Artist Statement
Art is the visual expression of the artist’s sense of life. Sometimes, I see it and then work on it. Other times, I just work on it and then see it. I rely mainly on found objects made of wood, metal, plastic and glass, and incorporate them in my sculptures. I acquire most of my material from garage sales and antique shops in the area. I work for clarity and precision, yet the work must finally be mysterious and unusual. It must express structure, order, the marks of overall controlling intelligence, yet it must be alive, free, spontaneous. The ruled edge and the improvised accidental line harmonize together.
“We want to have the objects still be what they are, but seen in a new context.” ~ Frank Shuback
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FRANK SHUBACK
1960-62 Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
1963 Orange County Community College, Middletown, NY
1965 B.A., Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
Currently lives and works in New Hampton, New York
Solo Exhibitions
2010 Albert Wisner Public Library, Warwick, NY Under the Influence
2008 Mount Beacon Gallery, Beacon, NY Uncommon Observations
2007 Orange County Government Center Executive Suite Gallery, Goshen, NY Thinking Outside the Box
2005 Pace University, Hudson Valley Campus, New Windsor, NY
The Artery, Milford, PA
1998 Artspace 534, Stroudsburg, PA Body Image
1997 Orange County Gallery, Orange County Community College, Middletown, NY
Artspace 534, Stroudsburg, PA
1993 Bixler Gallery, Stroudsburg, PA
1989 Beck Gallery, Sullivan County Cultural Center, Hurleyville, NY
1986 Esta Robinson Gallery, New York, NY
Unitarian Society Gallery, Rock Tavern, NY
1985 Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY
1984 Unitarian Society Gallery, Rock Tavern, NY
1982 Bank of New York, Warwick, NY
Orange County Government Center Gallery, Goshen, NY
1979 Synechia Arts Center, Middletown, NY
1978 Harriman College Art Gallery, Harriman, NY
1976 Beck Gallery, Sullivan County Cultural Center, Hurleyville, NY
1975 Synechia Arts Center, Middletown, NY
1974 Mark Alexander, New York, NY
1972 Mark Alexander, New York, NY
1967 Crespi Gallery, New York, NY
1966 Artist Gallery, New York, NY
1965 Latow Gallery, New York, NY
1964 Orange County Community College, Middletown, NY
1962 International Galleries, New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011 Upfront Gallery, Port Jervis, NY Spring Show
The Collage Gallery, Warwick, NY
The Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands Crawford House, Newburgh, NY
2010 Upfront Gallery, Port Jervis, NY Spring Show
Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands, Newburgh, NY 2010 Feast of the Arts
Marion Royal Gallery, Beacon, NY Local Group 30
Seligmann Homestead Gallery, Sugar Loaf, NY Orange County Arts Council Open Studio Weekend
Catskill Art Society, Livingston Manor, NY 2010 Summer Members Show
Upfront Gallery, Port Jervis, NY Art and Peace
Seligmann Homestead Gallery, Sugar Loaf, NY Alterations Two Person Show with Artist Mary Roth
Catskill Art Society, Livingston Manor, NY Members Show and Holiday Fair
Upfront Gallery, Port Jervis, NY Art in August
Upfront Gallery, Port Jervis, NY Art on Vinyl Eclectic artwork created from vinyl records
2009 Up Front Gallery, Port Jervis, NY
Blue Stone Gallery, Milford, PA
The Artery, Milford, PA The Alumni Show: A Decade of Great Art,
2008 BAU Gallery, Beacon, NY Light,
Catskill Art Society, Livingston Manor, NY Members Show
Up Front Gallery, Port Jervis, NY Hardware,
The Artery, Milford, PA Emergence, Invitational Exhibition
