Selected Exhibitions
2019 2019 NCECA Annual Exhibition, The Form Will Find Its Way: Contemporary Ceramic Sculptural Abstraction,
Curator: Elizabeth Carpenter, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Department of Art, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN
Lies, Curators: Kelcy Chase Folsom and Wayne Higby, District Clay Gallery, Washington DC
Wintertide NEMMA Biennial, Curators: Katie Garrett, Robyne Robinson, John Schuerman, Witt Siasoco,
Public Functionary, Minneapolis MN
2017 NEMMA Biennial, Public Functionary, Minneapolis MN
2016 Decalcomaniacs, Belgar Clay Yard Studio, Kansas City, M0
2015 Body and Machine, Northrup King Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2014 Red River Reciprocity: Contemporary Ceramics in Minnesota and North Dakota, Plains Museum of Art, Fargo ND
Transformation 9: Contemporary Works in Ceramics, the Elizabeth R. Founder’s Prize, The Society for Contemporary Craft,
Pittsburgh, PA
2013 The Interval Between Two Days, 2012 McKnight Fellow, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
Clay Prints, Ft. Wayne Museum of Art, Ft. Wayne, IN
2012 Invitational Push Play, The 46th Annual NCECA Conference, The Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA
Deviations From Comfort, The 46th Annual NCECA Conference, Seattle Design Center, Seattle, WA
2011 Crossover, Bullseye Gallery Portland, OR
Craft Meets Technology, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, KY
2011 N.C.E.C.A. Biennial Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
The New Materiality: Digital Dialogues at the Boundaries of Contemporary Craft, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, 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
2009 Vital Culture, Gallery 13, Minneapolis, MN
2008 Shared Journey’s: American Art in China, Traveling to Shanghai and Jingdezhen, China
Annual National Ceramic Exhibition, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, WI.
2007 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
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
Commissions / Permanent Installations/ Public Art
2018 Cadence, City Center, Greeley CO.
All things discoverable, St. Paul College St. Paul MN
2017 Groundwork, Hagfors Science Center, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN.
Flux, Miami of Ohio University, Oxford, Ohio.
2016 What once was imagined, Catholic Charities Higher Ground Homeless Shelter, St. Paul, MN
Thread, GSP International Airport, Greenville SC
Nascent, blueprint & inviting wonder, MSP Airport, Minneapolis, MN
2014 Current, Minnesota State Univ., Livingston Lord Library, Moorhead, MN
Light Waves after Thomas Young, Metropolitan State University, St Paul, MN
The currency of insight, Austin Hall, School of Business, Oregon State Univ. Corvallis, OR
Assemblage and inquiry, UAA Natural Sciences Building, Anchorage, AK
Tribute, Gainesville Police Department Headquarters, Gainesville FL
The shape of wind, Omnitrans Rapid Transit Station, San Bernardino, CA
2013 Recollection & promise, St. Louis Park City Hall, St. Louis Park, MN
Trainscape. Union Depot St. Paul, MN
This promises water, Ralph Carr Judicial Center, Denver, CO
2012 Accord, MSU Federal Credit Union, East Lansing MI
Proponent, Maranatha Christian Academy, Brooklyn Park, MN
2011 Porous. Transit Authority, Norfolk. Norfolk, VA
2010 Coeloste, Coalesce, Anatomia, Coryphaeus, Integer, Corona, Consonance, Tactus. Secchia Medical Center. Grand Rapids, MI.
Trestle, University of Wisconsin Superior, Superior, WI
2009 Expectation, Wharton Performing Arts Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Equivalence of site, Landscape & Architecture Library, Pennsylvania State University, State College PA
Rendering the familiar, Mecklenburg County Courts, Charlotte NC
2008 Beacon & Lumen, SE Division Police Station, Houston, TX.
Kernel, Wayne State College, Wayne NB
Solar system, Ralya Elementary School, Haslett, MI
2007 Benefactors Plaza, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Benevolence, Renton Technical College, Renton, WA
2006 Knowledge made matter, School of Chemistry, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
View from a Distance, Michigan State University East Lansing, MI
2005 Tribute to Matilda Wilson, Pegasus Center, School of Veterinary Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
2004 Point of light. Lobby Framing Concepts, Chesterton, IN
Monuments to Newaygo, Newaygo, MI.
