Tina Blondell Studio
Tina Blondell
Born: 1953 Salzburg, Austria
1957-1971 Italy
1971-1992 Washington DC, USA
1992-1996 New Mexico, USA
1996-present Minnesota, USA
Solo Exhibitions
2013 The Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI
2012 The Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, MN
2008 Atwood Gallery, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN
2008 Nina Bliese Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2007 4 star gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2007 Park Square Theater, St. Paul, MN
2006 Gallerie Icosahedron, New York, NY
2004 Shelley Holzemer Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2003 Shelley Holzemer Gallery, Minneapolis, MN.
2002 Shelley Holzemer Gallery, Minneapolis, MN.
2002 Fraser Gallery, Washington, DC
2001 Shelley Holzemer Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2000 Atwood Gallery, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN
2000 Shelley Holzemer Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2000 The Women's Club, Minneapolis, MN
1999 Minneapolis Government Center, Minneapolis, MN
1999 Shelley Holzemer Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1998 Joan Polk Interiors, Washington, DC
1997 Occupied Space Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1996 Central Presbyterian Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1996 Minneapolis College of Art & Design Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Selected exhibitions prior to 1996:
Galerie Peter Ohrfandl, Vienna, Austria; Indian Center/Multicultural Awareness Center, Lincoln, NE; Buffalo Gallery, Alexandria, VA
Group Exhibitions
2018 Fine Arts, Minnesota State Fair, St Paul, MN (juried exhibition)
2018 Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, WI, Humanly Possible, The Empathy Show
2017 Fine Arts, Minnesota State Fair, St Paul, MN (juried exhibition)
2016 Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI, Real American (juried exhibition – honorable mention)
2015 Instinct Art Gallery,Minneapolis, MN, Humanly Possible, The Empathy Show
2015 Made Here – Brilliance, Minneapolis, MN
2014 Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
2014 Instinct Art Gallery,Minneapolis, MN, Heavy: The Metal Show
2012 Catherine G Murphy Gallery, St Catherine University, Lace and Gunpowder
2012 Bloomington Art Center, Lace & Gunpowder: Male/Female Art Exhibition
2011 Hofstra Museum, Hempstead NY (four woman exhibit)
2011 Hennes Art Company, Minneapolis, MN (self portrait show)
2010 Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Woman as Temptress in the Rennaissance Tradition
2009 Salisbury University Galleries, Salisbury, MD (four woman exhibit)
2009 Stephanie Roper Gallery, Frostburg State University, Frostburg, Maryland (four woman exhibit)
2009 Midwest Biennial, Wausau, WI, Jury awarded second place for “Urban American Gothic”
2009 Plymouth Congregational Church Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (juried exhibition)
2008 Allen Gallery, Chelsea, NY (four woman exhibit)
2008 New Hope Sidetracks Gallery, New Hope, PA
2007 The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
2007 New Hope Sidetracks Gallery, New Hope, PA
2007 Habitat Gallery, Denver, CO
2007 4 Star Gallery, Indianapolis, IN (three woman exhibit)
2006 Ferrara Museum of the Estense Castle, Ferrara, Italy
2006 Gallerie Icosahedron, New York, NY
2006 Boxheart Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2004 Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, MD
2004 Shelley Holzemer Gallery, Minneapolis, MN.
2004 Fraser Gallery, Washington, DC
2003 Weisman Art Museum, Art Expo, Minneapolis, MN
2003 Fraser Gallery, Washington DC
2003 Shelley Holzemer Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2002 Boxheart Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA (juried exhibition)
2002 Shelley Holzemer Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2002 Fraser Gallery, Washington DC
2001 Fraser Gallery, Washington DC
2001 Shelley Holzemer Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2001 Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Recent Acquisitions, Minneapolis, MN
2000 Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Foot in the Door, Minneapolis, MN
1999 Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY
1999 Minneapolis Government, Center, Minneapolis, MN
Selected exhibits prior to 1999:
Salzburger Messe, Salzburg, Austria; Klagenfurt Messe, Klagenfurt, Austria; Peter Ohrfandl, Vienna, Austria; Brenau University, Gainesville, GA; Vision Gallery, Minneapolis, MN; Nina Bean Gallery, Albuquerque, NM; Galerie Buffalo Gallery, Alexandria, VA; Gallery of the Repressed, Albuquerque, NM; Fairfax County Council of the Arts, Fairfax, VA; The Art League, Alexandria, VA; Madrid Supply Co. Gallery, Madrid, NM; Presden Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Selected Collections
2002 Weisman Art Museum, permanent collection
2000 Minneapolis Institute of Arts, permanent collection
2000 Hennepin County Commissioners Office, Helping Hands painting
2000 Hennepin County Government Center, Hennepin County History Mural
1996 Albuquerque Zoological Park Aquarium, Albuquerque, NM, Underwater Seascape Mural
In the private collections Internationally
Publications
2017 Cleaver Magazine (A quarterly magazine of original works by artists & writers) Issue #17 – feature article with images and cover image
2015 Minneapolis Star Tribune – Mary Abbe reviews Humanly Possible
2015 Marianne Combs features Empathy Show on MPR news
2014 Marianne Combs features Heavy: The Metal Show on the State of the Arts blog
2012 Minnesota Women's Press – feature article and cover image – October 2012 issue
2012 selected to City Pages "100 Creatives" list (top 100 most creatives in Minneapolis-St. Paul)
2012 Minneapolis Start Tribune, Image and short write up for Lace & Gunpowder show
2012 Lace & Gunpowder is reviewed on Minnesota Public Radio's Art Hounds.
2011 Twin Cities Metro magazine - Inside Out: The Self Portrait Show - Hennes Art Gallery, review and color image.
2009 “Living on the Outside of Your Skin”: Gustav Klimt and Tina Blondell Show Us Judith. In Visual Theology: Forming and Transforming the Community Through the Arts by Sarah Henrich
2009 dArt International Magazine, Body Mapping, article by Mary Hrbacek (Image included)
2009 Lexikon der Phantastischen Künstler (Museum Catalog), Color image inclusion, Museum der Phantastischen Künste, Vienna, Austria
2008 3 Minute Egg, Truth, Introspection and Myth, review by Matt Peiken on 3minuteegg.org
2008 Black Book, Nobuko Tanabe vs. “Body Mapping”, review by Rohin Guha
2007 Gustav Klimt: The Ronald S. Lauder and Serge Sabarsky Collections. New York: Neue Galerie, Museum for German and Austrian Art.
