Exhibitions
Michael Brophy, Dragon and Jewelry Box, 1985.
10” x 8”.
Silversmith MICHAEL BROPHY
December 6, 2008 to February 7, 2009
The Academy Art Museum presents silversmith Michael Brophy. For the past 20 years, Michael Brophy has been an internationally recognized silversmith who has produced work for the well-known firms of Tiffany, Steuben, Gorham and DeBeers. In addition, he has received commissions for trophies for the Indianapolis 500, the Arena Football League and the PGA. As an instructor, Brophy taught silversmithing to students at the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, and the Lexington Arts and Crafts Society, both in Massachusetts.
In addition, Brophy’s work has been featured in the book CONTEMPORARY SILVER: COMMISSIONING, DESIGNING, CREATING while a framed bowl designed by architect Richard Meier was in the Renwick Gallery’s Modernism in American Silver: 20th Century Design.
Silversmith Michael Brophy opens on Friday, December 5 at 6pm in conjunction with Monumental Forms: Drawings, Models and Sculpture by Albert Paley with a special members' reception.