Art Department Faculty Quadrennial Exhibition 2016 January 2016

T. L. Solien Professor UW–Madison Department of Art, since 1997 Painting and Drawing, Printmaking 1977 Master of Fine Arts, University of Nebraska 1973 Bachelor of Arts, Minnesota State University Recent achievements 2015 Yesterday, It was Sunny: Solo Exhibition of Work by T.L. Solien, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL 2015 The Big Show 9, group show, Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY 2014 The Return of Rococo, group show, H.F. Johnson Gallery of Art, Carthage College, Kenosha, WI 2013–2014 T.L. Solien: Toward the Setting Sun, solo show, Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE; Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT; Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND 2013 T.L. Solien: the loneliest gods, solo show, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee 2012 Someone Else’s Dream, group show, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago 2010 T.L. Solien: Bogusville, solo show, Bockley Gallery, Minneapolis 2009 T.L. Solien: To the West, solo show, Luise Ross Gallery, New York 2008 T.L. Solien: Myths and Monsters, solo show, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI 2007 Joan Mitchell Foundation Fellowship in Painting, New York Artist’s statement Born in 1949 in Fargo, North Dakota, Solien has taught studio courses at The Ohio State University, The University of Iowa, and Montana State University. He gained attention for his painting, sculpture, and works on paper that combine cartoon-like and surreal imagery with references to art and cultural history, while also exploring his life, mind, and emotional states as a man, artist, husband, and father. Solien has appeared in numerous national group and solo exhibitions at venues that include the Whitney Museum of American Art, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Walker Art Center, Des Moines Art Center, Madison Contemporary Art Museum, and the American Center in Paris. His work is held in the collections of the Tate Modern, Whitney Museum, Walker Art Center, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Smithsonian American Art Museum, the High Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, the Sheldon Museum, the Plains Art Museum, and other public collections. He lives in Madison with his wife Deborah. Work in the show T. L. Solien (American, b. 1949) The Renunciation I, 2014–15 Acrylic/enamel on canvas 60 x 84 in. The Renunciation II, 2015 Acrylic/enamel on canvas 60 x 84 in. 56 Quadrennial 2016 | Faculty

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