THERMAN C. STATOM
1000 S. 20th St.
Omaha, NE 68108
(402) 345-1349
EDUCATION
1978 M.F.A. Sculpture, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
1974 B.F.A. Sculpture, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
1971 Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
“Nascita” Bemis Center For Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE
2007
Traver Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Habatat Gallery, Royal Oaks, Michigan
2006
“Through the Looking Glass”, California Center for the Arts Escondido,
Escondido, California
“A Divergent Experience”, Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney Nebraska
2005
“Therman Statom”, Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art
Museum,
Washington D.C.
Telfair Art Museum, Savannah, Georgia
2004
“Nocturnal”, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum Idaho
2003
Galleria Diverto, Bergamo, ITALY
“Byzantine Istoria”, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, Michigan
“Reflexions en el Agua”, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, Arizona
“Stories from the Wesser”, Glashutte Gernheim, GERMANY
2002
“River Myths,” Tampa Museum Of Art, Tampa, Florida
Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, Florida
Maurine Littleton Gallery, Washington DC
Imago Gallery, Palm Dessert, California
East Hawaii Cultural Center, Hilo, Hawaii
2001
“Installations”, Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, California
2000
“Mitos del Oceano (Ocean Myths) Lowe Museum, University of Miami,
Florida
“Lunar Tides”, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
Habatat Galleries, Lathrup Village, Michigan
Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, Florida
1999
Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, California
Maurine Littleton Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia
1998
Marx-Saunders Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Orange County Museum of Art, South Coast Plaza Gallery, Newport Beach, California
Therman Statom”, Clara Scremini Gallery, Paris FRANCE
1997
Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, Florida
Riley-Hawk Galleries, Columbus, Ohio
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, Nebraska
Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, California
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
“A Touch of Glass: Selections from the Racine Art Museum’s Collection, Racine, WI
2007
“Glassified”, James Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
“Ongoing Invention”, The Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum San Bernardino,CA
“Contemporary American Crafts”, American Embassy, Seoul, KOREA
“Painting with Light” Palos Verde Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
“nonconformists”, Morgan Contemporary Glass, Pittsburgh, PA
“Harvey K. Littleton and Friends”, Fine Art Museum, Western Carolina University, South Carolina
“Nebraska’s Glass Artists”, Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, Nebraska
“A Gathering of Contemporary Glass”,
2006
“Timeless Glass”, Mingei International Museum San Diego, California
“New Works 2005: Celebrating Recent Gifts to RAM.” Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
2005
“Global Art Glass Triennial,” Borghom Castle, Borgholm, SWEDEN
“Voices in Glass” Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, Texas
2004
“The Perfect Collection: A Shared Vision of Contemporary Craft”, Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, Massachusetts.
“Musings of the Big Red”, Indigo Sky Gallery, Savannah, Georgia
“The Nature of Craft and The Penland Experience” Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina”
2003
“Some Assembly Required”, Museum of Glass International Center For Contemporary Art, Tacoma, Washington
2002
“Steninge World Exhibition of Art Glass,” Steninge Palace Cultural Center, Marsta, SWEDEN and Hadeland Glassverk, NORWAY
“I-5 Resurfacing: Four Decades of California Contemporary Art”, San Diego Museum Of Art, San Diego, California
“25th Anniversary Exhibition," William Traver Gallery, Seattle, Washington
"30th Annual International Invitational Exhibit," Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, Michigan
“Contemporary Directions: Glass from the Maxine and William Block Collection,” Carnegie Museum of Art, Oxnard, California
“Chip off the Old Block,” Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
SOFA Expo, Chicago, Illinois
“Glass Weekend,” Wheaton Village, Millville, New Jersey
“2001: A Glass Odyssey,” Focus Gallery, Salem Art Association, Salem, Oregon
“29th Annual International Glass Invitational,” Habatat Galleries, Pontiac, Michigan
“Stop Asking/We Exist: 25 African American Craft Artists,” Florida Craftsmen Inc., St.
