Tip Toland (born May 9, 1950) is an American ceramic artist and teacher who was born in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. She earned a BFA in Ceramics from the University of Colorado and an MFA in Ceramics from Montana State University.[1] Her works, which are figurative and often described as "hyper-real," are held by galleries and museums around the United States.

Toland's early works were wall reliefs in wood, clay and pigment.[2] Her more recent three-dimensional stoneware sculptures are close to life size, sometimes larger. She uses paint, encaustic technique and hair to create figures with "uncanny skin quality, utterly convincing hand gestures and eerily spontaneous facial expressions."[3]

Career

In 1984 Toland moved to Seattle. Her various teaching positions have included Louisiana State University, the University of Washington, the University of Montana, and Montana State University; she has taught workshops around the U.S. and abroad.

Toland's 2014 exhibit titled "The Persecution of People with Albinism in Tanzania" at the Portland Art Museum included sculptures of children and teens with albinism, drawing attention to prejudice and other dangers faced by those with albinism in some East African countries.[4]

In 2016, she was the Frances Niederer Artist-in-Residence at Hollins University's Eleanor D. Wilson Museum.

Tip Toland is currently represented by the Traver Gallery in Seattle.[5]

Selected exhibitions

Group exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Collections

Works by Toland are held by galleries and museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NY),[9] the Museum of Arts and Design (NY),[10] Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts (Arizona State University),[11] Yellowstone Art Museum (Billings, MT),[12] Daum Museum of Contemporary Art (Sedalia, MO),[13] and the Archie Bray Foundation (Helena, MT).[14]

Awards

Toland received a Visual Arts Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1986. She also received a Virginia A. Groot Foundation Award in 2004[15] and a fellowship from Washington State's Artist Trust in 2007.[16] In 2014, she was awarded a United States Artist Fellowship.[17]

References

  1. ^ "Artist Profile - Artist Trust". artisttrust.org. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
  2. ^ Mabry, Wolfgang (Fall 2013). "Compelled to make exactly that". Sculpture Review. 62 (3): 16–25 – via Art Index Full Text.
  3. ^ Kangas, Matthew (August–September 2007). "Tip Toland: Prayer and Preoccupation". Ceramics Monthly. 55 (7).
  4. ^ Yoshioka, Kyle (2015). "Apex". Ceramics: Art & Perception. 99: 80–82 – via Art Index Full Text.
  5. ^ "Tip Toland". www.travergallery.com. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
  6. ^ Merino, Anthony (2015). "The Female Body and Identity: Four Artists from Body & Soul". Visual Culture & Gender. 10: 89–96 – via Art Index Full Text.
  7. ^ Melt : the figure in clay. Bellevue Arts Museum. 2008.
  8. ^ "APEX: Tip Toland - Portland Art Museum". Portland Art Museum. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
  9. ^ Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Whistlers". The Met. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  10. ^ "Tip Toland". Museum of Arts and Design. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  11. ^ "Artist Bio Project". ASU Art Museum. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  12. ^ "Object Record: Broken Heart". Yellowstone Art Museum. 1998. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  13. ^ "Object Record: Weeping Giant". Daum Museum of Contemporary Art. 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  14. ^ "Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts". Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  15. ^ "Tip Toland: 2004 1st Place Recipient". Virginia A. Groot Foundation. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  16. ^ "Award Winners/Past". Artist Trust. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  17. ^ "Fellows". 2014 United States Artists Fellows. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
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