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Mary Jo Bole Maryjobole.com
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
2023-16 Wexner Center film/video lab (ongoing, supporting documentary film production on “Family White Elephants” The Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio
2019 Artist in Residence, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana
2015 KVO Industries, Santa Rosa, California
2014 KVO Industries, Santa Rosa, California
2012-10 Logan Elm Book Press, OSU Libraries, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
2012-00 Belden Brick Company, Sugarcreek, Ohio (self-organized every summer)
2009 KVO Industry, Santa Rosa, Californian (self-organized)
2008-2007 Artist in Industry, Kohler Cast Iron Foundry, Kohler, WI, The JM Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Camp Tin-type, Dundee, NY (self-organized)
2007 Artist in Residence, KVO Industries, Santa Rosa, California (self-organized)
Artist in Residence, Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle Washington (NEA sponsored)
2005 Residency at Knust Press, Extrapool, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
2004 Dresden Artist in Residence Exchange Program, The Greater Columbus Arts Council, Columbus, Ohio
2004-02 Dedouch Monument Plaque Company, Chicago, Illinois (self-organized)
2002 Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, California (sponsored by The Ohio Arts Council)
Headland Alumnae Residency, Sausalito, California
2000 Artist in Residence, Sanitary Ware “Gustavsberg” Factory, Stockholm, Sweden
Artist in Residence, Rossato Co. SRL, Vicenza, Italy (tombstone monument plaques)
1999 Artist in Residence, Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, New York (Andy Warhol Foundation Grant)
1998 Artist in Residence, Knust (part of Extrapool), Nijmegen, The Netherlands
1997 Residency at New Castle Refractory, New Castle, Pennsylvania (self-organized)
1996 Artist in Residence, Knust (part of Extrapool), Nijmegen, The Netherlands
1993 Artist in Resident, Europees Keramisch Werkcentrum ‘S- Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
1992 Artist in Resident, Jiesia Bone China Factory, Kaunas, Lithuania
1991 Invited Artist, Soviet / United States / Baltic States Symposium at Dzintari Arts Institute, Dzintari, Latvia
1989-88 Artist in Industry, John Michael Kohler Arts Center at the Kohler Factory, Kohler, Wisconsin
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 “Family White Elephants”, Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
2022 “The Building Is Gone”, William Busta Projects, Cleveland, Ohio (Catalogue)
2015 “Tombs and Toilets”, William Busta Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio (Brochure)
“Family White Elephants”, Contemporary Art Center, Columbus College of Art & Design, Ohio
2014 “Tombs and Toilets”, Jose Drudis-Biada Art Gallery, Mt St Mary’s College, Los Angeles, California (catalogue and interview)
“Tree of Life, Future Tense”, permanent installation, Dublin Arts Council, Columbus, Ohio
2009 “Purge Incomplete”, Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (catalogue and essay by Jim Voorhies)
2008 “Through the Hourglass”, Kenyon College, Olin Library, Gambier, Ohio
2006 “Terse, Tender”, Feinkunst Kruger Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
“Dear Little Twist of Fate” (Sculptures, Drawings and Book works), Weston Art Gallery, The Aronoff Center, Cincinnati, Ohio (catalogue and essay by Glen Brown)
2002 “Dear Little Twists of Fate”, Siegfried Hall, School of Art, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
2001 “Relics & Reliquaries”, William Busta Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio (pamphlet and essay by Bill Busta)
2000 Solo Exhibition, The Barth Galleries, Columbus, Ohio
1996 “The Moody Pete Bathroom show”, Acme Art Co., Columbus, Ohio
1995 Ann Nathen Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1994 “Mary’s Monuments”, Europees Keramisch Werkcentrum, ‘ S-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
1993 “My Yard”, Installation in Gallery B, The Wexner Center for the Performing and Visual Arts, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
