Born in Dundee, Scotland
EDUCATION
1986-88 MFA in Sculpture University at Albany, State University of New York
1977-78 Postgrad. Diploma in Art (Sculpture /High Commend), Grays School of Art, Aberdeen, Scotland
1973-77 Diploma in Art (Sculpture & Ceramics) Grays School of Art, Aberdeen, Scotland
1971-72 Foundation Year Portsmouth College of Art & Design, England
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 New Drawings Unison Art Center, New Paltz, NY
2015 Platte Clove Lens/ New Drawings Cross Contemporary Art, Saugerties, NY
2009 Iain does Ian: Iain Hugh Machell examines Ian Hamilton Finlay Sykes Gallery, Millersville University, PA
2006 Insensitive Abutments Brooklyn Artists Gym Gallery, Brooklyn NY
1999 RELAX! Mobius Gallery, Boston, MA
I Can't See Myself Alumni Gallery, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
1997 Bedbook 3 ARC Raw Space, Chicago, IL
1995 Objets Perdus Dieu Donne Gallery, New York, NY
1994 Late Registration Grandview Gallery, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
1993 Something Wrong Frank Center for the Creative Arts, Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, WV;
Stifel Fine Arts Center, Wheeling, WV; Kipp Gallery, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
1992 In the Cage Gallery A, College of Creative Arts, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
1989 More Questions Koussevitsky Gallery, Berkshire Community College, Pittsfield, MA
1988 Thayer Fellowship Presentation State University of New York College at Purchase, NY
SELECTED 2/ 3 PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2014 At The Tree Line The Teaching Gallery, Hudson Valley Community College, Troy NY
2013 Subvert/ Sublime KMoCA/ Kingston Museum of Contemporary Art, NY
2005 Big Bang Collaborative performance, Cornelia St. Café, New York, NY
Transparent Paths Collaborative performance, Chocolate Factory, Brooklyn, NY
2000 Pick-Up Lines Collaborative site-specific installation: Splendid Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1996 3 Installations The Arts Center, Rensselaer County Council on the Arts, Troy, NY
1994 The Waiting Room 1 Governor's Arts & Letters Series, Governor's Mansion, Charleston, WV
1990 Sculpture & Drawings Five Points Gallery, East Chatham, NY
1989 On the Nature of the Abstract TED Gallery, Albany, NY
1987 3 x 3 University Art Gallery, University at Albany, State University of NY, Albany, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Active Member & Small Works Exhibitions WAAM, Woodstock Artists Assn. & Museum, NY
Cut Me Up Magazine Issue No. 8 & 9, Brooklyn, NY
Arbor Fabula Studio 89, Highland, NY
Forest Bathing Kleinert James Art Ctr., Woodstock, NY https://www.woodstockguild.org/forest-bathing/
2021 Mohawk Hudson Regional Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY and Opalka Gallery, Sage College, Albany, NY
Sunrise, Sunset Albany Airport Art Gallery, NY
Cut Me Up Magazine Issue No. 7, Brooklyn, NY
Spaces For Thinking Blog Profile @spacesforthinking
2020 Active Member Show WAAM, Woodstock Artists Assn. & Museum, NY
Read To Me Jane St. Art Ctr., Saugerties, NY
International Sculpture Day Online Exhibition, Jane St. Art Ctr., Saugerties, NY
Stay Home, Make Art Online Exhibition, Dorsky Museum, SUNY New Paltz, NY
Textured, Online Botanicals, Black & White 3 Online Exhibitions, Envision Arts, Dallas, TX
Dimensions Variable Byrdcliffe Guild Member’s Exhibition, Woodstock NY
2019 Material World Woodstock Artists Association Museum, NY
Terra & Tide, Abstract 1 Online exhibitions, Envision Arts, Dallas, TX
Day of Sculpture 2016,17,19 (International Sculpture Day) Cross Contemporary Art, Saugerties, NY
2018 What’s Next Outdoor Sculpture, Unison Arts Ctr., New Paltz, NY
Catskill Center Sculpture Park Mount Tremper, NY
True North LABSpace, Hillsdale, NY
The River Flows Both Ways Hastings Arts Commission, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
2017 Undercurrents: The River as Metaphor Dorsky Museum, State University of NY, New Paltz, NY
TERRA Kleinert Art Center, Woodstock, NY
Catskill Center Sculpture Park Mount Tremper, NY
HEGGE Winter Group Show, Cross Contemporary Art, Saugerties, NY
White Out Cross Contemporary Art, Saugerties, NY
2016 Catskill Center Sculpture Park Mount Tremper, NY
Artists of Mohawk-Hudson Regional The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY
