R e s u m e

Education 

1981 M.F.A., Ceramics, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
1975 B.F.A., Ceramics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO solo exhibitions 

Grants & Awards

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
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

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

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

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

Workshops

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

2005

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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