Joseph Seigenthaler

Born 1959, Nashville, TN

Resident of Chicago, IL

 

AWARDS

1996 Virginia A. Groot Foundation Grant for Sculpture, Chicago, IL

1995 Virginia A. Groot Foundation Grant for Sculpture, Chicago, IL, Recognition Award

1991 NEA Regional/ Arts Midwest Visual Arts Fellowship Award (Sculpture)

1990 Illinois Arts Council, Visual Art Grant (Sculpture)

Illinois Arts Council Special Assistance Grant for an Individual

 

TEACHING POSITIONS

1998 - 2001 Oxbow, Saugatuk, MI. Taught two week intensive courses on the Figure in Clay.

1997-98 Visiting Artist, School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL. Taught Semester Courses on the Figure in Clay.

1993 Harold Washington College, Chicago, IL. Taught Semester Course of Basic Handbuilding with Clay

1990 University of Montana, Missoula, MT. Taught Graduate and Undergraduate Level Courses in the Sculpture Department.

1988-90 Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL. Taught Beginning to Advanced Drawing and Life Drawing from the Model for two years on a Full-Time Teaching Assistantship

 

EXHIBITIONS *Denotes one-person show

 

2002 Portraits, Illinois State Museum Traveling Exhibition, Curared by Robert Sill, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL. Group Invitational

Confrontational Clay: The Artist as Social Critic, National Touring Exhibition, Curated by Judith Schwartz-NYU, and Exhibits USA, Group Invitational

Escape from the Vault: The Contemporary Museum's Collection Breaks Out, Group Exhibit from the Permanent Collection, Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI

2001 The Armory Show, New York, NY, Gallery Artists represented by Carl Hammer Gallery

Chicago International Art Exhibition, Navy Pier, Gallery Artists of Carl Hammer Gallery

2000 Joseph Seigenthaler, Recent Works Carl Hammer Gallery

Chicago International Art Exhibition, Navy Pier, Carl Hammer Gallery

Confrontational Clay: The Artist as Social Critic, National Touring Exhibition, Curated by Judith Schwartz-NYU, and Exhibits USA. Group Invitational

Carl Hammer 2000, Group Exhibition of Gallery Artists, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago

1999 Chicago International Art Exhibition, Navy Pier, Carl Hammer Gallery

Clay Becomes the Figure, Kennedy Art Museum, Athens, OH, Group Invitational

55th Scripps Ceramic Annual, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, CA. Group Invitational

1998 The Nude in Clay, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL, Group Invitational

Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition, Chicago, IL; New York, NY. Artists represented by Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago

1997 Out of the Shadow of Ivan Albright, Twelve Contemporary Chicago Artists, State of Illinois Art Gallery, James Thompson Center, Chicago, IL. Group Invitational

Influences, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago,IL*

Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL

1996 Recent Works, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL*

1995 Seigenthaler - New Work, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL

Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition, Chicago, IL; Miami, FL

1994 (Un)Real: Three Chicago Artists, Roland Gibson Gallery, State University of New York, Potsdam, NY

When Clay Speaks, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL*

Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition, Chicago, IL

1993 New Acquisition to the Permanent Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL

1991 Faculty Exhibition, Gallery of Visual Arts, University of Montana, Missoula, MT

1990 Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL*

1989 Contemporary Ceramics, NIU Gallery, Chicago, IL

1988 The Whole World is Still Watching (20th Anniversary of the 1968 Democratic Convention), Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, IL, Group Invitation

New Faces, New Spaces, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL, Group Invitation

1987 Political Statements, NEA and Southern Arts Federation Touring Exhibition

1986 Political Statements, NEA and Southern Arts Federation Touring Exhibition

 

CAREER RELATED EXPERIENCE

 

2007: Character Artist, Midway Games, Chicago, IL

2003 - 2006: CG Animator, Department of Planning and Design, John G. Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, IL

1999 - 2003: Fabrication Coordinator, Department of Planning and Design, John G. Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, IL

1999 Visiting Artist, University of Washington, Ceramics Dept.., Seattle, WA

1997 Visiting Artist, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Ceramics Department, Chicago, IL

1993 Visiting Artist, Kishwaukee College, Sculpture Dept.., Malta, IL

1993-99 Freelance Sculptor for Museum Exhibits at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL; The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL; The Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, IL; The Spertus Museum, Chicago, IL

1985-86 Studio Assistant Manager, Ceramic Department, Appalachian Center for Arts and Crafts, Smithville, TN

1981-84 Freelance Sculptor for Exhibits at Australian Country Music Wax Museum, Tamworth, N.S.W., Australia; The Country Music Wax Museum, Nashville, TN

 

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

State University of New York, Potsdam, NY

Don Christal, Los Angeles, CA

Dr. Nancy Church, Chicago, IL

Dr. Mark Connolly, Chicago, IL/P>

Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI

Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL

Candace Groot, Evanston, IL

Karen Johnson-Boyd, Racine, WI

Norman Katz, Boston, MA

Ann and Walter Nathan, Chicago, IL

Bob Roth, Chicago, IL

Ralph Saltzman, New York, NY

Mary and Walter Schatz, Nashville, TN

Harold Schuster, Philadelphia, PA

Myron B. Shure, Chicago, IL

June and Francis Spiezer, Chicago, IL

Howard A. Tullman, Chicago, IL

Warren Weisberg, Chicago, IL

 

EDUCATION

1990 Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, MFA, Ceramic Sculpture

1984-86 Appalachian Center for Arts and Crafts, Smithville, TN

1981 Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN, BFA, Painting

 

 

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