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| Dennis
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| Dennis
Wilson received his B.F.A in sculpture
and painting from Rhode Island
School of Design. After graduation,
Dennis trekked west to Seattle
where he took a job working for
well-known artists, Dale Chihuly
and Buster Simpson. It was there
that Dennis developed his “Roadkill”
series; sculptures and topiaries
constructed from animal remains,
which grew out of his interest
in anatomy. In 1991, Dennis accepted
a job with the American Museum
of Natural History as a museum
preparator and reconstruction
artist for their fossil halls.
After the halls opened, Dennis
started Pangaea Designs, a firm
that provides commissioned model
making and natural history art
to museums, aquariums, and zoos.
Dennis began Syncreta Associates
with his colleagues to pursue
his interests in interpretive
planning, development, and design
of natural history exhibits. |
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Skills |
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Exhibit
design, fabrication, and installation
Model making, molding and casting
of artwork and specimens
Sculpture
Fossil preparation and restorations
Skeleton reconstruction and articulation |
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Exhibit Experience |
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American
Museum of Natural History, New
York, NY
The (5) Halls of Vertebrate
Evolution
Hall of Biodiversity
Hall of Ocean Life
“The Genome” (temporary
exhibit)
Denver Museum of Natural History,
Denver, CO
Festival of Dinosaurs
Ocean Journey Aquarium, Denver,
CO
“What Lurks Beneath”
near-shore aquatic environment
exhibit
Sumatran Tiger habitat
Toucan habitat
Freshwater Turtle habitat
Sea Otter exhibit: sunken boat
model
Miami Metrozoo, Miami, FL
Wings of Asia: Feathered Velociraptor
Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Commerce
City, CO
Live Honey Bee exhibit, Visitors
Center
Children’s Museum of Denver,
Denver, CO
Elements for children’s
interactive learning center |
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B.S., Rhode Island School of Design,
Providence, RI, 1988 |
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