Artwork
Wednesday, November 26, 2003
JIM TOIA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2004 Kim Foster Gallery NY, NY
Ben Shahn Galleries William Paterson University Wayne, NJ
“The Piet Project”
2002 Kim Foster Gallery NY, NY “groundwork”
2002 Hunterdon Museum Clinton, NJ “groundwork”
2000 Kim Foster Gallery NY, NY
“When Uncle Vincenzo was a Fish”
1997 Kim Foster Gallery NY, NY
1997 Yearsley Spring Gallery Philadelphia, Pa “Sycamore”
1996 The Morris Museum Morristown, NJ “Outdoor Works”
1995 Spazi Contemporary Art Housatonic, Ma
1993 Centenary College Hackettstown, NJ
1993 Montclair State University Montclair, NJ
Sculpture garden installation “From the Woods”
1992 SVA Gallery NY, NY “Sculptures”
1992 Spazi Contemporary Art Housatonic, MA
“Vine Installation”
1991 Port Authority Bus Terminal NY, NY “Public Proof”
1987 Gallery Patisserie Jersey City, NJ “Urban Renewal”
1986 Torn Awning Gallery NY, NY
“Encaustic Relief”
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2004 “Metamorphosis” Kohler Institute Sheboygen, WI
2004 Landscapes on the Edge Gallery 31 North Glen Gardner, NJ
2003 SmART Gallery - Inaugural group exhibition Munich, Germany
2003 Innaugural Exhibition, The Red Collaborative Great Barrington, MA
2003 The For-Site Foundation - Inaugural Exhibition Grass Valley, CA
2003 “Organics”, 2 person exhibition with Illia Barger
curated by Tricia Fagan, Mercer Community College. Trenton, NJ
2002 “Made With Nature”. Curated by Robert Mattison.
David Dorsky Foundation Queens, NY
2002 Eco Show, The Meeting House Gallery New Marlborough, MA
2002 “Hors D’oeurves”. Kim Foster Gallery NY, NY
2002 “Nature, a Different Perspective, Formed Objects,
Low Relief”. MCS Gallery, curated by Tom Burke Easton, PA
2002 "Artists and the Art of the Book." Traveling exhibition
from the Experimental Print Institute, Lafayette College Easton, PA
10/02 Museo de Arte y Diseno Contemporaneo San Jose, Costa Rica
6/02 Foreland Street Studio Cleveland, OH
5/02 Artists' Image Resource Center Pittsburgh, PA
2/02 Banana Factory Bethlehem, PA
2001 Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Member’s Gallery Buffalo, NY
2001 “Black and White” Kim Foster Gallery NY, NY
2001 “3”. The Gruss Center of Visual Arts Lawrenceville, NJ
2001 “Selections from the Collection” Artists Image Resource Pittsburgh, PA
2000 “Where are the Books?” Lafayette College Easton, PA
1999 “A Book in Hand” Brooklyn Public Library & Pratt Institute Brooklyn, NY
1999 “In View of Nature” Lehman College Art Gallery Bronx, NY
1999 “Small Abstractions” Kim Foster Gallery NY, NY
1999 Libreria Pegaso Gallery Mexico City, Mexico
1999 Kent State University Gallery Kent State, OH
1999 Banana Factory Bethlehem, PA
1998 “Heinz Project” Skillman Gallery, Morris College Randolph, NJ
1997 "Drawings" Yearsley Spring Gallery Philadelphia, PA
1997 "Drawings On Paper and Off" Cedar Crest College Allentown, PA
1996 Il Politecnico XX Arte Rome, Italy
1996 Kim Foster Gallery NY, NY
1996 450 Broadway Gallery NY, NY
1995 “Image and Text" Rathbone Gallery Albany, NY
1995 “Buoys” Bill Bace Renegade Space NY, NY
1994 "Art of Italian Americans" Lehman College White Plains, NY
1993 "Three Sculptors" Grossman Center, Lawrenceville, NJ
1992 "Books by Artists" Spazi Contemporary Art, Housatonic MA
1992 "Enigma" Visual Arts Gallery NY, NY
1992 "Rituals" The Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center NY, NY
1992 "Breaking Space" A.J. Lederman Gallery Hoboken, NJ
