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Born: 1942, Portland, OR

EDUCATION

Yale University, School of Art, M.F.A. and B.F.A., Painting 1968
Colorado College, B.A., Art 1965

GRANTS AND AWARDS

Governor's Award, Oregon Arts Commission, Salem, OR 1995
Individual Artist Grant, Oregon Arts Commission, for travel to Russia 1991
Art Advocates, Portland, OR, Commission to construct Anagama kiln designed by Katsuyuki Sakazume 1984
Crafts Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts 1981
Individual Artist Grant, Oregon Arts Commission, for study of ceramics in Peru and Ecuador 1977

ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

“On the River through the Valley of Fire: The Collaborative Ceramics of Frank Boyden and Tom Coleman,”
American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA 2008-2009
The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006
Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Salem, OR 2006
Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA 2004
Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR 1981, 1984, 1996
Magic Mud, Northwest Invitational, Three Museums in Idaho, MT 1996
Clay-Wood-Fire-Salt National Invitational, Contemporary Artifacts Gallery, Berea, KN 1996
Moira James Gallery, Green Valley, NV 1991
Salishan Lodge, Gleneden Beach, OR 1980, 1984, 1985, 1990
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA 1990
Leedy Voulkos Gallery, Kansas City, MO 1990
Dawson Gallery, Rochester, NY 1985, 1986, 1989
Lawrence Gallery, Portland, OR 1986, 1988
Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA 1987
Tongass Historical Museum, Ketchikan, AK 1987
Oregon Health Sciences Center, Portland, OR 1987
Martha Schneider Gallery, Highland Park, IL 1987

ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS (continued)

Grove Gallery, University of California, San Diego, CA 1987
Dawson Gallery, Rochester, NY 1985, 1986, 1987
Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA 1986
Craftsmen's Conference, Ballyvaughan, Ireland 1985
Elaine Potter Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1985
Elements Gallery, New York, NY 1982, 1984
Governor's Office, Capitol Building, Salem, OR 1984
Clay and Fiber, Taos, NM 1983
Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL 1983
Northwest Crafts Center, Seattle, WA 1978, 1980
White Bird Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR 1978, 1979, 1980
Fountain Gallery, Portland, OR 1979
Four Elements Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1978
Hoffman Gallery, Portland, OR 1976
“Paintings by Frank Boyden,” Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 1968

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 1991, 1992, 1995, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008
“Conversations Across Time: Rembrandt, Anselm and Boyden,” C.G. Boerner Fine Art Dealers 2007
“20th Anniversary Group Show,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2006
“2006 Sitka Art Invitational,” Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, World Forestry Center, Portland, OR 2006
“Six Potters from Oregon,” Stewart-Kummer Gallery, Gualala, CA 2006
“Jean Vollum & Frank Boyden,” Hoffman Gallery, Oregon College of Art & Craft, Portland, OR 2006
“War Drawings,” Visual Arts Gallery, Mt. Hood Community College, Portland, OR 2005
“Altered States: Variations on the print,” Prints Arts Northwest, Portland, OR 2005
"Particles & Passion: The Art of Clay," Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD 2005
Porcelain in the Anagama, Meredith Gallery, Baltimore, MD 2005
"Sculpture form the Walla Walla Foundry," The Museum of Art, Washington State University,
Pullman, WA 2004
Beppu Gallery, Pacific City, OR 2004
"Prints from Ray Trayle Presses," Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR 2004
"The Enchantment of the Artist's Book," Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 2004
“Soul of a Bowl,” Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR 2004
“21st Century Ceramics,” Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH 2003
Galerie Besson, London, England 2003
“Correspondence," Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR 2003
“Bendel with Friends,” Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, MO 2002
“Vessel Invitational 2002,” Danielson Art Gallery, Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester, NY 2002
Armory National Ceramics Invitational, West Palm Beach, FL 2002
Vermont Clay Studio, Waterbury, VT 2001
Santa Fe Clay Studio, Santa Fe, NM 2001
“15th Anniversary Group Show,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2001
“Clay Today,” Borby Castle Gallery, Skaelskor, Denmark 2000
“Clay Today,” Grimmerhus Museum, Middlefart, Denmark 2000
Hubbard McGrath Gallery, Denver, CO 2000
“Northwest Sculptors,” Maryhill Museum, Maryhill, WA 2000
“Northwest Print Invitational: Part II: Oregon,” Davidson Galleries, Portland, OR 2000

