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2015 Spirit of Ireland Award presented to Harry Powers by Sam Liccardo, Mayor of San Jose and Christy Burke, Lord Mayor of Dublin, Ireland
2014 Group Exhibition: Creative in Common, de Saisset Museum, University of Santa Clara
2013 Group Exhibition: 100 Year Anniversary, School of Art , San Jose State University, San Jose CA
2013 Group Exhibition - Beauty of Dynamics and Stillness, Silicon Valley Aisian Art Center, San Jose CA
2012 Group exhibit - Splintering Humanity: Religious Extremism In Defiance of a Global Community, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
Santa Clara CA
2010 Group Exhibit, California Bank of Commerce Collaborative Arts, Lafayette CA
2010 Emissary: Sent by San Jose-Dublin Sister City Program to Dublin, Ireland to encourage future cultural relations between the two cities.
2009 Spirit of Ireland Award presented to T.J. Rogers
2009 Eye On the Sixties - Selections from the Permanent Collection, de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara CA
2008 Harry Powers - New Work, Sonoma Community Center, Sonoma CA
2008 Spirit of Ireland Award presented to John Hannegan
2007 Spirit of Ireland Award presented to Colm Meaney, Irish film actor
2006 Sprit of Ireland Award presented to Bertie Ahern, Prime Minister of Ireland
2005 San Jose State University Osher Institute,
Lectures ~ Rembrandt and the Baroque, San Jose CA
2005 Work featured in May edition of DMQ Review – an online national poetry magazine
2005 "Blue Boy" destroyed on 9-ll in World Trade Center, New York
2005 San Jose State University Osher Institute, Lecture 1 ~ Rembrandt and the Baroque, San Jose CA
2004 It's About Time - 35th Anniversary Exhibition of the Permanent Collection, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose CA,
2004 Commission: Resurgent Galaxy, cast aluminum,
with Hardison, Komatsu & Tucker, AIA, for Eden Housing,
Hayward CA
2004 Couples Making Art, Heritage Art Collective,
San Jose CA
2003 Commission: Spirit of Ireland Award – edition of 6,
for San Jose - Dublin Sister City Program, San Jose CA
2003 Sculpture - Harry Powers - Two Recent Works,
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose CA,
2002 Bay Area Artists, Heritage Art Collective, San Jose CA
2001 Commission: Home Pilialoha, cast bronze, acrylic pigment Site: Rasdal Residence, Lanai, Hawaii
2000 Landscape Reconsidered, San Jose ICA, San Jose CA,
1999 Harry Powers - Sculpture, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose CA
2005 San Jose State University Osher Institute, Lecture 1 ~ Rembrandt and the Baroque, San Jose CA
2004 It's About Time - 35th Anniversary Exhibition of the Permanent Collection, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose CA,
2004 Commission: Resurgent Galaxy, cast aluminum,
with Hardison, Komatsu & Tucker, AIA, for Eden Housing,
Hayward CA
2004 Couples Making Art, Heritage Art Collective,
San Jose CA
2003 Commission: Spirit of Ireland Award – edition of 6,
for San Jose - Dublin Sister City Program, San Jose CA
2003 Sculpture - Harry Powers - Two Recent Works,
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose CA,
2002 Bay Area Artists, Heritage Art Collective, San Jose CA
2001 Commission: Home Pilialoha, cast bronze, acrylic pigment Site: Rasdal Residence, Lanai, Hawaii
2000 Landscape Reconsidered, San Jose ICA, San Jose CA,
1999 Harry Powers - Sculpture, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose CA
1999 Harry Powers - New Work by Califronia Artists, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara CA
1999 Harry Powers - Elemental Transformations, Meridian Gallery, San Francisco CA
