University of New Mexico, in Albuquerque, where he first started working in bronze. Regarding the several western and football themes made in metal, Grooms told Grace Glueck: "It looks just like my regular stuff, but it's for the ages. . . It turns out to be easier to work with than less durable materials." The monumental Lumberjack (1977–1984), cast from a whimsical woodsman Red made as a gift for artist Neil Welliver, demonstrates his facility with the lost-wax method of casting. Collections and honors Grooms' work has been exhibited in galleries across the United States, as well as Europe, and Japan. His art is included in the collections of thirty-nine museums, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art in Nashville, the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Carnegie Museum of Art, and the Knoxville Museum of Art. In 2018 a gift from Walter and Sarah Knestrick of Nashville of 238 graphic works by Grooms will be installed in new galleries of the Tennessee State Museum. In 2003, Grooms was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Academy of Design. Personal life Grooms currently lives and works in New York City in a studio in lower Manhattan at the intersection of Tribeca and Chinatown, where he has lived for around 40 years. He has one daughter, Saskia Grooms. References External links Review of Grooms' Whitney Museum show in Time Magazine Profile of Grooms on Nashville Public Television's Carousel of Time website. Grooms' lithographs Shark's Ink. publishers of Red Grooms' prints since 1981. 1937 births Living people American printmakers American contemporary artists Art Students League of New York alumni Artists from Tennessee Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters National Academy of Design members People from Nashville, Tennessee American pop artists School of the Art Institute of Chicago alumni