Education
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| 1981 |
M.F.A., Ceramics, Montana State University, Bozeman,
MT |
| 1975 |
B.F.A., Ceramics, University of Colorado, Boulder,
CO solo exhibitions |
Grants & Awards
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| 2007 |
Artist Trust, Washington state Arts commission Fellowship
award |
| 2007 |
Nominated for a Neddy Grant, Seattle, WA |
| 2004 |
Virginia A. Groot Foundation Grant, First Place Award
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| 2002 |
GAP Grant, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA |
| 2001 |
Emerging Artist, NCECA, Charlotte, NC |
| 1997 |
Artist-in-residence, Centrum, Port Townsend, WA |
| 1995 |
Artist-in-residence, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena,
MT |
| 1987 |
Slides retained for the Slide Reference Library, Ceramics
Monthly Magazine |
| 1986 |
Visual Arts Fellowship, National Endowment for the
Arts |
| 1985 |
Artist-in-residence, Ucross Foundation, Ucross, WY |
| 1982-1983 |
Artist-in-residence, Contemporary Craft Gallery, Portland,
OR |
| 1981 |
Governor's Award, Northern Rockies Clay, juried traveling
exhibition, Hockaday Center for the Arts, Kalispell, MT |
| 1981 |
Purchase, Permanent Collection, Paint on Clay, Kohler
Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI |
| 1980 |
Ferro Corporation, Cash Merit Award, The Westwood Clay
National, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1976 |
Purchase Award, Colorado Artist and Craftsman, juried,
Boulder, CO |
Solo Exhibitions
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| 2008 |
Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA |
| 2007 |
Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, WA |
| 2005 |
Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2002 |
Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1998 |
Recent Work, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA |
| 1992 |
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA |
| 1990 |
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA |
| 1988 |
Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1988 |
Traver Sutton Gallery, Seattle, WA |
| 1987 |
Brunswick Gallery, Missoula, MT |
| 1985 |
Hundred Waters Gallery, Seattle, WA |
| 1983 |
Contemporary Crafts Association, Portland, OR |
| 1982 |
Meredith Contemporary Art, Baltimore, MD |
Selected Group Exhibitions
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| 2008 |
Query and Repose: Jack Earl and Tip Toland ,
Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama |
| 2007 |
Northwest Figurative Ceramics Invitational,
Turman Larison Contemporary, Helena, MT |
| 2007 |
Red, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD |
| 2007 |
Neddy Exhibition, Tacoma Art Museum , Tacoma WA
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| 2006 |
Living it Large. Kentucky Museum of Art and
Craft, Louisville, KY |
| 2006 |
The Edges of Grace. Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton,
MA |
| 2005 |
The 35th Annual Ceramics Exhibition. Crossman
Gallery. Univ. of WI, Whitewater |
| 2005 |
White on White. Elaine L. Jacob Gallery. Wayne
State University. Detroit, MI |
| 2005 |
Tip Toland, Phoebe Toland. Turman Gallery,
Helena, MT |
| 2005 |
"Trans-Ceramic Art", 3rd World Ceramic
Biennale/World Ceramic Exposition Foundation (WOCEF), World Contemporary
Ceramic Exposition. Seoul, Korea |
| 2004 |
A Ceramic Continuum: Fifty Years of the Archie Bray
Influence, The Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, Spokane |
| 2004 |
Edgy Characters, NCECA, University of Indianapolis,
Wheeler Arts Center |
| 2003 |
Women on the Edge, Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO |
| 2002 |
Fired Up, Byron Cohen Gallery, Kansas City, MO |
| 2001 |
Gallery Group Plus+, Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia,PA |
| 2000-2002 |
Ceramic National 2000, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse,
NY |
| 2001 |
Invitational Exhibit of Ceramics with the Human Figure,
The Emerson, Beall Park Art Center, Bozeman, MT. |
| 2000 |
Commence Vision, Peck Gallery, Providence, RI |
| 2000 |
Northwest International Art Competition, Whatcom Museum,
Bellingham, WA |
| 1999 |
Like Cats and Dogs, Pratt Gallery at COCA, Seattle,
WA |
| 1999 |
Pratt Instructors' Exhibit, Center on Contemporary
Art, (COCA), Seattle, WA |
| 1998 |
Thirtieth Artists-in-Residence Birthday Exhibition,
Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR |
| 1998 |
Pratt Instructors' Exhibit, Center on Contemporary