1992 "Range" Visual Arts Gallery NY, NY
1991 "Dreams and Ambiguities" Spazi Contemporary Art Housatonic, MA
1990 "Wallworks" City Hall Jersey City, NJ
1990 "New Jersey Arts Annual" Jersey City Museum Jersey City, NJ
1989 "Prints and Multiples" Erector Square Gallery New Haven, CT
1989 "Selections 1989" Erector Square Gallery New Haven, CT
1989 The Milk Bar NY, NY
1986 “The Metro Show” City Without Walls Newark, NJ
1986 No Lo Contendere NY, NY
1986 The Torn Awning Gallery NY, NY
1985 “The Four Man Show Series” The Torn Awning Gallery NY, NY
1985 Red Spot Outdoor Slide Theater NY, NY
REVIEWS & PUBLICATIONS
2003 Carol Rosen- Sculpture Magazine, May ’03 Washington, DC
2002 Tova Beck-Friedman- NY Arts Magazine Vol. 7 #7 NY, NY
2002 William Zimmer- New York Times, 3/24 NY, NY
“Finding Meaning in Mushrooms Served Up as Art”
2002 Dan Bischoff- Star Ledger , 3/31 Newark, NJ
“Nature Mushrooms into Art at Clinton Museum”
2002 Susan Van Dongen- Princeton Packett, 3/21 Princeton, NJ
“Magical Mushrooms”
2002 Sculpture Magazine, 4/02 Washington, DC
2001 Erica-Lynn Huberty, Sculpture Magazine, Jan/Feb Washington, DC
2000 Ken Johnson, New York Times, June 21 NY, NY
2000 Kim Levin, The Village Voice, June 19 NY, NY
1998 New Jersey Network, Artist Spotlight, NJN TV Trenton, NJ
1997 "Strokes of Inspiraton"
Bill Zimmer- New York Times, Sept. 28 NY, NY
1997 "Manhattan Avant Garde Galleries" Sept. 14
Kunstmarket Newspaper Berlin, Germany
1997 Time Out New York, Sept. NY, NY
1997 Review Magazine Sept. NY, NY
1996 Lucio Cillis- Oct. 3 La Repubblica Rome, Italy
1996 "Sculptor Who Collaborates With Nature"
Vivien Raynor- New York Times, Sept. 1 NY, NY
1996 David Gibson- Oct. Cover Magazine NY, NY
1996 "Sculptor's Creations Are Second Nature"
Eileen Watkins- The Star Ledger, Aug. 21 Newark, NJ
1994 "Italian-Americans Pose Questions about Ethnicity"
Vivien Raynor- New York Times, Dec. 25th NY, NY
1992 "Two Artists Inspired by Nature"
Pat Nichols- The Advocate Stockbridge, MA
1992 "Imagery with Surrealistic Accent"
Vivien Raynor- New York Times NY, NY
1992 "The Trancendent Vine" Andrew Badalamente
Sound Effects Newsletter Hackettstown, NJ
1988 Jackie Brody- Vol. X1X, No. 4
The Print Collector's Newsletter NY, NY
1985 Beef Magazine San Francisco, CA
Vol. 5, No. 17, Winter 1985, p.8
COLLECTIONS
AT&T Basking Ridge, NJ
Frank and Barbara Peters Corona Del Mar, CA
I.C. Deal Collection, Dallas Museum of Art Dallas, TX
Stephen and Naomi Antonakos Collection NY, NY
The Lands Collection Beverly Hills, CA
Phillip Smerling Collection Great Barrington, MA
D’Agostino Collection Rome, Italy
Morris Museum Morristown, NJ
Hunterdon Museum of Art Clinton, NJ
The FOR-SITE Foundation Grass Valley/San Francisco, CA
RESIDENCIES
2003 FOR-SITE Foundation, Grass Valley, California
1999 Drury College, Springfield, Mo Lecturer, artist in residence.
1997 Lafayette College, Easton, PA. Artist in residence.
1994 The Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, NJ. Artist in residence.
GRANTS & AWARDS
2002 A.P. Kirby, Jr. Foundation, Inc.
2001 New Jersey State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Grant
1996 Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Grant
1991-‘93 Merit Award, School of Visual Arts
1985 Suzanne Zimmer Award, Bard College
LECTURES
School of Visual Arts, NY,NY Lafayette College, Easton, PA.
Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ.
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA AT&T, Basking Ridge, NJ.
