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M.L. Snowden is the sole living inheritor of select 19th century marble carving, finishing, casting and bronze patination techniques from the Paris studios of Auguste Rodin and Antonin Mercié. M.L. Snowden sculpted alongside her father for seventeen years as an apprentice and as a professional in Snowden Studios. In 1990, M.L. Snowden inherited a collection of 38 of the original sculpting tools from the Rodin Studios. Rodin’s tools were bequeathed to M.L. Snowden’s father by the Swiss sculptor, Robert Georges Eberhard, who was Chairman of the Yale School of Sculpture for almost fifty years and was a professional in Rodin’s studios in the latter part of the 19th century. Eberhard was a mentor to the sculptor’s father, George H. Snowden, N.A. (1901-1990); Who Was Who In American Art. G.H. Snowden was a sculpture educator at Yale University for many years and his extensive list of commissioned sculptures now constitute national historic landmarks. The Smithsonian Institution held a retrospective which featured Snowden sculpture, SCULPTURE IN THE FEDERAL TRIANGLE. Over the last two decades, M.L. Snowden has pursued sculpture as an expression of titanic geological phenomena and the impact of mankind on his environment. In 1998 M.L. Snowden was awarded the massive multi-million dollar Carano Gordon Atlanta Commission to create the sculptor’s vision for the largest cohesive body of bronze extant in the latter half of the 20th century. In this collection, notable explorations into extrusion, inclusion, advanced gravity pour techniques, innovative chasing protocols, recombinant jeweler and bronze techniques are forwarded. Snowden’s restructuring of proprietary historic wax and patina formulations as well as other ground-breaking techniques for the art and science of bronze metallurgy have been advanced. In Snowden’s GEOLOGICAL COREIUM, the fine art of bronze is shaped, redefined and celebrated. An ongoing 16 City national tour of M.L. SNOWDEN: THE LEGACY OF RODIN has been made possible by Advanstar International Art Group, Masterpiece Publishing Inc. and other sponsors. In the year 2000, Snowden was commissioned to create the GREAT ANGELS OF THE MAIN ALTAR for the new $200 million Los Angeles Cathedral from a field of 8,000 international portfolios. In addition, Snowden is the sculptor of the LOS ANGELES ANGEL FRIEZE for the Cathedral’s Visitor’s Center, the first representation of a group of Angels for a permanent public setting in the history of the City of Los Angeles. Most recently, M.L. Snowden was awarded the inaugural Presidential Order of Merit “In Recognition of Significant Contributions to the Betterment of Humanity Through Art,” presented by the Fine Art Foundation with the sculptor’s work recently added to the Presidential art collection at the White House. The sculptor maintains studios in southern California, Paris and Austria. Harvard University’s Michael Miller, National Marketing Director Emeritus of Butterfields / Ebay writes, “These are historic works that uncannily unite expressionism’s great inner explosions and outward cataclysms with Europe’s golden age. M.L. Snowden’s art is a glorious fusion - the summary of our age superceded by the vitality of a moment.” |
