alchemy in the UK' Suffolk, England
1994 Lake Regional Arts Council New York Mills Artist Residency, NY Mills, MN, USA
1991 British Young Contemporaries Whitworth Gallery, Manchester. UK
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2006 In the Footsteps of Giants Invitational Outdoor Cast Iron Sculpture Exhibition, Museum of Iron, Coalbrookdale, Ironbridge World Heritage Site, England.
Iron 2006 Group Show in Conjunction with The 5th International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art, Ironbridge World Heritage Site, England
2005 Pier Walk Chicago, Juror Peter Schedahl, (The New Yorker)
19th Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Competition, Curator Brook Barrie, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
Iron Tribe, University of New Mexico, Highlands, New Mexico
Femme Fatale, The Big Top Gallery, New Orleans
Iron Snowbird Exhibition in Conjunction with Residency, New Orleans Studio, LA
2004 *Shows in Conjunction with the International Sculpture Fall Symposium in New Orleans
*The Waiting Room Gallery, Omnipresence, Solo Show/Installation, New Orleans, LA
*Maiden Louisiana, Group Exhibition of Women Sculptors,The Big Top, New Orleans, LA
*Carroll Gallery, Tulane University, Sculptors Drawings, New Orleans, LA
*Open Studio for the ISC Fall Symposium, New Orleans, LA
Invitational Biennale Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Historic Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, AL
2003 Pirkkala International Sculpture Symposium, Pirkkala, Finland
LSU Sculpture Garden, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
2002 Grounds for Sculpture, Invitational Exhibition ‘Cast Iron Sculpture of the 21st Century’ NJ
Convergence, International Arts Festival, Providence, RI, 20 artists selected from over 250.
Franconia Sculpture Park, Annual Exhibition of Sculpture, MN
2001 National Iron Pour Day, Tulane University Art Dept, New Orleans, Louisiana
2000 Art on Paper, The Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, North Carolina
Pier Walk Chicago, International Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Chicago, IL
Iron Range, 3 sculptors at the Blackfish Gallery, Portland, Oregon
Art Ecology, The Delgado Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
Tweed Museum, The Figure in Contemporary Sculpture, Duluth, MN
Pier Walk Maquette Show, Wood Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
Femme, Catherine Murphy Gallery, ST Catherines College, Saint Paul, MN
1999 Convergence XII International Arts Festival, Providence, Rhode Island
Burlington County Sculpture Garden, New Jersey
1998 Franconia Sculpture Park 'Celebration of Sculpture', MN
Ferroscious Part of the International Sculpture Conference Body Builder Gallery, Chicago, IL
Gateway Sculpture Park Mpls, MN
The Healing Garden Exhibition Northfield Health Center, MN
1997 New York Mills Sculpture Park 'Inaugural Exhibition' New York Mills, MN
Solo Show, Nobles County Art Center 'Lunar Mansions', MN
Two British Artists 'Kaleidoscopes' at New York Mills Cultural Center, MN
Franconia Sculpture Park 'Terrestrial Arcanum' Shafer, MN
Garden of Sculpture 'Star Gazer' Hamline Plaza, St Paul, MN
Franconia Sculpture Park Benefit Exhibition Wyman Gallery Building, Mpls, MN
1996 The Soap Factory 'Cosmic Reliquary' @ 'Room' 1105th Ave SE, Mpls, MN
Katherine E Nash Gallery, Solo Show 'Fire and Stardust', University of Minnesota, Mpls, MN
Franconia Sculpture Park Inaugural Show, Shafer, MN
Cast Metal Invitational Exhibition Fine Art Center, U of Minnesota, Morris, MN
1995 Castlefield Gallery 'Jolly Peril Paradise' Juried exhibition, , Manchester, England
Manor House Sculpture Garden 'Sculpture in the Garden', Marple, Stockport, England
1994 Brighton Women's Sculpture Park Brighton, Sussex, England
1993 Dukes Gallery 'Dead Pan' part of the Manchester Festival of Arts, England
1992 Hannah Peschar Gallery and Sculpture Garden 'One Woman Show' Surrey, England
The Barbican Center of Arts 'Avant Garden' Monumental Sculpture Show, London, England
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
2006 Parc Tondu Historic IronWorks Heritage Site, Wales
2002-03 ;Iron House’ Algiers Point. Public Art Project funded by the Arts Council of New Orleans
2001-02 ‘Discover Sculpture Explore Lanesboro’, Collaborative Public Art Sculpture
1999 Sign Language and Braille Sculpture, 'Tree Bracelets' Western Sculpture Park
'Poetry Sculpture' JJ Hill School, Saint Paul, MN
1997 'Cast Iron Corn' A collaborative community public sculpture at New York Mills. 800ft Long
