Gar Waterman’s sculpture explores organic form. A combination of observation of natural phenomena, sensual devotion to the tactile possibilities of material, and a model maker's tinkering sensibility inform his work. He grew up in Princeton, New Jersey, with a formative year in Tahiti at the age of 9 to 10, where his father, pioneer underwater film maker Stan Waterman, documented the adventure in a National Geographic Special. Waterman’s daily contact was with the exotic flora of the Polynesian landscape and the barrier reefs of the South Pacific, with their hydrodynamic fish, rays, sharks, and corals. After college at Dartmouth, Waterman moved to Pietrasanta, Italy, where he lived for seven years and learned to carve stone. A foundation of ocean imagery experienced first hand over a lifetime of diving infuses his sculpture with marine forms, from fish, nudibranchs, and squid to the spiral perfection of shells.
Public Art & Awards
Career Paths
Kaynor Technical High School
Cast Glass, Polished Brass, Computer driven LED Light display sculpture underneath a glass floor
Installed 2009, Waterbury, Connecticut
Abraham Lincoln Career Column
Lincoln Financial Riverfront Reclamation Project
Stainless Steel Sculpture depicting President Lincoln’s
Career History
Installed 2006, Hartford, Connecticut
Exegesis
Plainville Public Library
Sculptural Entryway Environment: Two cut steel column sculptures, Stainless Steel inlays in concrete, Bench Seating, interior sculptures
Installed 2003, Plainville, Connecticut
Kidz
The Connecticut Children's Museum
Cut Steel Sculptural Elements and Signage
Installed 2001, New Haven, Connecticut
Schooling Fish
State of Florida Art in Public Spaces Program
University of Florida , Aquatic Food Products Laboratory
Layered Cut Steel Sculpture
Installed 2000, Gainesville, Florida
Wooster Street Archway
Wooster Street Business Association & City of New Haven Business Development Grant
35’x37’x3' Painted Steel Arch
Installed 1999 New Haven, Connecticut
Edgewood Entryway Installation
City of New Haven Percent for Art, Edgewood School
Cut Steel Elements: Handrail Panels, Inlay in Concrete, Entry Wall Frame, Tree Box Column Caps, Hand Cast Cement Block Columns, Cut Linoleum Floor Inlay
Installed 1999 New Haven, Connecticut
Phragmite Fence
Temple Street Pedestrian Plaza
250’x9'x1' Painted Steel Gateway and Fence
Installed 1999, New Haven, Connecticut
Ranocchio Wall
State of Florida Art in Public Spaces Program
University of Florida, Natural History Museum
25’ Wall of Bronze Bas Relief Frogs
Installed 1997 Gainesville, Florida
North American Stream Animal Water Wall
State of Rhode Island Public Art Program
Roger Williams Park Zoo, Education Building
17’ Fountain in Granite and Bronze
Installed 1996 Providence, Rhode Island
Natural Equation
Cornell Medical Center , New York Hospital
81” Sculpture in Marble
Installed 1987 New York, New York
Monkey Tree
City of Philadelphia Percent for Art Program
Philadelphia Zoo, Semi-Finalist
1998, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Knowledge Tree
Scranton University , Finalist
24” Maquette in Steel
1994, Scranton, Pennsylvania
Reunion Tiger Staff
Princeton University Alumni Association
Bronze and Goncalo Alvez Wood
Dedicated 1980, Princeton, NJ
Warren Memorial Award , Rhode Island 1995
Marcus Heiman Award , Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 1978
Corporate Commissions & Collections
Lone Pine Capital Greenwich, CT
AT&T Executive Offices Basking Ridge, NJ
Downtown Women’s Practice SOHO, NY
The Berni Corporation Greenwich, CT
Carnegie Center Associates Princeton, NJ
Johnson & Johnson New Brunswick, NJ
People’s Bank Bridgeport, CT
Pfizer Pharmaceutical Corporation Groton, CT
Phipps Bessemer Corporation San Francisco, CA
Selected Gallery & Museum Exhibitions
Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT 2013
Alexi Von Schlippe Gallery, New London, CT 2007, 2012
Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Haven, CT 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2013
WOCA Gallery, Southwest Harbor, Maine 2008
Alva Gallery, New London, CT 1999, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007
Pfizer Corporate Gallery, Groton, CT 1999, 1998, 1997
Boch Gallery, Hollywood, FL 1999, 1998, 1997
Williams Gallery, Princeton, NJ 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995
Green Gallery, Guilford, CT 1999
Zoon Gallery, New Haven, CT 1997
South Wharf Gallery, Nantucket Island, MA 1996
Peyton-Wright, Santa Fe, NM 1996, 1995, 1994
101 Wooster St. Gallery, New York, NY 1993
Art Horizons International, New York, NY 1990
Genest Gallery, Lambertville, NJ 1989
Carnegie Center Gallery, Princeton, NJ 1989,1988, 1987
Art Ventures Gallery, Princeton, NJ 1983, 1984
Jaffray Park Gallery, Irvington, NY 1981
Ann Reid Gallery, Princeton, NJ 1980
Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA 1996
Warwick Museum of Art, Warwick, RI 1995
Greer Museum Of Art, Rio Grande, Ohio 2008
Boston Fine Arts Museum, Annual Benefit, Guest Exhibitor, Boston, MA 1992
Montserrat College of Art Gallery, Beverly, MA 1992
Elarslie Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ 1991
Selected Works in Collections
Mr. & Mrs. Diran Apelian West Boylston, MA
Mr & Mrs. Bugs Baer North Branford, CT
Mr. & Mrs. Peter [Jaws] Benchley Princeton, NJ
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Blanchard
Mr. & Mrs. John Borden Princeton, NJ
Mr. & Mrs. James Burke Princeton, NJ
Dr. & Mrs. Bruce Chabner Newton, MA
Mrs. Susan Phipps Cochran Palm Beach, FL
Mr. Edward Diamond New York, NY
Mr. Jim davidson & Lyn McHugh, New York, NY
Mr. Doug Fambrough and Kim Moy, Boston, MA
Mr. & Mrs. Gerry Genet New York, NY
Mr. & Mrs. Shelly Gering Palm Beach, FL
Mrs. Roberta Gratz New York, NY
Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Gund Princeton, NJ
Mr. & Mrs. Rich Horan Providence, RI
Mr. & Mrs. Whitney Johnson Cambridge, MA
Mr. Brooks Jones Westport, CT
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Krause Princeton, NJ
Dr. & Mrs. Bill Ledger Princeton, NJ
Mr. & Mrs. Steve Mandel Greenwich, CT
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Manney New York, NY
Mr. & Mrs. Barrett Morgan Worcester, MA
Dr. & Mrs. Alan Proctor Old Lyme, CT
Mr. Alan Radlo, Boston, MA
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Renner Boston, MA
Mr. William Renner & Ms. Dalva Duarte, St. Priest, France
Mrs. Denyse Reid East Hampton, NY
Mr. David Rockefeller Tarrytown, NY
Mr. Daniel H. Schulman Warren, NJ
Mr. & Mrs. Joel Schulman, Concord, MA
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Weisman Nantucket, MA
Mrs. Georgia Welles, Vero Beach, FL
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Welles New York, NY
Education
Dartmouth College 1978
Phillips Andover Academy 1974
Teaching
Foote School , Spring 1997- 2009
Creative Arts Workshop, 1998
Visiting Artist: Phillips Andover Academy, Winter 1996
Dartmouth College, Fall 1990
University of Pennsylvania, Fall 1989