3325 Smoketree Dr. #206
Sacramento CA 95834
fishtone@jps.net
Web site
http://www.gogh.com./tony
BORN: January 16, 1959, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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EDUCATION:
1983-85 Master of Fine Arts, University of California at Davis
1983 Summer Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
1982-83 Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
1979-82 Bachelor of Arts, University of California at Davis
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ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
1997 Soloman Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1996 Patricia Sweetow, Napa, CA
1994 Michael Himovitz Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1994 Beuhler Alumni Center, UC Davis, CA
1994 American River College Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1993 The Landis Gallery, Berkeley, CA
1992 University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA
1990 California State University, Chico, CA
1989 Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1987 Himovitz/Salomon Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1986 Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1985 Gorman Museum, University of CA at Davis, Masters Exhibition
1984 Davis Art Center, Davis, CA
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COLLECTIONS: (selected)
Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA * Ceramics Monthly, Columbus, OH
Byron Meyer, San Francisco, CA * University of CA at Davis
Mr. & Mrs. Turk, Palo Alto, CA *Tower Corporation, West Sacramento, CA
Mr. & Mrs. Rabinowitz, Massachusetts * Daniel Jacobs, New York City
Mr. & Mrs. Thieriot, San Francisco, CA * Mark Leland, Washington, D.C.
Mr. & Mrs. David Peoples, Berkeley, CA * Vincent Lim, Philadelphia, P.A.
Larry Spitansky, Shawnee Mission, Kansas * Russ Soloman, Sacramento, CA
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA * Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, CA
The Di Rosa Foundation, Napa, CA
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COMMISSIONS:
1996 Corporate commission granted by the Hahn Corp. to place six over
life-size figures in fiberglass at the Downtown Plaza Mall , Sacramento,
1995 Commissioned to design a T-shirt for the Japanese comic book "Morning"
1994 Private Commission to sculpt a portait head of Russ Soloman
(owner of Tower of Records)
1993 Corporate commission granted by the Hahn Corporation of San Diego to place a life-sized bronze figure in the renovated
Downtown Plaza K Street Mall in Sacramento, CA. (Site-
specifically created)
Private commission to create a ceramic life-sized figure for Mr. &
Mrs. Jerald Friedman for their front lawn in Beverly Hills.
1992 Private commission to create a ceramic life-sized figure for Ronna
Isaacs of Chicago, Illinois.
1991 Commissioned by Mr. & Mrs. Jerald Friedman to create an
outdoor ceramic sculpture on balcony of their home, Beverly Hills.
1990 Corporate commission granted by Parkside Properties for creating
three life-sized ceramic sculptures of various musicians, entitled
"Simultaneous Melodies" and are installed on the balcony of Lamp
Lighters Square in Davis. (Site-specifically created)
1988 Public commission granted by the City of Sacramento for a life-
sized painted bronze sculpture of a golfer in a water trap. "This Is
Not a Game" is the title of the creation of the golfer and the
functional water fountain which is installed at the Bing Maloney
Golf Course, Sacramento. (Site-specifically created)
1987 Private commission to create a functional fountain and ceramic
life-sized sculpture of Neptune. Installed in the garden of Mr. &
Mrs. Day of Turlock, CA
1986 Public commission granted by the City of Davis, California to
sculpt two life-sized bronze figures called "the Joggers." The
female and male joggers are installed in front of the Davis
Police Department. (Site-specifically created)
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
1997 "Self Expressions", Soloman/Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento
Gary Dinnen and Tony Natsoulas, Epperson Gallery, Crockett, CA
"Hot Tea" del Mono Gallery , Los Angeles, CA
1996 "A Madcap Teapot Party at the Renwick", Smithsonian,
Washington, D.C.