The hinge between, Coffee Creek Information Center, Chesterton, IN
Selected Visiting Artists / Public Lectures / Workshops / Residencies
2017 Fusing Glass Images, Workshop Urban Glass New York, NY
2016 Photo Bomb Workshop, Urban Glass New York, NY
2015 Imagining Glass Images, Pilchuck Glass School, Standwood WA
2013 Digital Glass Printing Workshop, University of Washingtion, Seattle WA
2013 Body Experience, Technology and Materiality. Brian Boldon, Mcknight Fellow, Public Lecture,
Winona State University, Winona MN
2012 Future Trends in Glass Panel, 2012 Glass Arts Society Conference, Toledo OH
Large Scale Ceramic Installation, January Term 4 Week Course, Cameron Visiting Artist, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT
2011 The Electronic Image and Glass, Presentation BECon Conference, Bullseye Glass, Portland, OR
Distinguished Cameron Visiting Artist, Workshop, Art and Architecture Senior Critiques, New Processes and Technology for
Sculpture and Architecture. Public Lecture, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT
Digital Media, Ceramics and Glass Workshop, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Digital Media, Ceramics and Glass Workshop, Public Lecture, BFA Critiques, Alberta
College of Art and Design, Calgary, AB Canada
Digital Media, Ceramics and Glass Workshop, Creston, BC Canada
2009 History of Image and Architecture, AIA Minnesota, 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, 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
Publications
2018 https://cfileonline.org/exhibition-haptic-collaboration-brian-boldon-kinetic-vision/
2014 Brian Boldon: McKnight Fellow Exhibition, Cfile.org
http://www.cfileonline.org/exhibition-brian-boldon-mcknight-fellow-exhibition/
Transformation 9: Contemporary Works in Ceramics, the Elizabeth R. Founder’s
Prize, Exhibition Catalog, The Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2013 Brian Boldon MN Original TPT Original Video Production, Broadcast 10/20/13
Brian Boldon 2012 McKnight Fellow, Catalog Essay By: Mason Riddle, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
2012 Invitational Push Play. The 46th Annual NCECA Conference, Exhibition Catalog
Brian Boldon Digital Technology, the Body and Experience by Glen R. Brown
Ceramics: Art and Perception, No. 83 2011, pp. 8-12
2011 The New Materiality: Digital Dialogues at the Boundaries of Contemporary Craft, by Susan Mulski, Art New England, Jan/Feb
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
2008 500 Tiles, Collection of International Works, Lark Books, Cover, pp.9.56,57
2005 Boldon Puts His Whole Body Into His Art, Chicago Sun-Times Weekend.
October 14th 2005, By Margaret Hawkins p. NC 13
All That Glitters, Time Out Chicago, Oct 23-Nov 3, By Ruth Lopez p. 59
2004 Biomimicry The Art of Imitating Life, Exhibition Catalogue Essays By: Holliday T. Day, Mark Pescovitz MD, Professor of
Surgery Indiana University, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis IN
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
Education
1988 M.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design. Providence, RI
1982 B.S. Art University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, WI
Teaching
2008-1996 Associate Professor of Art, Ceramics Coordinator, Graduate Programs Director
Michigan State University, East Lansing MI
1996-1990 Associate Professor of Art, Ceramics Coordinator
1990-89 Assistant Professor of Art, Sculpture, Ceramics, Hamilton College, Clinton NY
Awards
2017 NEMMA Biennial, Best of Sculpture, Public Functionary, Minneapolis MN
2015 Body and Machine, Best of Digital, Northrup King Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2014 Transformation 9: Contemporary Works in Ceramics, the Elizabeth R. Founder’s Prize,
The Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2012 2012 McKnight Artist Fellowship for Ceramic Artists
2005 John H. Hauberg Fellowship, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA