Selected commissions and exhibitions

 

Special Commissions & Collections - AWARDS

          25th Anniversary: White House Collection of American Craft - 2018 Clinton Library, Little Rock Arkansas

  • Quentin Tarantino's Hateful Eight, Commissioned Coffee Pots (4) film props - 2016

  • Arts and Crafts Design Award 2014 - international curated invitational

  • Kamm Tea Pot Foundation - permanent collection through Del Mano Gallery

  • Kamm Tea Pot Foundation - permanent collection through Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery - 2015

  • Smithsonian Institution, Oral Archives of American Art - 5 hour transcribed interview by curator and author Jo Lauria

  • White House, Washington D.C. – White House Collection of American Craft - Curator Michael Monroe- 1994  (Picture Above)

  • The Center for Art in Wood, Philadelphia - Permanent Collection

  • The Oakland Museum, Oakland California - Permanent Collection - Curator Kenneth Trapp- 1994

  • Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institute Washington D.C. - Permanent Collection - Curator Michael Monroe- 1994

  • The Vatican -Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Papal Visit of Pope John Paul II, 1987 (649 ciboria and 1 chalice and paten) – 1987

  • Colonial Williamsburg - 1982 US State Department, International Presidential Gifts: 1983, 1984, 1985. Presented to: Mayor Jacque Chirac, Paris FRANCE, King Hussein, JORDAN, Prime Minister Spadolini, ITALY, King Olaf, NORWAY, Helmut Schmidt, WEST GERMANY and dozens more.

Selected ExhibitionS

  

         Objects of Status Power and Adornment II - Invitational / Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA

          California Handmade: State of the Arts - Maloof Foundation, CA  

          Season of Light - Candlesticks - Chris Winfield Gallery, Carmel, CA  2014

          Teapots / 8th Annual Invitational - Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburg, PA

          Dimensions - San Luis Obispo Museum of Art - Best of Show 2012, 2014, 2016  Curator's Choice 2017

         Craft Alliance Gallery, “Hot Tea: 13th Biennial Teapot Exhibition”, St. Louis, MO 2011

  • Craft Alliance Gallery, “Hot Tea: 12th Biennial Teapot Exhibition”, St. Louis, MO 2010

  • San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, “RANDY STROMSOE – Master Silversmith”, San Luis Obispo, CA 2010

  • Craft in America. “Expanding Traditions” 2007-2009
    Mingei International Museum, San Diego CA
    Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston TX
    Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloom?eld Hills MI
    National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City OK
    Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton MA

  • Philadelphia Museum of Art, “The Twenty Third Annual Craft Show”, Philadelphia, PA 1999

  • University Art Gallery, Cal Poly, “Craftmakers ‘98”, San Luis Obispo, CA 1998

  • The Society of Arts and Crafts, “Centennial Metals”, Boston, MA 1997

  • 15th Annual Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, D.C. 1997

  • National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Renwick Gallery, “A Madcap Teapot
    Party” Washington D.C. 1996

  • American Craft Museum, “The White House Collection of American Crafts”, NY 1995

  • Philadelphia Craft Show, Philadelphia, PA 1995

  • Sausalito Art Festival, Sausalito, CA 1995

  • Challenge V International Lathe Turned Objects 1995
    Dane G. Hanson Museum - Logan, KS,
    Huntsville Museum of Art - Huntsville, AL
    Philharmonic Center for the Arts - Naples, FL,
    Knoxville Museum of Art - Knoxville TN

  • Arizona State University, “Turning Plus…Redefining the Lathe-Turned Object”, Az 1995

  • Brookfield Craft Center, “From the Lathe”, Brookfield, CT 1995

  • Nancy Sachs Gallery, “To See or Not to See”, St. Louis, MO 1995

  • Society of American Silversmiths, “The Vase” 1995
    National Ornamentals Metals Museum, Memphis, TN

  • National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, “The White House Collection of
    American Crafts”, Washington, D.C. 1995

  • Del Mano Gallery, “Hot Tea”, Los Angeles, CA 1995

  • Donald Brecker Gallery, Miami, FL 1994

  • Challenge V International Lathe Turned Objects 1994
    Berman Museum - Collegeville, PA
    Fine Arts Museum South - Mobile, AL
    California Crafts Museum - San Francisco, CA
    Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum - Wausau, WI

