Derek

Derek Bencomo – Artist, US
www.derekbencomo.com

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Working with wood for over 20 years, Bencomo’s work once focused on the bottom of pieces – where one would discover the details.  Entering new directions, his recent work has neither a top nor bottom focus. The timing of the ITE is perfect for Derek as he opens his new workshop in Hawaii. The residency gives him an opportunity to share his years of experience while gaining insights from the others. He will also move his current ideas from paper to completion. 

Museum Collections

Minneapolis Museum of Art, 2009
Fine Arts Museum, Houston, Texas, 2008
Museum of Arts & Design, New York, New, York, 2006
Renwick Gallery, National Museum of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., 1996, 2004
Honolulu Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2000, 2004, 2008
Mobile Museum of Art, Alabama, 2003, 2004, 2008
University of Michigan Art Museum, 2003
Long Beach Art Museum, California, 2003, 2006
Hawaii State Art Museum, Honolulu, HI, 2002, 2005, 2008
State of Hawaii, The Foundation and the Culture and the Arts, Hawaii, 1995 ,1996, 2002
First Hawaiian Bank Corporate Collection, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2002
Detroit Institution of Arts, Detroit, Michigan, 2000
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, M. H. de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA, 1999
Texas State Bank Corporate Collection, Mc Allen, Texas, 1998
Yale University Art Museum, The Mable Brady Garvin Collection, New Haven CT, 1994, 2008
Bishop Museum, The Native Hawaiian Culture and Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1992

Exhibitions

American Crafts Museum, NY; Minneapolis Institution of Art, Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA; Maui Arts and Cultural Center, Maui HI; Davenport Museum of Art, Davenport, IA; Carleton Art Museum, MN; Ohio Crafts Museum, Columbus OH; Indiana University; Mc Allen International Museum, Mc Allen, Texas; Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angles, CA; Academy Art Center, Honolulu, HI; Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center, Maui HI; The Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA; Saskatchewan Craft Council Gallery, Canada; Ellipse Arts Center, Arlington, VA; Janice Charach Epstein Gallery, Bloomfield, MI; Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, Rockport, MN; Prichard Art Gallery, University of Idaho; The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI

Awards

Hawaiian Craftsmen Annual State Exhibit, Award of Excellence, 2004
State of Hawaii, The Foundation of the Arts, Purchase Award, 2002
Hawaiian Craftsmen Annual State Exhibit, Second Place Award, 1998
Hawaiian Craftsmen Annual State Exhibit, Three First Place Awards, 1997
State of Hawaii, The Foundation of the Arts Purchase Award, 1996
The State of Hawaii, The Foundation of the Arts Purchase Award, 1995
Hawaii Craftsmen Annual State Exhibit, “The Following the Sea” Award, 1993

Publications

“20 Going on 21,” The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI, 2009
“10 Years,” The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center, 2006
“500 Wood Bowls,” Bold & Original Designs Blending Tradition & Innovation, 2004
“Celebration Nature: Craft Traditions/ Contemporary Expressions,” Craft & Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA, 2004
“Nature Transformed,” Wood Art form the Bohlen Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art
“Wood Art Today”: Furniture, Vessels, Sculpture, 2003
Collectors Choice: SOFA Chicago, 2002
“Wood Turning in North America: Since 1930,” Wood Turning Center, Yale University Art Museum
“The Fine Art of Wood: The Bohlen Collection,” The Detroit Institution of Arts, 2000
“Contemporary Turned Wood; New Perspectives in a Rich Tradition,” 1999
“Transformation 2: Contemporary Works in Wood,” The Elizabeth R. Raphael Founders Prize Exhibition, The Society of Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA, 1999
“Expressions in Wood; Master Works from the Wornick Collection,” Oakland Museum of Art, 1996
“The Art of Craft; Contemporary Works from the Saxe Collection,” Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, 1996
“Nature Turning into Art; The Ruth & David Waterbury Collection”, Carleton College, 1995