Tamsie Ringler

ringler@tamsie.com

 

 

Education

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

Cutting in, Installation, Backspace Gallery, UW – Madison (November 18 – December 12)
Still Life, Solo exhibition in Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program gallery, Minneapolis Institute of Art, (November 15, 2018 - February 24, 2019) Support: Imagine Fund Annual Award, Belwin Conservancy
Rīta Zieds | Morning Flower, Western North Carolina Sculpture Park
2018   River Lee Project, Durational iron pour performance, IRON-R 18, July 19, National Sculpture Factory, Culture Night Cork City 2018, Exhibition, September 21, National Sculpture Factory, Cork, IE, Support: MCAD/ McKnight Foundation Fellowship

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

2016   Landscapes and Portraits: Iron prints, Solo exhibition, Franconia@Casket Gallery, Minneapolis, MN. With companion catalog, Landscapes and Portraits. Support: Imagine Fund Annual Award, University of Minnesota (February 27 - March 26)
2015   River of Iron: Pouring the Mississippi, Durational iron pour performance, Northern Spark Festival, Weisman Art Museum, MN. Support: McKnight Public Artist Professional Development Grant/ Forecast Public Art, UMN: Imagine Fund Special Event Grant, Foundry Program, U-Spatial, XYZ Lab, UROP, Weisman Art Museum (June 13 - 14, 2015)
2014   Ainavas Galds - Landscape Table, Permanent collection, installed for Iron.Stone Season, Pedvāle Open-Air Art Museum, Latvia. Support: United States Embassy, LV, State Culture Capital Foundation, LV, Talsi Municipality, LV, APDC Research Grant, St. Catherine University, US, Starseed Foundation, US (June 2014 - present)
           Iron.Space Exchange, Landscape exchange and installation, Franconia print, in exhibition, Savienošanas - Coalescence, Talsi Regional Museum, Latvia (June 23 - July 20) Pedvāle print, in exhibition, Iron Show, Franconia Sculpture Park, Minnesota (September 2014 - September 2015) Support: Minnesota State Arts Board, Artist Initiative Grant, 2013
2012   Car Dreams, Installation, Northern Spark Festival, Minneapolis, MN Support: McKnight Public Artist Professional Development Grant/ Forecast Public Art (June 9 - 10)
2010   Transmission, Durational iron pour performance/ installation, 6th International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art, June 8, Palus Somnii - Marsh of Sleep, installation, Kidwelly Ind. Museum, Wales. Support: St Catherine University APDC Research Grant
2009   1994 Oldsmobile Achieva, Installation, Franconia Sculpture Park, MN, Jerome Fellowship
2008   Traveling House of Humanity, Durational installation, multi-locations, Support: RACC Project Grant, Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland, OR/ MN

LaurisÕ Chair, Installation, Monarch Sculpture Park, Tenino, WA

2007   Mare Tranquillitatis - Sea of Tranquility, Installed for TROCA USA, exchange between Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR and A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, BR

Airborne, Solo exhibition, Visual Arts Center Gallery, Mt. Hood Community College, OR

2004   Receptor, Installation, Open Studio Artist, Franconia Sculpture Park, MN

2001   Living Room, Commission for Tri-Met Public Art Program, Gresham Central Transit Center, OR (2001 - 2013)

Landing on Eros, Installation, Franconia Sculpture Park, MN (2001 - 2004)

1999   Greenhouse Effect, Installed for Environmental Issues, St. Catherine University, MN

1998   Porte des Morts, Installation, Open Studio Artist, Franconia Sculpture Park, MN

1997   The Light of the Body, Solo exhibition, Concordia College, St. Paul, 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

1984 - 1985 Fashion for the Nuclear Age, Producer/director, performance art 'fashion show' depicting the onset/outcome of nuclear war. State Street Mall/ Memorial Union, Madison, WI, First Avenue, MPLS, MN, Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL

 

Group Exhibitions | Projects

2022   ECG Chamber, in exhibition, Calculations: Units of Measurement,
Alte Rathaus, Rudolstadt, (July 15 - 27) / Frontviews, Berlin (September), DE
ECG Chamber, in exhibition, One Very Hot Art, Schloss Wolkenburg, Limbach-Oberfrohna, DE (October)

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, in exhibition, Terrarium 15-12-1, in 130 State Street, Madison, WI (April 28 - May 10)

River Lee Project, in exhibition, Western Exhibitionists, Iron Performance Video Exhibition, 7th WCIAA Conference, Passion and Practice, USD, Vermillion (October 5 - 9)

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)