Circle Dot Sphere, ARTBAR Gallery, Kingston, NY
2015 Kingston Sculpture Biennial, Kingston, NY
Material Message Wired Gallery, High Falls, NY
Thinking Through Drawing Intn’l Drawing & Cognition Research Symposium, Bargehouse, London, UK
2014 Attraction & Doubt Gallery 308, Muncie, IN
Invasive Species Catskill Center, Arkville NY
Landscape Today & Tomorrow Lederer Gallery, SUNY Geneseo, NY
2013 Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood 2013 Stockbridge, MA
Breaking Ground ARTBAR Gallery, Kingston, NY
2012 7th. Annual NY Art Book Fair MoMA PS1, Curated by Printed Matter
Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood 2012 Stockbridge, MA
2011 Exercises in Unexpected Beauty Dorsky Museum, SUNY New Paltz, NY
Transport The Suitcase Show, Galeria Cypriana Majernika, Bratislava
Artists of Mohawk-Hudson Regional The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY
2010 Artists of Mohawk-Hudson Regional Albany Institute of History & Art, Albany, NY
2009 Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood 2009 Stockbridge, MA
2008 Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture 2008 Burlington Community College Sculpture Park, PA
Medium is the Message Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY New Paltz, NY
2007 Natural Reaction Tastes Like Chicken Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
Kingston Sculpture Biennial Kingston, NY
Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood 2007 Stockbridge, MA
2006 Unexpected Catskills Kleinert Gallery, Woodstock, NY
2005 Recycled/ Revisited: Artistic Responses to the Earth Charter Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY New Paltz, NY
Kingston Sculpture Biennial Outdoor sites in Kingston, NY
2005 Wish You Were Here Benefit A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
2004 Stepping OutDOORS Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, SUNY Ulster campus, Stone Ridge, NY
Art of Detritus: Recycling with Imagination Synagogue for the Arts, New York NY
2003 Artists Space: Beyond the Moment/ ABACA (Art Benefits All Coalition) Artists Space, New York, NY
Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition University Settlement, Beacon, NY
2002 The Drawing Center 25th. Anniversary Selections Benefit Exhibition The Drawing Center, New York, NY
Reactions Exit Art, New York, NY; Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA; 9.11 Witness & Response, Library of Congress, Washington, DC
2001 The Home Show John Slade Ely House Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
Salon 2000 Williamsburg Art & Historical Society, Brooklyn, NY
1999 Group Exhibition Brickhaus Gallery, Brroklyn, NY
WAR:Artists Bulletin Board Postmasters, New York, NY
1998/99 Transatlantic Connections Touring exhibition curated by the Scottish Society of Artists:
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
Dick Institute, Dundee College of Art, Scotland
Grays School of Art, Aberdeen, Scotland
Grampian Arts Trust Gallery, Aberdeen, Scotland
Iona Gallery, Kingussie, Scotland
St. Fergus Gallery, Wick, Scotland
East Kilbride Arts Centre, Glasgow, Scotland
Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries, Scotland
1998 ArtRages Installation Projects: Curated by Mobius Gallery, Boston, MA
1997 Site Specifics '97 Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
Interiors Pittsburgh Art Center, Pittsburgh, PA
71st. Annual International Competition The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
1996 Innovations & Explorations in Handmade Paper: 20 years of Collaboration at Dieu Donne Papermill Dieu Donne Gallery, New York, NY
Art of Detritus: Recycling W/ Imagination Architecture Inst. of America Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Subjective Vision Kipp Gallery, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
86th. Annual Exhibition Carnegie Museum, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, PA
Paper, Art & the Book Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
Oregon Book Biennial: Endangered Oregon Book Arts Guild, Forest Grove, OR
Bumbershoot Arts Festival Seattle, WA
Contemporary SE Artists/ Cultural Olympiad: Nexus ContemporaryArts Center, Atlanta, GA
1994 Close to Home: Collaborative AIDS Projects Mesaros Gallery, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
1993 Structure, Strength, & Soul Installation at Grace Church, Jersey City, NJ