1999 In Defense of Expression, MACLA/San Jose Center for Latino Arts, San Jose CA
1999 Outside In, San Jose ICA, San Jose CA
1999 Cover ~ January Maquette, Journal of International Sculpture Center, Southern Cross, cast aluminum
1998 Commission: Run Rivers Run - Liffey and Guadalupe, cast bronze, 8 x 2 x 1'
Site: Civic Offices Building, Wood Quay, Dublin, Ireland
1998 Ucello Dreaming, bronze, PierWalk '98, Navy Pier,
Chicago Ill
1997 Harry Powers - Recent Sculpture and Painting,
dp Fong Gallery, San Jose CA
1997 West Coast Painting and Sculpture - Inaugural Invitational Group Exhibition, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA
1994 Oakland Museum Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit,
Museum Rooftop Sculpture Garden, Oakland CA
1994 City of Santa Clara Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Civic Center, Santa Clara CA
1991 Preview of Scheduled Exhibitions, Ianetti-Lanzone Gallery, San Francisco CA
1979 Lecture: Technology, Dreams, and the Sculptor , Anchorage Historical and Fine Art Museum, Anchorage AK
1979 Transparent Sculpture, Art Gallery, University of Alaska, Anchorage AK
1979 Workshop: Plastic as Sculpture Material, University of Alaska, Anchorage AK
1979 Lecture: Contemporary Sculpture, Anchorage Community College, Anchorage AK
1979 Workshop: Plastic Sculpture, Sheffield Polytechnic Institute, Sheffield UK
1979 Invitational Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Syntex Corporation, Palo Alto CA
1979 Lecture: Whatever Happened To Realism, Syntex Corporation, Palo Alto CA
1978 Lecture: Collaboration - Artist and Architect, Santa Clara Valley Chapter, AIA
1978 San Jose Now, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose CA
1978 Exhibit 1, Smith Andersen Gallery, Palo Alto CA
1977 Sculpture Now, Stanford University Art Gallery, Stanford CA
1976 Plastic Sculpture, Smith Anderson Gallery, San Francisco CA
1976 Lecture: Avenues to Creativity, Transcendental Meditation Society, Saratoga, CA with Richard Stowers AIA and Robert Hawley AIA
1975 Plastic Sculpture, Villa Montalvo Arts Center,
Saratoga CA
1975 Goodbye Uccello Series, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose CA
1975 A Survey of Sculptural Directions in the Bay Area, Euphrat Museum, De Anza College, Cupertino CA
1974 Sculpture Invitational Exhibition, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto CA
1974 Lecture: Sculpture and Interactive Architectural Space, Santa Clara Valley Chapter, AIA, Villa Montalvo CA
1974 Lecture: Artist, Architect and Community, Palo Alto Community Lecture Series, Palo Alto Cultural Center,
Palo Alto CA
1973 Inaugural Exhibition, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose CA
1972 Sculpture ’72, Stanford University Art Gallery, Stanford CA
1971 Commission: Solar Extensions, constructed acrylic sheet, 8 x 5 x 4’ on concrete base, Downtown Plaza, Sacramento CA
1971 Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture, Stanford University Museum, Stanford CA
1971 Harry Powers - New Sculpture, Krasner Gallery, New York NY
1071 Harry Powers - Sculpture, John Bolles Gallery, San Francisco CA
1970 Harry Powers - Sculpture, Krasner Gallery, New York NY
1970 Color as Subject Matter in Sculpture, Richmond Art Center, Richmond CA
1968 Art of the San Francisco Bay Area, Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle WA
1968 Commission: 3 Stained Glass Lancet Panels, Stained Glass, Epoxy, 8’ x 6” Site: Residence of Wilfred Blessing FAIA
1968 Lecture: Art of Mosaic ,KTEH, Channel 32, San Jose CA
1968 Commission: Stained Glass Window, stained glass, epoxy, 8x6’ Memorial Building, San Jose State University,
San Jose CA
