The George Sugarman Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit organization

Organization

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 founded in 2001 to honor the memory and wishes of George Sugarman

George Sugarman

George Sugarman was an American artist working in the mediums of drawing, painting, and sculpture. Often described as controversial and forward-thinking, Sugarman's prolific body of work defies a definitive style. He pioneered the concepts of pedestal-free sculpture and is best known for his...

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History

George Sugarman (1912-1999) was an American

United States

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 artist

Artist

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 working in the mediums of drawing

Drawing

Drawing is a form of visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium. Common instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax color pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, markers, styluses, and various metals .An artist who...

, painting

Painting

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, and sculpture

Sculpture

Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...

. Often described as controversial and forward-thinking, Sugarman's prolific body of work defies a definitive style. He pioneered the concepts of pedestal-free sculpture and is best known for his large-scale, vividly painted metal sculptures. His innovative approach to art-making lent his work a fresh, experimental approach and caused him to continually expand his creative focus. During his lifetime, he was dedicated to the well-being of young emerging artists, particularly those who embraced innovation and risk-taking in their work. In his will, Sugarman provided for the establishment of The George Sugarman Foundation, Inc.

Foundation Work

From 2001-2008, the George Sugarman Foundation awarded monetary grants to emerging visual artists who were engaged in creating new works of fine art and whose work showed promise and conceptual innovation. As of 2009, the George Sugarman Foundation, Inc. shifted its focus away from offering grants to artists in order to serve the wishes of George Sugarman through the donation of his artwork to American institutions, museums, and universities.

Grant Recipients

2001

• Joan Bankemper
• Paula Busch
• Steve "Pablo" Davis

• Helene Lhote
• Marsha Rich
• Paul Salscheider

• Harry Simpson
• Mark Taylor
• Marvin Werlin

2002

• Romolo Del Deo
• Cynthia K. Evans
• Darlys Ewoldt
• Jan Frank
• Edgar Jerins

• Caspar Henselmann
• Nathan Horner
• China Marks
• Susan Matthews

• Phyllis Gay Palmer
• Jerry Dane Sanders
• Eric B. Semelroth
• Julie Orsini Shakher

2003

• Sachiko Akiyama
• Timothy Blum
• Holly Boruck
• Anne Boysen
• Matt Brackett
• Virginia Bryant
• Shaila Christofferson
• Edith Dakovic

• Pamela Dodds
• Theresa Durand
• Emily Ehmer
• Keina Davis Elswick
• Mara Held
• Kathleen Holmes
• Michael J. Kane
• Jarmo Karjalainen

• Biganess Livingstone
• Nestor Madalengoitia
• Mario Naves
• Chris Piazza
• Betty Schoenberg
• Diane Van der Zanden
• Alex Walker

2004

• Jonathan Allen
  Jonathan Allen
  Jonathan Allen is a visual artist, writer, and magician based in London. His alter-ego "Tommy Angel", is a fictitious evangelist and magician satirising the genre of Gospel Magic, who Allen portrays in a variety of media including performance, photography, video, and writing.-Life and work:He...
  
  
• Lauren Baker
• Daniel Bilodeau
• Gina Blickenstaff
• Timothy Blum
• Aaron Board
• Shelly Bradbury
• Noah Buchanan
• Claudia Cohen
• Donna Coleman
• Andrew Conklin
• Tamra Conner

• Dianne Corbeau
• Ian Everard
• Cristina Figueredo
• Frankie Flood
• Rik Freeman
• Nancy Friese
• Susan Hagen
• Susan Hauptman
• David Hayes (sculptor)
  David Hayes (sculptor)
  -Life:David Hayes received an A.B. degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1953, and a M.F.A. degree from Indiana University in 1955 where he studied with David Smith....
  
  
• Sean Hopp
• Leeah Joo
• Ellen Kozak

• Adela Leibowitz
• Kristin Lerner
• Kimberly Maier
• Sandy Oppenheimer
• Xan Palay
  Xan Palay
  Xan Palay is an installation art sculptor based in Columbus, Ohio.Xan Palay was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She produces art in a number of media, including sculpture, sound, video, installation art, and fiber...
  
