Harry Anderson
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Mar 2023 The Philadelphia Dumpster Divers: Still Upcycling After All These Years, Chester County Art Association, West Chester, PA
Jan 2023 Perkins Center for the Arts, Collingswood NJ
Aug 2022 Just In: Recent Acquisitions of Photography, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia PA
Feb 2022 Twofold,Twofold,InLiquid Park Towne Place, Philadelphia PA, curator Clare Finin
Nov 2021 Alchemy Illuminated, Neon Museum of Philadelphia, Philadelphia PA
Jan 2020 Invisible City: Philadelphia and the Vernacular Avant-garde, organized by University of the Arts, Philadelphia PA, curator Sid Sachs
Oct 2019 Then and Now Globe Dye Works, Philadelphia, PA curators Helen Drutt, Mathew Drutt, Bertrand Productions
Aug 2017 ABOUT TIME, Gallery of Fine Crafts, Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center, Millville, NJ, Curated by Dave Carrow and Michelle Post
Mar 2017 FROM TRASHSTREAM TO MAINSTREAM, Pebble Gallery, Doylestown PA
Sept 2015 TILL DEATH DO US ART, Studio B, Boyertown, PA
Jul 2013 MODERN PHILA-SOPHY, Dylan Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Apr 2013 ART ENOLOGY PHILADELPHIA, Vivant Art Collection, Philadelphia, PA, curator Souleo
Aug 2012 CHAIRS, Salon des Amis, Malvern, PA
Jul 2012 RECOVERED DELIGHTS, Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Jun 2012 NEON ART: FOLK, FOUND, FINE, The Center for Architecture, Philadelphia, PA
Feb 2012 SITTING PRETTY: FURNITURE IN RAM’S COLLECTION, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
Oct 2011 C3: CREATE, CONNECT, COLLECT, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
Jun 2011 OUT OF ORDER, Chestnut Hill Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, curator Chuck Connelly
Nov 2010 LIGHTEN UP! Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts, Millville, NJ, curator Michelle Post
Oct 2010 Dylan Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Apr 2009 ECOLOGICALLY CORRECT: THE PHILADELPHIA DUMPSTER DIVERS, Outsider Folk Art Gallery, Reading PA
Jan 2009 STATE OF THE GARDEN, Noyes Museum of Art – Hammonton, Hammonton, NJ
Jun 2008 Instructor Exhibition, Sally D. Francisco Gallery, Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ
May 2008 Main Line Collects Philadelphia , Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA, curator Mary Anne Dutt Justice
Oct 2007 LIGHTS 2007, Liao Collection, Philadelphia, PA
Oct 2007 ARCHITECTURAL ENVIRONMENTS, Lurie Gallery, Miami, FL
Jan 2007 IMPLEMENT IMPLICATIONS, Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, Philadelphia, PA, curator Mary Savante
Jan 2007 S.P.A.C.E. Salon des Amis, Malvern, PA
Oct 2006 RECYCLEDPeters Valley Sally D. Francisco Gallery, Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ
Jul 2006 THE SECRET GARDEN OF THE FERTILE MIND, Journey Home Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Jun 2006 Peters Valley Faculty Show, Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ
Nov 2005 LUMINOSITY, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
Nov 2005 RE:FORM – A Look At The Figure In Found Objects, Crafts For Living Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Oct 2005 FIELD NOTES, Fleisher Art Memorial, Center for Works on Paper, Philadelphia, PA, curator Warren Angle
Mar 2003 THE OTHER TRADITION: Philadelphia Imagists, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, curator Sid Sachs
Oct 2002 WHAT IS DESIGN TODAY?, The Design Center at Philadelphia
University, Philadelphia, PA,
Co-curated by George H. Marcus and Hilary Jay, funded by The Pew Charitable
Trusts Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative
Sept 2002 COPIA, The American Center for Wine, Food & the Arts, Napa, CA curator Susan Subtle
Jan 2001 ART COUPLES, Harry Anderson & Smokie Kittner / Kevin Strickland & Astrid Bowlby, Cosmopolitan Club of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, curator Joan Wetmor
