Luc-Alain Fiedler

 Luc-Alain Fiedler

Education:

M.F.A.   University of California at Santa Barbara                                               1991

Specializing in sculpture and intaglio printmaking

B.F.A.   Southern Illinois University, Carbondale                                                 1984

Specializing in sculpture

Southern Illinois University, Carbondale-Iron Casting Workshop                   1999

Cast Metals Institute, Seattle-Gating and Riser Design                                     1997

Inter Kultur Off Campus Studies, Europe                                                             1983

studied architecture, painting, and sculpture

Independent Experience:

2005-present elf studios (owner) Mt. Airy, MD. Create custom sculptures, metal fabrications and castings

1997-2001 elf foundry and fabrication (owner) Seattle, WA.

Foundry:                  silicon bronze casting using greensand and ceramic shell processes

Moldmaking:          rubber, silicone, and pattern work

Fabrication:             welding and mechanical

Smithing:                 hot and cold forging

Technical consulting

  • Catering to artists, design professionals, students, and novices

Public Art Experience:

2023 Juror, VMRC National Juried Art Exhibition, Harrisonburg, VA

2019 Juror, VMRC National Juried Art Exhibition, Harrisonburg, VA

2016 Helped artist Heather Clark build SkyStage (an open air theater), Frederick, MD.

2000-1997 Downtown Puyallup Outdoor Sculpture Gallery, Puyallup, WA.

2000 Art On The Avenues, Wenatchee, WA

1999 2nd Annual Peace Arch Park International Sculpture Exhibition, Blaine, WA.

1999 Commission, build freestanding signage/bell tower for Karshner Museum, Puyallup, WA.

1995 Juror, Seattle’s Metro Projects; Bothel Bus Zone and North Creek Diversion

1994-95 Design and build outdoor foundry facility at Cleveland High School for South East Seattle Arts Council

1993 Technical advisor and fabricator for artists Thompson Brennan and James Pridgeon

on their 1% For Arts commission in Enumclaw, WA.

Affiliations:

Artists Blacksmith’s Association of North America

The Artists Gallery, Frederick, MD

Blacksmith Guild of Western Maryland

Washington Sculptors Group

Swiss Club of Washington DC

Awards:

2022 First Place/Sculpture, 89th Annual International Exhibition of Fine Art in Miniature, Bethesda, MD

2022 Best in Division, VMRC Juried Art Exhibition, Harrisonburg, VA

2018   Best in Show, VMRC Juried Art Exhibition, Harrisonburg, VA

2017   Honorable Mention, 84th Annual International Exhibition of Fine Art in Miniature, Bethesda, MD

2009   First Place/sculpture, 26th Annual North American Miniature Show, Baltimore, MD

2004   Third Place/sculpture, Juried Regional Exhibition, Frederick, MD

1999   First Place/sculpture, Edmonds Arts Festival, Edmonds, WA

Exhibitions:

2024 Earth Day If Not Now When? Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC

2024 5th Biennial Maryland Regional Juried Art Exhibition, UMGC, Adelphi, MD

2024 Cumberland Valley Artists Exhibition, Washington County Museum of Fine Art,

Hagerstown,MD

2024TAG/The Artists Gallery special Exhibition, The Bridge Gallery, Shepherdstown, WV

2023 ABANA Featured Forgings, Online Exhibition of Forged Work

2023 Together Art Grows, TAG group show, Delaplaine Art Center, Frederick, MD

2023 Reflections. The Artist gallery, Frederick, MD

2022 Fine Art in Miniature, Bethesda, MD

2022 Wills Creek Exhibition of Fine Art, Cumberland, MD

2022 Sculpture in the Courtyard, Thatcher & Rye, Frederick, MD

2022 Invitational Metal Sculpture Exhibition, Arts Barn, Gaithersburg, MD

2022 VMRC Juried Art Exhibition, Harrisonburg, VA

2022 The Delaplaine Arts Center National Juried Exhibition, Frederick, MD

2022 The Associates, The Artists Gallery, Frederick, MD

2021 88th Annual International Exhibition of Fine Art in Miniature, Bethesda, MD

2021 Dynamic National Contemporary Art Exhibition, Norfolk, VA

2020 InterSection, The Artists Gallery, Frederick, MD

2020 National Juried Exhibition, Delaplaine Art Center, Frederick, MD

2019 4th Biennial Maryland Regional Juried Art Exhibition, University of Maryland Global Campus, Adelphi, Md

