Christopher Fennell                               Biography






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E D U C A T I O N

MFA. Sculpture. University of Georgia. 2002.
BA. Sculpture. University of South Florida. 1993.
BSME. Mechanical Engineering. University of South Florida. 1989.

E X H I B I T I O N S

Inherent Nature, Group Show, Tree Tornadoes Installation, Space 301, Mobile, AL, 2010.
Bats Baseball, Outdoor Installtion, 800 used aluminum bats, Southside Park, Atlanta, GA, 2009.
Lawn Mower Leaves, Outdoor Installation, 600 used blades, University of Maine at Farmington, ME 2009.
Bell’e Art, Barn Devil, Entrance Installation, Scottsdale, AZ 2009.
Artists’ Fire, Center Installation for Magic City Arts Festival, Birmingham, AL, 2009.
Barn Tornado, Outdoor Installation, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, 2009.
Rafter Trapeeze, Public Art Installation, Robert’s Recreation Center, St.Pete, FL, 2008.
Stacking Order, Collaboration w/ Christine Lee, Indoor Installation, University Arkansas Little Rock, AR, 2008.
Boston Tea Cup, Outdoor Installation, Needham, MA, 2008.
Tree Passage, Outdoor Installation, Messiah College, Grantham, PA, 2007.
Wedding Sculpture, Outdoor Installation, St. Mary’s, Sewanee, TN, 2007.
Driftwood Wave, Outdoor Installation, The Figge Museum, Davenport, IA, 2007.
Tree Doorways, Outdoor Installation Chattanooga State College, Chattanooga, TN, 2007.
Tree Chair, ArtInPlace, Juried Exhibition, Outdoor Installation, Charlottesville, VA, 2006.
Austin Green, Bamboo Flower, Outdoor Installation, Austin, TX, 2006.
Dock Fish, Outdoor Installation, St. Andrews , Sewanee, TN, 2006.
Burning Chair, Outdoor Installation, Lowery Gallery, Danielsville, GA. 2006.
Green Wave Exhibition, Cedar Moth, Outdoor Installation, Austin, TX, 2005.
Students Wave, Workshop/Outdoor Installation, Walking Church, Young Harris, GA, 2005.
Maple Sail, Outdoor Installation, Private Collection, Woodstock, VT, 2005.
House Flower, West Arlington Ecopark, Outdoor Installation, Birmingham, Alabama, 2004.
Board Caterpillar, Doris Wainwright Kennedy Art Center, Outdoor Installation, Birmingham, AL, 2004.
Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant Exhibition, Roof Well, Installation Cue Art Foundation, New York, NY, 2004.
Tree Arroyo, Outdoor Installation, Aztec, NM, 2004.
Fire Ball, Performance/Outdoor Installation, Red Mesa, Colorado, 2004.
Tree Spiral, Outdoor Installation, College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM, 2004.
Dock Wave, Outdoor Installation, Visual Arts Building, University of South Florida, 2003.
Albuquerque Contemporary Juried Exhibition, Board Caterpillar, Installation, Albuquerque, NM 2003.
Sky Boat. Outdoor Installation, Lowery Gallery, Danielsville, GA. 2002.
Barn Mother. Outdoor Installation, Conner Hall, University of Georgia, Athens, GA. 2002.
MFA Show. Tree Roof. Indoor Installation, Georgia Museum, Athens, GA. 2002.
Tree House. Outdoor Installation, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA. 2001.
Barn Wave. Outdoor Installation, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA. 2000.

P U B L I C A T I O N S

New York Times, “"In, Under and Around"”, Ben Genocchio, Section 14, January 22, 2006.
Rocky Mount Telegram, “Sculpture Event”, Fred Marion, b1 July 21, 2005.
Austin American Statesman, “Turning Two Pest Into Art”, Clair Osborn, b1 June 20, 2005.
Sculpture Magazine, vol 21 no 8 Oct 2002.

A W A R D S A N D H O N O R A R I U M S

Sculpted Green, Bellevue Sculpture Exhibition 2008, Outdoor Installation, Bellevue, WA 2008.
Honorable Mention, National Outdoor Sculpture Competition and Exhibition, North Charleston, SC 2008.
Brock Commons Outdoor Sculpture, Juried, Longwood University, Farmville, VA 2008.
Sculpture on Sample, Juried, Outdoor Installation, Coral Springs, FL 2007.
You, Me and the Bus, Juried, Bus Stop Bus Shelter, Athens, GA 2007.
The Sculpture Park at City Hall, Juried, Outdoor Installations, Redding, CA 2007.
Uptown Sculpture Walk, Juried, Paddle Wave, Outdoor Installation, Columbus, GA 2007.
20th Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Juried, Tree Arch, Outdoor Installation, Lawrence, KS, 2007.
Grand Esplanade Award, Sculpture Key West 2007, Fort Zachary, Key West, Fl, 2007.
People’s Choice Award, 2nd Annual Public Art Exhibition, Foundation Art Center, St. Charles, MO, 2006.
Second Bi-Annual Sculpture Exhibition, Juried, Outdoor Installation, Chattanooga, TN, 2006.
Second Place, Florida Outdoor Sculpture Competition, Juried Exhibition, Winter Haven, FL, 2006.
Best of Show, ArtInPlace, Juried Exhibition, Outdoor Installation, Charlottesville, VA, 2005.
The Lot, Juried Exhibition, Tree Dome, Outdoor Installation, New Haven, CT, 2005.
Turchin Art Center Outdoor Sculpture, Juried Exhibition, Board Caterpillar, Boone, NC, 2005.
Best of Show, The Sculpture Salmagundi 9, Indoor and outdoor Juried Exhibition, Rocky Mount, NC 2005.
Outward Westward Exhibition, Tree Wave, Outdoor Installation, Riverton, WY, 2005.
Sculpture Salmagundi VII, Juried Exhibition, Bow Wave, Outdoor installation, Rocky Mount, NC, 2003.
Earthworks, Walking Trees, Installation in Baboon Area, North Carolina Zoological Park, Asheboro, NC. 2002.
Start Up Grant, The Joan Mitchell Foundation, Inc. New York, NY. 2002.
Outstanding Student Achievement In Contemporary Sculpture, International Sculpture Center, 2002.
Research Grant. Bicycle Tornado. Outdoor Installation Ramsey Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA. 2001.
Patent Design Award. Motorola, Boynton Beach, FL. 1991.
Design Award. American Society of Mechanical Engineers. 1989.
"...he grew up in Florida doing construction work, then got an engineering degree from the University of South Florida and went to work for Motorola Inc. in robotics. A job with British Aerospace designing flight simulators in Tampa, Fla., followed, but Fennell said he got bored with using existing components to design things. He wanted to create from scratch. So he went back to school and earned a MFA degree from the University of Georgia. One of his professors wanted him to tear down an old barn, which inspired Fennell to build his first colossal sculpture. 'I saw the barn falling down, and then the idea came to build a wave,' Fennell said. He built the barn 'wave' in 2000 at UGA, then followed it by fusing 150 bicycles together to create a 'tornado' in 2001. Using discarded objects to create sculpture has become his theme."

Clair Osborn, Austin American Statesman, "Turning Two Pest into Art", June 20, 2005