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EDUCATION
1988 MFA Ceramics, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
1984 BFA Ceramics/Drawing Bemidji State University, Bemidji, MN
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
2006 Adjunct Ceramics Instructor, Normandale Community College, Bloomington MN
1995- Founder/Owner First Hand Decorative Painting, St Paul, MN
1997 Adjunct Instructor, Drawing Fundamentals, IHCC, Inver Grove Heights, MN
1994 Adjunct Instructor, 3-D Design, IHCC, Inver Grove Heights, MN
1990-91 Assistant Professor Ceramics & 3-D Design Bemidji State University, Bemidji, MN
1988-90 Lecturer in Ceramics, Herron School of Art, Indianapolis, In
1987-88 Associate Instructor in Ceramics, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
1987 Ceramics Instructor, Interlochen Center For The Arts, Interlochen. MI
1986-87 Associate Instructor 3-D Fundamentals Indiana University, Bloomington, In
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2012 CERAMICA MULTIPLEX, Verazdin, Croatia & Kapfenberg, Austria
2010 FOOT IN THE DOOR 4, MIA, Minneapolis, MN
2004 TONY KUKICH, New Work, BKD Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1991 TONY KUKICH, Keihle Gallery, St Cloud State University, St Cloud, MN
BLACK AND BLUE, Touché Gallery, BSU, Bemidji, MN
1990 TONY KUKICH & JANET BALLWEG, New Harmony Center for Contemporary Art, IN
28th CERAMIC NATIONAL EXHIBITION, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
1989 INDIANAPOLIS ART LEAGUE REGIONAL, Indianapolis, IN
BOUNDARIES: A TRADITION OF DRAWING AT HERRON SCHOOLOF ART, Indianapolis, IN
MIDSTATES CRAFT EXHIBITION, Evansville Art Center, IL
54TH TRI KAPPA REGIONAL ARTISTS EXHIBITION, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, IN
1988 YOUNG AMERICANS, American Craft Museum, New York, NY
SIUE CLAY NATIONAL, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, IL
1987 CHICAGO VICINITY CLAY VI, Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
1986 CLAYFEST, University of Indianapolis, IN
AWARD WINNERS FROM LILL STREET, Evanston Art Center, IL
CHICAGO VICINITY CLAY V, Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
1985 LENEXA 3-D NATIONAL EXHIBITION, Lenexa, KA
TONY KUKICH, Weeks Gallery, Drake University, Des Moines, IA
AWARDS/HONORS
1991 Grand Prize, Art in The Park, Bemidji, MN
1989 Lenore K Whitmore Award - First Place, Indianapolis Art League Regional, Indianapolis, IN
Clyde Burt Memorial Ceramic Award, 54th Tri Kappa Regional Artists Exhibition, Fort Wayne, IN
1988 Purchase Award, SIUE Clay National, Edwardsville, IL
Mary Howes Woodsmall Award - Best of Show, Clayfest, Indianapolis, IN
National Society of Arts & Letters Career Award, Bloomington, IN
1987 Juror's Choice, Clayfest, Indianapolis, IN
1986 Purchase Award, Chicago Vicinity Clay V, Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
1985 Friends of Art Fellowship, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
1984 NAIA National Springboard Diving Champion, Arkadelphia, AK