2019 Fusion, District Arts Gallery, Frederick, MD

2019 6@35-Fabricating Culture, Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC

2019 The Nature of Things, The Washington County Arts Council, Hagerstown, MD

2019 Myspace, Chestnut Hill Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2019 Sculpture Now, Brentwood Art Exchange, Brentwood, MD

2019 Interior Spaces, Art Barn, Gaithersburg, MD

2018 Entanglement, Two person show, 505N Gallery, Frederick, MD

2018 and 2019 VMRC Juried Art Exhibition, Harrisonburg, VA

2018 The Artists Gallery @ Kentlands Mansion, Gaithersburg, MD

2017 84th International Exhibition of Fine Art in Miniature, Bethesda, MD

2017 Gravity & Other Scientific Facts, TAG, Frederick, MD

2017 Someone/Someplace, Western Bureau Arts, Silicon Valley, CA

2017 National Juried Exhibit, Delaplaine Art Center, Frederick, MD

2016, 2017   Frederick Festival of the Arts, Frederick, MD

2016, 2013, 2011   Artomatic Frederick, Frederick, MD

2015   Portal/Threshold, Ice House Gallery, Berkley Springs, WV

2010   Sculpture at the Station, Lutherville, MD

2009   26th Annual North American Miniature Show, Baltimore, MD

2008 Small Wonders Art Show, Carroll Arts Center, Westminster, MD

2004   Sculpture Now, Washington, DC

2004 Shapes and Shrubberies, Ice House Gallery, Berkley Springs, WV

2004 Regional Show, Delaplaine Visual Arts Center, Frederick, MD

2001 Blue Willow Design Gallery, Blue Bell, PA

2000-1997   Downtown Puyallup’s Outdoor Gallery, Puyallup, WA

2000 Art On The Avenues, Wenatchee, WA

1999 2nd Annual Peace Arch Park International Sculpture Exhibition, Blaine, WA

1998 Bellevue Art Commission Indoor Show, Bellevue, WA

1998 Monarch Contemporary Art Center, Tenino, WA

1997 Mercer Island Sculpture Park, Mercer Island, WA

1997 Edmonds Juried Art Show, Edmonds, WA

1996 16th Annual International Art Competition, Whatcom Museum of History & Art Bellingham, WA.

1995 Two Person Show, Aesthetics Gallery, Tacoma, WA

1994 5th National Juried Exhibition, Viridian Gallery, New York, NY

1992 Golden State Sculpture Assoc. 6th Annual Exhibit, Peter Straus Ranch, Santa Monica, CA

1991 Visions XXII, Oxnard, CA

1990 Fine Arts Institute 25th National Exhibition, San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, CA

1989 F.A.I.M. Exhibition, Rosicrucian Museum, San Jose, CA

1988 Bay Arts “88”, Belmont, CA

1987 National Metal Arts Exhibition, Kentfield, CA

1987 Private Life, International Mail-Art Show, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia

1986 San Diego Art Institute 32nd Annual Exhibition, San Diego, CA

1985 Mail Art Show, Allied Arts Gallery, Las Vegas, NV

1985 2nd West Coast Biennial Exhibition, Pacific Grove, CA

Solo Shows:

2023 Forces of Nature, Rehoboth Art League, Rehoboth, DE

2017 Gravity/32ft per second per second, Frederick Community College, Frederick, MD

2012 Pronoia, VisArts Common Ground Gallery, Rockville, MD

2009 Landscapes, Side Gallery, Delaplaine Visual Arts Center, Frederick, MD

2001 Mullein Gallery, Boulder, CO

2000 Northwest Sculpture, The Transit Gallery, Puyallup, WA

1998 Helen S. Smith Gallery, Green River Community College, Green River, WA

1996 Auburn City Hall, Auburn, WA

1994 Wind Accuator Series, Phinney Center Gallery, Seattle, WA

1993 California Years, ArtsWest, Seattle, WA

Gallery Representation:

TAG, Frederick, MD

Chestnut Hill Gallery, Philadelphia, PA