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      Statement

If we wrap our naked souls in the raw and mysterious power of Nature, we would leave personal artifacts, vessels with the voice of nature.

I see the shelter form as embodying the soul's desire to retreat into a comforting and protective environment. The human experience is explored through natural materials which bring the viewer away from the controlled, man-made world and into the raw and mysterious realm of Nature where I believe we are vulnerable and the most real.
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Selected Exhibitions: 
2008 Feminist Ecology - Women and the Earth
Koehnline Museum of Art, Des Plaines, IL.
  Let Us Examine the State of Our Environment
Phantom Gallery Installation Show. Garfield Park Conservatory, Chicago, IL.
  Cool Globes San Francisco
Tidal Power Globe at City Hall, tying into the Mayors dedication to alternative power sources. San Francisco, CA.
Sculpted Green
Bellevue Sculpture Exhibition in Bellevue City Hall, Bellevue, WA. 
2007 Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet
"Wave Power" globe installed in front of the Field Museum. Sponsored by Walgreen's.Chicago, IL.

National Art Premiere 2007 Exhibition
Elmhurst Artist Guild at the Elmhurst Art Museum. Juror Rob Bondgren of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Elmhurst, IL.
2006 Niemi Sculpture Gallery  Niemi Sculpture Garden and Gallery, Kenosha, WI.   
2005 About-For-From Nature  Yatoo, the Korean Nature Art Association Traveling Exhibition, to become part of the permanent collection of the Nature Museum, Gongju, Korea (catalog).
Niemi Sculpture Gallery – Sculpture 2005
Uihlein Peters Gallery, Milwaukee, WI.
  Landscapes & Mindscapes 
The Art House, Oak Park, IL.
  Niemi Sculpture Garden and Gallery 8th Anniversary
Niemi Sculpture Gallery, Kenosha, WI.
2004 Bruce Niemi & Friends 
Christopher Art Gallery, Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL.
2003 Niemi Sculpture Garden and Gallery 
Niemi Sculpture Garden and Gallery, Kenosha, WI.
Education:
1992
Center for Creative Studies – College of Art and Design. Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Sculpture.
Awards and Honors: 
2006
Jurors Award. Will's Creek Survey 2006 Exhibition Allegany Arts Council, Cumberland, MD. Juried by John W. Smith, Director of Archives of Art of the Smithsonian Institution.
Chicago Artist Assistance Program Grant. Chicago,IL.
1994 Jurors Award. Transforming Visions - An International Exhibit. Swords Into Plowshares Peace Center Gallery. Detroit, MI.
1991 Art Historical Documentation Scholarship. Center for Creative Studies. Detroit, MI.