ARTIST BRIANBOLDON

biography / CV

M.F.A. SCULPTURE
Rhode Island School of Design. 
School of Ceramics. Providence, Rhode Island.

 

B.S. in ART               
University of Wisconsin, Madison. 
Madison, Wisconsin.

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Selected Exhibitions

2011-12  The New Materiality: Digital Dialogues at the Boundaries of Contemporary Craft, Ashville Art Museum, Ashville,NC 2011      Crossover. A Material Exchange. Bullseye Glass. Portland, Oregon.
             Craft and Technology  
Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, KY April 2011
             N.C.E.C.A.  Biennial   Tampa Museum of Art,  Tampa, FL   January 2011
             The New Materiality: Digital Dialogues at the Boundaries of Contemporary Craft, Milwaukee Art Museum, WI
             Strange Attractors   Barr Gallery Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN
2010      Digital Clay   Carbondale Clay Center    Carbondale, CO
             The New Materiality: Digital Dialogues at the Boundaries of Contemporary Craft, Fuller Craft Museum   Brockton, MA
             Atmosphere    James Oliver Gallery   Philadelphia PA
             Atmosphere    Haydon Art Center     Lincoln, NE 2008
2009      Vital Culture Gallery 13, Minneapolis, MN
2008      Shared Journey’s: American Art in China Traveling to Shanghai and Jingdezhen
             Annual National Ceramic Exhibition. University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, WI.
             Affect/Effect: Adventures in Image, Light, and Glass Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA
2006      Liquid: Dataspace and Embodiment, International Ceramic Research Center Gallery, Skaelskor, DK 
             TRANSPARENCY, Corridor Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland
             Hauberg Fellowship Exhibition, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2005      Material Presence/Body Absence    Dubhe Carreno Gallery, Chicago, IL
             Pilchuck Faculty Exhibition, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2004      Biomimicry: the Art of Imitating Nature, NCECA 2004 Invitational Exhibition,
             Herron School of Art, Herron Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2003      Pilchuck Glass Exhibition, The Center for Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
2000      Twins: The Symmetry of Left and Right, Project Room, RARE Gallery, N Y, NY
1998      Visible Human, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
1996      Chromosome/Colored Body- Systems of Observation, Methodology, and
             Amusement, Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, AK

 

Public Art Commissions

2013     untitled. Ralph Carr Colorado Judicial Center. 150 foot Grand Corridor.
2012     the shape of wind. Omnitrans Rapid Transit Station. San Bernardino, CA.
2011     porous. Transit Authoriy, Norfolk , Virginia. 10 panel Windscreens.
2010     unfolding. Art-in-Transit. Charlotte Area Transit System. Blue Line.30% Design Approved.
2010     coalesce. Secchia Medical Center. Grand Rapids, MI. Commission Seven ceramic wall panels. Two glass wall panels.
2010     trestle. Rothwell Student Center, University of Wisconsin, Superior. LEED Building. Public Art Commission.
2009     expectation. Wharton Performing Arts Center. Michigan State University. East Lansing, MI.
2009     equivalence of site . Landscape Architecture and Architecture Library, Penn State University. Public Art Commission.
2009     rendering the familiar. Mecklenburg County Courts, Charlotte, North Carolina . Public Art Commission.
2009     beacon and lumen. Southeast Division Police Station, Houston, Texas Public Art Commission.
2008     kernel. Rice Auditorium. Wayne State College. Wayne, Nebraska. Public Art Commission.
2008     solar system. Ralya Elementary School Couryard, Haslett, MI.
2007     Benefactors Plaza. Michigan State University. East Lansing, MI. Fourteen outdoor 6’ limestone columns , custom image.
2007     benevolence. Renton Technical College. Renton , WA. Public Art Commission.
2006     knowledge made matter. School of Chemistry, Western Michigan Univ. 18.5 ft. w x 9.5’ h ceramic tile/custom image.
2006     View from a Distance. University Development, Michigan State Univ. East Lansing, MI.
2005     Pegusas Center-Tribute to Matilda Wilson. School of Veterinary Science.
2005     Monuments to Newaygo. Newaygo, MI. Public Art Commission.
2004     the hinge between. Coffee Creek Information Center, Chesterton, IN.
2004     point of light. Lobby front entrance of Framing Concepts, Chesterton, IN.

