Clay Foster
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b. 1954, Austin, TX
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
Charles A. Wustum Museum of Art, Racine, WI
The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
Japanese Export and Trade Organization, Japan
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2006 Turned & Sculptured Wood, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition, Chicago, IL
Collectors of Wood Art Forum, Santa Fe, NM
One Step Back, Two Steps Forward, Patina Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Masters Of Wood Art, Finer Things Gallery, Nashville, TN
Turned Wood: An Invitational, The American Art Company, Tacoma, WA
2002-2003 Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition, Chicago, IL
2002 Collectors' Choice, Collectors of Wood Art Forum, SOFA, Chicago, IL
1986-2002 Turned Wood, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2000 The Fine Art of Wood: The Bohlen Collection, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
American Woodturning: An Emerging Contemporary Art Form, Rochester
Art Center, Rochester, MN
Not Out of the Woods Yet, Solo Exhibition, Greater Denton Art Council,
Denton, TX
1999 Living with Form: The Horn Collection of Contemporary Crafts, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Masters of Wood Art, Oklahoma Forest Heritage Center, Broken Bow, OK
Collectors' Choice, Collectors of Wood Art Forum, SOFA, Chicago, IL
1997-99 Bats and Bowls, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MI
Kentucky Arts and Craft Gallery, Louisville, KY
Florida Craftsmen Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MI
1998 Patterns and Cycles: The Work of Clay Foster 1988-1998, del Mano
Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1997 Beyond Tradition: A Turned Wood Invitational, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
1996 Growth Through Sharing, Guilford College Art Gallery, Greensboro, SC
1994 Turning Plus: Redefining the Lathe-Turned Object III, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
New Canaan Society for the Arts, New Canaan, CT
1992 Lathe-Turned Objects Defined III, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
1990 Materials: Hard and Soft, Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, TX
Woodturning: Visions and Concepts II, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
1987 Handmade in Texas, LTV Center, Dallas, TX
The Art of Craft, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Vessels and Forms, National Juried Exhibition of Turned Objects, Houston, TX
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
Charles A. Wustum Museum of Art, Racine, WI
The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
Japanese Export and Trade Organization, Japan
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2006 Turned & Sculptured Wood, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition, Chicago, IL
Collectors of Wood Art Forum, Santa Fe, NM
One Step Back, Two Steps Forward, Patina Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Masters Of Wood Art, Finer Things Gallery, Nashville, TN
Turned Wood: An Invitational, The American Art Company, Tacoma, WA
2002-2003 Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition, Chicago, IL
2002 Collectors' Choice, Collectors of Wood Art Forum, SOFA, Chicago, IL
1986-2002 Turned Wood, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2000 The Fine Art of Wood: The Bohlen Collection, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
American Woodturning: An Emerging Contemporary Art Form, Rochester
Art Center, Rochester, MN
Not Out of the Woods Yet, Solo Exhibition, Greater Denton Art Council,
Denton, TX
1999 Living with Form: The Horn Collection of Contemporary Crafts, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Masters of Wood Art, Oklahoma Forest Heritage Center, Broken Bow, OK
Collectors' Choice, Collectors of Wood Art Forum, SOFA, Chicago, IL
1997-99 Bats and Bowls, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MI
Kentucky Arts and Craft Gallery, Louisville, KY
Florida Craftsmen Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MI
1998 Patterns and Cycles: The Work of Clay Foster 1988-1998, del Mano
Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1997 Beyond Tradition: A Turned Wood Invitational, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
1996 Growth Through Sharing, Guilford College Art Gallery, Greensboro, SC
1994 Turning Plus: Redefining the Lathe-Turned Object III, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
New Canaan Society for the Arts, New Canaan, CT
1992 Lathe-Turned Objects Defined III, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
1990 Materials: Hard and Soft, Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, TX
Woodturning: Visions and Concepts II, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
1987 Handmade in Texas, LTV Center, Dallas, TX
The Art of Craft, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Vessels and Forms, National Juried Exhibition of Turned Objects, Houston, TX