ringler@tamsie.com
MFA, University
of Texas at Austin, May 1991
BS (Art), University
of Wisconsin - Madison, graduated with honors, May 1986
Pre-Foundation Program, Heatherley School of Fine Art, London, UK 1980
Honors | Grants
Starseed Foundation Grant, 2022
Silver Lining Award, City of Madison Arts Commission, WI 2022
American Rescue Plan Arts Grant, Iowa Arts Council, IA 2021
McKnight Fellowship for Visual Artists, Minneapolis, MN 2017 - 2018
Royal British Society of Sculptors, Elected to membership 2016
McKnight Public Artist Professional Dev. Grant/ Forecast
Public Art, St. Paul, MN
2012/15
Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant 2013
Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, Next Step Fund Grant, MN 2012
Jerome Foundation/ Franconia Sculpture Park Emerging Artist
Fellowship, FSP, MN 2009
RACC Project Grant, Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland, OR 2007
RACC Professional Development Grant, Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland, OR 2006
Burdock/ Burn Art Resource Grant, Portland, OR 2000
Projects | Solo Exhibitions
2022 Mammalia Series: 21 Orders, Studio exhibition of bronze sculptures and public metal pour, Dubuque, IA. A series of embryo studies focusing on the relationship between all mammals.The vulnerability of the lost wax casting process emphasizes the endangerment of species extinction. Support: Iowa Arts Council/ NEA
2021 Winter is Alive!
a cooler world carnival, Director, artist. Multi-platform forum for dialogue on global
warming, Madison, WI and international online. Collaborators: City of Madison Arts
Commission, Sustain Dane, Garver Events, UW-Madison Sculpture Program, City of
Madison School District, ACRE Projects, FeLion Studios, Madison ChildrenÕs
Museum (February 12 – March 7, 2021)
North Pole Platform, Installation,
Lake Monona, Madison, WI Support: City of Madison Arts Commission Blink Grant (January 15 – March 1)
2020 Ūdens Galds | Water Table, Permanent collection, Stevens Point Sculpture Park, Stevens Point, WI
2019 Fenced, Durational iron pour performance, Festival
of High Temperatures, June 21 – 23, Wroclaw Academy of Art and Design, Poland
Iron Mississippi, Durational iron pour performance, September 21, exhibition of
commissioned work, December 15, Capitol Region Watershed District, St. Paul, MN
2017 River of Iron, Permanent collection, Riverview
Room, Weisman Art Museum, MPLS, MN
LaurisÕ Chair, Installation, Monarch Sculpture Park, Tenino, WA
Airborne, Solo exhibition, Visual Arts Center Gallery, Mt. Hood Community
College, OR
2004 Receptor, Installation, Open Studio Artist,
Franconia Sculpture Park, MN
1999 Greenhouse Effect, Installed for Environmental Issues, St. Catherine
University, MN
1998 Porte des Morts, Installation, Open Studio
Artist, Franconia Sculpture Park, MN
1994 - 2000 ThomasinaÕs Traveling Tea House, Durational installation, traveling house where I served tea to
create community, wood stove, 160 teacups, multi-locations, including the MN
State Capitol to discuss nuclear waste storage at Prairie Island, MN/ WI/ OR/
WA
Group Exhibitions | Projects
Airborne, in exhibition, Dialog of the Arts, Garden of the Labyrinths, Kamsdorf, DE
Mammalia, in exhibition, The Tactile and the Tenuous, online, (August 19 - current)
Orders,
2021 Belwin 50th Retrospective, The Phipps Center for the Arts, WI (Jan 15 – Feb 21)
103 Days, in exhibition, Cliffhanger, Artlofts Gallery, UW-Madison, (Nov 29 - Dec 2)
River Lee Project, in exhibition, Western Exhibitionists, Iron Performance Video Exhibition, John Day Gallery,USD, Vermillion
2020 103 Days, in exhibition 10gram Challenge, RSS Gallery, London, UK
5 Weeks, in online exhibition Situational Invitational,
Western Cast Iron Art Alliance
Blanket-piece: Undiscovered Arctic oil and gas combined,
in exhibition, UNDERWATER, Foolproof Gallery,
Denver, CO (Feb 7 – March 21)
Kerrane print, in exhibition, Iron Tribe, New
Mexico Highlands University, NM
Potratz print, Neubauer
print, Summers print in exhibition, IRON50, Wilson Library, UMN
Rīta Zieds - Morning
Flower, in exhibition, Miscellany: An Open-Air Arts Gallery, inaugural sculpture invitational, Alpharetta, GA
Beach, in exhibition, Behind the Conference,
8th ICCCIA, Scranton, PA
2017 Rīta Zieds
- Morning Flower, in exhibition, Journeys in Iron: The Second Outdoor
Sculpture Invitational, Bascom Art Center, Highlands, NC
Columbus
Invitational, Columbus, IN
US/UK Iron Symposium
Exhibition, Hunter College, NY
Iron Cast, Oasis
Gallery, Marquette, MI
Cache at the
Casket: Franconia in the City, Minneapolis, MN
5th Annual Indiana
Cast Iron Sculpture Invitational,
Columbus, IN
Sculpture
Invitational, Clackamas Community College, OR
