2011

www.morrisongallery.com

Gallery exhibition: Chris Armstrong and Peter Kirkiles

Photo: Morrison Gallery

Morrison Gallery solo show 2012

Folding Rules
2012
Morrison Gallery, Kent, CT
Sheepfold
2011-2012
Wood, paint, stainless steel
Dimension variable (50 feet extended)

Exhibition:


Morrison Gallery, Kent CT, 2012

(collecton of the artist)

Folding Ruler Star
2010-22
Cedar, stainess steel, galvanized steel base
96" x 48" x 48"

Pictured on exhibit at The Shelburne Museum.

Red, Yellow, Blue
2016
Mahogany, stainless steel, industrial enamel
96" x 96" x 96"

Pictured on exhibit at The Shelburne Museum.

Ochre rule, No. 25
2013
African mahogany, bronze, pigment, ink
120" x 11" x 4"



10 foot rule
2015
Mahogany, brass, pigment, ink
120” x 12” x 3”

Pictured at: Corey Daniels Gallery, Wells, Maine

Locust Rule
2012
Black locust, stainless steel, ink
84" x 84" x 48"

Exhibited at The Eric Sloane Museum, Kent, CT

2012

Zig Zag Rule
2014
Cedar, stainless steel, block printing ink, wax
24 feet extended


Exhibited in an abandoned hardware store window, Newfane Vermont. Diane Birdsall Gallery

www.fourcolumnsvt.com

www.dianebirdsallgallery.com

Block Plane
2018
Bronze, brass, stainless steel
18" x 10" x 10"
OK Harris Gallery
2013
OK Harris Gallery
2013
OK Harris Gallery, 2013

(Mixed Lot, "My favorite things")

Gallery window, 71 Wooster Street NYC.

Reclining Rule
2016
Stainless steel, mahogany
42" x 42" x 84"

Private Collection, Sonoma California

Photo: David Mosey

Calder's Pliers
2015
Bronze with galvanized steel base
84' x 24" x 24"

Pictured on exhibit at The Shelburne Museum.

Collection of the Mattatuck Museum , Waterbury, CT

Harmonica
2012
Stainless steel, cedar, brass, pigment
36" x 8" x 8"

(private collection)


Square Bench
2015
Oak, steel, pigment, wax
60" x 48" x 24"
One Yard, No.62
2014
Sapele wood, bronze, brass, ink
36" x 4" x 2"

(private collection)

www.dianebirdsallgallery.com

Gallery show postcard

Church Key
2013
Steel with patina
36" x 6" x 2"

(private collection)

www.okharris.com

Barn Key, No.70
2013
Bronze with patina
24" x 12" x 2"

(private collection)

www.okharris.com

Folding Ruler
2012
Cedar, bronze
36" x 12" x 2"
Royal Pencil, No.58 (edition of 2)
2013
Old growth cypress wood, pigmented resin, foil, paint, painted steel bracket
39" x 4" x 6"

(private collection)

Shown:

www.okharris.com

www.dianebirdsallgallery.com, www.cutlogny.com 2014

Carpenter's Pencil, No.60
2013
Atlantic white cedar, milk paint, ink, painted steel bracket
37" x 6" x 4"

(private collection)

Exhibited:

OK Harris Gallery 2013

Fountain Pen, No.37
2013
Mahogany, stainless steel, ebony, painted steel bracket
42" x 3" x 4"

(private collection)

Exhibited:

OK Harris Gallery, 2013

Thoreau's Pencil
2010
Cedar, zinc, mahogany, paint, ebony
36" x 4" x 4"

(private collection)

www.ebkgallery.com

Kenny’s Pencil
2018
Mahogany, cypress, ebony, bronze
24” x 4” x 4”

(Private collection, Santa Fe)

Old Timer Pocketknife, No. 74
2013
Steel, claro walnut
36" x 24" x 6

Collection: Four Columns Inn, Newfane, VT

www.dianebirdsall.com

Old Timer pocketknife

Four Columns Inn, Newfane, VT

jackknife sculpture
2014
steel, claro walnut
36" x 36" x 4"
Collection of The Four Columns Inn, Newfane Vermont.
www.dianebirdsallgallery.com
Square
2008
Brass, Ebony, steel
24" x 32" x 8"

