Shuldiner
Education
1979 B.A. Degree, Immaculate Heart College, Los Angeles, California
1977 California State University Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
Solo Exhibitions
2005 Nature Experiment; del Mano Gallery, Brentwood, California
Origin Unknown: Artifacts from a Luminous World; Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, California 2002 A Forest of Objects; del Mano Gallery, Brentwood, California 2000 Joseph Shuldiner; del Mano Gallery, Brentwood, California 1994 Joseph Shuldiner: New Work; Gallery of Functional Art, Santa Monica, California
Group Exhibitions
2004 Celebrating Nature: Craft Traditions/Contemporary Expressions; Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, California 2003 The Inspired Vessel; Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California 1999 Featured Artist; del Mano Gallery, Brentwood, California
New Work; Shibui Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1998 Design East/West; Japanese American Cultural and Community Center, Los Angeles, California Recent Works; A Show of Hands, Denver, Colorado Summer Furniture; Nancy Margolis Gallery, Portland Maine
1997 A Feast of Function; Gallery of Functional Art, Santa Monica, California Contemporary Furniture; Tustin Renaissance Gallery, Tustin, California Foursome; Galleria el Zocolo, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1993 Engaging Materials; L.A. Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1992 Transforming Traditions; Japanese American Cultural and Community Center, Los Angeles, California Lights Up!; Gallery of Functional Art, Los Angeles, California Chairs & Lights; Joan Robey Gallery, Denver, Colorado Architectural Forms; Gallery Eight, La Jolla, California
1991 And All Through the House; Gallery of Functional Art, Los Angeles, California Furniture & Lighting; Joan Robey Gallery, Denver, Colorado Decorative Concepts III; The Elements Gallery, Greenwich, Connecticut
1990 Japonesque; Gallery Eight, La Jolla, California Furniture & Lighting: Joan Robey Gallery, Denver, Colorado Primitive Modern; Asiaphile, West Hollywood, California
1989 A Shade of Light; San Francisco Airport, San Francisco, California Variation on a Theme; Gallery of Functional Art, Santa Monica, California Illuminations; Gallery of Functional Art, Santa Monica, California Art of Function; WillliamsLamb Galery, Long Beach, California
1988 A Feast of Function; Gallery of Functional Art, Santa Monica, California
Table as Art; Gallery of Functional Art, Santa Monica, California 1986 1986 New Mexico Sculpture Invitational; Albuquerque, New Mexico 1984 Rite/Ritual/Religion; Marilyn Butler Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
10th Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition; Shidoni Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico 1983 Works On/Of/Or About Paper; USA Today, Rosslyn, Virginia 1982 Paperwork; Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, California
In and Around Little Tokyo; Japanese American Cultural and Community Center, Los Angeles, California Configurations III; Downey Museum of Art, Downey, California 1981 Fiber Structure National; Downey Museum of Art, Downey, California Gallery Artists; Mandell Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
Publications
2006 Los Angeles Times: September 17, “Let There Be Light,” Barbara Thornburg Cottage Living: October, We Took it Back One Room at a Time,” Susan Heeger Craft Arts International: No.66, “Art as Fictional Artefact,” Kevin Wallace
2004 Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot: Spring, “The Inspired Vessel,” Kevin Wallace
Celebrating Nature: Craft Traditions/Contemporary Expressions, Kevin Wallace 1999 AmericanStyle: Fall, “Sanctuary”, Bruce Schwartz 1998 Detour Magazine: September, “Ray of Light House,” George Gehring III
Residential Lighting: May, “Design Forum; Home at Heart” Southwest Airlines Spirit: August, “Wish List: Towers of Light”
1997 Smithsonian Magazine: April, “The Captivating Art of Crafts,” Diane M. Bolz Albuquerque Journal: July 8, “Powerful Patterns,” Ellen Berkovitch Elle Decoration/Hong Kong: July, “Positively Glowing,” Rachel Leedham Interior Design: August, “Lighting” Departures: July/August, “Homefront,” Peter Webster
