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Tim N. Taunton

 

 

EDUCATION

Master of Fine Arts, Ceramics, Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, Louisiana,

Graduate Study, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona,

Bachelor of Arts, Ceramics and Painting, University of Arkansas at Little Rock,

Spanish Language Studies, Minerva Escuela de Espanol, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala,

 

HONORS & AWARDS

Visiting Artist, World Ceramic Biennial Pre-Expo Workshop and Exhibition, Yeo Joo Institute of Technology, Yeo Joo, South Korea, 2000

Vulcan Teaching Excellence Award, LaGrange College, 2000-2001

Omicron Delta Kappa Society, 1999

Who’s Who Among Americas’ Teachers, 1998

Georgia Council for the Arts Individual Artist Grant, 1993-1994

48th Scripps Annual Ceramic Invitational, Scripps College, Claremont, CA, Curated by Paul Soldner, 1992

American Crafts Council "Spotlight 91" Exhibition, Mississippi Museum of Fine Art, Jackson, MS - Charles Brown Memorial Award. Juror: Martha Connell, 1991

Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Lenoir, NC, 1st Place, Juror: Greely Myatt, 1987

Whirlpool Foundation Sculpture Exhibition, Benton Harbor, MI, Fourth Place Cash Award - Juror: Lewis Sharp, 1987

Emerging Ceramic Artist, 1986 NCECA Conference, San Antonio, TX. Presented by Joe Bova.

 

PICTORIALS & REVIEWS

(selected)

500 Figures, Lark Books Publication, 2004, 195 - 205

The Penland Book of Ceramics, Lark Books Publication, 2003, 162 - 163

Dorothy Joiner, "The Body in Clay" Ceramics Monthly Magazine, Dec. 2002, 59-62

Dorothy Joiner, "Headshots 2000" Ceramics Art and Perception, , June, 2001, 82-83

Dave Holland, Interview, Channel 9 TV News, Columbus, GA 2001

Ceramics Monthly Magazine, February, 1998, 45-46,

Pam Blume Leonard, "Clay Bodies", The Atlanta Journal & Constitution, May 7,1999, pg. Q8

Ceramics Monthly Magazine, December, 1994 (Feature) 46-48

Art Papers, Sept.- Oct., 1994, 49-50

Pam Blume Leonard, "The Narrative Figure", The Atlanta Journal & Constitution, May 20, 1994

Orlando Sentinel, Feb. 27, 1994

Daytona News Journal, Feb. 20, 1994

Ceramics Monthly Magazine, June, July & August issue, 1992, 54

Jerry Collum, The Atlanta Journal & Constitution, March 10, 1990

Sculpture Review, Third Quarter 1987 Vol. XXXVI no. 3,

Jerry Collum, Art Papers, September, 1986

 

EXHIBITIONS

2005                                      

Hot Stuff Ceramics Invitational Exhibition - Signature Shop, Atlanta, GA  &  Shaw Center for the Arts, Baton Rouge, LA

2004                                 

“Telling Tales – A Personal Mythology”, 20 Year Retrospective Solo Exhibition, Lamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange, GA

San Angelo Clay National Juried Exhibition, San Angelo, TX, Jurors: Rick and Ruth Snyderman

2003

"Clay",  Invitational Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA, curator: Rick Berman

Two Person Exhibition, Cultural Art Center, Carrollton, GA,

2002

Invitational Figurative Ceramic Exhibition, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa, curator: JoAnn Schnabel

The Body in Clay, Invitational Figurative Ceramic Exhibition, Crafts Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, MO, curator: Joe Bova

Summertime: Joining In - Hanging Out, Connell Gallery, Atlanta, GA.

Valdosta National Juried Exhibition, Valdosta State University Fine Arts Gallery,Valdosta, GA,

Third Place Cash Award & Honorable Mention, Juror: Paul Rutkovsky,

Four Hands, Two Artists, One Idea Collaborative Exhibition, Penland School of Crafts,Penland, NC.

 

2001

Alan Rosenbaum, Wesley Anderegg and Tim Taunton Figurative Ceramic Exhibition,Columbus State University, Columbus, GA Curator: Jeff Burten

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Selections from the Permanent Collection Exhibition, Florida Gulf Coast Art Center, Belleair,

Southern Narratives, Figurative Ceramics Exhibition, Tryon Center, Charlotte, NC, curator: Michel Conroy, (NCECA)

 

2000

Solo Exhibition, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR

Solo Exhibition, South Arkansas Arts Center, El Dorado, AR

"HeadShots" Invitational Exhibition, Connell Gallery, Atlanta, GA

World Ceramic Pre-Expo Exhibition, Yeo Joo Institute of Technology, Yeo Joo, South Korea (catalog)