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (continued)

“Millennium Exhibition,” Gallerie Besson, London, England 1999
“International Woodfired Ceramics Conference,” University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 1999
“Frozen Moments: Contemporary Still Life in the Northwest,” Bush Barn , Salem, OR 1999
“Global Ceramics,” Babel, Amsterdam, Landsmeer, The Netherlands 1998
“Drawing on Clay,” Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD 1998
“Woodfired Invitational: Ten American Potters,” Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Il 1998
Bellevue Sculpture Exhibition, Bellevue, WA 1998
“Outdoor Sculpture’98,” Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, WA 1998
“Prints and Drawings,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 1998
“Woodfired Ceramics at Hard Work University,” College of the Ozarks, MO 1997
“Cast Contemporary Sculpture,” Walla Walla Foundry at Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA 1997
“International Print Exhibition,” Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 1997
“Prints Past and Present,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 1997
“25 Years of Clay,” Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR 1996
“Magic Mud,” traveling exhibition to museums in Idaho and Montana 1996
“Clay-Wood-Fire-Salt,” Contemporary Artifacts Gallery, Berea, KY 1996
Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR 1995
“Contemporary Totems,” Bush Barn, Salem, OR 1995
“Teapots and Plates,” Mt. Hood Community College, Gresham, OR 1995
“Clay Today,” Grimmerhus Museum, Fyn, Denmark 1995
“The Contemporary Tea Bowl,” Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA 1994
“Discerning Passion,” Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 1994
“Year of the Crafts,” Maveety Gallery, Gleneden Beach, OR 1993
Mendelson Gallery, Washington Depot, CT 1993
“Frank Boyden, Torbjorn Kvasbo, and Paul Jensen,” Gallerie Norbey, Copenhagen, Denmark 1993
“Cire Perdue: Cast Bronze Invitational,” Chemeketa Community College, Salem, OR 1993
“Woodfired Ceramics Invitational,” Hand and the Spirit Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ 1993
“Reflective Environments,” Bush Barn, Salem, OR 1993
“American Crafts: The Nation's Collection,” Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 1992
Leedy Voulkos Gallery, Kansas City, MO 1992
“Clay Today,” Posio, Finland 1992
Maveety Gallery, Gleneden Beach, OR 1992
“Raku: Transforming the Tradition” traveling exhibition 1990-1992
“American Woodfire,” University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA 1991
“Woodfire,” Mesa Art Center, Mesa, AZ 1991
Het Koetshuis, Roden, Holland 1991
“Ashen Beauty: Woodfired Ceramics of Ten Americans” traveling exhibition 1989-1991
“Frank Boyden and Paul Jensen,” Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, Trondheim, Norway 1991
Kunsthallen Brants Klaedefabrik, Odense, Denmark 1990
“Anagama,” Kunst und Keramiek, Deventer, The Netherlands 1990
Oregon Historical Society, Portland, OR 1990
“Findings: A Recognition of Ceramic Excellence,” Boston Society of Arts and Crafts, MA 1990
Kunsthallen Brants Klaedefabrik, Odense, Denmark 1990
Maveety Gallery, Portland, OR 1989
“Contemporary Cups,” traveling exhibition to 11 museums in Oregon, Alaska, British Columbia,
and Ontario 1988
“Recent Acquisitions,” Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 1988
McQuarry Gallery, Sydney, Australia 1988
“Northwest Clay 1988,” Littman Gallery, Portland, and Coos Bay Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR 1988
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (continued)

