biography of John Henry WADDELL (1921-2019)

Birth place: Des Moines, IA

Addresses: Cottonwood, AZ

Profession: Sculptor

Studied: AIC (B.F.A.; M.F.A.; B.A.E.; M.A.E.)

Exhibited: AIC, 1949-51; La Jolla Mus., 1962 (solo); Phoenix Art Mus., 1960 (solo), 1963 & 64 (solos); Hellenic Am. Union, Athens, Greece, 1966; Arizona, 1969 (touring solo show). Awards: Valley Beautiful grant, 1965-67; Arizona Commission on Art & Humanities grant, 1970-72; Nat. Found. Art & Humanities grant, 1971-72.

Work: Phoenix (AZ) Art Mus.; Univ. Arizona, Tucson; Arizona State Univ., Tempe; Coe College; Eureka College. Commissions: "Dance Mother," Phoenix Art Mus., 1959-62; "That Which Might Have Been," Unitarian Church, Phoenix, 1963-64; "The Family," Maricopa Co. Complex, 1965-67; "Dance," Phoenix Civic Center, 1970-73.

Comments: Preferred media: bronze. Teaching: Inst. Design, Chicago, 1955-57; Arizona State Univ., 1957-61.

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