2007 Minneapolis Star Tribune (11/23/07) Scene, Item World, A nod from the Neue
2007 Bucks County Herald (11/22/07) Klimt Collection, image and review
2007 The Beacon (9/27/07) Sidetracks to Feature Tina Blondell, review
2006 Village Voice, Feed Your Head, Gallerie Icosahedron, NY, NY (image)
2004 Minneapolis Star Tribune (7/2/04) Art- Five Women (review)
2004 The Rake (7/01/04) Secret of the day: Five Women Explore the Figure 2 (review)
2003 dialogue Magazine, (September/October 2003) Editors Pick
2003 Twin Cities Fine Arts Folio, (February 2003) cover image
2003 The Rake, (February 2003) profile of artist
2003 Pulse of the Twin Cities (Aug. 27, 2003) Five Women Explore the Figure
2003 Southwest Journal (Aug. 21-Sept. 3, 2003) Five Women Explore the Figure
2003 Minnesota Women’s Press (Aug. 13- 26, 2003) Five Fine Figures
2003 Art & Antiques (May 2003) Traveling Collector: Northern Exposures
2002 Pulse of the Twin Cities, (October 23, 2002) Tina Blondell @ Shelley Holzemer Gallery (review)
2002 Pittsburgh Tribune, (January 4, 2002) Review of Art Inter/National
2002 MOCA Show, (April 2002) Tina Blondell @ Fraser Gallery (Review)
2001 Minneapolis City Pages, (September 26, 2001) A’ List Editors Pick
2000 Southwest Journal, (November 20, 2000) Art Condition (review)
2000 Channel 9, 10 o’clock news (October 19, 2000) The Buzz: Tina Blondell
1999 Channel 9, 10 o’clock news (May, 6, 1999) Telling It Like It Is
1999 KFAI radio, 6 o’clock news (May 11, 1999) Telling It Like It Is
1999 MOAPPP newsletter (July, 1999) Telling It Like It Is
1999 Southwest Journal (May 12-25, 1999) Healing Arts (review)
1999 Minnesota Women’s Press (April 28-May 11, 1999) Telling It Like It Is
1999 Southside Pride (May 11, 1999) Telling It Like It Is (review)
1997 Minneapolis Star Tribune (Sept. 20, 1997) Strong Shows Kick Off the Season for Galleries
1997 Annual report cover and illustrations, Hazelden Foundation
1996 Southwest Journal newspaper (Nov. 27-Dec. 10, 1996) review of The Temptation Series
1996 Minnesota Daily newspaper (Nov. 14, 1996) calendar
1996 Albuquerque Journal newspaper (October) Arts Bits profile of The Temptation Series
1996 Minnesota Women’s Press (October 2-15, 1996) review of The Temptation Series
1996 Albuquerque Journal newspaper (August, 1996) features Underwater Seascape” mural
1996 The Atlanta Journal/The Atlanta Constitution newspaper, (July 25, 1996) review
1996 Albuquerque Journal newspaper (May) Arts Bits, profile of The Temptation Series
1995 Brochure cover illustration, Indian Child Welfare Act
1995 Albuquerque Journal newspaper (Sunday, January 8, 1995) review of The Temptation Series
1995 Albuquerque Monthly magazine (January/February, 1995) review of The Temptation Series
1994 The Temptation Series publication of folio
1994 Albuquerque Journal newspaper Friday, (November 25, 1994) profile of artist and book
1994 Lincoln Journal-Star (Sunday, September 11, 1994) profile of artist
1994 Vernissage magazine, Vienna, Austria (March, 1994) profile of artist
Lectures and Presentations
2018 Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, WI, Humanly Possible, The Empathy Show (panel discussion)
2009 Making an Impact: Women’s Leadership and Community Organizing,
Activism in the World of Art, St Cloud State University, St Cloud, MN
2008 Women’s Action for Liberation and Leadership, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN
2000 Atwood Memorial Center Gallery, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN
2000 The Women’s Club, Minneapolis, MN
1999 Hennepin County Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1999 The Temptation Series, Minneapolis Government Center, Minneapolis, MN
1999 Telling It Like It Is, Minneapolis Government Center, Minneapolis, MN
1999 Telling It Like It Is, Shelley Holzemer Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1998 Women Venture Conference, Minneapolis, MN
1996 Minneapolis College of Art & Design, Minneapolis, MN
1996 Central Presbyterian Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1995-96 Art for Heart’s Sake auction, Albuquerque, NM, annual charity gala/All Faiths Receiving Home
1995 Gallery of the Repressed, Albuquerque, NM, fundraiser for the Women’s Theater
1995 Full Circle bookstore, Albuquerque, NM (February), presentation and book signing on “The Temptation Series”
1995 Page One bookstore, Albuquerque, NM (January), presentation and book signing on “The Temptation Series”
Selected public art events prior to 1995: Unitarian Church of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM; Architect Marjorie Viguers-Lacovara; Art Auction for the Homeless, Washington, D.C.