1992 Objects Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Gallerija Langas, Vilnius, Lithuania
1991 Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
1990 “The Watcher Closet” Bathroom Installation, Acme Art Co., Columbus, Ohio
1989 “Sculpture and Drawing”, Sanford Gallery, Clarion University, Clarion, Pennsylvania
1987 “Recent Work”, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio
1987 “Recent Work”, The Clay Place, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1983 “Recent Work”, Impressions Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS
2023 Eagle Harbor Museum, Eagle Harbor, Michigan
2019 “In Sight,” Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana (Catalogue)
2018 “To What Red Hell: Reflections of the Ohio Penitentiary” Curated by Jason Simon, Angela Meleca Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
“In Memory of Place” Curated by Jenny Fine, Walnut Gallery, Gadsden, Alabama
“Women to Watch,” The Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
“Heavy Metal”, Curated by Theresa Bembnister, Akron Art Museum, Akron, Ohio
“Pop Press”, Thunder Sky Gallery, Curated by Scott Bruno, Cincinnati, Ohio
“Come Along With Me”, Curated by Richard Fletcher, The Riffe Gallery, (catalogue), Columbus, Ohio
“Material Histories: Culture of Resistance”, Curated by Alex Hibbitt, The Majestic
Galleries, Nelsonville, Ohio and at The Fine Arts Department, The Ohio University, Athens, Ohio and Symposium
2015 “Ohio Portfolio”, Joseph Editions, Joseph Gallery, Pizzuti collections, Columbus, Ohio
“Flashback to Now, OAC recipients, OAC Riffe Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
“Rough Edges: Woman Artists and the Collegiate Press”, organized by the Page Collective, Thompson Library, The Ohio State, Columbus, Ohio (film by the Page Collective)
“Mondo Tondo”, organized by John Driesbach, exhibited at the Southern Graphics Council International
2014 “The Human Condition” (The Stephen and Pamela Hootkin Collection, NYC) Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin (Catalogue)
“Doing Pennants: a group show of artist-made flags”, organized by Paul W. Evans, Fifth Floor Gallery, Los Angeles, California
“Wounded Home” group installation, curated by Kate Kern, The Lloyd Library and Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio
“That Sweet Scioto River”, video collaboration with Jerry Dannemiller, THE BOX, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio
2018-13 “Reimagining the Distaff ToolKit”, curated by Rickie Solinger, (5 years traveling exhibition) Bennington Museum, Bennington, Vermont
2012 “Object/Imprint”, Urban Space, Columbus, Ohio
“Brot & Salz”, Kunstraum Peripherie, Coburg, Germany
“Toilet Concealment” part of “Rooms to Let,” installations in a rehab house, Franklinton, Columbus, Ohio
2011 “GCAC Exhibition”, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio
2009 “EXPOSED TOP 100 Secret Artists of 2008”, Artworks Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
“Of Other Spaces”, curated by James Voorhies, Bureau for Open Culture, Canzani Center, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio
2008 “Dewey Decimal Days”, Reference Collection and Skype Chat with Knust Press, Bureau for Open Culture, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio
“New Acquisitions: Recent works from Arts Industry Program”, J.M. Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
2007 “Evolution/Impact”, The Riffe Center, Curated by Sara Johnson (director of the Southern Ohio Museum), Columbus, Ohio (traveled to the Southern Ohio Museum, Portsmouth, Ohio in 2008)
2006 “Nature Culture”, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico
“Bad Drawing: Mistaken, Misbehaving, Malevolent, Awful” organized by Mark Harris, DAAP Galleries, College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
2005 “1990-2005: 15 Jahre Kunsthaus”, Raskolnikow Galerie, Dresden, Germany
“Animal Instincts”, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, Maryland (CD produced in conjunction)
“Animal Instincts”, Gudelsky Gallery, School of Art and Design, Montgomery College, Silver Spring, Maryland
“A Matter of Place”, Pomerene Center for the Arts, Coshocton, Ohio
“A Tale to Tell”, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
