Don Gummer
American, 1946
Gummer is an American sculptor who studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts in Boston and the Yale University School of Art, where he received a B.F.A. and a M.F.A. in 1973. He had his first solo exhibition that same year, and since then his work has been featured in more than 30 solo exhibitions in the United States and internationally, at locations including Artists Space, Sperone Westwater Gallery, Fischer and Morrison Hotel Gallery all in New York; Daniel Weinberg Gallery and Imago Galleries in California; the Akron Art Museum and The Butler Institute of American Art in Ohio; Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art; Kitakyushu International Center in Japan; and Galleria delle Esposizioni Benucci in Italy. Gummer has received prestigious awards from The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, and has been a visiting artist at the American Academy in Rome. He lives and works in New York City.
“My work for Moscow expresses the openness and optimism of America. Frontier represents our multicultural energy, while remaining solid and well grounded. It reflects both the individuality and interconnectedness of our countries. It is an honor to share my work with the Russian community, and I appreciate FAPE’s dedication to the project.”
