Michael Hosaluk
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b. 1954, Invermey, Saskatchewan, Canada
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Boston Museum of Fine Art, Boston, MA
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Gatineau, Canada
City of Regina Civic Art Collection, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Collection, Buckingham Palace, England
Idemitsu Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Melbourne University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Minneapolis Museum of Art, Minneapolis, MN
Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Saskatchewan Arts Board, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
Zhao Xiu, Governor of Jilin Province, China
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2008 Turned Wood-Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Containment, Mendel Art Gallery
Shy Boy, She Devil & Isis: The Art of Conceptual Craft: Boston Museum of Fine Art
2005-06 Turned Wood-Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Collectors of Wood Art Forum, Philadelphia, PA
Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition, New York, NY
Scratching the Surface, Mobilia Gallery, Boston, MA, 2005
A Nation of Enchanted Form AAW Gallery, St. Paul, MN
Center for Furniture Craftsman, Rockport, ME
Turned & Sculptured Work, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Selected Works, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Masters of Wood Art II & III, Finer Things Gallery, Nashville Tennessee,
Beneath the Bark: 25 Years of Woodturning, Museum of Art, Brigham Young University,
Provo, UT
2004 New Work in a New Gallery, Center for Furniture Craftsmen, Rockport, ME
Turned Wood - Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Nature Transformed, Wood Art from the Bohlen collection, University of Michigan
Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
2002-04 The Artful Teapot: 20th Century Expressions from the Kamm Collection, Copia,
The American Center for Wine, Food and Arts, Napa, CA
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL
The George R. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto, Canada
2003 Materials and Contemporary Illusions: Innovations in Lathe Turning, Lynne Tender Bignell
Gallery, Brookfield Craft Center, CT
Put A Lid On It: Containing Human Experience, American Association of Woodturners,
Brand Library Art Galleries, Glendale, CA
A Tribute to Rude Osolnik: An Exhibition of Contemporary Turned Wood, Kentucky
Museum of Arts + Design, Louisville, KY
Cabinets of Curiosity, Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA
CollaboratioNZ, Artist Collaboration and Demonstration, Whangarei, New Zealand
Journees Mondiales: Tournage d'Art Sur Bois, Exhibitor and Lecturer,
Puy St. Martin, France
The Teapot Redefined, SOFA Expo, Chicago, IL
2002 Surface + Form, Keynote Speaker, Craftwest Gallery, Perth, Australia
Prairie Roots, Progressive Thoughts, Demonstrator, The Furniture Society, Madison, WI
Turned Wood - Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Collectors' Choice, Collectors of Wood Art Forum, SOFA, Chicago, IL
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2005 The Penland Book of Woodworking, Lark Books
2004 Woodwork, February
Nature Transformed, Wood Art from the Bohlen Collection, Hudson Hills Press
2003 Meilach, Dona Z., Wood Art Today: Furniture, Vessels, Sculpture,
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
American Craft, Cover, June/July
2002 Hosaluk, Michael, Scratching the Surface, Guild Publishing
Woodwork, August
Ontario Craft, Winter
Woodturning, November
American Craft, February/March
2001 Challenge VI-Roots: Insights & Inspirations in Contemporary Turned Objects,
Philip & Muriel Berman Museum of Art, Collegeville, PA
Celebrating Boxes, Lloyd/Crawford
Fine Woodworking, 25th Anniversary Edition
2000 Woodturning, November
1999 Leier, Peters, Wallace, Contemporary Turned Wood, Hand Books Press
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Michael Hosaluk, a self-taught wood turner, creates work that covers a wide range of objects and materials including functional vessels, furniture and sculptural pieces. His work is humorous and elegant, possesses character and gesture and is full of reference to architecture, nature and culture. Hosaluk’s work has been exhibited throughout Canada, in Europe, China, Japan, Australia and the United States.
He has lectured and demonstrated extensively throughout Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain, France, Norway and Israel. In 2003, he participated in the French Association of Turned Wood’s conference Artistic Woodturning Worldwide in Puy St. Martin, France. Hosaluk has also been the coordinator of the biennial International Wood Furniture/Turning Conference since 1982.
In 2004 he was awarded The Lieutenant Governors Award for Innovation in the Arts. Hosaluk is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts and earlier this year became an Honorary Lifetime Member of the Saskatchewan Crafts Council. He was active on the Steering Committee to establish the Furniture Society of North America, and is on its Advisory Board.
And in 2006, Hosaluk was named the 29th recipient of the prestigious Saidye Bronfman Award.
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
My love of woodworking is not only for the beauty and mystery of the material, but also in the inventing of new techniques and processes to create objects.
The materials I use relate to the objects I make. At times a piece of salvaged wood will become a starting point of design. Other times, a design will call for a piece of wood with incredible grain. Using nondescript wood allows me to approach the objects as a three dimensional canvas. Here, I can apply a variety of surface design techniques to express an idea.
