Niel Stoutenburg

Woodturning and the creation of Wood Art is my work and I love it!  I love to create beautiful things that people can use.  I love to create beautiful things for people look at, hold and question.

For me, interpretation of art can be very simple.   When I see an object that captures my attention, I immediately feel a very basic emotion.  When I look at a medium I don’t relate to, I struggle to explore the piece beyond that initial “feeling”. Wood is different! I am drawn to study the form, line, texture, colors, completeness, technique, use of the woods’ qualities and so on.  Wood art is a complete sensory experience for me and that’s likely why I enjoy it so much.  I put a lot of myself into my work, which makes it very hard to be objective in assessing the artistic merits of a piece. I like to live with a piece for a while before I decide if it’s finished. 

I hope you enjoy the work you see here as much as I’ve enjoyed making it.

       Niel

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Phone: (306)-931-4193

Curriculum Vitae
 

Positions and Appointments

2000     Provided ongoing “special occasion/exhibition” web page development for The WoodTurning Center in
               Philadelphia
2000     Coordinating Committee for  “The Little Bowl Show”, Saskatchewan Craft Council
2000      Worked with the Coordinating Committee for “Emma 2000", Emma Lake, Saskatchewan
2000      Assistant Instructor for Micheal Hosaluk at Arrowmont School of Art and Craft, Gattlinberg, Tennessee
1999      Assistant Instructor for Betty Scarpino at Arrowmont School of Art and Craft, Gattlinberg, Tennessee
1998      Coordinating Committee for Woodturning Symposium at Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
1998      Worked with the Coordinating Committee for “Breaking Barriers”, Emma Lake, Saskatchewan

Exhibitions

2001      “Revelations in Wood”, an annual invitational wood exhibition at the Ontario Craft Councils’  “Guild Shop”.

2001      “Dimensions”, an annual juried one year touring exhibition of the Saskatchewan Craft Council, Saskatoon,
               Saskatchewan.  Received Saskatchewan Woodworkers’ Guild Award for “Excellence in Wood”.

2001     “Nature Takes a Turn”, American Association of Woodturners juried exhibition showing at: Minnesota Museum
               of American Art in St. Paul, MN; University of California at Davis; Arrowmont School of Art and Craft,
               Gattlinberg, TN; University of New York at Purchase.

2001      “Turned Multiples II”, an invitational exhibition curated by Michael Hosaluk, Merryll Salan, Hans Joachim
               Weissflog, opening concurrently in Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Saskatoon.

2000      “Dimensions”, an annual juried one year touring exhibition of the Saskatchewan Craft Council, Saskatoon,
               Saskatchewan.   Received Saskatchewan Woodworkers’ Guild Award for “Excellence in Wood”.

2000      “Little Bowl Show”, an international collaborative exhibition opening at the Saskatchewan Craft Council,
               Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, July 2000

2000      “Turning on Furnishings”, Canadian Woodturners Association exhibition of functional and sculptural turnings
               spread out over five galleries in Toronto

2000      “Y2K Bug”, Alaska Pacific University, Grant Hall Gallery, Anchorage, Alaska

1999      “Dimensions”, an annual juried one year touring exhibition of the Saskatchewan Craft Council, Saskatoon,
               Saskatchewan

1997      “Turned For Use”, American Association of Woodturners first annual juried exhibition at San Antonio Museum
               of Art, San Antonio, Texas, and Carolina State University Gallery

  

Demonstrations

 1997 & ‘98      “Wood Show ‘98", Innovation Place, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Woodworkers Guild

1999                  “Saskatchewan Hand Craft Festival”, Battleford, Saskatchewan                         

2000                   Arrowmont School of Art and Craft, Gattlinberg, Tennessee

 

 Representation

Spiritual Reflections Gallery, Tofino, Vancouver Island

Douglas-Baker Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

 

 Private Collections

 

Irving Lipton, Van Nuys, California                        Fleur Bresler, Rockville, Maryland
Robert Bohlen, Brighton, Michigan                       Richard Preston, Virginia
Bruce Goldman, Edinburg, Texas                         Patricia A. McCauley, Baltimore, Maryland

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