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Cronology 1974 ALPHA SIGMA NU JESUIT SCHOLASTIC HONOR SOCIETY; one of the first women to be elected KAPPA GAMMA PI; Elected to the National Women’s Scholastic Honor Society, First Vice President, where Snowden establishes the Cornaro Scholarship for Graduate Studies THE SCULPTURE OF M.L. SNOWDEN, Llaband Art Gallery, CA TRY FOUNDATION PRIZE FOR EXTENDED EUROPEAN POST GRADUATE RESIDENCE and study at The Louvre, Paris, France; The Vatican collections, Rome, Italy; The Uffizi, Florence, Italy; and the Academy of the Foundation, Conservatoire dall’ Abaco, Verona, Italy (1974-1976) SNOWDEN SCULPTURE / SELECTED WORKS OF THE VERONA PRIZE, Patrons of the Fine Arts MEDAILLE DE PREMIER CLASSE, Exposition Annuelle Des Beaux Arts, Paris, France DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT / OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENT AWARD, Department of Art and Art History, Loyola Marymount University, CA 1975 1976 1977 ONE WOMAN EXHIBITION and Television Interview, Columbia Studios, CA 12th ANNUAL EXHIBITION, Showcase 21, Los Angeles, CA SNOWDEN SCULPTURE: WORKS FROM NORTHERN ITALY Glendale Federal Gallery, CA 1978 FIRST PLACE: GRAND PRIX, Showcase 21, Los Angeles, CA EXHIBITION, DeLongpre Gallery, CA ONE WOMAN EXHIBITION, Spencer’s Huntington Galleries, CA Exclusive Representation ONE WOMAN INVITATIONAL EXHIBITION AND LECTURE, Los Angeles Patrons of The Fine Arts, CA 1979 SNOWDEN SCULPTURE SHOWCASE, Spencer’s Huntington Galleries, CA EXHIBITION SNOWDEN SCULPTURE, Glendale Federal Gallery, CA 14th ANNUAL EXHIBITION, Showcase 21, CA EXHIBITION, Bowater Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA 46th ANNUAL EXHIBITION, National Sculpture Society, New York 1980 FRANK SULLIVAN PORTRAIT MEMORIAL, Commission of the California Arts Council, Sacramento, CA 1981 1982 PREMIER SCULPTURE OF M.L. SNOWDEN, Bowater Gallery, CA EXHIBITION, S. U. K. Gallery, New York EXHIBITOR, First Art Expo, Los Angeles Convention Center, CA ONE WOMAN SHOW, Artists of the West Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1983 NEW SCULPTURE, Inauguration of Snowden Studios studio showroom / gallery, California and European exhibition tour 1984 OLYMPIC GAMES COMMEMORATIVE PANEL, 8’ Lobby, Centinela Hospital Medical Center, Inglewood, CA 1985 1986 1987 CONCEPTUAL COMMISSION, St. Mary Medical Center, Long Beach, CA 1988 COMMENDATION: The Brentwood Museum Collection 1989 M.L. SNOWDEN SCULPTURE; article, National Sculpture Review REPRESENTED: Circle Fine Art, Monumental Division 1990 THE RODIN TOOLS inherited by M.L. Snowden on the Passing of her father, sculptor George H. Snowden (1901-1990), “Who Was Who In American Art”, and other reference biographies in public libraries 1991 1992 PERMANENT ARCHIVES established for M.L. Snowden at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C.; Brookgreen Sculpture Gardens, South Carolina; The Historical Archives of the National Sculpture Society in New York City, founded in 1893; and The Hakone Open-Air Museum, Japan EXHIBITION: “SNOWDEN: INTERNATIONAL WINNER OF THE RODIN PRIZE”, Grand Palais, Paris, France 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 CYCLE I; 22 MONUMENTAL GEOLOGICAL BRONZES of the GEOLOGICAL COREIUM, Carano / Gordon Atlanta Commission M.L. SNOWDEN SCULPTURE SOLO EXHIBITION: 16 American City Tour, incl. Boston, Chicago, New York M.L. SNOWDEN SCULPTURE: LEGACY OF RODIN Solo Exhibition, Los Angeles Convention Center FEATURE FILM : M.L. SNOWDEN; THE LEGACY OF RODIN, Gemstar Producitons / Blossom Media Associates Producers FEATURE FILM : THE SCULPTURE OF M.L. SNOWDEN, Gemstar Productions / Virgina O’Neil Blossom Media Associates Producers M.L. SNOWDEN SOLO SCULPTURE EXHIBITION “M.L.SNOWDEN THE LEGACY OF RODIN”, Los Angeles Convention Center 1999 M.L. SNOWDEN SOLO SCULPTURE EXHIBITION, Randall Winn Galleries, CA M.L. SNOWDEN SOLO SCULPTURE EXHIBITION, Miranda Galleries, CA M.L. SNOWDEN SOLO SCULPTURE EXHIBITION GALA, City of Carson, CA PRESENTED THE KEYS TO THE CITY OF CARSON PERMANENT PLACEMENT OF THE SCULPTURE, “CATACLSIS” City of Carson Civic Center M.L. SNOWDEN SOLO SCULPTURE EXHIBITION EMERALD CITY, Seattle, Washington Televised Interviews: Channel 4 