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By Phil Williams
pwilliam@franklin.uga.edu
Robert Stackhouse, a sculptor whose credits include numerous solo shows and installations across the country, has been named to the Lamar Dodd Chair in the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the university.
Stackhouse began his tenure with the beginning of fall semester. Those holding the Dodd Chair may serve up to three years in the post. The Dodd Chair, established in 1970, honors the late founder of UGA’s art department. Stack-house succeeds noted artist Susan Hauptman; previous artists who have held the chair include Elaine de Kooning, Robert Beauchamp and Mel Chin.
“We are delighted that Robert Stackhouse is occupying this important position in the school,” says Carmon Colangelo, director of the Dodd School of Art. “He is an artist of national stature and a fine successor to those who held the chair before him.”
Born in Bronxville, N.Y., the 58-year-old Stackhouse grew up in Florida and received his bachelor’s degree in painting from the University of South Florida and his master’s from the University of Maryland. He began his teaching career at the Corcoran Gallery School of Art in Washington, D.C., in 1966.
“The Lamar Dodd Professional Chair of Art allows me to work continuously in the unique community of the University of Georgia and greater Athens for up to three years,” says Stackhouse. “I hope in that time I can be a truly positive influence on young artists.”
Stackhouse’s first museum sculpture exhibition was at the Detroit Institute of Art in 1969, and his first solo show came in 1972 at the Henri Gallery in Washington.
In 1975, he moved to New York City, and his first solo show in that city came a year later at Max Hutchinson’s Sculpture Now Gallery. That show, dominated by a large A-frame construction called Running Animals/Reindeer Way, led to national prominence. The show generated favorable reviews and articles in many national art magazines.
After that breakthrough show, Stackhouse received commissions for several projects, including outdoor installations in Cleveland and at New York’s Hudson River Museum. He now has sculptural installations in Canada, Brazil and Australia, and has begun working on drawings and watercolors.
During the 1990s, Stackhouse began serving as a visiting artist and professor at colleges and art schools around the country. He has served as visiting artist at the Kansas City Art Institute and at universities in many states, including Illinois, Wyoming, Florida, Colorado and Connecticut.
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