FORMed, Mt. Hood Community College, Gresham, OR
Time Variable
Art, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR
UN-6, SeaTac International
Airport, Seattle, WA
Iron Ore
Bronze Extravaganza, Franconia
Sculpture Park, Shafer, MN
Sketchy 1, Franconia Sculpture Park, MN
Femme: Iron Molten Metal Elements, Catherine Murphy Gallery, St. Paul, MN, 2000
ThomasinaÕs Tea House, installed in, Location, Milwaukee Institute of Art/ Design, 1994
Living with the Dreaming Body, performed in music video, Poi
Dog Pondering, TX, 1989
Slacker, performed in independent film produced
by Richard Linklater, Austin, TX, 1989
LaurisÕ Chair, Monarch Sculpture Park, Seattle, WA, 2008
Musgrave, Director of
Contemporary Exhibitions, Maryhill Museum of Art, WA 2002
Visiting Artist
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 2012, 2015, 2022
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Honorary Fellow, January – March, 2020
Wroclaw Academy of Art and Design, PL,
June 13 – 24, 2019
Crawford College of Art, Cork,
IE, July 16 - 21, 2018
School of the Art Institute of Chicago,
Chicago, IL, December 2, 2016
Florida A & M University, Tallahassee,
FL, March 14, 2016
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis,
MN (2014 - 2019)
St. Catherine University, St.
Paul, MN (2008 - 2014)
Head of
sculpture program. Responsible for overseeing Sculpture and 3-D Design curriculum
and studios; teach welding, metal-casting, wood, ceramic, installation, and
mixed media. Introduced iron casting into curriculum. Organized sculpture
exhibitions, workshops, visiting artist lectures and residencies; secured
grants for sculpture program and internships for students.
Mt. Hood Community College,
Gresham, OR (1998 - 2008) Tenure awarded: 2002
Head of sculpture
area. 2D/ 3D Design, Drawing, Sculpture, Specialized courses: ceramic sculpture,
metalcasting, metal sculpture and woodworking. Organized sculpture exhibitions, workshops, visiting
artist lectures and residencies; secured grants and donations.
Academic Honors | Grants
Imagine Fund Special Event Award, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 2015, 2018
Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program, Advisor, Lauren Fox/ Charlie Mooney/ Carly Odegard, 2019, Rose
Von Muchow/ Fletcher Wolf 2018, Stephen Edstrom/ Maggie Schuster, 2017, Aaron
Becker, 2015
First Year Research and Creative Scholars Program, Advisor, 2018, 2019
Imagine Fund Annual Award, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 2015, 2017
American Latvian Association Cultural Foundation Grant, 2017
Academic Innovation Grant Award (CLA), University of Minnesota, 2017
Starseed Foundation Grant, Sandy, OR 1999, 2002, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2017
APDC Research Grant, St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN 2009, 2013
APDC Travel Grant, St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014
Assistantship Mentoring Project Grant, St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN 2009
Mt Hood Community College Foundation Grant, Gresham, OR 1999, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007
Innovation in Teaching Grant, Mt. Hood Community College, Gresham, OR 1999, 2003,
2008
Merit Award Scholarship, University of Texas, Austin, 1991
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, May 1986
Carrie Jones Cady Award, University of Wisconsin - Madison, March 1985
Winter is Alive! a cooler world carnival, Artistic/ project Director, February 12 – March 7, 2021
Advisory Board, International Conference
on Contemporary Cast Iron Art, (2015 – Current)
50th Annual University of Minnesota Iron Pour and related programs,
Chair, MPLS, MN 2019
8th International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art, Steering committee, International
Liaison Committee Chair (October 2016 - June 2018)
President, International Conference
on Contemporary Cast Iron Art, (2013 – 2015)
Co-Director, 7th
International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art, Pedvāle Open-Air
Art Museum, Latvia (2012 - 2014)
Michael Richards Legacy Project, Preservation
coordinator, Franconia Sculpture Park, MN
Support: Assistantship Mentoring Project Grant, Aga Sulek, SCU, St. Paul, MN (2009
- 2012)
6th IntÕl Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art, Steering committee, Wales (2009 -2010)
5th IntÕl Conf. on Contemporary Cast Iron Art, Steering committee, Ironbridge, UK (2005 - 2006)
Presentations | Panels | Talks
Calculations: Units of Meaurement, Panelist, Rudolstadt, Germany (June 16, 2022)
Intersectional Feminist Caucus: Making Room on the Pour Floor for Diversity and Youth, Panelist, NCCIAP, virtual, 2021
Winter is
Alive!