 

Selected Visiting Artists / Public Lectures /Residencies

2012      Future Methods in Glass, Glass Art Society (GAS),Toledo, OH. June 2012.
2011      The Electronic Image and Glass, BECon Conference, Bullseye Glass, Portland,OR June 2011
             Digital Media, Ceramics and Glass Workshop, Public Lecture, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, AB Canada   
             Digital Media, Ceramics and Glass Workshop Creston, BC Canada February 2011
2009      History of Image and Architecture, AIA Minnesota, Minneapolis Convention Center, Minneapolis, MN
2006      Clay and InDusTry Seminar Public Lecture, International Ceramics
             Research Center Denmark, Skaelskor, DK
2005      Digital Printing for Ceramics, Development/Presentation, Digital Ceramic Systems,  Stoke-on-Trent, England  
             Permanent Images on Glass  Summer Faculty,
             Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2004      Under the Influence-Digital/Elemental, Panel, 2004 N.C.E.C.A. Conference Indianapolis, IN
2003      Digital Printing for Ceramics and Glass Residency, UrbanClay, Los Angeles,CA
             Decals for Ceramics, Workshop, Public Lecture, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

Publication

2011      Brian Boldon  Digital Technology, the Body and Experience  by Glen R. Brown
             Ceramics: Art and Perception, No. 83 2011,  pp. 8-12
             The New Materiality: Digital Dialogues at the Boundaries of Contemporary Craft,
             by Susan Mulski, Art New England, Jan/Feb  2011
2010      When handmade meets digital, sparks fly By Cate McQuaid, Boston Sunday Globe June 20
             Craft Enters the Digital Age  By Bill Van Siclen, The Providence Sunday Journal   July 11
            The New Materiality: Digital Dialogues at the Boundaries of Contemporary Craft  Catalog Essay, Fo Wilson, Curator, p.3
            The Digital Future: Reimagining Ceramic Education in the 21st Century  By Holly Hanessian, Studio Potter Magazine             Journal,  V38 N2 pages 65-71
            Can craft go digital? A Fuller Craft Museum Exhibition says “yes”  By Lee Gaizak Brooks,
            Urban Glass  Quarterly Hot Sheet Blog,  July 14th
2009     Ceramic Pluralism Diversity of Practice and the Role of Criticism By Glen R. Brown
            Ceramics Art and Perception No. 78 pp43-47
            500 Ceramic Sculptures: Contemporary Practice, Singular Works Publisher Lark Books, Page 307
            500 Tiles, Collection of International Works. Publisher Lark Books.  Images on BackCover, pp. 9,56,57
2005     Boldon Puts His Whole Body Into His Art, Chicago Sun-Times Weekend Oct. 14th 2005, By Margaret Hawkins  p. NC  13
           “All That Glitters” Time Out Chicago Oct 23-Nov 3 2005, By Ruth Lopez p. 59
2004     Biomimicry The Art of Imitating Life, Exhibition Catalogue Essays By: Holliday T. Day,
            Indianapolis Museum of Art and Mark Pescovitz, MD, Professor of Surgery Indiana University
2002     Jurors Choice New Glass Review, The Corning Museum of Glass, 23, p. 36
1999     Icebreakers- Alaska’s Most Innovative Artists  Essay by C.E. Licka. Thoughts on Contemporary Alaskan Sculpture,             Installations and Performance Art. Body Metaphors and Other “Bodies” of Information: Cyberworld, Dreams,             Presences and Absences.