Wade Buck E-Mail:  wbuckmetal@gmail.com

    

 

Education:

 

Masters of Fine Arts, Metals, Eastern Michigan University, School of Art and Design, Ypsilanti, Michigan 2014- 2016

 

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Metals, Northern Michigan University, School of Art and Design, Marquette, Michigan 2006- 2011

 

Professional:

 

2016  

• Workshop, Wastenaw County Boy Scouts, Ypsilanti, Michigan.

• Demonstator, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan.

• Lecturar, Northern Michigan University, Marquetter, Michigan.

2015  

• Demonstrator, Ann Arbor Art Fair, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

2014

• Demonstrator, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan.

• Demonstraor, Ann Arbor Art Fair, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

• Workshop Instructor,  Basic Forging Techniques, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan.

• Demonstrator, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan.

2013

• Workshop Assistant, Raising Metal Forming and Advanced Techniques, College For Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan.

 

Awards:

 

2016     

• Teaching Assistinship. Jewlery for Non-Majors, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan.

• Graduate Assistinship, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan.

2015

•  Teaching Assitinship, 3-D Design, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan.

• Graduate Assitinship, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan.

2014

• Teaching Assitintship, Into To Art, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan.

• Graduate Assitintship, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan.

• Best In Show Award, “Graduate Student Art Exhibition”, Ford Gallery, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan.

2013

• Best In Show Award, “Three Weeks and All the Best”, The Student Art Gallery, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan.

• Nomination “2013 Outstanding Student Achievment Award For Contemporary Sculpture” International Sculpture Center, Hamilton, New Jersey.

2012

• -Nomination “2012 Outstanding Student Achievment Award for Contemporary                                                                                                     Sculpture” International Sculpture Center, Hamilton, New Jersey.

2011

• Provost Purchase Award,  “Negative Space” , The Devos Art Museum, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan.

• Honorable Mention, “6th Annual Intercollegiate Metals Exhibition”, Invitational, Step Gallery, Tempe, Arizona.

• Student In Spotlight, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan.

 

Solo Exhibitions:

 

2016

• "Wishful Thinking", Ford Gallery, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michign. 

 

Exhibitions:

 

2016

• “Graduate Student Art Exhibition”’ Juried, Ford Gallery, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan.

2015

• “Graduate Student Art Exhibition”’ Juried, Ford Gallery, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan.

2014

• “Formed, Forged, and Fabricated”, Juried Regional Invitational, Southern Illinois University of Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois.

 

• “Horror Fest”, Bona Sera, Ypsilanti, Michigan.

 

• “2014 Regional Biennial Juried Sculpture Exhibition”, Juried, Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum, Saginaw, Michigan.

 

• “Members Only”, Riverside Off Center, Ypsilanti, Michigan.

 

• “Crossing Paths”, Riverside Off Center, Ypsilanti, Michigan.

 

• “Graduate Student Art Exhibition”, Juried, Best In Show Award, Ford Gallery, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan.

2013

• “Metals 2013”,  Regional Inventational, Walter B. Ford Building, College For Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan.

 

• “Three Weeks and All the Best”,Juried, Best In Show Award, The Student Art Gallery, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan.

• “March Downtown for Art”, Beth Millner Jewelery Studio, Marquette, Michigan.

 

• “No BS Or BFA Yet”, William Bonifas Fine Art Center, Escanaba, Michigan.

2012

• “North Of The 45th Parallel”,  Juried Regional, The Devos Art Museum, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan.

 

• “Northern Exposure XIX”, Juried Regional, William Bonifas Fine Arts Center, Escanaba, Michigan.

 

• “This Is A Sample”, Juried, The Student Art Gallery, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan.

 

• “That’s Deep Bro”, Juried, The Student Art Gallery, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan.

2011

• “Negative Space”, Juried Senior BFA Exhibit, Provost Choice Award, The Devos Art Museum, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan.

 

• “Beyond X, Y”, Juried,  The Student Art Gallery, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan.

 

• “6th Annual Intercollegiate Metals Exhibition”, Juried National Invitational, Honorable Mention Award, Step Gallery, Tempe, Arizona.

 

Publications:

 

2014

• Kovalska Maysternya magazine, Volume 1 Number 35 2014, Ukraine

• IFRAM Newsletter, Number 85, March 2014, IFRAM, France

• Anvils Ring magazine, Volume 42 Number 1 Winter 2014, ABANA, United States

• “2014 Regional Biennial Juried Sculpture Exhibition”, Catalog, Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum, Saginaw, Michigan.

2011

• “6th Annual Intercollegiate Metals Exhibition”,  Catalog, Arizona State University, United States

 

Selected Collections:

 

• Ford Gallery, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan.

• Scott Lankton, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

• James Viste, Detroit, Michigan.

• Daniel & Kate Johnston, Seagrove, North Carolina.

• Dale & Cindy Wedig, Gwinn, Michigan.

• Tom Donkers, Marquette, Michigan.

• The Inkwell, Marquette, Michigan.

• The Devos Art Museum, Northern Michigan University, Marquette , Michigan.

• Mike Buck, Brighton, Michigan.

• Temaki and Tea, Marquette, Michigan.

• Provost Office, Northern Michigan Univesity, Marquette, Michigan.

• Dylan Works, Bowling Green, Ohio.

• New Age Tattoos, Marquette, Michigan.

 

Professional Associations

 

• SNAG, Society of North American Goldsmiths, 2016- Present

• AMA, Art Masters Assosiation, Eastern Michigan University, Marquette Michigan 2014-present

• MSG, Michigan Silversmiths Guild, 2013-present

• MABA, Michigan Artist Blacksmithing Association, 2012- present

• Abana, The Artist Blacksmith’s Association Of North America, 2012- present

• ASL, Art Students League, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan 2007-2012