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GARTH CLAASSEN
EDUCATION
| 1993 | Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Arts, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa |
| 1991 | Ph.D., History of Art, School of Fine Arts, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana |
| 1985 | M.A., History of Art, School of Fine Arts, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. |
| 1979 | Higher Diploma of Education, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa |
| 1978 | Graduate Studies in Ceramics, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa |
| 1976 | B.A.F.A., University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. |
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
| 2007 | Affair @ The Jupiter Hotel, Stewart Gallery, Portland, OR |
| 2006 | Winter Group Exhibition, Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID |
| 2005 | Drawings, Paintings & Sculpture: Garth Claassen & Frances Fox,
Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID |
| 2004 | The Contemplative and the Contested Landscape: Garth Claassen &
John Taye, Herrett Museum, College of Southern Idaho, Twin
Falls, ID |
| 2004 | Ubu Roi production, set decoration & program illustration, Albertson
College of Idaho, Caldwell, ID |
| 2003 | Idaho Commission on the Arts Visual Arts Fellowship Touring Exhibition |
| 2001 | 9/11, Group exhibition commemorating victims of the September 11,
Visual Arts Center, Boise State University, Boise, ID |
| 2001 | Estone Perpetua: Nameless Emperors and the Great Seal of Idaho, (solo show) Rosenthal Gallery, Albertson College of Idaho, Caldwell, ID |
| Faculty/Staff exhibition, Rosenthal Gallery, Albertson College of Idaho,
Caldwell, ID |
| 1998 | Idaho Triennial, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID |
| 1998 | Faculty Exhibition, Rosenthal Gallery of Art, Albertson College of
Idaho, Caldwell, ID |
| 1998 | Do It, conceptual art exhibition, Visual Arts Center, Boise State
University, Boise, ID |
| 1998 | Hands in Clay: Exhibition of drawings at the Boise Art Museum. |
| 1996 | Drawings and Sculptures (solo show), Takami Gallery, Treasure Valley Community College, Ontario, Oregon |
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Faculty Exhibition, Rosenthal Gallery of Art, Albertson College of
Idaho |
| 1995 | Idaho Triennial, 1995 (Drawings) Boise Art Museum |
| Faculty Exhibition, Rosenthal Gallery of Art, Albertson College of
Idaho, Caldwell, ID |
| 1993 | Joy of Making (ceramics and drawings) Goodman Gallery,
Johannesburg, South Africa |
| 1992 | Three Natal Artists: Juliet Armstrong, Garth Claassen, Terence King,
(ceramics and drawings) Natal Society of Arts Gallery, Durban, South Africa |
| 1992 | Contemporary Ceramics in South Africa, Tatham Art Gallery,
Pietermaritzburg, South Africa |
SELECTED GRANTS, HONORS & AWARDS
| 2002 | Idaho Commission on the Arts Fellowship Award, Boise, ID |
| 2001 | Exhibition QuickArt$ Grant, Idaho Commission on the Arts, Boise, ID |
| 1995 | National Endowment Summer Travel Grant to Art Students League, New York, NY |
| 1987 | Samuel A. Kress Foundation Fellowship for dissertation research in Art History. |
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Tatham Art Gallery, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
University of Durban-Westville, Durban, South Africa
University of Natal, Law Library, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
Durban Art Gallery, Durban, South Africa
Boise Art Museum, Boise, Idaho
Stewart Gallery, Boise
PUBLICATIONS
Schnoor, Christopher “Garth Claassen at Stewart” (exhibition review) Art in America
(Jan 2006), p.126
“Best Gallery Exhibit: Garth Claassen at the Stewart Gallery,” Boise Weekly,
Best of Boise,
Sept 28-October Oct 4, 2005 issue, p. 30
Schnoor, Christopher “Art of War” Boise Weekly, Mar 30, 2005 (review: Stewart
Gallery exhibition)
Idaho Commission on the Arts Visual arts Fellowship Exhibition, 2003 (Catalogue)
Garrett, Barbara “Fellowship,” Black Canyon Quarterly (Spring 2003), 71-79
“Notebook,” Big Sky Journal (Arts Issue 2002), pp.94-5
Hoffman, Nathaniel “Interpreting Idaho’s Imagery,” Idaho Press Tribune June 20,
2002, p.1A
Sewell, Cynthia, “Hands in Clay,” Sun Valley Art (Winter 2000), pp. 64-66.
Boise Art Museum, 1998 Idaho Triennial Exhibition (Catalogue) Boise, 1998, p. 7.
Boise Art Museum, 1995 Idaho Triennial Exhibition (Catalogue) Boise 1995, p. 7.
Cruise, W. & D. Hemp Contemporary Ceramics in South Africa. Cape Town, 1991, pp.110-11; 189
Fransen, H. Three Centuries of South African Art, Johannesburg, 1982.
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