a
cooler
world
carnival, Artist talk with Karin Wolf, MassCAD, virtual (March 12, 2021)
University of Colorado-Denver, Artist talk, virtual (March 9, 2021)
Global Cooling Generation: Winter is Alive!, Panelist, virtual, (February 25, 2021)
Climate ExChange, Winter is
Alive!
a
cooler
world
carnival, Curator, panelist, virtual, (February 23, 2021)
Cutting In, Artist
McKnight
Discussion Series: Susan Cross, Tamsie Ringler, Piotr Szyhalski, Artist discussion,
Minneapolis Institute of Art (February 15, 2019)
Still Life,
Artist talk, Minneapolis Institute of Art (January 17, 2019)
Iron Activism and Iron Opportunities, Moderator, 8th
ICCCIA, Scranton, PA (June 1, 2018)
ICCCIA:
Past, Present and Future, Panelist, NCCIAP, Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham,
AL 2017
Concept
to Completion, Panelist, Western Cast Iron Art Conference, Scottsdale,
AZ 2016
FIRED:
Iron Artist Panel, Arvada Center, Arvada, CO 2015
Sculptors
that believe and build: Developing Sculpture Parks, Panelist,
NCCIAP, AL 2015
From the
Middle of Nowhere to Somewhere, Panelist, Rural Arts/Culture Summit,
MN 2015
X-treme
Moldmaking: Explorations of space and time, Moderator, NCCIAP, AL 2015
Solitude/
Multitude, Artist talk, University of Minnesota, MPLS 2015
Big Art
Big Iron, Moderator, 7th ICCCIA, Pedvāle Open-Air Art Museum,
Latvia 2014
7th
ICCCIA, Presentation, Western Cast Iron Art Conference, University of Wyoming 2014
ISC Conference, Florida
International University, 2013, NCCIAP,
Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, AL, 2013, NorÕeaster Iron Conference, Buffalo State
University, NY 2012
The Art
and Act of Making, ISC Conference, Panelist, FIU, FL (December 4, 2013)
International
Sculpture Center Conference, 7th ICCCIA, Chicago, IL 2012
Lewis and
Clark College, Artist talk, Portland, OR 2010
University
of Minnesota, Artist talk, Minneapolis, MN 2010
Scripps
College, Artist talk, Los Angeles, CA 2008
Carry on
Casting; Iron after Academia, Panelist, 5th ICCCIA,
Ironbridge, UK 2006
American Association
of University Women, Guest speaker, Gresham, OR 2001
Curator | Juror | Reviewer
Bad Art Show, Juror, Clackamas Community College, Portland, OR 2001
Transferrous: The Art and Act of Iron Casting, Curator, Mt. Hood CC, Gresham, OR 2000
Metal Pour Director | Consultant
Cast
Iron Art - International Festival Project, Artist/
Consultant/ set up metal casting studio, Germany, 2019 - 2024
Dubuque Rendezvous, Organizer, Dubuque, IA (May, 2022)
ACRE
Residency High Fire Program, Instructor/
Consultant/ set up metal casting program, 2020
50th Annual U of M Iron Pour –
IRON50, UMN, MPLS, MN (May 3, 2019)
Community
Collaboration Hot Metal Pour, Franconia Sculpture Park, MN (2009
- 2018)
32nd
Thanksgiving Pour - The
Gravy Pour, MPLS, MN (November 20, 2018)
ValentineÕs
Day Iron Pour, Franconia Sculpture Park, MN (2010 - 2018)
49th Annual U of M Iron Pour - Star
Pours, UMN, MPLS, MN (April 20, 2018)
31st
Thanksgiving Pour - The Pumpkin Pour, UMN, MPLS, MN (November 21, 2017)
48th Annual U of M Iron Pour -
Iron Gothic, MPLS, MN (April 21, 2017)
30th
Thanksgiving Pour, MPLS, MN (November 18, 2016)
47th Annual University of MN Iron
Pour - Iron Disco, MPLS, MN (April 15, 2016)
29th
Turkey Pour - Pardoned Turkey, MPLS, MN (November 23, 2015)
46th Annual University of MN Iron
Pour - New Shoes, MPLS, MN (April 24, 2015)
28th
Turkey Pour - New Blood, University of Minnesota, MPLS, MN (November
25, 2014)
MotherÕs
Day Iron Pour, St. Catherine U, St. Paul, MN (2009 - 2014)
University
of Tennessee - Knoxville, Knoxville, TN 2014
Open
Field Iron Pour, Walker Art Center, MN 2010
MotherÕs
