Dennis Elliott — Biography

Born in London, England on August 18, 1950. Professional musician since 1966. Original Foreigner drummer from 1975 to 1993. U.S. resident 1975, citizenship 1993. Florida resident since 1997.

Started working in wood in 1972 and self-taught. Focus and major concentration has been on large burl wood vessels, Wall Sculptures and Interactive Orbital pieces with frequent use of sandblasting, carving or burning the wood and often incorporating alabaster, exotic woods, semi-precious stones and/or metal in the object.

In the year 2000 began developing the Gemini, Gemini Orbital and Orbital Axis Series of interactive art. The whole concept of the series is to be able to rotate the piece on its base whenever one wishes to give it a different look — involving the viewer in the actual artistic process.

Selected Corporate Collections

Niche Award Finalist — Wood: Production/Decorative — "Sculpted Vessel"

"Crabbie" Award — Turned wood. Non-representational; sculptural Honoraria & publication in book sponsored by Art Calendar

Niche Award Finalist — One of a Kind (Mixed & Misc. Media) "Wall Sculpture" Wood (Decorative) "Sculpted Vessel"

"Best in Wood" Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

"Best in Wood" The Society for Connecticut Crafts — 58th Annual Exhibit

"Honorable Mention — Sculpture," Spirit Echoes Gallery — Austin, Texas

"First Prize," The Wood Show, Middle Street Gallery — Washington, Virginia

"Mixed-Media, Decorative, One of a Kind & Prototype" Niche Award Nominee

"Master Craftsman of the Year," The Society of Connecticut Craftsmen

"Certificate of Excellence in Wood" Art Horizons — International Art Competition — New York, New York

"Best In Wood Award," The Octagon Center for the Arts — Ames, Iowa

"Award of Distinction," The Pennsylvania State University, Crafts 22

"Honoraria," Texas Fine Arts Association, "New American Talent," Laguna Gloria Art Museum — Austin, Texas

Conversations with Wood: Selections from the Waterbury Collection Decorative Arts, Textiles and Sculpture — Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota

"Knock Wood: New Gifts to RAM's Wood Collection" — Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin

St. George Art Museum — "Wood Takes Root with the International New Masters of Woodturning"

Museum of Arts & Design, NYC — "Nature Transformed: Wood Art from the Bohlen Collection"

Louisville Slugger Museum, Louisville, Kentucky — "Step Up To The Plate"

The Ohio Craft Museum — "Out Turn Now: Artists Speak Out In Wood"

Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama — "Nature Transformed: Wood Art from the Bohlen Collection"

University of Michigan Museum of Art — "Nature Transformed: Wood Art From The Bohlen Collection"

Ormond Memorial Art Museum & Gardens, Ormond Beach, Florida — "Derived from Wood"

The Wharton Esherick Museum, Paoli, Pennsylvania — "Around the Looking Glass"

Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Renwick Gallery, Washington DC — "Our Nation's Collection"

Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Renwick Gallery — "Our Nation's Collection"

Yale University Art Museum — Selections from our Permanent Collection

Deland Museum, Deland, Florida — "48th Florida Craftsmen Exhibition"

The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii — "Works from the Lipton Collection"

The Detroit Museum of Arts — "The Fine Art of Wood at the Millennium: The Bohlen Collection"

Ella Sharpe Museum, Jackson, Michigan — "Curator's Focus: Turning in Context"

Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum, Logan, Kansas — "Curator's Focus: Turning in Context"

Ella Sharpe Museum, Jackson, Michigan — "Curator's Focus: Turning in Context"

Albuquerque Museum of Art — "Curator's Focus: Turning in Context"

Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi — "Curator's Focus: Turning in Context"

Davenport Museum of Art — "Expressions in Wood: Masterworks from the Wornick Collection"

American Craft Museum, New York — "Expressions in Wood: Masterworks from the Wornick Collection"

The Oakland Museum, Oakland, California — "Expressions in Wood: Masterworks from the Wornick Collection"

Arizona State University Art Museum, Nelson Fine Arts Center — "Turned Wood Now: Redefining the Lathe Turned Object IV"

Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, Ursinus College — "Curator's Focus: Turning in Context Exhibition"

American Craft Museum, New York — "The Banquet"

Arizona State University Art Museum — "Redefining the Lathe-Turned Object III"

Jacksonville Art Museum — "42nd Florida Craftsmen Exhibit"

Fitchburg Art Museum — "National Exhibition of the A.A.W."

Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton — "The Domestic Object: Articles for Everyday Living"

The Berkshire Museum — "The Domestic Object: Articles for Everyday Living"

The American Craft Museum, New York — "Recent Acquisitions"

Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum — "American Crafts: The Nation's Collection"

The American Craft Museum, New York — "Recent Acquisitions"

Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum — "American Crafts: The Nation's Collection"

Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, Connecticut — "Containers"

The Stamford Museum & Nature Center — "Society of Connecticut Craftsmen Annual Exhibit"

The Port of History Museum, Philadelphia — "International Lathe Turned Objects Challenge IV"

The Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, Connecticut — "S.C.C. Annual Exhibit"

Museum of Art, Science & Industry, Bridgeport, Connecticut — "Rock & Roll: Art & Artifacts"

Port of History Museum, Philadelphia — "International Lathe Turned Objects Show"

"The Cutting Edge: Contemporary Wood Art and the Lipton Collection" / "American Association of Woodworkers 25th Anniversary Book," edited by John Kelsey

"Wood Art Today 2," Jeffrey B. Snyder Editor, Schiffer Publishing

"American Association of Woodworkers 25th Anniversary Book," edited by John Kelsey

"Nature Transformed: Wood Art from the Bohlen Collection" — Hudson Hills Press

"500 Wood Bowls" — Lark Books / Sterling Publications

"Celebrating Nature" — Craft & Folk Art Museum

"The Tribute Book for In Concert for One People 2003 — Sacred Vessels"

"Wood Art Today," by Dona Meilach — Wall Sculpture, Sculpted Vessel

"The Fine Art of Wood, The Bohlen Collection" — Abbeville Press

"Contemporary Turned Wood — New Designs in a Rich Tradition" — Hand Books Press

"Turned Wood Now: Redefining The Lathe-Turned Object IV" — Arizona State University Art Museum

"Curator's Focus: Turning in Context" — The Wood Turning Center

"Expressions in Wood: Masterworks from the Wornick Collection" — The Oakland Museum of California

"Design Book Seven" — Taunton Press

"The Art of Elegant Wood Kitchenware" — Sterling Publishing (cover photo & article)

"Faceplate Turning: Features, Projects, Practice" — The Guild of Master Craftsmen

"Design Book Six" — Taunton Press

"International Lathe-Turned Objects Challenge IV" — The Wood Turning Center

"Beautiful Things, Original Art From the Artists of Guild.com" — Fiesta Wall Sculpture

"Design Book Five" — Taunton Press

"Lathe Turned Objects" — The Wood Turning Center