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Born: 

January 16, 1959,  Ann Arbor, Michigan

EDUCATION:

1983-85                 Master of Fine Arts, University of California at Davis
1983 Summer         Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
1982-83                 Maryland Institute,  College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
1979-82                 Bachelor of Arts, University of California at Davis
1977-79                 California State University at Sacramento

ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS

TEACHING AND WORK EXPERIENCE:
2004 Spring          Penland School of Art, Penland, NC
1990-                    Various national workshops and private studio classes.                     
1989                     Instructor in Ceramics, Butte College, Oroville, CA
1987 Spring         Visiting Artist in Ceramic Sculpture and Pottery,
                             Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
1985-1987          Lecturer in Ceramics, California State University, Stanislaus
1986 Spring           Lecturer in Modern Art History, California State University, Stanislaus 
1983-1985            Teaching Assistant in Ceramic Sculpture, Glaze Calculation, Beginning                                                 
                            Sculpture, and Beginning Ceramics. University of California at Davis
1984 Spring          Ceramic Department’s Sole Technician, University of California at Davis 
1984                     Gallery Assistant, Memorial Union Gallery, University of California
1982-1983            Ceramic Department’s Sole Technician, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
1981                     Visiting Artist, The Can building, Syracuse, NY
1980 Summer        Assistant Technician, Oxbow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI

WORKSHOPS:

COLLECTIONS:  (selected)

Museums
MIAAO, Museo Internazionale delle Arti Applicate Oggi
The Midwest Museum of American Art , Elkhart, IN
The Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Shigaraki, Japan
San Jose Art Museum, San Jose, CA *
Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, CA
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
University of Iowa. Museum of Art
Triton Museum of Art, CA
The Di Rosa Foundation, Napa, CA

Institutions
Ceramics Monthly, Westerville, OH
University of CA at Davis

Businesses
Merring and Associates, Sacramento, CA,
Toki Collection, Berkeley, CA 
The Rosen Group, Baltimore, MD
Stuart Wieztman, NYC
Hansen, Boyd, Cuhane and Watson, LLP
Seraph and Ben Advertising, Sacramento, CA

Private
Byron Meyer, San Francisco, CA
Mr. & Mrs. Turk, Elkhart, IN
Mr. & Mrs. Rabinowitz, Massachusetts
Daniel Jacobs, New York City
Mr. & Mrs. Thieriot, San Francisco, CA
Mark Leland, Washington, D.C
Mr. & Mrs. David Peoples, Berkeley, CA 
Vincent Lim, Philadelphia, P.A.
Larry Spitansky, Shawnee Mission, Kansas
Russ Solomon, Sacramento, CA
Robert Arneson Estate, Benicia, CA
Elaine Levin, Northridge, CA
Mr. & Mrs. Friedman, Beverly Hills, CA
Danielle Steel, San Francisco, CA
John Ott, Davis, CA

AWARDS:     

Recipient of the "New Works" Grant, 1998, Sponsored by the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission

Recipient of the “Key to the City”, 2000, Lake Charles, Louisiana

Recipient of the "Community Arts Award, Pence Art Gallery, Davis CA 2006

COMMISSIONS:
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2007- Commissioned by the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission to make 3 painted bronze sculptures for Granite Park.

2006- Commissioned by The Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission to make 4 bronze sculptures for Tahoe Tallac Little League Park.

2003- Commission by the Pride of Sacramento to embellish a fiberglass lion for Lion Safari

2002- Commissioned by Odyssey Winery to sculpt two large murals, Chico, CA

2000- Private commission to create a large bust portrait of Miles Davis for L. A. Collector.

1999- Private commission to create a large bust portrait of Babe Ruth for Sacramento Collector.

1996- Corporate commission granted by the Hahn Corp. to place six over life size figures in fiberglass at the Downtown Plaza Mall, Sacramento

1995- Commissioned to design a T-shirt for the Japanese comic book "Morning" (circulation one million readers a week)

1994- Private Commission to sculpt a portrait head of Russ Solomon (Founder of Tower of Records)

1993- Corporate commission granted by the Hahn Corporation of San Diego to place a life-sized bronze figure "Balancing act, too"  in the renovated Downtown Plaza K Street Mall in Sacramento, CA. (Site specifically created)

1992- Private commission to create a ceramic life-sized figure for Ronna Isaacs of Chicago, IL

1991- Commissioned by Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Friedman to create an outdoor ceramic sculpture on
           balcony of their home, Beverly Hills.

