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Tom Joyce    (American, 1956)

 Tom Joyce - Berg XIII (Sculptures) h: 26.5 x w: 30 x d: 29 in / h: 67.3 x w: 76.2 x d: 73.7 cm
Tom Joyce
Berg XIII 2006
 
 Tom Joyce - Inside/Out (Sculptures) h: 10 x w: 10 x d: 10 in / h: 25.4 x w: 25.4 x d: 25.4 cm
Tom Joyce
Inside/Out 2003
 
 Tom Joyce - Qnuru. Talus (Sculptures) h: 16 x w: 14 x d: 12 in / h: 40.6 x w: 35.6 x d: 30.5 cm
Tom Joyce
Qnuru. Talus 2009
 

Biography
1956 Born: Tulsa, Oklahoma
1989 Addy Taylor Silver Chalice, Highest Honorary Fellowship into the Worshipful Company of Blacksmiths, London, England
1996 Artists Blacksmiths Association of North America, Honorary Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Art and Science of Blacksmithing
1996 Southwest Artist Blacksmiths Association Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Blacksmithing Profession
1998 McCune Foundation, Grant Awarded to Implement a Blacksmithing Mentorship Program for Young Adults at Risk
2003 American Craft Council College of Fellows, Aileen Osborn - Webb Award for Distinguished Contribution to the Field, Chicago Illinois
2004 Archives of American Art, Oral History Program, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
2006 Rotary International Foundation for the Arts, Distinguished Artist of the Year
2007 New Mexico Community Foundation’s, 21st Century Luminarias & Legacy Project
2007 Santa Fe Gallery Association's, Honorary Artist
2003 - 2008 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship
Education: Life Experience
Established Studio: Santa Fe, New Mexico 1977
Invited by Alfred Habermann, master blacksmith, sculptor, and chief restorer of historic ironwork in Prague, to assist him on a major government restoration project for the town of Jindrichove Hradci

Exhibitions
2007 Sculpture, James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2007 Craft in America: Expanding Traditions, Two-year traveling exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas; Contemporary Crafts Museum and Gallery, Portland, Oregon; Mingei International Museum, San Diego, California; Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, Texas; Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan; National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City; Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, California
2006 Inaugural Exhibition, Luce Foundation Center for American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
2006 Mergers and Acquisitions: Recent Additions to the Museum of Fine Art’s Collection, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2006 Green, Inaugural Exhibition, 516 Arts, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2005 Sotto Voce: EVO Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Forging Ahead, Kentucky Museum of Arts and Design, Louisville, Kentucky
2004 3-D Art/Techné. Linda Durham Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Insight Out: Reversing Vandalism, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
International Biennial Exhibition of Sculpture - Guest Juror, Stia, Italy
A Work in Progress: Selections from the Permanent Collection, National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, Tennessee
The Perfect Collection: A Shared Vision for Contemporary Craft, Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, Massachusetts
San Francisco International Art Exposition, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, California
Mint Museum 4th Annual Gala, Mint Museum of Craft & Design, Charlotte, North Carolina
New Editions, EVO Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Tom Joyce, New Sculpture, Joel Cooner Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Site/Unseen 3, James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Stephen Bondi and Friends, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, California
2003 New Works/Group Show: Lynda Benglis, Harmony Hammond, Tom Joyce & Richard Tuttle, Dwight Hackett Projects, Santa Fe, New Mexico
XV Biennale Europea D'Arte Fabrille - Guest Juror, Stia, Italy
International Jewelry and Metalsmithing Invitational, University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, Iowa
Some Like It Hot (but not always), National Metal Museum, Memphis, Tennessee
The International Exposition of Sculptural Objects and Functional Art (SOFA), American Craft Council Honorary Exhibition, Chicago, Illinois
Peace Show: Artists’ Resistance Movement, ART+ Industry, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Pyro; burned, melted, smoked, EVO Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Iron Tribe, Fine Arts Gallery, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico
Art/Industry: A 28 -Year Collaboration, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Blacksmiths Art from Africa: Forged Iron Currency, Guest Curator, Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2002 Metals: The Colorado Connection, Denver International Airport, Denver, Colorado
Grids, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Objects for Use: Handmade by Design, American Craft Museum, New York, New York
Tom Joyce: New Work, Katie Hones Gallery, London, England
2001 Ancient Futures: The Art of the Blacksmith at the Third Millennium, Nova Scotia Centre for Craft and Design, Halifax, Canada
2000 Tom Joyce, David Secrest, Christina Shmigel, Hoss Haley, John Elder Gallery, New York, New York
2000 An Inaugural Gift: The Founders' Circle Collection, Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina
2000 Sticks, Stones, Wood & Steel, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1999 Bridging the Milleniums: Envisioning the Future, Exploring the Here and Now, Deloney/Newkirk Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1999 Containment, Southern Illinois University Art Museum, Edwardsville, Illinois
1999 Beacons for the Future, Nancy Sachs Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
1998 1998 Raised Metal Sculpture, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1998 Tom Joyce: New Work and Sculpture Installation, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1998 Smith's Work and Architecture, Turku Taideakatemia, Turku, Finland
1997 Tom Joyce: Vessels, Joel Cooner Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1997 The Rio Grande Project: A River Thirsting for Itself, The College of Santa Fe Fine Arts Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1997 Earth-Fire-Water: Contemporary Forged Metals, Three-year traveling exhibition
1996 The Pull of Beauty, Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York, New York; National Building Museum, Washington, D.C.
1996 Artists Choose Artists, Peter Joseph Gallery, New York, New York
1996 Tom Joyce and David Secrest: Metal Works, Pritam and Eames Gallery, East Hampton, New York
1996 Tom Joyce, Master Metalsmith: A Twenty Year Retrospective, National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, Tennessee
1995 Pyrophyte: New Sculpture, Tom Joyce, Okun Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1995 The Language of Power, College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1995 New Mexico Artists, Exposicion Centro, Guadalajara, Mexico

Literature
2006 Tom Joyce: Sculpture
2004 3-D Art/Techné: New Mexico Artist Series, 2004, Aline Brandauer & John Carver, Fresco Fine Art Publications, LLC, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2003 MacArthur Report On Activities, 2003, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Chicago, Illinois, section cover, pgs. 55, 60
2003 The Anvil's Ring, The Quarterly of the Artist Blacksmiths Association of North America, Vol. 32, No. 1, Fall 2003; Some Thoughts on Carl Jennings, Tom Joyce, pg. 22
2001 Objects for Use: Handmade by Design, 2001, Paul Smith and Akiko Busch, Harry N. Abrams, NY
2001 Architectural Ironwork, 2001, Dona Z. Meilach, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., Atglen, Pennsylvania
2000 The Contemporary Blacksmith, 2000, Dona Z. Meilach, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., Atglen, Pennsylvania
2000 Living With Form - The Horn Collection of Contemporary Crafts, 2000, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
1999 Metal-Design 2000, 1999, Verlag und Redaktion Hephaistos, Immenstadt, Germany
1999 An Inaugural Gift, The Founders' Circle Collection, 1999, Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina
1999 Decorative and Sculptural Ironwork, 1999, Dona Z. Meilach, Second Edition, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., Atglen, Pennsylvania
1996 Human Dynamics: The Life of Organizations, 1996, Pegasus Communications, Cambridge, Massachusetts, excerpt from Fine Homebuilding, Language of Ironwork, Tom Joyce
1995 The American Promise, 1995, KQED Books
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