"Day Dreams", Christensen Heller Gallery, Oakland, CA
" Ceramics in Northern California", Bedford Gallery, Walnut creek, CA
"Generations: The Lineage of Influence in Bay Area Art Richmond
Art Center, Richmond, CA
"Cup as Metaphor ll", Sybris Gallery, Royal Oaks, MI
1995 "Art, The Great American Pastime" George Krevsky Fine Art,
S.F., CA
"The Blooty and Squirmy Show" Big Art Gallery, Sacramento
"Group Show", Obsidion Gallery, Tucson, AZ
1994 "Art is..", The Art Museum of Santa Cruz County, CA
"Four Views of Sculpture", Davis Art Center, Davis, CA
"69th Crocker-Kingsley Exhibition" Crocker Museum, Sacramento
"Robert Arneson, Changing the Face of American Ceramics, A
Tribute." Kingsbourough Community College Art Gallery,
Brooklyn, NY
1993 "Feast Your Eyes," Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
"Erotic Art Show" Big Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA
"Pacific Rim Ceramic Sculpture Exhibition", Honolulu Academy
of Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii
"75th Anniversary Exhibition", Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, CA
"Large Scale Figurative Ceramics" University Art Gallery,
California State University, Hayward, CA
"West Coast Clay: The New Breed", California Crafts Museum,
San Francisco, CA
" 'Bout Bicycles' ", Institute for Design and Experimental Art,
Sacramento, CA
1992 "Art Studio Alumni & Faculty" UCD Buehler Alumni & Visitors
Center, Davis, CA
"L.A. You're Driving Me Wild" Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Los
Angeles, CA
"TeaTime" Babb/Himovitz Gallery, Cambria, CA
"America" Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, CA
1991 "Crocker-Kingsley Anniversary Exhibition" Crocker Art Museum
"Sculptural Perspectives for the Nineties" Muckenthaler Cultural
Center, Fullerton, Ca
"Cup: As a Metaphor" Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, Michigan
1990 "American Ceramics" National Museum of Ceramic Arts,
Baltimore, MD
"The San Francisco Blues Show" - San Francisco Museum of
Modern Art Rental Gallery
"The Making of a Legend: Chief Seattle's Reply" - Hatley Martin
Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Anthony Natsoulas & Roberta Loach" - Branner Spangenberg
Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
"Four Ceramic Sculptors" Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, Michigan
"Figurative Ceramics" - Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
1989 "Diamonds Are Forever; Artists and Writers on Baseball"
Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
"Capitol a'la cArte" - California State Capitol, Sacramento
"Contemporary Ceramics, The Artists of TB-9" - Main Gallery
California State University at Fullerton
"Genre; People Doing Everyday Things" - Euphrat Gallery,
De Anza College, Cuppertino, CA
1988 "Crocker-Kingsley Juried Annual Exhibition" Crocker Museum,
Sacramento, CA
"Three Decades of Art in Davis" - Davis Art Center, Davis, CA
1987 "Members Exhibition" - National Council on Education for the
Ceramic Arts. Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, Oregon
"Third Annual Monarch Tile National Ceramic Competition"
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, Texas
"Mother Earth, Perpetual Source of Life" The San Francisco
Art Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Visiting Artists" - Hopkins Hall Gallery, Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
1986 "Art Bridge" - City Gallery, Kobe, Japan
"Eccentric Imagery" - Berkeley Art Center, CA. Traveled to
Ek'ymose Art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France; Caroline Corre
Gallery, Paris, France; and the Centre D'Action Culturelle De St.-
Brieuc, France
"West Coast Ceramics" - Walnut Creek Art Center, Walnut
Creek, CA
1985 "Contemporary American Ceramics: 20 Artists" - Newport
Harbor Art Museum, Newport Harbor, CA
"Gala Exhibition & Auction" - Independent Curators, N.Y.C.
"Crocker-Kingsley Annual Juried Exhibition", Crocker Museum
Sacramento, CA
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CATALOGS, MAGAZINES AND BOOKS
Nouvel Object ll & lll Color Photos & Article, Seoul, Korea 1997
Morning Magazine, Color Photos, Article . Tokyo, Japan 1996
Design with Light, Wanda Jankowski, page 85, color photo.
Ceramics Monthly, "From the Feet Up" page 68-69, June, July, August 1995.
Bicycle Magazine, Bill Strickland, " The Art of Cycling", page 23, June 1993.
American Ceramics, Bruce Nixon, "Anthony Natsoulas" February 1992
Bass Player Magazine, color photo, page 6, June 1992.
Ceramics Monthly. Barbara Milman, "Thirty Ceramic Sculptors" January 1990
Sunset Magazine, "Cow Town?" page 95, color photo, October 1988.