  • Society of American Silversmiths, “Artisans in Silver” 1994
    National Ornamental Metals Museum, Memphis, TN
    Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
    Muscarelle Museum - College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA

  • The Oakland Museum, “Jewels & Gems/Collecting California Art”, Oakland, CA 1994

  • American Craft Enterprises Show, San Francisco, CA 1994

  • California Design Exhibition, Contract Design Center Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1994

  • Sausalito Art Festival, Sausalito, CA 1994

  • Philadelphia Craft Show, Philadelphia, PA 1994

  • Scarlet Palette, “New Year, New Work”, Cambria, CA 1993

  • American Craft Museum, “Teapot Show”, New York, NY 1993

  • Tesoro, “Silver Show”, Los Angeles, CA 1993

  • Human Arts Gallery, “Year of the American Craft”, Ojai, CA 1993

  • Pritam & Eames Gallery, “American Work in Metal”, East Hampton, NY 1993

  • National Ornamentals Metals Museum, Memphis, TN 1993

  • American Craft Expo, Evanston, IL 1993

  • Scarlet Palette, Cambria, CA 1993

  • Del Mano Gallery, “Culinary Arts Show”, Pasdena, CA 1993

  • Philadelphia Craft Show, Philadelphia, PA 1993

  • Edith Lambert Gallery, “The Gift”, Santa Fe, NM 1993

  • White House, Permanent Craft Collection, Washington, D.C. 1993

  • MCI World Headquarters, The Renwick Collection, Washington, D.C. 1993

  • The Scarlet Palette, Cambria, CA 1992

  • American Craft Enterprises Show, Baltimore, MD 1992

  • National Museum of American Jewish History, “Contemporary Artifacts 1992”, Philadelphia, PA

  • La Quinta Festival of the Arts, La Quinta, CA 1992

  • Gallery Eight, “Architectural Forms”, La Jolla, CA 1992

  • Gallery Eight, “Salt & Pepper Show”, La Jolla, CA 1992

  • Pritam & Eames Gallery, “A Sterling Exhibition”, East Hampton, NY 1992

  • National Ornamental Metals Museum, Society of American Silversmiths, Memphis, TN 1992

  • San Luis Obispo Art Center, Craftmakers Show, San Luis Obispo, CA 1992

  • Susan Cummins Gallery, “Staged Interiors”, Mill Valley, CA 1992

  • Susan Cummins Gallery, “Les Tableaux”, Mill Valley, CA 1992

  • Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Craft Show 1992

  • ACC Pacific States Craft Fair, San Francisco, CA 1991

  • La Quinta Festival of the Arts, La Quinta, CA 1991

  • A.C.E. Armory Show, New York, NY 1991

  • American Craft Enterprises Show, San Francisco, CA 1991

Past Exhibitions 

  • Hot Tea: Craft Alliance, St. Louis MO

  • Craft in America - Expanding Traditions: Mingei International Museum, San Diego CA Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston TX, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills MI, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City OK, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton MA

  • American Craft Museum, NY - The White House Collection of American Crafts

  • Philadelphia Craft Show, Philadelphia, PA

  • Sausalito Art Festival, Sausalito, CA

  • Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA - Hot Tea

  • National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.

  • Nancy Sachs Gallery, St. Louis, MO - To See or Not to See

  • Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT - From the Lathe

  • Arizona State University - Turning Plus ... Redefining the Lathe-Turned Object

  • Challenge V International Lathe Turned Objects: Dane G. Hanson Museum - Logan, KS, Huntsville Museum of Art Huntsville, AL, Philharmonic Center for the Arts - Naples, FL, Knoxville Museum of Art - Knoxville TN, Berman Museum - Collegeville, PA, Fine Arts Museum South - Mobile, AL, California Crafts Museum - San Francisco, CA, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum - Wausau, WI

  • Contract Design Center Gallery - California Design Exhibition, San Francisco, CA

  • American Craft Enterprises Shows: San Francisco, Baltimore

  • The Oakland Museum - Jewels and Gems/Collecting California Art, Oakland, CA

  • Society of American Silversmiths - Artisans in Silver: National Ornamental Metals Museum - Memphis, TN, Fuller Craft Museum - Brockton, MA, Muscarelle Museum - College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA

  • American Craft Museum, NY - Tea Pot Show

  • MCI World Headquarters, Washington D.C. - The Renwick Collection

  • Pritam and Eames, East Hampton NY - American Work in Metal