Education
- University of Washington; B.A.; English Literature and Sculpture; 1959-63
- Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts; Sculpture; 1963-64
- University of Pennsylvania; B. F.A.; Sculpture; Honors; 1963-65
- University of Pennsylvania; M.F.A.; Sculpture; Honors; 1965-66
- University of London; Post Graduate; History of Gothic Sculpture; Fulbright Scholar; 1967
Honors And Awards
- Fulbright Scholarship; Sculpture; England; 1966-67
- Coordinating Council for Literary Magazines; NY, NY; Publishing Grant; 1975-77
- New York State Council on the Arts; Sculpture; CAPS Grant; 1978
- John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship; Sculpture; 1983-84
- Illinois Arts Council; Special Assistance Grant; Sculpture; 1989
- Mellon Foundation Grant; “Sculptural Portrait;” Temporary Exhibition I curated; Smart Museum; University of Chicago; 1994
- Quantrell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching; University of Chicago; 1995
- Getty Research Institute/Museum Scholar; Los Angeles; 2006-07
Magazine Founder
- “TRACKS, A Journal of Artistsʼ Writings;” 1974-77
Book Author
- The Elements of Sculpture; 2014
Teaching
- Cooper Union; New York, NY; Adjunct Professor; History of Sculpture; 1985-86
- University of Chicago; Chicago, IL; Associate Professor; Sculpture; 1986-2006; Emeritus
Individual Exhibitions
- Stable Gallery; New York, NY; 1966
- Stable Gallery; New York, NY; 1970
- Danenberg Contemporaries Gallery; New York, NY; 1972
- OK Harris Gallery; New York, NY; 1975
- OK Harris Gallery; New York, NY; 1977
- Everson Museum of Art; Syracuse, NY; 1977
- USDAN Gallery; Bennington, VT; 1979
- Robert Freidus Gallery; New York, NY; 1981
- Walter Bischoff Gallery; Chicago, IL; 1987
- Pennsylvana Academy of the Fine Arts; Philadelphia, PA; 1987
- Chicago Cultural Center; A Retrospective; Chicago, IL; 1989
- Oskar Friedl Gallery; Chicago, IL; 1990
- Oskar Freidl Gallery; Chicago, IL; 1992
- LʼIsola Gallery; Rome, Italy; 1994
- Oskar Friedl Gallery; Chicago, IL; 1995
- Fassbender Gallery; Chicago, IL; 2000
- Oskar Friedl Gallery; Chicago, IL; 2004
- Zhou B Art Center; Chicago, IL 2010
Contact
- (219) 874-1002
- email@herbertgeorgesculpture.com
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P.O. Box 241
Beverly Shores, IN 46301