Don Haugen, Sculptor




		MORE ABOUT DON HAUGEN Don began sculpting when he was 10 years old. He won his first sculpture competition at 13 at the county fair with a wood carving of a cat. As he grew older he was encouraged to pursue more secure professions than that of an artist. Haugen is a natural sculptor and is primarily self-taught. He has attended classes at the New York Academy of Art and the Scottsdale Artists School. He has studied with internationally known sculptors Bruno Lucchesi, George Lundeen, Lincoln Fox, Grant Speed, Richard McDonald and Peter Rubino. Having thrown himself into his sculpting, Don was the first place winner of the prestigious James Wilbur Johnston International Figure Sculpture Competition in 1989. This event brings finalists from worldwide entrants into the same room for a head-to-head, monitored competition. This is a one-week, on-site, same-room, same-model competition judged by three internationally known sculptors. As winner of this competition, Don was recognized as best among the best. Don received his B.A. from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis and a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. AWARDS & COMPETITIONS First Place Winner at 1989 James Wilbur Johnston International Figure Sculpture Competition, Baltimore, MD. An on-site, same room, same model, monitored one-week competition judged by three internationally known sculptors. Awarded Individual Artist Grant from Georgia Council for the Arts in 1988 & 1989 Winner of the 1990 Atlanta Olympic Organizing Committee Sculpture Competition to create a sculpture to represent Atlanta in it's successful bid for the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games. Selected in 1993 to compete by the U.S. Treasury Department for the 1995 and 1996 Olympic Coin Designs Winner of 1993 Competition for commission to create Roswell, Georgia Vietnam War Memorial Winner of 1994 Competition for commission to create monumental bust of Dr. Robert Greenblatt for the Medical College of Georgia Selected in 1994 to create life-size sculpture for Atlanta Botanical Garden Selected in 1994 by Georgia Institute of Technology to create life-size sculpture of Dean Griffin Winner of 1995 Competition to create a sculpture of Jesse Mercer for Mercer University, Macon, Georgia Selected in 1997 to create life-size sculpture of former Atlanta City Councilwoman Barbara Asher for downtown Atlanta Selected in 1997 to create a life-size bronze sculpture of George Heaton for Blue Ridge Leadership Conference, Black Mountains, North Carolina Selected in 1998 to create bronze sculpture of children for Trinity School, Atlanta Selected in 1999 to create bronze sculpture of child for Atlanta Speech School Selected in 1999 to create a life-size bronze sculpture of grandfather and granddaughter for permanent collection of the River Gallery, Chattanooga, TN Selected in 2000 to create a life-size bronze sculpture of children for Westminster School, Atlanta Selected in 2000 to create life-size bronze sculpture for Anderson County Library, Anderson, SC Selected in 2000 by Georgia Department of Human Resources to create life-size sculpture for former State Mental Hospital cemetery in Milledgeville, GA Selected in 2000 to create life-size sculpture on Founder's Square, Columbus, GA Selected in 2000 by the Fulton County Arts Council to create a life-size sculpture for the new addition to Abernathy Arts Center, Sandy Springs, GA Selected in 2001 to create bronze busts of the CEOs of Lithonia Lighting, Keffer Management, Physicians Reference Laboratories and Cap, Gemini, Ernst & Young. Selected in 2002 by the state of Georgia to create a life-size bronze Memorial sculpture of the Georgia tenant farmer, plowing with a mule. To be located in Perry, GA Selected in 2003 to do Jesse Mercer for the Atlanta campus of Mercer University Installed Mule and Tenant Farmer sculpture at Perry, GA Selected to do a life-size bronze sculpture of Bernard Ramsey for the University of Georgia at Athens Selected in 2004 to do life-size busts of Atlanta civic and business leaders and philanthropists Patrick Flood, CEO of HomeBanc Jane Woodruff, Philanthropist Bernie Marcus, Founder of Home Depot Alana Shepherd, Founder of the Shepherd Center James Shepherd, CEO of the Shepherd Center Harold Shepherd, CEO Of the Shepherd Construction Dr. David Apple, Orthopedic Surgeon for the Atlanta Hawks and the Shepherd Center PUBLIC & PRIVATE COLLECTIONS The Reagan Library U.S. President George H. W. Bush U.S. Senator Wyche Fowler U.S. Senator Sam Nunn U.S. Ambassador Andrew Young The International Olympic Archives Georgia Power Company Delta Air Lines AT&T Atlanta Precision Molding Company The George W. Woodruff Sculpture Memorial Blue Ridge Leadership Conference Atlanta Historical Society Coca-Cola U.S.A. CNN IBM Chik-Fil-A Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina River Gallery in Chattanooga, Tennessee Omega Psi Phi National Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Erskine College, Due West, South Carolina Shepherd Center Georgia Agri-Center, Perry Georgia Rabun Gap Nacooche School Mercer University Georgia Institute of Technology River Gallery, Chattanooga Anderson County Library, Anderson, S. C. YMCA Headquarters, Black Mountain, N.C. Fulton County, GA. HomeBanc University of Georgia *Created in collaboration with Don's wife, Teena Stern More About Don Haugen More About Bronze Sculpture & The Lost Wax Method Media Coverage Home \| About Don Haugen \| Gallery \| Contact Information Copyright © 2004 Don Haugen. All rights reserved. Legal Notice.		Home Page About Don Haugen Gallery Contact Information Much of Don Haugen's work is commissioned. Don makes life-size portrait busts and bronze sculptures in all sizes from the very small to life-size and larger. He creates sculptures from live sittings or pictures. However, he prefers to have his subject in front of him. All sculptures are made of bronze metal using the lost-wax method. They are limited editions. For more information, please call 770.953.0178, or click here to send e-mail.