| Born |
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| 1942 |
Wilmington, Delaware |
| Education |
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| 1965 |
A.B. in English Literature, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio |
| 1970 |
M.F.A. in Sculpture, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Shows |
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| 2015 |
Sculptures for Michael Hersch’s monodrama “On the Threshhold of Winter”, stagecraft by Kevin Tuttle, Vanderbilt, Tennessee |
| 2014 |
Sculptures for Michael Hersch’s monodrama “On the Threshhold of Winter”, stagecraft by Kevin Tuttle, Peabody, Baltimore (revised production) |
| 2014 |
Sculptures for Michael Hersch’s monodrama “On the Threshhold of Winter”, stagecraft by Kevin Tuttle, BAM, Brooklyn, NY |
| 2013 |
Open House and concert, Cairns studio, Michael Hersch’s “How far the Cradle” (with Gary Louie, sax, Ah Young Hong, soprano), paintings by Nicholas Cairns |
| 2012 |
Open House and concert, Cairns studio, Michael Hersch’s Quartet “From a Closed Ward”, Blair Quartet |
| 2012 |
Joan Perkes Gallery, Lambertville, PA |
| 2012 |
Open House and concert, Cairns studio, Hersch music, Daniel Gaisford, cello, paintings by Nicholas Cairns |
| 2010 |
Open House and concert, Cairns studio, Michale Hersch’s two cello sonatas, Daniel Gaisford, cello |
| 2009 |
Open house and concert, Cairns studio, Michael Hersch, Last Autumn, Jamie Hersch, horn, Daniel Gaisford, cello |
| 2008 |
Open House, Cairns studio, Havertown, PA |
| 2007 |
Bucks Gallery of Fine Art, Newtown, PA |
| 2006 |
Five Sculptors, Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford College |
| 2006 |
Gallery 31 North, Glen Gardner, NJ |
| 2005 |
Closing Time, Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford College [  watch the video and images from this show ] |
| 2005 |
Joseph Melvin Associates, Valley Forge, PA |
| 2003 |
Tower Hill School, Wilmington, Delaware (with Nicholas Cairns) [ see images from this show ] |
| 2002 |
Wit Gallery, Lenox, MA |
| 2002 |
Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford College |
| 2000 |
Ericson Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [ see images from this show ] |
| 1999 |
Ericson Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 1998 |
Extensions: Aspects of the Figure, Joseloff Gallery, Hartford, CT (group show) |
| 1998 |
George Rochberg 80th year Celebratory Concert and show, Cairns studio |
| 1998 |
Colburn Studio, Paris, France |
| 1997 |
Cairns Studio, Bruce Colburn paintings |
| 1997 |
Geisen, Strasbourg, France |
| 1996 |
Interfaith Council on the Holocaust, Drexel University |
| 1996 |
Stadtsparkasse Munchen, Munich, Germany |
| 1996 |
Cedarcrest College, Allentown, PA |
| 1996 |
Center for the Arts, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA [ see images from this show ] |
| 1996 |
Cantor-Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford College [ see images from this show ] |
| 1995 |
Michener Museum, Doylestown, PA [ see images from this show ] |
| 1995 |
Cairns Studio show, Havertown, PA (with Marcantonio Barone, piano) |
| 1994 |
Cairns Studio, Havertown, PA (with Geoffrey Michaels, violin) |
| 1993 |
Grounds for Sculpture, Johnson Atelier, Mercerville, NJ |
| 1993 |
Hatfield and Hatfield, Prince Street, New York |
| 1992 |
The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1990 |
The Expressionist Surface, Queens Museum (group show) |