Crybaby Art Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ Invitational Exhibition
Newburgh Historical Society, Newburgh, NY NY Feast of the Arts, Exhibition and Auction
Bertoni Gallery, Sugar Loaf, NY Small Works, 8th Annual Juried Exhibition
2007 Newburgh Historical Society, Newburgh, NY
The Artery, Milford, PA
Freshman Fine Arts Gallery, Beacon, NY nSister Cities of Beacon and Newburgh, Bridging of the Arts
G.A.S. Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY Good Things Come in Small Dimensions
Catskill Art Society, Livingston Manor, NY Members Show
Bertoni Gallery, Sugar Loaf, NY 7th Annual Juried Small Works Exhibition
2006 Artery Gallery, Washingtonville, NY Bodyscapes
Fieldstone Gallery, Brotherhood Winery, Washingtonville, NY
Art Society, Hurleyville, NY Catskill Regional Art Expo 2006, Catskill
Highlands State Bank, Vernon, NJ
The Artery, Milford, PA
Bertoni Gallery, Sugar Loaf, NY Small Works Exhibition
2005 Galleria Nugva, Warwick. NY
American Express, Financial Advisors Corporation, Goshen, NY American Artists for Tsunami Victims
Arden House of the Harriman Estate, Harriman, NY (Show and Auction)
Fieldstone Gallery, Brotherhood Winery, Washingtonville, NY
Kenridge Gallery, Museum of the Hudson Highlands, NY Forms and Forces: Sculpture and Nature
Sussex County Building, Newton, NJ
Washingtonville Art Gallery, Washingtonville, NY My Art, My Prerogative
Hudson River Sculptors Society, Orange Hall Gallery, Orange County Community College, Middletown, NY
Sculptures, Masks & Reliefs
Chandler Gallery, State University of New York at New Paltz, NY From Function to Form
Washingtonville Art Society, Washingtonville, NY Third Annual Hudson Valley Bodyscapes Exhibition
2004 Bertoni Gallery, Sugar Loaf, NY Small Works, 4th Annual Juried Exhibition
1999 Organization of Independent Artists, New York, NY Selections from the Slide File
1998 Artspace 534, Stroudsburg, PA A Happier Sex Life
1997 Delaware Arts Center, Narrowsburg, NY Two Person Show
1996 Artspace 534, Hurleyville, NY 3rd Biennial Exhibition,
Beck Gallery, Hurleyville, NY Observation & Preservation
1995 Delaware Arts Center, Narrowsburg, NY Texture & Dimension, Four Artists
Orange Hall Gallery, Middletown Campus, Orange County Community College, Middletown, NY
Regional Arts Experience
1994 Middletown Art Center Gallery, Middletown, NY Art for AIDS
First National Sculpture Exhibit, Middletown, NY 3D in '94
1993 Middletown Art Gallery, Middletown, NY Art for AIDS,
Organization of Independent Artists, New York, NY Selections from the Slide File
1992 Robertson Museum and Science Center, Binghamton, NY Susquehanna Regional Art Exhibition
1991 Rice Gallery, Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY The Platter
University Art Gallery, University at Albany, SUNY Albany, NY 1990 Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Region Exhibition
Orange County Art, Clove Furnace Historical Site, Arden Hill, New York
Pike Street Arts Center, Port Jervis, New York First Annual Teacher's Exhibit
1989 Anadi Gallery, Warwick, NY
1987 Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY
1986 Esta Robinson Gallery, New York, NY
Unitarian Society Gallery, Rock Tavern, NY
Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY
1981 Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA 1971
Orange County of Artists, Arts Council of Orange County, Middletown, NY
1977 Arts Council of Orange County, Middletown, NY New Work,
1975 Beck Gallery, Sullivan Cultural Center, Hurleyville, NY New Directions
1973 Beck Gallery, Sullivan Cultural Center, Hurleyville, NY
1972 Mark Alexander Gallery, New York, NY
1970 College Art Gallery, SUNY at New Paltz, NY