1990- Corporate commission granted by Park side Properties for creating three life-sized ceramic
           sculptures of various musicians, entitled "Simultaneous Melodies" and are installed on the
           balcony of Lamp Lighters Square in Davis.  (Site specifically created)

1988- Public commission granted by the City of Sacramento for a life-sized painted bronze sculpture of a golfer in a water trap.  "This Is Not a Game" is of a golfer and the functional water fountain which is installed at the Bing Maloney Golf Course, Sacramento.  (Site specifically created)

1987- Private commission to create a functional fountain and ceramic life-sized sculpture of
          Neptune. Installed in the garden of Mr. & Mrs. Day of Turlock, CA

1986- Public commission granted by the City of Davis, California to sculpt two life-sized bronze figures entitled "the Joggers."  The female and male joggers are installed in front of the Davis Police Department.  (Site specifically created)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2004    "Faculty Show", Penland Gallery, Penland, NC
            “The Eve Aesthetic: Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture by Artists from TB9, 1963-2003”, Memorial Union Gallery, UC Davis, CA
            “Multiples”, Lincoln Arts, Lincoln, CA
            "The Funk show", Sacramento International Airport

2003   "Small packages”,  Julie Baker Gallery, Grass Valley, CA
            "Dog eat Dog", Excentrique Gallery, Sacramento, CA

2002   "Ceramic National 2000", Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL and Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
           "Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow", Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
            "CERAMICS- Bay Area and Beyond", A New Leaf Gallery, Berkeley, CA
           “The Figure” Virginia Breier Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2001   "New Acquisitions", Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA
           “Telling Tales”, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO (Poster)
           “Angels”, Elena Zass Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
           "Ceramic National 2000", Samuel P. Harn Museum, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida (Catalog)

2000  “Ceramic National 2000”, Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY (Catalog)
           “Ceramic Group Show”,  A New Leaf Gallery, Berkeley, CA
           “From the fire: Figures in Ceramic”, Bedford Gallery, Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA
           “Fred and Tony Show”, Center School Art Center, Lake Charles, LA

1999  “Teapot Show”, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, Mass
           “Group Show”, One Bush Street, San Francisco, CA
           "Censored!"  A New Leaf Gallery, Berkeley, CA
           "Rendezvous 99!"  Museum of  Nebraska Art, Kearney, Nebraska (Catalog)
           "Feats of Clay", Glading Mcbean, Lincoln, CA

1998 "The Toki Collection", Richmond art Center, Richmond, CA
          "Sculpture" Epperson Gallery, Crockett, CA
          "Forms" Terrain, San Francisco, CA
          "Feats of  Clay",   Gladding Mcbean, Lincoln, CA
          "Sculpture walk", Yerba Buena Gardens, S. F., CA

1997  "Self Expressions", Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento
          "Hot Tea" del Mono Gallery , Los Angeles, CA"

1996  "Day Dreams", Christensen Heller Gallery, Oakland, CA
          "A Madcap Teapot Party at the Renwick", Smithsonian, Washington, D.C
          "Ceramics in Northern California", Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
          "Generations: The Lineage of Influence in Bay Area Art",
            Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
          "Cup as Metaphor ll.", Sybris Gallery, Royal Oaks, MI

1995  "Art, The Great American Pastime"  George Krevsky Fine Art, S.F., CA
          "The Blooty and Squirmy Show" Big Art Gallery, Sacramento
          "Group Show", Obsidion Gallery, Tucson, AZ

1994   "Art is..", The Art Museum of Santa Cruz County, CA
           "Four Views of Sculpture", Davis Art Center, Davis, CA
           "69th Crocker-Kingsley Exhibition" Crocker Museum, Sacramento
           "Robert Arneson, Changing the Face of American Ceramics, A Tribute." Kingsbourough
            Community College Art Gallery,  Brooklyn, NY

1993   "Feast Your Eyes,"  Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
           "Erotic Art Show" Big Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA
           "Pacific Rim Ceramic Sculpture Exhibition", Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii
           "75th Anniversary Exhibition", Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, CA
           "Large Scale Figurative Ceramics" University Art Gallery, California State University,
            Hayward, CA
           "West Coast Clay: The New Breed", The Museum of California Crafts, S.F., CA

1992   "Art Studio Alumni & Faculty"  UCD Buehler Alumni & Visitors Center, Davis CA
           "L.A. You're Driving Me Wild" Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
           "Tea Time" Babb/Himovitz Gallery, Cambria, CA
           "America"  Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, CA

1991   "Crocker-Kingsley Anniversary Exhibition"  Crocker Art Museum
           "Sculptural Perspectives for the Nineties" Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, Ca
           "Cup:  As a Metaphor" Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, Michigan

