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Alexandra Black Eckhardt
CORPORATE and MUSEUM COLLECTIONS:
Albany Print Club, Albany, NY
Astwood Dickinson, Bermuda
Cartier, New York, NY
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Mont Blanc, New York, NY
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Saks Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Shreve, Crump & Low, Boston, MA
The Morgan Library, New York, NY
Thornwillow Press, Newburgh, NY
Tiffany & Company, New York, NY
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:
Alexandra Eckhardt's designs have been commissioned by Hollywood Celebrities, Royalty and Government Leaders around the world.
Alexandra Eckhardt's drawings, prints and engravings are in numerous private collections.
COMMEMORATIVE & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS:
Commemorative 150th Anniversary Limited Edition (Woodblock Prints), Cartier, New York, NY
American Gardens Collection (Botanical Prints), Saks Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
SPECIAL PROJECTS:
Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA
Fabrication and installation of inaugural exhibition (1999)
The Alhambra in Granada, Spain
A Book of Hours, Dance Forms and Reflections (1998)
A SELECTION OF EXHIBITIONS:
Collector's Exhibition (Intaglio Prints), 2006, Lyme Academy of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT
Collector's Exhibition (Intaglio Prints), 2005, Lyme Academy of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT
Abstracts (Intaglio Prints), 2002, Sloane Kettering Corporate Collection, New York, NY
A Book of Hours, Dance Forms and Reflections (Watercolor Drawings), 1998, Left Bank Gallery, Bennington, VT
150th Commemorative of Cartier NY (Woodblock Prints), 1997, Cartier, New York, NY
Monster Press Print Exhibition, Contemporary Artists Center, 1996, North Adams, MA
Spring Botanicals (Watercolor Drawings), Cinnabar Company, 1995, Wellesley, MA
AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS:
Lyme Academy, Special Merit Print Award (2005)
The Jonathan Levin Educational Endowment Fund (2001)
Vermont Council on the Arts, Artist-in-Residence Grant (2000)
Vermont Arts Exchange, Educational Grant (1998)
New York State Council on the Arts, Arts in Education Grant (1996)
Snelling Institute, Leadership Program in the Arts (1996)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & APPRENTICESHIPS:
Director of Design and Engraving (2007-present), Cartier, New York, NY
Apprenticeships (1993-2005) : John Black, hand engraving; Bill Scott, letterpress; Dale Bradley, printmaking;
Fred X. Brownstein, sculpture; Gary Sussman, sculpture; Richard Criddle, metal fabrication; James Reed, printmaking techniques
Fabrication and Art Installation (1999), Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA), North Adams, MA
Art Director (1981-1993), Crane & Company, Engraving Division, North Adams, MA
EDUCATION:
William Smith College, Geneva, NY – Bachelor of Fine Arts
Lyme Academy – College of Fine Arts – Old Lyme, CT
Albany Print Club, Albany, NY
Astwood Dickinson, Bermuda
Cartier, New York, NY
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Mont Blanc, New York, NY
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Saks Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Shreve, Crump & Low, Boston, MA
The Morgan Library, New York, NY
Thornwillow Press, Newburgh, NY
Tiffany & Company, New York, NY
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:
Alexandra Eckhardt's designs have been commissioned by Hollywood Celebrities, Royalty and Government Leaders around the world.
Alexandra Eckhardt's drawings, prints and engravings are in numerous private collections.
COMMEMORATIVE & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS:
Commemorative 150th Anniversary Limited Edition (Woodblock Prints), Cartier, New York, NY
American Gardens Collection (Botanical Prints), Saks Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
SPECIAL PROJECTS:
Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA
Fabrication and installation of inaugural exhibition (1999)
The Alhambra in Granada, Spain
A Book of Hours, Dance Forms and Reflections (1998)
A SELECTION OF EXHIBITIONS:
Collector's Exhibition (Intaglio Prints), 2006, Lyme Academy of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT
Collector's Exhibition (Intaglio Prints), 2005, Lyme Academy of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT
Abstracts (Intaglio Prints), 2002, Sloane Kettering Corporate Collection, New York, NY
A Book of Hours, Dance Forms and Reflections (Watercolor Drawings), 1998, Left Bank Gallery, Bennington, VT
150th Commemorative of Cartier NY (Woodblock Prints), 1997, Cartier, New York, NY
Monster Press Print Exhibition, Contemporary Artists Center, 1996, North Adams, MA
Spring Botanicals (Watercolor Drawings), Cinnabar Company, 1995, Wellesley, MA
AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS:
Lyme Academy, Special Merit Print Award (2005)
The Jonathan Levin Educational Endowment Fund (2001)
Vermont Council on the Arts, Artist-in-Residence Grant (2000)
Vermont Arts Exchange, Educational Grant (1998)
New York State Council on the Arts, Arts in Education Grant (1996)
Snelling Institute, Leadership Program in the Arts (1996)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & APPRENTICESHIPS:
Director of Design and Engraving (2007-present), Cartier, New York, NY
Apprenticeships (1993-2005) : John Black, hand engraving; Bill Scott, letterpress; Dale Bradley, printmaking;
Fred X. Brownstein, sculpture; Gary Sussman, sculpture; Richard Criddle, metal fabrication; James Reed, printmaking techniques
Fabrication and Art Installation (1999), Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA), North Adams, MA
Art Director (1981-1993), Crane & Company, Engraving Division, North Adams, MA
EDUCATION:
William Smith College, Geneva, NY – Bachelor of Fine Arts
Lyme Academy – College of Fine Arts – Old Lyme, CT