MYRON HELFGOTT
Myron Helfgott received his BA and MFA degrees from Southern Illinois University and studied with R. Buckminster Fuller from 1957-59 and in 1962. From 1968 until 2003, he was a professor in the department of sculpture and extended media at Virginia Commonwealth University and served as acting chair from 2001 to 2003. He has had numerous one-man exhibitions throughout the United States and has participated in over 50 group shows.
He has exhibited at the Whitney Museum in New York City, the Philadelphia Arts Alliance, Usdan Gallery in Bennington, VT and Peninsula Arts Center in Norfolk, VA and the prestigious “un/Common Ground” show at the Virginian Museum of Fine Art, as well as Tokyo, Lima, and Glasgow. He received the Virginia Commission for the Arts Distinguished Artist award. His sculptures incorporate audio, kinetics, photography, assemblage, etc.
His work is in both public and private collections, including the Chrysler Museum of Art, the Corcoran Museum of Art, the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Best Products Foundation, and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Among his many residencies are the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris from 2003 to 2007.
Myron Helfgott received his BA and MFA degrees from Southern Illinois University and studied with R. Buckminster Fuller from 1957-59 and in 1962. From 1968 until 2003, he was a professor in the department of sculpture and extended media at Virginia Commonwealth University and served as acting chair from 2001 to 2003. He has had numerous one-man exhibitions throughout the United States and has participated in over 50 group shows.
He has exhibited at the Whitney Museum in New York City, the Philadelphia Arts Alliance, Usdan Gallery in Bennington, VT and Peninsula Arts Center in Norfolk, VA and the prestigious “un/Common Ground” show at the Virginian Museum of Fine Art, as well as Tokyo, Lima, and Glasgow. He received the Virginia Commission for the Arts Distinguished Artist award. His sculptures incorporate audio, kinetics, photography, assemblage, etc.
His work is in both public and private collections, including the Chrysler Museum of Art, the Corcoran Museum of Art, the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Best Products Foundation, and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Among his many residencies are the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris from 2003 to 2007.