Como News, Washington: Channel 52 INSIGHT, California M.L.SNOWDEN SOLO SCULPTURE EXHIBITION, Addi Galleries, Union Square, San Francisco; Televised Interview with Kat Sadler, Warner Bros. M.L. SNOWDEN SOLO SCULPTURE EXHIBITION Merrill Chase, Michigan Avenue, Chicago; The Lighthouse Foundation M.L. SNOWDEN SOLO SCULPTURE EXHIBITION, Dyansen, Newbury Street, Boston THREE M.L. SNOWDEN SOLO SCULPTURE EXHIBITIONS, Dolphin Galleries, Hawaii M.L. SNOWDEN SOLO SCULPTURE EXHIBITION, Galerie D’Orsay, Newbury Street Boston Televised Interview, The Concannon Show, Boston. ARTICLE: Boston Globe Front Page Arts, Maryjo Palumbo M.L. SNOWDEN SOLO SCULPTURE EXHIBITION, Jacob Javits Convention Center, New York City M.L. SNOWDEN SOLO SCULPTURE EXHIBITION, Hanson Galleries, New Orleans 2000 COMMISSIONED to create the half ton bronze relief THE LOS ANGELES ANGEL FRIEZE panel, the first commissioned depiction of Angels for a public setting in the history of the city of Los Angeles for the Visitors Center of the new Los Angeles Cathedral TELEVISED INTERVIEW on the Altar Installation for the new Cathedral with David Jackson, KTLA CYCLE II OF 25 MONUMENTAL GEOLOGICAL BRONZES COMMISSIONED Carano / Gordon Atlanta, feature article on the GEOLOGICAL COREIUM Bronze Collection, Art and Antiques Magazine, September issue FEATURE FILM: “The Legacy of Rodin and M.L. Snowden”; produced by Media Associates / NOVA COMMISSIONED TO CREATE THE GLENDALE MEMORIAL For the new $56 million Glendale Police Plaza, Glendale, CA; five ton bronze sculpture and fountain setting FEATURE FILM: “M.L Snowden Creator of the Glendale Memorial”, Produced by Waskul Worldwide Communications M.L. SNOWDEN SOLO SCULPTURE EXHIBITION, Brandon James Gallery 2001 M.L.SNOWDEN SOLO SCULPTURE EXHIBITION Hanson Gallery, Carmel M.L. SNOWDEN GALA SCULPTURE EXHIBITION, City of Carson Fine Art and Historical Commission COMMENDATION AWARD TO M.L. SNOWDEN, “RECOGNIZING YOUR PROFOUND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ART OF SCULPTURE AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE WORLD.” DOCUMENTARY FILM “M.L. SNOWDEN LIVE”, Alyce Bledsoe Moderator INVITATIONAL CATHEDRAL M.L. Snowden EXHIBITION, Los Angeles Convention Center PUBLICATION of the hard bound folio “M.L. SNOWDEN SCULPTURE: THE DESTROYED CLAYS OF THE GEOLOGICAL COLLECTION”, commemorating the commission of the most extensive body of bronze forged in the latter half of the 20th century Orlena Press PUBLICATION of the monographs “M.L. SNOWDEN SCULPTURE” including SEA CREATES; AMETHYST GEODE COLLECTION, PACIFIC SEAWALL, TECTONICS; CATACLASIS; etc. Val Lambert, France; Masterpiece Publishing Inc. 2002 PUBLICATION of the monographs, THE GREAT GOLDEN ANGELS OF THE MAIN ALTAR; ION; SHIELD PROTECTITE: THE GLENDALE MEMORIAL; and OROGENESIS; Orlena Press NATIONAL TELEVISION INTERVIEW: CNN Nationwide. Host: Thelma Jacksen SOLO SHOW CELEBRATION: The M.L. Snowden Grand Legacy of Rodin Gala; multi-million dollar event sponsored by Masterpiece Publishing, Inc., Snowden Nationwide Gallery Affliliates; Wyndam Hotels; Restaurant L’Orangerie, Beverly Hills, CA. Ferrari Carrano; The Carano / Gordon Atlanta Commission SNOWDEN SOLO SHOW EVENT: Galerie D’Orsay, Boston; The Unveiling of the Central World War II Memorial Sculpture for the National Mall, Washington D.C. with Frederick St. Florian, Architect of the Capitol WWII Memorial Project; ongoing to the present CATHEDRAL ARCHIVES Recorded Interviews: Fr. Richard Vosko, Moderator NATIONAL SHOW SCHEDULE for M.L. Snowden Sculpture representatives at Addi Galleries, Hawaii; Galeria di Sorrento, Las Vegas; Hanson Galleries, Carmel and New Orleans; Galerie D’Orsay Boston; Fingerhut Laguna and La Jolla; Heritage Gallery, Visions Gallery: Miranda International; Brandon