TONY KUKICH

ST. PAUL, MN

BORN 1961 (DULUTH, MN)

EDUCATION

1988 MFA, Indiana University, Bloomington 1984 BFA, Bemidji State University, MN

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019 Tube Change, Tony Kukich New Work, Rossmor Art, St. Paul, MN 2004 Tony Kukich, New Work, BKD Gallery, Minneapolis, MN 1991 Tony Kukich, Kiehle Gallery, St. Cloud State University, MN

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022 Pinky Promise, Gamut Gallery, Minneapolis, MN • Clay Center Sculpture National, Clay Center of New Orleans, LA 2020 • Southern Miss Ceramic National, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg • UnWedged, Pottery Northwest, Seattle, WA • Go Figure!, Springfield Art Association, IL 2019 LUSH: A Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition, Lighthouse ArtCenter, Tequesta, FL • Minnesota State Fair, Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, St. Paul • Mug Madness, Saltstone Ceramics, Seattle, WA • Clay Bodies, Clay Center of New Orleans, LA • Cup Show 2019, Clay Arts Vegas, NV 2018 Small Matters, Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction • Sculpted and Small, Clay Center of New Orleans, LA • The Clay Cup IV: Vessel, Icon, Canvas, George Caleb Bingham Gallery, Columbia, MO • Plates, Platters, and Nothing Else Matters, LBIF, Loveladies, NJ 2012 Ceramica Multiplex, Verazdin, Croatia and Kapfenberg, Austria 2010 Foot in the Door 4, Minneapolis Institute of Art, MN 1991 BLACK AND BLUE, Touché Gallery, Bemidji, MN 1990 Tony Kukich & Janet Ballweg, New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, IN • 28th Ceramic National Exhibition, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY 1989 Indianapolis Art League National, IN • Midstates Craft Exhibition, Evansville Art Center, IL • 54th Tri Kappa Regional Artists Exhibition, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, IN 1988 Young Americans, American Craft Museum, New York • SIUE Clay National, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville 1987 Chicago Vicinity Clay VI, Lillstreet Art

Center, Chicago, IL 1986 Clayfest, University of Indianapolis, IN • Award Winners From Lillstreet, Evanston Art Center, Chicago, IL • Chicago Vicinity Clay V, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, IL 1985 Lenexa 3-D National, KA

Selected Awards

2022 Honorable Mention, Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts

Competition, St. Paul • McKnight Artist Fellowship for Ceramic Artists, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN

2019 Honorable Mention, Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts

Competition, St. Paul 1991 Grand Prize, Watermark Art Festival, Bemidji, MN 1989 First Place, Lenore K. Whitmore

Award, Indianapolis Art League Regional, IN • Clyde Burt Memorial Ceramic Award, 54th Tri Kappa Regional Artists Exhibition, Fort Wayne, IN 1988 Purchase Award, SIUE Clay National, Edwardsville, IL • Mary Howes Woodsmall Award, Best of Show, Clay Fest, Indianapolis, IN • National Society of Arts and Letters Career Award, Bloomington, IN 1987

Juror’s Choice, Clay Fest, Indianapolis, IN 1986 Purchase Award, Chicago Vicinity Clay V, Lillstreet Art Center, IL 1985 Friends of Art Fellowship, Indiana University, Bloomington 1984 North American Intercollegiate Association National Springboard Diving Champion, Arkadelphia, AK

Professional Experience

2006 Ceramics Instructor, Normandale Community College, Bloomington, MN 1987-1998 Associate Instructor in Ceramics, Indiana University, Bloomington 1997 Instructor, Drawing Fundamentals, Inver Hills Community College, Inver Grove Heights, MN 1994 Instructor, 3-D Design, Inver Hills Community College, Inver Grove Heights, MN 1990 Assistant Professor of Ceramics, 3-D Design, and Drawing, Bemidji State University, MN 1989 Lecturer in Ceramics, Herron School of Art, Indianapolis, IN 1987 Ceramics Instructor, Interlochen Center for the Arts, MI 1987 Associate Instructor of 3-D Fundamentals, Indiana University, Bloomington