Sculpture Magazine, Commission section, Color photo and description, March - April 1994 p. 36
International Crafts. (Ed. Martina Magetts). 1991. Publisher: Thames & Hudson p 46
"California Works." California State Fair 1991. Exhibition catalog, 1991, Award of Excellence P. 26
"Sculptural Perspectives For the Nineties." Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA.
Exhibition catalog, 1991. p. 13, 39, 51. 54.
"Thirty Years of TB-9: A Tribute to Robert Arneson" Gallery Exhibition catalog, 1991,
The Kingsley Art Club Centennial: A Tribute Exhibition." Crocker Art Museum,
Sacramento. Exhibition catalog, 1991 pp. 10, 17, 28.
Hands in Clay, An Introduction to Ceramics. Charlotee Speight 1989, Chapter 11, Color
Plate 40.
Contemporary Ceramics, The Artists of TB-9. Elaine Levin, Exhibition Catalog, Main
Art Gallery, Visual Art Center, California State University, Fullerton, pp. 25,
38-39, 1989.
Contemporary American Craft Art, A collectors' Guide, Barbara Mayer, Chapter 3,
Page 65, 1988.
Third Annual Monarch Tile National Martha Wittstruck
Competition, Exhibition Catalog, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo,
Texas. April-May 1988.
Juried Members Exhibition. Jay Lacouture, Exhibition Catalog. National Council on
Education for the Ceramic Arts. Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, Oregon. March 1988.
Art Bridge. Nakajima Tokuhiro, Curator of Hyogo Prefectual, Museum of Modern Art
Kobe, Japan Exhibition Catalog.
City Gallery, Kobe, Japan. Oct. 1986.
Mare'chal-Workman, Andree, Canseratice, Berkeley Art Center Eccentric Imagery
Exhibition Catalog. Traveling Exhibition: Berkeley to France. Oct. 1986
"Contemporary American Ceramics, Twenty Artists", Karen McReady, Exhibition Catalog
Newport Harbor Museum, Newport Beach, CA. May 3- July 8, 1985.
Art News Magazine. "Introductions '86", October 1986. page 35
Exhibition Catalog. 31st Annual. Patterson Sims, Richmond Art Center, Richmond
CA. July 1984.
"A Passionate Vision: Contemporary Ceramics from the Daniel Jacobs Collection."
Maria and Lazarus, Eleanor Friedrich, Exhibition Catalog. DeCordova Museum, Lincoln,
Massachusetts, April 1984.
Clay Works: A National Ceramic Photo Documentary and Work Shop. Indiana Purdue
University at Fort Wayne, Indiana. 1983 "American Ceramic Sculpture" national Museum of Ceramic Art. Poster and bio
September 11-December 30, 1990.
The California Art Review. Lee Krantz, Pages 885, 8868, 904.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
The Sacramento Bee, Julie Howard, "Natsoulas captures the lighter side of life" Oct 21, 1993
Page 16
Artweek. "West Coast Clay" The New Breed" April 22, 1993.
Artweek. "Contemporary Figurative Sculpture" April 8, 1993, p. 19.
Los Angeles Times, Nancy Kapitanoff, "Imaginative Exhibit Maps L.A.'s Love-Hate
Relationship with Cars." August 2, 1991 .
The Stockton Record. "Anthony Natsoulas Has Fun with Clay" - March 13, 1992, F-3
photo and review.
UC Davis Magazine. "Artifish" by Marti Childs. p. 26-27. Vol. 9, No.2. Winter 1991.
Artweek. Cheryl White, "Anthony Natsoulas" October 17, 1991 p.2 photo; p. 15 story and photos.
O&E (Michigan) "Showing Sculpture", January 4, 1990, p. 12E
Step n' Out. "Tony Natsoulas/Clay Logic" by Rhufe Walker p. 8-9. 1990.
The Detroit Monitor. "She's Just Trying to Get Ahead!" Cover photo and story. April
28, 1988.
Artweek. Saunthy Singh, "Lively Ceramic Sculpture." September 27, 1986, p.4.
San Francisco Examiner. Al Morch, "Anthony Natsoulas' Feats of Clay Go to Your Head.
July 22, 1986. Page 1 and E3.
The San Diego Union. Robert L. Pincus, "Museum Exhibits Some Evocative Feats of Clay." June 2, 1985, p. E-6.
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