Jun 2000 Haystack Faculty Show , Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
Jun 2000 WHO KNOWS WHERE OR WHEN: Artist Interpret Time and Place, Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Art, Racine, WI, curator Caren Heft
Mar 2000 SCULPTURES AND INSTALLATIONS FROM RECYCLED MATERIALS, Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Art, Racine, WI, curator Caren Heft
Mar 2000 FIGURES: ALONE & TOGETHER, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO, curator Gail Brown
Jan 2000 DOOMS DAY. REVELATION, Salon des Amis, Malvern, PA
Sep 1999 FORM & FUNCTION, Booth Contemporary Art, Wakefield, RI
Aug 1999 THE ANIMAL SHOW, Salon des Amis, Malvern, PA
Jan 1999 NEW WORK FOR THE NEW YEAR, Salon des Amis, Malvern, PA
Nov 1998 OBJECTS AND SOUVENIRS, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA curator Leah Douglas
Nov 1998 SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL
Sep 1998 THE LIGHT SHOW, Salon des Amis Gallery, Malvern, PA
Sep 1998 ART FURNITURE ’98, Langman Gallery, Willow Grove, PA
Apr 1998 SOFA New York, NYC, NY
Feb 1998 FOUND OBJECTS, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
Mar 97-00 TRANSFORMATIONS: RECYCLED MATERIALS IN AMERICAN ART & DESIGN,>Watcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA, curator Llyod Herman, travels through 99
Feb 1997 HELLO AGAIN, Oakland Museum
of California, Oakland, CA, curator Susan Subtle. The
exhibit will travel to:
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Sept. 24 to Nov. 16, 1997, McAllen International
Museum, McAllen, Texas, Jan. 15 to May 15, 1998,
Vancouver Museum, Vancouver, B.C,. June 15 to Dec. 15, 1998
Feb 1997 SALT & PEPPER, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Sep 1996 PRIVATE ACTS AND EARTHLY DELIGHTS, Nexus, Philadelphia, PA
Apr 1996 BIENNIAL '96, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
Oct 1995 DUMPSTER DIVERS, Wallingford Art Center, Wallingford, PA
Sep 1995 80TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION, Art Alliance, Philadelphia Pa
Jan 95-96 RECYCLE, REUSE, RECREATE, traveling in eight African countries under the auspices of the U.S.I.A., curator Dorothy Spencer
Dec 1994 TIME MEASURES, Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Oct 1994 FESTIVAL OF MASKS, Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Aug 1994 RECYCLE REUSE, The Artisan Gallery, Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, MO
Jun 1994 IN AND OUT OF THE LANDSCAPE, a site specific outdoor exhibition, Penn State Berks Campus, Reading, PA
Jan 1994 SELECTED WORKS, Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Apr 1993 SCULPTURAL/FUNCTIONAL, Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
Feb 1993 PET SHOW, Helander Gallery, New York, NY
Dec 1992 INTERACTIONS, Nexus, Philadelphia, PA curator, Warren Angle
Dec 1992 SELECTED WORKS, Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa
Aug 1992 Haystack Faculty Show, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
Aug 1992 MATERIAL REVISIONS, Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro, NY, curator Judith Stein
Jun 1992 LAMP EDGE, Leo Kaplan Modern, New York, NY
Apr 1992 ART FOR EVERY DAY, Community Arts Center, Wallingford, PA, curator Andrea Bruno
Nov 1991 M∙E∙N A∙T W∙O∙R∙K, Harry Anderson, Jerry Crimmins, Keith Newhouse, Tom Steigerwald, The Gallery at the Gershman Y, Philadelphia, PA
Oct 1991 CONTEMPORARY NEON, Langman Gallery, Willow Grove, PA
Sep 1991 PHILADELPHIA FURNITURE, Morris Gallery, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, curates by Judith Stein
Sep 1991 SURVEY OF REPRESENTED ARTISTS, Larry Becker Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Feb 1991 Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
Jan 1991 ARTISTS CHOOSE ARTISTS, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA, (chosen as an established artist) curator, Julie Courtney