My work tells stories from my life, places I’ve been. People I’ve met, architecture, our environment. These stories are interwoven into the objects I create. Craft goes beyond the pleasure of our senses and deals not only with aesthetics, but social and ideological lives.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Boston Museum of Fine Art, Boston, MA
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Gatineau, Canada
City of Regina Civic Art Collection, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Collection, Buckingham Palace, England
Idemitsu Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Melbourne University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Minneapolis Museum of Art, Minneapolis, MN
Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Saskatchewan Arts Board, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
Zhao Xiu, Governor of Jilin Province, China
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2008 Turned Wood-Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Containment, Mendel Art Gallery
Shy Boy, She Devil & Isis: The Art of Conceptual Craft: Boston Museum of Fine Art
2005-06 Turned Wood-Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Collectors of Wood Art Forum, Philadelphia, PA
Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition, New York, NY
Scratching the Surface, Mobilia Gallery, Boston, MA, 2005
A Nation of Enchanted Form AAW Gallery, St. Paul, MN
Center for Furniture Craftsman, Rockport, ME
Turned & Sculptured Work, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Selected Works, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Masters of Wood Art II & III, Finer Things Gallery, Nashville Tennessee,
Beneath the Bark: 25 Years of Woodturning, Museum of Art, Brigham Young University,
Provo, UT
2004 New Work in a New Gallery, Center for Furniture Craftsmen, Rockport, ME
Turned Wood - Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Nature Transformed, Wood Art from the Bohlen collection, University of Michigan
Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
2002-04 The Artful Teapot: 20th Century Expressions from the Kamm Collection, Copia,
The American Center for Wine, Food and Arts, Napa, CA
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL
The George R. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto, Canada
2003 Materials and Contemporary Illusions: Innovations in Lathe Turning, Lynne Tender Bignell
Gallery, Brookfield Craft Center, CT
Put A Lid On It: Containing Human Experience, American Association of Woodturners,
Brand Library Art Galleries, Glendale, CA
A Tribute to Rude Osolnik: An Exhibition of Contemporary Turned Wood, Kentucky
Museum of Arts + Design, Louisville, KY
Cabinets of Curiosity, Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA
CollaboratioNZ, Artist Collaboration and Demonstration, Whangarei, New Zealand
Journees Mondiales: Tournage d'Art Sur Bois, Exhibitor and Lecturer,
Puy St. Martin, France
The Teapot Redefined, SOFA Expo, Chicago, IL
2002 Surface + Form, Keynote Speaker, Craftwest Gallery, Perth, Australia
Prairie Roots, Progressive Thoughts, Demonstrator, The Furniture Society, Madison, WI
Turned Wood - Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Collectors' Choice, Collectors of Wood Art Forum, SOFA, Chicago, IL
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2005 The Penland Book of Woodworking, Lark Books
2004 Woodwork, February
Nature Transformed, Wood Art from the Bohlen Collection, Hudson Hills Press
2003 Meilach, Dona Z., Wood Art Today: Furniture, Vessels, Sculpture,
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
American Craft, Cover, June/July
2002 Hosaluk, Michael, Scratching the Surface, Guild Publishing
Woodwork, August
Ontario Craft, Winter
Woodturning, November
American Craft, February/March
2001 Challenge VI-Roots: Insights & Inspirations in Contemporary Turned Objects,
Philip & Muriel Berman Museum of Art, Collegeville, PA
Celebrating Boxes, Lloyd/Crawford
Fine Woodworking, 25th Anniversary Edition
2000 Woodturning, November
1999 Leier, Peters, Wallace, Contemporary Turned Wood, Hand Books Press
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Michael Hosaluk, a self-taught wood turner, creates work that covers a wide range of objects and materials including functional vessels, furniture and sculptural pieces. His work is humorous and elegant, possesses character and gesture and is full of reference to architecture, nature and culture. Hosaluk’s work has been exhibited throughout Canada, in Europe, China, Japan, Australia and the United States.
He has lectured and demonstrated extensively throughout Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain, France, Norway and Israel. In 2003, he participated in the French Association of Turned Wood’s conference Artistic Woodturning Worldwide in Puy St. Martin, France. Hosaluk has also been the coordinator of the biennial International Wood Furniture/Turning Conference since 1982.
In 2004 he was awarded The Lieutenant Governors Award for Innovation in the Arts. Hosaluk is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts and earlier this year became an Honorary Lifetime Member of the Saskatchewan Crafts Council. He was active on the Steering Committee to establish the Furniture Society of North America, and is on its Advisory Board.
And in 2006, Hosaluk was named the 29th recipient of the prestigious Saidye Bronfman Award.
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
My love of woodworking is not only for the beauty and mystery of the material, but also in the inventing of new techniques and processes to create objects.
The materials I use relate to the objects I make. At times a piece of salvaged wood will become a starting point of design. Other times, a design will call for a piece of wood with incredible grain. Using nondescript wood allows me to approach the objects as a three dimensional canvas. Here, I can apply a variety of surface design techniques to express an idea.
My work tells stories from my life, places I’ve been. People I’ve met, architecture, our environment. These stories are interwoven into the objects I create. Craft goes beyond the pleasure of our senses and deals not only with aesthetics, but social and ideological lives.