  
• Gael Perrin
• Jane Richlovsky
• Steff Rocknak
• Joan Ryan
• Eleanor Seeley
• Rosa Valado

2005

• Sony Marlon
• Ejiro Akpotor
• James Xavier Barbour
• Michele Benzamin-Miki
• Tom Block
• Jeanne Marie Ferraro
• Michael Ferris, Jr.
• Cristina Figueredo
• Rossy Finol
• Kathleen Fruge-Brown

• Michel Gerard
• Katrina Miller Hawking
• Michael Kane
• Jinchul Kim
• Isabella Gibbs Kirkland
• Sol Kjok
• Todd Kurtzman
• Michael Massenburg
• Susan Matthews
• Jack Montmeat

• Lazarus D. Nazario
• Leslie Parke
• Natalia Rosenfeld
• Gwyneth Scally
  Gwyneth Scally
  Gwyneth Scally is a visual contemporary artist from Tucson, Arizona, United States. Her work is figurative and psychological, much of it deals with elevating biology over religion. It includes large scale paintings, installation, and fiberglass sculpture...
  
  
• Catherine Schmid-Maybach
• Eleanor Nanci Seeley
• Miroslaw Struzik
• Richard Marc Weaver
• Holly Jennifer Wong
• Victor Zubeldia

2006

• Cynthia Consentino
• Meghan Cox
• Fletcher Crossman
• Joan Green
• Caspar Henselmann
• Jasmine Hernandez
• Dale Horstman
• Elizabeth Insogna

• Edgar Jerins
• Joe Kight
• Valeri Larko
• Geoffrey Laurence
  Geoffrey Laurence
  Geoffrey Laurence is an American realist painter. He lives and works in Santa Fe, New Mexico.Laurence was born in Paterson, New Jersey. Child of Holocaust survivors, he was brought up and educated in London, England...
  
  
• Nina Levy
• China Marks
• Greg Mueller
• Brian Owens

• Joyce Polance
• Kirstine Reiner
• Jane Richlovsky
• Lynn Sures
• Lois Teicher
• Cary Wiegand
• Don Williams

2007

• Sophia Ainslie
• Marlene Aron
• Laura N. Atkinson
• Becca Bernstein
  Becca Bernstein
  Becca Bernstein is an American artist. She lives and paints in Oregon and Scotland.-Life and work:Becca Bernstein graduated from Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon and studied at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City...
  
  
• Aaron Morgan Brown
• Crystal Z. Campbell
• Ke-Hsin Jenny Chi
• Morgan Craig
• Sherri Dahl
• Alicia DeBrincat
  Alicia DeBrincat
  Alicia DeBrincat is an American artist who lives and works in New York City. Her figurative oil painting is known for its engagement with the human body and its exploration of awkward and potentially destructive social dynamics....
  
  
• Donna Dodson
• Keina Davis Elswick
• Michael Fitts
• Norma Greenwood

• Nathaniel Christopher Hester
• Lynn Irene Jadamec
• Anna Kipervaser
• Todd Kurtzman
• John Lambert
• Anna Lee-Hoelzle
• Cathy Lees
• Chris Leib
• Pamela Matsuda-Dunn
• Daniel McCormick
• Jim Morris
• Arny Nadler
• Sarah Wallace Petruziello
• Gary Lee Price
  Gary Lee Price
  Gary Lee Price is an American sculptor.- Biography :Price went to both grade school and high school in Montpelier, Idaho. After graduating from Montpelier High School, he went on to study at Ricks College in Rexburg, Idaho. He then served a two-year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of...
  
  

• Michele Ramirez
• Lorna J. Ritz
• Darrell Keith Roberts
• Dasha Shkurpela
• Rene Smith
• Gary Haven Smith
• Margot Spindelman
• Julia Stratton
• Suzanne Stryk
• Willem Volkersz
• Christina Anne West
• Holly Jennifer Wong

2008

• John E. Stallings