GILDA OLIVER

| Education | Commissions | Honors | Magazine Articles | Solo Shows | Group Shows | Collections | Critical Reviews | Galleries |
| Specialized Teaching Skills | Related Teaching Experience | Catalogs | Recent Shows | Workshops | Residences |

COMMISSIONS
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Portrait Sculpture, David McCain
2001 Nominated for 1992 Pulitzer Prize Award.

Portrait Sculpture, Margaret Gibson
2001 Nominated for 1993 Pulitzer Prize Award

Portrait Sculpture, B.F. Skinner
1995 Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies
Cambridge, MA

Portrait Sculpture, George Orwell
1988 American Privacy Foundation
Wellesley, MA

Portrait Sculpture, Dr. Cutler-West
1988  Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies
Cambridge, MA

Portrait Sculpture, Mark Phillips,
1987Mark Phillips
Ischua,  NY

Portrait Sculpture, Heather
1984 Mackenzie-Childs, Ltd.
Aurora, NY

HONORS
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American Ceramics Magazine, Winter Issue 2006
Naomi Silva Gallery, Gilda Oliver, Recent Works Show Reviewed.

Ceramic Review, May/June 2001
"Divine Light" by Paul Spencer

Art News Magazine,  Nov 2000

Marrying the Sea by Janice Kulyk Keiffer
book cover, Sculpture "Penelope's Dream,” 1998.

Tiffany Comfort Award Nomination, 2000

Fulbright Finalist, 1997

MAGAZINE ARTICLES
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Ceramics Technical “Oversized Clay Heads and their Moulds”  January 2006

Korean Ceramics Monthly “Gilda Oliver’s Angelic Creatures and Moldmaking Techniques” by Shin Yeon Jeon October 2005

Ceramic Art and Perception “Gilda Oliver’s Angelic Creatures” by Walter Kaufmann March 2005

Ceramics Technical, August 2002, p. 100 "Molds and Glazes for Sculptures"

Ceramics Monthly, May 1997, p. 53. "Poetic Portraits”

Ceramics Monthly, September 1995, p. 71 "Simple Molds and Reduced Lusters"

SOLO SHOWS
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2005  September 9-October 10 “Gilda Oliver- Recent Works” Naomi Silva. (Atlanta, GA)

2005  March-April “Karma- Recent Works by Gilda Oliver-NCECA 2005 Tour-de-Clay” Carrol Museum. (Baltimore, MD)

2004  March 20 – May 19 “New Sculptures and Murals” Clayplace Gallery. (Pittsburgh, PA)

2004  Feb 10 - March 20. “New Sculptures and Drawing” Reqina Quick Arts Center, St. Bonaventure. (Olean, NY)

2002  Apr 1- May 15 "Spirit Stones 2" Detroit Contemporary Gallery. (Grosse Pointe, MI)

2001 "Spirit Stones," A.R.C. Gallery. (Chicago, IL)

1998  Jul 31 - Sept 15 "Penelope's Dream," Pewabic Pottery. (Detroit, MI)

1998 Oct  8 - Nov  10 "Dream Fossils," University of Liggett School, (Grosse Pointe Woods, MI)

1995  Sept 14 - October 13 "Illuminations," University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, Hanley Galler. (Bradford, PA)

GROUP SHOWS
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2005 Winter Show Baltimore Clay Works. (Baltimore, MD)

2005 Walking Clay at Gallery Pahk June-July. (Manhattan, NY )

2005 Summer Breeze Show at Gallery Pahk July- September. (Manhattan, NY)

2000-2005 Sculptural Objects and Functional Art, 7th Regiment Armory. (Manhattan, NY)

2001  May 18-20 Pewabic Pottery Annual Show. (Birmingham, MI)

1998  Swords and Plowshares Gallery. (Detroit, MI)

COLLECTIONS
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2005 Collection of David Swersby and Jane Solstice. (Manhattan, NY)

2005 Collection of Norman Haskoe. (Greenwich, CN)

2002 Longhouse Sculpture Garden. (East Hampton, NY)

2001 Renwick Collection. Smithsonian Institution. (Washington, DC)

2001 Edward Roberts Collection. (New York, NY)

1999 Ron Kuchta. (New York, NY)

1998 Richard Rollins. (Bloomfield Hills, MI)

1997 Ray Zimmerman. (Bloomfield Hills, MI)

1996  Timothy Mast. (Bloomfield Hills, MI)

1995 David McKain and Margaret Gibson. ( Providence, RI)

1988 Robert and Jane Saltonstall, Jr. (Concord, MA)

1988 Victoria and Richard MacKenzie-Childs, Ltd. (Aurora, NY)

1984 Lillian Hellman. (New York, NY)

1. Wells College, Aurora, NY

CRITICAL REVIEWS
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"Poetry Reading, Artist Reception Set,"
Olean Times Herald, Nov 20, 1998, p. A10

