Résumé
Professor of Art (Emerita) - San Diego State University
Education
| 1952 |
B.S. in Art, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York |
| 1954 |
M.A. in Art, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois |
| 1956 - 57 |
Kunsthaandvaerkerskolen (School of Arts and Crafts), Copenhagen, Denmark |
Teaching Positions
| 1961 - 2000 |
San Diego State University, Professor of Art |
| 1957 - 1961 |
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, Instructor in Art |
| 1954 - 1956 |
Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusett, Instructor of Art |
Honors and Awards
| 2002 |
Doctor of Humane Letters, Skidmore College |
| 2001 |
Gold Medal, American Craft Council |
| 2000 |
Honorary Membership, Society of North American Goldsmiths |
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Distinguished Craft Educator Award, James Renwick Alliance |
| 1996 |
Outstanding Professor, San Diego State University |
| 1994 |
Award,"Lifetime Achievement in the Crafts", Nat. Mus. of Women in the Arts, Wash. D.C. |
| 1990 |
Meritorious Performance and Professional Promise Award, SDSU |
| 1989 |
Fulbright Grant, Lecturer, Montevideo, Uruguay |
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CSU Award for Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity |
| 1986 |
Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY |
| 1985 |
Declared a "Living Treasure of California" by Resolution of California State Assembly |
| 1982 |
Fulbright Grant, Lecturer, Vienna, Austria |
| 1981 |
NEA Services to the Field Project Grant |
| 1979 |
NEA Craftsman's Workshop Grant (Project Director) |
| 1977 |
NEA Craftsman's Apprentice Grant |
| 1975 |
National Endowment for the Arts Craftsman's Fellowship |
| 1966 |
Fulbright Research Grant to Denmark (plus three-month extension) |
| 1956 |
Fulbright Grant for study in Denmark |
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Professional Positions
| Trustee, American Craft Council, (1994-00) |
| Board of Trustees, Haystack Mt, School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine (73-82,91-2000) |
| President, Society of North American Goldsmiths (1982-85) |
| Fellow of the American Crafts Council, Class of 1979 |
| Vice President for North America, World Crafts Council (1976-81) |
| Craftsman-Trustee, American Crafts Council (1972-75) |
| Founding Member, Society of North American Goldsmiths(1969) |
Collections
| Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Montreal, Canada |
| Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, Minnesota |
| Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, London, England |
| Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AK |
| Objects: USA, The Johnson Wax Collection |
| San Diego Historical Soc. Decorative Arts |
| Schmuckmuseum, Pforzheim, Germany |
| Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth |
| Museum of Applied Art, Trondheim, Norway |
| Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI |
| Kunstindustrimuseet, Oslo, Norway |
| Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
| Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Kunstindustrimuseet, Copenhagen |
| Natonal Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan |
| Museum of Fine Art, Boston |
| Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia |
| Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA |
| Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. |
| Detroit Institute of the Arts, Detroit, Michigan |
| American Craft Museum, New York City |
| Vatican Museum, Rome |
| Danner Collection, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich |
| Houston Museum of Fine Art, Texas |
| National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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Exhibitions (Selected)
| 1955 |
"American Jewelry and Related Objects", Huntington, West Virginia plus touring section |
| 1957 |
U.S. Education Foundation in Denmark, SOLO EXHIBITION |
| 1958 |
"Young Americans", Museum of Contemporary Crafts, NYC |
| 1962 |
Pasadena Museum of Art - SOLO EXHIBITION |
| 1963 |
"California Crafts III", Oakland AWARD |
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"Jewelry International", Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York |
| 1964 |
USIA Traveling Exhibition to Latin America |
| 1965 |
"California Design Nine", Pasadena Art Museum, California |
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"Art of Personal Adornment", Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York |
| 1967 |
Kunstindustrimuseet Copenhagen, Denmark - SOLO EXHIBITION |
| 1968 |
Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York City - SOLO EXHIBITION |
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Museum West, San Francisco - SOLO EXHIBITION |
| 1969 |
"The Egg and the Eye" - Los Angeles, California - SOLO EXHIBITION |
| 1970 |
"Goldsmith 70", Minnesota Museum of Artand Museum of Cont. Crafts, NYC |
| 1971 |
Goldsmiths Hall, London - SOLO EXHIBITION |
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Lee Nordness Galleries, New York City - SOLO EXHIBITION |
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"Form and Quality", International Handicraft Fair, Munich-GOLD MEDAL AWARD |
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"Schmuck-Objekte", Museum Bellerive, Zurich |
| 1972 |
"5000 Years of Gold Jewellery", Goldsmiths Hall, London |
| 1973 |
The Slocumb Gallery, Johnson City, Tennessee - SOLO EXHIBITION |
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"Tendenzen - 73", Schmuckmuseum, Pforzheim |
| 1974 |
First World Crafts Exhibition, Ontario Science Center, Toronto |
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"Kreativer Schmuck", 32 International Jewelers, Basel, Switzerland |
| 1975 |
Florence Duhl Gallery, New York City - SOLO EXHIBITION |
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"Contemporary Crafts of the Americas", tour sponsored by Smithsonian Institution |
| 1976 |
"Theme: Jewellery", Special Exhibition of Swiss Industries Fair, Basel |
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"Six Contemporary American Jewellers", Electrum Gallery, London |
| 1977 |
Southwest Missouri State University - SOLO EXHIBITION |
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"Schmuck 77 - Tendenzen", Schmuckmuseum, Pforzheim |
| 1978 |
"Craft Art and Religion", Vatican Museum, Rome |
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"Modern American Jewelry", Tokyo, Japan |
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"Sculpture to Wear", La Jolla Museum of Art, California |
| 1979 |
"International Jewellery Art Exhibition", Tokyo, Japan |
| 1980 |
Electrum Gallery, London, England - SOLO EXHIBITION |
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"International Jewellery 1900 - 1980", Vienna, Austria |
