Pilatos

Education

1992 The Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts, Cum Lauder

Exhibitions

1990 - 1991 The James A. Michener Art Museum. Doylestown, PA
1991           Studio Deboleaqes. Philadelphia, PA
1991 - 1992 Roslynne Sailer Gallery. Philadelphia, PA
1992 - 1994 The Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art. Collegeville, PA
1992            T&X Towers Gallery. Pittsburgh, PA
1992 - 1997 Studio Deboleaqes. Philadelphia, PA
1992 - 1996 Rodger LaPelle Galleries. Philadelphia, PA
1993 - 1998 Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts. Philadelphia, PA
1993 - 1996 Rodger LaPelle Galleries. Philadelphia, PA
1993 - 1994 Woodmere Art Museum. Germantown, PA
1994 - 1997 Antes Gallery . State College, PA
1994           Adam & Art Gallery. Bellefonte, PA
1994 - 1995 Philadelphia Armoury Show. Philadelphia, PA
1994 - 1996 Adam & Art Gallery. Bellefonte, PA
1995 - 1997 Rhoneymeade Arboretum & Sculpture Garden. Centre Hall, PA
1995 - 1996 Clearfield Hospital Auxiliary's Invitational Exhibition of Art.
        Clearfield, PA
1996            Philadelphia Convention Center Show. Philadelphia, PA
1999 - 2003 Rodger LaPelle Gallery. Philadelphia, PA
2000 - 2002 Janet Rosenthal, Damner Gallery, 64th and Madison Ave.,
         New York, NY
2001 - 2003 Village Chess. Washington Square, New York, NY
2002            Ken Orton Gallery. Main St., Fleichmanns, New York, NY
2002 - 2003 Fletcher Gallery. Woodstock, NY
2002            Philadelphia Museum of Fine Arts Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2003            Roxybury Arts Group, Roxbury, NY
2004            Enderlin Gallery, Roxbury, NY

Recent Commissions

1995 She's Alive in my Mind. H. 48 in. (122 cm) by W. 102 in. (257 cm)
memorial sculpture; commissioned by Art in Public Places, State College,
PA.
1996 Spirit of the Herons. H. 120 in. ( 305 cm ) bronze sculpture;
commissioned by Rand and Carol German of State College, PA.
1997 Holding Unity. H. 66 in. ( 168 cm ) illuminated bronze and stained glass
sculpture; commissioned by Bill and Odile Soden of Philadelphia, PA.
1998 Self Portrait. H. 38 in. ( 97 cm ) bronze sculpture; commissioned by Bill
and Odile Soden of Philadelphia, PA.
1998 Tomorrow. H. 68 in. ( 173 cm ) bronze fountain; commissioned by
Advantage Title. Installed in CBS Radio building of Fairfax, VA.
1999 Us. H. 42 in. ( 107 cm ) bronze sculpture; commissioned by Linda and
Blake Gall of State College, PA.
2000 Holding Unity II. H. 30 in. ( 76 cm ) bronze sculpture; commissioned by
Nancy and Jim Anderson of State College, PA.
2003 In My Hands. H 18 in. bronze award to be presented to Mrs. Pataki;
commisioned by Bellayre Conservatory of Fleishmans, NY.
2003 Cruzifix. H. 24 in. bronze sculpture; commisioned by Good Shepard
Church of State College, PA.
2003 Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall, Minitab Headquarters, State College PA.
2004 Six Years Climbing, 3' Bronze sculpture, commissioned by Hunters
Woods Elementary School, Reston Elementary School.
2005 Family, 4.5' Bronze sculpture, commissioned by the Pills Family, white
plains, New York.

Awards and Honors

1990 The Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts, Purchase Prize Award
1990 Hatfield House, Purchase Prize Award
1991 Mabel Wilson Woodrow Memorial Award, First Place
1992 The Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts Fellowship Award for
excellence
1994 The Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts Fellowship Award for
excellence
2000 Sculpture Soft Sounds was the centerpiece of an award winning
environmental landscape design at Sera-Tech Inc., State College, PA

"Ascent" is a tribute to the lives lost on Sept. 11th. It represents
a celebration of life, the release from tragedy, and the process of healing. It is a
marker of sacred memory. A testament not only to the lives we lost but to all of
us who remain. Most of all it represents LOVE. In the weeks after 9/11, I joined
the nation and the world in grief and mourning. I started sculpting,
completely unaware that I was embarking on a three-year journey that would
change my life. During the creation of the sculpture, I found many new friends
in the clay. I have sculpted their forms over and over, changing their shapes
daily until their stories surfaced. It is my hope that viewers of the work will
discover their own interpretation of the piece, enabling each story to be born
again and again.

I joined the Halcottsville volunteer fire department shortly after 9/11.
Halcottsville is a small hamlet in the Catskills. My fellow firefighters were
amazing, every one of them. In the days and weeks and months after the
tragedy of 9/11 they all said the same thing, like a mantra: "I wish I were
down there to help." For security reasons, they were unable to do that. They
represent thousands of volunteers who said those same words all over
thenation. They are here today, the men and woman in blue.So many people
helped make Ascent a reality by donating their time, services and resources.
Their names are listed on a plaque at the base of the sculpture. Each and every
one of them wanted me to convey to you their love and support and to assure
you that you have not been forgotten. That your loved ones will always be
held close in the hearts of millions all over the world.