Education

  • University of Washington; B.A.; English Literature and Sculpture; 1959-63
  • Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts; Sculpture; 1963-64
  • University of Pennsylvania; B. F.A.; Sculpture; Honors; 1963-65
  • University of Pennsylvania; M.F.A.; Sculpture; Honors; 1965-66
  • University of London; Post Graduate; History of Gothic Sculpture; Fulbright Scholar; 1967

Honors And Awards

  • Fulbright Scholarship; Sculpture; England; 1966-67
  • Coordinating Council for Literary Magazines; NY, NY; Publishing Grant; 1975-77
  • New York State Council on the Arts; Sculpture; CAPS Grant; 1978
  • John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship; Sculpture; 1983-84
  • Illinois Arts Council; Special Assistance Grant; Sculpture; 1989
  • Mellon Foundation Grant; “Sculptural Portrait;” Temporary Exhibition I curated; Smart Museum; University of Chicago; 1994
  • Quantrell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching; University of Chicago; 1995
  • Getty Research Institute/Museum Scholar; Los Angeles; 2006-07

Magazine Founder

  • “TRACKS, A Journal of Artistsʼ Writings;” 1974-77

Teaching

  • Cooper Union; New York, NY; Adjunct Professor; History of Sculpture; 1985-86
  • University of Chicago; Chicago, IL; Associate Professor; Sculpture; 1986-2006; Emeritus

Individual Exhibitions

  • Stable Gallery; New York, NY; 1966
  • Stable Gallery; New York, NY; 1970
  • Danenberg Contemporaries Gallery; New York, NY; 1972
  • OK Harris Gallery; New York, NY; 1975
  • OK Harris Gallery; New York, NY; 1977
  • Everson Museum of Art; Syracuse, NY; 1977
  • USDAN Gallery; Bennington, VT; 1979
  • Robert Freidus Gallery; New York, NY; 1981
  • Walter Bischoff Gallery; Chicago, IL; 1987
  • Pennsylvana Academy of the Fine Arts; Philadelphia, PA; 1987
  • Chicago Cultural Center; A Retrospective; Chicago, IL; 1989
  • Oskar Friedl Gallery; Chicago, IL; 1990
  • Oskar Freidl Gallery; Chicago, IL; 1992
  • LʼIsola Gallery; Rome, Italy; 1994
  • Oskar Friedl Gallery; Chicago, IL; 1995
  • Fassbender Gallery; Chicago, IL; 2000
  • Oskar Friedl Gallery; Chicago, IL; 2004
  • Zhou B Art Center; Chicago, IL 2010

Place Of Birth

  • Seattle Washington, 1940

Contact

  • (219) 874-1002
  • email@herbertgeorgesculpture.com
  • P.O. Box 241
    Beverly Shores, IN 46301