1967 Crespi Gallery, New York, NY
1958 Bethlehem Art Gallery, Newburgh, NY
Publications
2009 Orange Magazine
1995 The Times Herald Record, Middletown, NY Meet the Artist
Awards
2006 Eliza Pritzker Studio and Gallery Award
Public Collections
Schenectady Museum, Schenectady, New York
Robertson Museum, Binghamton, New York
National Academy of Design, New York, New York
Key Bank of Albany, Albany, New York
1960-62 Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
1963 Orange County Community College, Middletown, NY
1965 B.A., Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
Currently lives and works in New Hampton, New York
Solo Exhibitions
2010 Albert Wisner Public Library, Warwick, NY Under the Influence
2008 Mount Beacon Gallery, Beacon, NY Uncommon Observations
2007 Orange County Government Center Executive Suite Gallery, Goshen, NY Thinking Outside the Box
2005 Pace University, Hudson Valley Campus, New Windsor, NY
The Artery, Milford, PA
1998 Artspace 534, Stroudsburg, PA Body Image
1997 Orange County Gallery, Orange County Community College, Middletown, NY
Artspace 534, Stroudsburg, PA
1993 Bixler Gallery, Stroudsburg, PA
1989 Beck Gallery, Sullivan County Cultural Center, Hurleyville, NY
1986 Esta Robinson Gallery, New York, NY
Unitarian Society Gallery, Rock Tavern, NY
1985 Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY
1984 Unitarian Society Gallery, Rock Tavern, NY
1982 Bank of New York, Warwick, NY
Orange County Government Center Gallery, Goshen, NY
1979 Synechia Arts Center, Middletown, NY
1978 Harriman College Art Gallery, Harriman, NY
1976 Beck Gallery, Sullivan County Cultural Center, Hurleyville, NY
1975 Synechia Arts Center, Middletown, NY
1974 Mark Alexander, New York, NY
1972 Mark Alexander, New York, NY
1967 Crespi Gallery, New York, NY
1966 Artist Gallery, New York, NY
1965 Latow Gallery, New York, NY
1964 Orange County Community College, Middletown, NY
1962 International Galleries, New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011 Upfront Gallery, Port Jervis, NY Spring Show
The Collage Gallery, Warwick, NY
The Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands Crawford House, Newburgh, NY
2010 Upfront Gallery, Port Jervis, NY Spring Show
Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands, Newburgh, NY 2010 Feast of the Arts
Marion Royal Gallery, Beacon, NY Local Group 30
Seligmann Homestead Gallery, Sugar Loaf, NY Orange County Arts Council Open Studio Weekend
Catskill Art Society, Livingston Manor, NY 2010 Summer Members Show
Upfront Gallery, Port Jervis, NY Art and Peace
Seligmann Homestead Gallery, Sugar Loaf, NY Alterations Two Person Show with Artist Mary Roth
Catskill Art Society, Livingston Manor, NY Members Show and Holiday Fair
Upfront Gallery, Port Jervis, NY Art in August
Upfront Gallery, Port Jervis, NY Art on Vinyl Eclectic artwork created from vinyl records
2009 Up Front Gallery, Port Jervis, NY
Blue Stone Gallery, Milford, PA
The Artery, Milford, PA The Alumni Show: A Decade of Great Art,
2008 BAU Gallery, Beacon, NY Light,
Catskill Art Society, Livingston Manor, NY Members Show
Up Front Gallery, Port Jervis, NY Hardware,
The Artery, Milford, PA Emergence, Invitational Exhibition
Crybaby Art Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ Invitational Exhibition
Newburgh Historical Society, Newburgh, NY NY Feast of the Arts, Exhibition and Auction
Bertoni Gallery, Sugar Loaf, NY Small Works, 8th Annual Juried Exhibition
2007 Newburgh Historical Society, Newburgh, NY
The Artery, Milford, PA
Freshman Fine Arts Gallery, Beacon, NY nSister Cities of Beacon and Newburgh, Bridging of the Arts