Collection of M. Kelly, Danbury, CT

photo: Jill Davenport

EBK Gallery, Hartford, CT June 21 - July7, 2015

"Mixed Lot", My favorite things.

www.ebkgallery.com

Horizontal Rule
2012
Steel, Claro walnut
32" x 18" x 12"

(private collection)

photo: Jill Davenport

Red Pencil
Painted wood
36” x 4” x 4”

(Private collection)

Folding Rule No. 29
2012
Cypress wood, stainless steel, ink, painted steel armature
52" x 78" x 16"

(wall mounted)

photo: Douglas Branson


Twin Oaks Rule ( 2 of 2 )
2014
Oak, stainless steel, block printing ink, beeswax
42" x 42" x 12"

(private collection)

Twin Oaks Rule, 1 & 2
2014
White oak, stainless steel
dimensions variable, closed dimension 42" x 18" x 10"

Exhibited:

Hotchkiss School, Tremaine Gallery as fundraiser for The Sharon Land Trust


(Private collection)

Catalog images

Mixed Lot gallery show postcard image, 2011

www.dianebirdsall.com

Bobby pins, scissors, eyelash curler
2014
Brass, bronze, steel
18" x 2" x 3/8" each
www.dianebirdsallgallery.com
Exhibited:
www.scope-art.com, Basel 2014
On the move, Zig Zag Rule No.9
2011
Ebony, bronze
36" x 24" x 10"
Collection of Paul Kalenian, Santa Fe, NM


Measure Up!
2016
Stainless steel, Iroko wood.
48" x 48" x 150"

Public sculpture,

Styvesant Plaza

Albany, NY


Curator: Greg Sheridan, The Express Co.

Fabrication and installation by 21B Design

Mason's Rule
2010
Mahogany, pigment, stainless steel
one foot increments, 20' overall.
www.coreydanielsgallery.com
photo: Corey Daniels
Mason's Rule No.21
2015
Mahogany, stainless steel milkpaint, ink
36" x 4" x 10"


photo: Jill Davenport

Mason's Rule
2016
Mahogany, stainless steel. milk paint, ink, painted steel base
24" x 24" x 10"

The Shelburne Museum May-Oct. 2021

Edition of 5

Photo: John Kane

Contact: www.tillouantiques.com

La Regle D'or (The Golden Rule)
2013
Bronze
6" x 3" x 1"

Collection: Violaine Bachelier

Bushnell Segment (red) Edition 1 of 2
2014 - Present
White oak, stainless steel, pigment, wax
10" x 12" x 13'-1/2"

Currently on exhibit in Bushnell Plaza, Hartford, CT

Curated by Joan Hurwit

Exhibited The Shelburne Museum


Bushnell Segment (red)
2020
White oak Naval timber, stainless steel, paint
144" x 12" x 12"
Car
2018
Bronze, stainless steel
30” x 10” x 10”

(Private collection)

www.standardspace.net

Photo: Theo Coulombe

Eylash Curler
2013
Stainless steel
24" x 24" x 10"

Scope Basel, 2013

www.dianebirdsallgallery.com

Doyle's Rule
2013
Sassafras, bronze
105" x 48" x 48"
www.okharris.com
(private collection)
Denver, Colorado
Red Whisk
2021
Stainless steel, maple, sand cast aluminum, pigment, wax
60" x 18" x 18"

Edition of 2

Yellow Rule No.30, edition of 4
2012
Figured Maple, brass, pigment, ink
24" x 24" x 14"

www.morrisongallery.com

Private collection Washington, CT

Luxus Camera
Scissor
2014
Fabricated stainless steel
36" x 10" x 1"

Shown:

Scope Basel, 2014 Diane Birdsall Gallery

Standard Space Gallery, 2018

Jeffrey Tillou Antiques, 2019

(private collection)

photo: Jill Davenport

Aglia
2016
Bronze
24" x 12" x 6"

(private collection)

Aglia
2016
Fabricated bronze
24" x 16" x 6"
Lake Life exhibition
Washington, CT
(Private collection)
www.salomoncontemporary.com
photo: Visko Hatfield
Miles Rule
2012
Stainless steel, cedar, ink, wax
84" x 84" x 48"

