Virginia Dotson
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b. 1943, Newton, Massachusetts
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Fine Arts Museum of the South, Mobile, AL
Galleria Mesa Contemporary Art Collection, City of Mesa, AZ
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
Museum of Art & Design, New York, NY
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
The White House Collection of American Crafts, Washington, DC
Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2008 Turned Wood-Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Spotlight on: Wood, Cervini-Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Exposition, New York, NY
2002, 08 Turned & Sculptured Wood, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Our Turn Now: Artists Speak Out in Wood, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH
Woodturning on the Edge, Prichard Art Gallery University of Idaho
2005 6 x 6: 36 Works, Patina Gallery, CWA Forum, Philadelphia, PA
2004 Beneath The Bark: 25 Years of Woodturning, Brigham Young Univeristy Museum of Art,
Provo, UT
2003 A Tribute to Rude Osolnik: An Exhibition of Contemporary Turned Wood, Kentucky
Museum of Arts + Design, Louisville, KY
Crafts National 37, Zoller Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
Collectors of Wood Art Forum, Santa Fe, NM
2002 Branching Out: Contemporary Wood Turning in 2002, Ellipse Arts Center, Arlington, VA
9/11, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN
Collectors' Choice, Collectors of Wood Art Forum, SOFA, Chicago, IL
2001-02 Wood Turning in North America Since 1930,
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC Yale
University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
Nature Takes a Turn, International Juried Exhibition, Minnesota Museum of American
Art, St. Paul, MN, touring
Against the Grain: Turned and Sculpted Wood, McAllen International Museum, McAllen,
TX
2001 Challenge VI: Roots-Insights and Inspirations in Contemporary Turned Objects, The
Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA
2000 Artful Wood 2000, The Irving & Mari Lipton Collection, Los Angeles County Museum of
Art, Los Angeles, CA
The Fine Art of Wood: The Bohlen Collection, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
Turning Wood into Art: The Jane & Arthur Mason Collection, Mint Museum of Craft +
Design, Charlotte, NC
Living with Form: The Horn Collection of Contemporary Crafts, Arkansas Arts Center,
Little Rock, AR
Wood: Two Journeys, Jewett Arts Center Gallery, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
Turned Wood - Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Horizons 2000, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT
Recent Aquisitions of Contemporary Wood Vessels, The Contemporary Museum,
Honolulu, HI
1999-00 Turned & Sculptured Wood, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1999 The Art of Turned Wood: Selections from the Lipton Collection, World Forestry Center,
Portland, OR
The Warmth of Wood, Scribner Library, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Forms in Wood, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
The Art of Turned Wood: Selections from the Lipton Collection, World Forestry Center,
Portland, OR
Turned Wood Now: Redefining the Lathe-Turned Object, Arizona State University Art
Museum, Tempe, AZ
1998 Constructed Turnings, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Western Woods, Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix, AZ
1997-98 Expressions In Wood: Masterworks from the Wornick Collection,
Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
McAllen International Museum, McAllen, TX
American Craft Museum, New York, NY
The Davenport Museum of Art, Davenport, IA
Turned Wood - Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1997 Moving Beyond Tradition: A Turned-Wood Invitational, The Arkansas Arts Center,
Little Rock, AR
The Renwick at 25, Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum,
Washington, DC
Turned Wood Now, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
1992-97 Out of the Woods: Turned Wood by American Craftsmen, European tour Sponsored by
the U.S. Information Agency, Arts America Program
1996 Vessels, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
Woodwork, Arizona Museum for Youth, Mesa, AZ
1996 6 Turning 7, Boarman Arts Center, Martinsburg, WV
Inside Story, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ
1995-96 Arizona Spotlight: Virginia Dotson - Turned Wood Vessels, Tempe Arts Center, Tempe,
AZ
1995 Nature Turning Into Art: The Ruth and David Waterbury Collection of Turned Wood
Bowls, Carleton Art Gallery, Carleton College, Northfield, MN
Points of View: Collectors and Collecting, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
The White House Collection of American Crafts, Smithsonian American Art Museum,
Washington, DC
Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
American Craft Museum, New York, NY
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Arizona Spotlight: Virginia Dotson - Turned Wood Vessels, Tempe Arts Center, Tempe,
AZ
1994 Challenge V: International Lathe-Turned Objects, Philip & Muriel Berman Museum of Art,
Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA, touring
Then and Now: 35 Years of Arizona Designer Craftsmen, Tuscon Pima Arts Council
Gallery, Tuscon, AZ
Rare Visions, Tempe Arts Center, Tempe, AZ
The Robyn and John Horn Collection: Recent Acquisitions, Arrowmont Gallery,
Gatlinburg, TN
1993 The Art of Wooden Bowls, Galerie fur Angewandte Kunstgewerbe Vereins, Munich,
Germany
Hand of a Craftsman, Eye of an Artist, Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN
1992 Wood Turning as an Art Form: The Irving Lipton Collection, Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA
1991-92 Challenge IV: International Lathe-Turned Objects, Port of History Museum, Philadelphia,
PA
1990 Woodturning: Vision and Concept II, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Turned Vessels Defined, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
1989 Divine Line, Purchase Award, Galeria Mesa, Mesa, AZ
The Turner's Challenge III, The Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
1988 The Craft of Containment: Vessels in All Media, The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA
