Biography Xavier Toubes Born in A Coruña, Spain. He worked in an international Bank in Spain and London until 1974. He attended University of London Goldsmiths’ College (1974- 77). After graduating with the Master of Fine Arts from Alfred University, New York, he taught in the Art Department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill until 1993. In 1989 he became involved in the creation of the European Ceramics Work Centre (EKWC) in ’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, and was the Artistic Director from its opening in 1991 until the autumn of 1999 when he started teaching at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He has exhibited frequently in both USA and Europe and also in Asia, and lectured in numerous Universities and international forums. He is a member of the International Academy of Ceramics (Genéve, Switzerland) since 1986. His awards include a grant from the Ministry of Culture, Spain in 1983, a National Endowment for the Arts in 1986 and North Carolina Arts Council 1986 Artist Fellowship. In 1988 he received a Southern Center for Contemporary Art Individual Artist Fellowship. His work is in private and public collections in USA, Europe and Asia. Solo Exhibitions 1979 Galeria Sargadelos, Madrid. 1979 Galeria Sargadelos, Santiago de Compostela. Spain. 1980,1982, Galeria Sargadelos, Madrid . 1985 Palacio de Exposiciones Kiosko Alfonso, A Coruña. Spain. catalog 1988 South-Eastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem. USA 1989 New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, New York. 1990 Galerie van Mourik, Rotterdam. 1991 Helen Drutt Gallery, New York. 1993 Galerie van Mourik, Rotterdam. 1993 VB Galerie/Kunstuitkijk, Deventer. The Netherlands. 1995 Casa de Cultura y Juventud, Manises, Valencia. Spain. catalog 1996 Galeria Abel Lepina, Vigo. Spain. 1996 R.A.I. Galerie De Witte Voet. Amsterdam. 1996 Galeria Pardo Bazan , A Coruña. Spain. 1997 Casa da Parra. Santiago de Compostela. Spain. catalog P.Rieger, X.Toubes. Galeria Sargadelos. Madrid. 1998 P.Rieger,X.Toubes. Galeria Sargadelos.Santiago de Compostela. catalog 1999 Galeria Marisa Marimón, Ourense. Spain catalog Galerie De Witte Voet. Amsterdam. 2001 Materia, Scottsdale, Az. USA. 2004 Perimeter Gallery. Chicago IUN Gallery for Contemporary Art, Gary, Indiana. USA 2005 Fundacion Luis Seoane. A Coruña. Spain catalog 2006 Kunstforum, Solothurn, Switzerland 2007 Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea.Santiago de Compostela. catalog 2008 Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst. leaflet 2008 Perimeter Gallery, Chicago. 2009 Instituto Cervantes. Chicago. 2010 Sala Luzán. Zaragoza . Spain. catalog 2011 Factoria Compostela. Santiago de Compostela. Spain catalog 2012 Kunstforum, Solothurn, Switzerland 1 Perimeter Gallery. Chicago. 2014 Galerie De Witte Voet. Amsterdam. Sky & Earth Ceramics. “Figures with Shadows. Patricia Rieger, Xavier Toubes”. Macau. China. catalog & leaflet 2015 Suburban. Oak Park, Chicago. Recent Group Exhibitions 2006 Musée Ariana. Genéve. catalog Crossing Over: Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture and Techno-Science. The Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas. Art Chicago. Perimeter Gallery. Chicago. Santa Fe Clay. Santa Fe. New Mexico La Ceramica Española y su integracion en el arte catalog Museo Nacional de Ceramica. Valencia Betty Rymer Gallery. The School of The Art Institute of Chicago. Art Salamanca. Salamanca. Galeria Marisa Marimon. catalog Forosur. Caceres. Galeria Marisa Marimon. catalog 2007 Kunstforum, Solothurn, Switzerland Escultura Cerámica Ibérica. Pazo da Cultura. Pontevedra. Spain. catalog Travel : Centro das Artes. Caldas da Rainha. Portugal Museo do Azulejo, Lisboa, Portugal Shy Boy She Devil, and Isis: The Art of Conceptual Craft. Selections from the Wornick Collection. Museum of Fine Arts. BostoN. catalog 2008 Art 5 WORK, Gallery 2. Chicago. Outra xeografia. Arte desde Galicia. Habana. Cuba. catalog Smaak en Kraak, Pottenbakkersmuseum/Centrum voor hedendaagse keramiek, Tegelen, The Netherlands. SOFA Chicago. Perimeter Gallery. Station8 “erde - gebrannt: buthod-garçon - toubes – wüthrich” Zuzwill, Switzerland. De Nova Materia: Escultura Contemporanea na coleccion Caixanova” catalog Centro Cultural Caixa Nova , Vigo, Mayo 2008 2009 Realidades, Exprexións, Tramas. Arte en Galicia desde 1975. Fundación Caixa Galicia. Ferrol. Spain catalog Our Objects : Contemporary Ceramics in Context. The Glasgow School of Art, 2009. Traveling Exhibition: Hillsborough, Northern Ireland, and the British Ceramic Biennial, Wedgwood Institute, Stoke–on-Trent, England Kunstforum, Solothurn, Switzerland. Tussen de Oren, Stedelijk Museum Kampen, Kampen, The Netherlands. Gresol. Madremanya. Girona. España. Collection Selections. Elmhurst Art Museum. Elmhurst. Chicago Reflection , Kunstforum , Solothurn, Switzerland Artistas e Intenciones. Galeria Pardo Bazan. A Coruna. Spain. 