Emil A. Sauer
Sculptor and Illustrator
3831 Euclid Ave.
Berwyn , Illinois ,60402-4056
3831 Euclid Ave.
Berwyn , Illinois ,60402-4056
(708)484-0197
Born:
- Casting
- Mold making
- Investment molds
Bronze:
- Investment casting
- Patination
- Welding
- Tooling
- Finishing
- Worked in four art bronze foundries
Steel:
- Welding (5 certifications in mild steel; worked in 17 steel fabrication companies as certified welder and fabricater)
- Fabrication
- Machining and tooling with hand tools
Selected Exhibitions (*Solo Shows)
2005 *Rocket Ice Arena, Bolingbrook , Illinois
2004-2013 , I have demonstrated in the public the creation of my figure skating drawings and exhibited them at these Illinois Ice Arena's beginning in 2004 and plan to continue this project until the end of 2018. These are the Ice arena's I have exhibited in as of 2013 , Rockey Ice Arena ,(630) 679-1700, 180 Canterbury Ln,Bolingbrook, IL. 60440 Seven Bridges Ice Arena ,(630)271-4400 ,6690 S. Route 53, Woodridge , IL. 60517, Homewood Flossmoor Park District Ice arena , 708-957-0100 ,777 Kedzie Ave Homewood, IL. 60430-4358 ,Oak Lawn Park District ice Arena, (708) 857-5173, 9320 S. Kenton Ave., Oak Lawn, IL. 60453 , Inwood Ice Arena , (815) 741-7275 ,3000 W. Jefferson St. ,Joliet ,IL. 60435 ,Winnetka Park District Ice Arena , (847) 501-2040 ,540 Hibbard road ,Winnetka ,IL. , 60093 , Darien Sportplex Ice Arena ,(630) 789-6666,451 Plainfield Rd. ,Darien, IL. 60561 , Springfield Parks Franklyn P. Nelson Recreation Center. , (217) 753-280 , 1601 N 5th St., Springfield, IL. 62702 , Center Ice of Dupage Ice arena ,(630) 790-9696 , 1N450 Highland Ave. ,Glen Ellyn, IL. 60137, Nortbrook sports center Ice Rink ,(847) 291-2993 1730 Pfingsten Rd. , Northbrook, IL. 60062 , Edge Two Ice Arena , (630) 766-8888 , 735 E Jefferson St. , Bensenville, IL. Owens Recreation Center , (309)686-3366 , 1019 W. Lake Ave. , Peoria ,IL. 61614 , Quadcity Sports Center , (563)322-5220 ,700 W. River Dr. , Davenport , IA. 52802
2012 LandmarkEducation , Chicago , IL. Office
2012 LandmarkEducation , Chicago , IL. Office
2005 *Fountaindale Public Library District, Bolingbrook , Illinois
2002 West Las Vegas Library, Las Vegas , Nevada
2001 *Michael O’Callahan Federal Hospital , Las Vegas , Nevada
2000 *James R. Dickinson Library, University of Nevada , Las Vegas , Nevada
1997 Hyde Park Art Show, Cincinnati , Ohio
1995 Rutledge Gallery, Dayton , Ohio
Olmes Gallery, Cincinnati , Ohio
A. B. Closson, Jr., Cincinnati , Ohio
Only Artists, Cincinnati , Ohio
1992 A Frame Come True Gallery, Torrington , Connecticut
1989 Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania
1988 *United States Post Office, Allegheny Station, Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania
1987 Prism Art Gallery , Evanston , Illinois
1986 *Coronado Naval Amphibious Base, San Diego , California
1985 *Pueblo Alegre Mall, Taos , New Mexico
1984 Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum
Corporate Collections
Alcoa Corporation, Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania
H. J. Heinz Corporation, Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania
Blue Cross Blue Shield, Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania
Selected Bibliography (*Reviews)
“Artist Exhibits at Hospital,” Bullseye, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada August 31, 2001 .
Scott Dickensheets, “Frolicking Frames,” Las Vegas December 21-27, 2000 .
“Art Exhibits,” Henderson View, Henderson , Nevada October 25, 2000 .
*Carrie Brunett, “From Trash to Art,” The Bulletin, Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, vol. 14, no. 5, October-November 1989.
Dana Baird, “Sculptor Sauer Visits South Park ,” “From Hangers to Humans,” The Official Newspaper of South Park High School , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania
*”Artist Looks at the USPS Through a Different Eye,” Pittsburgh
*Torie Young, “Blindfolded,” In Pittsburgh November 29, 1988 .
