Curriculum Vitae Christopher Cairns    
Born 1942 Wilmington, Delaware

Education 1965 B.A. in English Literature, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio
1970 M.F.A. in Sculpture, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana

Experience 2005-present Professor Emeritus, Haverford College
  1970-2005 Professor of Fine Arts, Haverford College
(Chairman, Fine Arts Department: 1976-79, 1982-85, 1989-91, 1994-5; Acting Chairman: 1998-1999)
1998 Sculpture Faculty, summer, New York Studio School
1994 Sculpture Faculty, New York Studio School
1992 Sculpture Faculty, summer, New York Studio School
1984 M.F.A. Visiting Sculpture Faculty, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
1982-1984 Visiting Artist, Johnson Atelier, Mercersville, NJ
1982 Visiting Critic, MFA Program, University of Pennsylvania
1976-1979 Sculpture Faculty, New York Studio School
1966-1968 Assistant to Peter Agostini, Sculptor, New York, NY

Shows 2005 Cantor-Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford College
  2005 40th Anniversary show of the New York Studio School (group show)
link to this show
  2004 The Expressionist Gesture, Berman Museum, Collegeville, PA
(group show)
  2003 Tower Hill School, Wilmington, DE
(with Nicholas Cairns)
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  2002 Wit Gallery, Lenox, MA
2002 Cantor-Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford College
2000 Ericson Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
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2000 Ericson Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
(summer group show)
2000 Maison d'Olive, Paris, France
1999 Ericson Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
(summer show)
1998 Extensions: Aspects of the Figure, Joseloff Gallery, Hartford, CT
(group show)
1998 Colburn Studio, Paris, France
1996 Interfaith Council on the Holocaust, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
1996 Stadtsparkasse Munchen, Munich, Germany
1996 Center for the Arts, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
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1996 Cantor-Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford College
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1995 Michener Museum, Doylestown, PA
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1993 Grounds for Sculpture, Johnson Atelier, Mercersville, NJ
1992 The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1990 The Expressionist Surface, Queens Museum
(group show)
1988 Morris Arboretum, Chestnut Hill, PA
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1987 Leslie Cecil Gallery, New York, NY
1986 Leslie Cecil Gallery, New York, NY
1984 More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1980 Esmeralda Chamber, Haverford College, funded by the PA Council on the Arts
1979 New York Studio School, New York, NY
(with Jonathan Silver)
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1978 Weatherspoon Gallery, U of North Carolina, Greensboro
(with Jonathan Silver)
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1976 4 x 10 Gallery, New York, NY
(with Jonathan Silver)
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Collections   Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
    Berman Museum of Art, Collegeville, PA
    Haverford College, Haverford, PA
    La Salle University Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
    Lincoln Center Library of Music, New York, NY
    Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA
    Morris Arboretum, Chestnut Hill, PA
    Hamline University, Saint Paul, MN
    Esmeralda Chamber, Haverford College, Haverford, PA (destroyed)
    Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA (destroyed)
    Numerous private collections

Grants 1987-2000 Faculty Research Grant for materials
1980 PA Council on the Arts
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