Zenos Frudakis
2355 Mt. Carmel Avenue, Glenside, PA 19038
Phone: (215) 884-9433 / Fax: (215) 884-4717
website: www.zenosfrudakis.com / email: ZenosF@aol.com
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Education
- University of Pennsylvania, 1977-1983, Master and Bachelor of Fine Art
- Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1973-1976, by scholarship
- Memberships
- Academician, National Academy of Design
- Board of Directors, National Sculpture Society, 1988-1992, 2000-2001
- Editorial Board, National Sculpture Review, 1990-1992, 2000, 2001
- Lotos Club, New York, 1992 – present
- Works In Progress
- Air Force Memorial, Pei Cobb Freed Architects
- Robert Dedman, Pinehurst Resort, NC, over life size bronze
- Congressman Robert Roe and George W. Newman, 8ft high, Secaucus Transportation Center, NJ
- Andrulla Blanchette, Ms. Olympia 2000, life size, bronze
- Molly Maguires Sculpture, Mahanoy City, PA., Prodesign Plus, P.C., Ron Dillman
- Selected Architectural Sculpture (life size and over life size bronzes)
- Four Phillies Greats - Mike Schmidt, Steve Carlton, Richie Ashburn, Robin Roberts, 10 ft high, Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia
- Joe DiMaggio & Child, Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital, Hollywood, Florida, over life size, bronze
- Freedom, GlaxoSmithKline Corporate Headquarters, Philadelphia, 4 figure monumental bronze, 20 ft. x 8 ft., Ballinger, with Liberty Property Trust
- Payne Stewart, life size bronze for Pinehurst Resort, NC, The Hayter Firm
- Frank L. Rizzo, former Mayor, Phila, MSB Plaza, Philadelphia, 10 ft. high
- Richardson Dilworth, Philadelphia International Airport, 5 ft x 4 ft, bas-relief
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. U.S. Embassy, Pretoria, with NEA development grant
- Ellis Arnall, former Governor of Georgia, Capitol Building, Atlanta, 7 ft. high
- Arnold Palmer and Bobby Jones, Augusta, Georgia, Golf Hall of Fame, 7 ft.
- Dinah Shore, Mission Hills Country Club & Resort, Rancho Mirage, California
- Richard Tufts, Pinehurst Resort, North Carolina, life size bronze figure and portrait
- Coach Fritz Brennan, Lower Merion High School, Merion, PA
- Joseph J. Ruvane, former CEO, Glaxo, over life size bronze bas relief, North Carolina
- Sanford Atwood, Pres., Henry S. Bowden, Chairman of Board, Emory University
- Reaching, Utsukushi-ga-hara Open Air Museum, Japan
Reaching, Indianapolis Capital Center, Developers: Browning Investments - Flying, over life size bronze figure, Capital Center Plaza, Indianapolis
- Dream to Fly, Colwick Office Complex, Cherry Hill, N.J., Developers: Rouse &
Associates. fountain sculpture, bronze figure trilogy, each figure 7 ft. high,
emerging to height of 21 feet - Pennsylvania Anthracite Miners’ Memorial, Shenandoah, Pa., over life size bronzes
- The Workers’ Memorial, Bethlehem, Pa., sponsored by 20 unions, 15 non-union industries and the cities of Allentown, Bethlehem and Easton, Pa
- Elephant and Boy Fountain, Burlington, N.J., Developers: Rouse Company of Maryland/Strawbridge & Clothier. Life size, 12 ft. x 11 ft. bonded bronze
- Irish Wolfhound & Wolf, Florida, & Brookgreen Gardens, South Carolina.
- Selected Portraits: (life size and over life size bronzes)
- Mike Schmidt, Steve Carlton, Richie Ashburn, Robin Roberts, Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia
- Payne Stewart, Pinehurt, NC
- Bobby Jones and Arnold Palmer, Georgia Golf Hall of Fame, Augusta, GA
- Sir Paul Girolami, CEO, Glaxo, Inc, London/Tokyo, life size and over life size, from life
- Joseph J. Ruvane, Jr., Chairman and GEO, Glaxo, Raleigh, NC
- Dinah Shore, life size, Mission Hills Resort, CA
- Frank L. Rizzo, former Mayor, Philadelphia, over life size
- W. Wilson Goode, former Mayor, Philadelphia, from life, life size
- Richardson Dilworth, former Mayor, Philadelphia, over life size
- K. Leroy Irvis, former Speaker of the House of Representatives for PA, from life life size, PA State Museum, Harrisburg, PA
- Sanford Atwood, President, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, over life size
- Henry S. Bowden, Chairman of the Board, Emory University, Atlanta, over life size
- Harry A. Kalish, founding partner, Dilworth, Paxson, Kalish law firm, Philadelphia
- H. Douglas Paxson, founding partner, Dilwoth, Paxson, Kalish law firm, Philadelphia
- Vance Henry Trimble, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, from life, life size
- General George C. Marshall, Marshall foundation, VMI, Virginia, life size, bronze
- Richard Tufts, life size bronze, Pinehurt Resort, NC
Mark Twain, Lotos Club, New York City - Father Cavadas, Archbishop, Greek Orthodox Seminary, Brookline, MA, life size bronze
- Samuel Evans, Founder, American Foundation of Negro Affairs, from life, life size
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., with Development Grant for Portraiture from the National Endowment for the Arts, life size; US Embassy, Pretoria, South Africa; King Center, Philadelphia; King Centers, Philadelphia and Erie, PA
- Fritz Brennan, football coach, Lower Marion High School, Philadelphia
- General Douglas MacArthur, MacArthur Memorial Foundation and The Pentagon
- Don McLean, singer/songwriter, life size, from life
- Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, life size bronzes for private collection
- Selected Exhibitions
- Atwater Kent Museum, Philadelphia, Will We Ever Forget Baseball in Philadelphia, 1876-2004
- Hakone Open-Air Museum, Japan, 1990, Rodin Grand Prize, by invitation
- The National Sculpture Society Celebrates the Figure, Chairman and exhibitor,
Port of History Museum, Philadelphia, 1987
National Academy of Design, N.Y. Invited Artist, Juried Annuals, 1991, 1993 - Chesterwood, Stockbridge, Mass
- National Sculpture Society, New York, 1979 – 2000
- Institute of Contemporary Art, MFA Group Shows, Philadelphia, Pa. 1981-1983
- National Academy of Design, Juried Annual Exhibitions, New York, 1980, ‘84, ‘86, ’90
- Shidoni Gallery, New Mexico, 1982, 1992 -1994.
- Selected Awards
- National Endowment for the Arts, development grant, sculpture, national competition
- Arts America, grant for sculpture, travel, lecturing on art in Africa, 1985
- Edwin and Theresa Richards Award for Portraiture, National Sculpture Society
- Juried Annual Exhibition, "The Figure:Revolving Traditions,"
Fairfield University, Fairfield, Ct. 1991 - Hakone Award, Utsukushi-ga-hara Open-Air Museum, Rodin Grand Prize, Japan, 1990
- National Sculpture Society, New York: Hering Art in Architecture Award; Silver Medal of Honor; President’s Prize; Gloria Medal