STUDIO: 417 25th Street South Birmingham, Alabama 35233 Telephone/Fax: (205) 323-6251
RESIDENCE: 2300 Peacock Lane Mountain Brook, Alabama 35223 (205) 879-3395
EDUCATION: UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI, Oxford, Mississippi 1973-75 Master of Fine Arts, 1975, accredited by NASAD Major: Sculpture; Minor: Ceramic
BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN COLLEGE, Birmingham, Alabama, 1968-72 Bachelor of Arts, 1972
EXPERIENCE
1983-present: Professional Sculptor
1994: Director of large-scale sculpture project for off-campus Birmingham Southern College Interim Term
1992: Guest Lecturer, Washington & Lee University, Lexington, Virginia
1988-91: Visiting Artist: Demonstrations, lectures, and critiques, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
1989: Juror, National Exhibition of Contemporary Forged Metal, Bathhouse Gallery, Sloss Furnaces National History Landmark
1990: Guest Lecturer, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama
1985-87: Instructor and Artist-in-Residence, Mountain Brook High School, Mountain Brook, Alabama
1985: Juror, National Scholastic Arts Awards, Region IV
1983: Instructor for sculpture and drawing classes, Birmingham Museum of Arts Education Council, Birmingham, Alabama
1976-83: Sculptor for J.C. McGahan Company, creating large-scale works from steel and stainless steel, Birmingham, Alabama
1982: Elected by the Alabama State Council of the Arts BL Humanities as Chair of the Visual Arts Advisory Panel (four-year term)
1981: Juror, Fine Arts Exhibition, Alabama State Fair
1980-81: Gallery Director, Greater Birmingham Arts Alliance, Birmingham, Alabama
1980: Go-founder, Birmingham Arts Commission; Chair of the Long-range Planning Committee (four-year term)
1980: Director of large-scale sculpture project for off-campus Birmingham Southern College Interim Term
1976: Artist-in-Residence, Birmingham Board of Education, Birmingham, Alabama
1976: Artist-in-Residence, Michigan Art Train, touring Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, and South Dakota
1975: Instructor of Ceramics and Art History, University of Mississippi, during extended leave of professors, Oxford, Mississippi
1974-75: Graduate Teaching Assistant in Sculpture, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi
LARGE-SCALE COMMISSIONS
1999: Betsy and Phil Henle estate, "Phase III", 5' X 3' X 3', fabricated stainless steel, located in Hoover, Al.
1998: Dr. Sam Barker donation to Altamont School, "Yo-Yo Magic", 6' X 4' X 2 1/2' Polychrome fabricated and forged steel, located at Altamont school, Birmingham, Al.1996: Jesse Owens Memorial Committee, Jesse Owens, 14 feet x 10 feet x 6 feet, cast and fabricated bronze, located in the Jesse Owens Memorial Park in Oakville, Alabama
1993: University of Alabama at Birmingham, Samuel Ullman, 8 feet x 2.5 feet x 2.5 feet, cast bronze, located in front of the Samuel Ullman Building, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
1992: Washington and Lee University, Old George, 8 feet x 3 feet x 3 feet, cast bronze, located atop Washington Hall, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia
1992: Washington and Lee University, restoration of Old George, 8 feet x 3 feet x 3 feet, mild steel, cedar and hemlock, fiberglass, located in Beeves Center, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia
1991: Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge I, Centurion, 8 feet x 3.5 feet x 3 feet, cast bronze, located in the plaza of the Criminal Justice Building, 8th Avenue North and 20th Street, Birmingham, Alabama
1991: Dr. Sam Barker, donation to University of Alabama at Birmingham, Aspirations, 22 feet x 9 feet x 9 feet, stainless steel, located at 14th Street and 7th Avenue South on the University of Alabama at Birmingham campus, Birmingham, Alabama
1990: Design South, Sky Dance, 7 feet x 24 feet x 1 foot, stainless steel, Interior Lobby Wall Sculpture, located at SportPlex in Hoover, Alabama
1988: Corporate Art Source, Spirit of Nursing, 7 1/2 feet tall, stainless steel, located at the School of Nursing Building on the campus of Auburn University at Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama
1988: Cullman County Historical Commission, Colonel Cullmann, 17 feet tall, cast bronze, located at the Cullman County Museum, Cullman, Alabama. Also commissioned in 1990, a 2-foot tall cast bronze replica of Colonel Cullmann, located in Frankweiler, Germany
1987: City of Double Springs, Alabama, Dual Destiny, 15 feet tall, cast bronze, located at the Winston County Courthouse, Double Springs, Alabama
1986: Mountain Brook Board of Education, Minds in Balance, 16 feet tall, stainless steel, located at Mountain Brook High School Fine Arts Center, Mountain Brook, Alabama
1985: State Fraternal Order of Police, Duty Called, 13 feet tall, cast bronze, located on the south lawn of the State Capitol Building, Montgomery, Alabama
1984: City of Birmingham, Alabama, Vulcan, 25 feet tall, cast bronze, located at Kamine Park, Hitachi, Japan
1983: J.C. McGahan Company, The Rainbow, 32 feet x 25 feet x 12 feet, polychrome steel, located at Rainbow Industrial Park, Rainbow City, Alabama
1982: Waiter S. Blair, The Chessman, 6 feet tall, painted steel, located in Bluemont, Virginia
1981: Dr. Ronald I. Goldberg, Elysian Gate, 5 feet tall, polychrome steel, located in Mountain Brook, Alabama
1980: SouthTrust Bank, Ribbon in Time, 18 feet tall, stainless steel, located in Birmingham, Alabama
1978: Greater Birmingham Arts Alliance, Porpoise, 12 feet tall, mild steel, located in Birmingham, Alabama
1977: Dr. Frank Connery, Orbit 1,5 feet tall, stainless steel, located in Birmingham, Alabama
1976: Birmingham Board of Education, Playground Sculpture, Roly-Poly Man, 6 feet tall, 30 feet long, concrete, located at Underwood Park, Birmingham, Alabama
1976: Birmingham Board of Education, Resurgence, 15 feet tall, 8 feet wide, 12 tons of concrete, located at Lakeview School, Birmingham, Alabama
EXHIBITIONS
1997: Blackwood Gallery, Alabama Artists, Springville, Alabama
1996 River Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Outdoor Sculpture Show, Chattanooga, Tennessee
1996: Leon Loard Gallery, Contemporary Southeastern Artists, Montgomery, Alabama
1995: River Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Outdoor Sculpture Show, Chattanooga, Tennessee
1994: Artomotive Gallery, Group Show, Mountain Brook, Alabama
1994: Montgomery Biennial, Chiaroscuro:A Contemporary Study of Light and Dark, Curator Jane Kessler, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, Alabama 1993: Maralyn Wilson Gallery, Group Show, Mountain Brook, Alabama
1990: The Fiery Furnace: Cast Metal Sculpture, Birmingham Arts Alliance Gallery, Birmingham, Alabama
1989: Birmingham-Southern College Alumni Sculpture Exhibition, Kennedy Art Center, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama
1989: Alabama Artists Showcase, Leon Loard Gallery of Fine Arts, Montgomery, Alabama
1989: Birmingham Artists, 1959-1989, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama 1988: Area Artists, Birmingham Frame and Art Gallery, Birmingham, Alabama
1984: The Art Collector Gallery, San Diego, California 1982: Outdoor Sculpture Invitational, six selected artists, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 1982: Maralyn Wilson Gallery, Mountain Brook, Alabama 1980: First Alabama Sculpture Show, James Whitehead, Juror, Fairhope, Alabama 1977: CETA Artists, group show, Greater Birmingham Arts Alliance, Birmingham, Alabama 1975: Three-person show, Michigan Artrain staff, Lange Gallery, Manitowoc, Wisconsin 1975: Three-person show, Michigan Artrain staff, Richard Finley Gallery, Duluth, Minnesota 1975: Michigan Artrain staff, The Wall, Grand Forks, North Dakota, Paul Robinson Gallery, Pierre, South Dakota, and Henderson Gallery, Creston, Iowa 1975: Three-person show with Theora Hamblett and Roy Finger, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi 1975: Two-person show with Roy Finger, printmaker, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi 1975: Permanent collection, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi
1974: Permanent collection, Archives of American Art, Washington, D.C. 1974: Mississippi Arts Festival, Michael Ogden, Juror, Jackson, Mississippi
1974: National Sculpture '74, Traveling Exhibition, Richard Hunt, Juror
1973: First Annual American Contemporary Arts and Crafts Slide Library, Juried, Palm Beach, Florida
1973: Southern Artists, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C.