Sep 1990 SURVEY OF REPRESENTED ARTISTS, Larry Becker Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Aug 1990 THE BUREAU OF INQUIRIES, Alternative Art Event and Exhibition organized by AOAO, Philadelphia, PA, curator, Michael McFeat
Jul 1990 Birthday Presence: Nexus Turns 15, Borowsky Gallery Gershman Y, Philadelphia, PA
Nov 1989 INAUGURAL EXHIBITION, Helander Gallery, New York, NY
Oct 1989 FANCIFUL/FUNTIONAL, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Sep 1989 SURVEY OF REPRESENTED ARTISTS, Larry Becker Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Jul 1989 HARRY ANDERSON JAMES CARPENTER SEAVER LESLIE, TOSHIKO MORI, ITALO SCANGA, URIS UBENS , The North Haven Gallery, North Haven, ME
Apr 1989 MASTERWORKS OF CONTEMPORARY GLASS, A Benefit Auction for NYEGW, Christie's Auction House, New York, NY
Mar 1989 EXTRA ORDINARY OBJECTS, Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Mar 1989 MEAT: ART AT THE BOILING POINT, C.E.C., Philadelphia, PA, curator Kevin Madden
Mar 1989 SECOND THOUGHT, Momenta Art Alternatives, Philadelphia, PA, curator by Janet Biggs
Jan 1989 CONSPICUOUS DISPLAY, Stedman Art Gallery, Rutgers Univ., Camden, NJ curator, Sid Sachs
Jan 1989 FUN AND FUNCTION, Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
Nov 1987 AT HOME, Joan Hodgell Gallery, Sarasota, FL
Oct 1987 LET THERE BE NEON, Hicks Art Center,Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA
Jun 1987 Governors Mansion, Harrisburg, PA
May 1987 STALKING THE LIGHT, The Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ curator by Sid Sachs
Mar 1987 TRANSPARENT THOUGHT, Alternative Space, Philadelphia, PA
Mar 1987 GLASS ART, Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Feb 1987 WINDIGO: SOLUTIONS THROUGH DESIGN, The Gallery of Applied Art, New York, NY
Feb 1987 GLASS, Sarah Squeri Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Feb 1987 Glass Gallery, Bethesda, MD
Feb 1987 THE RADIANT OBJECT, Habitat Gallery, Lathrup Village, MI
Jan 1987 THE FURNITURE SHOW, Herron Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
Jan 1987 STRUCTURES OF ILLUMINATION, Gray Art Gallery, Jenkins Fine Art Center, East Carolina Univ., Greenville, SC
Dec 1986 TOYS AND ORNAMENTS, Vanguard Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Oct 1986 LAMPS: WORKS THAT ILLUMINATE SPACE, Gallery Naga, Boston, MA
Sep 1986 LET THERE BE ...NEON, Sarah Squeri Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
May 1986 MEAT, ART AT THE BROILING POINT, alternative space, Philadelphia, PA curator Michael McFeat,
Apr 1986 A NEW DESIGN MOVEMENT FOR THE HOME, Modern Living at Macy's, New York, NY
Mar 1986 ARTISTS BOOKS AND PRINTS, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
Feb 1986 LIGHT SOURCES, Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Jan 1986 MIXTURE: NOTIONS AND SUBSTANCES, Oregon School of Arts & Crafts, Portland, OR
Jan 1986 THE FABRIC WORKSHOP: TRADITION CONTINUED, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Jan 1986 NEW WORK-NEW YORK, Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
Dec 1985 STATE OF THE ART, Twining Gallery, New York, NY
Oct 1985 FABRICATIONS INGENIOUS, Recent
Projects From the Fabric Workshop, Gallery 400,
College of Architecture, Art and Urban Planning,
The University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, curator
Laurel Bradley
Sep 1985 HIGH STYLES, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY 1985 FOR THE BEACH: OBJECTS FOR SUMMER, The Fabric Workshop, New York, NY
Jul 1985 FUTURE FURNITURE, Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA
Jun 1985 ILLUMINATION: THE QUALITY OF LIGHT, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA, traveled to Nexus Foundation, Philadelphia PA
Mar 1985 THE HOMER LAUGHLIN CHINA COMPANY, A FIESTA OF AMERICAN DINNERWARE, Cultural Center, Charleston, WV, curator J. Frederick Cain, Jr.