Bob Batz, Jr., “Shadyside Event Showcases Artistic ‘Junk’,” The Pittsburgh October 20, 1988 .
“Sculpturer Emil Sauer Now Working in Bellevue ,” The Citizen, Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania August 24, 1988 .
*Jean Pishney, “Students Hang Out . . . Purely for Art’s Sake,” Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, April 2, 1988 .
*Bab Batz, Jr., “Hanger Project Gives Sculptor’s Life a Twist,” The Pittsburgh Press, February 7, 1988 .
Michael R. J. Roth, “Emil Sauer’s Art is Where He Finds It,” The New Mexican, November 14, 1986 .
*Maridel Allinder, “Art from the Castoffs of Life,” Albuquerque July 27, 1986 .
“Emil Sauer Exhibition,” The Gator, Coronado Naval Amphibious Base, San Diego, California, vol. 2, no. 14, May 16, 1986.
Emil Sauer, “Resourcefulness,” The Education News, Tempe , Arizona
*Bruce Trethewy, “Tempe Sculptor Embarks on Paper Postal Project,” Tempe Daily News, Tempe , Arizona May 12, 1985 .
*Kelly Walton, “Emil Sauer: Sculptor with a Message That is More Important Than His Media,” City Life, Phoenix , Arizona April 24, 1985 .
*Lynn Pyne, “Lost and Found: Ma Bell Proves to be Artist’s Dream Gal,” The Phoenix August 4, 1984 .
*Harry Schwalb, “Parcell Revisited,” Pittsburgh
*Harry Schwalb, “SOS [Society of Sculptors]: Sculptors Have Become an Endangered Species,” Pittsburgh
“Airport Lands 2 ½-Ton Sculpture,” Pittsburgh May 18, 1980 . Mentions Emil Sauer as assistant to Ron Bennett.
Awards and Honors
1993 Safety Award. Cast-Fab Technologies, Cincinnati , Ohio
1992 First Place Pittsburgh
Section.
1984 Best of Show. Arizona Tucson Museum of Art Tucson , Arizona
1979 Paxton Summer Travel Award, Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh
1967 First Place Western Pennsylvania Humane Society
Poster Contest. A three-year scholarship to Tam-O’Shanter Saturday art
classes at Carnegie Museum Pittsburgh
Publications
Randall L. Goodman, Ophtho Notes: The Essential Guide. New York
Merrill Landers, Peter Altenburger, “Peripheral Nerve Injury.” Advances in Physiotherapy 2003, no. 5. Illustration by Emil A. Sauer, p. 68.
“Seated Woman with Cat,” pen-and-ink drawing. Beyond, Peabody High School Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania
H. J. Heinz World Headquarters Art Calendar for 1984. Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania
Lectures/Public-Speaking Engagements
Interview with Joan Velar. “The Other Side.” WPGH Public Television, Channel 53, Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania
Interview with Lynn Cullen. “Action News 4.” WTAE, Channel 4, Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania
Lecture on bronze work. Daughters of the American Revolution, Mariemont , Ohio March 15, 1997 .
Class, Metal Assembled Sculpture, Hot. Art Academy of Cincinnati
Class, Metal Assembled Sculpture, Cold. Art Academy of Cincinnati
Presentation on welded sculpture. American Welding Society, District 7, Cincinnati May 20, 1997 .
Presentation on welding of sculpture. Carnegie Mellon University Sculpture Department, March 4, 1992 .
Presentation on drawing. Academy of World Cincinnati Public Schools December 6, 1995 .
Slide retrospective presentation. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago February 17, 2005 , for Professor Preston Jackson
Education
1977 to 1980
Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honors. Major: sculpture; minor: drawing.
After graduation in 1980 , during the summer I worked as special bell assembler at Cosanti Foundation, Paradise Valley , Arizona
1981 Winter through 1982 Fall, was artist-in-residence in sculpture department at Carnegie Mellon, assisting Professor Ron Bennett.
1981 Winter through 1982 Fall, was artist-in-residence in sculpture department at Carnegie Mellon, assisting Professor Ron Bennett.
1982 to 2013 Completed over one hundred and five personal trainning and development courses and seminars with Werner Erhard and associates , LandmarkEducation and Landmark . These courses lasted from three days and one evening to one year .
1997 to 2013 Courses related to medical and biological illustration, as well as welding: human dissection techniques (five years), human anatomy and physiology (I, II, and III), microbiology, human embryology,
Training as a welder. Certification in welding awarded by
American Welding Society, 1993.
Welding (five certifications).
Welding (five certifications).
