GARRET MCFANN

Garret McFann received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design in Los Angeles, CA in 1984. In 1988 he received a Masters degree in sculpture from California State University at Stanislaus. From 1988-2000 he was employed at the Johnson Atelier Technical Institute of Sculpture which is a bronze art foundry as well as teaching facility.

At the Atelier he was responsible for the bronze casting needs of many of the leading contemporary artists of the time. His duties also included instruction in the art of bronze casting as well as figurative clay modeling.

Before moving to Bloomington, Illinois, in September of 2012, he worked as a subcontractor for several art foundries in the Los Angeles area and was an adjunct professor at Pasadena City College in Pasadena, California, teaching both figurative clay modeling and bronze art casting courses.


Garret is a member of the prestigious National Sculpture Society as well as the California Arts Club and has been represented in galleries in both Scottsdale Arizona and Santa Fe, New Mexico.

EDUCATION

Johnson Atelier Technical Institute of Sculpture, Mercerville, NJ
Apprentice, 1988 -1990

California State University at Stanislaus, Turlock, CA
Master of Arts - Sculpture, 1988

Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA
Bachelor of Fine Arts- Illustration/Communication Design 1984

2014 Western Spirit Art Show, CFD Old West Museum, Cheyenne, WY

2013 Define Drawing Show, Bloomington Illinois

2011
The 11th Annual Empire 100 Western Art Show and Sale, Tucson, Arizona

2010
The 10th Annual Empire 100 Western Art Show and Sale, Tucson, Arizona

2009
98th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition, California Art Club, Pasadena, California