Petersburg, Florida, Portsmouth Museum, Portsmouth, Virginia & Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama
“18th Annual International Glass Invitational,” Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, Florida
“Material Witness”. Cracker Art Museum, Sacramento, California
2000
“Millennium Glass”, Kentucky Art and Craft Gallery, Chattanooga, Tennessee
“The Healing Spirit” United States Embassy, Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA
“Flora – A common Thread VI”, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum Idaho
1999
“Contemporary American Ceramics and Glass”, Seto Ceramics and Glass Art Center, Seto City, JAPAN
“Art of Glass”, Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia
”Glass! Glorious Glass!” Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC
TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND LECTURES
University of Louisville, Teaching residency, Louisville, KY
UrbanGlass, Lecture, Boys and Girls Club Workshop, Brooklyn, NY
Penland School of Crafts, summer teaching, Penland, NC
“The Glass Skin: Ditching Glass Dogma”, California State University, summer arts program, Fresno CA.
In conjunction with “Pittsburgh Celebrates Glass”: “Collective Fusion” with City High Charter High School, The Neighborhood Academy, The Caring Place and Youth Places, 5th Avenue Place, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.
“Transformational Matter”, Glass Art Society’s 37th Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA
“Adventures of the Mind”, Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia
“Myths Across The Atlantic” Contemporary Glass Society, Cornwall ENGLAND
Workshop, Glasmuseet, Ebeltoft, DENMARK.
2005
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, Arizona
“The Art of Fine Craft”, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, Nebraska,
2003
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina
American Embassy Program, Maputo, MOZAMBIQUE.
Gallery workshops “Byzantine Istoria, BBAC,Boca Raton, FLorida
The Glass Furnace, Istanbul TURKEY
Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida
Bild-Werk Frauenau, GERMANY
Wheaton Village, Millville, New Jersey
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Florida
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California
Nijima Glass Arts Festival, Nimiji, JAPAN
1999
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California
Chrysler Museum,”Emerald City” project
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina.
Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, California
Hampton University, Norfolk, Virginia
1998
San Jose State School of Design, San Jose, California
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina.
Barnstall Art Park, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Camilla Strong Miller Master Class
Public Glass Workshop, San Francisco, California
Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, California
1997
Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
1996
Hilltop Junior High School, Tacoma, Washington.
1995
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deere Island, Maine
Penland School of Crafts, Penland ,North Carolina
Pilchuck School of Glass, Stanwood, Washington.
1993
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California
Pitzer College, Calremont California.
1983-85
University of California Los Angeles California.
1983
Colorado Mountain College, Colorado
1980
Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, Washington.
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island
AWARDS
2008
UrbanGlass Award – Outstanding Acheivement
2006
James Renwick Alliance – Distinguished Artist Award, Washington DC
2000
San Diego Commission on the Arts Art in Public Places
1999
Cultural Enrichment Proclamation, City of Beverly Hills, California
Fellow - American Craft Council Award
Cultural Affairs Individual Artists Grant City of Los Angeles
Art In Embassies Program
1988
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
1985
Brody Arts Foundation Fellowship
1982
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
1978
Pratt Institute Fellowship
1997
Ford Foundation Artists Grant
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS & INSTALLATIONS
Highmark Inc. “Three Rivers” and “Collective Fusion”, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Washington D.C. Convention Center, Washington D.C.
City of San Diego/Valencia, California
2002
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio
New York State Arts Commission, Concourse Village Daycare Center, Bronx,
New York
ADC Telecommunications, Inc, Eden Prairie, Minnesota
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
2000
Ice Center, San Jose, California
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Florida
US Department of State, Art in Embassies, Moscow Collection
1999
Corning, Inc., Corning, New York
Venice Family Clinic, Los Angeles, California
City of Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills, California
1998
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, Arizona
Harrah’s Corporate Office, Memphis, Tennessee
1997
Harrah's Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
1996
LAX International Airport, Tom Bradley Terminal, Los Angeles, California
1995
Harrah's Hotel, Hampton Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada
Los Angeles Central Public Library, Los Angeles, California
Metro-Rail, Rapid Transit Development, Los Angeles, California
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Bergstrom Mahler Museum, Neehah, Wisconsin
Carnegie Museum of Art, Oxnard, California
California African-American Museum, Los Angeles, California
Cincinnati Art Museum
City of Seattle, Seattle, Washington
Corning Inc., Corning, New York
Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, California
The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan
George and Dorothy Saxe, San Francisco, California
University of Washington, The Henry Art Gallery, Washington
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia
Jepson Center for the Arts, Savannah, Georgia
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Florida
M H deYoung Museum, San Francisco, California
Maxine and William Block Collection
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, North Carolina
Musse des Arts Decoratifs, Palais du Louvre, Paris, FRANCE
Musee de Design et D’Arts Appliques /Contemporain, Lausanne, SWITZERLAND
National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center, Columbus, Ohio
Phillip Morris Company, New York, New York
Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, California
Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian’s American Art Museum, Washington D.C.
