TOM PHARDEL ANN ARBOR, MI EDUCATION: 1977 M.F.A. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 1972 B.F.A. Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS: 1988 to Present Chairperson, Ceramics Department, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI 1987-88 Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI 1987 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 1982-86 Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI 1981 Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI 1978-80 Wayne State University, Detroit, mi. EXHIBITIONS: 2014 Thomas Riley Studio Group Show, Naples, Florida 2013 Process as Art Gallery Project: Ann Arbor, Mi. * MCAA Ceramic Exhibition, Birmingham/Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, Mi. Award: Best Non-functional Vessel Ceramics at Wayne State Kay Elrod Gallery, Detroit, Mi. Art Endures Thirty Years and Counting Paint Creek Center for the Arts: Rochchester, Mi. Actual Size CAID Gallery, Detroit, Mi. 2012 A Three-dimensional Perspective, Tom Phardel / Sharon Que * Marshall Fredrick s Art Museum, Saginaw, Mi. (Catalog available) represented by Next Step Studios, Ferndale, MI. 2011 * Tom Phardel / Steve Heinemann Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Santa Fe, N.M. * Tom Phardel Solo, Kay Yourst Gallery, Ann Arbor, mi. Forty at Forty Lemberg Gallery, Ferndale, Mi. 2010 * Closing the Circle, Solo Exhibition. Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, Mi. SOFA Chicago, 2009 * Tom Phardel Solo Exhibition. Lemberg Gallery, Ferndale, Mi. SOFA Chicago, Shrines and Altars Gallery Project: Ann Arbor, Mi. The Michigan-Ohio Game: Teaching Ceramics: Pewabic Pottery Detroit, Mi. The Small Show : The Detroit Artist Market, Detroit, Mi Actual size CAID Gallery, Detroit, Mi.
2008 * Spirit Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, Mi. 50 th Michigan Ceramics Exhibition, Meriit Award Grand Rapids Art Museum Grand Rapids, Mi. & The Coummunity Arts Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, Mi. Abstraction Santa Fe Clay: Santa Fe, New Mexico SOFA Chicago Navy Pier, Chicago, Ill. Exhibited through Next Step Michigan Ceramics Art Exhibition : Merit Award: Grand Rapids Art Museum: Grand Rapids, Mi. / Community Arts Gallery: Detroit, Mi. Risk Takers and Innovators A Tribute to John Stephenson: The Clay Gallery: Ann Arbor, Mi. Actual Size CAID Gallery: Detroit, Mi. * Constructed Tom Phardel / Sharon Que: Gallery One, Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, Mi. 2007 * Unadorned, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM Ceramic Market, Detroit Artist Market, Detroit,Mi. * National Clay Invitational McNesse Art Gallery, McNesse State University, St. Charles, La. 2006 * 40 th NCECA National Conference: Explorations and Navigations: the Resonance of Place : Portland, Oregon CCS at 100: Faculty Now. Center Galleries, Detroit, Mi. SOFA Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, Ill. Exhibited through Next Step Studio Ferndale, Mi. 2005 Masters in Clay The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pa. Actual Size, Contemporary Institute of Detroit, Detroit, Mi. CCS Past & Present, 101 Up Gallery, Detroit, Mi. SOFA Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, Ill. Exhibited through Next Step Studio, Ferndale, Mi Art for Life, Masonic Temple, Detroit, Mi. 2004 Michigan Ceramic Arts Exhibition, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, Mi. 2003 * Dennos Museum Purchase Award, Permanent Collection, Traverse City, Mi. * Michigan Ceramics Exhibition 2002, Best of Show, Michigan Potters Association, Traveling Exhibition 2002 Views, Michigan Guild Gallery, Ann Arbor, Mi. Biennial 2002 Detroit Artist Market, Detroit, Mi. 2001 Parallel Tracts Bobbitt Visual Arts Center, Albion College, Albion,Mi. 2000 Great Lakes Regional Art Exhibition. Robbie Charmichael Fine Arts Award 1993 *"Fourth Annual Michigan Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition", First Prize, Southfield Civic Center, Southfield, MI. 1992 *Detroit Institute of Arts Purchase Award, Vessel, Permanent Collection, Detroit, MI Michigan Ceramics Exhibition, "Best of Show", Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI 1991 *Invited to: The Shigoraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shiga Pref. Japan "Ongoing Michigan Artist Program (O.M.A.P.) - Graham *Marks/Tom Phardel", Two Person Exhibition, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI 1988 Michigan Ceramics Exhibition, Best of Show, Michigan Potters Association Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI 1987 * Michigan Council Creative Arts Grant To develop a series of large-scale mixed media works incorporating clay/bronze/stone
1986 *Michigan Ceramics Exhibition, "Best of Show", Michigan Potters Association, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI 1985 Ann Arbor Art Association, "Annual Best of Show 1984 Michigan Ceramics Exhibition, Best of Show, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI 1983 Chicago Vicinity III, Purchase Prize, Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, IL 1978 *NCEA Grant, Summer Residency at Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana *Michigan Ceramics Exhibition, "Best of Show", Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI 1978 "Mid-Michigan Annual Exhibition", Midland Center for the Arts, Kathryn Rave Award 1977 8th Michigan Artist-Craftsmen, First Prize 1976 "Objects '76", Rovin Award for Clay 1975 Ned Dybvig Award, School of Art, University of Michigan MAJOR COMMISSIONS 1987 *Detroit People Mover Ceramic Murals. City of Detroit Transit System: Times Square Station. Two murals 55'x22' and 10'x10' through Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI 1980 Henry Ford Community College, Community Arts Building, Ceramic Sculpture MUSEUM COLLECTIONS: 2003 Dennos Museum, Traverse City, Michigan 1992 Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan PUBLICATIONS: 2008 The Spirit of Ceramic Design: Cultivating Creativity With Clay by Robert Piepenburg SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:. 2003 21 st Century Ceramics in the United States and Canada, Canzani Center Gallery, Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, Ohio Functional Sculpture, Detroit Contemporary, Detroit, Mi. Works for Young Collectors, Lemberg Gallery, Ferndale, Mi. Views Michigan Guild Gallery, Ann Arbor, Mi. Pewabic Invitational, Scrab Club, Detroit, Mi. 2002 Found Objects and Mixed Media, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, Mi. Actual Size, Detroit Contemporary, Detroit, Mi. Biennial 2002, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, Michigan Inner Core, Solo exhibition, Krazel Art Center, St. Joseph, Mi. Michigan Ceramics Exhibition, Michigan Potters Association Center Galleries, Center for Creative Studies 2000 Actual Size, Detroit Contemporary, Detroit, Mi. Parallel Tracks, Albion College, Bobbitt Visual Arts Center 1999 3d@dc, Detroit Contemporary, Detroit, Mi.