| 1988 |
Morris Arboretum, Chestnut Hill, PA [ see images from this show ] |
| 1988 |
Hatfield and Hatfield, Prince Street, New York, New York |
| 1987 |
Leslie Cecil Gallery, New York |
| 1987 |
Comfort Gallery, Haverford College, Haverford, PA |
| 1986 |
Leslie Cecil Gallery, New York |
| 1986 |
“Heads” Show, New York Studio School (group) |
| 1984 |
Johnson Atelier, Mercerville, NJ |
| 1984 |
Sculpture Show, Trenton Museum, Trenton, NJ (group show) |
| 1984 |
The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1983 |
Hamline University, St. Paul, MN |
| 1982 |
Comfort Gallery, Haverford College, Haverford, PA |
| 1980 |
Esmeralda Chamber, Haverford College, funded by the PA Council on the Arts (destroyed by Haverford College, 1988) |
| 1979 |
New York Studio School, New York (with Jonathan Silver) [ see images from this show ] |
| 1979 |
Comfort Gallery, Haverford College, Haverford, PA |
| 1978 |
Weatherspoon Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC (with Jonathan Silver) [ see images from this show ] |
| 1976 |
4 x 10 Gallery, New York (with Jonathan Silver) [ see images from this show ] |
| 1976 |
Hamline University, St. Paul, MN |
| 1975 |
Comfort Gallery, Haverford College, Haverford, PA (with Jonathan Silver and Bruce Gagnier) |
| 1970 |
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA |
| Articles and Reviews |
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| 2011 |
Michael O’keefe on Christopher Cairns sculpture |
| 2006 |
Philadelphia Inquirer, April 9, 2006 by Victoria Donohoe, “Five Sculptors” – Agostini, Spaventa, Silver, Gagnier, Cairns. |
| 2006 |
Philadelphia Inquirer, April 7, 2006 by Edith Newhall, “Five Sculptors” – Agostini, Spaventa, Silver, Gagnier, Cairns |
| 2005 |
Philadelphia Inquirer, April 17, 2005, by Victoria Donohoe, “Closing Time” |
| 2005 |
Review “Closing Time” |
| 2004 |
Philadelphia Inquirer, September 3, 2004, by Victoria Donohoe |
| 2003 |
Philadelphia Inquirer, February 23, 2003, by Victoria Donohoe |
| 2002 |
Philadelphia Inquirer, April 14, 2002 by Victoria Donohoe |
| 1996 |
Philadelphia Inquirer, January 28, 1996 by Victoria Donohoe |
| 1995 |
Sculpture Magazine, September-October by Thomas Csaszar |
| 1995 |
Art Matters, September, by Burt Wasserman |
| 1995 |
Philadelphia Inquirer, July 2, 1995, by Victoria Donohoe |
| 1994 |
Philadelphia Inquirer, November 7, 1994, article on Havertown studio by Nancy Lawson, Neighbors section |
| 1990 |
New York Times, July 11, 1990 by Michael Brenson (group show) |
| 1988 |
Philadelphia Inquirer, November 10, 1988, by Edward Sozanki |
| 1988 |
Philadelphia Inquirer, September 30, 1988, by Charles McCurdy |
| 1987 |
Philadelphia Inquirer, March 18, 1988, by Victoria Donohoe |
| 1986 |
New York Times, January 24, 1986, by Michael Brenson (group show) |
| 1985 |
New York Times, November 1, 1985, by Michael Brenson |
| 1985 |
Artworld, November 1985, by Jonathan Silver |
| 1984 |
Philadelphia Inquirer, April 21, 1984, by Victoria Donohoe |
| 1983 |
Philadelphia Inquirer, June 5, 1983, by Victoria Donohoe |
| 1982 |
Haverford Horizons, Spring, 1982, “Christopher Cairns’ Esmeralda Chamber,” by Porter Aichele |
| 1982 |
Philadelphia Inquirer, October 10, 1982, by Victoria Donohoe |
| 1979 |
ART NEWS, January, 1980, by Cynthia Nadelman |
| 1979 |
Philadelphia Inquirer, March 4, 1979, by Victoria Donohoe |
| 1975 |
Philadelphia Bulletin, February 9, 1975, by Nessa Forman |