2004 “A Sense of Identity: Contemporary Ceramic Art”, Indiana University, Indianapolis, and Purdue University, Fort Wayne, Indiana (CD produced in conjunction)
“Made of Brick by Brick”, curated by Beth Coleman, The Ohio Art League, Columbus, Ohio
2003 “The Vitrified Image”, International Invitational curated by Paul Scott (UK), Hyde Art Gallery, Grossmont College, El Cajon, California
“21st Century Ceramics in the USA and Canada”, Columbus College of Art & Design, Canzani Center, Columbus, Ohio
“Are You Sitting Comfortably”, The Water Closet Workshop, The Bowes Museum, England, The Collins Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland, The Hatton Gallery, Newcastle University, England
2002 “Connections: Ohio Artists Abroad” organized by the Ohio Arts Council, curated by Susan Channing, Riffe Gallery (Columbus) (Catalogue), Spaces Gallery (Cleveland), and Weston Art Gallery (Cincinnati), Ohio
“Materials Speculations”, The H&R Building, The Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, (catalogue essays by Donald Kuspit and Roger Brown)
2001 “Taking Measure”, 50 American Artists (NCECA) World Ceramic Exposition, Korea (catalogue)
“Petite Morte”, The Barth Galleries, Columbus, Ohio
The Light Factory, Charlotte, North Carolina
2000 10th Year Anniversary Exhibition, The Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota (catalogue)
Water closet Workshop, exhibitions in Sweden: Gustavsbergs Porslinsmuseum / Konstfack, Vita Havet / Rohsska Museet, Goteborg / Runda Huset, Gustavsberg (catalogue)
Political Work, The Clay Studio, curated by Gail Brown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1999 New Work: Three-Person Exhibition, Lynn Mayhew Gallery, Humphrey Art Hall, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio
“Displacement”, Wooster Art Museum, Wooster, Ohio
“Made in Ohio”, RPA at Smith Brothers Hardware Building (in conjunction with NCECA)
1998 “Howling at the Edge of a Renaissance”, Spaces and Alternative Art in Cleveland, (The Moody Pete Bathroom Show), Cleveland, Ohio (catalogue)
1996 “Explorations in Clay”, Akron Art Museum, Akron, Ohio
“Ecstasy, Sickness and Confusion: Examples of Travel Art”, The Columbus Art League, Columbus, Ohio
1995 “Vital Passages”, The Works Festival, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
“Majolica/Maiolica”, The Northern Clay Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota
The Forum, “Dreams and Journeys” Two-Person Exhibition, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1991 “New Art Forms”, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois (in conjunction with Objects Gallery and Lillstreet Gallery), Chicago, Illinois
Northern Arizona University, Exchange Exhibition (with the United States and Soviet Union), Flagstaff, Arizona
“New and Improved”, Acme Art Co., Columbus, Ohio
Swidler Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
1990 “Main Stream/Hidden Stream”, Emily Davis Gallery, Akron University, Akron, Ohio
1989 “Responses to the Urban and Industrial Landscape: Photography and Sculpture”, School of Art Gallery, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
“Coffee and Tea Service”, New Stone Age Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1988 Artists of the Governor’s Residence Art Collection, Columbus, Ohio
“Expression in Color, Ceramics”, New Jersey Center of the Visual Arts, Summit, New Jersey
1988 “Color, Form and Function”, Two-Person Exhibition, Central Michigan University Art Gallery, Mount Pleasant, Michigan
“Cleveland May Show”, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, Honorable Mention, Crafts
1987 “What’s New in American Ceramics: Al and Mary Shands’ Collection”, J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky
“Cleveland May Show”, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
1987 Three-Person Show, Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
1986 Two-Person Exhibition, Jane Harsook Gallery, Greenwich House Pottery, New York
1985 “Domo Show”, Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio (Pedestal Sink and Bathroom Humor Tiles)
“Contemporary American Ceramics: Twenty Artists”, Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, California (Organized by Karen McCready for Independent Curators Inc.)