Turned & Sculptured Wood, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1987 Wood, Fiber, Clay, Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Fine Arts Museum of the South, Mobile, AL
Galleria Mesa Contemporary Art Collection, City of Mesa, AZ
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
Museum of Art & Design, New York, NY
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
The White House Collection of American Crafts, Washington, DC
Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2008 Turned Wood-Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Spotlight on: Wood, Cervini-Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Exposition, New York, NY
2002, 08 Turned & Sculptured Wood, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Our Turn Now: Artists Speak Out in Wood, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH
Woodturning on the Edge, Prichard Art Gallery University of Idaho
2005 6 x 6: 36 Works, Patina Gallery, CWA Forum, Philadelphia, PA
2004 Beneath The Bark: 25 Years of Woodturning, Brigham Young Univeristy Museum of Art,
Provo, UT
2003 A Tribute to Rude Osolnik: An Exhibition of Contemporary Turned Wood, Kentucky
Museum of Arts + Design, Louisville, KY
Crafts National 37, Zoller Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
Collectors of Wood Art Forum, Santa Fe, NM
2002 Branching Out: Contemporary Wood Turning in 2002, Ellipse Arts Center, Arlington, VA
9/11, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN
Collectors' Choice, Collectors of Wood Art Forum, SOFA, Chicago, IL
2001-02 Wood Turning in North America Since 1930,
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC Yale
University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
Nature Takes a Turn, International Juried Exhibition, Minnesota Museum of American
Art, St. Paul, MN, touring
Against the Grain: Turned and Sculpted Wood, McAllen International Museum, McAllen,
TX
2001 Challenge VI: Roots-Insights and Inspirations in Contemporary Turned Objects, The
Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA
2000 Artful Wood 2000, The Irving & Mari Lipton Collection, Los Angeles County Museum of
Art, Los Angeles, CA
The Fine Art of Wood: The Bohlen Collection, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
Turning Wood into Art: The Jane & Arthur Mason Collection, Mint Museum of Craft +
Design, Charlotte, NC
Living with Form: The Horn Collection of Contemporary Crafts, Arkansas Arts Center,
Little Rock, AR
Wood: Two Journeys, Jewett Arts Center Gallery, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
Turned Wood - Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Horizons 2000, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT
Recent Aquisitions of Contemporary Wood Vessels, The Contemporary Museum,
Honolulu, HI
1999-00 Turned & Sculptured Wood, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1999 The Art of Turned Wood: Selections from the Lipton Collection, World Forestry Center,
Portland, OR
The Warmth of Wood, Scribner Library, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Forms in Wood, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
The Art of Turned Wood: Selections from the Lipton Collection, World Forestry Center,
Portland, OR
Turned Wood Now: Redefining the Lathe-Turned Object, Arizona State University Art
Museum, Tempe, AZ
1998 Constructed Turnings, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Western Woods, Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix, AZ
1997-98 Expressions In Wood: Masterworks from the Wornick Collection,
Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
McAllen International Museum, McAllen, TX
American Craft Museum, New York, NY
The Davenport Museum of Art, Davenport, IA
Turned Wood - Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1997 Moving Beyond Tradition: A Turned-Wood Invitational, The Arkansas Arts Center,
Little Rock, AR
The Renwick at 25, Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum,
Washington, DC
Turned Wood Now, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
1992-97 Out of the Woods: Turned Wood by American Craftsmen, European tour Sponsored by
the U.S. Information Agency, Arts America Program
1996 Vessels, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
Woodwork, Arizona Museum for Youth, Mesa, AZ
1996 6 Turning 7, Boarman Arts Center, Martinsburg, WV
Inside Story, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ
1995-96 Arizona Spotlight: Virginia Dotson - Turned Wood Vessels, Tempe Arts Center, Tempe,
AZ
1995 Nature Turning Into Art: The Ruth and David Waterbury Collection of Turned Wood
Bowls, Carleton Art Gallery, Carleton College, Northfield, MN
Points of View: Collectors and Collecting, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
The White House Collection of American Crafts, Smithsonian American Art Museum,
Washington, DC
Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
American Craft Museum, New York, NY
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Arizona Spotlight: Virginia Dotson - Turned Wood Vessels, Tempe Arts Center, Tempe,
AZ
1994 Challenge V: International Lathe-Turned Objects, Philip & Muriel Berman Museum of Art,
Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA, touring
Then and Now: 35 Years of Arizona Designer Craftsmen, Tuscon Pima Arts Council
Gallery, Tuscon, AZ
Rare Visions, Tempe Arts Center, Tempe, AZ
The Robyn and John Horn Collection: Recent Acquisitions, Arrowmont Gallery,
Gatlinburg, TN
1993 The Art of Wooden Bowls, Galerie fur Angewandte Kunstgewerbe Vereins, Munich,
Germany
Hand of a Craftsman, Eye of an Artist, Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN
1992 Wood Turning as an Art Form: The Irving Lipton Collection, Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA
1991-92 Challenge IV: International Lathe-Turned Objects, Port of History Museum, Philadelphia,
PA
1990 Woodturning: Vision and Concept II, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Turned Vessels Defined, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
1989 Divine Line, Purchase Award, Galeria Mesa, Mesa, AZ
The Turner's Challenge III, The Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
1988 The Craft of Containment: Vessels in All Media, The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA
Turned & Sculptured Wood, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1987 Wood, Fiber, Clay, Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