Art, (COCA), Seattle, WA |
| 1996 |
Magic Mud Northwest Invitational, Gallery by the Lake,
Coeur d'Alene, ID |
| 1996 |
Pottery Northwest / Northwest Folklife Festival Exhibit,
Seattle, WA |
| 1995 |
A-I-R Five-Year Retrospective, Children's Museum, Seattle
Center, Seattle, WA |
| 1995 |
Resident artist exhibition, Archie Bray Foundation,
Helena, MT |
| 1995 |
Pratt Instructors' Exhibit, Center on Contemporary
Art, (COCA), Seattle, WA |
| 1995 |
Teapot Invitational, Mia Gallery, Seattle, WA |
| 1994-1995 |
Cups 4, Annual Cup Show, Artworks Gallery, Seattle,
WA |
| 1993 |
Clay 1993, A National Survey, William Traver Gallery,
Seattle, WA |
| 1993 |
Pratt Instructor's Exhibit, juried, Foster-White Gallery,
Seattle, WA |
| 1992 |
Kirkland Center for the Arts, juried, Kirkland, WA |
| 1991 |
Clay With an Attitude, Kirkland, Center for the Arts,
Kirkland, WA |
| 1991 |
War in the Gulf, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA |
| 1991 |
Two Person Show, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA |
| 1990 |
Seven Figurative Artists Working in Clay, William Traver
Gallery, Seattle, WA |
| 1989 |
Third Biennial Oregon / Washington Juried Exhibition,
Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, WA |
| 1989 |
Surreal Ceramics, John Michael Kohler Arts Center,
Sheboygan, WI |
| 1989 |
Artist-in-Residence Retrospective, Contemporary Crafts
Gallery, Portland, OR |
| 1988 |
Animal Imagery, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley,
CA |
| 1988 |
The Aesthetic Edge, A National Clay Invitational, Corvallis
Art Center, Corvallis, OR |
| 1988 |
Northwest Clay, Littman Gallery at Portland State University
and Coos Art Museum, Portland, OR |
| 1986 |
Contemporary Crafts: A Concept in Flux, National Craft
Show Room, New York City, NY |
| 1986 |
Three-Person Show, Art Attack Gallery, Boise, ID |
| 1986 |
Figure Narrative, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA |
| 1986 |
Three-Person Exhibition, Foster White Gallery, Seattle,
WA |
| 1985 |
Group Clay Exhibition, Foster White Gallery, Seattle,
WA |
| 1984 |
Ceramics and Social Commentary Clay, 1984, Laumeier
International Sculpture Park Gallery, St. Louis, MO |
| 1984 |
Group Show, Detroit Gallery of Contemporary Crafts,
Detroit, MI |
| 1983 |
Louisiana State University Faculty Exhibition, Fine
Arts Gallery, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA |
| 1983 |
Visiting Artists Exhibition, Foster Gallery, Louisiana
State University, Baton Rouge, LA |
| 1983 |
Clay for Walls, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, DC |
| 1983 |
Ceramic Invitational, Blackfish Gallery, Portland,
OR |
| 1982 |
The Many Facets of Paper, Boca Raton Arts Center, Boca
Raton. FL |
| 1981 |
American Clay 1981, Invitational, Meredith Contemporary
Art, Baltimore, MD |
| 1981 |
M.F.A., Thesis exhibition, Fine Arts Gallery, Montana
State University, Bozeman, MT |
| 1981 |
Northern Rockies Clay, juried traveling exhibition,
Hockaday Center for the Arts, Kalispell, MT |
| 1981 |
Paint on Clay, Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI |
| 1980 |
Westwood Clay National, Los Angeles, CA, New York City,
NY |
Teaching & Related Experience
|
| 2007 |
Sabbatical replacement, Spring quarter, Ceramics instructor,
University of WA |
| 2004-2008 |
Abstracting the Figure in Clay, Gage Academy, Seattle,
WA |
| 1999-2008 |
Sculpture Instructor, Seward Park Art Studio, Seattle,
WA |
| 1996 |
Ceramic Instructor, University of Washington, Seattle,
WA |
| 1990-2007 |
Ceramic Instructor, Coyote Jr. High School, Seattle,
WA |
| 1990-1995 |
Artists in the Schools, Artist-in-Residence, Washington
State Arts Commission |
| 1988-1993 |
Ceramic Instructor, Pottery Northwest, Seattle, WA |
| 1987 |
Substitute art instructor, University of Montana, Missoula,
MT |
| 1983 |
Artist-in-Residence and Associate Professor, Louisiana
State University, Baton Rouge, LA |
| 1979-1981 |
Graduate teaching assistant, Montana State University,
Bozeman, MT |
Publications
- Confrontational Ceramics (English edition), Front Cover Image,
Judith S Swartz, July 1, 2008
- The Stranger, ”The Genius Awards, Visual Art Shortlist”,
Jen Graves, Sept. 13, 2007
- Ceramics Monthly Magazine, "Tip Toland, Prayer and Preoccupation",
Mathew Kangas. Aug/Sept 2007
- Tacoma Volcano, “The Neddy Finalists”, Alec Clayton,
July 26, 2007
- "The Precious and Precarious", Ceramics Art and Perception,
Issue 60, 2005
- “500 Figures in Clay” Lark Book, 2004
- "A Head of its Time" St. Louis Post-Dispatch, November
16, 1984.