1993 Visions Art Quarterly: Winter, Engaging Materials, Inside/Out, Betty Ann Brown
1992 Los Angeles Times: December 11, F16, Art Reviews, David Pagel LAX: The Los Angeles Exhibition 1992, “Transforming Traditions,” Robert Hori House Beautiful: January, “Afterglow”, Sarah McPeck
1991 L.A. Style: July, “They Came From Beyond,” Kim Wong Inside (Japan): Nov/Dec, “Joseph Shuldiner’s Luminous Sculptures,” Michael Webb Los Angeles Times Magazine: February 2, “Pieces of Dreams,” Barbara Thornburg Interview Magazine: May, “Design,” Richard Van Parys Ambiente/Germany: September, “Lampen-Hauser” San Diego Home/Garden: March, “Visual Attractions,” Phyllis Van Doren Interior Design Magazine: March, “Market: High Point,”
1990 Los Angeles Times Magazine: November, “Temples of Light,” Barbara Thornburg New York Magazine: June 25, “Best Bets; Lights of Fancy,” Corky Pollan 1989 Angeles Magazine: December, “City Lights,” Cathy Colman Home Magazine: December, “Good Things Come to Light,” Steve Holly 1984 The New Mexican: June 24, “Shidoni” Artlines: July, “Shidoni,” Nicole Pelit 1983 Textile/Art (France) : Autumn, “Four Los Angeles Artists,” Aaron Paley Artweek: January 15, “Engaging Textures,” Chuck Nicholson 1981 Artweek: April 18, “Paper As Image,” Neal Menzies Los Angeles Times, San Diego Edition: December, “California Paper,” Elise Miller
Books and Catalogs
2006 Shaping Space: The dynamics of three-dimensional design; Paul Zelanski, Mary Pat Fisher 2004 Celebrating Nature: Craft Traditions/Contemporary Expressions, Kevin Wallace 2001 Object Lessons: Beauty and Meaning in Art; Guild Publishing 2000 Beautiful Things: Original Art from the Artists of Guild.com; Guild Publishing
Lectures
1997 WestWeek 97 – Conversations With Designers; Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, California
1982 Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Los Angeles, California Pierce College; Woodland Hills, California
Awards
1998 Top 100 Products of 1998, Residential Lighting magazine
1990 Angeles Design Award, Lighting, Angeles magazine
Collections
Long Beach Museum of Art Lloyd Cotsen
1979 B.A. Degree, Immaculate Heart College, Los Angeles, California
1977 California State University Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
Solo Exhibitions
2005 Nature Experiment; del Mano Gallery, Brentwood, California
Origin Unknown: Artifacts from a Luminous World; Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, California 2002 A Forest of Objects; del Mano Gallery, Brentwood, California 2000 Joseph Shuldiner; del Mano Gallery, Brentwood, California 1994 Joseph Shuldiner: New Work; Gallery of Functional Art, Santa Monica, California
Group Exhibitions
2004 Celebrating Nature: Craft Traditions/Contemporary Expressions; Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, California 2003 The Inspired Vessel; Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California 1999 Featured Artist; del Mano Gallery, Brentwood, California
New Work; Shibui Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1998 Design East/West; Japanese American Cultural and Community Center, Los Angeles, California Recent Works; A Show of Hands, Denver, Colorado Summer Furniture; Nancy Margolis Gallery, Portland Maine
1997 A Feast of Function; Gallery of Functional Art, Santa Monica, California Contemporary Furniture; Tustin Renaissance Gallery, Tustin, California Foursome; Galleria el Zocolo, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1993 Engaging Materials; L.A. Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1992 Transforming Traditions; Japanese American Cultural and Community Center, Los Angeles, California Lights Up!; Gallery of Functional Art, Los Angeles, California Chairs & Lights; Joan Robey Gallery, Denver, Colorado Architectural Forms; Gallery Eight, La Jolla, California
1991 And All Through the House; Gallery of Functional Art, Los Angeles, California Furniture & Lighting; Joan Robey Gallery, Denver, Colorado Decorative Concepts III; The Elements Gallery, Greenwich, Connecticut
1990 Japonesque; Gallery Eight, La Jolla, California Furniture & Lighting: Joan Robey Gallery, Denver, Colorado Primitive Modern; Asiaphile, West Hollywood, California
