Frank Boyden

(American)

large platter - salmon and raven by frank boyden

Frank Boyden

Large Platter - Salmon and Raven

Price on Request

Biography

Timeline

1942
born
1965
B.A. Colorado College, Major in Art
1968
M.F.A. and B.F.A., Yale University, School of Art, Major in Painting
1970
Conceived, organized and built Sitka Center for Art and Ecology on the Salmon River estuary, Otis, Oregon.
1971 - 2007
Self-employed artist, working in ceramics, prints,
1990
Contributing Artist, Oregon Historical Society
1991
Conceived and organized Margery Davis Boyden Writer's Residency Program.
1995
Received Oregon Governor's Art Award

Exhibitions

2007
Conversations Across Time: Rembrandt, Ensor, Boyden, C.G. Boerner Gallery, New York.
Woodfire, Chemeketa Community, Colllege, Salem, Oregon.
Foundry Gallery, Walla Walla Foundry, Walla Walla, Washington.
Porcelain Exhibition, University of Wisconsin. Whitewater, Wisconsin.
2006
Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, Oregon. Ceramics by Frank Boyden, Jun Kaneko, Geoffrey Pagen and Don Reitz.
Frank Boyden and Jean Vollum, Oregon College of Arts and Crafts, Portland, Oregon.
20 years of Tozan Kilns, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona.
Historic Ceramics, Contemporary Crafts, Portland, Oregon.
Baltimore Clay Works, Baltimore, Maryland.
Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, Oregon. “The Empathies” prints.

Public Collections

Albuquerque Museum of Art
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
J.Paul Getty Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
New York Public Library
Yale Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California
Taideteollisuusmuseo (National Museum of Applied Art), Helsinki, Finland
Gordon Gilkey Print Collection, Portland Art Museum, Oregon

Literature

2008
Coexistence with Fire, Wood-Fired Ceramics by Frank Boyden, 1985-2006, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA, 2008
On the River through the Valley of Fire, The Collaborative Ceramics of Frank Boyden and Tom Coleman, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA, 2008
2007
Conversations across Time: Rembrandt, Ensor, Boyden. 120 page catalogue published by C.G. Boerner Gallery, NY, in conjunction with exhibition, 2007.
2006
Frank Boyden|The Empathies, with companion prose by David James Duncan and Kim Stafford, 80-page book published by Hallie Ford Museum, Willamette University, Salem, Oregon, 2006.
Frank Boyden Prints and Books, by Prudence F. Roberts and Ian H. Boyden, 152-page book published by Hallie Ford Museum, Willamette University, Salem, Oregon, in conjunction with retrospective print exhibition, 2006.
2004
The Irreverences, Provocations, and Connivances of Uncle Skulky, Portland Art Museum, 2004.
2003
Soul of a Bowl, Contemporary Crafts Museum and Gallery, Portland, OR, 2003