“Porcelain,” Northern Arizona University Art Museum 1987
“Northwest Ceramics Today,” Boise State University, Boise, ID 1987
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO 1987
Gummeson Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden 1987
“Clay as Art,” Arabia Porcelain Factory, Helsinki, Finland; Stockholm, Sweden; Oslo, Norway 1986-1987
“Wood-Fired Ceramics,” Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA 1986
“Potters and Painters,” Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR 1986
“Teabowls by Frank Boyden and Tom Coleman,” Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR 1986
“Burren Impact,” Dublin, Ireland 1986
Salishan Lodge Gallery, Gleneden Beach, OR 1980-1985
“Functional Ceramics 1985,” College of Wooster, Wooster, OH 1985
“Clay 2 Sides,” American-Canadian Exhibition sponsored by Ontario Arts Council, Toronto 1985
“American Craft Traditions,” San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, CA 1984
“Teabowls by Frank Boyden and Tom Coleman,” Studio Potter, Middlebury, VT 1984
Stone Press Gallery, Seattle, WA 1984
Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque, NM 1984
“Frank Boyden, Jenny Lind, and Alan Walters,” Lawrence Gallery at Salishan, OR 1983
“Potters' Choice,” Hockaday Center, Kalispel, MT 1983
39th Scripps Invitational, Claremont, CA 1983
“The Pacific Northwest Today,” Brentwood Gallery, St. Louis, MO 1983
“Architectural Ceramics,” Elements Gallery, New York, NY 1983
“Animal Kingdom,” Marcia Rodell Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1982
“Frank Boyden and Jenny Lind,” Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque, NM 1982
“The Art of Clay,” Craftsmans Gallery, Scarsdale, NY 1982
“Paul Soldner and Frank Boyden,” Pottery Northwest, Seattle, WA 1982
“New Directions in Clay and Fiber Invitational,” Greenville, NC 1982
“Frank Boyden and Kurt Weizer,” Northwest Crafts Center, Seattle, WA 1982
“National Crafts '81,” Greenville, NC 1981
“Animal Images,” Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC 1981
“Oriental Influences in American Crafts,” Craftsmans Gallery, Scarsdale, NY 1981
“Making it in Clay” Invitational, American Hand, Washington, DC 1981
“Selected Oregon Craftsmen,” Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 1980
“20 in Clay,” Gumps, San Francisco, CA 1980
Portland Crafts Exhibition, Sapporo, Japan 1979
“Ceramics Circa 1980,” Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR 1979
“Birds in Art,” Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA 1979
“Oregon Crafts 1979,” Bush Barn, Salem, OR 1979
“Functional Forms of Clay: Four Decades in the Northwest,” Henry Gallery,
University of Washington, Seattle, WA 1979
“19 American Craftsmen,” Osaka, Japan 1978
“Handmade Wood Stoves,” Hoffman Gallery, Portland, OR 1978
“Northwest Crafts 1977,” Henry Gallery, Seattle, WA 1977
“Mountain High,” Timberline Lodge, Government Camp, OR 1977
“Oregon Artists,” Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 1960, 1963, 1966, 1970, 1972, 1977
Hoffman Gallery, Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR 1976




COMMISSIONS

TriMet, Washington County Commuter Rail Public Art, Oregon 2008
Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR (In Commemoration of Betty Gray) 2006
Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR 2006
Washington State Police Forensics Crime Lab, Cheney, WA 2004
Kincade Curlicue Corridor Stones, Lake Oswego, OR 2004
Willamette River Front, commemorative sculpture for poet William Stafford, Lake Oswego, OR 2003
TriMet, Portland, OR 2003
Oregon Governor's Awards, prints selected to present as awards, Salem, OR 2003
City of Bend, OR 2002
Gilkey Print Center, Portland Art Museum, OR 2001
TriMet, Portland, OR 2000
Washington Park Zoo, Portland, OR 1998
Justice Center Complex Sculpture Park, Hillsboro, OR 1997
Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, Portland, OR 1996
South Puget Sound Community College, Olympia, WA 1996
Portland Community College, Rock Creek Campus, Portland, OR 1995
Oregon State Board of Education, Western Oregon State University, Monmouth, OR 1995
Concert Hall, City of Krasnoyarsk, Russia (Siberia) 1992-1993
Eola Hall Garden, Oregon State Hospital Forensic Center, Salem, OR 1992
Oregon Coast Aquarium, Newport, OR 1992
Vietnam Memorial Park, Newport, OR 1992
Oregon State Department of Corrections, Salem, OR 1991
Governor's Arts Awards poster, State of Oregon 1985
Governor's Arts Awards, State of Oregon, Salem, OR 1983
Siletz River Park, Lincoln City, OR 1981
Holt Performing Arts Center, Eugene, OR 1980

COLLECTIONS

Albuquerque Museum of Art, Albuquerque, NM
American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA
Arabia, Helsinki, Finland
Ariana Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
Arizona State University Museum of Art, Ceramics Research Center
Ball, Janik LLP, Portland, OR
Bank of America
Charles Chu Asian Art Reading Room, Connecticut College Library
Chubb International Headquarters, NJ
City of Bend, OR
City of Eugene, OR
City of Newport, OR
City of Lincoln City, OR
Community Corrections Center, Hillsboro, OR
Contemporary Crafts Association, Portland, OR
Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR
Davidson Art Center, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
Davis, Wright, Tremaine, Portland, OR
Delta Airlines, Portland, OR
Evergreen College, Olympia, WA
COLLECTIONS (continued)

