Shows
Exhibition History
Three decades of exhibitions, from intimate gallery shows to major museum exhibitions and craft fairs.
Dennis Elliott has shown his work consistently since the early 1990s. The record below represents exhibitions from galleries, museums, and craft fairs across the United States.
Upcoming
No shows are currently scheduled. Check back, or contact Dennis directly for information about available work.
Past Shows
Turned and Sculpted: Wood Art from the Collection of Arthur and Jane Mason
Georgia Museum of Art
May 14 – August 7, 2016
90 Carlton Street, Athens, Georgia 30602
706.542.4662
Featuring a collaborative piece made by David Ellsworth & Dennis Elliott
Two for One Man Show
Sweet Art Gallery
February 27 – March 17, 2015
2054 Trade Center Way, Naples, FL 34109
239-597-2110
Featuring Dennis Elliott, Sculpture and Clemente Mimun, Oil Painter. Opening Reception – February 27th, Friday, 6–8 pm.
Annual Sculpture Show
Sweet Art Gallery
Friday, April 25th, 6–8 pm
2054 Trade Center Way, Naples, FL 34109
239-597-2110
Dennis Elliott — Sculptor & former drummer for Foreigner
Fall Into Art — Opening Season Reception
Sweet Art Gallery
Friday, November 15th, 5–8 PM
2054 Trade Center Way, Naples, FL 34109
239-597-2110
Wood Sculpture by Dennis Elliott and works by Stephen Mancini, abstract expressionist.
Conversations with Wood: Selections from the Waterbury Collection
Yale University Art Gallery
July 19–20, 2013
New Haven, CT
Collectors of Wood Art event. Two day program includes panels, collection visits, museum tours. Limited to 30 people.
Wood Is The New Glass
Michele Tuegel Contemporary
June 8 – July 20, 2013
320 Central Ave., St. Petersburg, FL 33701
727.823.1100
Group show with Dennis Elliott, Rudolph Lopez, Ray Ferguson, Ed Malesky and John Mascoll
A Complex Intuition: Wood Turning
Michele Tuegel Contemporary
June 8 – July 27, 2013
320 Central Ave., St. Petersburg, FL 33701
727.823.1100
Opening Reception & Meet the Artists: Saturday evening, June 8, 2013 / 6–9 pm
The Art of Accessorizing
Sweet Art Gallery
Friday April 26, 2013, 6–8 pm
2054 Trade Center Way, Naples, FL 34109
239-597-2110
Underground Art
Sweet Art Gallery
Opening reception Wednesday, November 7, 2012, 6–9 pm
2054 Trade Center Way, Naples, FL 34109
239-597-2110
Dennis Elliott – Wood Sculpture; Pamela Peters – Impressionist painter
Art Naples
Sweet Art Gallery, Booth #301 — Naples International Pavilion
Opening March 22, 2012
4835 Immokalee Road, Naples, FL 34110
Mind Over Matter
Goldenstein Gallery
March 2012
390 N. Hwy 89A, Suite 1, Sedona, AZ 86339
928.204.1765
Dennis Elliott & Dylan Critchfield-Sales — Featured Artists
Sweet Art Gallery
February 1, 2012, 6–9 PM
2054 Trade Center Way, Naples, FL 34109
239.597.2110
Conversations with Wood: Selections from the Waterbury Collection
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
June 17 – September 4, 2011
2400 Third Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55404
612.870.3046
Decorative Arts, Textiles, and Sculpture
The Fine Art Of Wood: An International Exhibition of Woodturning
The North Carolina Arboretum
May 28 – September 5, 2011
100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, Asheville, NC 28806-9315
828.665.2492
Woods & Water / Warp & Weft: Dennis Elliott, Nancy MacKenzie, Kraig Thayer Rasmussen
The Grand Hand Gallery
June 4 – July 10, 2011
619 Grand Avenue, St Paul, MN 55102
651.312.1122
Opening receptions June 4 and June 22, 5–8 PM
Knock Wood: Gifts to RAM's Wood Collection
Racine Art Museum
September 26, 2010 – January 2, 2011
Untitled, 1988 — a gift from Anita & Ronald C. Wornick
The Current
Goldenstein Gallery
August 1–31, 2010
390 N. Hwy 89A, Suite 1, Sedona, AZ 86339
Nutmeg Woodturner's League 20th Anniversary Exhibition
Brookfield Craft Center
August 16 – September 26, 2009
286 Whisconier Road, Brookfield, CT 06804-9122
203.775.4526
Turned & Sculpted Wood
Del Mano Gallery
June 28 – July 26, 2009
Art In The Raw
Goldenstein Gallery
February 2–26, 2009
Wood Takes Root — Dennis Elliott, New Work
St. George Art Museum
April 5 – May 24, 2008
8th North American Sculptural Wood Invitational
American Art Company
May 15 – June 14, 2008
Organics
Goldenstein Gallery
7th North American Sculptural Wood Invitational
The American Art Company
Expanding the Corridor — Woodturned Sculptures Too
Lubeznik Center for the Arts
Step Up To The Plate
The AAW Gallery
Turned & Sculpted Wood 2006