Timothy Burns Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
1984 “A Passionate Vision-Selections from the Daniel Jacobs Collection”, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts
“Sculpture Invitational” College of Wooster Art Museum, Wooster, Ohio
1983 “Works Off Walls, Exhibition 280", Huntington Galleries, Huntington, West Virginia
“Contemporary Clay Sculpture: Selections from the Daniel Jacobs Collection”, Heckscher Museum, Huntington Beach, California
“Local Flavor”, Curated by Mary Jo Bole, Cleveland State University Art Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
1982 “Cleveland May Show”, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio (Sculpture Award)
1981 “Cleveland May Show”, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
1980 “Cleveland May Show”, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio (Honorable Mention in Sculpture)
PUBLISHED ARTIST’S BOOKS
2014 “White Elephant 1860-1960,” Edition 60, Logan Elm Press, OSU Libraries, Columbus, Ohio
2013 “Combing Columbus: Photogenic Drawings for the Bicentennial” edition 1000 commissioned by “Finding Time: Columbus Public Art 2012” Columbus, Ohio
2012 “Toilet Worship”, edition 150, Logan Elm Press, OSU Libraries, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (featured at “Codex”, San Francisco, 2013)
2005 “MJ’s Daily Spy History”, Knust Press, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Edition 400, an edition of 100 slightly larger
1998 “Thankful Subjects”, Knust Press, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Edition 230
1998 “Splitting Pictures”, Knust Press, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, collaboration between Bole and Berry van Boekel (with 30 invited artists), Edition 350
1996 “Rust/Rest”, Knust Press, Nijmegen, The
Netherlands, collaboration between Mary Jo Bole, Berry van Boekel and Birdie
Thaler, Edition 400
PUBLICATIONS / CATALOGUES
2021 “The Building Is Gone”, CAN Journal/Summer/ 22, Cleveland, Ohio, Pg.22 by William Busta
“The Building Is Gone”, Catalogue, William Busta Projects
2019 “Insight” Exhibition Catalogue, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana
2018 “Columbus Alive’s Best Artist of 2018”, Columbus Alive, March 29 2018, pg. 11, by Jim Fischer
2017 “Come Along With Me” Exhibition Catalogue, Curated by Richard Fletcher, Riffe Gallery, Columbus Ohio
“The Ohio Clay Belt” (with Professor Alex Hibbitt’s Art seminar), Ohio University, Athens, Ohio (https://ohioclaybelt.wordpress.com)
2015 New Glass Review 36, pg. 76, The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning New York
2014 Arts/Industry, Collaboration and Revelation, pgs. 234, 254, 255, JM Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
“Tombs and Toilets”, interviewed by Tara Polanski, designed by Nate Padavick
Weinland Park Story Book, pgs. 8-9, Wexner Center for the Arts, OSU, Columbus, Ohio
The Human Condition, The Stephen & Pamela Hootkin Collection, Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, Wisconsin
2012 “Finding Time: ColumbusPublicArt2012”, Graphic Design, Base Art Co., Columbus, Ohio
2010 “Purge Incomplete”, published with funds from Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site, Philadelphia, essay by James Voorhies, design by Nate Padavic
2009 “Descent into Revolution”, Bureau for Open Culture, Curated by Jim Voorhies, Director of Exhibitions, Columbus College of Art & Design
2008 “Confrontational Ceramics”, Judith Schwartz, A and C Black Publishers, London, England
2006 “Dear Little Twist of Fate” (Sculpture, Drawings and Bookworks) and Essay by Glen R. Brown “A Poetry of Odd Opposition”, 20 pgs., Published by the Weston Art Gallery, The Aronoff Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
“Weston Art Gallery 2005/06 Exhibition Season, Cincinnati, Ohio
2005 “Shaped by a Lineage” (pamphlet) by Peter Olson, Seward Park, Seattle, Washington
2004 Morbid Curiosity, Issue 8, “Lasting Images by Bole”, pgs. 54-56, Automatism Press, San Francisco, California
2003 “21st Century Ceramics”, Catalogue, The Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio
2002 “Material Speculations”, Essays by Donald Kuspit and Glen R. Brown (Catalogue published by N.C.E.C.A., Erie, Colorado)
Connections: Ohio Artists Abroad, organized by The Ohio Arts Council (Catalogue published by The Ohio Arts Council)
“Year of the Artist”, Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery (book of postcards) (published by The Ohio Arts Council)
2001 “Taking Measure”, American Ceramic Art at the New Millennium World Ceramic Exposition, Korea (Catalogue published by N.C.E.C.A., Erie, Colorado)
“Ten Years in Retrospect” (A History and Teaching Collection), The Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
“Morbid Curiosity”, Issue 5, Automatism Press, San Francisco, California
“Watercloset Workshop” Rohsska Museet, Goteborg, Sweden
2001 “Die Kunst und das clo” pgs. 28-33, Keramik Magazin, Februar/Marz Issue, Berlin, Germany
2000 “Contemporary Ceramics”, Susan Peterson, Watson Quotill, U.K
“Painted Clay: Graphic Arts and the Ceramic Surface”, Paul Scott, A & C Black, UK
1999 Dialogue, Voicing the Arts, Columbus, Ohio, July/August Issue, “Reflections” section
“The New Maiolica”, Matthias Ostermann (Canada), University of Pennsylvania Press
1998 “Howling at the Edge of a Renaissance, Spaces and Alternative Art in Cleveland,” Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
1998 Morbid Curiosity, Issue 2, “Smiling at Death: The Fine Art of Mary Jo Bole” (Interview), Automatism Press, San Francisco, California
1995 “Deaths Garden”, Automatism Press, Loren Rhoads, Editor
1993 Stone Magazine, The American Monument Association, volume 106, number 12, pgs. 18-22, “In Her Yard” by Susan Porter
American Craft Museum, New York, slide set “Political Ceramics”, organized by Mark Harris
