Artist: Tyler Quintin
Tyler Quintin, MONTANA
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BIO
Tyler Quintin is an incoming long-term Artist in Residence at Red Lodge Clay Center (Red Lodge, MT). Prior to this, he completed residencies at the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts (Gatlinburg, TN), the Morean Center for Clay (St. Petersburg, FL) and the Haystack Mountain School of Craft (Deer Isle, MN). Tyler received a BFA from Washburn University in 2016 on a full tuition merit scholarship. This opportunity afforded him the facilities to explore work across a variety of mediums, which eventually led to a transition from drawing to ceramics. Tyler’s work has been exhibited in numerous national and international exhibitions and is featured in the permanent collections of the Mulvane Art Museum (Topeka, KS), the San Angelo Museum of Art (San Angelo, TX), and the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts.
ARTIST STATEMENT
My work explores the internet’s role in both navigating a mixed race, Korean-American identity and the understanding of my queer identity. I was raised in the midwest with a culturally white-American upbringing. Clay is my primary medium because it is the first material where I was taught something with historical ties to my heritage.
The internet fascinates me both in its ability to offer fast, immediate information, as well as providing a hub for online communities centered around different subcultures. A quick Google search allows me to research information about my cultural heritage, however, it is simply a glimpse. Research is no substitute for lived experience and facilitates no real sense of connection. Additionally, online platforms allow interactions between individuals from all over the world and offers safe spaces in which to explore queer identity anonymously through avatars and icons.
Taking visual inspiration from character icons, historical research, and the wire frame structures used in 3D modeling software, I fragment my vessels and figurative work. This rendering vs fragmentation communicates both the authenticity of online interactions and the knowledge gained from research, while acknowledging something is missing.
EDUCATION
2016
Bachelor of Fine Arts Washburn University - Topeka, KS
Major: General Studio Arts
2014-2015
Semester Abroad PXL College – Hasselt, Belgium Concentration of Study: Printmaking
RESIDENCIES
2022-2023
Long-Term Artist in Residence – Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts – Gatlinburg, TN
2020-2022
Long-Term Artist in Residence – Morean Center for Clay – St. Petersburg, FL
2021
Open Studio Resident – Haystack Mountain School of Craft – Deer Isle, ME
2017-18
NOTO Arts Place Artist in Residence at Studio 831 – Topeka, KS
SELECT EXHIBITIONS
2023
“Patterns of Growth” – Sandra J. Blain Gallery – Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts – Gatlinburg, TN – Resident Artist Exit Exhibition
2023 (Upcoming)
“ClayAKAR’s 17th Annual Yunomi Invitational” – ClayAKAR – Iowa City, IA – Invitational Exhibition
2023
“Contemporary Ceramic Narratives” – ADC Fine Art Gallery – Cincinnati, OH – An NCECA Concurrent Group Exhibition
2023
“Above Board” – Virtual Exhibition – An NCECA Concurrent Invitational Exhibition
2023
“50th Annual Art Festival Beth-El” – Temple Beth-El – St. Petersburg, FL – Invitational Exhibition
2022
“Rendering…” – Morean Center for Clay – St. Petersburg, FL – Solo Exhibition
2022
“Old Growth” – The Emporium – Knoxville, TN – Group Exhibition
2022