2010 Galerie de Witte Voet. Favorites/Favorieten Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Espectral. Obras das Coleccións do Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea. Santiago de Compostela. Spain. Cao-Tun, Craft Museum. Taiwan. Cerámica Española para el Siglo XXI. catalog Chinese and Spanish. Traveling: Kaohsiung Museum (2010), Yingge, Ceramics Museum (2011). Taiwan. Sèvres Museum. Paris. Académie Internationale de Céramique. catalog. Kunstforum , Reflection 2, Solothurn, Switzerland. Traveling : Gallery Artworks, Belgium; Bianca Landgraaf Galerie, Laarn, The Netherlands. Second European Triennial of Ceramic and Glass, Mons. Belgium. catalog. 2011 Reflectie. Galerie Bianca Landgraaf. Laren . The Netherlands Curated by Melissa Muys. Espacio Atlántico. Vigo. Factoria Compostela. Art Chicago. Perimeter Gallery. Praesent . Galerie Christoph Abbühl. Solothurn. Switzerland. 2012 Reflection IV. Station 8 . Zuzwill. Switzerland. 2 Evanston Biennale. Chicago. Projects for Peace in Quinua. Salon Luna Pizarro --Congreso de la Republica del Perú Lima . Perú No Rules: Contemporary Clay. Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, Chicago Earth&Alchemy, Bakalar + Paine Galleries, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston catalog Sofa Chicago. Perimeter Gallery. catalog Red Dot. Perimeter Gallery. Miami 2013 ArtWorks. Sullivan Galleries at SAIC, Chicago Escultura extensa. Un percorrido complexo e vital. Centro Social Novacaixagalicia, Ourense 2013. Elena Colmeiro, Maestros de la Cerámica. Taller Escuela Cerámica Muel,Zaragoza catalog Faculty Projects. Sullivan Galleries at SAIC, Chicago Galeria Pardo Bazán. 25 Navidades. A Coruña. Spain. 2014 Kunstforum. Xavier Toubes. Second Space. Solothurn. Switzerland. Auga Doce. Installation Augas 1997. Museo Centro Gaiás. Cidade da Cultura de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela. Spain. catalog Trėsor. Kunstforum. Solothurn. Switzerland. 2015 40 Jaar, 40 Years. Galerie De Witte Voet. Amsterdam. Still taking form. James Harris Gallery, Seattle. Rotterdam Contemporary Art Fair, Rotterdam. Work in public collections Woodman Study Collection, Department of Art and Art History, University of Colorado at Boulder Ateliers d’Art de France Museum of Art & Design. New York (promised gift from Gail Brown collection, Philadelphia) CAI Sala Luzán, Zaragoza. Spain Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, Chicago. Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, North Carolina. Museu do Azulejo, Lisboa, Portugal Museé Ariana, Genéve . Switzerland The Wornick Collection. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, Missouri, Jay Collection. Gyeonggi-do, Korea Gresol. Girona. Spain. Centro Galego da Arte Contemporánea , Santiago de Compostela Fundación Caixa Galicia . Spain. Fundación Coca Cola España, First National Bank, Columbia, Missouri, The Gallery of Art and Design. North Carolina State University , Raleigh , Etela- Karjalan Taidemuseo , Lappeeranta , Finland. Fundación Argentaria , Madrid. Fundación Caixa-Vigo . Spain. Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute , Jingdezhen , China Museu de Cerámica de Manises , Valencia. Art Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Taipei Fine Arts Museum , Taipei , Taiwan. Ackland Art Museum. Chapel Hill , North Carolina. Banco de España, Madrid. Arizona State University Museum, Tempe. University of North Carolina Center for Public Television, Research Triangle Park, Raleigh, North Carolina. European Ceramics Work Centre at the Kruithuis Museum, 's-Hertogenbosch. The Netherlands Xunta de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela . Spain Harbourfront Studios , Toronto. Davidson College Art Gallery, Davidson , North Carolina Museo Carlos Maside , Sada , A Coruña New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University , Alfred , New York Seminario de Estudios Cerámicos , Sargadelos , Lugo .Spain Pinacoteca Municipal do Concello da Coruña , A Coruña. Spain Ayuntamiento de Alcorcón, Alcorcón , Madrid . 3 Recent Bibliography Hoge inzet, neuw draagvlak; Hot Matter, New Constituency, Xavier Toubes Former Artistic Director European Ceramics Work Centre. Article by Vincent McGourty. EKWC Bulletin, September 2000 Xavier Toubes. New Worlds – New Vessels. Essay by Vincent McGourty. Art and Perception No. 44 . Sydney, Australia. 2001 The Human Form in Clay. Book. Jane Waller. The Crowood Press 2001. Wiltshire. UK Xavier Toubes. Article by Polly Ullrich. American Craft. June 2001 Xavier Toubes, Exquisite Nomad. Thesis by Rébeca Pérez Sanchez-Montañes. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. 2001 Two Ways of Looking at Ceramics. (Abstract Ceramics by Xavier Toubes) Part of the Opening Lecture - Presentation by James Elkins, Author and Professor at SAIC, at the National Conference on Education for the Ceramic Arts, Kansas City, 2002 Xavier