Bio
Sculpture became a consuming passion for me relatively late in life. In classes andworkshops, I learned much from Eugene Daub and Norma Penchansky-Glasser. I am also grateful for the critiques and encouragement I received from Daniel Altshuler, Marshall M. Fredericks, Walker Hancock, Enrique Moreiro and Robert A. Weinman, as well as the encouragement I’ve received from family, friends and passing acquaintances. I believe that love sees wondrously and hope that my medals, portraits and figures reflect the ineffable beauty of the human face, form and spirit. I agree with Rabindranath Tagore, the Bengali poet, who wrote “When I go from hence let this be my parting word, that what I have seen is unsurpassable.” For me sculpture is a way of giving thanks. If you would like information about commissioning a medal, please contact me at dkwhite@umich.edu.
Exhibited at the Kalamazoo Institute of the Arts, Cobo Hall (Detroit), Illinois Wesleyan University, the National Sculpture Society Gallery (New York), the American Numismatic Association Museum (Colorado Springs), the Newark Museum, the American Numismatic Society (New York), Pennsylvania State University, the Forest Lawn Museum (California), the Municipal Museum of the City of Wroclaw (Poland), 30th Congress of the Federation Internationale de la Medaille (FIDEM International Federation of Medallic Art) in Colorado Springs, the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum 2008 Regional Biennial Juried Sculpture Exhibition, the 31st Congress of FIDEM in the Tampere (Finland) Art Museum (2010), National Sculpture Society: Recent Works online exhibition (2011), Medialia: Rack and Hamper Gallery (New York), Riverside Gallery (Ypsilanti, MI),The Art Medal: Past and Present exhibit (2011) at Brookgreen Gardens (South Carolina), the Bellevue Arts Museum (2012, Bellevue, Washington), the American Medallic Sculpture Association’s 30th Anniversary Exhibition (2013) at Brookgreen Gardens (South Carolina), and the World Art Medal exhibition in the Archaeological Museum during the 33rd Congress of FIDEM in Sofia, Bulgaria (September, 2014).
Member and former 1st Vice President, American Medallic Sculpture Association; Member, Federation Internationale de la Medaille (FIDEM International Federation of Medallic Art); Colleague Member, National Sculpture Society; Professional Member, Portrait Sculptors Society of the Americas (portraitsculptors.org)
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