1989 A Shade of Light; San Francisco Airport, San Francisco, California Variation on a Theme; Gallery of Functional Art, Santa Monica, California Illuminations; Gallery of Functional Art, Santa Monica, California Art of Function; WillliamsLamb Galery, Long Beach, California
1988 A Feast of Function; Gallery of Functional Art, Santa Monica, California
Table as Art; Gallery of Functional Art, Santa Monica, California 1986 1986 New Mexico Sculpture Invitational; Albuquerque, New Mexico 1984 Rite/Ritual/Religion; Marilyn Butler Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
10th Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition; Shidoni Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico 1983 Works On/Of/Or About Paper; USA Today, Rosslyn, Virginia 1982 Paperwork; Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, California
In and Around Little Tokyo; Japanese American Cultural and Community Center, Los Angeles, California Configurations III; Downey Museum of Art, Downey, California 1981 Fiber Structure National; Downey Museum of Art, Downey, California Gallery Artists; Mandell Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
Publications
2006 Los Angeles Times: September 17, “Let There Be Light,” Barbara Thornburg Cottage Living: October, We Took it Back One Room at a Time,” Susan Heeger Craft Arts International: No.66, “Art as Fictional Artefact,” Kevin Wallace
2004 Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot: Spring, “The Inspired Vessel,” Kevin Wallace
Celebrating Nature: Craft Traditions/Contemporary Expressions, Kevin Wallace 1999 AmericanStyle: Fall, “Sanctuary”, Bruce Schwartz 1998 Detour Magazine: September, “Ray of Light House,” George Gehring III
Residential Lighting: May, “Design Forum; Home at Heart” Southwest Airlines Spirit: August, “Wish List: Towers of Light”
1997 Smithsonian Magazine: April, “The Captivating Art of Crafts,” Diane M. Bolz Albuquerque Journal: July 8, “Powerful Patterns,” Ellen Berkovitch Elle Decoration/Hong Kong: July, “Positively Glowing,” Rachel Leedham Interior Design: August, “Lighting” Departures: July/August, “Homefront,” Peter Webster
1993 Visions Art Quarterly: Winter, Engaging Materials, Inside/Out, Betty Ann Brown
1992 Los Angeles Times: December 11, F16, Art Reviews, David Pagel LAX: The Los Angeles Exhibition 1992, “Transforming Traditions,” Robert Hori House Beautiful: January, “Afterglow”, Sarah McPeck
1991 L.A. Style: July, “They Came From Beyond,” Kim Wong Inside (Japan): Nov/Dec, “Joseph Shuldiner’s Luminous Sculptures,” Michael Webb Los Angeles Times Magazine: February 2, “Pieces of Dreams,” Barbara Thornburg Interview Magazine: May, “Design,” Richard Van Parys Ambiente/Germany: September, “Lampen-Hauser” San Diego Home/Garden: March, “Visual Attractions,” Phyllis Van Doren Interior Design Magazine: March, “Market: High Point,”
1990 Los Angeles Times Magazine: November, “Temples of Light,” Barbara Thornburg New York Magazine: June 25, “Best Bets; Lights of Fancy,” Corky Pollan 1989 Angeles Magazine: December, “City Lights,” Cathy Colman Home Magazine: December, “Good Things Come to Light,” Steve Holly 1984 The New Mexican: June 24, “Shidoni” Artlines: July, “Shidoni,” Nicole Pelit 1983 Textile/Art (France) : Autumn, “Four Los Angeles Artists,” Aaron Paley Artweek: January 15, “Engaging Textures,” Chuck Nicholson 1981 Artweek: April 18, “Paper As Image,” Neal Menzies Los Angeles Times, San Diego Edition: December, “California Paper,” Elise Miller
Books and Catalogs
2006 Shaping Space: The dynamics of three-dimensional design; Paul Zelanski, Mary Pat Fisher 2004 Celebrating Nature: Craft Traditions/Contemporary Expressions, Kevin Wallace 2001 Object Lessons: Beauty and Meaning in Art; Guild Publishing 2000 Beautiful Things: Original Art from the Artists of Guild.com; Guild Publishing
Lectures
1997 WestWeek 97 – Conversations With Designers; Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, California
1982 Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Los Angeles, California Pierce College; Woodland Hills, California
Awards
1998 Top 100 Products of 1998, Residential Lighting magazine
1990 Angeles Design Award, Lighting, Angeles magazine
Collections
Long Beach Museum of Art Lloyd Cotsen
