CASEY DOWNING, JR.

Zenith Gallery . 413 7th Street NW . WDC . 20004 . zenithga@erols.com . www.zenithgallery.com

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2005 Spiva Art Center, Joplin, Mo. Solo
2004 Summit Gallery, Fairhope, Al. Solo
Springhill College, Mobile Al. Solo
2003 Wire Grass Museum, Dothan Al. Solo
1996 University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg. Solo.
Alabama State Council on the Arts, Montgomery: Artist Fellowship Grant Exhibition, Solo.
River Gallery, Chattanooga, TN. Outdoor sculpture exhibition.
1995 'Buoys: Marking the Place', exhibition of large sculpture, curated by Bill Bace, New York, NY catalog
'Alabama Impact: Contemporary Artists with Alabama Ties', Mobile Museum of Art & Huntsville Museum of Art, traveling, catalog
1994 '3-D in 94' National Sculpture Exhibition, Middletown Arts Center, NY. Juror, David Collens, director Storm King Art Center, catalog, Tallix Award
Red Clay Survey of Contemporary Southern Art, Huntsville Museum of Art, AL, catalog
Henri Gallery, Washington, D.C.: Outdoor installation
1993 Henri Gallery, Washington D.C Solo.
1992 Tacon Station Gallery, Mobile, AL. Two person.
1991-1993 University of Alabama at Birmingham Outdoor Sculpture Display, catalog, Purchase Award.
1991 Showcase II, Alabama State Council in the Arts, juried exhibition, Montgomery, AL
1990 Twenty Sculptors, Henri Gallery, Washington D.C.
Alabama A&M University, Huntsville, Al. Two Person Show
1989 Novus Gallery, Atlanta, GA Group show.
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL Solo Exhibition.
1986 Artists of Hispanic Descent: Invitational, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
1985 University of Alabama in Huntsville, Invitational
Donald Gallery, Mobile College, Mobile, AL solo exhibition
1984 Spring Hill College, Mobile, AL solo exhibition
1983 Armory Learning Arts Center, Montgomery, AL solo exhibition
Stanley Ellis, Inc., Mobile, AL solo exhibition
1982 Marion Corporation, Daphne, AL solo exhibition
1981 Contemporary Arts Center, Mobile, AL solo exhibition

SELECTED PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
2004 City of Mobile, Al. Monumental Sculpture. Outdoor Bronze
2002 City of Mobile, Al. Tricentenial Sculpture. Outdoor stainless steel sculpture
2001 City of Huntsville, Al. Buffalo Soldier Monument. Outdoor bronze equestrian
2000 City of Dothan, Al. 8’ bronze figure.
2000 Ahavas Chesed Synagogue, Mobile Al. Outdoor Bronze
1999 Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind, Mobile Al. Outdoor bronze fountain.
1999 City of Mobile, AL Outdoor bronze sculpture.
1999 Retirement Systems of Alabama, Montgomery. Out door bronze, Education & Industry.
1997 Retirement Systems of Alabama, Montgomery, Two carved & painted wood panels
1997 Mobile College, Mobile, AL Bronze fountain 1997 Child Day Care Association, Mobile, AL, design for playground, painted steel
1991 Hotel Intercontinental, Toronto, Canada, Bronze
1990 Hyatt Regency Hotel, Atlanta, GA Indoor stainless steel sculpture
1988 University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Nursing, outdoor stainless steel
1987 Mitchell Corporation, Mobile, AL outdoor stainless steel
1987 M.C. Farmer Terminal, Bates Field, Mobile, AL outdoor, stainless
1986 One St. Louis Bldg., Mattei Co., Mobile, AL outdoor, stainless
1986 Pan Pacific Singapore Hotel, Portman Public Art Project, outdoor stainless steel

PUBLICTIONS
“Lasting Impressions”, Mobile Bay Monthly, Oct. 1999 By E.C.LeVert
"A Sculptor in the Deep South," Christian Science Monitor, 24 August 1984
Interview, Horizon magazine, April 1989
Gallery Reviews, Washington Museum & Arts, Washington, D.C. June 1990
Gallery Reviews, Casey Downing at Henri Gallery, Washington Post, 2 October 1993

SELECTED COLLECTIONS & COMMISSIONS
Alaskan Copper Co., Seattle, WA Jeffrey Frysh, Atlanta, GA
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL Cleo Copeland, Joplin, MO
Alabama Power Co., Montgomery, AL Chamber of Commerce, Mobile, AL
Sidney Shinecoft, Boston, MA Perman Bros., Birmingham, AL
James Younger, Washington, D.C. Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, AL
Compass Retail /Equitable, Atlanta, GA Hotel Intercontinental, Toronto, Canada
Murray Cape, Mobile, AL Elvin Duerst, Washington, D.C.
Mayer Mitchell, Mobile, AL City Museum, Mobile, AL
Mrs. Julian F. McGowin, Mobile, AL Pan Pacific Singapore Hotel, Singapore
Alabama Power Co. Birmingham, Al. Retirement Systems of Alabama, Montgomery, Al.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Bortman, Garnett Park, MD Dr. and Mrs. C. Dersch, Redding, PA

PROFESSIONSAL AND OTHER EXPERIENCE
Contemporary Art Center , Advisory Committee, Mobile, AL
Individual Artist Fellowship Grant, Alabama State Council on the Arts, 1994
Springhill College, Mobile, AL, Adjunct Professor, Sculpture
Visual Arts Advisory Panel, Alabama State Council on the Arts, 1993
Artist in Schools, Mobile County Public School System 1986
Artist in Residence, City of Mobile Museum, 1984-85
State of Alabama Visual Arts Advisory Panel, 1984-85
Governor's Art Award for Alabama, design and fabrication of, 1983
Individual Artist Fellowship Grant, Alabama State Council on the Arts, 1983 and 1993
CETA Artist, Mobile Arts Council 1978
Charitable Donations /Fundraisers:
Habitat for Humanity, Atlanta, GA, 1992
Charity 94, 96, and 98, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
Mobile Ballet
Mobile Preschool for the Sensory Impaired
Mobile Symphony Concerts, Inc.

EDUCATION/PERSONAL
1948 Born Tuscaloosa, Alabama
1971 Honorable discharge, USN
1976 B.A., Sculpture/Art History, University of Alabama in Huntsville.
Outstanding Art Major, Kappa Pi Art Honorary,
Assistantship under Professor of Sculpture, 1973-76
1971 University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
Additional Studies: Jude Johnston (MFA, Sculpture, Yale Univ.)
Jimmie Dawkins (MFA, Sculpture, Pratt Institute)