Mel Fisher

alijfisher@gmail.com

www.melfisherartist.com

EDUCATION 

1977 The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, Course work

1970-1972 Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, MBA

1965-1967 Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, B.S. Degree

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 

1991 Reality: Chaos and Order
American Association for the Advancement of Science Gallery
Washington, D.C.

1991 Complementary Structure: A Balance of Opposites
Invitational Exhibition
14 Sculptors Gallery, New York, NY

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2000 Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ

1998-1999 Visual Arts Museum, New York, NY: Digital Salon

   - El Parque de Las Naciones, Lisbon, Portugal
   - Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands
   - Sala de Exposiciones CAM, Alicante, Spain
   - Centro de Cultura Contemporanea, Barcelona, Spain
   - Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy
   - Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain

1997 Hopkins House Gallery, Haddon-Township, NJ

1996 Eighth Floor Gallery, New York, NY

1995 The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA

1995 Longhouse Foundation Gallery, Long Island, NY

1995 American Association for the Advancement of Science, Wash., D.C.

1995 Christy/Taylor Gallery, Boca Raton, FL

1995 Silicon Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1995 George Mason University Gallery, Fairfax, VI

1994 ACC Craft Shows: Tampa, FL; Baltimore, MD; Atlanta, GA; Columbus, OH

1990 Metro Gallery, Boca Raton, FL

1988 Belles Artes Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

1988 American Craft at the Armory, New York, NY

1987 American Craft at the Armory, New York, NY

COMMISSIONS 

1996 Shawnee State University, Fine and Performing Arts Center, Portsmouth, OH

1992 Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation, Sandoz Research Institute, East Hanover, NJ

1988 Cumberland Mutual Insurance Company, Vineland, NJ

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS 

Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
Shawnee State University, Portsmouth, OH
Novartis Research Institute, East Hanover, NJ
Bell Atlantic, Philadelphia, PA
Rouse Associates, Inc., Philadelphia, PA
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, PA
Ethan Allen, Inc, Stanford, CN
Cumberland Mutual Insurance Company, Vineland, NJ

SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS 

Jack Lenor Larsen, New York, NY
Henry Luce III, New York, NY 

BIBLIOGRAPHIES 

1993 Hersey, Jan. "The Medium is the Message," The Crafts Report, March, p. 46.

1991 Hagerty, Michael. "3D Mathematics in Wood and Stone," IEEE Computer Graphics, September, p. 7.PUBLICATIONS 

1998 "Metaesthetics - Artists' Visions of How Nature Works" 

1995 The Quarterly Of The International Society For The Interdisciplinary Study Of Symmetry, "Symmetry: Culture and Science," Vol.6, No 2, pp. 214-217, Title of my essay: "Symmetry, The Needed Bridge between the Arts, the Sciences and their Mathematics, and the Humanities"OTHER

EXPERIENCE 

1968-1977 Held various positions in the computer industry.

1961-1965 USAF, Titan II ICBM Missile Silo Electronic Communication