Spazi Contemporary Art, Housatonic, MA. Drury College, Springfield, MO
The Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, NJ
Mercer County Community College, West Windsor, NJ
North Hampton Community College, Bethlehem, PA
Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA
AFFILIATIONS
Member – Board of Directors, The Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ
Member – Board of Directors, The Myhelan Cultural Arts Alliance, Long Valley, NJ
EDUCATION
1993 MFA School of Visual Arts NY, NY
1987 School of Visual Arts Studio Program Urbino, Italy
1985 BA Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2004 Kim Foster Gallery NY, NY
Ben Shahn Galleries William Paterson University Wayne, NJ
“The Piet Project”
2002 Kim Foster Gallery NY, NY “groundwork”
2002 Hunterdon Museum Clinton, NJ “groundwork”
2000 Kim Foster Gallery NY, NY
“When Uncle Vincenzo was a Fish”
1997 Kim Foster Gallery NY, NY
1997 Yearsley Spring Gallery Philadelphia, Pa “Sycamore”
1996 The Morris Museum Morristown, NJ “Outdoor Works”
1995 Spazi Contemporary Art Housatonic, Ma
1993 Centenary College Hackettstown, NJ
1993 Montclair State University Montclair, NJ
Sculpture garden installation “From the Woods”
1992 SVA Gallery NY, NY “Sculptures”
1992 Spazi Contemporary Art Housatonic, MA
“Vine Installation”
1991 Port Authority Bus Terminal NY, NY “Public Proof”
1987 Gallery Patisserie Jersey City, NJ “Urban Renewal”
1986 Torn Awning Gallery NY, NY
“Encaustic Relief”
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2004 “Metamorphosis” Kohler Institute Sheboygen, WI
2004 Landscapes on the Edge Gallery 31 North Glen Gardner, NJ
2003 SmART Gallery - Inaugural group exhibition Munich, Germany
2003 Innaugural Exhibition, The Red Collaborative Great Barrington, MA
2003 The For-Site Foundation - Inaugural Exhibition Grass Valley, CA
2003 “Organics”, 2 person exhibition with Illia Barger
curated by Tricia Fagan, Mercer Community College. Trenton, NJ
2002 “Made With Nature”. Curated by Robert Mattison.
David Dorsky Foundation Queens, NY
2002 Eco Show, The Meeting House Gallery New Marlborough, MA
2002 “Hors D’oeurves”. Kim Foster Gallery NY, NY
2002 “Nature, a Different Perspective, Formed Objects,
Low Relief”. MCS Gallery, curated by Tom Burke Easton, PA
2002 "Artists and the Art of the Book." Traveling exhibition
from the Experimental Print Institute, Lafayette College Easton, PA
10/02 Museo de Arte y Diseno Contemporaneo San Jose, Costa Rica
6/02 Foreland Street Studio Cleveland, OH
5/02 Artists' Image Resource Center Pittsburgh, PA
2/02 Banana Factory Bethlehem, PA
2001 Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Member’s Gallery Buffalo, NY
2001 “Black and White” Kim Foster Gallery NY, NY
2001 “3”. The Gruss Center of Visual Arts Lawrenceville, NJ
2001 “Selections from the Collection” Artists Image Resource Pittsburgh, PA
2000 “Where are the Books?” Lafayette College Easton, PA
1999 “A Book in Hand” Brooklyn Public Library & Pratt Institute Brooklyn, NY
1999 “In View of Nature” Lehman College Art Gallery Bronx, NY
1999 “Small Abstractions” Kim Foster Gallery NY, NY
1999 Libreria Pegaso Gallery Mexico City, Mexico
1999 Kent State University Gallery Kent State, OH
1999 Banana Factory Bethlehem, PA
1998 “Heinz Project” Skillman Gallery, Morris College Randolph, NJ
1997 "Drawings" Yearsley Spring Gallery Philadelphia, PA
1997 "Drawings On Paper and Off" Cedar Crest College Allentown, PA
1996 Il Politecnico XX Arte Rome, Italy
1996 Kim Foster Gallery NY, NY
1996 450 Broadway Gallery NY, NY
1995 “Image and Text" Rathbone Gallery Albany, NY
1995 “Buoys” Bill Bace Renegade Space NY, NY
1994 "Art of Italian Americans" Lehman College White Plains, NY
1993 "Three Sculptors" Grossman Center, Lawrenceville, NJ
1992 "Books by Artists" Spazi Contemporary Art, Housatonic MA
1992 "Enigma" Visual Arts Gallery NY, NY
1992 "Rituals" The Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center NY, NY
1992 "Breaking Space" A.J. Lederman Gallery Hoboken, NJ
1992 "Range" Visual Arts Gallery NY, NY
