Artist William Yonker
Landscape with Arctic Moonbite [filesize 23K]
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Black Sentinels II [filesize 29K]
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EDUCATION | |||
| 1975 | MFA, painting and drawing, Washington University, St. Louis, MO | ||
| 1970 | BS, sculpture, drawing, art education, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL | ||
GALLERY REPRESENTATION | |||
| 1975 | Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO | ||
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE | |||
| 1997-present | Faculty Member, Mary Institute Country Day School, St. Louis, MO | ||
| 1989-1997 | Chairperson of the Arts Department, Mary Institute Country Day School, St. Louis, MO | ||
| 1977-1993 | Director of Messing Gallery, St. Louis Country Day School, St. Louis, MO | ||
| 1977-1989 | Head of the Visual Arts Department, St. Louis Country Day School, St. Louis, MO | ||
| 1986-1995 | Member, Board of Directors, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO | ||
| 1982-1987 | Writer/Critic, "New Art Examiner," Chicago, IL | ||
| 1985-1986 | Director, "Art St. Louis," St. Louis Area Arts Festival | ||
| 1984 | Chief Photographer, "Odyssey Project," - Archaeological excavations at Ithaca, Greece, sponsored by National Geographic Society and Washington University, St. Louis, MO | ||
| 1983-1984 | President and Exhibition Director, Art Coordinating Council for the Area, St. Louis, MO | ||
| 1976 | Director, "Critic’s Choice," Inaugural Art Exhibition Grand Opening, Cervantes Convention Center, St. Louis, MO | ||
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS | |||
| 2003 | "3-D," Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO "Atrium at the Plaza," St. Louis, MO | ||
| 2002 | "Home Grown," Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO | ||
| 1999 | "Form and Function," Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO Museum of Fine Arts, Evansville, IN | ||
| 1995 | "New Work," Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO | ||
| 1994 | "National Teapot Invitational," Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO | ||
| 1993 | "Dealer’s Choice," Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO | ||
| 1992 | "Departures and Connections," group exhibition, St. Louis Country Day School, St. Louis, MO | ||
| 1991 | 5th Anniversary Exhibition, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO "William M. Yonker and Frederick J. Nelson," Messing Gallery, St. Louis, MO | ||
| 1990 | Two-person exhibition, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO "Mostra," an exhibition of Artists in Residence, University of Georgia in Cortona, Italy | ||
| 1989 | Selections from the Atrium Gallery, Messing Gallery, St. Louis, Mo "Silverware," Invitational exhibition, Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, MO "William Yonker and Fredrick J. Nelson, Messing Gallery, St. Louis, MO | ||
| 1988 | "A Package Deal," Invitational exhibition, St. Louis, MO | ||
| 1987 | "Affair of the Arts," Invitational exhibition, St. Louis, MO | ||
| 1985 | "Greenpeace Invitational," St. Louis Artists for Nuclear Disarmament "Art St. Louis," St. Louis Arts Festival, St. Louis, MO | ||
| 1980 | "Bill Yonker/Recent Work," Louis D. Beaumont Gallery, Maryville College, St. Louis, MO | ||
| 1978 | Fontbonne College, St. Louis, MO | ||
| 1977 | The Rising Company Gallery, St. Louis, MO | ||
| 1976 | Meramec Community College, Kirkwood, MO | ||
| 1975 | University of Florida, Gainsville, FL University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS Antonette-Revell Gallery, New Orleans, LA | ||
GRANTS AND AWARDS | |||
| 1994 | Participant, "Oxford Traditions," Corpus Christi College, Oxford University, seminar on fine arts | ||
| 1990 | Artist in Residence, University of Georgia, Cortona, Italy | ||
BIBLIOGRAPHY | |||
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Jost, Paul E., "’Home Grown, Atrium Gallery," Art St. Louis, Vol. 15, No. 1 Daniel, Jeff. "’Home Grown’ Exhibit Diplays Varied Roots," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 7, 2002. Shepley, Carol Ferring. "Annette Morriss: New Paintings and Drawings; William Yonker: Ceramics," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, September 21, 1995. Shepley, Carol Ferring. "National Teapot Invitational," St. Louis Post Dispatch, April 28, 1994. Shepley, Carol Ferring. "Comparison of Work - Then and Now," St. Louis Post Dispatch, March 7, 1990. Bellos, Alexandra. "Woodcuts Recall Two Separate Traditions," St. Louis Post Dispatch, April 17, 1990. Reed, Jody. "A Turn of the Wheel," Ladue News, June 8, 1990. Rice, Nancy. "Karen Kunc, William Yonker," New Art Examiner, June 1990, p.59. Review, Ceramics Monthly, December, 1989. Review, New Art Examiner, may, 1978. Review, St. Louis Post Dispatch, April, 1976. | |||
CORPORATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS | |||
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St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO St. Louis Country Day School, St. Louis, MO Parkcrest Surgical Association, St. Louis, MO Equitable Real Estate Management Services, St. Louis, MO Landmark Bancshares, St. Louis, MO Washington University, St. Louis, MO Amermar (placement Woods Mill Commons II), St. Louis, MO First National Bank, Columbia, MO | |||