Selected Shows:
The
Smithsonian Craft Show,
Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, DC, 1991, 1993-1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2008,
2010, 2012 - 17
ACC Craft
Fair in Baltimore,
American Craft Council,
Baltimore, Maryland, 1979, 1991, 1993, 1995-2007, 2009-2017
Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show,
The Philadelphia Museum of Art,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1991-1995, 1998-2001, 2003-2004, 2007-2016
American
Craft Exposition,
Evanston, Illinois, 1993,
1995-2005, 2007, 2008-2015
West Palm
Beach Craft Show, West
Palm Beach, Florida, 2005, 2006,2009
Washington
Craft Expo,
Craft's America, Washington,
DC, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1999-2003, 2005-2007
Craft
Boston,
Society of Arts & Crafts –
Boston, Massachusetts, 2003, 2004
Crafts at
the Castle,
Boston, Massachusetts, 2004
ACC Craft
Fair in Atlanta,
American Craft Council,
Atlanta, Georgia, 1990, 1991, 2004, 2010
ACC Craft
Fair in St. Paul,
American Craft Council, St.
Paul, Minneapolis, 2001
Westchester
Craft Show,
Craft's America, Westchester
County, New York, 1994
ACC Craft
Fair in San Francisco,
American Craft Council, San
Francisco, California, 1992
ACC Craft
Fair in West Springfield,
American Craft Council, West
Springfield, Massachusetts, 1984, 1985, 1992
Selected Exhibitions:
The River, regional exhibition at the Parkersburg Art
Center, Parkersburg, WV
Spoons to Stir the Soul: The World of Norm Sartorius,
opens at the Center for Art in Wood, May - July 2022
WV Juried Exhibition, Charleston, WV 2021
Traces, AAW POP Exhibition, invitational show. 2019
Spoonin, a Showcase of Handcrafted Spoons, Grovewood
Gallery, Asheville, NC, 2019
With the Grain: Contemporary Approaches to Wood Art,
Studios at Key West, FL 2019
Wood: 25 Years of Innovation, SOFA Chicago - CWA Show,
"", 2018
From These Woods, The Moss Arts Center, Virginia Tech,
Blacksburg, VA – 2017
Why Wood, Collectors of Wood Art, SOFA Chicago, 2016
Beyond Boundaries,
Curated Collectors of Wood Art Exhibition, SOFA Chicago, November 2014
Nature in Craft,
Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA, December 2013 to January 2014
Across the Grain: Turned
and Carved Wood,
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA, April – September 2013
Poplar Culture,
Wharton Esherick Museum, May/June 2012
Wood Moving Forward,
Blue Spiral Gallery, July – September 2011
Is Ornament a Crime,
Curated show by the Collector’s of Wood Art at SOFA Chicago, November
2010
A Revolution in Wood: the Bresler Collection,
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, September 24, 2010 to
January 30, 2011.
A Gathering of Spoons, AAW Symposium,
Connecticut Convention Center, Hartford, CT, June 18 – 20, 2010
A Gathering of Spoons,
Gallery of Wood Art, St. Paul, MN, March 2 to May 24, 2010
Selections from the
Collection: Donations by Bruce Kaiser & Joe Seltzer,
The Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA, 2009
Dysfunctional,
The Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA, 2009
Collectors of Wood Art
Forum, del Mano
Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona, 2008
West Virginia Juried
Exhibition,
Department of Culture and History, Parkersburg, West Virginia, 2007-2008
Wood , Small Treasures,
del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, California, 2000-2002, 2004, 2006-2007,
2009
West Virginia Juried
Exhibition,
Department of Culture and History, Charleston, West Virginia, 2005, 2007
Ironwood Gallery,
CWA Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2005
Celebrating Nature,
Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, California, 2004
Spotlight 2005,
Tamarack, ACC SW
Exhibition, Beckley, West Virginia, 2004
SOFA Chicago, CWA
Collectors Choice Exhibit,
Navy Pier, Chicago, IL, 2002
Woodturning in North
America Since 1930,
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN, 2001;
Renwick Gallery,
National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington,
DC, 2002
Yale University Art
Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut 2002
Objects for Use: Handmade
by Design, American
Craft Museum, New York, New York, 2001-2002
SOFA Chicago,
del Mano Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois, 1998-2001
The Birthday Party,
Brand Art Gallery, Glendale, California, 2001
Collectors of Wood Art
Forum, del Mano
Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina, 2000
Living With Form, The Horn
Collection of Contemporary Craft,
The Arkansas Arts Center, Little
Rock, Arkansas, 2000
West Virginia Juried
Exhibition,
Department of Culture and History, Charleston, West Virginia, 1999-2000
SOFA Chicago, CWA
Collectors Choice Exhibit,
Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois, 1999
Nutensils, Wharton
Esherick Museum, Paoli, Pennsylvania, 1999
Art in Embassies Program,
American Embassy, Brussels, Belgium, 1998-2001
Expressions in Wood:
Masterworks from The Wornick Collection,
Oakland Museum of California, 1997; McAllen International Museum,
McAllen, Texas, 1997; American Craft Museum, New York, 1998
Moving Beyond Tradition:
A Turned-Wood Invitational,
The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1997
Craftsmanship - High Tech
- Low Tech, Birke
Art Gallery, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, 1997
Challenge V, Lathe-Turned
Objects, The Wood
Turning Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1993-97
West Virginia Juried
Exhibition,