1991 Neue Keramik, September/October issue, pg. 303, “News out of U.S.A.”
Ragnarok #11, edited by Steve Wainstead, Cleveland, Ohio, “First Impressions from the Land that Loves Riddles” (a visit to Latvia and Lithuania), pgs. 13-20
GRANTS
2013 Ohio Film Fellow Award, Ohio Humanities Council & The Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio
2012 “Finding Time: Columbus Public Art 2012”, Columbus, Ohio
2011 Coca Cola Grant, Women Studies Department, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
2010 Visual Arts Fellowship (sculpture), The Greater Columbus Arts Council, Columbus, Ohio
Money for Women Grant, Wilton, New Hampshire
2009-08 Project development and full project funding for “Purge Incomplete”, The Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2008 Level I College of the Arts Grant, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
2007 Individual Excellence Award, Visual Arts category, The Ohio Arts Council, Columbus, Ohio
2006 Level II College of the Arts Grant, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
2005 International Travel Grant, College of the Arts, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
2004 Ohio Arts Council Project Grant, Columbus, Ohio
2003 Action Grant, (Spring) College of the Arts, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Level I Grant, (Autumn) College of the Arts, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Action Grant, College of the Arts, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
2002 Level II Grant, College of the Arts, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Individual Fellowship Grant, The Greater Columbus Arts Council, Columbus, Ohio
Money for Women/Barbara Deming Memorial Fund Inc., New York, New York
2001 Professional Development / Action Grant Award, College of the Arts, The Ohio State University
2000 Professional Development / Action Grant Award, Level I, Level II, Travel Grant, College of the Arts, The Ohio State University
Ohio Arts Council Individual Fellowship Grant (in the Visual Arts)
1999 Andy Warhol Foundation Grant through Woman’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, New York
1998 Faculty Development Grant, OSU College of the Arts
1996 Travel Grant, College of the Arts, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
1995 Emergency Grant, College of the Arts, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Level II Research Grant, College of the Arts, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Regional Artist’s Project Grant Program (NEA) (administered through Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois)
1994 Professional Development Grant, The Ohio Arts Council, Columbus, Ohio
1992 Funding for the exhibition “My Yard”, The Wexner Center, Columbus, Ohio
1991 University Small Grant, Office of Research, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
1989 Ohio Arts Council Individual Fellowship Grant, Columbus, Ohio
1985 Ohio Arts Council Individual Fellowship Grant, Columbus, Ohio
1984 Ohio Arts Council Individual Fellowship Grant, Columbus, Ohio
1983 Cleveland Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio (as Guest Curator, responsible for a grant received to do a color catalogue for “Local Flavor”, Cleveland State University Art Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio)
1980 Ohio Arts Council Individual Fellowship Grant, Columbus, Ohio
LECTURES, VISITING ARTIST
2022 Artist’s Talk, Cleveland Museum of Art, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
2018 Artist’s Talk, Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus Ohio
2017 Artist’s Talk, The Dairy Barn Gallery, Athens, Ohio
Artist’s Talk, “Material Histories: Culture of Resistance Symposium”, Curated by Alex Hibbitt, Fine Arts Department, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
Lecture, Midwest Art History Society, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
2015 Artist’s Talk, CCAD, Columbus Ohio
2013 Artist’s Book Talk, Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Panelist: “Comics, Books and Gallery Walls”, MIX: CCAD’s celebration of Comics, Columbus, Ohio
2012 Lecture, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
2010 Lecture, Avant Writing Symposium, (curated by John Bennett), Thompson Library, The Ohio State University
Lecture, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
Guest Lecture, Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2009 Lecture on Artist Books by Bole, “Descent into Revolution”, Bureau for Open Culture, CCAD, Columbus, Ohio