1968 Lecture: An Artist’s Viewpoint American Institute of Architects, Santa Clara Valley Chapter AIA, Mountain View CA
1966 Lecture: Art of Stained Glass, San Jose State Community Lecture Series, San Jose CA
1966 Lecture: Art of Mosaic, Carmel Community Lecture Series, Carmel CA
1966 Introduced R Buckminster Fuller at San Jose Civic Auditorium, Lecture, San Jose CA
1966 Lecture: Contemporary Art
Palo Alto Art League, Palo Alto CA
San Jose Art League, San Jose CA
Sunnyvale Art League, Sunnyvale CA
1966 Commission: Universe, Wood, Bronze, Shell, 10 x 8’
Oak Grove Building, Menlo Park CA
1966 Design Consultant: Corbetta House, Los Altos CA
1998 Commission: Run Rivers Run - Liffey and Guadalupe, cast bronze, 8 x 2 x 1'
Site: Civic Offices Building, Wood Quay, Dublin, Ireland
1998 Ucello Dreaming, bronze, PierWalk '98, Navy Pier,
Chicago Ill
1997 Harry Powers - Recent Sculpture and Painting,
dp Fong Gallery, San Jose CA
1997 West Coast Painting and Sculpture - Inaugural Invitational Group Exhibition, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA
1994 Oakland Museum Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit,
Museum Rooftop Sculpture Garden, Oakland CA
1994 City of Santa Clara Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Civic Center, Santa Clara CA
1994 Pacific Rim Sculptors Exhibition, Syntex Corporation Gallery, Palo Alto CA
1994 Workshop: Anodized Aluminum Sculpture, International Sculpture Center Convention, San Francisco CA
1994 Santa Clara County Arts Council Grant Finalists, Triton Museum, Santa Clara CA
1994 Award: Santa Clara County Arts Council Sculpture Grant
Santa Clara County, CA
1994 International Sculpture Center Conference Workshop Leaders, Number One Bush Street, San Francisco CA
1993 Commission: Penumbra, Cast Aluminum, 9 panels 6 x 4’ each, San Jose Hilton Towers, San Jose CA
1993 Lecture: Anodized Cast Aluminum as an Artist’s Medium, American Society of Metallurgists,
Santa Clara Valley Chapter, San Jose CA
1993 Lecture: Sculptural Content, Idea Sources, and Architectural Relationships
To: California State University, Chico CA
To: California State University Stanislaus, Turlock CA
To: Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park CA
1992 Florence/Santa Clara: Two Schools of Sculpture, Galleria deli Academia, Florence, Italy
1992 Fifth Anniversary Exhibition: Painting and Sculpture, ‘87/’92, Katia Lacoste Gallery, San Jose CA
1992 Exhibition: Harry Powers - Painting and Sculpture, Lanzone Gallery, San Francisco CA
1990 Lecture: Sentient and Spiritual Content in Sculpture and Painting, Docent Council San Jose Museum of Art,
San Jose CA
1991 Harry Powers: Sculpture and Painting, 1987 - 1990, Katia Lacoste Gallery, San Jose CA
1991 50th Anniversary Invitational Exhibition, Syntex Corporation, Palo Alto CA
1994 Workshop: Anodized Aluminum Sculpture, International Sculpture Center Convention, San Francisco CA
1994 Santa Clara County Arts Council Grant Finalists, Triton Museum, Santa Clara CA
1994 Award: Santa Clara County Arts Council Sculpture Grant
Santa Clara County, CA
1994 International Sculpture Center Conference Workshop Leaders, Number One Bush Street, San Francisco CA
1993 Commission: Penumbra, Cast Aluminum, 9 panels 6 x 4’ each, San Jose Hilton Towers, San Jose CA
1993 Lecture: Anodized Cast Aluminum as an Artist’s Medium, American Society of Metallurgists,
Santa Clara Valley Chapter, San Jose CA
1993 Lecture: Sculptural Content, Idea Sources, and Architectural Relationships
To: California State University, Chico CA
To: California State University Stanislaus, Turlock CA
To: Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park CA
