Art Department

Don Boyd

• Sculptor (Since 1962)
• Private Studio (1987 to present)
• Director of Fluxus West (Since 1975)
• Member of the Ohio Design Craftsmen (since 1992)

• The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio -- BFA, cum laude, (graphic design and painting), 1956
• Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachussetts -- Master of Arts in Teaching, 1961
• The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa -- MFA, in sculpture (bronze casting and carving), 1966

• Sculpture Review, La Revue Modern, France, 1962
• Art Gallery, Work Illustrated, 1976
• Creating Small Wood Objects as Functional Sculpture, Donna Z. Meilach, Crown Publishers, (two works illustrated), 1976
• Parallels Between the Lives and Work of Joseph Beuys and Don Boyd, by Ken Friedman, March/April, National Arts Guide, p. 2,3; 1980

• Wexner Center for the Arts Fluxus Exhibition, Columbus, Guest Artist, 1994
• Exhibit and Performance at Tulsa University, 1989
• ArtReach Experimental Art Gallery, Best of Show, Columbus, 1988
• Curated Fluxus Columbus at Geoffrey Taber Gallery, 1987
• South Dakota Memorial Art Center, First Prize in South Dakota (sculpture), James Demetrion, Juror, 1982
• In Young Fluxus At Artist’s Space, New York City (lecture on 50 Characteristics of Fluxus), 1982
• Curated South Dakota Experimental Artists at 55 Mercer Street Gallery, New York City, 1982
• South Dakota Arts Council Individual artist’s grant for sculpture materials, 1981
• Experienced Joseph Beuys show at the Guggenheim and wrote Beuys and Boyd, 1980
• Met Dick Higgins, Alison Knowles and George Maciunas, Wrote 50 Characteristics of Fluxus, 1976
• South Dakota State University, arranged and sponsored the Buckminister Fuller lecture, 1976
• Venice Biennale, as a member of the Swiss gallery, ECART, 1976
• Named Director of Fluxus West by Ken Friedman, 1975
• National Endowment for the arts grant for television production, South Carolina ETV, programs: Ken Friedman, Romare Bearden, Judy Chicago and Julius Schmidt, 1975
• Listed in Who’s Who in American Art (1973 to present)
• Began correspondence with John Cage, 1972
• Nominated and hosted Isamu Noguchi for an honorary doctorate at Kenyon College, 1970
• First Prize in Ohio (sculpture), Dayton Art Institute, Thomas Messer, Juror, 1968
• Boston Arts Festival, sculpture, 1964
• Boston Arts Festival, sculpture, Ben Shahn, Juror, 1962
• Fluxus Gallery Emily Harvey, New York City