1990   "American Ceramics"  National Museum of Ceramic Arts, Baltimore, MD
           "The San Francisco Blues Show" - San Francisco Museum of  Modern Art Rental Gallery
           "The Making of a Legend: Chief Seattle's Reply" - Hatley Martin Gallery, San Francisco,
            CA
           "Anthony Natsoulas & Roberta Loach" - Branner Spangenberg Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
           "Four Ceramic Sculptors" Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, Michigan
           "Figurative Ceramics" - Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

1989   "Diamonds Are Forever; Artists and Writers on Baseball", Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
           "Capitol a'la cArte" - California State Capitol, Sacramento
           "Contemporary Ceramics, The Artists of TB-9" - Main Gallery California State University at
            Fullerton, CA
           "Genre; People Doing Everyday Things" - Euphrat Gallery, De Anza College, Cuppertino,
            CA

1988   "Crocker-Kingsley Juried Annual Exhibition" Crocker Museum,  Sacramento, CA
           "Three Decades of Art in Davis" - Davis Art Center, Davis, CA

1987   "Members Exhibition" - National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts.  Laura Russo
            Gallery, Portland, Oregon "Third Annual Monarch Tile National Ceramic Competition" San
            Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, Texas
           "Mother Earth, Perpetual Source of Life"  The San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, San
            Francisco, CA
           "Visiting Artists" - Hopkins Hall Gallery, Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio

1986   "Art Bridge" - City Gallery, Kobe, Japan
           "Eccentric Imagery" - Berkeley Art Center, CA.  Traveled to Ek'ymose Art Contemporain,
            Bordeaux, France; Caroline Corre Gallery, Paris, France; and the Centre D'Action Culturelle De St.-
            Brieuc, France
           "West Coast Ceramics" - Walnut Creek Art Center, Walnut Creek, CA

1985   "Contemporary American Ceramics:  20 Artists" - Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport  Harbor, CA
           "Gala Exhibition & Auction" - Independent Curators, N.Y.C.
           "Crocker-Kingsley Annual Juried Exhibition", Crocker Museum,  Sacramento, CA