"Large Seashells Magnify Nature's Glory,"
Detroit Free Press, Keri Cohen, Sept 23, 1998

GALLERIES
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2005-2006 Baltimore Clay Works. (Baltimore, MD)

2005-2006 RubenellArt. (Tulsa, OK)

2005-2006 Naomi Silva Gallery. (Atlanta, GA)

1997-2006 Loveed Fine Art. (New York, NY)

1989-1995 Brickbottom Gallery. (Somerville, MA)

1992-1993 Bella Luna Gallery. (Boston, MA)

1988-1990 Cambridge Art Association. (Cambridge, MA)

1985-1989 Copley Society. (Boston, MA)

SPECIALIZED TEACHING SKILLS
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Foundation Courses:
2D and 3D design, color and light, figurative painting and drawing, beginning printmaking.

Painting and Drawing:
Beginning and advanced figurative, including portrait art. Oil, acrylic and watercolor techniques, also abstract techniques

Sculpture:
Mixed Media. Advanced figurative and non-figurative plaster mold making. Bronze casting and all types of resin mold making.

Ceramics: Beginning and Advanced Pottery:
Advanced figurative and non-figurative. Hand building, slab building, specialized techniques: low fire special glaze effects, including oxidation and reduction luster glazes. Plaster mold-making.

Two-Dimensional Arts
Variety of media and techniques including collograph (materials and processes), monoprint and monotype, oil painting, photo oil painting, B/W photographic processes and projection.

Photoshop CS
Currently enrolled in classes and seminars to achieve certificated to teach beginning Photoshop.

Printmaking
All types of beginning printmaking techniques.

RELATED TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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Baltimore Clay Works (2004-2006)
Teaching Adults and Children pottery, clay hand-building, and plaster mold making.
Mural mosaic projects with inner city schools.

St. Bonaventure University (2003)
Teacher and Chairperson of Foundation Art Program
Beginning pottery, 3-D design, print making.

Jamestown Community College, Olean, NY (2002-2003)
Teacher
Prehistoric and Renaissance-Art History, Beginning Drawing.

Wayne State University, Detroit, MI (2001-2002)
Adjunct Teacher
Color and Light Theory, 2D-Design.

Center for Creative Studies (CCS). Detroit, MI (1999-2001)
Teacher
Advanced and beginning drawing, color & light theory.

Detroit Friends School, Detroit, Michigan (1998-2001)
Teacher
All subjects, Kindergarten - Eighth Grade

Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI ( 1997-1998)
Teacher
Advanced and beginning hand building clay, advanced and beginning tile-making

Cambridge Art Association, MA (1994)
Director, Corporate Sales and Rentals

Wells College Aurora, New York, NY (1988 - 1992)
Teacher's Assistant

CATALOGS
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Gallery Artist of Loveed Gallery
Sculptural Objects and Functional Art.
New York, NY  20003

RECENT SHOWS
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“Gilda Oliver- Recent Works”
Naomi Silva, Atlanta, G.A.
September 9, 2005 to October 10, 2005

"New Sculptures and Drawings"
The Regina Quick Arts Center, Olean, NY
March, 2004 to April, 2005

WORKSHOPS
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Baltimore Clayworks (2005-2006)

Subcon Industries Rehab Center, Olean, NY
Tile making for 100 + clients. (2004)

Cattaraugus County Council on The Arts, Olean, NY
50 ceramic tile and pottery-making, drawing portrait workshops. (2002-2003)

Seneca Indian Reservation, Salamanca, NY
Giant ceramic tile mosaic. Miniature tiles and pottery throwing. (2002-2003)

Detroit Academy of Art & Academics, Detroit, MI
Ceramic "Mathematical mural" 1000+ pieces. A.C.E.S. Art Centered Educational Methods to improve math skills. Special glaze techniques including liquid gold and iridescent Persian luster. (1997-2001)

University of Liggett School, Grosse Pointe, MI
Hand pressed clay into plaster molds for hand-building clay sculptures. (1998)

RESIDENCES
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Baltimore Office of Arts and Promotions, Baltimore, MD
Mural Tile/Mosaic Project with Pimlico Elementary
March to April 2006

Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI
Artist in residence
August 1997 to August 1998

University of Liggett School, Grosse Pointe, MI
Artist in residence
October 1998 to November 1998

SLIDES AND VIDEO TAPES
Available Upon Request

WEBSITE
www.GildaOliver.com