 

1999

Columbus Museum of Art, Regional Juried Invitational Exhibition, Columbus, GA (catalog)

"Contemporary Ceramics from Georgia Collections", Macon Museum of Arts and Science, Macon, GA (catalog)

"Clay Becomes the Figure" Invitational Exhibition, Curator Joe Bova, Kennedy Museum of Art, Ohio University, Athens, OH

"Clay Bodies", Connell Gallery, Atlanta, GA

 

1998-97

"The Art of Teaching" Regional Faculty Invitational, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus GA

"Body and Soul: Contemporary Southern Figures" Touring Invitational Exhibition; (catalog)

        Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, GA

        Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS

        Fine Arts Museum of the South, Mobile, AL

        Cummer Museum, Jacksonville, FL

"Art Faculty in the Liberal Arts Tradition" Touring Invitational Exhibition; (catalog)

        Piedmont College, Demorest, GA

        Wesleyan College, Macon, GA

        LaGrange College, LaGrange, GA

        Berry College, Rome, GA

 

1997

Contemporary Southern Figurative Ceramics Exhibition, Asheville Art Museum, NCECA Symposium Exhibition, Asheville, NC

Invitational Ceramics Exhibition, Alabama Clay Conference, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL

Figurative Clay Invitational Exhibition, Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

"emBODYment" Group Exhibition, Connell Gallery, Atlanta, GA

 

1996

Solo Exhibition, Auburn University, Auburn, AL

Figurative Clay Invitational Exhibition , Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

quot;Super Bowls" Invitational Exhibition, ASU Art Museum, Nelson Fine Art Center, Tempe, AZ

Southeastern Fine Crafts Biennial Invitational I, Florida Gulf Coast Art Center, Belleair, FL (catalog)

Solo Exhibition, Macon Museum of Arts & Sciences, Macon, GA

Mapping the Self: Models of Identity in a Postmodernizing State, Telfair Museum, Savannah, GA Curator: Jerry Cullum (catalog)

 

1994

Solo Exhibition, Connell Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Two Person Exhibition, Stetson University, Deland, FL

L.S.U. Past and Present, (NCECA), Sylvia Schmidt Gallery, New Orleans, LA

Figurative Clay Exhibition, (NCECA), Loyola University Gallery, New Orleans, LA

Solo Exhibition, Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA

Solo Exhibition, Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, LaGrange, GA

 

1993

Non-Functional Crafts Exhibition, City Gallery at Chastain, Atlanta, GA

The Clay Body Exhibition, Kennesaw College Gallery, Kennesaw, GA Curator: Roberta Griffin

Georgia Clay 93, Wood-fired Exhibition, State University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA Curator: Cameron Covert

 

1992

48th Scripps Annual Ceramic Exhibition, Lang Art Gallery, Claremont, CA Curator: Paul Soldner

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Alumni Exhibition University Gallery, Little Rock, AR

Georgia Clayworks '92, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA Curator: Rick Berman

Two Person Exhibition, Connell Gallery, Atlanta, GA

 

1991

LaGrange College Faculty Exhibition, Chattahoochee Valley Museum of Art, La Grange, GA

American Crafts Council Spotlight '91 Regional Exhibition -

Mississippi Museum of Fine Art, Jackson, MS, Juror: Martha Connell (catalog)

Water / Life Exhibition, Luckenbach Mill Gallery, Bethlehem, PA Jurors; Syd Carpenter, Kris V. Parker

Fall Cultural Exhibition, Seaside Institute, Seaside, FL, Juror: Anna Carlozzi

 

1990

Solo Exhibition, Sandler / Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Form and Substance Exhibition, Marietta / Cobb Fine Arts Center, Marietta, GA

LaGrange National Exhibition, Lamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange, GA, Juror: Kathleen Gauss

Dekalb Annual Exhibition, Georgia Artists ‘90, Atlanta, GA

 

1989

Georgia Clay, Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, GA, Curator: Joel Plum (catalog)

"By the Pool" Exhibition, Sandler / Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, GA

"People and Passions" Exhibition, Sandler / Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, GA

 

1988

Two Person Exhibition, University Gallery, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR

Dekalb Annual Exhibition Georgia Artists '88 , Pace Corporate Center, Atlanta, GA

 

1987

"L.S.U. in Philadelphia", The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Curator: Linda Arbuckle

Animal Imagery Exhibition, Portfolio Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Lenoir, NC, Juror: Greely Myatt

Whirlpool Foundation Sculpture Exhibition, Juror: Lewis Sharp

Exhibition Tour; Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, MI,

Evansville Museum of Art, Evansville, IN,

Fort Smith Arts Center, Fort Smith, AR,

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Coral Gables, FL

 

1986

wo Person Exhibition, State University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA

LaGrange National Exhibition X, Lamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange, GA, Juror: Patterson Sims

Three Person Exhibition, Portfolio Gallery, Atlanta, GA

 

1985

Three Person Exhibition, Young Harris College, Young Harris, GA

Artists in Georgia Juried Exhibition, University of Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA, Juror: William Agee

Group Exhibition, Portfolio Gallery, Atlanta, GA

 

1984

Solo Exhibition, Loyola University, New Orleans, LA

Group Exhibition, Batz / Lawrence Gallery, Kansas City, MO

Group Exhibition, Foster Hall Gallery, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

Solo Exhibition, Gallery One, Baton Rouge, LA

 

1983-78

NCECA Graduate Student Exhibition, Nexus Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 1983

Graduate Student Exhibition, Foster Hall Gallery, Louisiana State U., Baton Rouge, LA, 1981

Graduate Student Exhibition, Foster Hall Gallery, Louisiana State U., Baton Rouge, LA 1982

Four Person Invitational Exhibition, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, University Gallery, Little Rock, AR, 1979

Solo Exhibition, Arkansas State Capital, Little Rock, AR, 1979

Arizona Ceramic Association Exhibition, Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, AZ, 1978

 

LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS PRESENTED

Columbus State University, Columbus, GA 2005 (lecture)

Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Two Week Figurative Session, Snowmass, CO, 2004

University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 2002 (lecture, and workshop)

Columbus State University, Columbus, GA 2001 (lecture and workshop)

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 2001(lecture)

Cannon Street Elementary School, LaGrange, GA 2001 (demonstration)

Hogansville Elementary School, Hogansville, GA 2001 (demonstration)

"Eight Artists’ Collaboration Workshop, Two week invitational studio event funded by a grant

from Ohio University. Orchestrated by Joe Bova, Athens, OH 2000

Loyola University, New Orleans, LA 2000 (lecture, critique, and workshop

State University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA 2000 (lecture, critique, and workshop)

Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR 2000 (lecture and exhibition)

Hogansville Elementary School, Hogansville, GA 1999 (demonstration)

University of North Carolina at Asheville, 1997

Faculty Lecture Series, La Grange College, La Grange, GA 1996

Penland School of Crafts, Two week Figurative Session, June, 1996

West Georgia College, Carrollton, GA 1996

Ohio University, Athens, OH 1996

Centre College, Danville, KY 1996

Auburn University, Auburn, AL 1996

Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 1994

Penland School of Crafts, Special Assistant to Joe Bova, June, 1994

Stetson University, DeLand, FL, 1994

 

The Artist as Myth Maker - Lecturer and Panel Member at joint meeting of Mid-American Art Conference and Southeastern College Art Conference, Birmingham, AL, 1992

Loyola University, New Orleans, LA, 1992

Chattahoochee Valley Museum of Art, La Grange, GA, 1991

Loyola University, New Orleans, LA , 1990

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1990

Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR, 1988

Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC, 1988

Reinhart College, Waleska, GA, 1987

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1986

West Georgia College, Carrollton, GA, 1986

Loyola University, New Orleans, LA, 1982

 

CORPORATE & PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Yeo Joo Institute of Technology, Yeo Joo, South Korea

Candice Groot, Evanston, IL

Mobile Museum of Contemporary Art, Mobile, AL

Columbus State University Collection, Columbus, GA

Carol Bernstein, Atlanta, GA

Florida Gulf Coast Art Center, Belleair, FL

Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR

Macon Museum of Arts & Sciences, Macon, GA

Carter and Associates, Atlanta, GA

Chattahoochee Valley Museum of Art, LaGrange, GA

Michael Davis, Atlanta, GA

Dodie and Corbin Day, Birmingham, AL

John and Barbara Semonche, Durham, NC

Mrs. Victoria Alembile-Eisner, Atlanta, GA

Dr. Jay M. Young, La Guna Hills, CA

Mr. Bill Lucado, Atlanta, GA

Mr. Robert Lyon, Columbia, SC

Dr. & Mrs. Ed Bowen, Portland, OR

Ms. Robin Sandler, Atlanta, GA

Lee & Jennifer Johnson, LaGrange, GA

Mr. Lee Osterman, Villa Nova, PA

Mr. Martin Schulman, Bethesda, MD

Dr. & Dr. Silberstein, Philadelphia, PA

Ms. Rebecca Samuels, Philadelphia, PA

Ms. Winnefred Ross-Reilly and Mr. Kevin Reilly, Baton Rouge, LA

Mr. J. R. Roberts, Atlanta, GA

Mr. Ronald Balser, Atlanta, GA

Mr. Stan Williams, Atlanta, GA

Ms. Sandra Kleinpeter, Baton Rouge, LA