James; Randall Winn; Arvco Art; Art Enterprises, Inc.; Hagel•Coulter Fine Art Management; Art Renaissance; Bal Harbour; etc. 2003 SNOWDEN SCULPTURE at Jacob Javits, New York City CYCLE OF NEW SCULPTURE Phase III for the Carano / Gordon Atlanta Commission SIX MONUMENTAL CONCEPTUAL SITE INSTALLATIONS of the Geological Coreium; Carano / Gordon Atlanta Commission SNOWDEN; sculptor of the Bronze Portrait of His Eminence, Roger Cardinal Mahony, for the historic legacy of the Cathedral AMERICAN SCULPTOR of the year; The Fine Arts Foundation NATIONAL SHOW SCHEDULE including Galerie Privée, FL organized by Masterpiece Publishing Inc. SNOWDEN LECTURE: “The Fractal and Euclidian Geometries of Sculpture”; Saint Mary Medical Center Foundation GROUND ZERO MEMORIAL INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION, NEW YORK CITY. In concert with Jerry Yates Associates and Eric Yeh, Snowden builds the scale plan sculptural element of the monumental vision for the 911 Memorial site; ongoing to the present 2004 DOCUMENTARY FILM: “ SNOWDEN : CONTEMPORARY MASTER” produced by Ars Media Associates sponsored by Fingerhut Galleries, Inc. INVITATION to exhibit; the Florence Biennale, Florence, Italy. Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland SIGNING of the second Carano Gordon Atlanta Commission, M.L. Snowden projected to build her concept for bronze into the 21st century NEW SCULPTURE: Snowden commences building her new phase of Geological sculpture BOOK; the hardbound limited edition prototype book of Snowden’s GEOLOGICAL COLLECTION, CLAY FOR BRONZE, Orlena Press, produced by the master book-smiths of Libri Fabriano Italia. Forward by Dr. Marie Busco, Author of “Rodin and His Contemporaries: The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Collection” with Philippe de Montebello, Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Snowden prepares sculpture for the White House Collection, Presidential Inaugural Presentation SNOWDEN SOLO GALA: Pacific Design Center “M.L. Snowden Retrospective Exhibition”, Pacific Design Center, Bev. Hills, CA Filmed lecture Snowden Event; Dr. Daniel Winn, Curator. Hosted by Larry Smith Fine Art SNOWDEN SOLO SHOWS: New River Fine Art, Florida. Televised filmed guest lecture / exhibition; Fingerhut, La Jolla CA SNOWDEN SOLO GALA EVENT: “A Conversation with a Modern Master: M.L. Snowden.” Week cycle of filmed Snowden Guest Lectures / President’s Candlelight Exhibition. Presentor: Fr. Charles Lawton, President, Loyola Marymount University, sponsored by the Marymount Institute for Art and Culture / Masterpiece Publishing Inc. 2005 Fine Art Enterprises' Syndicate in Australia: multi million dollar fund established to collect and preserve the entire GEOLOGICAL COREIUM of M.L. Snowden ARCHITECTURAL model commissioned for M.L. Snowden Sculpture Museum SOLO M.L. SNOWDEN SHOWS: Fingerhut La Jolla; Hanson Gallery New Orleans; Galerie D’Orsay Boston NATIONAL SHOW SCHEDULE: Visions Fine Art; Ambience; New River Fine Art; Zuger; Aspen Grove, CO; Larry Smith LECTURE, An Alternative View of Genetics and Art, Genzyme Corporation, World Headquarters MIT and Harvard University, commemorating the Genzyme installation of M,L. Snowden’s Helix X and Helix Y NEW GALLERIES: Hanson King Gallery Corporate; American Design Corporate; Galerie Mozart Michigan Avenue Chicago MONUMENTAL Bronze private commission RHEXODUS for the Adler Collection, Australia ESTABLISHMENT of new foundry / expanded bronze home for M.L. Snowden sculpture, Santa Fe Springs, California NEW SCULPTURE: The Celestial Array Trilogy. Stellar Sphere Group: POLARIS, SOLARIS, HELIOCORE, LUNAS, STAR TRACER, METEORITE. Empire of Light; Concordance of Destiny. 