del Mano Gallery
Step Up To The Plate
Louisville Slugger Museum
Nature Transformed: Wood Art from the Bohlen Collection
Contemporary American Woodturning
American Association of Woodturners Exhibition Gallery
Our Turn Now: Artists Speak out in Wood
Kipp Gallery, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Of The Earth
Lee County Alliance For The Arts
Contemporary American Woodturning
Rochester Art Center
Our Turn Now: Artists Speak out in Wood
The Ohio Craft Museum
Solo Show of Turned Wood Sculpture
Hodgell Gallery
Sixth Contemporary Wood International
The American Art Company
Wood Works
The Fine Art Center / The Bascom – Louise Gallery
Nature Transformed: Wood Art From the Bohlen Collection – 2005
2005
New Acquisitions
Gallery of Art & Design, NCSU
Fall Festival
Gallery 53 West
Special Celebratory Exhibit
Gallery of Art & Design, NCSU
Fifth Contemporary Wood Invitational
The American Art Company
Celebrating Nature
Craft & Folk Art Museum
Nature Transformed: Wood Art From the Bohlen Collection – 2004
2004
Annual Florida Juried Exhibition
Art League of Bonita Springs
2004
Art At The Plaza
Belleair Bluffs, Florida
Derived From Wood
Ormond Memorial Art Museum & Gardens
Function + Art: Vessels, Boxes and Baskets
The Turned Wood Show
Art Resources Gallery
Around the Looking Glass — Tenth Annual Woodworking Competition and Exhibition
Wharton Esherick Museum
Your Turn: Collecting Wood Art
Sybaris Gallery
Fourth Contemporary Wood Invitational
The American Art Company
Dennis Elliott – Turned Wood Sculpture & Enrico Embroli – Sculptural Paintings
Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum / Cima Gallery
West Palm Beach, Florida
2D-3D 2003
Alliance for the Arts
2003
Dennis Elliott – Turned Wood Sculpture
Hodgell Gallery
Paper To Gold: A Fifty Year Celebration
Florida Craftsmen
The Art of Woodturning
Mindscape Adornments
SOFA Chicago & CWA 2002
Navy Pier
2002
Chicago, Illinois
Contemporary Works in Wood
The Ironwood Gallery
Contemporary Wood Turning Exhibition and Sale — Spotlight 2002
Wave Gallery
2002
Wood You Believe
L'Attitude Gallery
Branching Out: Contemporary Wood Turning in 2002
2002
Art in Sculpture
DeBruyne Fine Art
The Fine Art of Wood
Los Angeles International Airport
Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Renwick Gallery
La Petite IX
Alder Gallery
Holiday Show
The Douglas-Baker Gallery
Turned Wood Exhibit
Collectors of Wood Art National Symposium
The October International Competition
The Robert and Mary Montgomery Armory Art Center
SOFA Chicago
The Exotic & The Esoteric: Florida Woodworkers
Florida Craftsmen Gallery
2002 Wood Invitational
The American Art Company
Small Spaces
L'Attitude Gallery
State of the Craft: Contemporary Interpretations of Tradition
The Museum of Early Trades & Crafts
Turned Wood 2001
del Mano Gallery
2001
48th Florida Craftsmen Exhibition
The DeLand Museum of Art
Turned Multiples II
Wexler Gallery
48th Florida Craftsmen Exhibition
The Alliance for the Arts
American Woodturning: An Emerging Contemporary Art Form
Rochester Art Center
SOFA/Chicago 2000
2000
2nd North American Wood Invitational
The American Art Company
Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Wood Vessels
The Contemporary Museum
Alchemy in Wood
Sybaris Gallery
The Fine Art of Wood at the Millennium
Detroit Institute of Arts
Turned Wood Invitational
Jerald Melberg Gallery
SOFA Chicago
Curators Focus: Turning in Context Exhibition
University of Platteville
National Lathe Turned Objects Show
Highlight Gallery
Curators Focus: Turning in Context Exhibition
Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum
Turned Wood: An Invitational
The American Art Company
Turned Wood '99
del Mano Gallery
1999
Curators Focus: Turning in Context Exhibition
Ella Sharpe Museum
Expressions in Wood: Masterworks From The Wornick Collection
Davenport Museum of Art
Expressions in Wood: Masterworks From The Wornick Collection
American Craft Museum
Turned Wood Now: Redefining the Lathe-Turned Object IV
Arizona State University Art Museum
Expressions in Wood: Masterworks From The Wornick Collection
McAllen International Museum
Expressions in Wood: Masterworks From The Wornick Collection
Oakland Museum
"In creating music, you're creating out of thin air. There's no material that you're working with when you begin. When you are working with a solid object, like a piece of a tree, you can only do it once."