“Collaborative New Cannons” – Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts – Gatlinburg, TN – Curated by Kelli Fisher
2022
“Arrowmont’s 2022-2023 Artist-in-Residence Exhibition” – Geoffrey A. Wolpert Gallery - Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts – Gatlinburg, TN – Group Exhibition
2022
“Small and Mighty” – Red Lodge Clay Center – Red Lodge, MT – Invitational Exhibition
2022
“Lunar: A New Year” – Main Line Art Center – Haverford, PA – Invitational Exhibition Curated by Adam Chau
2022
“49th Annual Art Festival Beth-El” – Temple Beth-El – St. Petersburg, FL – Invitational Exhibition
2022
“10 Year Anniversary Exhibition” – Arch Enemy Arts – Philadelphia, PA – Invitational Exhibition
2022
“The Beauty In The Beast” – Blue Spiral Gallery – Ashville, NC – Invitational Exhibition Co-Curated by Ariel Bowman, Taylor Robenalt, and Shelsea Dodd
2022
“Exquisite Forms IV” – Charlie Cummings Gallery – Gainesville, FL – Invitational Exhibition
2022
“Cloud 9” – An NCECA Concurrent Exhibition – Hyatt Sacramento – Sacramento, CA
2022
“Cup Show” – Tal Gallery – Hawthorne, CA – Exhibition Co-Curated by Axel Wilhite and Alan Chin
2022
“Clay to Table” – An Online Show of Fine Contemporary Pottery – Organized by Michael Kline, Courtney Martin, Kyle Carpenter, and Jerilyn Virden
2022
“406 Cup Show” – Wildfire Ceramics Studio – Missoula, MT – Invitational Exhibition
2022
“Our Lives in Clay III” – Charlie Cummings Gallery –Gainesville, FL – Invitational Exhibition
2021
“Diversity in Clay” – Bracker’s Good Earth Clays – Lawrence, KS – Invitational Exhibition
2021
“Sensual Clay” – Moisturizer Gallery – Gainesville, FL – Invitational Exhibition
2021
“Raising Voices: An AAPI Exhibition/Fundraiser” – Applied Contemporary – Oakland, CA – Invitational Exhibition
2021
“Hopefully Tomorrow” – Brockway Center for the Arts – Brockway, PA – Invitational Exhibition Curated by Chanakarn (Punch) Semachai and Jeremy Diamond
2021
“Fresh AIR – Artist in Residence Exhibition” – Morean Center for Clay – St. Petersburg, FL
2021
“Under Pressure” – Morean Center for Clay – St. Petersburg, FL – Group Exhibition
2020
“Morean Center for Clay Artist in Resident Exhibition” - Morean Center for Clay – St. Petersburg, FL
2020
“Empathy: An Exhibition of Collaborative Artwork” – Powerplant – Bloomington, IN – Group exhibition
2018
The Unearthly Bestiary – NOTO Arts Center – Topeka, KS – A duo exhibition with Kyra Miller
2016
Only Human, John R. Adams Gallery – Washburn University – Topeka, KS – Solo exhibition
2015
Washburn Art Student Association Featured Artist of the Month Exhibition, Kaw River Rustics – Topeka, KS – Solo exhibition
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2023
“Last Call VIII” – Companion Gallery – Humboldt, TN – Juror Chanakarn (Punch) Samachai
2022
“24th San Angelo National Ceramics Competition” – San Angelo Museum of Fine Art – San Angelo, TX – Juror James Watkins
2022
“Mug Madness” – Saltstone Ceramics – Seattle, WA – Jurors Didem Mert and Brandon Peña
2022
“SIP: A Ceramic Cup Show” – Savannah Clay Community – Savannah, GA – Juror Kevin Snipes
2022
“Southern Miss Ceramics National” – Gallery of Art and Design University of Southern Mississippi – Hattiesburg, MS – Juror George Rodriguez
2022
“Annual Winter Warmers Cup Show” – Good Earth Pottery – Bellingham, WA
2021
“2021 Spotlight Showcase” – Arch Enemy Arts – Philadelphia, PA
2021
“Strictly Functional Pottery National” – Lancaster Museum of Art – Lancaster, PA – Jurors Roberto Lugo, Margaret Kinkeade, and Brooks Oliver
2021
“Menagerie” – Epperson Gallery – Crockett, CA – Juried by Ariel Bowman
2021
