Robert Strini - Sculptor

About the Artist

ROBERT STRINI'S RESUME
PO Box 120 North Garden, Virginia 22959
phone:434.293.4952 E-mail:strinir@aol.com

Education Experience Teaching Solo Exhibitions Group Shows Grants & Awards Collections Publications

EDUCATION

M.F.A. (1970), Sculpture, University of California, Berkeley.
Committee members: Peter Voulkos, James Melchert, Robert Hudson.
European Study (1967):6 months with Erwin Eisch, German glass master, Frauenau, GERMANY.
B.A., M.A. (1965-1968), Art/Ceramics concentration,
San Jose State College, San Jose, CA.
A.A. (1962-1965), Commercial Art, San Jose Junior College.

EXPERIENCE Workshops, Guest Lectures, Artist-in-Residences

1999	Guest Lecturer, Bayly Art Museum, University of Virginia
1994	Artist in Residence, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
1992	Lecturer /Workshop, International Sculpture Center, San Antonio Art Insititue, San Antonio, TX Lecturer/Workshop, International Sculpture Conference, Philadelphia, PA Artist in Residence and Guest Lecturer, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA Invited Guest Lecturer, Tri-State Sculpture Conference, Ashville, NC Lecturer, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA Artist in Residence, Brevard College, Brevard, NC
1990	Lecture/Workshop, International Sculpture Conference, Washington, DC. Lecture/Workshop, Bild-Werk, Frauenau, GERMANY.
1988	Lecturer, Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA. Lecturer, Cornish Art Institute, Seattle, WA. Lecturer, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
1987	Lecturer, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA.
1986	Lecturer, Museo Italo-Americano, San Francisco, CA. Lecturer, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA. Lecturer, San Francisco State College, San Francisco, CA. Lecturer/Sculpture Workshop, Appalachian College of Art, Smithville, TN. Lecturer/Artist-in-Residence, Ohio University, Athens, OH (3 months). Lecturer, Fourth Texas Sculpture Symposium, Austin, TX.
1985	Lecturer, Cornish Institute, Seattle, WA. Lecturer, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA.
1984	Lecturer, Boston University, Boston, MA. Lecturer/Sculpture Workshop, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR. Sculpture Workshop, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
1982	Lecture/Workshop, International Sculpture Conference, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA.
1981	Sculpture Workshop, Indiana State University, Evansville, IN.
1980	Lecturer, Maryland School of Art, Baltimore, MD. Artist-in-Residence, Corcoran Museum School, Washington, DC Artist-in-Residence, State University of New York, Purchase, NY. Sculpture Workshop, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA. Artist-in-Residence, Pilchuck School of Art, Stanwood, WA. Lecturer, University of Montana, Missoula, MT. 1978 Sculpture Workshop, Visual Arts Center of Alaska, Anchorage, AK. Lecturer, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
1977	Laminated Wood Workshop, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN. July-December, invited to GERMANY to build a complete ceramic sculpture facility. Lecturer, Allied Craftsman, San Diego, CA. Lecturer, Grossmount College, San Diego, CA. Laminated Wood Workshop/Lecturer, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA. Lecturer, The Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD. Invited Critic, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI. Lecturer, Corcoran Museum School, Washington, DC Lecturer, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA.
1976	Sculpture/Lecturer, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA. Lecturer, State University of New York, Binghampton, NY. Lecturer, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Sculpture Workshop, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI. Lecturer, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL. Ceramic Workshop, Foothill College, Los Altos, CA. Lecturer, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA.
1975	Lecturer, Indiana State University, Evansville, IN. Lecturer, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL. Lecturer, University of Southern Illinois, Carbondale, IL. Ceramic Workshop, Vincennes University, Vincennes, IN. Ceramic Workshop, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA.
1974	Lecturer, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH. Lecturer, Addison Gallery, Phillips Andover Academy, Andover, MA. Sculpture Workshop, Sheridan School of Design and Technology, CANADA.
1973	Ceramic Workshop, Sheridan School of Design and Technology, CANADA.
1972	Lecturer, Tyler School of Art, Rome, ITALY.
1970	Lecturer/Demonstration in Ceramics, Stanford University.
1968	Co-chairman, American Craftsman Council Southwestern States Convention. Glassblowing demonstration, San Jose State College. Two Glassblowing Seminars, Claremont, CA.
1965	Glassblowing demonstration, American Craftsman Council Workshop, Long Beach State College, Long Beach, CA. .