Department of Culture & History, Charleston, West Virginia, 1995-96
Return to Beauty,
Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, Delaware, 1995
A Celebration of Sierra
Woods: Objects of Art & Utility,
North Columbia Schoolhouse Cultural Center, Nevada City, California,
1994
Holiday Table Top Show,
The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1993
The Year of American Craft
Exhibition,
Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, West Virginia, 1993-94
The Year of American Craft
Exhibition,
West Virginia Department of
Cultural and History, Charleston, West Virginia, 1993
The Year of American Craft
Exhibition,
Sunrise Museums, Charleston, West
Virginia, 1993
The Year of American Craft
Exhibition, Arts &
Letters Series, Governor's Mansion, State of West Virginia, 1993
Redefining The Lathe
Turned Object,
Arizona State University, 1992
Group Show,
Ten Arrow Gallery,
Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1992
West Virginia - A
Contemporary Focus,
Delaware Center for the
Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, Delaware, 1990
Contemporary Works in Wood,
The Dairy Barn
Southeastern Ohio Cultural Arts Center, Athens, Ohio, 1986, 1989
The Medium is Wood,
Pro-Art Gallery, St.
Louis, Missouri, 1987
Sculptural Spoons,
Pro- Art Gallery,
St Louis, Missouri, 1986
Invitational Traveling
Craft Exhibit,
Huntington Galleries, Huntington, West Virginia, 1985-86
West Virginia Crafts,
Renwick Gallery Invitational Exhibit,
Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, DC, 1978
West Virginia Crafts,
Union Carbide Gallery,
New York, New York, 1977
Collections:
The Art Institute of Chicago,
Chicago, IL
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Arkansas
Museum of Fine Arts, Little
Rock, Arkansas
Asheville Museum of Art,
Asheville, NC
Carnegie
Museum of Art,
Pittsburgh, PA
Museum for Art in Wood,
Philadelphia, PA
The
Columbus Museum,
Columbus, GA
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art,
Bentonville, AR
Detroit
Institute of Art,
Detroit, Michigan
Fuller
Craft Museum,
Brockton, Massachusetts
Gregg
Museum of Art & Design,
Raleigh, North Carolina
Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington,
WV
Minneapolis Institute of Arts,
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mint
Museum of Craft and Design,
Charlotte, North Carolina
Mobile
Museum of Art,
Mobile, Alabama
The Museum for Art in Wood,
Philadelphia, PA
Museum
of Arts & Design,
New York, New York
The Museum
of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, Texas
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
Philadelphia Museum of Art,
Philadelphia, PA
Racine
Art Museum,
Racine, WI
Renwick
Gallery Permanent Collection, National Museum of American Art,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
West
Virginia Department of Culture & History Permanent Collection,
Charleston, West Virginia
Woodcraft Supply Corporation,
Parkersburg, West Virginia
Yale
University Art Gallery,
New Haven, Connecticut
Awards:
Trustee Alumni Award, May 2025
Master of the Medium Award, Renwick Alliance, Spring
Craft Weekend, April 2025
Merit Award, West Virginia Juried Exhibition,
Seahorse, 2017
Award of Excellence in the Traditional Arts, Common
Ground on the Hill, McDaniel College, Westminster, MD
Excellence in Support of the Arts, West Virginia
Division of Culture and History, Charleston, WV, 2016
CWA Award of Excellence for Art in Wood,
Smithsonian Craft Show 2015
CWA Award of Excellence
for Art in Wood,
ACC Baltimore 2015
Fellowship Award,
Tamarack Artisan
Foundation, September 2014
Silver Award,
Smithsonian Craft Show, April 2012
Best of Show, Philadelphia
Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, 2009
Merit Award,
West Virginia Juried Exhibition, Pan’s Mandrake, 2007
Excellence Award, American
Craft Exposition, Evanston, Illinois, 2007
Award of Excellence,
The Smithsonian Craft
Show, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 1996, 2000, 2002
Newtensil Exhibit,
Wharton Esherick Museum, Paoli, PA, 1999
Wharton Esherick Award,
The Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, Philadelphia, 1998
Best in Wood,
Washington Craft Expo, Washington, 1997
Best in Wood,
American Craft Exposition, Evanston, Illinois, 1996
Honorable Mention,
The Smithsonian Craft Show, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC,
1995
Craft Fellowship Award &
Exhibit, West
Virginia Commission on the Arts, Charleston, WV, 1993-94
Award of Excellence,
West Virginia Juried Exhibition, Spoon From a Forgotten Ceremony,
1991
Governor's Award of
Excellence,
West Virginia Juried Exhibition,
Fraternal Twins, 1989
Governor's Award of
Excellence, West
Virginia Juried Exhibition, Autumn Hare, 1981
Publications:
Spoons to Stir the Soul, The World of Norm Sartorius,
by Craig Edelbrock. The Center for Art in Wood , 2022
Art & Life by Kevin Wallace, my spoon, Argo, appears in
this book
A Gathering of Spoons,
Norman D. Stevens, Linden Publishing, 2013
Poplar Culture, a
Celebration of Esherick’s Tree,
Edited by Paul Eisenhauer, Schiffer, 2012
The Cutting Edge:
Contemporary Wood Art and the Lipton Collection,
by Kevin Wallace, Fine Arts Press, 2011
A Revolution in Wood,
Nicholas Bell, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2010
Is Ornament a Crime,
CWA, 2010
The Art of Jewelry, Wood,
Lark Press, 2008
Celebrating Nature,
Craft & Folk Art Museum,
2004
Wood Art Today,
Dona Meilach, 2003
Objects for Use: Handmade
by Design, Harry N.