2019   Blanket-piece: Interstate and Defense Highways, in exhibition, Confluence
Safehouse 1 Gallery, London, UK (September 27 – 29)
Painting, in exhibition, Continuum: McKnight Visual Artists Fellows 2014–2018
MCAD, Minneapolis, MN (June 14 – July 15)

Kerrane print, in exhibition, Iron Tribe, New Mexico Highlands University, NM

Potratz print, Neubauer print, Summers print in exhibition, IRON50, Wilson Library, UMN

2018   Darkness, in exhibition, YM#25, yeah maybe Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

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

Miami print, in exhibition, Iron Tribe, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM
2016   Miami print, in exhibition, 20th Annual Alumni Show, FSP@Casket Gallery, MPLS, MN
Miami print, in exhibition, State of Matter, Artists for Art Gallery, Scranton, PA
River of Iron, in exhibition, Silver River, Weisman Art Museum, MPLS, MN
Gotta catch Ōem all, in exhibition, Iron Show, Franconia Sculpture Park, MN
Miami print, in exhibition, Fire+Iron=Art, Curtis Arts and Humanities Center, CO
2015   Carbondale print and Miami print, in exhibition, FIRED: Iron, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, CO
2014   Chorus and Gridiron, in exhibition, Iron Maidens, Artists for Art Gallery, Scranton, PA
2013   HERoica, SOHO20 Chelsea, NYC
Iron Tribe, New Mexico Highlands University, NM
National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art, Birmingham, Alabama

Columbus Invitational, Columbus, IN

Art-a-Whirl, Franconia in the City, Minneapolis, MN
Iron Maidens, Western Carolina University, NC
Metal x 3, Catherine G, Murphy Gallery, St. Catherine University, MN
2012   Salem Print, Salem Art Works, Salem, New York
US/UK Iron Olympic Show, Main Street Gallery, Salem, NY

US/UK Iron Symposium Exhibition, Hunter College, NY

Art-a-Whirl, Franconia in the City, Minneapolis, MN
Iron Maidens, St. Catherine University, St. JohnÕs University, MN
2011   Iron Maidens, Pontardawe Arts Centre, Denbigh Library Gallery, Wales, SCU, MN
Field Trip! Silverwood Park, MN

Iron Cast, Oasis Gallery, Marquette, MI

Cache at the Casket: Franconia in the City, Minneapolis, MN

2010   POUR 2010, Fire and Iron Gallery, Invitational, Surrey, UK

5th Annual Indiana Cast Iron Sculpture Invitational, Columbus, IN

Iron Maidens, 6th ICCCIA, Kidwelly, Wales, UK
           Foot in the Door 4, Minneapolis Institute of Art, MN
2009   Iron Maidens, Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Wales, UK
           North of the 45th Parallel, Devos Art Museum, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI
Indiana Cast Iron Sculpture Invitational, Columbus, IN
Iron Pour Blood, Quarter Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
           Iron Tribe, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM
           Ways of Doing, Catherine G. Murphy Gallery, St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN
2008   USUK Symposium Exhibition, New Cut Arts Centre, Halesworth, UK
           12 Years of Casting Sculpture at Franconia Sculpture Park, Stillwater Public Library, MN
2007   Iron Tribe, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM
           Sculpture Exposition, Clackamas Community College, OR
           Franconia Sculpture Park Hot Metal Pour + Symposium, Franconia Sculpture Park, MN
2006  Iron Show, The Gallery, London, UK
           Symposium Exhibition, Carmarthen School of the Arts, Wales, UK
           Outdoor Sculpture Invitational, Oak Park, IL
           Iron and Steel, Clackamas Community College, OR
2005  Boy Ringler, OHSU Hospital, Portland, OR, January 15, 2005, 10 lb. 13 oz
           Pierwalk 2005, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL, Curated by Peter Schjeldahl, New Yorker art writer
2004   Time Variable Art, Lower Columbia College, WA

Sculpture Invitational, Clackamas Community College, OR

FORMed, Mt. Hood Community College, Gresham, OR

2003   Iron Rodeo, Center on Contemporary Arts, Seattle, WA, Spokane Falls CC, WA

Time Variable Art, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR

Iron Tribe, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM

UN-6, SeaTac International Airport, Seattle, WA

2002   Ferro Chakra Fusion, Performer, 4th ICCCIA, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ

Iron Ore Bronze Extravaganza, Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, MN

Fire to Form - Cast Iron 2002, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ

Sketchy 1, Franconia Sculpture Park, MN

2000 - 1989 (Selections)

Iron Range: From the Mesabi to the Cascades, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR, 2000

