Josefa Filkosky ( 1933-1999)

Born June 15, 1933 Westmoreland City, Pennsylvania. She was born Patricia Filkosky but took the name Josefa when becoming a Sister of Charity of Greensburg

Education and Training:
1955 B.A., Fine Arts, Seton Hill College, Greensburg, Pennsylvania

1963 B.F.A., Sculpture and Metalsmithing, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; study in sculpture with Clark Winter

1968 M. F.A., Metalsmithing, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan; study in sculpture with Julius Schmidt

1968 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; study in metal sculpture with Richard Hunt and Steve Urry

Selected Solo Exhibitions:
1970 The Art Image in All Media Gallery, New York, New York

1971, Pittsburgh Plan for Art, Pittsburgh, 73 Pennsylvania

1972 Indiana University, Indiana, Pennsylvania

1973 Bertha Schaefer Gallery, New York, New York

1974, RM Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 75

Selected Group Exhibitions:
1964- "Annual Invitational Regional Painting 78 and Sculpture Exhibition," Westmoreland County Museum of Art Greensburg, Pennsylvania

1968- "Annual Three Rivers Arts Festival, 73 Gateway Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, catalog

1970 "Discoveries '70," The Art Image in All Media Gallery, New York, New York

1971 "Contemporary Sculptors," Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York

1971- 76, 83, 84"Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Annual Exhibition," Museum of Art
Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, catalog

1973-75"Sculpture in the Fields," Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York

1974 "Woman's Work: American Art 1974," Museum of the Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania catalog

1974 "Sculpture in the Park, An Exhibition of American Sculpture," Van Saun Park, Paramus, New Jersey (Sponsored by Bergen County Parks Commission, Paramus, New Jersey), catalog

1978 "90 × 30 Small Sculpture Exhibition," Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, New York

1979 "Twenty-Five Pennsylvania Women Artists," Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art. Loretto. Pennsylvania

1979- "A.R.E.A. Sculpture on Shoreline 80 Sites," Roosevelt Island. New York catalog

1980 "Eleventh International Sculpture Conference," Area Galleries and Institutions, Washington, D.C (Sponsored by International Sculpture Center, Washington, D.C.)

1980 "Seeing the Unseen," Courthouse Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1980 "Monumental Sculpture," Gallery 401, Magnolia, New Jersey

1981-82 "Sculpture '81," Temple University, Main Campus, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Co-Sponsored by Cheltenham Art Centre, Cheltenham, Pennsylvania), catalog

1982 "Sculpture--Area Artists," Zenith Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1983, "Sculptors Guild Annual Exhibition," 84 Lever House, New York, New York, catalog

1983 "Four Pennsylvania Artists: Brodsky, Filkosky, Mulcahy and Osby," Kennedy Gallery, Saint Vincent College, Latrobe, Pennsylvania

1985 "Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition," Seton Hill College, Greensburg, Pennsylvania (In celebration of the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)

Selected Public Collections:
Briarwood Shopping Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Craig Street Association, Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York
Gateway Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Greater Pittsburgh Merchandise Mart and
Expo Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Harlan Corporation, Southfield, Michigan
Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York
J & L Steel Corporation Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Merwin Research Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Paulsen Recreation Center Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
PPG Industries, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
St Lawrence University, Canton. New York
Seton Hill College Greensburg, Pennsylvania

Selected Private Collections:
Richard and Rhoda Neft. Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Dr. John Pignetti, Greensburg, Pennsylvania
John Sabry, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Vern and Renata Sawyer, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Alvin Silverman. Roslyn, New York

Selected Awards:
1976 Winner, St. Lawrence National Sculpture Competition, St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York

1976 Sculpture Award, "Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Annual Exhibition. Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, catalog

1978 Finalist, "National Sculpture Competition," Traveling Exhibition South Dakota Memorial Art Center, Brookings, South Dakota

Preferred Sculpture Media:
Metal (welded)

Additional Art Field:
Sculptured Jewelry in Gold and Silver

Teaching Position
Professor of Art, Seton Hill College,
Greensburg, Pennsylvania

Selected Bibliography
Benton, Suzanne. The Art of Welded Sculpture. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1975.

Evert, Marilyn and Vernon Gay. Discovering Pittsburgh's Sculpture Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press 1983.

Glueck, Grace "New Sculpture Under the Sun, From Staten I. To the Bronx," The New York Times (Friday, August 3, 1979) pp. C1, C15, illus.

Miller, Donald "Sister Josefa's Pipe Dreams." Art International vol. 25 no. 10 ( December 20, 1971) pp. 50-51, illus.

Robinette, Margaret A. Outdoor Sculpture: Object and Environment. New York Whitney Library of Design, 1976.

Sources:
Contemporary American Women Sculptors. Contributors: Virginia Watson-Jones - author. Publisher: Oryx Press. Place of Publication: Phoenix. Publication Year: 1986. Page Number: 182.

Information provided by Lonna Simmons-Presley