Scottsdale Fine Arts Collection, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona
Simon and Jerome Chazen Collection
Skirball Museum of Fine Art, Los Angeles, California
The David Jacob Chadorkoff Collection
Toledo Museum of Art, School of Art and Design, Toledo, Ohio
US Department of State, Art in Embassies Program, Moscow RUSSIA, Maputo MOZAMBIQUE
US Department of State, Friends of Art & Preservation in Embassies, Sydney, AUSTRALIA
Washington D.C. Convention Center Authority Art Collection
SELECTED REVIEWS
Brown, Betty Ann. “Engaging Materials Inside/Out.” Visions 1993:40
Busman, Laura A. “New Your Experimental Glass Workshop.” GLASS 1993:55
Chambers, Karen S. “Therman Statom: On the Brink.” Neus Glas April 1994: 9-1
Chambers, Karen S. & Ferdinand Hampson. Glass From Ancient Craft to Contemporary Art: 1962-2992 and Beyond. Morristown, New Jersey: The Morris Museum, 1992:69
Creswell, Julie. “ The New Old Thing”. ¨Fortune March 2000:124-126
Friedman, Jane. “Washington Interiors.”American Style Magazine”F all 1999:51-54.
“Gallery”. American Craft June/July 2002: 78
Goldberger, Paul. “Florida Free Form..”Architectural Digest May 1998:207
Gustafson, Elaine D. ed. River Myths: An Installation by Therman Statom. Tampa, Florida: Tampa Museum of Art, 2002.
Horan, Judy. “Center Stage.” Midwest Express Magazine Jul/August 1997:26
“Interview :Therman Statom, Thoughts Ideas & Musings”. ¨Glass Focus Magazine Oct/Nov 1998:1, 15-18.
Kangas, Matthew.”Thermand Station: Installing Space.” GLASS Winter 1996: 28-35.
Litt,Steven. “Quirky Visual Statements Fun.” Arts and Living Jan 1997:E1
Marks,Ben. Review: “Therman Statom at Dorothy Weiss”. Art in America June `1995: 111.
Memell, Dean. “Myths, Science, and Nature”/ ¨GLASS ¨Summer `997: 51/
Muchnic, Suzanne. “This Project Isn’t a Book”. ¨The Los Angeles Time/ Calendar. 25 July 1993:5,88.
Nzegwe, Nikiru. “Living In A Glass House, Passing Through Glass”. International Review of African/American Art Volume II No.2: 44-50.
Palombo Weiis, Ruth. “American Crafts Abroad.” American Style Fall 2000:52-61.
Pincus,Robert. “Escondido-Based Mall Statom’s Art is a Glass Act Atop Painted Plywood.” San Diego Union – Tribune 2 Oct. 1998: E-7.
Porges,Maria.”Therman Statom: Northern Tide.” American Craft June/July 1995.
Slipe, Jeffrey. “Artistry in Motion.” American Style Magazine¨Winter 1998: 48-55.
“Stop asking/We Exist.” Society for Contemporary Crafts The Crafts Report January 1999:34
Vallongo, Sally. “Exploring the Awesome Art of Creativity.” The Blade 17 March 1996.
DC One “Therman Statom” 2002: 59.
Revised July 2008