CHRIS SCALA CV 

Education

Stone carving with Kazutaka Uchida, Rinconada, NM 2005

Atlantic Center for the Arts, residency with Gio Pomodoro, NSB, FL 1999

Patination studies with Master Patinuer Ron Young, Bronzart Foundry, Sarasota, FL 1999

Atlantic Center for the Arts, residency with Benar Venet, NSB, FL 1996

Rollins College, B.A. Hamilton Holt School, Winter Park, FL 1984

Valencia Community College, A.A., Orlando, FL, 1982

 

Awards/Patents

2006   Honorable Mention, Ministry and Liturgy, Sacred Symbols and Architecture, D.C.

2005   BENE Award, Ministry and Liturgy, Sacred Symbols and Architecture, D.C.

2003   First Place Sculpture, Members Show, Deland Museum of Art, Deland, FL

2000   Outstanding Community Service, Rotary Club, Winter Park, FL

1997   First Place, National Juried Competition, ‘TOOL’ BCC, Fort Lauderdale, FL

           Second Place, Int’l Juried Competition, Projects for a New Millennium, New Haven, CT

1990   U.S. Utility Patent #4,927,504 awarded for Underwater Sculpture Process

1985   Best in Show, National Juried Exhibit, Georgia Marble Festival, Juror Oiver Strebell

1984   First Place, National Juried Exhibit, Georgia Marble Festival, Tate, GA

 

Exhibitions

2008   Art Without Walls, Florida Sculptors, Ft. Pierce, FL

           SAFE, Atlantic Works Gallery, National Juried Competition, Boston, MS

2007   Art of the Maquette, Crealde Art Center, Winter Park, FL

           Sculpture Key West, Key West, FL

2003   Member’s Show, Museum of Florida Art, Deland, FL

           EPCOT Outdoor Sculpture Festival, Orlando, FL

           Downtown Sculpture Program, Orlando, FL

2001   9/11, Group Exhibition, Sweatshop Studio. NYC

2000   Spatial Metaphors, Group Exhibition, Harris House, NSB, FL

1999   YES/NO, Invitational Exhibit, Barnett Center, Orlando, FL

           EXIT EXHIBIT, The Great Green Whale of Andre Breton, ACA, NSB, FL

           Combined Talents, Nat’l Juried Competition, FSU, Tallahassee, FL

1997   Shapes of Time and Tide, Nat’l Juried Competition. Mystic Art Assoc, Mystic, CT

           Sun/Wind/Tide, Projects for a New Millennium, Int’l Juried Comp. Mystic, CT

           TOOL, National Juried Competition, BCC, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

1994   Violence, Not a Pretty Picture, Invitational Show, ACA, NSB, FL

           The Science of Soccer, Orlando, Science Center, Orlando, FL

           Biennial II, Juried Show, Orlando, FL

           World Cup Exhibit, ‘Expanding Sphere’ Orlando International Airport

           National Solar Energy Conference, San Jose, CA

           World Hydrogen Energy Conference, Cocoa Beach, FL

1993   Touchables, Invitational exhibit for the Visually Impaired, Atlanta, GA

1989   All Florida Juried, Boca Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL

           Annual Juried Exhibit, Orlando Museum of Art

           International Ocean Expo, Coconut Grove, FL

           Man, Sea and Creativity, Solo Exhibit, Great Southern Art Gallery, Key West, FL

           Underwater Art, Invitational, FKCC, Key West, FL

Commissions Public/Institutional

United States Air Force Museum, NATIONAL MONUMENT, Wright Patterson AFB, OH

Paulist Center, Boston, MS

WW II, Battle of the Bulge Monument, Eola Park, Orlando, FL

Martin State Airport, Washington, D.C.

American Institute of Architects, Mid Florida Chapter

Russ Schneider, Orlando, FL

Gio Pomodoro, Milano, Italy

Miguel Van Hoof, Belgium

Embassey Suites Hotel, Orlando, FL

Church of the Annunciation Catholic Church, Longwood, FL

Holy Family Catholic Church, Orlando, FL

South Lake Hospital Women’s Center, Clermont, FL

St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Orlando, FL

St. Patrick Catholic Church, Sarasota, FL

World Cup USA, LA, CA

Walt Disney World, Contemporary Hotel

Putanam Correctional Institute, State of Florida, Palatka, FL

Saint Ann Catholic Church, Naples, FL

Schweitzer Architects, Orlando, FL

Robert Miller Architects, Maitland, FL

Andrea Clark Brown Architects, Naples, FL

Martin Marauder, Historical Society, Columbus, OH

Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Largo, FL

Nigerian Air Force, Lagos, Nigeria

USIC, San Juan, PR

 

Bibliography

“Making the Leap from Art to Science”, The New York Times  , (June 29, 1997) p. 14

“Art, Science Merge in New Exhibit”, The Day , (April 15, 1997) p. 13

“Technology and the World of Work”, Florida Dept. of Education, Interactive Laser Disc for the 

  Public School System,   (1994 Edition)

“Les Oeuvres de le Ocean”,  Oceans - Le Monde de la Mer ,  Nov. 1994) p. 24

“Skultur von Chris Scala”,  tauchen Internationales Unterwasser Magazin ,  (August, 1994)  p. 14

“Onderwater Voetal Kunstwerk”,  duiken Int’lmag Waterwereld ,  (April, 1995) p. 5

“A Few Moments with Chris Scala”,  Florida Magazine ,  (Nov. 7, 1993) p. 6

“Ultimate Showcase”  USA Today  ,  (January 26, 1991) p. E-1

Vikram, K.  Pashan , Jaipur India, Vikram Publishing

“Underwater Art: Scala works in New Medium”  Jane Phillips, Island Life, (march, 1989) p. 1

“Growing your Own in Key Largo, Sculptor Merges Science and Art”  Gold Coast Magazine

 (Summer, 1989) pp. 10-13

“Juried Show plays Artistic Favorites”  Orlando Sentinel,  (May 6, 1989)  p. C-1

“Laissez Faire La Mer”, Curiosite, Le Monde de la Mer ,  (Mars- Avril, 1989) p. 8

“Marauder Memorial, National Monument”, Air Progress, (Volume 8, No 1, Jan 1989) p. 49

“Variety Enriches All Florida Show at Boca Museum”,  Miami Herald, (August 6)

“B-26 Marauder, National Monument”  World War II Times, (Sept. 1988) p. 46

“Marine Cultivated, Art Science Hybrid”,  The Reporter,  (Sept. 1, 1988) p. 16