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Cecil Herring
 | Biography: Award winning digital artist, painter, sculptor, photographer, writer. interested in art and technology and how they can relate artistically, using digital media in combination with traditional media.
Exhibited widely in U.S., Florida. Won Kodak Innovator Award in 2000 for large format digital printing, digital art work published in Photography, 7th Ed., Prentice-Hall, 2001, page 246.
Selected Media Events:
ABC Eyewitness News, Channel 7, 6 p.m. News, New York , Oct., 1971 (Spacescapes)
Orlando Sentinel, 1971, Story on Spacescapes show in New York.
Sanford Herald, Stories on Feb. 6, 1977, Sept. 18, 1978 , Sept. 23, 1979, Sept.8 , 1981, also Mar. 28, 1982, (Spacescapes sculpture, wearable art)
Plating and Surface Finishing Magazine, Sept. 1978 (Cover Story- Sculpture,Wearable Art) Miami Herald Tropic Magazine, Dec. 16, 1979 (Cover Story-Wearable Art)
London Daily Telegraph , American Edition, story by Alex Faulkner on New York show. Nov. 18, 1971 - (Spacescapes©- sculpture)
Florida Today, 1A Photo, Feb. 28, 1976, 1D, Feb. 25, Amy Clark Column, First Lady Betty Ford wearing sterling silver eagle pendent - commission created by Cecil Herring
FLORIDA/Today - T.G.I.F. Magazine, (Cover Story) Apr. 4, 1980
Melbourne Times , Apr. 6, 1988 Cover story on Spacescapes Art by Cecil Herring
Florida Magazine - Orlando Sentinel (Cover Story) June 17, 1979
Orlando Sentinel, People Section, Feb. 25, 1976 , (sculpture, wearable art)
Carol Nelson Show, ABC Channel 9, Orlando, FL, Jan. 1980
Florida Today, Pam Harbaugh story People section on Spacescapes 2002 show at Minos Gallery, Cocoa, Oct. 2002
Orlando Sentinel, 1972-through Jan. 2004 - stories on Spacescapes shows.
Memberships:
- Florida Artist Group, Inc.
- Missile, Space and Range Pioneers, Inc. Life Member
- Digital Fine Arts Association
- Mugoo - Mac Users Group of Orlando
- Volusia County Orchid Society
- OVAL - Orlando Visual Artists League
Present activities:
"Floral Fantasy," colorful orchid and lily paintings by Cecil Herring at Orlando Marriott Downtown Gallery, Feb. 1 - March 15, 2004, Reception Feb. 5.
Hardware vs Software, digital show at Avalon Island Gallery, 37 S. Magnolia Ave., Orlando, FL 32801, runs Jan. 2 - through 31
Maintains private studio/gallery at OVAL Galleries, at 29 S. Orange Ave., Orlando, FL 32801
Other selected activities: Assisted in development
and creation of a new Digital Art Institute at Stetson University.1996.
Taught Photoshop, ... to see complete biography, click on artists name Country: USA Galleries: Oval on Orange Gallery, 29 S. Orange Ave., Orlando, FL 32801 (present)
First Lady Betty Ford, Gerald R. Ford Museum, Grand Rapids, MI.
Center Gallery, New York City
City of Titusville, Titusville, FL permanent collection
Saint Charles Cathedral, Orlando, FL
University of Florida Medical Center Library, Gainesville, FL permanent collection
Heart of Florida United Way, Orlando, FL - Digital Mural, permanent installation
Crealde Sculpture Garden, Winter Park 7' welded bronze man, permanent collection
Avalon Gallery, Orlando
Selected Corporate Collections:
Ikon Office Solutions, Orlando, FL
Americatel Corporation, Miami, FL
Paulucci Enterprises, Sanford, FL
Dr. Harold Reinhartz, DPM, Winter Park
Frances Hadjilougiou, ReMax Realtors, Indialantic, FL
Goldfield Corporation, Melbourne, FL
Awards: Recent Juried Shows (*Awards):
OVAL Gallery, Jan. 2004
Disney/SBA Rotating Art Show, Orlando, 2003-04
For the Love of Art - Avalon Gallery, Orlando, 2002
*Kodak Innovator Award for Large Format Digital printing 2000
Seybold, San Francisco
Portrait Show, Oval on Orange, Orlando, FL 2000
Go Figure, Oval on Orange Gallery, Orlando, 2001
Digital Art Show
10 Women Show, Orlando, FL, October, 1999
Artist of the Month, Orlando Museum Shop, Orlando, FL, September, 98
Art & Technology, '98, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, Fl., September, 98
Artists Ask Artists, Ridge Art Association, Winter Haven, FL., September, '98
Florida Artist Group Exhibition, Polk Junior College, Winter Haven, FL, September, '98
48th Annual Florida Artist Group Exhibition, Jacksonville Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, FL. May, 1998
*Mt. Dora Center for the Arts 7th Annual Exhibition, Mt. Dora, FL, 1998
*Ridge Art Association, "A Company of Women", Winter Haven, FL, 1997
Art & Technology Show, "Beyond the Virtual Edge," Orlando Museum, 1997. "Ezekiel's Vision" (1.) was selected for show's poster /flyer. Nine of Cecil's digital works were featured.
Florida Artists Group 47th Annual Exhibition, Venice, FL, 1997
Body Non-Specific, Ridge Art Association Juried Show, Winter Haven, FL, 1997
1st Annual National All-Media Exhibition, Ridge Art Association, Winter Haven, FL, 1997
Florida Artists Group, Lighthouse Gallery, Tequesta, Fla 1997
Space-Related Artwork (Cassini Saturn Art), Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 1997. (see Hot News link)
The World's Women On-Line!, Electronic Art Networking, United Nations' Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, China, 1995, participant representing U.S.A. (see Hot News link)
Art and Technology Show, Orlando Museum, Orlando, FL, 1995
Digital Images, Electronic Design Association, Palm Beach Junior College, Palm Beach, FL, 1995
Sarasota Art Center Women's Caucus for Art Juried Show, Sarasota, FL, 1995
St. Thomas University Annual Women's Juried Show, Miami, FL, 1994
*Coral Springs Artist Guild, Brevard Community College, Davie, FL, 1994. Best in Show - portrait.
***Broward Art Guild, Fort Lauderdale, FL 1991, 1992, 1993
Bonnet Lily Painting Juried Competition, Bonnet House, Fort Lauderdale, FL 1992
Selected Earlier Juried and Invitational Shows:*Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival, Winter Park, FL (9 times); *Festival of the Masters, Walt Disney World Village, FL (8 times); *Halifax Annual Art Festival, Ormond Beach, FL; *Mount Dora Sidewalk Art Festival, Mt Dora, FL; *Indialantic Art Festival, Indialantic, FL; *Melbourne Art Festival, Melbourne; *Miami Beach Festival of the Arts, Miami Beach; "A Salute to Belgium," Southeastern Crafts Invitational, Birmingham, AL; Florida Sculptors' Society, Bacardi Gallery, Miami, F; Loch Haven Art Center Members Annual Juried Show, Orlando, FL; Loch Haven Art Center Museum's Choice, Orlando, FL; Festival of States, St Petersburg, FL; Las Olas Sidewalk Art Festival, Fort Lauderdale; Ringling Crafts Show, Sarasota; Beaux Arts, University of Miami, Miami; Rollins College; Maitland Art Center.
Media: mixed media Style: surrealistic Subjects: other, Spacescapes |
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