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut
2008 Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio
Manitowoc Community College, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
2007 Visiting Artist and Lecturer Program, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
2006 Visiting Artist, Penn State University, State College, Pennsylvania
2005 Visiting Artist, Seward Park, Seattle, Washington (2 days)
2005 Lecture, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
2004 Lecture, Dresden, Germany (for Art Academy students)
Lecture, Otterbein College, Westerville, Ohio
2003 Lecture, Visiting Artist, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina
2002 Lecture, Sanoma State College, Sanoma, California
Lecture, University of California, Berkeley, California
Lecture, Visiting Artist, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California
Lecture, University of California, Davis, California
Lecture, Visiting Artist, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
2001 Lecture, Visiting Artist, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
Lecture, Visiting Artist, Cranbrook Academy, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Lecture, Visiting Artist, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1999 Lecture, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence Rhode Island
Lecture and workshop, Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, New York
1997 Lecture and workshop, Arrowmont School, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
1996 Lecture and workshop, The College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio
Lecture and workshop, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
Lecture and critiques, The University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, (In conjunction with interview invitation)
1995 Lecture and critiques, The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, Illinois
Lecture, The University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1994 The Forum Lecture, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1993 Lecture, University of Illinois, Edwardsville, Illinois
Lecture, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, New Bedford, Massachusetts
Lecture, Art Academy, Tilburg, The Netherlands
1992 Lecture, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
1991 Lecture and two-week workshop, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Lecture, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois
1990 Lecture and three-week workshop, Haystack Mountain School, Deer Isle, Maine
1989 Lecture, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
1988 Lecture, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
1987 Lecture and Glaze Workshop, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1986 Lecture, Demonstration, and Glaze Workshop, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minnesota,
Lecture, Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, Illinois
1985 Lecture, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan
Lecture and Glaze Workshop, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts
1984 Lecture, The College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio
1983 Lecture, University of Indiana, Bloomington, Indiana
REVIEWS / ARTICLES
2022 “Mary Jo Bole, The Building Is Gone” by William Busta, CAN Journal, Summer 2022 issue, Cleveland, Ohio
2018 “Columbus Makes Art Presents: Local Art Treasure Mary Jo Bole Moves Into Filmmaking”, by Melissa Starker, Wexner Center for the Arts, 2/18, columbusunderground.com
“Critics pick, best artist, Mary Jo Bole”, by Jim Fischer, 3/28, Alive Magazine, Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, Ohio
“A Prison From The Past” by Peter Tonguette, 9/23, Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, Ohio
“Softening Metal’s Edge”, by Peter Tonguette (image: “We Will Go to Nature” by Bole), 5/13, Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, Ohio
2017 “Akron Art Museum Presents Sometimes Weighty, Sometimes Lighthearted Heavy Metal” by Judith Bear, Akron Art Museum Journal
“Akron Art Museum Polishes Up ‘Heavy Metal’ By Anderson Turner, 10/13, Akron Beacon Journal
‘Come Along With Me’, By Jim Fischer (image: “Requiem for a Family Tree” by Bole), 1/26, Columbus Alive
2013 “Book offers squirrelly trivia of City” The Columbus Dispatch, Joe Blundo, pgs. F1&F3, Sunday, April 7
“Quirky Columbus”, Columbus Alive, Jackie Mantey, Thursday, June 13