Feb 1985 2ND INTERNATIONAL SHOEBOX SCULPTURE EXHIBITION, Univ of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
Dec 1984 ARTISTS' FURNITURE, GROUP SHOW FEATURING HARRY ANDERSON,Matthews Hamilton Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Oct 1984 INAUGURAL SHOW, The Gallery of Applied Arts, New York, NY
Jul 1984 ORDINARY AND EXTRAORDINARY USES: OBJECTS BY ARTISTS, Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY
Apr 1984 HOUSE ON THE BORDER LINE, White Columns, New York, NY
Mar 1984 Red Studio, New York, N
Feb 1984 PHILADELPHIA GLASS, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA
Jan 1984 GLASS AMERICA 1984, Heller Gallery, New York, NY
Jan 1984 SMALL SCALE SCULPTURE, Matthews Hamilton Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Oct 1983 SELECTED WORKS IN GLASS, Fine Arts Center Tempe, Tempe, AZ, curator Kate Elliott
Aug 1983 Outdoor Installation, Art Park, Lewiston, NY
May 1983 ARTIFACTS AT THE END OF A DECADE, Franklin Furnace, New York, NY
Feb 1983 PEOPLE, Roger Lapelle Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Dec 1982 Royal Palm Gallery, Ltd. Palm Beach, FL
Nov 1982 HUMOR, Gallery of the Philomathean Society, Univ. of PA, Philadelphia, PA
Oct 1982 EARLY PLASTIC FROM THE COLLECTION OF HARRY ANDERSON, Tyler School of Art, Showcase exhibition in conjunction with the Renaissance Revisited, Elkins Park, PA
Sep 1982 FACULTY SHOW, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Aug 1982 ART/LIBERTIES, Northern Liberties, Philadelphia, PA
Jun 1982 ARTLOT, Weekend Art Event, Philadelphia, PA
Jan 1982 FIRST INTERNATIONAL SHOEBOX EXHIBITION, Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii
Nov 1981 EX LIBRIS, Books by Artists, Traction Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
May 1981 A CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS BOOK EXHIBITION,
Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA, Traveling Show to Pittsburgh
Center for the Arts July '81,
and Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, August '81
Mar 1981 FACULTY COLLECTS, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Jan 1981 MADE IN PHILADELPHIA 4, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
Dec 1980 Hills Gallery, Sante Fe, NM
Sep 1980 DIRECTOR'S CHOICE, A.J. Wood Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Jun 1980 AN AMERICAN FLOWER SHOW, Heritage Plantation, Massachusetts
Mar 1980 A SHOW OF ARTISTS' BOOKS, Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Feb 1980 TRANSFORMED PHOTOGRAPHS, Touchstone Gallery, New York, NY
Apr 1979 THE ALTERED PHOTOGRAPH, P.S. 1, Long Island City, NY
Jan 1979 ACCUMULATION / ARRANGEMENT, GROUP SHOW OF SIX ARTISTS, Eric Makler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, curator Richard Flood
1978 -79 ARTISTS' BOOKS USA, Traveling Exhibition
organized by Independent Curators, Inc. for Dalhouse Univ., Nova Scotia;
ICA Houston; Univ. of CA, Irvine, CA;
Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH; Univ. of Wisconsin, Stout, WI
Oct 1978 BOOKS, BOOKS, BOOKS, Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Feb 1978 Woods-Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Jan 1978 The Hadler Galleries, New York, NY
1977 - 78 Book Mobile, Visual Studies Workshop, Exhibition and Sales, Rochester, NY
Dec 1977 Group Crafts Show, Marion Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Nov 1977 OBJECTS AS SEEN, Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham, PA
Apr 1977 BOOK WORKS, Mills College, San Francisco, CA
Jan 1977 THE ARTISTS' BOOK, Manderville Art Gallery, Univ. of CA, San Diego, CA
Jun 1976 Cooper Gallery, Newport, RI
Apr 1976 FOLIO '76, The Print Club, Portfolio in the Collection of The Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Jun 1975 TUTUL QUI, Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham, PA
Jun 1975 Azalea garden, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, sponsored by Fine Arts Program, Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, curator Mary Kilroy
Apr 1974 AIAS Invitational Crafts Show, in Collaboration with Dale Chihuly, Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Feb 1974 INTERFACE, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Apr 1973 ARTISTS' BOOKS, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Apr 1973 CONTEMPORARY SCULPTURE, University. of Maine, Portland-Gorham, ME
Oct 1972 EXPANDED PHOTOGRAPH, Museum of Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, PA
Mar 1972 PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Jun 1971 112 Greene Street, New York, NY, organized by Italo Scanga