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Garth Claassen
Born: 1953, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal
Education: 1976 B.A.F.A., University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
1978 Graduate Studies in Ceramics, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
1979 Higher Diploma of Education, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
1985 M.A., History of Art, School of Fine Arts, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
1991 Ph.D., History of Art, School of Fine Arts, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
1993 Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Arts, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2014 Unconscious Bent: A Survey of Regional Surrealism, Yellowstone Museum of Art, Billings, Montana
Het Agterhuis, in conjunction with Langroise Trio; performances at Simplot Center for Performing Art, Boise, Idaho;
Langroise Recital Hall, C of I, Caldwell, Idaho
2013 Legacy: David Walters and Friends--In Honor of Juliet Armstrong, The William Humphreys Art Gallery,
Kimberley, South Africa
Northwest Contemporary, Art Association Gallery, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Inter/change, Gallery at the Linen Building, Boise, Idaho
2012 Works on Paper, Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho
Body Language, Jean B. King Gallery, Herrett Museum, College of Southern Idaho, Twin Falls, Idaho
2011 Altar for Dia de los Muertos, Idaho State Historical Museum, Boise, Idaho
2010 Sustain and Expand, Idaho Triennial, 2010. Boise Art Museum, Boise, Idaho
Art Chicago, Stewart Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2009 Blunderings: Paintings and Drawings by Garth Claassen, Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho
Los Angeles Art Show, Stewart Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Bloated Floaters, Snouted Sappers and the Defense of Empire, Boise Art Museum, Boise, Idaho
2008 Seven from the C. of I., Rosenthal Gallery, The College of Idaho, Caldwell, Idaho
2007 20/20: the 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho
Affair @ the Jupiter Hotel, Stewart Gallery, Portland, Oregon
Winter Group Exhibition, Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho
2005 Drawings, Paintings & Sculpture: Garth Claassen & Frances Fox, Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho
2004 The Contemplative and the Contested Landscape: Garth Claassen & John Taye, Herrett Museum,
College of Southern Idaho, Twin Falls, Idaho
Ubu Roi set decoration & program illustration, College of Idaho, Caldwell, Idaho
2003 Idaho Commission on the Arts Visual Arts Fellowship Touring Exhibition, Boise, Idaho
2001 9/11, Group exhibition commemorating victims of the September 11, Visual Arts Center,
Boise State University, Boise, Idaho
Estone Perpetua: Nameless Emperors and the Great Seal of Idaho, Rosenthal Gallery, College of Idaho, Caldwell, Idaho
Faculty/Staff Exhibition, Rosenthal Gallery, College of Idaho, Caldwell, Idaho
1998 Idaho Triennial, Boise Art Museum, Boise, Idaho
Faculty Exhibition, Rosenthal Gallery of Art, College of Idaho, Caldwell, Idaho
Do It! Conceptual Art, Visual Arts Center, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho
Hands in Clay: Exhibition of drawings at the Boise Art Museum, Boise, Idaho
1996 Drawings and Sculptures, Takami Gallery, Treasure Valley Community College, Ontario, Oregon
Faculty Exhibition, Rosenthal Gallery of Art, College of Idaho, Caldwell, Idaho
1995 Idaho Triennial, (Drawings) Boise Art Museum, Boise, Idaho
Faculty Exhibition, Rosenthal Gallery of Art, College of Idaho, Caldwell, Idaho
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) NSA Gallery,
Durban, South Africa
Contemporary Ceramics in South Africa, Tatham Art Gallery, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
1991 The Contemporary Vessel, Karen McKerron Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
1990 Natal Art Lecturers, Natal Technikon, Durban, South Africa
1989 Natal Artists, Buester-Skolimowski Gallery, Pretoria, South Africa
1983 Ceramic Sculpture, (solo show) Fine Arts Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
1978 Graduate Exhibition (solo show) Ceramics and Drawings, Jack Heath Gallery, University of Natal,
Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
1977 Sculpture for the Unsighted, South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
SELECTED AWARDS
2008 Idaho Commission on the Arts Fellowship Award, Boise, Idaho
2002 Idaho Commission on the Arts Fellowship Award, Boise, Idaho
2001 Exhibition QuickArt$ Grant, Idaho Commission on the Arts, Boise, Idaho
1995 National Endowment Summer Travel Grant to Art Students League, New York, New York
1987 . Samuel A. Kress Foundation Fellowship in Art History
SELECTED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE 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
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2006 Schnoor, Chris, Garth Claassen at Stewart, Art in America
2005 Best Gallery Exhibit: Garth Claassen at Stewart Gallery, Boise Weekly, Best of Boise
Schnoor, Chris, Art of War, Boise Weekly, Mar 30, 2005
2003 Visual Arts Fellowship Exhibition Catalogue, Idaho Commission on the Arts, Boise, Idaho
Garrett, Barbara, Fellowship, Black Canyon Quarterly (Spring 2003), 71-79
2002 Notebook, Big Sky Journal (Arts Issue 2002), pp. 94-5
Hoffman, Nathaniel, Interpreting Idaho’s Imagery, Idaho Press Tribune June 20, 2002, p.1A
2000 Sewell, Cynthia, Hands in Clay, Sun Valley Art (Winter 2000), pp. 64-66
1998 Boise Art Museum, 1998 Idaho Triennial Exhibition (Catalogue) Boise, 1998, p. 7
1995 Boise Art Museum, 1995 Idaho Triennial Exhibition (Catalogue) Boise 1995, p. 7
1991 Cruise, W. & D. Hemp Contemporary Ceramics in South Africa, Cape Town, 1991, pp.110-11; 189
1982 Fransen, H. Three Centuries of South African Art, Johannesburg, 1982, p.342