T.L. Solien
Born in Fargo, North Dakota
1977��� ����������� M.F.A., University of Nebraska
(painting and sculpture)
����������������������� �����Major Professors:�
Richard Trickey, Douglas Ross
1973��� ����������� B.A.,�Moorhead� State University,
MN
1997-present�����Assistant
Professor, 2-D (Painting), Department of Art,
�������������������������University of Wisconsin-Madison
1996-1997�������Visiting
Assistant Professor (Painting, Drawing, Printmaking),
����������� ������������Montana State University, Bozeman
1992-1996������ Visiting
Assistant Professor (Painting and Drawing), University of Iowa
1991��� ����������� Visiting Artist (one quarter), The
Ohio State University, Columbus
2001-02����������University
of Wisconsin-Madison Graduate School Research Grant
2001���������� �����CitiArts Grant, Madison WI
2000-01
University
of Wisconsin-Madison Graduate School Research Grant
gggggg(1997,
1998, 1999)
1994���������� �����McKnight� Foundation Mid-Career" Artist Fellowship, MN
1990��� ����������� Bush Foundation Artists Fellowship,
MN
1986��� ����������� McKnight Fellowship, MN
1982��� ����������� Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship,
Studio and Exhibition Program, Paris
1981��� ����������� Bush Foundation Artists Fellowship,
MN
1981��� �� ���������Jerome
Foundation Fellowship, MN
(International)
1983
American
Center, Paris
(National)
2002��� Esther Klein
Gallery, Philadelphia PA
2002��� The Print
Center, Philadelphia PA
2000 ���"Innocence
Transfigured"� Fassbender Gallery,
Chicago IL
1999� ���Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
1997� ��Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
1994��� John C. Stoller
& Co., Minneapolis (1993, 1991, 1998, 1986)
1990��� Des Moines Art
Center, IA
1990��� Michael Walls
Gallery, New York
1989����Lemberg Gallery,
Birmingham, MI
1988��� Plains Art
Museum, Moorhead, MN
1987����Barbara Toll Fine
Arts, New York
1986��� Cantor/Lemberg
Gallery, Birmingham, MI (1984)
1985����Getler/Pall/Saper
Gallery, New York, NY (1984, 1983)
1985��� Thomas Segal
Gallery, Boston, MA
1981��� Glen Hanson
Gallery, Minneapolis (1980, 1979)
1980��� Fort Worth
Museum, Fort Worth
1979����Minneapolis College
of Art and Design
(International)
2000��� Chicago International Art Exposition, Chicago IL. (1990, �89, �87, �83, �82)
2000��� "New Acquisitions" Plains Art
Museum, Fargo, ND
1998��� �� Selections from the Permanent Collection
,Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND
1997��� �� Tyler
Graphics Archive, Center for Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
1997������ Museum Without Walls, Plains Art Museum,
Fargo, ND
1995������ Landfall Press:� a Survey, Milwaukee Museum of Art
1995
Prints from the Minneapolis
Art Institute,
American Embassy, Tokyo, Japan
1989��� ��
The 1980's:� Selections From the
Joshua P. Smith Collection,
����������� ����������� National Gallery of Art, Washington,
DC
1988��� �� First Impressions, Walker Art Center,
Minneapolis
1987��� ��
�Avant-Garde in the Eighties�, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
1987��� ��
Selections From the Frederick Weismann Collection, Baltimore Museum
����������� ����������� (and traveling)
1986
First
Bank Collection, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
1982��� �Prints from Vermilion Editions Ltd.�� American Center, Paris
(National)
2001��� � Cartoons, Dolls and Children�s Stories�� Delta Axis/Marshall Arts Gallery,
�����������������������
Memphis, TN
2001��� "Fine Art/Pop Culture"� Leo Burnett, Chicago
2001��� "111 E. Wacker" Chicago, IL
(curated by Natalie Van Straaten)
2001���� "Likeness"� College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, MN
2001���� "Decades"� University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
2001���� "5 Nebraskans" University of
Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
2000��� "Gallery Artists" Fassbender
Gallery, Chicago
1999���� "The Midwest on the Rio" Karen
Kunc, Robert Glasgow, TL Solien
����������������������� �University of Texas, El Paso
1999��� � "15x15"x30"
Fassbender Gallery, Chicago
1999 �� ��"Big Bang" Rochester Art Center, MN�������������
1998
�Gallery Artists� Wienstien Gallery,
Minneapolis
