Artist Information:
Tony Natsoulas
Sacramento, CA
United States
Member Since: Aug 2000
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Artist Statement:
Each summer as a child, my
parents took me to New York
City to visit our relatives.
One of the great side effects
of this was me being able to
be exposed to the incredible
art galleries and museums of
the big apple. I can remember
the impact on me when viewing
the Pop art that was being
shown at the Museum of Modern
Art, The Whitney Museum, The
MET, and The Guggenheim
Museum. Claus Oldenberg, and
George Segal’s work stand out
in my mind as the most
inspirational. In grade school
we had field trips to our
local Crocker Art Museum in
Sacramento, CA, where I would
see David Gilhooly’s ceramic
work for the first time. I
never forgot the piece that
struck a chord in me, wetting
my appetite for art and all of
its endless possibilities.
David Gilhooly’s piece was of
a ceramic casserole dish with
a frog goddess of fertility in
it. Lots of breasts adorned
the frog goddess and I was now
hooked! After that, I was
stuck on art and wanted to
learn more about it. I started
dabbling in clay at the age of
11 in summer school and have
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Artist Exhibitions:
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2007 Axis Gallery,
Sacramento, CA
2005 James Snidle Fine Art,
San Francisco, CA
Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
2004 James Snidle Fine Arts,
Chico, CA
2003 Triton Museum, Santa
Clara, CA
2002 Crocker Museum,
Sacramento, CA
2001 Oakland Museum Downtown
Sculpture Court, Oakland, CA
2000 Jglen Gallery, Davis...
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Artist Galleries:
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Artist Reviews:
Art: Now and then, the 1700s
Crocker pairs long-dead
engraver, living sculptor who
share a theme
By Victoria Dalkey -- Bee Art
Correspondent
(Published 6:40 a.m. PST
Friday, Jul. 26, 2002
Crocker Art Museum
Separated by a couple of
hundred years, a pair of
artists whose works are ...
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Collections:
Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA *
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, CA
* Crocker Art Museum,
Sacramento, CA *Triton Museum
of Art, CA *Tower Corporation,
West Sacramento, CA *Ceramics
Monthly, Columbus, OH *
University of CA at Davis *
Byron Meyer, San Francisco, CA
* Mr. & Mrs. Turk, Palo Alto,
CA * Mr. & Mrs. Rabinowitz,
Massachusetts * Daniel Jacobs,
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Commissions:
2000- Private commission to
create a large bust portrait
of Miles Davis for L.A.
Collector.
1999- Private commission to
create a large bust portrait
of Babe Ruth for Sacramento
Collector.
1996- Corporate commission
granted by the Hahn Corp. to
place six over life size
figures in fiberglass at the
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Tony Natsoulas's Free Artist Portfolio
| Welcome to Tony Natsoulas's Portfolio. Browse Natsoulas's body of work: Each summer as a child, my parents took me to New York City to visit our relatives. One of the great side effects of this was me being able to be exposed to the incredible art galleries and museums of the big apple. I can remember the impact on me when viewing the Pop art that was being shown at the Museum of Modern Art, The Whitney Museum, The MET, and The Guggenheim Museum. Claus Oldenberg, and George Segal’s work stand out in my mind as the most inspirational. In grade school we had field trips to our local ... |
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