1991 "Dreams and Ambiguities" Spazi Contemporary Art Housatonic, MA
1990 "Wallworks" City Hall Jersey City, NJ
1990 "New Jersey Arts Annual" Jersey City Museum Jersey City, NJ
1989 "Prints and Multiples" Erector Square Gallery New Haven, CT
1989 "Selections 1989" Erector Square Gallery New Haven, CT
1989 The Milk Bar NY, NY
1986 “The Metro Show” City Without Walls Newark, NJ
1986 No Lo Contendere NY, NY
1986 The Torn Awning Gallery NY, NY
1985 “The Four Man Show Series” The Torn Awning Gallery NY, NY
1985 Red Spot Outdoor Slide Theater NY, NY
REVIEWS & PUBLICATIONS
2003 Carol Rosen- Sculpture Magazine, May ’03 Washington, DC
2002 Tova Beck-Friedman- NY Arts Magazine Vol. 7 #7 NY, NY
2002 William Zimmer- New York Times, 3/24 NY, NY
“Finding Meaning in Mushrooms Served Up as Art”
2002 Dan Bischoff- Star Ledger , 3/31 Newark, NJ
“Nature Mushrooms into Art at Clinton Museum”
2002 Susan Van Dongen- Princeton Packett, 3/21 Princeton, NJ
“Magical Mushrooms”
2002 Sculpture Magazine, 4/02 Washington, DC
2001 Erica-Lynn Huberty, Sculpture Magazine, Jan/Feb Washington, DC
2000 Ken Johnson, New York Times, June 21 NY, NY
2000 Kim Levin, The Village Voice, June 19 NY, NY
1998 New Jersey Network, Artist Spotlight, NJN TV Trenton, NJ
1997 "Strokes of Inspiraton"
Bill Zimmer- New York Times, Sept. 28 NY, NY
1997 "Manhattan Avant Garde Galleries" Sept. 14
Kunstmarket Newspaper Berlin, Germany
1997 Time Out New York, Sept. NY, NY
1997 Review Magazine Sept. NY, NY
1996 Lucio Cillis- Oct. 3 La Repubblica Rome, Italy
1996 "Sculptor Who Collaborates With Nature"
Vivien Raynor- New York Times, Sept. 1 NY, NY
1996 David Gibson- Oct. Cover Magazine NY, NY
1996 "Sculptor's Creations Are Second Nature"
Eileen Watkins- The Star Ledger, Aug. 21 Newark, NJ
1994 "Italian-Americans Pose Questions about Ethnicity"
Vivien Raynor- New York Times, Dec. 25th NY, NY
1992 "Two Artists Inspired by Nature"
Pat Nichols- The Advocate Stockbridge, MA
1992 "Imagery with Surrealistic Accent"
Vivien Raynor- New York Times NY, NY
1992 "The Trancendent Vine" Andrew Badalamente
Sound Effects Newsletter Hackettstown, NJ
1988 Jackie Brody- Vol. X1X, No. 4
The Print Collector's Newsletter NY, NY
1985 Beef Magazine San Francisco, CA
Vol. 5, No. 17, Winter 1985, p.8
COLLECTIONS
AT&T Basking Ridge, NJ
Frank and Barbara Peters Corona Del Mar, CA
I.C. Deal Collection, Dallas Museum of Art Dallas, TX
Stephen and Naomi Antonakos Collection NY, NY
The Lands Collection Beverly Hills, CA
Phillip Smerling Collection Great Barrington, MA
D’Agostino Collection Rome, Italy
Morris Museum Morristown, NJ
Hunterdon Museum of Art Clinton, NJ
The FOR-SITE Foundation Grass Valley/San Francisco, CA
RESIDENCIES
2003 FOR-SITE Foundation, Grass Valley, California
1999 Drury College, Springfield, Mo Lecturer, artist in residence.
1997 Lafayette College, Easton, PA. Artist in residence.
1994 The Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, NJ. Artist in residence.
GRANTS & AWARDS
2002 A.P. Kirby, Jr. Foundation, Inc.
2001 New Jersey State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Grant
1996 Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Grant
1991-‘93 Merit Award, School of Visual Arts
1985 Suzanne Zimmer Award, Bard College
LECTURES
School of Visual Arts, NY,NY Lafayette College, Easton, PA.
Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ.
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA AT&T, Basking Ridge, NJ.
Spazi Contemporary Art, Housatonic, MA. Drury College, Springfield, MO
The Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, NJ
Mercer County Community College, West Windsor, NJ
North Hampton Community College, Bethlehem, PA
Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA
AFFILIATIONS
Member – Board of Directors, The Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ
Member – Board of Directors, The Myhelan Cultural Arts Alliance, Long Valley, NJ
EDUCATION
1993 MFA School of Visual Arts NY, NY
1987 School of Visual Arts Studio Program Urbino, Italy
1985 BA Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