1972: Kennedy Art Center, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama
PUBLICATIONS AND VIDEOTAPES
1999: March 3, the Birmingham News, Alabama, "The View from Here", by Joe Singer, Photography feature, front page.
1998: August 24, the Birmingham News, Alabama, "Life in Winston", photography feature, front page.
1997: Calendar: Photography feature for front page and the month of February, Concerns of Police Survivors, National Distribution, Box 3199, Camdenton, Maryland 65020
1997: Calendar: Photography feature for the month of February, Colonial Bank, Regional Distribution, Montgomery, Alabama
1996 Book: Old George: The Restoration Process by Branko Medenica
1996 Fall, Sculpture Review, New York, New York, "Sculpture of Jesse Owens Celebrates Olympics" by staff, vol. XLV, no. 2, page 33
1995: June 15, Chug Magazine, Chattanooga, Tennessee, "Art That's Off the Wall" photography feature by Peggy Wood, front page
1994: Montoya/MAS International, Inc.: Sculptors' Supplies and Services Catalog 1994-1995, West Palm Beach, Florida, photography feature, front cover and page 39
1993: Fall,Art First, Oxford, Mississippi, "Branko Medenica" by staff, page 9 19~3: January/February, Serb World LI.S.A., Vol. IX, No. 3,Tucson, Arizona, "Sculptor Medenica" by George Kosick, page 28
1992: Birmingham Magic City Renaissance, Birmingham, Alabama; Ronald P. Beers Publishers, photography feature by Don Newton, Jr., page 123
1992: Summer, Washington & Lee University Alumni Magazine, Lexington, Virginia, "The Brand New Old George" by Marshall Johnson, front cover
1992: April, Serbian Academic Club of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, "Centurion" photography feature by Bill Ingram, page 8
1992: June 10, Chronicle of Higher Education, Lexington, Virginia, "George Stands Watch" by staff, page 3
1991: Silver Metalay embossed front cover of the Twenty-fifth Edition of Mountain Brook High School's Yearbook, The Olympian
1991: Fall, W & L Magazine, Lexington, Virginia,'The Gazette," page 23
1991: Fall, The UAB Magazine, Birmingham, Alabama,'The View," Back Cover
1989: Forging Art Through Friendship: The Recasting of Vulcan, a 30 minute videotape detailing the bronze casting process for a large scale 10 foot figure; produced and directed by Branko Medenica, Birmingham , Alabama
1989: October, Birmingham Magazine, Birmingham, Alabama, "Accessible Art, Branko Medenica Wants to Create Art that All People Can See and Touch" by Mary Jean Parson, page 19 1988: May, Serb World, Tucson, Arizona, "Sculptor of Steel: Branko Medenica" by George Kosick, page 14
1987: Winter, Alabama Arts, Montgomery, Alabama, "Minds in Balance" by Lynn Raviv, page 20 1984: August, Art Line, Birmingham, Alabama, "Humanizing the Urban Environment" by Jo Poy, page 4 1982: January 22, "Kudzu", Birmingham Post-Herald, Birmingham, Alabama, "Wanna Buy a Rainbow?" by Chas Chamberlin, front page
1980: November, Art Voices, West Palm Beach, Florida, "Eastern Shore Art Association Annual Sculpture Show" by Graham Heath, page 85
1978: July, Birmingham Magazine, Birmingham, Alabama, "Sculpture for Rent" by Lois Martin, page 21