Light: AIDS Benefit Exhibition Russell Sage College Gallery, Troy, NY
Core Sample: Exhibition of FAX Art SE. College Art Conference, Birmingham, AL
1992 Hudson Arts Project Installation of paper, nails, text: 1st. Episcopal Church, Hudson, NY
Installation Stifel Fine Arts Center, Oglebay Institute, Wheeling, WV
The 1-79 Connection Sunrise Museum, Charleston, WV
1991 The Abstract Show Warwick Museum, Warwick, RI
Ethics of Desire Five Points Gallery, East Chatham, NY
1990 Incantations Russell Sage College Gallery, Troy, NY
Group Show Haenah-Kent Gallery, New York, NY
Dimensions Between 2 and 3 Five Points Gallery, East Chatham, NY
Installation Projects Holden-Leonard Textile Mill, Bennington, VT
1989 Selections 46 The Drawing Center, New York, NY https://drawingcenter.org/search/?s=Iain%20Machell
51st.Annual Exhibition: Artists of Central NY Munson-Williams-Proctor Inst., Utica, NY
Mohawk-Hudson Regional University Gallery, State University of NY, Albany, NY
1988 MFA Thesis Exhibition University at Albany, State University of New York at Albany
Hudson Valley '88 Mid-Hudson Arts & Sciences Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
Annual Drawing & Small Sculpture Exhibition Ball State University, Muncie, IN
Mohawk-Hudson Regional University Gallery, State University of NY, Albany, NY.
1987 Small Works The Sculpture Center, New York, NY
Graduate Drawing Allen Priebe Gallery, University of Wisconsin
Stamp Act: International Mail Art Exhibition Sage Junior College of Albany, NY
1986 Art '86 Center Galleries, Albany, NY
1984 Group Show Cylinder Gallery, London
Group Show Leicestershire Collection for Schools & Colleges, England
RESIDENCIES
2015 Platte Clove Artist-in-Residence Platte Clove Preserve, Catskill Park, Tannersville, NY
1997 Pyramid Atlantic Center for Hand Papermaking, Printmaking, and the Art of the Book handmade cast paper book projects, Riverdale, MD
1994 Dieu Donne Papermill handmade cast paper book projects, New York, NY
VISITING ARTIST/ LECTURER
2012 Visiting Artist/ Lecturer Art Dept., Ball State University, Muncie, IN
2009 Visiting Artist/ Lecturer Art Dept., Millersville University, U. of PA, Millersville, PA
2007 Visiting Artist/ Lecturer Art Dept., University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
2005 Visiting Artist/ Instructor Omega Institute Teen Camp, Rhinebeck, NY
1996,2001, 2002 Visiting Artist/ Lecturer Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
2000 Visiting Artist NY Studio Program, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
1999 Visiting Artist/ Lecturer Graduate Dept., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Visiting Artist Hudson Valley Community College, Troy, NY
1993 & 1998 Visiting Artist Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, WV
1991, 1996 Visiting Artist/ Lecturer Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
1996 Visiting Artist/ Lecturer University at Albany, State University of New York
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2021 Beyond the Book A Fantasy Curating Project for Vasari 21 magazine
https://vasari21.com/fantasy-curating-beyond-the-book/
1994 Close to Home: Collaborative AIDS Projects an exhibition of mixed-media
art projects by regional artists in collaboration with HIV infected members of the
Morgantown community, Mesaros Gallery, College of Creative Arts,
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
SELECTED GRANTS/ AWARDS
2021 Artist as Entrepreneur Workshop NYFA, New York Foundation for the Arts
2012 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching State University of New York
1997 New York State Council for the Arts Project Stipend, Site Specifics 97 exhibition at the Islip Art Museum, Long Island
1996 Joseph M. Katz Memorial Award 86th. Annual Exhibition, Assoc. Artists of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
1993, 1995 Finalist Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, Regional NEA Artists Fellowship in Sculpture
1993 NEA/ West Virginia Comm. on the Arts Exhibition Catalogue, Something Wrong, Stifel Fine Arts Center, Wheeling, WV
1992 Arts & Humanities Research Initiation Grant West Virginia University.
1989 Purchase Prize Mohawk-Hudson Regional Exhibition, Albany, NY.
1988 Juror's Award Mohawk-Hudson Regional Exhibition, Albany, NY.
Distinguished MFA Project Award U. at Albany, State University of New York.