Abrams, Inc., 2001
Woodturning in North
America Since 1930,
2001
The Fine Art of Wood, The
Bohlen Collection,
Detroit Institute of
Arts, 2000
Living With Form, The Horn
Collection of Contemporary Craft,
The Arkansas Arts Center, 2000
The Woodworker’s Visual
Guide to Pricing Your Work,
Kerry Pierce, Popular Woodworking Books, 1999
Skilled Work, American
Craft in the Renwick Gallery,
National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution,
1998
Expressions in Wood:
Masterworks from The Wornick Collection,
Oakland Museum of California, 1997
Moving Beyond Tradition:
A Turned-Wood Invitational,
The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1997
The Art of Elegant Wood
Kitchenware,
Sterling Publishing Company, 1996
Challenge V:
International Lathe-Turned Objects,
The Wood Turning Center, 1993
Fine Woodworking Design
Books I, III, V & VlI,
1979, 1983, 1990, 1996
Periodicals & Other:
PBS Series, Craft in America, Collectors Episode, November 2024
Zone One Arts, Online Australian portrait, 2019
ABC News, Lifestyle online, brief video of shop and
work, 2017
WV Living magazine, "Stirring the Soul", 2015
Stirring the Soul, Norm
Sartorius Elevates Spoons to Fine Art,
The Crafts Report, April/May 2013
Spoons to Stir the Soul,
Norm Sartorius,
American Woodworker Magazine, A Great American Woodworker Feature,
June/July 2012
Spoon to Stir the Soul,
The Hill, 2008
Woodwork,
Cover Feature, The Spoonish Sculptures of Norm Sartorius, June
2006
Carol Duvall, H&G TV,
2001
Turning Points,
Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, Winter 1999-2000
American Style,
Summer 1998
The Craft Report,
September 1995
Woodshop News,
Cover Feature, June 1995
Home Magazine,
October 1994
Woodwork,
Gallery of Woodwork, June 1994, December 1993
Woodcraft Supply,
Cover Feature, February 1994
Washington Post,
Washington Home, April 1993
Woodturning, Official
Journal of the Guild of Master Craftsman, England, March/April
1993
American Craft,
Gallery, February-March 1992, Gallery, April-May 1994
Fine Woodworking,
October 1991
American Craft,
Portfolio, August-September 1991
Born:
Salisbury, Maryland, 1947
Education:
Western Maryland College, B.A.
Psychology, 1969
Self-Taught Woodworker,
Apprenticeship at Jurus Studio in 1973-1974
Work Study at Bob Falwell
Studio, Murray Kentucky, 1980-1981
Woodworking Workshops:
David Ellsworth, John Jordon, Al Stirt,
Del Stubbs, Bonnie Kline
and Michelle Holzapfel.
Grants:
West Virginia Commission on the Arts. 1996-97: Research and Photograph
Wooden Spoons Worldwide,
Smithsonian Institution, Department of
Anthropology
Documenting the Life of
Emil Milan, Research Grant, 2008 – 2011 – Center for Craft, Creativity,
& Design.
Teaching
Arrowmont, October 2015
Experiences: Common Ground, McDaniel
College, Westminster, Maryland, 1997, 1999-2002, 2004-2005
Cedar Lakes Craft Center,
Ripley, West Virginia, 1997, 1999
Wood County Public
Schools, Parkersburg, West Virginia, 1996, 1997
Collaboratives: Emma Lake
Collaborative – 2006 and 2008 - Saskatchewan, CA
Echo Lake Collaborative - 2009, 2012, 2015
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