(Collection of June Miles, Ridgefield, CT

www.morrisongallery.com

Six Fold Rule

2013 Exhibit OK Harris Gallery NYC

Six Fold Rule
2010
Brass, white cedar
48" x 48" x 24"


Exhibit: Standard Space Gallery

www.standardspace.net

Photo: Theo Coulombe

Six Fold Rule

Private collection Kent, CT

Six Fold Rule
2012
Brass, cedar, wax
36" x 24" x 10"

(private collection)

www.tillouantiques.com

photo: Jill Davenport

Red-Yellow-Blue No. 29
2012
Basswood, brass, pigment, ink
84" x 10" x 3"

(Private collection, Washington, CT)

www.eckertfineart.com

Vertical Rule No.26
Mahogany, brass, galvanized steel base
120" x 24" x 24"
Folding Rule No. 24

(private collection)

www.dianebirdsallgallery.com

photo: John Kane

Mason’s Rule

Photo: John Kane


36 Foot Rule (proposal)
2014
Computer rendering
Submittal as finalist for MIT List Visual Arts Center Percent For Art Program, Nanotechnology Building

Colorful Rules detail

Four Colorful Rules
2013
Mahogany, stainless steel, paint
144", 120", 96", 72"

Connecticut Governor's residence

Hartford, CT

2013-2019

Thicket, Zig Zag Rule No.10
2011
White Cedar, bronze
42" x 24" x 12"

Edition of 9 and 1 Artist proof

(private collection)

www.morrisongallery.com

Dovetail saw No.5
2011
Cedar, stainless steel, brass bronze
42" x 10" x 8"

(private collection)

www.morrisongallery.com

Screwdriver, flathead No.1
2012
Stainless steel, pigmented cedar, wax
36" x 10" x 10"

(private collection)

www.morrisongallery.com

Folding Rule No.1
2008
Maple, blackened steel, painted steel base
36" x 12" x 12"

Collection: Ian Ingersoll, West Cornwall, CT

Installation, Folding Rule No. 1
2008
Figured solid maple, blackened steel.
144" x 5" x 1"
(Collection of Ian Ingersoll, Cornwall, CT)
Exhibited:
www.wassaicproject.com, 2009
www.morrisongallery.com, 2012

Kenny's Pencil in-situ.

Rule No.19
2012
Basswood, brass, pigment, ink, painted steel pedestal
84" x 12" x 12"
(Available)
Exhibited Washington Art Association Sculpturewalk 2018
Vertical Rule No. 19
2012
Basswood, bronze, ink
84" x 10" x 10"
Folding Rule No.18
2011
Big leaf maple, bronze
24" x 24" x 10"

photo: Corey Daniels Gallery

Bevel Gauge No.1
2010
Claro walnut, brass, stainless steel

(private collection)

www.morrisongallery.com

One Fathom for Frances Ashforth, rule No. 57
2013
Old growth chestnut, bronze, ink
72" x 3" x 1"

(private collection)


www.dianebirdsall.com

JS Rule
2012
Big leaf maple, bronze
50" x12" x 3"

Exhibited Community Table Restaurant, Washington, CT

Jessica Jane curator.


Collection of James Schriber, New Milford, CT

Piecrust Table
1998
Solid forged and fabricated steel, galvanized steel base
48" x 36" x 36"

MFA Thesis exhibition, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Collection: Joyce and Myron LaBan

Pie Crust Table
1998
Solid forged steel in assembled parts, galvanized steel base
60" x 60" x 24"

M.F.A. Thesis Exhibit

Cranbrook Academy of Art


B/W photo: Balthazar Korab

Private collection, Bloomfield Hills, MI

Fancy Looking Glass
1997
Steel, brass, aluminum, on aluminum panel
Chest of Drawers
1990
Fabricated Corten steel
84" x 48" x 24"
Chest of Drawers, Looking Glass
1990
Fabricated plate steel with patina, stainless steel.
84" x 49" x 22"

Exhibited:

- 1991-92 Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT

- 1993 Outdoor sculpture exhibit Chester Gallery, Chester, CT

- 1994-98 "Clean and Green" Norwalk Plaza, South Norwalk, CT

(Collection of the artist) Curated by Richard Klein.

Chest of Drawers and Looking Glass
1990
Plate welded steel, polished stainless steel mirror
84" x 48" x 24"
1991-92 exhibited at
The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art
(Collection of the artist)