Gordon Gilkey Print Collection, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Grimmerhus, Ceramic Museum, Fyn, Denmark
Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Salem, OR
Harlow Collection, Bemidji University, Bemidji, MN
Hatfield Marine Science Center, Newport, OR
Hult Center for the Arts, Eugene, OR
IBC (International BioClinical, Inc.) Portland, OR
Jack Lenor Larsen
Jensen Investment Management, Portland, OR
Kaiser Foundation, Portland, OR
Key Bank Headquarters, Albany, NY
Kinsey Institute, University of Indiana, Bloomington, IN
Knight Library, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Lake Oswego Public Library, Lake Oswego, OR
Lincoln City, OR
Linfield College, McMinnville, OR
Millersville University Art Museum, Millersville, PA
Morse & Bratt, Vancouver, WA
Museum of Decorative Arts, Riga, Latvia
Museo de Arte Costarricense, San Jose, Costa Rica
Newport Public Library, Newport, OR
New Mexico Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
New York Public Library, New York, NY
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum, Logan, UT
Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, Trondhiem, Norway
Northern Arizona University Art Museum, Flaggstaff, AZ
OKI Semiconductor, Portland, OR
Oregon Coast Aquarium, Newport, OR
Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
Oregon Historical Society, Portland, OR
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Portland, OR
Oregon College of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Portland General Electric, Portland, OR
Portland Zoo, Portland, OR
Pushkin Museum, Moskva, Russia
Skaelskor International, Ceramic Center, Denmark
Smith College Library
Smithsonian Institution, Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
Stanford University Library, Palo Alto, CA
State of Oregon, Capitol Building, Salem, OR
State of Oregon Public Service Building, Salem, OR
State of Washington, Art in Public Places, Seattle, WA
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
Taideteollisuusmuseo (National Museum of Applied Art), Helsinki, Finland
The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
Tongass Historical Museum, Ketchikan, AK

COLLECTIONS (continued)

Topeka Public Library, Topeka, KS
TriMet, Portland, OR
University of Michigan Library
University of Oregon Museum of Art, Eugene, OR
University of Oregon School of Allied Arts and Architecture, Eugene, OR
University of North Carolina
U.S. National Bank, Portland, OR
Victoria Art Gallery, Victoria, BC
Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA
Willamette University, Salem, OR
Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI
Yamaha Corporation, Japan

RELATED EXPERIENCE

Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR; lecture 2003
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN; artist in residence 2003
Frank Boyden, Tom Coleman, and Janet Mansfield, Finch Pottery, North Carolina 2003
The Magnificent 5, Seabeck, WA 2002
Ceramic and Glass School, Bornholm, Denmark 2001
Open Fire Symposium, Skaelskor International Ceramics Center, Skaelskor, Denmark 2000
Walnut Creek, CA; workshop 1998
University of Southern Colorado, Pueblo, CO, artist in residence 1997
“Arizona Clay,” Phoenix, AZ; workshop 1997
Whitman College, collaboration with Julia De Amario, Walla Walla, WA 1996
“Clay AZ Art,” Flagstaff, AZ; workshop 1996
Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Otis, OR; workshop 1983, 1996
Oregon Public Broadcasting, Governor’s Arts Award; film 1995
“Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM; workshop 1994
Interactions in Ceramics,” Helsinki, Finland 1992
Posio, Finland; workshop 1992
Krasnoyarsk, Russia; lecture 1992
Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA; workshop 1991, 1992
Ceramic Symposium, Riga, Latvia 1991
Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR; workshop 1991
International Symposium for Ceramic Art and Industry, Odense, Denmark; organized American role 1990
Hollufgard Sculpture Center, Odense, Denmark; residency 1990
“100 Years of Willamette Clay,” Oregon Committee for the Humanities and Oregon State University 1990
University of Alaska, Fairbanks; workshop, juror for Interior Alaska exhibition 1990
San Francisco Potters Association, San Francisco, CA 1986, 1990
Southern Illinois University, Carbonadale, IL; visiting artist 1989
Red Deer College, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada; workshop 1989
Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT 1989
Darwin Museum of Art, Australia; lecture 1988
Oregon Public Broadcasting, Front Street Weekly; television interview 1988
McGregor Summer School, Darling Downs Institute of Technology, Toowoomba, Queensland,
Australia; workshop and lectures 1988
Queensland Potters Association, Brisbane, Australia; workshop and lecture 1988
Potters Society of New South Wales, Sidney, Australia; workshop and lectures 1988

