Tamsie Ringler
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 Children’s
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 (Feb 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
Lauris’ 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 Thomasina’s 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
2023 Stasczak Print, in exhibition, International Contemporary Cast Iron Sculpture Exhibition, Academy of Art and Design, Wroclaw, PL (February 1 - 18)
2022 ECG Chamber, in exhibition, Calculations: Units of Measurement,
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,
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 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: 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 ‘em 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. John’s 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
Thomasina’s 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
Lauris’ 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
Visiting Artist Residency, Fort Hays State University, Kansas, (October 9 - 17, 2023)
Cast Iron Art – International Festival Project, Resident artist, Thüringen, Germany, 2019, 2022
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
Lecturer
University of Wisconsin – Madison (2020 - 2023)
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
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 Int’l Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art, Steering committee, Wales (2009 -2010)
5th Int’l Conf. on Contemporary Cast Iron Art, Steering committee, Ironbridge, UK (2005 - 2006)
Presentations | Panels | Talks
Iron Movements, Artist talk, Fort Hays State University, Kansas (October 11, 2023)
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, 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, Nor’easter 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. John’s
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
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
Dollars’ 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)
Valentine’s
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)
Mother’s
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
Mother’s
Day Iron Pour, Mt. Hood Community College, Gresham, OR (2006 -
2008)
Iron Up, Pacific
Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR 2008
Victorious
Piggy Lucky “13” 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
Barbie’s 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 O’Toole,
8:36, 2018
Iron-R 2018, Tomas Penc, 10:21, 2018
River of Iron, Nicole Brending, 2015 (MSP International Film Festival,
MN, 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, 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 …, 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
Exposiçâo revela poética das trocas, O Globo, Luiz Camillo Osório, February 2007
Artists take a bit of Portland…, Portland Tribune, Joseph Gallivan, February 2007
Arte Contra Clichés, Veja; Rio Magazine, Isabel Butcher, p. 40 January 2007
O Império Contra-Ataca, Jornal do Brasil, Dolores Orozco, January 2007
Contra-Ataque ‘Made in USA’, O Globo; Rio Show Magazine, Leitão Gustavo,
January 2007
Artwork That’s 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