Femme: Iron Molten Metal Elements, Catherine Murphy Gallery, St. Paul, MN, 2000

Transferrous: The Art and Act of Iron Casting, Mt. Hood CC, Gresham, OR, 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

 

Collections | Commissions
Hull-Rust-Mahoning Table, Permanent collection, Caponi Art Park, MN, 2022
Chair, Permanent collection, West Harbor, WI 2022
Ūdens Galds | Water Table, Permanent collection, Stevens Point Sculpture Park, WI, 2020
Iron Mississippi, Capitol Region Watershed District, St. Paul, MN, 2018
River of Iron, Weisman Art Museum, MPLS, MN, 2017
Ainavas Galds - Landscape Table, Pedvāle Open-Air Art Museum, LV, 2014
Knotty Knot, Private collection, MN, 2011
Bloom, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND, 2010
Receptor, Chicago Park District, Touhy Park, Chicago, IL, 2009
Porte des Morts, Skokie/NorthShore Sculpture Park, Chicago, IL, 2009

LaurisÕ Chair, Monarch Sculpture Park, Seattle, WA, 2008

Couch, Clackamas Community College, Portland, OR, 2004
Couch, Mt. Hood Community College, Gresham, OR, 2001
Living Room, Gresham Central Transit Center, Tri-Met Public Art Program, OR (2001-2013)
 
Residencies | Symposia
Cast Iron Art – International Festival Project, Resident artist, Thringen, Germany, 2019 – 2024
Festival of High Temperatures, Featured resident artist including workshop, lecture and performative event, Wroclaw Academy of Art and Design, Wroclaw, PL (June 13 - 25, 2019)
Iron-R 18, Featured resident artist including workshop, lecture and performative event, Crawford College of Art and National Sculpture Factory, Cork IE (July 16 - 21, 2018)
Guesthouse, Resident artist, Cork, IE (July 10 – 23, 2018)
Community Collaboration Iron Pour Residency, Lead artist, Franconia SP, MN (2009 - 2018) 
Visiting Artist Residency: Ojars Feldbergs/ Laura Feldberga, Organizer, FSP, MCAD, UMN (March 18 - April 15, 2017)
Belwin Conservancy, Resident artist, Afton, MN (October 2016 - February 2017)
Iron.Stone Symposium, Resident artist, Pedvāle Open-Air Art Museum, LV (May - June 2014)
10th International Iron Symposium, Resident artist, Serde Residency, Aizpute, Latvia 2013
International Sculpture Center Iron Pour, Resident artist, Florida International University 2013
USUK International Sculpture Symposium, Resident Artist, Salem Art Works, NY 2012
Berllanderi Sculpture Symposium, Resident artist, Wales, UK 2010
TROCA USA, Resident artist in cultural exchange, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR and A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, BR 2007
Berllanderi Sculpture Symposium, Resident artist, Wales, UK 2006
Berllanderi Sculpture Workshop, Resident artist, Wales, UK 2005
Iron Rodeo, Organizer, Ten-day iron casting residency and workshop. Co-curated by Lee

Musgrave, Director of Contemporary Exhibitions, Maryhill Museum of Art, WA 2002

Ferrendipity, Resident artist, 3rd US/UK Iron Casting Seminar, Yew Tree, Suffolk, UK 1999

Chaos of the Elements, Resident artist, 2nd US/UK Iron Casting Seminar, FSP, MN 1998

 

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 North Florida, Jacksonville, FL, March 14, 2016
University of Colorado - Denver, Denver, CO 2015     
Annual University of Minnesota Iron Pour, MPLS 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014
University of Tennessee - Knoxville, Knoxville, TN 2014
Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL 2012
State University of New York, Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, NY 2011
Northshore Iron Pour, Duluth, MN 2010

 

Teaching Experience

Lecturer

University of Wisconsin – Madison (Fall, 2020 - current)

SculptureI/II, Installations and Environments, Advanced Sculpture Workshop I/II, Introduction to Art, Foundry

 
Term Assistant Professor of Sculpture, Foundry Area Head

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (2014 - 2019)

Teach sculpture and foundry at introductory/ advanced/ graduate level. Oversee foundry studio and curriculum and advise undergraduate and graduate students. Organize workshops, visiting artist residencies, lectures and professional opportunities for students. Secure grants and donations for student research and sculpture program advancement through digital studio enhancement. Participate in Departmental and College initiatives and committees.

 
Associate Professor of Sculpture, Sculpture Area Head

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.

 
Visual Arts Instructor, Sculpture Area Head

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.

