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Of Art Museums 1967 E !55 Montana Museum, Helena, Montana 1975 Traveling Exhibition of Ceram'ic Art, Sponsored by the Arizona State Arts Comm A. RUDY AUTIO Born l!26, Butte, Montana EDUCATI0N: 8.s., Art, Montana state University, Bozeman, flontanar lg50 M.F.A., Sculpture, Washington State University, Pul lman, I,Iashington, 1g5Z TEACHING AND RELATED EXPERIENCE 19i2-57 Resident Artist, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, l.lontana 1957 Assistant Curator, l.lontana Museum, Helena 1957 to Professor, Ceramics and Sculpture, University of l{ontana, Missoula, Montana p resent 1968-59 Acting Chairman, Department of Art, University of Montana 1978-79 Acting Chairman, Department of Art, University of Montana s0L0 ExHtBtTtoNS (SELECTED) 1963 Henry Gal lery, Seattle, Washington Alfred University, College of Ceramics, AIfred, New York 1964 Montana State University, Library Court, Bozeman 1965 Toledo Art Museum, Toledor 0hio 1966 Travel ing exhibition of ceramic art, sponsored by the l,/estern Association of Art Museums 1967 E !55 Montana Museum, Helena, Montana 1975 Traveling exhibition of ceram'ic art, sponsored by the Arizona State Arts Comm. 1980 Greenwich House Gallery, New York City 1981 Exhibit A, Chicago, I I I inois, ceramics and drawings Arabia Hyymala, Esplanade, Helsinki, Finland, ceramics and drawings Paris Gibson Square, Great Fal ls, Montana r 982 Okun-Thomas Gal Iery, St. Louis, l'lissouri, ceramics and drawings GR0UP EXH I B tTl 0NS (SrlrCreO) pre 1)52 Seattle Art Museum Portland Art ltluseum San Francisco Museum of Art Ceramic National Exhibitions, Everson l.luseum of Art, Syracuse, New York l.Iichita National Ceramic Exhibitions, !Jichita, Kansas l,luseum of Contemporary Crafts, New York AIfred College of Ceramics, Alfred, New York Montana Museum, Helena 1962 U.S. l.A. lnternational, Prague, Czechoslovakia lnvitational (eota medal) 1963 U.S.l.A. lnternational American Potters, toured South America 1966 Craftsmen 1966, U.S.A., Skokie, lllinois Victoria and Albert Museum, London. American Potterrs lnvitational 1969-71 0bjects: U.S.A. A travel ing exhibition sponsored by the Johnson l,Jax Co. 1971 Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan. North American Ceramic Art lnvitational A. RUDY AUTl0, page 2 S E LECTE D GR0UP EXHlBlTl0NS, continued 1972 lnternational Exhibition, Kyoto and Tokyo Museums of Modern Art Joseph Monson Collection, San Francisco City l4useum American Studio Pottery, Victoria and Albert Huseum, traveled abroad 1973 The Plastic Earth, National lnvitational, J.M. Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan 197 t+ Fred Marer Collection, Huseum of Contemporary Crafts, New York 197 5 Northern Arizona University Art Gal lery, Flagstaff University Art Col lections, Arizona State University, Tempe 197 6 Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Civic Center PIaza, Scottsdale, Arizona Two person show with Neda Al-Hilali, Yuma, Arizona Supermud tT6 Exhibition, Masters. Show 1977 The Vessel as Metaphor, Ceramics lnvitational, Evanston Art Center, lllinois 1979 The Vessel as a Portrait, lnvitational, J.I,l. Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan Pacific Northwest Ceramics 1 9\8-1978, retrospective col lection of works, Seattle Center Century of Ceramics in the U.S., Everson Museum in Syracuse and traveled. 1 g8o lnternational lnvitational of Selected American Potters, Nagoya, Japan. Sponsored by the Japanase newspaper Chinuchi Shimbun 1982 Clay Bodies, I'laryland lnstitute Col Iege of Art, with Viola Frey and Stephen DeStaebler I g8o The Contemporary American Potter, Northern lowa University LECTURES AND WoRKSHoPS (SrlrCrrO) Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York Kansas City Art lnstitute lowa State University, lowa City Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana Art lnstitute of Chicago 0regon State University, Corvall is, Oregon Maryland lnstitute, College of Art I I I inois State University, Normal University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Kenai Art Center, Kenai, AIaska Rhode lsland School of Design Vancouver School of Art, Vancouver, British Columbia University of Utah, Salt Lake City Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff Arizona State University, Tempe Art Administratorst Conference, Missoula University of Wyoming at Laramie Notre Dame University, South Bend Pennsylvania State Univers i ty Minnesota Western State University Skidmore Col lege Greenwich House Pottery, New York Arvada Center, Arvada, Colorado Northern lowa University University of Helsinki, Ateneum, Finland Arabia Factory, Helsinki A. RUDY AUTl0, page 3 PUB L I C COI,IM I SS IONS AND COI.LECT I ONS First Methodist Church, Great Falls, Montana (ceramic wall relief) C. l''1. Russel I Gal lery, Great Fal ls (ti le wal l) First Lutheran Church, Anaconda, Montana (carved brick relief) St. Gabrielrs Cathol ic Church, Chinook, l''lontana (t4 Stations of the Cross) Glacier County Library, Cutbank, Montana (terra cotta relief) Gold Hill Lutheran Church, Butte, Montana (carved brick relief) Union Bank and Trust, Helena (ceramic mural) Montana State University Library (three ceramic rel iefs) St. Anthonyts Catholic Church, Missoula, Montana (ceramic relief) University of Montana (cement and ceramic sculpture, cast bronze sculpture) Metals Bank and Trust Company, Butte (brazed steel and enameled copper relief) McAuslan Estate (brazed steel sculpture) Malstrom Air Force Base Chapel, Great Falls (stained glass windows) Farm Credit Banks, Spokane, Washington (Cor-Ten and stainless steel sculpture) Farm Credit Bank Building, Spokane (Cor-Ten and stainless steel sculpture) Security State Bank, Polson, Montana (ceramic tile mural) Expo r/4, Spokane (sculpture) Archie Bray Foundation University Art Col lections, Arizona State University University of Arizona Museum Henry Gal lery Johnson Wax Company Montana Huseum University of Michigan Museum Museum of Contemporary Crafts Portland Art Museum St. Lou i s Art ltluseum Smithsonian lnstitution Toledo Art Museum Wichita Museum PUBLICATIO}IS 1970 Objects: Uf.A., Lee Nordness, Viking Press 1977 Tradition and Chglgg, Julie Hall, E.P. Dutton 1979 ffiic Northwest, Lamar Harrington, University of I,Iash. Press A Centurv of Ceramics n tIE uniEed States I878-1978 Garth Clark 6 Margie Hughto, E.P. Dutton 1978 Peter Voulkos, 'Rose Slivka, Little, Brown, E Co. 1 980 ffieffitM"g3=!,=,||TheMassiveNarrationsofRudyAutio,l'Matthew Uer i ssue r 981 American Potters, Garth Clark, Watson-Guptill Pub. FUND RAI SER rrAnagama r 980 Kiln Projectrlt Peters Valley, New Jersey. A Cultural Exchange Project for the construction of an Anagama Kiln. Built in cooperation with the Cultural Exchange Program, Government of Japan and with funds raised by ceramists and supporters in the United States, and a Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Peter Voulkos, Chairman; Katsuzuki Sakasume, Builder. Completed November 8, 1980..
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