“Columbus Historical Society Celebrates Local Authors”, Columbus Alive, Jesse Tigges, Pg. 66, Thursday, Nov. 28
2010 “Monuments Captivate Professor”, The Columbus Dispatch, Joe Blundo, pgs. D1&D6, Tuesday July 6
2009 “Uncommon Language”, The Ohio State Alumni Magazine, September Issue, pgs. 26-28, Columbus, Ohio
Varmdo Tidning, Sweden, 2000
Observer Sverige, Stockholm, Sweden, 2001 (3 articles), Arbetarbladet, 2001
“Sund svalls tidming”, 2001
“Kristianstadsbladet”, Kristianstad, Sweden, 2001
“Piteatidmingen”, Sweden, 2002
2008 “Exhibit is a fine tribute to the CIA Ceramics program”, Cleveland Plain Dealer, by Plain Dealer art critic Steven Litt, Sunday, May 4, 2008
“Collection of Curiosities Spotlights Woman’s Perspective”, Columbus Dispatch (Weekender) by Bill Mayr, September 18, 2008
2006 Kunst: “Mary Jo Bole: Terse & Tender”, pg. 109, Szene Hamburg, March Issue
Kultur: “Die Ruhelose Professorin bei Feinkunst Kruger” (The Restless Professor at Feinkunst Kruger Gallery) pg. 17, Live Hamburg 16.3-22.3 2006, Hamburg Abendblatt
“Death Becomes Her” by Laura Leffler James, pg. 7, Angle Magazine Journal of Arts and Culture, Volume 25, March/April Issue, Cleveland, Ohio
“Moved by Memorials”, by Sara Pearce, Weekend Section, Pg 12, January 13, 2006, the Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio
2005 “fateshow” by Tabari McCoy, pgs. 52, 53, Volume 3, Issue 7, Cin Weekly, Cincinnati, Ohio
“Life Is Complicated” by Jane Durrell, Pg 44, December 14-20, City Beat News and Entertainment Weekly, Cincinnati, Ohio
“Boled Over in Dresden” by R.M. Avalos, pg. 14, June 29, Alive, Music, Art and Culture in Columbus, Columbus, Ohio
“Arts Reach: Department of Art at Work around the Globe”, pg. 3, January 6, 2005, On Campus, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
2004 Mary Jo Bole by Ann Bremner, Sculpture Magazine, New York City, NY
2003 “Mortality and the Immortal” by Glenn R. Brown, Ceramic Art and Perception, Issue 54, pgs. 77-80, Australia
2002 The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Missouri, “Craft is a given, Concept is lay”, by Marcus Cain, pg. 33, Review of Material Speculations, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City Art Institute
2002/01 Articles relating to various exhibitions of the work from The Water Closet Workshop:
Varmdo Tidning, Sweden, 2000
Observer Sverige, Stockholm, Sweden, 2001 (3 articles)
Arbetarbladet, 2001
“Sund svalls tidming”, 2001
“Kristianstadsbladet”, Kristianstad, Sweden, 2001
“Piteatidmingen”, Sweden, 2002
2000 Other Paper, Columbus, Ohio, Sept 7 – 13 issue, pg. 20 by Rob Harvilla
Columbus Alive, Columbus, Ohio, by G.A. Benton, October 5 issue, pg. 19
1999 Dialogue, Columbus, Ohio, Jan/Feb issue, pg. 46 by Kitty McManus Zirco
1998 Free Times, Cleveland, Ohio, February 4 – 10 issue, cover 8 pgs. 12 – 13 By Amy Braken Sparks, “The Word”
1996 Columbus Alive, Columbus, Ohio July 17-23 issue, pg. 12, by Kim Leddy, “Aesthetic Antics”
Columbus Alive, Columbus, Ohio, June 18-25 issue, pg. 12, by Kim Leddy, “Dog Days”
Ceramics Monthly, Columbus, Ohio, May issue, pgs. 22-24, by Ruth Butler, “News and Retrospect”
Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, Ohio, February 11, pg. E-4, by Dorothy Shinn, “Feats of Clay from Ohio”
“Meditations on Death Rich in Gentle Universal Symbols”, by Leslie Constable, August 15, pg.H-10, Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, Ohio
1995 The Star Tribune, Twin Cities, Michigan, September 23, pg. E-1, by Mary Abbe, “Sculpture, Still Life fills Galleries”
The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio, November 8, pg. J-5, by Michael Drexler, “Ohio Arts Council awards grants to 9 in Region”
1993 Columbus Alive, Columbus, Ohio, September 1-2, cover and pg. 11, by Laurie von Endt, “M.J. Bole’s Yard of Graves”
The Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, Ohio, August 15, pg. H -10, by Leslie Constable “Meditations on Death Rich in Gentle, Universal Symbols”
The Associated Press, New York, July 2-5, Art section and Photo section
The Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, Ohio, April 18, pg. C-9, by Leslie Constable, “New Art
Gallerie’s First exhibition strong on its mix of local talent”
1992 Respublika, Vilnius, Lithuania, June 9, pg. 9, by Dalia Karatajiene, “Porcelain Mittens from Mary”
7 Meno Dienos (7 Days of Art) Vilnius, Lithuania, May 12, Interview with Lolita Jablonskiene, “Fit and Misfit an interview with Mary Jo Bole”
Lietuvoi Aidas (State Newspaper), Vilnius, Lithuania, June 6, pg.45.