(Click on links to see articles)
CA Modern Magazine Home run pursuits, Spring issue 2008
Atomic Ranch, Book 2006
Natomas Magazine, front cover and article. June Issue.
American Style Magazine, "Tony and Donna's Amazing Technicolor Dream House", Pages 66-75. by Margaret Lucke, Article and photos. August 2005
Atomic Ranch Magazine, "Streng Theory", Pages 40-46, Article and Photos. by Bromley Davenport. Summer 2005
"A Conversation With Anthony Natsoulas", Solano Magazine, Celebrates the Arts section. Picture on the cover and article. November 2004
"500 Figures in Clay", Larks Books, pages 342-343.
Ceramics: Art and Perception, "Tony Natsoulas, Camping it up", by Scott Shields with Photos. March 2003, Pages 74-75
Ceramics Monthly, "Tony Natsoulas' Barococo", Article and Photos. March 2003, Pages 76-77
American Style Magazine, "Barococo", Article and Photos. March 2003 
Kerameiki Techni, International Ceramic Art Review “Barococo: Ceramiques by Tony Natsoulas, Article and Photos. Sept. 2002. Pages 65-69.
Artweek Magazine, “Tony Natsoulas at the Crocker Art Museum” by Brian Elsasser, Article and Photo. November 2002. Pages 13 and 14.
Sacramento Bee, "Art: Now and then, the 1700s", Crocker pairs long-dead engraver, living sculptor who share a theme
By Victoria Dalkey -- Bee Art Correspondent (Published Jul. 26, 2002)
American Craft Magazine, "Tony Natsoulas Portrays...", Article and Photos. Dec. 2001 Page 51 to 53.
Niche Magazine, Article and Photos. Page 8. and 42. Winter 2001
Everson National 2000, Exhibition catalog. Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
The Sacramento Bee, "Ceramic busts shine with familiar faces"  By Victoria Dalkey  Bee Art Correspondent (Published April 11, 1999)
Hands in Clay 11,  An Introduction to Ceramics. Charlotee Speight 1989-1999, Chapter 11, Color Plate 40.
Hands in Clay 111, An Introduction to Ceramics. Charlotee Speight 1989-1999, Chapter 11, Color Plate 40.
Hands in Clay 1V, An Introduction to Ceramics. Charlotee Speight 1989-1999, Chapter 11, Color Plate 40.
Hands in Clay V, An Introduction to Ceramics. Charlotee Speight 1989-1999, Chapter 11, Color Plate 40.
Design in Ceramics, Larks Books, 1998
Asphalt Nation, By JANE HOLTZ KAY
Nouvel Object ll   Color Photos & Article, Seoul, Korea 1997
Nouvel Object lll   Color Photos & Article, Seoul, Korea 1997
Morning Magazine, Color Photos, Article . Tokyo, Japan 1996
Design with Light,  Wanda Jankowski, page 85, color photo.
Ceramics Monthly, "From the Feet Up" page 68-69, June, July, August 1995.
Bicycle Magazine, Bill Strickland, " The Art of Cycling", page 23, June 1993.
American Ceramics, Bruce Nixon, "Anthony Natsoulas"  February 1992
Bass Player Magazine, color photo, page 6, June 1992.
Ceramics Monthly.  Barbara Milman, "Thirty Ceramic Sculptors"  January 1990
Sunset Magazine, "Cow Town?" page 95, color photo, October 1988.
Sculpture Magazine, Commission section, Color photo and description, March - April 1994  p. 36
International Crafts.  (Ed. Martina Magetts).  1991. Publisher: Thames & Hudson p 46
"California Works."  California State Fair 1991. Exhibition catalog, 1991, Award of Excellence P. 26
"Sculptural Perspectives For the Nineties."  Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA. Exhibition catalog, 1991.  p. 13, 39, 51. 54.
"Thirty Years of TB-9: A Tribute to Robert Arneson"  Gallery Exhibition catalog, 1991,
The Kingsley Art Club Centennial:  A Tribute Exhibition."  Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento. Exhibition catalog, 1991 pp. 10, 17, 28.
Contemporary Ceramics, The Artists of TB-9.  Elaine Levin, Exhibition Catalog, Main Art Gallery, Visual Art Center, California State University, Fullerton, pp. 25, 38-39, 1989.
Contemporary American Craft Art, A collectors' Guide, Barbara Mayer, Chapter 3, Page 65, 1988.
Third Annual Monarch Tile National Martha Wittstruck Competition, Exhibition Catalog, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas.  April-May 1988.
Juried Members Exhibition.  Jay Lacouture, Exhibition Catalog.  National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts.  Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, Oregon.  March 1988.
Art Bridge.  Nakajima Tokuhiro, Curator of Hyogo Prefectual, Museum of Modern Art Kobe, Japan  Exhibition Catalog. City Gallery, Kobe, Japan. Oct. 1986.
Eccentric Imagery Mare'chal-Workman, Andree, Canseratice, Berkeley Art Center Eccentric Imagery Exhibition Catalog.  Traveling Exhibition: Berkeley to France.  Oct. 1986
"Contemporary American Ceramics, Twenty Artists", Karen McReady, Exhibition Catalog, Newport Harbor Museum, Newport Beach, CA.  May 3- July 8, 1985.
Art News Magazine.  "Introductions '86", October 1986. page 35, Exhibition Catalog.  31st Annual.  Patterson Sims, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA. July 1984.
"A Passionate Vision: Contemporary Ceramics from the Daniel Jacobs Collection."
Maria and Lazarus, Eleanor Friedrich, Exhibition Catalog.  DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts, April 1984.
Clay Works:  A National Ceramic Photo Documentary and Work Shop.  Indiana Purdue University at Fort Wayne, Indiana.1983 "American Ceramic Sculpture"  national Museum of Ceramic Art.  Poster and bio September 11 December 30, 1990.
The California Art Review.  Lee Krantz, Pages 885, 8868, 904.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:
The Sacramento Bee,  Julie Howard, "Natsoulas captures the lighter side of life" Oct. 21, 1993 Page 16
Artweek. "West Coast Clay" The New Breed"  April 22, 1993.
Artweek. "Contemporary Figurative Sculpture" April 8, 1993, p. 19.
Los Angeles Times, Nancy Kapitanoff, "Imaginative Exhibit Maps L.A.'s Love-Hate Relationship with Cars."  August 2, 1991
The Stockton Record.  "Anthony Natsoulas Has Fun with Clay" - March 13, 1992, F-3 photo and review.
UC Davis Magazine.  "Artifish" by Marti Childs. p. 26-27. Vol. 9, No.2. Winter 1991.
Artweek.  Cheryl White,  "Anthony Natsoulas" October 17, 1991 p.2 photo; p. 15 story and photos.
O&E (Michigan) "Showing Sculpture", January 4, 1990, p. 12E
Step n' Out. "Tony Natsoulas/Clay Logic" by Rhufe Walker p. 8-9.  1990.
The Detroit Monitor.  "She's Just Trying to Get Ahead!" Cover photo and story. April 28, 1988.
Artweek.  Saunthy Singh, "Lively Ceramic Sculpture."  September 27, 1986,  p.4.
San Francisco Examiner. Al Morch, "Anthony Natsoulas' Feats of Clay Go to Your Head. July 22, 1986.  Page 1 and E3.
The San Diego Union.  Robert L. Pincus, "Museum Exhibits Some Evocative Feats of Clay."  June 2, 1985, p. E-6.

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