TEACHING

Instructor in Sculpture,: 1994, 95
Corcoran Museum School, Washington, DC.

Instructor in Sculpture: 1989, One Quarter
Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA.

Instructor in Sculpture: 1988, One Quarter
Cornish Institute of Art, Seattle, WA.

Instructor in Sculpture: 1974 - 1978
University of California, Santa Cruz, CA.

Instructor in 3D Design: 1973 - 1974
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI.

Instructor in Ceramics: 1968 - 1971

San Jose State College, CA. (Ceramics and Design, 1970, 1971)

San Jose Junior College, CA. (Ceramics and Sculpture, 1968, 1969, 1969-70)

San Jose State College, CA. (1968, 1969)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2002	Genocide Project, Emory & Henry College, Emory VA
1998	Bayly Art Museum, Universtiy of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
1989	Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
1988	Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1987	Traver Sutton Gallery, Seattle, WA.
1986	Museo ItaloAmericano, San Francisco, CA.
1983	California State University, Chico, CA.
1982	San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA. Redding Museum, Redding, CA.
1977	Frauenau Museum, Bavaria, GERMANY.
1975	Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA.
1971	William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1970	Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1995	Corcoran Art School Faculty Exhibition, Corcoran Museum, Washington, DC
1994	Nine Fellows of the American Academy in Rome, Pensler Galleries, Washington, DC Corcoran Art School Faculty Exhibition, Washington Square Building, Washington, DC
1992	3 Person Exhibit, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
1991	"Art About Function," Exhibition of sculpture by the artist, Washington, DC.
1990	"Sculpture '90," Exhibition, Washington, DC. Award.
1986	"Fantasy on Wheels," Bellevue Art Museumd, Bellevue, WA. San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA.1977 Euphrat Gallery, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA. Artists of the Western Stairstep," Patrick Gallery, Austin TX.
1985	Craft Alliance National Wood Invitational, St. Louis, MO. " Painted Structure," Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
1983	Invitational, Patrick Galery, Austin Tx.
1982	Invitational, International Sculpture Conference, Oakland, CA. The Fine Art of Public Commissions, George Washington University, Washington, DC.
1979	Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
1978	San Francisco Museum of Art Soap Box Derby, San Francisco, CA. American Woodcarvers, Rockefeller Plaza, NY.
1977	Allied Craftsman Show, Fine Arts Gallery and Museum, Balboa Park, CA.
1976	Invitational, Florence Duhl Gallery, NY. "Slick," Merz Gallery, San Jose, CA.
1975	"Masterworks in Wood," Portland Museum of Art, Portland, OR.
1974	"Wood Works," William Benton Museum, University of Connecticut. Faculty Exhibition, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI. "Wood Works," Rhode Island School of Design. "Wood Works," Addison Gallery, Phillips Andover Academy, Andover, MA.
1972	Three-man Exhibition, American Academy in Rome, Rome, ITALY.
1971	"A Decade in the West," Anderson Collection, Stanford University Museum, Palo Alto, CA.
1970	Ceramic Cup Show, Museum of Contemporary Crafts, NY.
1969	"Objects USA," Johnson's Way Collection (traveling exhibit). Invitational, Kaiser Building, Oakland, CA.
1968	Invitational, Arleigh Gallery, San Francisco, CA. San Francisco Potters' Association, DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA. "Contemporary Painting and Sculpture of America," University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL. Two-man Exhibition, Arleigh Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Invitational, College of Marin, Marin, CA. "California Design Ten," Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, CA.
1967	Annual College of San Mateo Ceramics Show, San Mateo, CA. "Ninth Annual Santa Clara Valley Arts Festival," San Jose City College, San Jose, CA. "Bay Area South," Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA.
1966	Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA. San Francisco PottersÌ Association, DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA.