1998��� �� Game
of Chance ,Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA
1998��� �� 25th
Anniversary Exhibition, Artemesia Gallery, Chicago
1996
�Gallery Artists� Wienstien Gallery,
Minneapolis
1997� � ����Vital Heat�, University of South
Dakota, Vermillion, SD
1995��� � �
Bewildered Image2�, T.L. Solien, Lance Kiland, Minneapolis Art Institute
1990������ �100 Years of American Prints�� Sheldon Museum, Lincoln NE
1989��� � �
Contemporary Drawings�, High Museum of Contemporary Art, Atlanta, GA
1986��� �� New
Acquisitions:� Works on Paper,
Walker Art Center, MN
1986��� �� Boston
Collects, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
1985��� �� 39th
Biennial Exhibition of American Painting, Corcoran Museum,
����������� ����������� Washington, DC
1984��� � �
Images and Impressions�, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
1984��� �� 24x24,
Ruth Siegal Gallery, NY
1984��� ���Here
and Now�, Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC
1984��� ��
Contemporary American Art, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, GA
1983��� �� 1983
Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY
1983��� �� The
American Artist as Printmaker, The Brooklyn Museum, NY
1982��� �� The
Bewildered Image, Minneapolis Institute of Arts
1981��� �� General Mills Art Collection, Lock Haven
Center, Orlando, FL
���������
1985���Binding, frontispiece
and two interior etchings for a novella by John
����������� ����������� Hawkes, Innocence in Extremis,
Grenfel Press, Pub., New York
1984��� Sets and
Costumes for "The Mirror",
choreographed and performed by
�����������������������
Leigh Dillard with music by Zeitgeist, presented by Walker Art Center,
����������� ����������� Minneapolis
1983��� Cover illustration
for� Conjunctions 4� (a literary review), New York
1982��� Poster Design
for New Dance Ensemble with New Dance Ensemble and
����������� ����������� Vermillion Editions, Ltd.,
Minneapolis
1980��� Production of
16mm color film "The Boneskid" with
filmmaker Daniel Pullen
COMMISSIONS�Print
Editions
1999����������� Publication
of "Lust" by School of Art and Art History,�� University of Iowa
1993����������� Publication
of "Tetitas de Vida" by Echo Press, Bloomington, IN,
����������� ����������� commissioned by the Zimmerlee
Museum, Rutgers University, NJ
1986����������� Publication
of "Husband Lost at Sea" by Vermillion Editions Ltd.,
����������� ����������� Minneapolis, commissioned by First
Bank Systems, Minneapolis
1986����������� Publication
of "The Blue Martin" by Tyler Graphics Ltd., Mt. Kiscoe, NY,
����������� ����������� commissioned by the Walker Art
Center, Minneapolis
1984����������� Publication
of "Bad Blood" by Landfall Press, Chicago, commissioned by
����������� ����������� Getler/Pall and van Straaten
Galleries
1998��� Solien print
"Psyche: The Blue Martin" used as poster image announcing
����������� ����������� Plains Art Museum, Fargo ND
festival� �Awaken the Senses: The
����������� ����������� Dream Takes Flight�
1998��� Solien
paintings, drawings and monotypes used by Prof. Robert Glasgow
����������� ����������� (University of Iowa as
illustration� in Glasgow's presentation
to the
����������� ����������� Southern Graphics Council� entitled�
Ancient and Modern Printing
����������� ����������� Techniques
in the Production of Contemporary Monotype�
1998����Contributed 20
min. Interview to documentary video produced privately to
����������� ����������� illustrate the career impact of the
work of Chicago artist Hollis Sigler
����������� ����������� and artist participation in the benefit
exhibition �A Game of Chance�.
1991����Authored article
"The Price of Experience" published in Artpaper (a
����������� ����������� Minneapolis/St. Paul art
publication) March 1991
1991��� Solien painting
"The Painter's Hand" used as poster image announcing
����������� ����������� North Dakota Museum of Art's
exhibition The Artists Who Live
����������� ����������� Among Us� November 1, 1991-January 12, 1992
1986��� Subject of
video documentary "T.L. Solien: Voyage of the Tin Man"
����������� ����������� produced by KTCA, Minnesota� Public Television, and Vermilion
����������� ����������� Editions Ltd.