G.A.S. Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY Good Things Come in Small Dimensions
Catskill Art Society, Livingston Manor, NY Members Show
Bertoni Gallery, Sugar Loaf, NY 7th Annual Juried Small Works Exhibition
2006 Artery Gallery, Washingtonville, NY Bodyscapes
Fieldstone Gallery, Brotherhood Winery, Washingtonville, NY
Art Society, Hurleyville, NY Catskill Regional Art Expo 2006, Catskill
Highlands State Bank, Vernon, NJ
The Artery, Milford, PA
Bertoni Gallery, Sugar Loaf, NY Small Works Exhibition
2005 Galleria Nugva, Warwick. NY
American Express, Financial Advisors Corporation, Goshen, NY American Artists for Tsunami Victims
Arden House of the Harriman Estate, Harriman, NY (Show and Auction)
Fieldstone Gallery, Brotherhood Winery, Washingtonville, NY
Kenridge Gallery, Museum of the Hudson Highlands, NY Forms and Forces: Sculpture and Nature
Sussex County Building, Newton, NJ
Washingtonville Art Gallery, Washingtonville, NY My Art, My Prerogative
Hudson River Sculptors Society, Orange Hall Gallery, Orange County Community College, Middletown, NY
Sculptures, Masks & Reliefs
Chandler Gallery, State University of New York at New Paltz, NY From Function to Form
Washingtonville Art Society, Washingtonville, NY Third Annual Hudson Valley Bodyscapes Exhibition
2004 Bertoni Gallery, Sugar Loaf, NY Small Works, 4th Annual Juried Exhibition
1999 Organization of Independent Artists, New York, NY Selections from the Slide File
1998 Artspace 534, Stroudsburg, PA A Happier Sex Life
1997 Delaware Arts Center, Narrowsburg, NY Two Person Show
1996 Artspace 534, Hurleyville, NY 3rd Biennial Exhibition,
Beck Gallery, Hurleyville, NY Observation & Preservation
1995 Delaware Arts Center, Narrowsburg, NY Texture & Dimension, Four Artists
Orange Hall Gallery, Middletown Campus, Orange County Community College, Middletown, NY
Regional Arts Experience
1994 Middletown Art Center Gallery, Middletown, NY Art for AIDS
First National Sculpture Exhibit, Middletown, NY 3D in '94
1993 Middletown Art Gallery, Middletown, NY Art for AIDS,
Organization of Independent Artists, New York, NY Selections from the Slide File
1992 Robertson Museum and Science Center, Binghamton, NY Susquehanna Regional Art Exhibition
1991 Rice Gallery, Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY The Platter
University Art Gallery, University at Albany, SUNY Albany, NY 1990 Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Region Exhibition
Orange County Art, Clove Furnace Historical Site, Arden Hill, New York
Pike Street Arts Center, Port Jervis, New York First Annual Teacher's Exhibit
1989 Anadi Gallery, Warwick, NY
1987 Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY
1986 Esta Robinson Gallery, New York, NY
Unitarian Society Gallery, Rock Tavern, NY
Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY
1981 Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA 1971
Orange County of Artists, Arts Council of Orange County, Middletown, NY
1977 Arts Council of Orange County, Middletown, NY New Work,
1975 Beck Gallery, Sullivan Cultural Center, Hurleyville, NY New Directions
1973 Beck Gallery, Sullivan Cultural Center, Hurleyville, NY
1972 Mark Alexander Gallery, New York, NY
1970 College Art Gallery, SUNY at New Paltz, NY
1967 Crespi Gallery, New York, NY
1958 Bethlehem Art Gallery, Newburgh, NY
Publications
2009 Orange Magazine
1995 The Times Herald Record, Middletown, NY Meet the Artist
Awards
2006 Eliza Pritzker Studio and Gallery Award
Public Collections
Schenectady Museum, Schenectady, New York
Robertson Museum, Binghamton, New York
National Academy of Design, New York, New York
Key Bank of Albany, Albany, New York