2006 SOLO PROTOTYPE MUSEUM INSTALLATION: Pacific Design Center, Bev. Hills, CA SNOWDEN SCULPTURE added to the Presidential Art Collection, The White House SNOWDEN creates the first conceptual drawings for the sculptor’s epic sculptural concept, CREATION’S GATE SNOWDEN completes the portrait of His Eminence, Roger Mahony SNOWDEN presently creates new sculpture editions with Sunlight Solaris; Moonstone and two other works Publication of “M.L. Snowden: The Rodin Tools: Reflections On A Sculptural Heritage”, Posidonous, New York, 2006; Boxed Set, “M.L. Snowden Sculpture: Six Monographs”, Val Lambert, France; Impressions On Bronze: The Selected Public Lectures and Quotations of M.L. Snowden, Posidonous, New York The Legacy of Rodin Society is founded by Snowden representatives to establish a closer association between collectors and the sculptural / artistic heritage of M.L. Snowden 2007 BEGINS first sculpture entitled Angstrom for the Empire of Light /Celestial Array for exhibition at Jacob Javits Center, New York City COMPLETES conceptual notebook "Concepts of Light for Sculpture" with 16 color drawings SNOWDEN begins Halo sculpture armature SNOWDEN sculpts beginning phases of the epic site work Creation's Gate
2008 SNOWDEN completes, Monograph: The Creation Trilogy, ARS Media Press Documentary Film/Photography: Posidonous Media for advance of M.L. Snowden Documentary Books "Documentum Tracing Roots": The Historic Works of G.H. Snowden for the New York County Court House and Civic Monument, New York, NY RESEARCH/INTERVIEW, The Whitney Museum of American Art New York City, New York. Global Media Associates Independent Research Yale University Archives/ Film development of "Snowden: A Field of Clay" ARS Media Books, "Walking Tours of M.L. SNOWDEN" Collectors Gala Celebration, M.L. Snowden Foundry and Monumenta SCULPTURE SITE TOURS; International and National Collectors VIP Weekend BEGINS sculpture collection, Starscape Unit: Antares, Altair, Atria New Visions in Fine Art, Las Vegas Expo SNOWDEN SOLO SHOW: Angela King, Tribute to M.L. Snowden New Orleans 2009 "A Southern California Collection of M.L. SNOWDEN" John, Gazahany Gallery Beverly Hills, CA Drawing Series Conceptualizations of Stellar Matter Brookgreen Musuem and Sculpture Garden: the largest outdoor sculpture gardens in America, "Exhibition; Drawings for Sculpture", Drawings by master sculptors of the 20th and 21st century, Jennewein Gallery Masterpiece Showcase Interview" Construction of Gender in the Modern Era: An Interview with Sculptor M.L. Snowden", University of Southern California with Jack Hagel, Ed. 2010 Conceptualization and pre-construction interface, Snowden Sculpture Museum Angels: Reflections and Meditations by ML Snowden. Posidonos. Up-dated re-publication: The Golden Angels of the Main Altar: Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles. Jack Hagel, Orlena Press. ML Snowden at the First Art Toronto Exposition hosted by Galeria Roccia. Galerie Yamane, Tokyo, Japan Agalma Gallery ML Snowden: Masterpiece 2010 Gala Weekend 2011 Biography/ ML Snowden: Bronze at the Millennium. Jack Hagel, Curator, The Geological Coreium. Ars Media Press ML Snowden: Catalogue Raisonne. Steinman Art Trust in concert with the Snowden Family Trust The Works of the Mathematica Aurea: Infinitum, Golden Spiral, Golden Triangle, Octahedron/ The Definitive Monograph. Published by Orlena Press. ML Snowden at the Art Toronto Exposition ML Snowden Solo Show Gala: Angela King Gallery, New Orleans. New sculpture: Angelic Host Cycle: creation of Twenty-four Angels celebrating the 1781 founding of the City of Los Angeles 2012 Six New Forms: New Directions in M.L. Snowden Sculptural Art including Cristal/Muses underwritten by AFA AGALMA and Steinman Art Trust |
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