1986��� Subject of
video documentary "First Artist Portfolio" (with artists Malcom
����������� ����������� Morley, Robert Moskowitz, John
Newman, Brad Davis, and Robert
����������� ����������� Cumming) Produced by The First Bank
Systems and Vermillion
����������� ����������� Editions Ltd.
1982��� Subject of
video documentary "Right to Print" (with Arakawa, Red Grooms,
����������� ����������� Harmony Hammond and master
printer/publisher Steven Anderson)
����������� ����������� produced by the Minneapolis
Institute of Art
James, Linda. "Innocence Transfigured" (a
letter/essay to T.L. Solien-Oct. 2000)
��������������� ��������Fassbender Gallery 2000
Rowe-Shields, Michelle.���
T. L. Solien-"Fictitious Self -Portraits", Evanston Art
Center,
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1998
Freeman, Jeff.�
�Vital Heat�, University of South Dakota, 1997
Hansen, Trudy; Mickenberg, David; Moser, Joann; Walker,
Barry. � Printmaking in
�������������������������
America (Collaborative Prints and Presses 1960-1990)� Harry W.
�������������������������
Abrams Inc. Publisher, 1996
Riddle, Mason.�
Bewildered Image2� (Recent
Paintings by T.L. Solien and Lance Kiland)
��������������������������
Minneapolis Art Institute 1995
Lieu, Catherine.� Six
McKnight Artists 1994-95� Minneapolis
College of Art and Design,
��������������������������
1995
Prysbilla, Carrie.�
Contemporary American Drawings�
(High Museum of Contemporary
��������������������������
Art, Atlanta, 1990)
Armstrong, Elizabeth; Friedman, Martin; Goldwater, Marge.�
Selections from the
���������������������������
Permanent Collection� (Walker Art
Center, Minneapolis, MN, 1990)
Fine, Ruth E. (ed.). The 1980's:� Prints from the Collection of Joshua P. Smith� (National
���������������������������
Gallery, Washington, D.C., 1989)
Armstrong, Elizabeth.��
First Impressions� (Walker Art
Center, 1988)
Hopkins, Henry T.; Halpern, Nora.�� Selections from the Frederick R. Weismann����
���������������������������
collection� (The Frederick R.
Weismann Collection, Los Angeles, 1987)
Fox, Howard; Eliel, Carol.�
Avante-Garde in the Eighties�
(Los Angeles County Museum
������������������� ���������of Art, 1987)
Felshin, Nina; McEvilley, Thomas.� Focus on the Image:�
Selections from the Rivendell
���������������������������
Collection� (ITA Corporation and
Art Museum, Association of
���������������������������
America, 1986)
Lyons, Lisa.� The
39th Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting� (The
���������������������������
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1985)���
Walker, Barry.� The
American Artist as Printmaker� (Brooklyn
Museum, 1984)
Armstrong, Elizabeth; Goldwater, Marge.� Images and Impressions (Walker Art Center,
����������������������������
1984)
DesChamps, Madeleine.�
T.L. Solien les pierres de Minnesota (American Center, Paris,
����������������������������� 1983)
1983 Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art
(illus)
Martin, Mary Abbe.�
The Bewildered Image (Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1982)
Hall, David,� Article, �U Undermined It� The Memphis Flyer, Aug. 16-20, 2001
Donahue Michael/ Spencer Jennifer� Article �Party Line�� The Commercial Appeal,
������������������������������ Memphis, TN,� Aug. 6, 2001
Henry, Amanda� Article �Points to Ponder�� Wisconsin State Journal� June 21, 2001
Martin, Mary Abbe� Article� �Bearable Likeness of Being�� Minneapolis Star Tribune
��������������������� ���������������June 8, 2023
Martin, Mary Abbe� �Recent Work: Portraits in Orbit�� Minneapolis Star Tribune
������������������������������������ June 1, 2023
Stockinger, Jacob���
Article �Old Technique Delivers New Message�� The Capital Times
������������ �����������������������Jan. 10 2001
Artner, Alan G.�
Review: "Self-Portraits Offer a Glimpse into Solien" Chicago
Tribune
������������������������������� (February 1999)������
Stein Lisa.�
Review:� "Unsettling
Self-Portraits on Exhibition in Evanston" Evanston)
�������������������������������� Review (February 1999)
Abbe, Mary.�
Review:� "T.L. Solien at
John Stoller",� Minneapolis
Tribune� (July 1991)
Nusbaum, Eliot.�
"The Artist as Autobiographer:�
T.L. Solien at Art Center",��
Des
�������������������� ����������������Moines Register� (March 1990)
Heartney, Eleanor.�
Review:� "T.L. Solien at
Michael Walls",� ARTnews� (October 1990)
(Articles cont.)