RELATED EXPERIENCE (continued)

Victoria Ceramic Group, Chisholm Institute of Technology,Melbourne, Australia;
workshop and lectures 1988
South Australia Potters Association, Adelaide, Australia; workshop and lecture 1988
Danske Kunsthandvaerkerel Landssammenslutning, Danish Arts and Crafts Association,
Copenhagen, Denmark; workshop and lectures 1988
“Art Focus: Frank Boyden, New Ceramic Work,” KBOO; radio interview with Julie Bernard 1988
International Academy of Ceramics, 1988 Conference, Sydney, Australia; lecture 1988
5th National Ceramic Conference, Sydney, Australia; lectures 1988
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; lectures 1987
University of California, San Diego, CA; lecture 1987
University of Alaska, Anchorage, AK; workshop 1987
Boston Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA; workshop 1987
Tongass Historical Museum, Ketchikan, AK; workshop 1987
Radcliff College, Cambridge, MA; workshop 1987
“Clay AZ Art,” University of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ 1987
“Clay as Art” Conference, Arabia, Helsinki, Finland 1986
Alfred University, New York, NY; lectures 1986
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME; workshop 1983, 1986
“Craftsmen and Their Environments” Conference, Ballyvaughan, Ireland; head of ceramics 1985
National College of Art and Design, Oslo, Norway; artist-in-residence 1985
Craft Potters Society of Ireland, Galway, Ireland; workshop 1985
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR; lecture 1985
Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY; workshop 1984
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 1984
NCECA Presentation: Terra Sigillata Applications and Firing Techniques 1984
Pearson College, Victoria, BC, Canada; workshop 1983
“Sitka Center,” Oregon Public Broadcasting, Tapestry; interview 1983
“Oregon Coast Artists and Their Environments, Oregon Public Broadcasting, Tapestry 1983
“Frank Boyden Living Pottery,” Oregon Public Broadcasting, Tapestry 1983
Pottery Northwest, Seattle, WA; workshop 1982
Tuscarora Pottery School, Tuscarora, NV; workshop 1981
Nassau Community College, Long Island, NY; workshop 1981
Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, OR; workshop 1981
University of Washington, Seattle, WA; workshop 1980
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR; workshop 1980
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM; faculty 1968-1971

PUBLICATIONS

Lamberton, Daniel, “On the River through the Valley of Fire,” Ceramics Monthly, March 2009, Volume 57, Num. 3,
pp. 32-35, and magazine cover, color reproductions
Lamberton, Daniel, On the River through the Valley of Fire: The Collaborative Ceramics of Frank Boyden and
Tom Coleman, Catalogue, Pomona, CA: American Museum of Ceramic Art, c. 2008, 141 pages, color plates
“Everybody’s Art,” Oregon Public Broadcasting TV, May 22, 2008
Sarson, Katrina, “Everybody’s Art: An Oregon Art Beat Special,” OPB Member Guide, May 2008, p. 3
“Public Art on Commuter Rail,” Washington County Commuter Rail Project / TriMet website,
www.trimet.org/commuterrail/publicart.org, May 2008

PUBLICATIONS (continued)