GRANTS / AWARDS

Djerassi, Foundation Grant in Sculpture, Woodside, CA, 1988.
National Endowment for the Arts Grant, 1977-78, 1975-76.
University of California, Santa Cruz; Faculty Research Grant,
1977-78, 1976-77, 1974Ò75.
Regents Fellowship, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1976.
National Endowment for the Arts Grant, 1975-76.
Union of Independent Colleges of Art Grant,
Rhode Island School of Design, 1974.
Rome Prize Fellowship in Sculpture, American Academy of Art in Rome, ITALY, 1971-73.
San Francisco PottersÌ Association, two awards, 1968.
Annual College of San Mateo Ceramics Show, two awards, 1967.
San Jose Junior College, Ninth Annual Santa Clara Valley Arts Festival Purchase Award, 1967.
Los Gatos Summer Arts Festival Award, 1967.
Association of San Francisco Potters,
Dr. Elizabeth Moses Memorial Award, 1966.

COLLECTIONS

Anthony Prieto Memorial Ceramics, Mills College, Oakland, CA.
Mr. Thomas Frankel, San Francisco, CA.
Arleigh Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Mr. & Mrs. Schafer, San Francisco, CA.
Mr. Reisman, San Francisco, CA.
The Johnson Wax Collection, New York, NY.
Mr. Gene Allen, Seattle, WA.
Mr. Robert Pritiken, San Francisco, CA.
Mr. Jay J. Levine, Seattle, WA.
Mr. H. Anderson, Saga-Scope, Palo Alto, CA.
Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA.
Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Miller, San Francisco, CA.
Dr. Harold Jones, Columbia, MO.
Mr. David Gold, Central Falls, RI.
Mr. & Mrs. William Reed, Tacoma, WA.
Tacoma Museum of Art, Tacoma, WA.
Frauenau Museum, Bavaria, GERMANY.
American Republic Insurance Company Corporate Collection, Des Moines, IA.
Arizona State University Art Collection, Tempe, AZ.
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Abramson, Washington, DC
Mr. & Mrs. Hans Wachtmeister, Wellesley, MA.
Robert & Sharon Bender, Indian Wells, CA.
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA.
Laila & Thurston Twigg-Smith, Honolulu, HI.
Mr. & Mrs. Wilfried Unger Vocklabruck, Austria
Pegasus Motorcar Company Collection, Charlottesville, VA.

PUBLICATIONS

Galen, Cranz. The Chair, Rethinking Culture, Baody and Design.
W.W.Norton & Company, 1998.
Albright, Thomas. Art in the Bay Area.
University of California Press, 1985.
The Workshop. Scottsville, NY:
The Wendell Castle Workshop, 1983.
Wood '83. A Calendar Tribute to the Fine Art of Woodworking,
P.O. Box 6248, Los Osos, CA 93402, 1983.
Dog Town. Videotape produced by Indiana State University,
Evansville, IN, 1981.
Lamm, Cross, and Turk. The Search for Personal Freedom, 1980.
Coleman, Ronald L. Sculpture, A Basic Handbook for Students. 2nd Ed. Dubuque, IA: William C. Brown Co. Publishers, 1980.
Emery, Olivia H. Craftsman Lifestyle: The Gentle Revolution.
California Design Publications, 1978.
Ceramics Monthly, 1977.
Crafts Horizons, February, 1976.
Meilach, Dona Z. Creating Small Wood Objects as Functional Sculpture.
New York: Crown Publishers, 1976.

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