1992 Florence/Santa Clara: Two Schools of Sculpture, Galleria deli Academia, Florence, Italy
1992 Fifth Anniversary Exhibition: Painting and Sculpture, ‘87/’92, Katia Lacoste Gallery, San Jose CA
1992 Exhibition: Harry Powers - Painting and Sculpture, Lanzone Gallery, San Francisco CA
1990 Lecture: Sentient and Spiritual Content in Sculpture and Painting, Docent Council San Jose Museum of Art,
San Jose CA
1991 Harry Powers: Sculpture and Painting, 1987 - 1990, Katia Lacoste Gallery, San Jose CA
1991 50th Anniversary Invitational Exhibition, Syntex Corporation, Palo Alto CA
1991 Preview of Scheduled Exhibitions, Ianetti-Lanzone Gallery, San Francisco CA
1990 Lecture: Sculpture Content and its Relation to Music and Poetry, California State University Faculty Arts Symposium, Kirkwood CA
1990 Lecture: Non Literal Content in Painting, Sculpture, Poetry, and Music, Docents, San Jose Museum of Art,
San Jose CA
1987 Cast Metal ‘87, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose CA
1987 Harry Powers: Travaux en Cours, Galerie de L’Ecole de Art, Aix-en-Provence, France
1990 Lecture: Non Literal Content in Painting, Sculpture, Poetry, and Music, Docents, San Jose Museum of Art,
San Jose CA
1987 Cast Metal ‘87, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose CA
1987 Harry Powers: Travaux en Cours, Galerie de L’Ecole de Art, Aix-en-Provence, France
1987 Harry Powers Sculpture, Darwin Museum of Arts and Sciences, Darwin, Australia
1987 Workshop (3 weeks): Ideas and Issues in Contemporary Sculpture, Darwin Institute of Technology, Darwin Australia
1987 Lecture: Idea and Content in Contemporary Sculpture, Art Department, Alice Springs College, Alice Springs Australia
1987 Lecture: Dessins, Encres, Maquettes, Peintures, Sculptures, L’Amphitheatre, l’Ecole de Arte,
Aix-en-Provence, France
1985 Cast Metal ’85, Art Gallery, San Jose State University, San Jose CA
1985 Workshop (3 weeks): Concrete Sculpture,
Sheffield Polytechnic Institute, Sheffield, UK
1985 Workshop: Concrete Sculpture, International Sculpture Center Convention, San Francisco CA
1984 Four Sculptors, Young Gallery, San Jose CA
1983 Harry Powers’ New Work, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose CA
1983 Commission: Vasari, cast concrete - steel and fiber reinforced, 7 x 4 x 3’
Site: Bank of the West, Santa Cruz CA
1983 Commission: Salute, Steel Plate, Acrylic Lacquer on Concrete Base, 8 x 4 x 4’
Site: Park Center Plaza, San Jose CA
1982 Lecture: Content, Feeling, Metaphor, Improvisation, Docents of San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose CA
1982 South Bay Outdoor Sculpture, Sunnyvale Community Center, Sunnyvale CA
1981 Panel Speaker: Design Symposium - Artist and Architect, Santa Clara Valley Chapter, AIA with
John Lautner, FAIA
Alan Temko, Architectural Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, and Gerald McCue, Dean, School of Architecture, Harvard University
1987 Workshop (3 weeks): Ideas and Issues in Contemporary Sculpture, Darwin Institute of Technology, Darwin Australia
1987 Lecture: Idea and Content in Contemporary Sculpture, Art Department, Alice Springs College, Alice Springs Australia
1987 Lecture: Dessins, Encres, Maquettes, Peintures, Sculptures, L’Amphitheatre, l’Ecole de Arte,
Aix-en-Provence, France
1985 Cast Metal ’85, Art Gallery, San Jose State University, San Jose CA
1985 Workshop (3 weeks): Concrete Sculpture,
Sheffield Polytechnic Institute, Sheffield, UK
1985 Workshop: Concrete Sculpture, International Sculpture Center Convention, San Francisco CA
1984 Four Sculptors, Young Gallery, San Jose CA
1983 Harry Powers’ New Work, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose CA