University Benevolent Assn. Research Grant/ Sculpture U. at Albany, State University of New York
2nd. Place Finalist Thayer Fellowship in the Arts, State University of New York.
1980 Sculpture Prize New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT.
1980 Under 30 Award Essex Art Association, Essex, CT.
1978 Purchase Award Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland.
1977 James Rust Prize for Sculpture Grays School of Art, Aberdeen, Scotland.
SELECTED CATALOGUES
2021-3 Cut Me Up Magazine Issues No. 7, 8, 9 http://cutmeupmagazine.com/
Mohawk Hudson Regional Opalka Gallery & Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY
Sunrise, Sunset Albany Airport Gallery, Albany, NY
https://indd.adobe.com/view/502c346c-5d94-46a7-b016-508d105cdca5
2020 Vasari 21 Newsletter: What is a Drawing? March 2020 https://vasari21.com/what-is-a-drawing-part-five/
2017 TERRA Kleinert James Art Center, Woodstock, NY
Undercurrents: The River as Metaphor Dorsky Museum, State University of NY at New Paltz
https://www.newpaltz.edu/museum/exhibitions/past.html
2008 Media is the Message Dorsky Museum, State University of NY at New Paltz
2007 Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture at Chesterwood Daniel Chester French Estate, Stockbridge, MA
Kingston Sculpture Biennial Kingston NY
2006 Mohawk Hudson Regional Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY
2005 Recyled/ Revisited; Artists Respond to the Earth Charter Dorsky Art Museum, SUNY New Paltz, NY
Kingston Sculpture Biennial Kingston, NY.
1999 WAR:Artists Bulletin Board Postmasters, New York, NY, online catalogue
1998 Transatlantic Connections Touring exhibition in Scotland, Scottish Society of Artists
1997 Five Points Gallery Exhibition History 5 Points Gallery, E. Chatham, NY
Site Specifics 97 Islip Art Museum, Long Island
71st. Ann. Int’l Competition Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
1996 Innovations & Explorations in Handmade Paper: 20 Years of Collaboration at Dieu Donné Papermill Dieu Donné Papermill, New York, NY
Artists in the Kitchen University Art Museum, SUNY Albany, NY
Subjective Vision Kipp Gallery, Indiana University of PA
86th.Annual Exhibition Assoc. Artists of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
Paper, Art & the Book Center for Book Arts, New York, NY http://colophon.com/gallery/cba/catalogue.html
Endangered Oregon Book Biennial, Oregon Book Arts Guild, Forest Grove, OR
Contemporary SE Artists Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA
1994 Close to Home: Collaborative AIDS Projects Gallery B, College of Creative Arts, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
1993 5 Installations: Iain Machell Stifel Fine Arts Center, Wheeling, WV
1992 The Hudson Arts Project First Methodist Church, Hudson, NY,
1991 West Virginia Juried Group Exhibition, Cultural Center, Charleston, WV
1989 Artists of Central New York Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY
Mohawk-Hudson Regional Group Exhibition, University Art Museum, Albany, NY
1988 Annual Drawing & Small Works Exhibition Ball State University, Muncie, IN
1987 Graduate Drawing Group Exhibition, Allen Priebe Gallery, University of Wisconsin
COLLECTIONS
Museum of Modern Art Artists book, Museum of Modern Art/ Franklin Furnace/ Artist Book Collection http://library.moma.org
Permanent Collection Outdoor Sculpture sited on SUNY Ulster campus, Stone Ridge, NY
Rx Collection Drawings purchased from The Drawing Center, New York, NY
Library of Congress Permanent Collection Reactions exhibition, Exit Art, NY, 2002
State of the Art Gallery Private Collection, Brooklyn, NY
University Art Collection University Art Museum, State University of New York at Albany
New Britain Museum of American Art New Britain, CT
Yale University Library New Haven, CT, purchase of "Close to Home" documentation.
Five Points Gallery East Chatham, NY
Artists Signature Gallery New Haven, CT
Leicestershire Collection for Schools & Colleges Leicestershire, England
Private Collections in the UK and the USA
COMMISSIONS
1992 Architectural Drawings Commissioned building studies for the College of Engineering
and the College of Creative Arts, West Virginia University.
1981-84 Sculpture Restoration Projects various stone and wood carving and gilding restoration
projects in England, including the life-size replication in stone of a 1774 statue of "Justice"
for the Department of the Environment, Nottinghamshire, England.