 

Adjunct Professor

St. Catherine University: Sculpture, 3D Design, 2D Design, St. Paul, MN (1996 -1998)

Normandale Community College: Drawing, Sculpture, Minneapolis, MN 1996, 1998

Winona State University: Sculpture, 3D Design, Winona, MN 1992

 

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

 
Professional Service

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)

Board of Directors, Franconia Sculpture Park, MN (2011 - 2020)

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 talk, University of Wisconsin-Madison, (November 20, 2019)

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

IRON50 Exhibition, Organizer, curator, Caponi Art Park, Eagan, MN 2022
Terrarium 15-12-1, Organizer, curator, 130 State Street pop-up gallery, Madison, WI 2022
Winter is Alive! a cooler world carnival, Artistic director, curator, Madison, WI 2021
Belwin Conservancy, Juror, artist in residence program, Minnesota, 2020
South Loop Sculpture Review Panel, Reviewer, City of Bloomington, MN, 2019
50 x 50: UMN Foundry Alumnae, Organizer, Quarter Gallery, UMN, 2019
Community Casting Exhibition, Organizer, Wilson Library, UMN, 2019
Iron Residency Selection panel, Franconia SP, MN (2010 - 2019) 
Jerome Fellowship Selection panel, Franconia SP, MN (2010 - 2018) 
All for Art Show, Juror, Anoka-Ramsey Community College, Coon Rapids MN 2015
Your Art Here, Juror, Silverwood Park, Three Rivers Park District, St. Anthony MN 2015
Arts Learning Panel, Reviewer, Minnesota State Arts Board, MN 2014
NEMAA Fall Arts Festival, Juror, Minneapolis, MN 2014
Iron Maidens, US Curator/ Exhibition Coordinator, John W. Bardo Fine Arts Center, Western Carolina University, SC 2013, Target Gallery, St. JohnÕs University, St. Cloud, MN 2012
Catherine G. Murphy Gallery, St. Catherine University, MN 2011  
Regional Arts and Culture Council, Artist selection panel, Portland, OR 2008
FORMed, Curator, Regional sculpture professors, Mt. Hood CC, Gresham, OR 2004
Iron Rodeo, Curator, Exhibition of work from residency at Maryhill Museum of Art 2002
Center on Contemporary Arts, Seattle / Spokane Falls Community College, WA 2003

Bad Art Show, Juror, Clackamas Community College, Portland, OR 2001

Iron Range: From the Mesabi to the Cascades, Curator, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR 2000

Transferrous: The Art and Act of Iron Casting, Curator, Mt. Hood CC, Gresham, OR 2000

Five Million DollarsÕ Worth of Art, Organized 'art-store', New Gallery, Austin, TX 1990

Art in Protest of Nuclear War, Organizer, exhibitor, Main Gallery, UW Madison, WI 1984

 

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

 

Catalogues

Calculations: Units of Meaurement, Exhibition catalog, Alte Rathaus, Rudolstadt, DE, July 2022, Frontviews, Berlin, DE, September, 2022

Landscapes and Portraits, Ringler, T.  2016, Exhibition catalog, Casket Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, Publisher, Kala Raksti, Latvia, 46 pages, (ISBN: 978-9984-871-43-1) Essays: Diane Mullin,

Senior Curator, Weisman Art Museum, MN, Amy Hamlin, Associate Professor of Art History, St. Catherine University, MN. Design: Laura Feldberga, Riga, Latvia

Iron.Stone Symposium, Pedvāle Open-Air Art Museum, Latvia, June 2014

Savienošanās - Coalescence, Latvia Talsi Regional Museum, June 2014

7th ICCCIA, Pedvāle Open-Air Art Museum, Editor, Latvia, June 2014

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

 

Documentary | Video | Music

Winter is Alive!, Documentary, Aaron Granat and Gracie Wallner, 2022

Gresham Central Living Room, from The Transit Suite by Dr. Something/ Alison Dennis, 2019

The Lee Project Iron Pour, Lars OÕToole, 8:36, 2018

Iron-R 2018, Tomas Penc, 10:21, 2018

River of Iron, Nicole Brending, 2015 (Screenings: Minneapolis/ St. Paul IntÕl Film Festival, MN, 2016, Fire at the Furnace, Scranton, PA, 2016, Public Art on Screen, MPLS, MN 2015)

Čuguna mākslas simpozijs Aizputē, Aizputes TV, Latvia, July 2013

The Sculpture of Tamsie Ringler, Bad Maria Productions, Metro-East Community Media, 2008

First Tuesday Arts Program, Metro-East Community Media, Lugton/ Canty, March 2008

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

 

 

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