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Michael Waller
Education
1997 B.F.A., Sculpture, East Carolina University , Greenville , North Carolina .
Work Experience
2003-present Business Owner/Manager, WallerFoushee Studios, LLC
2003-present Studio Manager, Liberty Arts Casting Facility Durham, NC
1999-2003 Metalsmith, Vega Metals, Inc., Durham , NC
1998-1999 Metalsmith, Storybook Metal Shop, Chapel Hill , NC
1997-1998 Foundryman, Carolina Bronze Foundry, Seagrove , NC
Commissions
2011 Memorial for Anika James, Oakwood Cemetery , Durham , NC
2010 Roanoke River Lighthouse Window Mullions Restoration, Edenton , NC
2010 North Carolina Central University Centennial Crest, Durham , NC .
2009 You are Here model chosen as first choice for Orange County Library Public Art Commission, Hillsborough , NC
2009 Phat Ryan Concrete Cardinal, Durham Central Park, Durham , NC .
2008 " Parrish Street Historic Marker Series”, Parrish Street , Durham , NC
2008 Aluminum Eagle Sculpture, North Carolina Central University School of Law Lobby, Durham , NC
2008 “Earthsplitter” climb-on bench sculpture, Durham Central Park, Durham , NC .
2006 "Mr. Al Pickles” Concrete Box Turtle Sculpture, Durham Central Park, Durham , NC .
2006 Duke Corporate Education Logo, American Tobacco Campus, Durham , NC .
2006 American Tobacco Historic District Pavers, Durham , NC .
2005 Growth , Memorial for Clyde and Catherine Fowler, North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston Salem, NC.
2005 Memorial for Lincoln Hospital School of Nursing, Fayetteville St. Durham , NC .
2005 Major Durham city icon, Center City Plaza , Durham , NC .
2005 Memorial for Marie Austin, Kings Daughters Home, Durham , NC .
Solo Exhibitions
2004 Recent Works , Nested, Carrboro, NC.
2002 Recent Works , Kinston Arts Council, Kinston , NC .
2001 Spaces , Durham Art Guild, Durham , NC .
2000 Linear Lines and Round Circles , Permanent Grin, Raleigh , NC .
Group Exhibitions
2012 Illume, Light: Art and Design, Carrboro. NC
2012 DownEast Sculpture Exhibition, East Carolina University Campus, Grenville, NC
2011 Winter Invitational, Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, NC
2011 Metal, Light: Art + Design, Carrboro, NC
2011 North Carolina Botannical Gardens Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Chapel Hill, NC
2011 Cast Iron Sculpture Show, Liberty Arts, Durham, NC
2010 Third Friday Art Show, Liberty Arts, Durham, NC
2010 Nest , Monkey Bottom Collaborative, Durham , NC
2010 From the Ground Up , Monkey Bottom Collaborative, Durham , NC
2008 Spring Opening: Art+Design , SitzerSpuria Studios and Siverson Garden Design, Chapel Hill , NC
2006 We Cast More Than Shadows, Sawtooth Arts Center , Winston Salem , NC.
2006 Spring Opening: Celebration of Art and Design , SpitzerSpuria Studios, Pittsboro , NC .
2006 Breaking Ground, A Redefinition of the Art Show, Transom Gallery, Durham , NC .
Workshop Instruction
Ongoing, Moldmaking and Metal Casting, Liberty Arts, Durham, NC.
2009 Welding Basics, The Tech Shop, Research Triangle Park , Raleigh , NC .
Sculpting with the Power Hammer, Personal Studio, Durham , NC .
2008 Introduction to Bronze Casting, Urethane Moldmaking, & Metal Finishing, Liberty Arts Casting Facility
2006 Plastic Casting, SeeSaw Studios, Durham , NC .
2006 Life Casting, SeeSaw Studios, Durham , NC .
Leah Foushee Waller
Education
2002 B.F.A., Sculpture, East Carolina University , Greenville , North Carolina
B.F.A., Art Education, East Carolina University , Greenville , North Carolina
Work Experience
2007-present Art Teacher, Culbreth Middle School , Chapel Hill , NC .
2003-present Business Owner/Manager, WallerFoushee Studios, LLC
2004-2007 Art Teacher, St. Michael School , Cary , NC .
2003-2004 Braillist, Duke School for Children, Durham , NC .
Commissions
2010 North Carolina Central University Centennial Crest, Durham , NC .
2009 You are Here model chosen as first choice for Orange County Library Public Art Commission, Hillsborough , NC .
2009 Phat Ryan Concrete Cardinal, Durham Central Park, Durham , NC .
2008 " Parrish Street Historic Marker Series”, Parrish Street , Durham , NC
2008 Aluminum Eagle Sculpture, North Carolina Central University School of Law Lobby, Durham , NC .
2006 "Mr. Al Pickles” Concrete Box Turtle Sculpture, Durham Central Park, Durham , NC .
2006 American Tobacco Historic District Pavers, Durham , NC .
2005 Growth , Memorial for Clyde and Catherine Fowler, North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston Salem, NC.
2005 Memorial for Lincoln Hospital School of Nursing, Fayetteville St. Durham , NC .
2004 Major Durham city icon, Center City Plaza, Durham, NC.
2005 Memorial for Alicia Land, Chapel Hill Cemetery , Chapel Hill , NC .
2004 Lacrosse Helmet: Tribute to Coach Seivold, Durham Academy , Durham , NC .
Solo Exhibitions
2007 Oil? , Nested, Carrboro , NC .
2003 Banned , Durham Art Guild, Durham , NC
2002 Societal Emblems: Demagogues and Defiled Doctrine , Kinston Arts Council, Kinston , NC .
Group Exhibitions
2012 Down East Sculpture Exhibition, Emerge Gallery, Greenville, NC
2011 Winter Invitational, Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, NC
2011 Metal, Light: Art + Design, Carrboro, NC
2011 For the Birds, Light: Art and Design, Chapel Hill, NC
2011 Gardens and the Natural World, Hillsborough Arts Council, Hillsborough, NC
2011 Cast Iron Sculpture Show, Liberty Arts, Durham, NC.
2010 Liberty Arts Holiday Sale, Liberty Arts, Durham, NC
2010 Third Friday Art Show, Liberty Arts, Durham, NC
2010 Nest , Monkey Bottom Collaborative, Durham , NC
2010 From the Ground Up , Monkey Bottom Collaborative, Durham , NC
2008 Spring Opening: Art+Design , SitzerSpuria Studios and Siverson Garden Design, Chapel Hill , NC
2007 Art Not Oil , 491 Gallery, London , England ; The Foundry, London , England ; The Fishmarket, Northampton , England
2006 We Cast More Than Shadows, Sawtooth Arts Center , Winston Salem , NC
2006 Spring Opening: Celebration of Art and Design , SpitzerSpuria Studios, Pittsboro , NC
2006 Breaking Ground, A Redefinition of the Art Show, Transom Gallery, Durham , NC
2006 Speak Truth: Exhibition of Political Laundry , Archer Graphics, Carrboro , NC
2005 Sight Unseen , Durham Art Guild, Durham , NC
2004 Collateral Damage: Echoes in Our Soul , Painted Bride Arts Center , Philadelphia , PA