“Material Mugs VI – Underglaze” – Companion Gallery – Humboldt, TN – Juror Michelle Ettrick
2021
“Small Favors” – The Clay Studio of Philadelphia – Philadelphia, PA – Juror Kensuke Yamada
2021
“Mug Madness” – Saltstone Ceramics – Seattle, WA – Jurors Michelle Ettrick and Chris Hosbach
2021
“Ware/Wear” – Pocosin School of Fine Craft – Columbia, NC – Juror Candice Methe
2021
“SIP: A Ceramic Cup Show” – Savannah Clay Community – Savannah, GA – Juror Renee LoPresti
2021
“Distant Ceramics 3rd Edition” – A Virtual Exhibition – Juror Rachel Eng
2020
“Beyond the Brickyard” – Archie Bray Foundation – Helena, MT – Juror Chris Staley
2020
“23rd San Angelo National Ceramic Competition” – San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts – San Angelo, TX – Jo Lauria
2020
“Workhouse Arts Center 10th Annual Clay International Juried Exhibition” – Workhouse Arts Center – Lorton, VA – Jurors Lynnette Hesser andSteve Loucks
2020
“Constructed” – Applied Contemporary – Oakland, CA – Juror Yoojee Kwak
2020
“UnWedged” – Pottery Northwest – Seattle, WA – Juror Liz Quackenbush
2020
“Annual Cup Show” – Worchester Center for Crafts – Worchester, MA – Juror Joe Pintz
2020
“The Cup, The Mug” – Main Street Arts – Clifton Springs, NY – Jurors Christina Erives and Masa Sasaki
2020
“Function: Luncheon” – Good Earth Pottery – Bellingham, WA – Juror Kip O’Krongly
2020
“Last Call V” – Companion Gallery – Humboldt, TN – Juror Naomi Clement
2020
“Ware/Wear” – Pocosin School of Fine Craft – Columbia, NC – Juror Mark Arnold
2020
“What Lies Beneath” – Epperson Gallery of Ceramic Arts – Crockett, CA – Juror Lisa Clague
2020
“SIP: A Ceramic Cup Show” – Savannah Clay Community – Savannah, GA – Juror Jason Burnett
2020
“Small Favors” – The Clay Studio of Philadelphia – Philadelphia, PA – Juror Leila Cartier
2020
“Visions in Clay” – LH Horton Jr. Gallery San Joaquin Delta College – Stockton, CA – Juror Nancy Selvin
2020
“Summer is Served: Plates” – Charlie Cummings Gallery – Gainesville, FL
2020
“Material Mugs V – Underglaze” – Companion Gallery – Humboldt, TN – Juror Mike Cinelli
2020
“Distant Ceramics 2nd Edition” – A Virtual Exhibition – Juror Shoji Satake
2019
“Beyond the Brickyard” – Archie Bray Foundation – Helena, MT – Juror Sunkoo Yuh
2019
“UnWedged” – Pottery Northwest – Seattle, WA – Juror Tip Toland
2019
“Red Lodge Clay Center’s Juried Clay National V” – Red Lodge Clay Center – Red Lodge, MT – Juror Mike Helke
2019
“The Emotional Animal” – Clay Art Center – Port Chester, NY – Juror Crystal Morey
2019
“Material Mugs: Cobalt” – Companion Gallery – Humboldt, TN – Juror Ian Childers
2019
“Function Fest” – Clay Center of New Orleans – New Orleans, LA – Juror Adam Field
2019
“Drip” – Morean Center for Clay – Saint Petersburg, FL – Juror Branan Mercer
2019
“The Cup, The Mug” – Main Street Arts – Clifton Springs, NY – Jurors Kelly B. Justice and Jeremy Randal
2019
“Raise a Toast” – Edwardsville Arts Center – Edwardsville, IL – Juror Mark Arnold
2019
“Good Things… Come in Small Packages” – Flower City Arts Center – Rochester, NY – Juror Renee LoPresti
2019
“Art of Clay: Wichita National Exhibition” – Mark Arts Center – Wichita, KS – Jurors Marko Fields and Diego Valles
2018
“Plates, Platters, and Nothing Else Matters” – Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences – Long Beach Township, NJ – Juror Roberto Lugo
2018
“The Printed Image 7” – Sabatini Art Gallery – Topeka, KS – Juror Melanie Yazzie
2018
“Flora and Fauna” – Clay Center of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA – Juror Shoko Teruyama
2018
“22nd San Angelo National Ceramic Competition” – San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX – Juror Peter Held