Literatura ir Menos (Weekly “Literature and Art”) Vilnius Lithuania, June 6, pg. 2
1991 Literatura un Maksla (Literature and Art), Riga, Latvia, Nov 27, pg. 13, by Ines Baranovska
1991 Neatkariga, Riga, Latvia, November 16, front page, by Ilze Steinfelde
The Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, Ohio, January 15, Arts section, by Jacqueline Hall
The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio, June 4, pgs. 3-4, by Steven Litt
1990 The Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, Ohio, August 26, pg. F-7, by Jacqueline Hall, “Sensitivity Holds Exhibit Together”
1988 The New York Times, New York, March 20, by Patricia Malarcher, “Ceramics: Expression thru Color”
Ceramics Monthly, Columbus, Ohio, December issue, pg. 62-63, by Annie Cantillon, “New and Retrospect”
COLLECTIONS
2018 Akron Art Museum, Akron Ohio
2017 Jan & John Driesbach collection
Mary Jo Bole collection spec.rare.cms.381, Rare Books & Manuscripts, The Thompson Library, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Canton Museum of Art, Canton Ohio
2015 Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio
Joseph Gallery, Columbus, Ohio (commissioned by Rebecca Ibel, Director, Pizutti Collection)
2014 Thomas Bailey, Poundridge, NY
Dublin Arts Council, Dublin, Ohio
2012 Mary Jo Bole Collection, Rare Books and Manuscripts
2010 Detroit Institute of the Arts, Detroit, Michigan
2009 Kohler Company and the John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
2005 Pamela and Steve Hootkin, New York, New York
The J. Paul Getty Museum (Artists Book Archive), Los Angeles, California
The Museum of Modern Art (Artist Book Collection Archive), New York, New York
2004 The Gustavsberg Factory Collection, Stockholm, Sweden
2001 William Busta, Cleveland, Ohio
2000 The Northern Clay Center, “The Teaching Collection”, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1999 Shiffler Collection, Cincinnati, Ohio
1998 The Museum of Modern Art (Artists Book Collection Archive), New York, New York
The J. Paul Getty Museum (Artists Book Collection), Los Angeles, California
1997 Shiffler Collection, Cincinnati, Ohio
1994 The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1992 Gallerija Langas, Vilnius, Lithuania
1991 Pushkin Museum, Moscow, Soviet Union
Foreign Art Museum, Riga, Latvia
Dottie Campbell, Miami, Florida
1989 John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
1988 National City Bank Drawing Commission
1986 John Sinker
1985 Bob Pfannebecker
1984 Al and Mary Shands
1982 Daniel Jacobs
CONSULTATION
2005 Member of Accreditation Team, The Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
2001 Sackner Collection, feasibility for artists books, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
1996 The Ohio Historical Museum, Columbus, Ohio, for Museum Branch Development, Columbus, Ohio
COVER ART FOR RECORDINGS
2002 Cheater Slicks, “Your Last Record”, In The Red Label, Los Angeles, California
2000 Pram, “Owl Service”, Domino Recording Label, London England
1999 Cheater Slicks, “Refried Dreams”, In The Red Label, Los Angeles, California
1983 “Sounds of Cleveland” (part of “Local Flavor” catalogue), Cleveland, Ohio
TEACHING (Professor Emeritus, Emeritus Academy)
1989-2011 Professor, Department of Art, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
1990 Summer Faculty, Haystack Mountain School, Deer Isle, Maine
1989/90 Visiting Faculty, Department of Art, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
1989 Instructor, Summer School, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
1988/84 – Faculty, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
1987 Instructor, Summer School, Ceramics Department, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
1984/82 Lecturer, Two and Three Dimensional Art and Design, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio
1982/81 Teaching Assistant, Freshman Foundation, Alfred University, Alfred, New York
1980 Instructor, Drawing and Ceramics (Slip Casting), Cuyahoga Community College-Metro Campus, Cleveland, OH
Instructor, Artists in Education Program, Ohio Arts Council, Columbus, Ohio
EDUCATION
1982 M.F.A., Alfred State College, Alfred, New York
1979 B.F.A., Cum Laude, School of Art & Architecture, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
1974-5 Film Studies, Case Western Reserve University
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