- "A Turbulent Century Produces Art of Strong Social Content"
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, November 25, 1984.
- "Actual Landscapes, Inner Images." Seattle Times,
August 1990.
- "American Clay 1981, and the Arts." Art in America,
Summer 1982.
- "American Clay 1981." Catalog for Meredith Contemporary
Art, Baltimore, MD, 1981.
- "American Illustration 4th Annual: The ties that Bind."
American Illustration Inc. New York, NY, 1985-86.
- "American Illustration 5th Annual: Restless Nights."
American Illustration Inc. New York, NY, 1986-87.
- "Art, Money and the N.E.A." Ceramics Monthly, February
1987.
- "Ceramic Exhibition 3 is a Major Overview." Seattle
Times, April 4, 1984.
- "Ceramics and Social Commentary." Published in St.
Louis, MO, 1984.
- "Clay: Arts Multipurpose Vehicle." Baltimore Sun,
September 1981.
- "Clay Molded to Artists' Visions." The News American,
September 1981.
- "Contemporary Crafts: A Concept in Flux." Published
in New York, NY, 1986.
- "Down on Paper: The Material is the Message." Miami
Herald, April 11, 1982.
- "Galleries Rating Guide." Denver Post, January 1991.
- "Gallery Works Invade Auraria Campus." Rocky Mountain
News, January 25, 1991.
- "Goddesses of Clay Make Fertile Symbols." The Seattle
Weekly, August, 1990.
- "Looking Back at 1995's Artistic High Points." The
Port Townsend Jefferson Co. Leader, December 27, 1995.
- "Mixmasters." Eastside Week, August 25, 1993.
- "New Path for Feat of Clay." Sheboygan Journal, January
1981.
- "Not Just Paper Adds Dimension to Wood." Boca Raton
News, April 2, 1982.
- "Northern Rockies Clay." Ceramics Monthly, November,
1981.
- "Paint on Clay." American Crafts, June 1981.
- "Relief on Clay" The Oregonian, August 12, 1983.
- "Sculptors Mold a World of Emotion." Seattle Post
Intelligencer, August 1990.
- "Show Has Clay with Attitude." Journal American, August
4, 1991.
- "Social Comment is Seen in Parks Ceramic Show." St.
Louis Globe Democrat, November 16, 1984.
- "Surrealistic Relief." Missoulian, March 6, 1987.
- "Tapping Creativity." The Port Townsend Jefferson
Co. Leader, November 22, 1995.
- "Tapped Goddesses." Reflex, August 1990.
- "Tea Sets for One of a Kind Tastes Served Up in Exhibits."
Seattle Post Intelligencer, December 15, 1995.
- "The Westwood Clay National." Published in New York,
NY, 1980.
- "War in the Gulf." KIRO News 7 (interview), March
14, 1991, 6:45 pm
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Workshops
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| 2009 |
Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT |
| 2008 |
Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA |
| 2008 |
University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, WI |
| 2008 |
Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD |
| 2008 |
Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts, Asheville, NC |
| 2008 |
Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village,CO |
| 2007 |
Visiting lecturer, San Jose State College, San Jose,
CA |
| 2007 |
Public lecture, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA |
| 2007 |
Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland OR |
| 2007 |
Haystack School of Crafts, Deer Isle, MA |
| 2007 |
Metro State College, Denver,CO |
| 2006 |
Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe NM |
| 2006 |
Pottery Northwest 40th Anniversary “Gang of Eight”
Seattle, WA |
| 2006-2007 |
Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland ,WA |
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2005
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Alabama Clay Conference. Birmingham AL |
Collections
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, NY
- Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings MT
- Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
- Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
- Diane and Mark Grainer
- Cathy Barancik and Steve Novik
- Sandy Besser
- Lenny Berkowitz
- Ron Porter
- Gail Brown
- Candice Groot
- Susan Cummins
- Arthur Williams
- Helen Drutt English
- Doug and Dale Anderson
- Tim Walsh and Mike Healy
- Judy Allen and Jim Hummer
- David Middleman
- Raleigh Roark
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