2018
“Art at the Center” – Overland Park, KS – Juror Jean Cook
2018
“Ware/Wear” – Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft, Columbia, NC – Juror Doug Peltzman
2017
“Topeka Competition 33” – Sabatini Art Gallery –Topeka, KS – Juror Emily Williams
2017
“Wichita National All Media Exhibition” – Mark Arts Center – Wichita, KS – Juror Kyle Reicher
2017
“Art Kudos 2017” – Online International Exhibition– Juror Mike Calway-Fagen
2017
“Real People 2017” – Woodstock, IL
2017
“Art at the Center” – Overland Park, KS – Juror David Beal
2017
“Creatures Real and Imagined” – uBe Art – Berkeley, CA
2016
“Washburn Art Department Student Exhibition” – Mulvane Art Museum – Topeka, KS – Juror Michael Bradley
2015
“Washburn Art Department Student Exhibition” – Mulvane Art Museum – Topeka, KS – Juried by Larry Peters and Barbara Waterman-Peters
2014
“Washburn Art Department Student Exhibition” – Mulvane Art Museum – Topeka, KS – Juried by Dan Kirchhefer
2014
“Art at the Center” – Overland Park, KS
2013
“Washburn Art Department Student Exhibition” – Mulvane Art Museum – Topeka, KS – Juried by Dylan Beck
COLLECTIONS
“Object Memory 1 (Remembering Breakfast)” – San Angelo Museum of Art – San Angelo, TX
“I am not enough” – Mulvane Art Museum – Topeka, KS
SCHOLARSHIPS/AWARDS
2022
Best of Show – “49th Annual Art Festival Beth-El” – Temple Beth-El – St. Petersburg, FL
2021
2nd Place Award – Sponsored by Market House Craft Center – “Strictly Functional Pottery National” – Lancaster Museum of Art – Lancaster, PA
2021
Purchase Award - “Strictly Functional Pottery National” – Lancaster Museum of Art – Lancaster, PA
2021
3rd Place Award – “Menagerie” – Epperson Gallery – Crockett, CA
2021
Honorable Mention – “SIP” – Savannah Clay Community – Savannah, GA
2020
Directors Choice Award – “UnWedged” – Pottery Northwest – Seattle, WA
2020
Mixed Media Award – “Distant Ceramics” – Online Internationally Juried Exhibition
2020
BIPOC Award – “Annual Cup Show” – Worcester Center for Crafts – Worcester, MA
2020
Honorable Mention – “The Cup, The Mug” – Main Street Arts Center – Clifton Springs, NY
2020
Emerging Artist – Sponsored by Kathryn Boeckman Howd and Edward Rucks – CraftArt with a Twist – St. Petersburg, FL
2018
Merit Award – “22nd San Angelo National Ceramic Competition” – San Angelo Museum of Fine Art – San Angelo, TX
2018
Cup of Merit Award – NCECA Cup Sale – Pittsburg, PA
2017
Best Emerging 3D Artist – Aaron Douglas Art Fair – Topeka, KS
2017
FOA Scholarship – Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts – Gatlinburg, TN
2017
3rd Place Cash Award - Art at the Center National Juried Show - Overland Park, KS
2016
Charles A. and Margaret Pollock Art Purchase Award – Mulvane Art Museum – Topeka, KS
2012-16
Barbara L. Buzick Art Scholarship (The Washburn University Art Department’s four year full tuition scholarship.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2023
NECEA Journal Volume 43 – “Panel: Connections: Four Multidisciplinary Ceramicists – Pages: 44-45
2022
Ceramic Arts 2023 Yearbook and Annual Buyers Guide – “Short-term Resident Artists” – Page 36
2022
“Exposure” – Ceramics Monthly – The American Ceramics Society – Westerville, OH – March Issue 2022 – Page 20
2021
“Spotlight – Drawn to Ceramics” – Ceramics Monthly – The American Ceramics Society – Westerville, OH – October Issue 2021 – Page 96
2021
“(Im)Balance” – Ceramics Monthly – The American Ceramics Society – Westerville, OH – September Issue 2021 – Page 52
2021
