Born 1929, New York, NY
1954 M.F.A.
NY State college of Ceramics, Alfred University, NY
1952 B.F.A NY State College of Ceramics, Alfred University, NY
2001 Lorenzo Il Magnifico Award for Sculpture, Florence, Italy
1999 Audubon Artist's Award for Sculpture
1964 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award
Selected Exhibitions: 2000-02 SOFA/NY, Loveed Fine Arts, NY, NY / Internazionale Biennale dell' Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy / 2000 Materials Hard and Soft, The Meadows Gallery, Center for Visual Arts, Denton, TX / San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX / 1999 International Juried Show, New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts, Summit, NJ / 1997 Contemporary New York State Crafts, NYS Museum, Albany, NY / Louis Mendez: A Retrospective, Ocean County Community College Fine Arts Gallery, Toms River, NJ / 1994 Masks and Ceramic Interpretations, Sylvia Ullman Gallery, Cleveland, OH / 1993 Objects and Images, The Lanning Gallery, Sedona, AZ / Louis Mendez, The Portsmouth Collection, Portsmouth, NH / 1989 David Rodale Gallery, Baum School of Art, Allentown, PA / 1988 Perceptions, Federal Plaza Gallery, New York, NY / 1986 Affinity: Seven Latin Artists, 101 Wooster Gallery, New York, NY / 1985 New Art in New York, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY / 1982 Wadsworth Gallery, Bryn Mawr, PA
Selected
Collections: Amherst College, Amherst, MA / The Lima Art Museum, Lima,
OH / Museo del Barrio, New York, NY / American Craft Museum, NY, NY /
Otterbein College, Westerville, OH / Philadelphia Arboretum, Phila, PA
/ Columbia-Hollowell Company, NY, NY / Cooper Communications, NY, NY /
David Pfahl & Fix, PC, NY, NY / Manufacturers Trust Co., NY, NY /
Prudential Bache, NY, NY / The Tribune Co., Chicago, IL / Dr. Robert Martin,
Great Neck, NY / Dr. & Mrs. Michael Strauss, NY, NY / Alan Steinfeld,
Scarsdale, NY / Valerie McKeever, Greenwich, CT
Selected Publications: Leon Nigrosh: Sculpting Clay, Davis Publications, 1992 and Claywork, Davis Publications, 1989 / Hardcore Crafts, Ballantine Books, 1976 / Who’s Who in the East, 1972