Wiggers, Namita, Unpacking the Collection: Selections from the Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, OR,
catalog, forthcoming 2008
Boerner, C.G. Conversations Across Time: Rembrandt - Ensor - Boyden,” exhibition catalog, C. G. Boerner,
New York, NY, 2007
“Collection Update,” Brushstrokes, Newsletter of the Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Jan.-June, 2007, Vol. 9, No. 1
Cantor, Allyn, “Frank Boyden: The Empathies,” Preview, The Gallery Guide, November /
December / January 2006, p. 62
“Exhibition Catalogues of Interest,” Preview, The Gallery Guide, November / December /
January 2006, p. 67
Neugarten, Rachel, “Inspiring repulsion,” The Oregonian, Friday, November 24, 2006, A&E, p. 39
Jack, James, “The Empathies: Frank Boyden at Laura Russo Gallery,” The Daily Vanguard, Portland State
University, November 15, 2006
Roberts, Prudence and Ian Boyden, Prints and Books, 152 page book, with illustrations, Hallie
Ford Museum, University of Washington Press, 2006
Boyden, Frank, The Empathies, 80 page book, with illustrations, Hallie Ford Museum, University of
Washington, Press, 2006
Campbell, Brett, “Center of Gravity,” Portland Monthly, November 2006, pp. 207-208
The Laura Russo Gallery: Twenty Years, exhibition catalogue with color plates, 2006, pp. 12, 62
Libby, Brian, “Letting the polar ice cap speak for itself,” The Oregonian, July 7, 2006, A&E, pp. 33-35
Row, D.K. “Frank Boyden and Jean Vollum: Nature as Abstraction,” The Oregonian, June 23, 2006,
A&E, p.41
Row, D.K. “In a ceramic arts state of mind,” The Oregonian, Friday, March 10, 2006, pp. 22-23
Row, D.K. “Frank Boyden, B
Row, D.K. "Evening Stroll Holds Promise of Visual Gems," The Oregonian, May 5, 2005, p. E1, E3
The Irreverences, Provocations and Connivances of Uncle Skulky, Portland Art Museum, 2004 (catalogue)
Row, D.K. “Frank Boyden,” The Oregonian, February 6, 2004, A&E p. 26
Row, D.K. “A Full Palette,” The Oregonian, February 5, 2004, pp. E1, E12
Row, D.K. “Bowls of Temperament,” The Oregonian, January 30, 2004, A&E p. 27
Ceramics Art and Perception, Issue 55, 2004, cover photo
Soul of a Bowl, Contemporary Crafts Association, Portland, OR, 2003 (catalogue)
Beach, Polly, “Passion and Knowledge through Clay,” Clay Times, No. 4, Vol. 9, 2003 (cover photo)
Boyden, Frank, “Vladimir Tsivin,” Ceramic Art and Perception, 2003
Nelson, Jonathan, “Taking Root at Sitka,” The Oregonian, May 28, 2002, p. E3
Row, D.K., “Gift Boosts Museum Collection,” The Oregonian, February 7, 2002, p. D10
Hicks, Bob, “Print City,” The Oregonian, October 9, 2001, pp. E1, E5
Row, D.K., “Beyond Tchotchkes,” The Oregonian, December 2000
Woodward, Steve, “Millions in Donations Realize Vision,” The Oregonian, May 3, 1998, pp. A1, A15
Drennen, Beth, “Sculpture Garden,” Hillsboro Argus 1998
Chidester, Bill, “Sculpture Garden,” Hillsboro Argus 1998
Gragg, Randy, “Boyden Makes a Mark,” The Oregonian, January 17, 1997, p. 52
Boyden, Frank, “Razor Wire Rim,” Studio Potter , Vol. 28 1997
Harris, James, “The Kiln and Foundry Facility at Western Oregon State College,” Ceramics Technical,
No. 2, 1996
Minogue, Coll, ed. Impressed and Incised Ceramics, AC Black, London, 1996
Roth, Robin, “First Thursday Focus, Our Town, January 29, 1996, p. 16
Gragg, Randy, “Craft in the Raw,” The Oregonian, February 25, 1996, pp. F1, F4
Gragg, Randy, “Testing the Boundaries of Tradition, The Oregonian, February 9, 1996, p. 21


PUBLICATIONS (continued)