“Ceramics at the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts” Edited by Peter Held – Highlights from the Collection – Tyler Quintin – Pages:120-121
2021
Ceramic Arts 2022 Yearbook and Annual Buyers Guide – “Long-term Resident Artists” – Page 26
2021
Diversity in Clay Project: Tyler Quintin Artist Feature – Brackers Good Earth Clays – www.brackers.com/project/tyler-quintin/
2021
Well-formed Plan – The Ichabod – wualumni.org/quintin
2020
Ceramic Arts 2021 Yearbook and Annual Buyers Guide – “Clay International 2020” – Page 19 – “Short-term Resident Artists” – Page 31
2018
Artist Feature: “Dialogue with Clay” – Topeka Magazine
2018
Inscape Magazine, - Nationally juried Art and Literary Magazine published by Washburn University
2016
“Only Human: A Senior Exhibition” – Washburn Review
2015
Inscape Magazine, - Nationally juried Art and Literary Magazine published by Washburn University
2015
“Featured Artist of the Month” – Washburn Review
2015
“Talented Student Excels with Scholarship” – Bell Tower, (A Washburn Publication)
2015
“The Hand Issue #10” – National Juried Magazine
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
2023 (Upcoming)
Technical Assistant – Teresa Larrabee – Anatomy & Architecture: Constructing the Figure – Haystack Mountain School – Deer Isle, MN
2023
Panel: Connections: Four Multidisciplinary Ceramicists – Presented at NCECA Cincinnati 2023
2022
ArtReach Instructor – Arrowmont’s community outreach programming focusing on k-12 education – Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts – Gatlinburg, TN
2020-2022
Community and Private Class Instructor – Morean Center for Clay – St. Petersburg, FL
2022
Adjudicator for the Pinellas County Art Region of the Scholastic Art Awards
2021
Visiting Artist – Art in Focus Pinellas County – St. Petersburg College – St. Petersburg, FL
2020
CraftArt with a Twist – Art fair – St. Petersburg, FL
2020
Visiting Artist – Seaman High School – Topeka, KS
2019
Presenter/Demonstrating Artist – The Ceramics Congress – International Online Conference
2019
Instructors Assistant – Heesoo Lee – Dimensional Expression on Ceramic Surfaces – Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts – Gatlinburg, TN
2019
Instructor – NEKL Art Festival 2019 at Horton High School – Horton, KS
2018
Education Intern – Archie Bray Foundation – Helena, MT
2018
Studio Assistant – Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts – Gatlinburg, TN
2018
Two-day Visiting Artist Demonstration and Artist Talk – Bethany College – Lindsborg, KS
2017-18
Part time Preparator – Mulvane Art Museum – Topeka, KS
2016-18
Assistant Gallery Director – SouthWind Art Gallery – Topeka, KS
2017
Educational Assistant – Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts – Gatlinburg, TN
2017
Aaron Douglas Art Fair – Topeka, KS
2016
Educational Assistant – Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts – Gatlinburg, TN
2015-16
Ceramics Studio Assistant, Washburn University Art Department – Topeka, KS
2015
Intern for artist Beth Cavener – Studio 740 – Helena, MT
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2021
“Under Pressure” – Morean Center for Clay – St. Petersburg, FL
2018
“M(ART)CH Madness” – SouthWind Art Gallery – Topeka, KS
2018
“American Rose – Hues of the Heartland” – SouthWind Art Gallery – Topeka, KS
2017
“Established and Emerging” – SouthWind Art Gallery – Topeka, KS
2017
“Trilogy – Three Views of the Plains” – SouthWind Art Gallery – Topeka, KS
2017
“Men at Work” – SouthWind Art Gallery – Topeka, KS
2017
“Retrospective Visions of Time” – SouthWind Art Gallery – Topeka, KS
2017
“Flower Power III” – SouthWind Art Gallery – Topeka, KS