Day Iron Pour, Mt. Hood Community College, Gresham, OR (2006 -
2008)
Iron Up, Pacific
Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR 2008
Victorious
Piggy Lucky Ņ13Ó Iron Pour, Mt. Hood CC, Gresham, OR 2005
Double
Trouble, Iron pour with Boise State University, Mt. Hood CC, OR 2004
Boise
Iron, Iron casting seminar at Boise State University, ID 2003
Iron
Range: From the Mesabi to the Cascades, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR
2000
BarbieÕs First
Pour, Mt Hood Community College, OR 1999
Sand Casting Symposium II, Berllanderi
Sculpture Workshop, 2010
Iron Maidens, Llantarnam Grange Arts
Centre, Exhibition Catalog, Wales, UK
2009
Sand Casting Symposium I, Berllanderi
Sculpture Workshop, 2006
Navy Pier Walk 2005, The
Chicago International Sculpture Exhibition, 2005
Iron Rodeo, Maris
Strautmanis, 2002
Interviews
Living in a Sunlit Garden iin Infinite Night, Kate Seitz, Belwin Conservancy, February, 2021
One on One: Tamsie Ringler & Piotr Szyhalski, Russ White, mplsart.com, January 30, 2019
Shaping Molten Metal with Tamsie Ringler, Kevin Obsatz, UMN, August 6, 2017
Water, Minnesota
Public Radio, May 2016
The Artist from Minnesota, hocTok, arts and culture blog, NYC, March 2015
Diena, Verdošas
Asinis ķeizarkroņu Krāsā, Undīne Adamaite, Latvia,
June 2014
Articles | Reviews | Images
"Winter is Alive" a new documentary encapsulating the spirited insight of the Madison artist community, Grant Phipps, Tone Madison, May 9, 2022
Citywide art event emphasizes climate change amid an arctic blast, Barry Adams, Wisconsin State Journal, Feb 15, 2021
Winter is Alive! lights up Madison with art about climate change, Lindsay Christians, The Capitol Times, Feb 8 2021
Art at the Upper Harbor Terminal Park, Stories up and Down the
River example project image, conceptual prospectus, MPLS, MN 2020
Watershed and Bloodshed, Tony Stoneburner, Poetry
chapbook, River
of Iron, cover image, 2020
Artdose Magazine, On the Rise: Backspace Gallery, Cutting in, Photo, January 2020
Dark Dreams, Still Life, Christina Schmidt, 2019
Resistance and Resilience, St. Paul Almanac, Volume
12, Photo, p. 161, 2019
Gold cars, rare films, and other art happenings É, City Pages, Sheila Regan, January 14, 2019
Still Life Wrought Anew: The Wake, Natalia Poteryakhin, January 10, 2019
Minnesota landscape comes alive in 'Still Life' at MIA, Star Tribune, Alicia Eler, Nov 15, 2018
Tamsie Ringler: Still Life, City Pages, Camille LeFevre, November 2, 2018
Mississippi River Iron Pour with Tamsie Ringler, Star Tribune, Alicia Eler, September 21, 2018
Work by 9/11 victim gets new life at Franconia, St. Paul Pioneer Press, September 2012
Iron women: 16 female artists who sculpt with iron, Star Tribune, Mary Abbe, October 2011
Tough Broads, Scan
Magazine, Judy Arginteanu, October 2011
Casting Call, Blown
Magazine, Image of Transmission performance pour, Wales, August 2010
Collective Endeavour: Casting about for ferrous fellowship, Justine Johnson, UK May 2010
Exposi¨‰o revela poˇtica das trocas, O Globo, Luiz Camillo Os—rio, February 2007
Artists take a bit of PortlandÉ, Portland Tribune, Joseph Gallivan, February 2007
Arte Contra Clichˇs, Veja; Rio Magazine, Isabel Butcher, p. 40 January 2007
O Impˇrio Contra-Ataca, Jornal do Brasil, Dolores Orozco, January 2007
Contra-Ataque ŌMade in USAÕ, O Globo; Rio Show Magazine, Leit‹o Gustavo,
January 2007
Artwork ThatÕs No Work, Chicago Tribune, Doug George, June 2005
Home, Bradford Newquist, Cover image, 2004
Outdoors is the Perfect Gallery, St. Paul Pioneer Press, Mason Riddle, September
2003
Oddball Minnesota,
Jerome Pohlen, Photo, p. 84, 2003
Sculpture Magazine, Commissions, Photo,
December 2001
For Maris