1996 Patrimonio Legacy of Italian Art in Michigan, Wayne State University Community Gallery, Detroit, MI Teachers + Students, Central Michigan University Gallery, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI Sofa 96, Shaw Guido Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL "Inner Core" Solo Exhibition, Shaw Guido Gallery, Pontiac, MI 1995 "Interventions an Exhibition", Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI "25 Years Retro-Winners", Group Show, Tampa Art Museum, Tampa, Fla. 1994 "Sculpture", Group Show, Habitat/Shaw Gallery, Farmington Hills, MI Archie Bray Artists Exhibition, NECEA Conference, Gallery I/O, New Orleans, LA "SOFA Exposition '94", Habitat/Shaw Gallery, Chicago, IL 1993 "Fourth Annual Michigan Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition", Southfield, MI, (First Prize Award) "Willing Disbelief", Detroit Artist Market, Detroit, MI Two Person Show, Habitat/Shaw Gallery, Farmington Hills, MI "Honor the Earth Exhibition", Willis Gallery, Detroit, MI "Glass Element II", Scarab Club, Detroit, MI 1992 Michigan Ceramics "Best of Show", Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI "New Art Forms" through Habitat-Shaw Gallery at Navy Pier, Chicago, IL 1991 "Ongoing Michigan Artist Program (O.M.A.P.) - Graham Marks/Tom Phardel", Two Person Exhibition, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI "New Art Forms" through Habitat-Shaw Gallery at Navy Pier, Chicago, IL "Four Sculptors", Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI "Subtle Reminders", Buckham Art Center, Flint, MI Two Person Show, Habitat Galleries, Farmington Hills, MI 1990 "Ongoing Michigan Artist Program (O.M.A.P.)", Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI Three Person Show, Habitat Galleries, Farmington Hills, MI "Art for Life", Galleria, Southfield, MI 1989 Solo Exhibition, Mott College, Flint, MI "Clay 10" Group Show, Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, IL "Low Fire", Dimension Gallery, Boca Raton, FL "Beyond the Garden Gate", Broumer Museum, University of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa 1989 "After Ten Years", Detroit Focus Gallery, Detroit, MI "Crossroads", NCECA '89, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri "Earthenware V", Michigan Gallery, Detroit, MI "New Art Forms" through Joan Robey Gallery, Denver, CO 1988 "Earthenware IV", Michigan Gallery, Detroit, Mi 1987 "Earthenware III", Michigan Gallery, Detroit, MI "Medium Message Mythology Exhibition", Joan Robey Gallery, Denver, CO "Clay 10 Exhibition", Ann Arbor Art Association, Ann Arbor, MI Solo Exhibit, Willis Gallery, Detroit, MI "Major Concepts: Clay", Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI "Michigan Council for the Arts", developed and exhibited a series of large-scale works in clay incorporating bronze (award)
1986 Two Person Exhibition, Tampa Art Museum, Tampa, FL "Contemporary Michigan Ceramics", Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI "West/Mid-West Art Exhibition", Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, IL (award) "Michigan Ceramics '86 Best of Show", Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI (Best Of Award) 1985 NECEA Invitational, St. Louis, Missouri Two Person Show, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, Mi. 1995 "Michigan Ceramics '85", Selo Shevel Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI (award) 1984 Two Person Show, Willis Gallery, Detroit, MI "Michigan Ceramics '84", Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI (award) "Best of Show", Gasparilla Gallery, Tampa, FL 1983 "Chicago Vicinity III", Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, IL (Purchase Prize) Solo Exhibit, Joan Robey Gallery, Denver, CO 1980 "Michigan Ceramics '80", Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI (award) Two Person Show, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI "Eastern Michigan University Invitational", Ypsilanti, MI 1979 "Mid-Michigan Annual Exhibition", Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI (award) 1978 "Michigan Ceramics '78 Best of Show", Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI Solo Exhibit, Oakland Community College, Rochester, MI "Marietta Crafts National '78", Marietta, OH 1977 "Eighth Michigan Artists-Craftsmen Exhibition" Best of Show, Lansing, MI (award) "Eastern Michigan University Invitational", Ypsilanti, MI 1976 "7 for 76" (Seven State Show), Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL 1975 "Central Michigan University Invitational", Mt. Pleasant, MI