1983 Commission: Vasari, cast concrete - steel and fiber reinforced, 7 x 4 x 3’
Site: Bank of the West, Santa Cruz CA
1983 Commission: Salute, Steel Plate, Acrylic Lacquer on Concrete Base, 8 x 4 x 4’
Site: Park Center Plaza, San Jose CA
1982 Lecture: Content, Feeling, Metaphor, Improvisation, Docents of San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose CA
1982 South Bay Outdoor Sculpture, Sunnyvale Community Center, Sunnyvale CA
1981 Panel Speaker: Design Symposium - Artist and Architect, Santa Clara Valley Chapter, AIA with
John Lautner, FAIA
Alan Temko, Architectural Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, and Gerald McCue, Dean, School of Architecture, Harvard University
1980 Visiting Professor of Sculpture, Sheffield Polytechnic Inst, Sheffield UK
1979 Lecture: Technology, Dreams, and the Sculptor , Anchorage Historical and Fine Art Museum, Anchorage AK
1979 Transparent Sculpture, Art Gallery, University of Alaska, Anchorage AK
1979 Workshop: Plastic as Sculpture Material, University of Alaska, Anchorage AK
1979 Lecture: Contemporary Sculpture, Anchorage Community College, Anchorage AK
1979 Workshop: Plastic Sculpture, Sheffield Polytechnic Institute, Sheffield UK
1979 Invitational Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Syntex Corporation, Palo Alto CA
1979 Lecture: Whatever Happened To Realism, Syntex Corporation, Palo Alto CA
1978 Lecture: Collaboration - Artist and Architect, Santa Clara Valley Chapter, AIA
1978 San Jose Now, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose CA
1978 Exhibit 1, Smith Andersen Gallery, Palo Alto CA
1977 Sculpture Now, Stanford University Art Gallery, Stanford CA
1976 Plastic Sculpture, Smith Anderson Gallery, San Francisco CA
1976 Lecture: Avenues to Creativity, Transcendental Meditation Society, Saratoga, CA with Richard Stowers AIA and Robert Hawley AIA
1975 Plastic Sculpture, Villa Montalvo Arts Center,
Saratoga CA
1975 Goodbye Uccello Series, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose CA
1975 A Survey of Sculptural Directions in the Bay Area, Euphrat Museum, De Anza College, Cupertino CA
1974 Sculpture Invitational Exhibition, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto CA
1974 Lecture: Sculpture and Interactive Architectural Space, Santa Clara Valley Chapter, AIA, Villa Montalvo CA
1974 Lecture: Artist, Architect and Community, Palo Alto Community Lecture Series, Palo Alto Cultural Center,
Palo Alto CA
1973 Harry Powers - Plastic Sculpture, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto CA
1973 Inaugural Exhibition, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose CA
1972 Sculpture ’72, Stanford University Art Gallery, Stanford CA
1971 Commission: Solar Extensions, constructed acrylic sheet, 8 x 5 x 4’ on concrete base, Downtown Plaza, Sacramento CA
1971 Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture, Stanford University Museum, Stanford CA
1971 Harry Powers - New Sculpture, Krasner Gallery, New York NY
1071 Harry Powers - Sculpture, John Bolles Gallery, San Francisco CA
1970 Harry Powers - Sculpture, Krasner Gallery, New York NY
1970 Color as Subject Matter in Sculpture, Richmond Art Center, Richmond CA
1968 Art of the San Francisco Bay Area, Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle WA
1968 Commission: 3 Stained Glass Lancet Panels, Stained Glass, Epoxy, 8’ x 6” Site: Residence of Wilfred Blessing FAIA
1968 Lecture: Art of Mosaic ,KTEH, Channel 32, San Jose CA
1968 Commission: Stained Glass Window, stained glass, epoxy, 8x6’ Memorial Building, San Jose State University,
San Jose CA
1968 Lecture: An Artist’s Viewpoint American Institute of Architects, Santa Clara Valley Chapter AIA, Mountain View CA
