Background
Buck, John E. was born on February 14, 1946 in Ames, Iowa, United States.
Buck, John E. was born on February 14, 1946 in Ames, Iowa, United States.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Kansas City Art Institute, 1968. Master of Fine Arts, University California, Davis, 1972.
Instructor in sculpture Montana State University, Bozeman, 1976-1990.
Sculptor and print maker: solo exhibitions include: Kansas City (Missouri) Art Institute, John Buck, 1988, Fine Arts Museum San Francisco, John Buck: Woodblock Prints, since 1993 (travels), Palm Springs Desert Museum, 1994, John Buck: Sculpture, 1994, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, John Buck: A Survey Exhibition, 1995, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon, 1999, Madison Art Center, 1999, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana, 2000, Museum of Northwest Art, La conner, Washington, 2000, Sangre De Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo, Colorado, 2003, Boulder Museum Contemporary Art, Boulder, 2005, Jackson Hole Center for Arts, Wyoming, 2005. Group exhibits Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, California Permanent Collection, 1992, Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, California, Beyond the Bay, 1993, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Human Nature, Human Form, 1993, The Oakland (California) Museum, Here and Now, 1994. Commissions include: Ahmanson Commercial Development, Chicago, 1991, Principal Finance Group, Des Moines, Iowa, 1989, Swedish Hospital, Seattle, 1999, Meridian Plz., Sacramento, 2001. Represented by Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, DC Moore Gallery, New York City, Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, California.
Married Deborah Butterfield. 2 children.