Riddle, Mason.�
Interview:� "T.L.
Solien:� Prairie Gothic",
Artpaper� (December 1988)
Riddle, Mason.�
"T.L. Solien at John C. Stoller",� Artpaper� (August 1988)
Waddington, Christopher.�
"T.L. Solien at John C. Stoller", Art in America�
����������� ����������� (September 1988)
Heartney, Eleanor.�
"T.L. Solien at Barbara Toll", ARTnews Vol. 86, No. 6
����������� ����������� (Summer 1987)
Riddle, Mason.�
"T.L. Solien at John C. Stoller & Co.", Artforum� (May 1986)
Cover Illustration, Vinyl Arts Magazine
Fryxell, David.�
"T.L. Solien", Ozark Magazine (Ozark Airlines) Vol. 14, No. 2
����������� ����������� (February, 1985)
Raynor, Vivian.�
"Review:� T.L.
Solien",� New York Times (May 24,
1985)
Paine, Sylvia.�
"T.L. Solien", A.R.T.S. (August 1985)
Upshaw, Reagan,�
Review:� "T.L. Solien at
Getler/Pall/Saper", Art in America
������������������������
(September 1985)�
Rian, Jeffrey.�
"T.L. Solien",� Arts
Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 1 (September 1985)
Miro, Marsha.�
"He Performs Miracle in the Art World", Detroit News (April 8,
1984)
Abatt, Corinne.�
"Gallery Reviews:� T.L.
Solien", The Eccentric Newspapers�
(April 19,
��������������������������
1984)
�Russell, John.� Review:�
"T.L. Solien", New York Times (May 4, 2023)
Woodville, Louisa.�
Review:� "T.L. Solien",
Arts Magazine, Vol. 59, No. 1 (September,
���������������������������
1984)
Heartney, Eleanor.�
"Art in a Cold Climate",�
Minnesota Monthly (December, 1984)
Russell, John.�
"Why the Latest Whitney Biennial is More Satisfying", New York
Times
����������������������������
(March 30, 2023)
�Martin, Mary
Abbe.� "Editors Choice",
Portfolio (March/April 1983)
Cohen, Ronny.�
Review:� "T.L. Solien",
Arts Magazine,� Vol. 57 No. 9 (May 1983)
Heartney, Eleanor.�
Review:� "T.L. Solien",
ARTnews, Vol. 82, No. 5 (May 1983)
Martin, Mary Abbe.�
"Some Smart Kid", Twin Cities Magazine (March 1980)
Kutner, Janet.�
"Artist Invites Visitors to Enter His Magic", Dallas Morning
News,
����������������� �����������October 1980)
Raczka, Robert.�
"Icons in Fingerpaint", Artweek (November 29, 2022)
COLLECTIONS
American Express Company
Bank America Collection
Chase Manhattan Bank
Chemical Bank
The Edward Downe Collection
First Bank of Minneapolis
The Joshua P. Smith Collection
Des Moines Art Center
Sheldon Memorial Gallery, University of Nebraska
General Mills Company
High Museum of Art, Atlanta
Indiana University Art Museum
Plains Art Museum
North Dakota Museum of Art, University of North Dakota
University of Iowa Museum of Art
Rutgers University
Elvehjem Museum, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Pepperdine University
Art Institute of Chicago
National Museum of American Art, Washington DC
Smithsonian, Washington DC
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Prudential Insurance Company
Rhode Island School of Design
The Rivendell Collection
Tyler Graphics Collection
Walker Art Center
Frederick Weismann Foundation
Whitney Museum of American Art