1992 Wedgewood Memorial Sculpture Park 'Tree Hugging’, Staffordshire, England
1990 Cyprus School of Art Sculpture Park, Lemba, Cyprus
Manchester School of Business 'Lunar Vibrations', England
Channel 4 National Television. Sculpture constructed Live on television. London
RESIDENCIES
2006 The Museum of Steel Sculpture, Coalbrookdale, UK
2005 New York Institute of Technology, Manhattan/Westbury, NY, USA
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Falk Visiting Artist, University of North Carolina, Greemsboro, USA
Franconia Sculpture Park, Jerome Fellow, MN
Museum of Steel Sculpture Residency, Ironbridge, UK
2002 Semester Artist in Residence at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro
2001 Rochester Institute of Technology, NY Visiting Sculptor for ‘The Big Pour’ Symposium
2000 Semester Artist in Residence at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro
New Orleans, Mardi Gras Iron Pour, Green Project, LA
The 4th US/UK Contemporary Cast Iron Sculpture Project. Franconia Sculpture Park, MN
1999 New Orleans, Millenium Iron Pour, Green Project, LA, USA
Mount Hood College, Volcanoes, Portland, Oregon, USA
The 3rd US/UK Contemporary Cast Iron Sculpture Project. Yew Tree Farm, Suffolk, UK
University of North Carolina at Greensboro two week residency with Iron Casting Event
1998 The 2nd US/UK Contemporary Cast Iron Sculpture Project. Franconia Sculpture Park, MN
University of North Carolina at Greensboro one week residency with Iron Casting Event
1997 The 1st US/UK Contemporary Cast Iron Sculpture Project. Yew Tree Farm, Suffolk, UK
1996 International Research Fellow/Artist in Sculpture at the University of Minnesota, Mpls, USA
Franconia Sculpture Park Shafer, MN, USA
1995 The Northern Warehouse St Paul, MN, USA
1994 Cyprus School of Art, Lemba, Cyprus
New York Mills Arts Retreat New York Mills, MN, USA.
1993 Cotswold Community Children's Home Ashton Keynes, The Cotswolds, England
1990 Cyprus School of Art, Lemba, Cyprus.
TEACHING
2006 Sunderland University, UK and Carmarthen School of Art, Wales.
2005 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, NC, USA
2004 Royal College of Art, Visiting Artist, London, UK.
Sheffield Hallam University, Visiting Artist, UK
Wolverhampton University, Visiting Artist, UK.
2002-04 Louisiana State University, Visiting Professor of Art, Sculpture.
2002 University of North Carolina, Visiting Artist/Faculty for the Spring Semester.
Mount Hood Community College, Visiting Sculptor, built cupolette with students for the dept.
2001 St Johns University, MN Visiting Sculptor to teach and conduct Iron Casting Workshop
2000 University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Visiting Artist/Faculty for the Fall Semester.
College of Visual Arts, Adjunct Faculty in Sculpture, Saint Paul, MN, USA.
St Katherines College, Visiting Artist, conducted copper casting workshop.
1997/98 Walker Art Center, Summer School, Mpls, USA
1996 Royal College of Art, Visiting Artist, London, UK
1994-5 Wirral Metropolitan University, Adjunct Faculty in Sculpture, Liverpool, UK.
1993-4 Northwich School of Art, Adjunct Faculty in Sculpture, Cheshire, UK.
PROFESSIONAL
2003-06 Co-Chair of the 5th International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art, UK
2004 Fall Sculpture Symposium in New Orleans, International Sculpture Centre, Hosted Studio Event
2002 4th International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art, Steering Committee Member
1998 3rd International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art, Steering Committee Member
2000-present Founding Director of New Orleans Sculpture Lab, A Studio Facility in New Orleans, LA
2002 International Sculpture Conference. Pittsburg: Moderator ‘Opportunities for Sculptors Abroad’
1997-present Founding Director of US/UK International Residency Exchange Program For Cast Iron Sculpture.
COLLECTIONS
Aga/Rayburn Foundry, Coalbrookdale, England. Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC, USA.
The Carol Cole Collection, Greensboro, NC, USA. West Bend Sculpture Park, Wisconsin, USA. Franconia Sculpture Park, MN. USA.
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN, USA. University of Minnesota, Mpls, MN, USA. New York Mills Sculpture Park, MN.
Hannah Peschar Sculpture Garden and Gallery, Surrey, England. Wedgewood Memorial Sculpture Park, Staffordshire, England.
Manchester School of Business, Manchester, UK. The Leicestershire Collection for Schools and Colleges, Loughborough, England.
John Perry Architects, Canterbury, Kent, UK. Dilys Jackson, Wales, Felicia Glidden, MN, USA.