Self
Portrait, 2005Fine Prints
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(Thomas Philabaum, Joe Sanders, Jeffrey Sippel, Patrick Wadley, T. A. Zive)
THOMAS PHILABAUM Born 1947 in Toledo, Ohio, resides in Tucson, Arizona
Thomas Philabaum found his medium in clay while an undergraduate at Southern Illinois University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1969. He entered the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1971 with the idea that he would combine ceramic with glass in his work. To that end he studied clay with Don Reitz and glass with Harvey K. Littleton and Eriks Rudans. Philabaum moved to Tucson in 1974 where he started a glass and clay cooperative with six other artists.
By 1977 his glass sculptures began to sell in several galleries around the country. He returned to school in the early 1980s to continue his study of ceramics at the University of Arizona, and was awarded a Master of Fine Arts in 1983. About that time he began his "Reptilian" and "Histolith" series in glass, and his career as a glass artist took off. He was invited to give lectures and workshops about his technique in Iceland and Germany in the mid-1980s, and he produced work for exhibitions around the United States. In 1985 he opened an art gallery in downtown Tucson, which he continues to operate today.
In 1998 Philabaum received the Arizona Governors Art Award, and in 2000 he received the Arizona Arts Award. His work can be found in many corporate and private collections in the United States and abroad. Public institutions that hold his work include Glasmuseum Ebeltoft (Denmark), Glasmuseum Frauenau (Germany), Arizona State University Museum of Art, Tempe; Tucson Museum of Art and the University of Minnesota Art Museum, Minneapolis.
Self
Portrait, 2005
intaglio vitreograph on Rives BFK, Edition of 20
image size: 30 x 22½ inches; paper size: 30 x 22 ½ inches $1,000*
JOE SANDERS Born 1957; resides in Georgia
Joe "Sandy" Sanders received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Florida State University, Tallahassee and a Master of Fine Arts from Arizona State University. He has been an instructor of printmaking and book arts at the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia, Athens since 1988 and currently serves as the school's Graduate Coordinator.
Sanders is a member of the Southern Graphic Council whose work has been exhibited throughout the South and in the Midwest and Great Plains states. His work is in the permanent collections of Arizona State University, Tempe; Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, LaGrange, Georgia; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska; McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana; Museum of Arts and Science, Macon, Georgia; Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois; Southwest Texas University, San Marcos, State Library of Florida, Tallahassee; University of Mississippi, Oxford; University of South Dakota, Vermillion and Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee among many others.
The Many Hands of Fate,
1992
intaglio vitreograph on Rives BFK, Edition of 50
image size: 16 x 12 inches; paper size: 25 x 20 inches $500*
JEFFREY SIPPEL Born 1953; resides in St. Louis, Missouri
Jeffrey L. Sippel is a printmaker who specializes in waterless lithography. His work has been featured in sixteen solo exhibitions and over 200 group exhibitions over the course of a twenty-five year career. Sippel's work is represented in public collections on three continents, including the Bibliotheque Nationale de France in Paris; Smithsonian National Museum of American Art in Washington, DC, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in St. Louis and the University of Capetown, South Africa.
After graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, Sippel studied at the Tamarind Institute of the University of New Mexico, where he was certified as a master printer. He completed his Master of Fine Arts at Arizona State University in 1980. From 1988 to 1998 he was Assistant Professor and Education Director at Tamarind Institute. He currently holds the position of Associate Professor of Art at the University of Missouri, Sty. Louis.
Close Encounter, 2005
Vitreograph on Rives BFK White, Ed. 20
Image size: 16 x 20 inches; paper size: 21 x 25 inches $750
PATRICK WADLEY 1950-1992
Patrick Wadley discovered glass etching in 1980 when he accidentally dropped a soft drink bottle into a sandblaster. This led to his learning to selectively sandblast areas of glass using contact paper stencils. On very thick pieces of sheet glass, Wadley was able to achieve detailed, low relief sculptural effects. He later transposed the technique to three-dimensional forms.
Wadley studied briefly at the University of Oklahoma and Sam Houston State University in Austin, Texas. He also studied at Pilchuck Glass School in Stanwood, Washington on a Corning Scholarship, and was later an instructor and artist in residence there. Wadley made his home in Texas in 1970 where he fulfilled alternate service as a conscientious objector. Travel in Europe, especially to France, had a great influence on his work.
He exhibited in in numerous solo shows in Texas and in group exhibitions in New York City, Washington, DC, Boston, Philadelphia, Detroit, Aspen, Santa Fe and San Francisco. His work is in many private collections. Public collections holding his work include the Blanton Museum of the University of Texas, Austin; The High Museum, Atlanta and the Rhode Island School of Design.
Conflict of
Heart, 1989
intaglio vitreograph on Arches Cover White, Edition of 50
image size: 14 x 11 inches; paper size: 30 x 22 inches $500*
Querelle Visits NC, 1989
intaglio vitreograph on Arches Cover White, Edition of 50
image size: 16 x 11½ inches; paper size: 29 ½ x 20 ½ inches $500*
T. A. ZIVE Born in New York City in 1933; resides in Florida
T. A. Zive received a B.A. degree from New York University in 1954 and studied at the Art Students League from 1955 to 1959. She has had many solo exhibitions in Florida in cities that include Miami, Miami Beach, Boca Raton and Palm Beach. Her work is held in the public collections of Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art and Boca Raton Museum of Art and in private and corporate collections in Florida and New York City.
Blue Dog,
1992
intaglio vitreograph on Arches, Edition of 30
image size: 16 x 20 inches; paper size: 22 ½ x 29 ½ inches $600*
Femme, 1992
intaglio vitreograph on Arches, Edition of 30
image size: 20 x 16 inches; paper size: 29 ½ x 22 ½ inches $600*
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