Luckhurst-Lute, Elizabeth, “Frank Boyden Workshop,” Ceramics Monthly, January 1995
Boyden, Frank, “The Skin of the Pot,” Studio Potter , Vol. 24 1995
Francis, Kevin, “Frank Boyden ‘25 Years in Clay’,” Willamette Week, February 28-March 5, 1995, p. 45
Johnson, Barry. “Five Winners and a Governor,” The Oregonian, May 19, 1995, p. 22
Troy, Jack, ‘Wood-Fired Stoneware and Porcelain,” Chilton Books, Radnor, PA 1994
“Frank Boyden and Mike Riley, Garden Environment,” American Craft, February/March 1993, p. 23
Allen, Lois, “Natural Acts,” Artweek, April 1993
Baumann, Carol, “New Public Art Installed at Enola Hall,” OAC News, winter 1992, pp. 1, 2
“Coastal Education,” Architecture, September 1992
Reich, Jeff, “Wood Spirits at Galleria Mesa,” Ceramics Art and Perception, Issue 6 1991
Johnstone, Sandra, “Frank Boyden Workshop,” Ceramics Monthly, February 1991
Neilson, Teresa, “Manedlangt Symposiun om Lerets Muligheder,” Dansk Kunst Handwaerk, March 1990
Fisher, Mary Pat, The Art of Seeing, second edition, Prentice-Hall 1990
Frostad, June Carol, “Earth, Water, Fire,” Oregon Coast Magazine, June/July 1989
Bledsoe, Helen, “Sitka Center Nourishing Creativity,” Oregon Coast Magazine June/July 1989
Woodward, Steve, “Millions in Donations Realize Vision,” The Oregonian, May, 1989
Davies, Terry, “Drawing on Totemic Powers,” Craft Arts International, No. 14, Sydney, Australia 1988
“Frank Boyden Comments,” Studio Potter, Vol. 17, No. 1 1988
“American Woodfire,” Pottery in Australia, Vol. 27, No. 4 1988
Uden, Richard, “Frank Boyden Workshop,” Victoria Ceramic Group Newsletter, Issue 193 1988
Boyden, Frank, “American Woodfire,” Pottery in Australia, Vol. 27 1988
Boyden, Frank, “Frank Boyden Comments,” Studio Potter, Vol. 27 1988
Lane, Peter, Ceramic Form, Rizzoli International Publications, New York, NY 1988
Regius, Lene and Nina Hole, “Terra Sigillata pa Fyn,” Dansk Kunst Handvaerk, Copenhagen, February 1988
Davies, Terry, “Woodfiring with Frank Boyden, Pottery in Australia, fall 1987
Boyden, Frank, “Mirror Makers,” Studio Potters, December 1987
“Mirror Makers,” Studio Potter, December 1987
Vivus, Antonio, “Anagama,” Ceramica, No. 29 1987
Johnstone, Sandra, “ACCA Workshops,” Ceramics Monthly, September 1987
Tschachler, Gerhils, “Der East Creek Anagama,” Keramil Magazin, No. 1, Berlin, Germany 1987
Guenther, Bruce, The Fountain Gallery of Art 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Portland, OR 1986
Tschachler, Gerhils, “Frank Boyden,” Keramil Magazin No. 3 1986
Steinzor, Ben, Basic Ceramics, Prentice-Hall 1986
Johnson, Barry, “Fires of the Anagama,” The Oregonian, June 1986
O’Neill, Yvette, “Frank Boyden,” Ceramica, Madrid, Spain, Ano 6 No. 22 1985
Boyden, Frank, “Building the East Creek Amagama,” Studio Potter, Summer 1985
Boyden, Frank, “Common Ground,” Studio Potter, Vol. 14, No. 1 1985
Boyden, Frank, “Incisive Clay: A Ceramics Monthly Portfolio,” edited by Kathy Galantine,
Ceramics Monthly, November 1985
Jensen, Paul, “Mote Med Kerameker Frank Boyden,” Kunsthandverk, No. 17 1985
Mansfield, Janet, “American Ceramics,” Craft Arts, Sydney, Australia January 1985
Wright, Nancy Means, “American Craft,” Studio Potter, August 1984
Harris, Jennifer, “East Meets West, Stepping Out, spring 1984
Hopper, Robin, The Ceramic Spectrum, Chilton Book Co., Radnor, PA 1984
Boyden, Frank, “In Search of the Wild Heron,” Studio Potter, Vol. 11 1983
Griffin, Jean, “Boyden and Soldner Build Heat Exchangers for Pottery Northwest,” Crafts Report,
November 1982
“The Province of Frank Boyden,” American Craft, Vol. 42, No. 2 1982, pp. 10-13, 84


PUBLICATIONS (continued)

Parks, Dennis, A Potter’s Guide to Raw Glazing and Oil Firing, Scribners, New York, NY 1980
Boyden, Frank, “An Air-cooled Flue Heat Exchanger,” Ceramics Monthly 1980
Boyden, Frank, “Water-cooled Flue and Heat Storage Systems,” Studio Potter, Vol. 8 1979-1980
“Frank Boyden’s Oxidized Corten Steel and Clay Wall Reliefs,” Ceramics Monthly, April 1979
“Winter Light: Ceramic Lamps of Frank Boyden and Tom Coleman,” Ceramics Monthly, April 1979
Harrington, Lamar. Ceramics in the Pacific Northwest: A History, University of Washington Press,
Seattle, WA 1979




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