1966 Lecture: Art of Stained Glass, San Jose State Community Lecture Series, San Jose CA
1966 Lecture: Art of Mosaic, Carmel Community Lecture Series, Carmel CA
1966 Introduced R Buckminster Fuller at San Jose Civic Auditorium, Lecture, San Jose CA
1966 Lecture: Contemporary Art
Palo Alto Art League, Palo Alto CA
San Jose Art League, San Jose CA
Sunnyvale Art League, Sunnyvale CA
1966 Commission: Universe, Wood, Bronze, Shell, 10 x 8’
Oak Grove Building, Menlo Park CA
1966 Design Consultant: Corbetta House, Los Altos CA
1966 Commission: Etching Walls, cast concrete, Approx 10' x 150' Site: Spectra Physics Corporation, Mt. View CA
1966 Commission: Distant Universe, glass tesserae mosaic, 8' x 9' Site: Calvary Methodist Church, San Jose CA
1966 First Annual Invitational Art for Architecture Exhibition,
Convention of California Chapter, AIA, Monterey CA
1966 Commission: Distant Universe, glass tesserae mosaic, 8' x 9' Site: Calvary Methodist Church, San Jose CA
1966 First Annual Invitational Art for Architecture Exhibition,
Convention of California Chapter, AIA, Monterey CA
1964 Appointed to Permanent Faculty, San Jose State University, San Jose CA
1963 Panel Speaker: Relationship of Art and Architecture
To: American Institute of Architects, Santa Clara Valley Chapter
with: Robert Anshen AIA, Peter Walker, Sasaki Walker Associates, and Betty Thompson, West Coast Editor, “Architectural Forum”
1963 Commission: Vibrant Galaxy, stone and glass tesserae in concrete, 7 x 9’
Site: Bank of the West, Stevens Creek Office, San Jose CA
1963 Interior Design: Bank of the West, Stevens Creek Office, San Jose CA
1963 Commission: Tranquility, concrete sculptural relief wall, cast in place, 8 x 35’
Site: San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute, San Francisco CA
1963 Stanford Alumni Exhibition, Tressider Union, Stanford University, Stanford CA
1962 Syncopated Facade, cast concrete wall, size: 20 x 300', Philips Corporation, Sunnyvale CA
1961 Glazed Brick Mural, ceramic fired brick, size: 8 x 30', Santa Clara County Welfare Building, San Jose CA
1960 Commission: Fluent Galaxy, cast aluminum, 3 x 10’, Rosegarden Branch, San Jose Public Library, San Jose CA
Curator: Invitational Art for Architecture Exhibit, San Jose State University, Art Department Gallery, San Jose CA
Noon Forum Committee, Stanford Research Institute:
1963 Panel Speaker: Relationship of Art and Architecture
To: American Institute of Architects, Santa Clara Valley Chapter
with: Robert Anshen AIA, Peter Walker, Sasaki Walker Associates, and Betty Thompson, West Coast Editor, “Architectural Forum”
1963 Commission: Vibrant Galaxy, stone and glass tesserae in concrete, 7 x 9’
Site: Bank of the West, Stevens Creek Office, San Jose CA
1963 Interior Design: Bank of the West, Stevens Creek Office, San Jose CA
1963 Commission: Tranquility, concrete sculptural relief wall, cast in place, 8 x 35’
Site: San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute, San Francisco CA
1963 Stanford Alumni Exhibition, Tressider Union, Stanford University, Stanford CA
1962 Syncopated Facade, cast concrete wall, size: 20 x 300', Philips Corporation, Sunnyvale CA
1961 Glazed Brick Mural, ceramic fired brick, size: 8 x 30', Santa Clara County Welfare Building, San Jose CA
1960 Commission: Fluent Galaxy, cast aluminum, 3 x 10’, Rosegarden Branch, San Jose Public Library, San Jose CA
Curator: Invitational Art for Architecture Exhibit, San Jose State University, Art Department Gallery, San Jose CA
Noon Forum Committee, Stanford Research Institute:
Harry Powers Introduced Charles Eames, Hosted Frank Lloyd Wright, Hosted Louis Armstrong
