About the artist:

Jeffrey Maron is an artist with a long history of exhibits in New York City and elsewhere. He is the recipient of three grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as a Fulbright-Hayes Grant to Japan. In 1989, he was also awarded a grant from the Jackson Pollock/Lee Krasner Foundation. Maron's work is in many corporate, public and private collections. A two year Fulbright-Hayes Grant for sculpture allowed the artist to live and work in Japan, where he continued to be influenced by cultures of the world dedicated to animism, the worship of an inclusive natural order. "Cultures that see themselves as part of a greater order usually create compelling art to which we are all drawn. Their art exudes this metaphor, to which we are still fundamentally attached." JM Maron's art is often inspired by the artist's direct experience with non- Western cultures. His sculptures and paintings, in both large and small scale, have a spiritual and mystical quality that is linked to his investigations of Eastern and Native American cultures. Maron's art has a definite connection to our spiritual identity and is not directly derived from any of the main currents of contemporary art. His work is characterized by paradoxes. It is both tough and beautiful, religious and sensual, reminiscent of familiar symbols but clearly unique. Jeffrey Maron wants to create art that will remind people of their spiritual existence, "If I can create art that communicates this without words, then my art will become part of an ongoing transformative process ". JM Maron recently completed "Spirits'Flight", a project devoted to assist the healing process at the new Hillman Cancer Center in Pittsburgh. "Along with the use of conventional therapies, healing involves overcoming fear and transforming one's energy. Art can be a catalyst for this".JM. The center will be the nation's largest cancer treatment and research facility and part of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Currently Maron is working on a new work for Grounds for Healing , part of the new Robert Wood Johnson Cancer Center, in Hamilton, New Jersey. EDUCATION 1973 M.F.A. in Fine Arts (Sculpture), Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 1971 B.S. in Sociology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri AWARDS 1989 Pollock Krasner Foundation Award 1986 Reynolds Aluminum, commission R.S. Reynolds Memorial Award 1986 National Endowment for the Arts Grant 1978 National Endowment for the Arts Grant 1974-5 Fulbright-Hayes Grant for Sculpture to Japan 1974 National Endowment for the Arts Grant SELECTED INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS 2001 "Jeffrey Maron, Painting & Sculpture", Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey 2000 "Birth of the World",Westwood Gallery, New York, New York 1993 Stephen Rosenberg Gallery, New York, New York 1986 P.S.1 (Institute for Art&Urban Resources), New York, New York 1984 Marisa del Re Gallery, New York, New York 1983 Marisa del Re Gallery, New York, New York 1981 Martha White Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky 1979 Alexander F. Milliken Gallery, New York, New York 1978 Alexander F. Milliken Gallery, New York, New York 1977 Alexander F. Milliken Gallery, New York, New York 1975 United States Information Service, American Cultural Centers in Nagoya, Osaka, Fukuoka & Sapporo, Japan 1975 Minami Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 1974 Westchester Community College, Westchester, New York 1973 Forest Park College, St. Louis, Missouri 1971 Loretto Hilton Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri PUBLIC COLLECTIONS U.S. Embassy, Tokyo, Japan Mountain Bell Corporate Offices, Denver, Colorado Smithsonian Institution Philadelphia Health Care Plan, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Hakone Museum, Hakone, Japan Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri Modern Museum of Art, Mexico City, Mexico Sumitomo Corp., Kobe, Japan Westchester Community College, Purchase, New York Merrill Lynch Corp., New York, New York NYNEX Corp., White Plains, New York Deloitte and Touche Weil, Gotshall & Manges Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina Kitano Corp. Rosenthal Art Equities Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey