WALTER DUSENBERY

Born: September 21, 1939 , Alameda , California

EDUCATION
San Francisco Art Institute
MFA Sculpture, California College of Arts and Crafts

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of California Extension, Instructor, Berkely: Graduate School of Design, Harvard University , Visiting Sculptor; Director, Johson Atelier Stone Division.

 

SELECTED COMMISSIONS:
BREA PORTAL. 17 foot High portal in red travertine for ECCU Bank in Brea , CA , currently under construction.

DAMASCUS GATE . 20 foot High portal in marble and travertine, commissioned for entrance to Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ.

MEMORIAL PLAZA . Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital , Cooperstown , NY

FULTON COUNTY ATRIUM . Limestone, marble, granite and travertine fountains, pavilions, seating and meeting areas, performance and concert platforms, staircases and planters for hanging gardens. Commissioned for Fulton County Government Building , Atlanta , GA.

AURORA . 9 foot golden travertine ring commissioned for a private estate in Pal Beach , FL.

RED TWIST. Red marble twisting obelisk 25 foot High, signposting Olympia & York Plaza, Dallas , TX .

RAINIER BANK VESTIBULE. Spanish travertine corridor. Two 16 foot arches and four 9 foot columns connected by 73 feet of carved stone cornice, Rainier Bank, Bellevue , WA .

PORTLAND COLUMNS. Golden travertine columns 18 foot High, marking entrance to Portland Justice Center , Portland , OR .

 

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:

Metropolitan Museum of Art , NY

Guggenheim Museum , NY

San Francisco Museum of Art , CA

Columbus Museum of Fine Art, OH

Laumeier Int'l Sculpture Park , St. Louis , MI

Yorkshire Sculpture Park , England

Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon , Portugal

Jerusalem Foundation , Israel

Commune of Glostrup, Copenhagen , Denmark

Prudential Insurance Company, Boston , MA

Grounds for Sculpture Museum and Park, Hamilton , NJ

 

AWARDS:

AUGUSTUS SAINT-GAUDENS MEMORIAL PRIZE

DEUTSCHER AKADEMISCHER AUSTASCHDIENST

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS GRANT

CREATIVE artist's PUBLIC SERVICE GRANT