| 1981 |
FISCH AND HU, Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, Oregon - DUO EXHIBITION |
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"Der Goldene Faden, Texturen in Gold" Schwabisch Gmund - PRIZE |
| 1982 |
Museum fur Angewandte Kunst, Vienna - SOLO EXHIBITION |
| 1983 |
Electrum Gallery, London, SOLO EXHIBITION |
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1983 International Jewellery Art Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan. Catalog |
| 1984 |
"Jewelry USA", American Craft Museum, NYC |
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Contemporary Jewellery, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan |
| 1985 |
Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, SOLO EXHIBITION |
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AMERICAN JEWELRY NOW, USIA touring exhibition |
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"New Tradition: The Evolution of Jewellery 1966-85", British Craft Centre, London |
| 1986 |
International Jewellery Exhibition, Tokyo, Catalog |
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"Craft Today: Poetry of the Physical", American Craft Museum, NYC, Catalog |
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"Perspectives: International Spirit in Jewellery", Basle, Switzerland, Catalog |
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MacQuarie Galleries, Sydney, Australia SOLO EXHIBITION |
| 1987 |
"Woven Gold", Concepts Gallery, Carmel, CA SOLO EXHIBITION |
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"Woven Gold", Electum Gallery, London, SOLO EXHIBITION |
| 1988 |
"Woven Gold", Galerie am Graben, Vienna, SOLO EXHIBITION |
| 1989 |
Museum of Fine Arts, Montevideo, Uruguay. SOLO EXHIBITION |
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"Smykker I Metal: 10 International Jewellers". Copenhagen, DK |
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"Craft Today USA", USIA exhibition touring Europe. Catalog |
| 1990 |
"Ornamenta 1" International Jewelry Exhibition, Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim. Catalog. |
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"Woven Gold Spirit Houses" Hand & Spirit, Scottsdale, AZ. SOLO EXHIBITION |
| 1991 |
"Schmuckszene 91", Munich Handcraft Fair, Germany and Ireland |
| 1992 |
"Design Vision" International Triennial, Art Gallery of Western Australia |
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"American Crafts: The Nation's Collection", Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C. |
| 1993 |
"Lifetime Achievements", Nat. Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis (catalog) |
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"Contemporary Jewellery", TRIO Exhibition, STUDIO COM Gallery, Kyoto |
| 1994 |
Fanourakis Gallery, Athens, Greece. SOLO EXHIBITION |
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"School of Fisch", Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark, Catalog |
| 1995 |
"School of Fisch", DesignYard, Dublin, Ireland |
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"In Our Hands", 3rd International Competition, Nagoya, Japan |
| 1996 |
"Textile Techniques, New Work", Connell Gallery, Atlanta, GA SOLO EXHIBITION |
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"American Revelations", Shipley Gallery, Gateshead, UK, Catalog. |
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"New Times, New Thinking: Jewellery in Europe and America", Crafts Council, London |
| 1997 |
"Celebrating American Craft, 1975-95" Danish Mus. of Decorative Art, Copenhagen |
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"Portrait of Masters in the Crafts", Int'l Handwork Fair, Munich, Germany. Catalog. |
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"Designed for Delight: Alternative Aspects of 20th C. Decorative Arts", Canada. Catalog |
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"Textile Techniques in Metal", Electrum Gallery, London. SOLO EXHIBITION |
| 1998 |
"American Metalanguage", Barbican Center, London SOLO EXHIBITION |
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"Jewellery Moves", National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh |
| 1999 |
"Fish by Fisch", Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA SOLO EXHIBITION |
| 2000 |
"Elegant Fantasy: Jewelry by Arline Fisch", SDHistorical Society, SOLO RETROSPECTIVE |
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"Aluminum by Design:Jewelry to Jets". Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh |
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"Alles Schmuck",, Museum fur Gestaltung, Zurich |
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"Women Designers in the USA: 1900-2000" Bard Center for Studies in the Dec Arts, NYC |
| 2001 |
"Elegant Fantasy: The Jewelry of Arline Fisch":, Oakland Museum, CA SOLO |
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"Elegant Fantasy: The Jewelry of Arline Fisch":, Textile Museum, Washington DC SOLO |
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"BRAID", Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, DK |
| 2002 |
"Elegant Fantasy: The Jewelry of Arline Fisch":, American Craft Mus.,NY, SOLO |
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"Small Works". Longhouse Reserve and MDS Gallery,Tokyo, Curated by Jack Lenor Larsen |
| 2003 |
"The Art of Arline Fisch", Tang Museum, Skidmore Coll., Saratoga, NY SOLO RETROSPECTIVE |
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"The Art of California Gold",Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA |
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"The Art of Gold" , traveling exhibition organized by SNAG |
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"Boston University's Program in Artisanry", Fuller Museum of Art. Brockton, MA |
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"Planting, Potting and Pruning, Artists and the Cultivated Landscape", Racine Art Museum, WI |
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"Flechten", Handwerks Pflege in Bayern, Munich, Germany |
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"International Showcase", Contemporary Applied Arts, London, UK |
| 2004 |
"Die Danner Rotunde",Schmuck in der Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany |
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"California Design 2004", San Francisco |
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"Master and Student", National Museum of Ireland, Dublin |
| 2005 |
"Transformations, The Language of Craft", National Gallery of Australia |
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"Scents of Purpose, Artists Interpret the Spice Box", Cont. Jewish Museum, San Francisco |
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