Ivar Theorin

Born in Sweden.
Lives and works in New York City.

Education

2009    BFA with Honors, Sculpture, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

2005    Certificate of Education, Fine Woodworking & Furniture Design, Capellagården, Vickleby, Sweden

2004    College of the Redwoods, Fort Bragg, CA (Exchange Program, Fine Woodworking)

2000    Certificate of Education, Wood Boatbuilding, Stensunds Folkhögskola, Trosa, Sweden

Exhibitions

2012    10 Year Retrospective, Affordable Art Fair, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY

2009    Aqua Art Miami, Visual Arts Gallery, Wynwood, FL

2009    Prime Time, Westside Gallery, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

2009    Everything Good in Life, Keith Lapinski Studio, New York, NY (Curated by the Co-op Artist Collective)

2009    Affordable Art Fair, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY

2009    Prime Time, Westside Gallery, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

2008    Wallpaper, Teton Art Lab, Jackson, WY

2008    Activesite VI, Activesite Biannual, Grand Rapids, MI (Curated by Paul Amenta)

2008    Prime Time, Westside Gallery, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

2008    Uneasy, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI

2008    Växelverkan, Växjö Konsthall, Växjö, Sweden

2008    Individuality/Diversity, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY

2006    Social Fabrication, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI

2006    Body Eclectic, Lawrence St. Gallery, Ferndale, MI

2005    Celebrate Clay, Lawrence St. Gallery, Ferndale, MI

Collections

Private Collection, Taipei, Taiwan

Private Collection, Oakland, CA

Jan Kaumanns, Munich, Germany

Private Collections, New York, NY

Jason Jacques, New York, NY

Greg Kong, New York, NY

Bureau A tot Z, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Joey Syta, Brooklyn, NY

Private Collection, Pontiac, MI

Private Collection, Royal Oak, MI

Private Collection, Auburn Hills, MI

Oakland Community College, Auburn Hills, MI

Affiliations

Anthropologie, Philadelphia, PA (commissioned sculptures for www.anthropologie.com)

Residencies

2011    Open Studios Program, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY

2008    Studio Residency (Summer), School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

Awards & Grants

2009    Estrid Ericsons Stiftelse, Estrid Ericson's Foundation

2009    J. L. Eklunds Stiftelse, J. L. Eklund's Foundation

2008    Fine Arts Department Grant, School of Visual Arts

2007    Silas H. Rhodes Scholarship, School of Visual Arts

2007    J. L. Eklunds Stiftelse, J. L. Eklund's Foundation

2007    Arch Chancellors Purchase Award, Oakland Community College

2006    Arch Chancellors Purchase Award, Oakland Community College

2006    Best of Show, Body Eclectic, Lawrence St. Gallery