Teresa Moorehouse Howley: narrative sculpture
About the Artist

Artist Statement


Magical combinations of myth and matter germinate in the narrative relief sculpture and the color textural poetry reliefs of Teresa Moorehouse Howley. Inspiration arrives in the form of multicultural books and lectures on tape, which play through much of the process. When I am out of self, sculpture flows through me and I am altered in a way that allows ideas to take the form of image. For me, these images form a language of symbols that pass logic and go directly to intuition and spirit. When this occurs I can feel the images in my body and I must sculpt.

The process begins with an original in clay followed by a rubber mold. Then a limited edition casting is done either in resin with bronze power or resin with colored patinas. Layers of color or patinas highlight and enrich the sculptures. I perform all processes in the artistic creation. The work ranges in size from three inches to 36 feet, but still maintains and intricate level of detail.

My work seeks to develop a conversation, although nonverbal, using layered imaged language referring to the mystery that lies just behind the visible world. For me, it is the interior language of the soul.

While I am a native of upstate New York with a studio in Ithaca, New York, my gypsy nature keeps me "On the road again". Whether doing gallery shows, outdoor fine arts shows, or commissions in the studio, home is where ever I am.

— Teresa Moorehouse Howley

Curriculum Vitae

Address 99 Etna Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
USA
Birth August 22, 1944
Email terry@teresahowley.com
Educational Background
1991-93 Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, Painting
1974 Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY, Artist in residence.
1972-73 Sponsored by James Collier Adams law firm, Lubbock, TX
1965-1966 Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, Fine Arts and Sculpture
1964-1965 Studied in New York, NY with Hans Von Bovenkamp
1964 Buffalo State University, 3 month study of temple sculpture in India
1963-1964 Buffalo State University, Buffalo, NY, Art Education - 2 years
1962 Penn Yan Academy, Penn Yan, NY, Regents Diploma
1961 New Paltz State University, New Paltz, NY, Summer studies in Art
Public and Private Works
2003 Cornell University Hillel, commissioned interior wall relief, 4' disk
2000-2002 Dryden, Ithaca, and Groton Elementary Schools, 2.5 year relief sculpture project with 450 children
2002 Private Commission: Interior wall releif of "Mandala of Union", 4' disc
2001 Handwork, Ithaca, NY. Exterior wall relief of the "Alchemical Marriage"
2000 Private commission, Dr. D'Amore, Ithaca, NY. Interior wall relief of the "Alchemical Marriage"
1993 AC Technology, company boardroom, Ithaca, NY: Commissioned painting
1992 Cornell University, Ohaus company conference room, Ithaca, NY: 4 large painted murals
1983 Half hour television special on myself and Steel Memorial Library sculpture.
1979 Steel Memorial Library, Elmira, NY - 7' Bronze and wood, free standing.
1970's Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, New York - Alto relief and doll collection.
1970's Barrington Community Church, Dundee, New York - 36 x 13' alto relief.
n/a Cornell University, Rhodes Hall lobby, Ithaca, NY :1 large 24 x 7' painted 3 dimensional canvas.
n/a Cornell University, Rhodes Hall lobby, Ithaca, NY : sepia painting of Brunell's engineering feats
n/a Elmira College, Elmira, New York - relief approximately 3 x 5'.
n/a Elmira Bicentennial-Centennial, Hazlett Building, Supreme Court - 10' disc alto relief.
Solo Shows
2003-05 Glenora Winery, Dundee, NY
2003 Clinton House, Ithaca, NY
2001 Leidenfrost Vineyards, Hector, NY
1981 Represented by Soufer Gallery, New York, NY
Group Shows
2003 CSMA Gallery, Upstate NY
2003 Handwork Gallery, Upstate NY
2003 Keuka Moon Gallery, Upstate NY
2002 George Waters Gallery at Elmira College, Elmira, NY
2002 State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca, NY
2002 Gimme Coffee Gallery, Ithaca, NY
2002 Domont Studio Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana
2001-03 Ithaca Art in the Heart of the City