Karl Unnasch
31314 Hwy. 30
Chatfield, MN 55923
Phone: 507-272-0452
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PUBLIC ART
2017RUSTICIAN (Hunt and Gather…Seek and Find), (confirmed, currently in process) City of Montevideo, MN
RENEWABLE ENERGY, (confirmed, currently in process) Silver Spring, MD
2016 POSITIVITREE, Silver Spring, MD
BLOODROOT, The International Sculpture Collection, Royal Botanical Gardens, Burlington, Ontario, Canada
TRIBUTE…TARRY (A MOVING WATER PERSPECTIVE), Habitat for Humanity ReStore, Onalaska, WI
2015 WELL SEASONED GREETINGS, Silver Spring, MD
BURNT MATCHSTICK, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN
SEASONAL HIDE AND SEEK, Ramsey County Library, White Bear Lake, MN
2014 RUMINANT (THE GRAND MASTICATOR), Reedsburg, WI
GATEWAY SCULPTURE PARK, The Lanesboro Art Center, Lanesboro, MN
BLUFFLAND HIGHLIGHTS, stained glass transom for F&M Community Bank, Preston, MN
2013 PLAYTIME JUBILEE, Downtown Silver Spring, MD
RUMINANT (THE GRAND MASTICATOR), Farm/Art D’Tour, Fermentation Fest, Reedsburg, WI
LE BAGATELLE DE BAGATELLE, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
2011 DISCOVER SCULPTURE, City of Lanesboro, MN
THE SUN TOUCHES ALL, Marshall High School, Rochester, MN
HEALTHY ACQUAINTANCES, MEDICAL ICONS, RANDOM SURVEY PULSE, Medical Sciences Building, Rochester Community and Technical College, Rochester, MN
2010 NEAR-MINT CONDITION, Minnesota Biennial, Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, John Marshall High School, Rochester, MN
2009TESSELLATED MOSAIC, Fillmore Central High School, Harmony, MN
2007 COMMONWEAL STASH, Commonweal Theatre, Lanesboro, MN
EXHIBITIONS
2017RANGE, Edward J. & Helen Jane Morrison Gallery, University of Minnesota, Morris, MN
THE ART OF FISHING, Hutchinson Center for the Arts, Hutchinson, MN
2015GLEAM, Olbrich Botanical Gardens, Madison, WI
PLAYTIME IN INDY, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN WI
2014 SPACE COWBOY JUNKIE, The Travelling Museum for Art in Odd Places, Indianapolis, IN
GLASSICLES, Northern Spark in downtown Minneapolis, Loring Park and the Weisman Art
Museum, Minneapolis, MN
2013 JUICY STEAK MOUSTACHE II, Kolman & Pryor Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
FACULTY EXHIBITION, University Gallery—Department of Art,
University of Wisconsin—La Crosse, WI
2012 RECENT SCULPTURE, Paul Watkins Gallery, Winona State University, Winona, MN
COLLECTS, SHOOTS AND LEAVES, Anita Sue Kolman Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
THE BIRDHOUSE, Northern Spark at the Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
2011 MERE TRIFLES (solo), The Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI
THE GUILD-OF-ONE PUB for the CORPORATE WIZARD IN THE LAND OF LARP, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
SUSPENSION OF THIS BELIEF (solo), Soo Visual Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2010 A THEORY OF VALUES, Minnesota Biennial, Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
A BAKER’S DOZEN FOR THE GOOSE TOWER, collaboration with Mark Dion for the TUMULT exhibition, Vordingborg, Denmark
GUILD OF ONE (solo), ArtHouse, New London, MN
THE AESTHETE HOBBYIST (solo), Upper Iowa University, Fayette, IA
2009FLORA/FAUNA, Ridgewater College, Hutchinson, MN
THE PRECIOUS OBJECT, Cargill Gallery, Central Library, Minneapolis, MN
2008 ONE INCH PUNCH, (solo), Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN
ZOOLOGICA FANTASTICA, Cantor Art Gallery, College of the Holy Cross, Worchester, MA
2007FERROUS AURORA, Lizzards Art Gallery, Duluth, MN
HEAD ACRES, The Berwick Institute, Boston, MA
SQUARE OFF, Luckystar Art Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 EDGES OF GRACE, Fuller Museum, Brockton, MA
NATURE CALLS, University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse, WI
PENSIVE COLLISIONS (solo), Cornucopia Art Center, Lanesboro, MN
LIFE AND DEATH, M-80 gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2005 SURREAL VIGNETTES (solo), Ohio University, Athens, OH
2004 DOLLHOUSES AT THE DOLLHAUS, Dollhaus Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
URBAN VIGNETTES (solo), The Artists Foundation, S. Boston, MA
TACTICAL INTERVENTIONS (with Spurse), Mass Moca, North Adams, MA
ENCHANTMENTS, Wave Hill, Bronx, NY
FOR THE BIRDS, Artspace, New Haven, CT
2003 CREEP SHOW, Varnish Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
BRAVE DESTINY, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
IRON RODEO, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
ART EVENTS ROSTERS AND AWARDS
2017-2020ESTABLISHED ARTIST ROSTER, Office of Arts and Culture, Seattle, WA
2016-2019PREQUALIFIED ARTIST POOL, City of Palo Alto Public Art Program, Palo Alto, CA
2016-2018PREQUALIFIED PUBLIC ARTIST REGISTER, Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs Public Art Program Office, City of Atlanta, GA
2016-2017OREGON ART IN PUBLIC PLACES ROSTER, Oregon Arts Commission, Regional Arts and Culture Council, OR
2014-2015 ESTABLISHED ARTIST ROSTER, Office of Arts and Culture, Seattle, WA
SCOTTSDALE PUBLIC ART, prequalified for Temporary Projects roster, Scottsdale, AZ
2014 PUBLIC ART NETWORK YEAR IN REVIEW, for RUMINANT (The Grand Masticator), Americans for the Arts, Washington, DC
2 ICSC U.S. MAXI SILVER AWARDS, for PLAYTIME JUBILEE, New York, NY
COMMUNITY SUPPORTED ART (CSA), selected artist, Springboard for the Arts and MNartists.org, St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN
2013ARDEE AWARDS, bronze award design and fabrication, Rochester Arts Council, Rochester, MN
THE MN SAGE AWARDS FOR DANCE, stained glass award design and fabrication, Cowles Center, Minneapolis, MN
GRANDFATHER AND GRANDSON, stained glass window commission for the Todd family, Harmony, MN
ONE NIGHT OF ART, Art Happening exhibition at 1704 7th St. NW, Rochester, MN
2012 GARDEN QUEST, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
FRANKIE SAYS RELAX, Iron Artists at The Venue, Rochester, MN
2011 COMMUNITY SUPPORTED ART (CSA), Juror for artist selection, Springboard for the Arts and MNartists.org, St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN
2010 COMMUNITY SUPPORTED ART (CSA), contributing artist, Springboard for the Arts and MNartists.org, St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN
PRESS
2014 Stained Glass Artist Turned Combine into Art, Farm Show Magazine, Cover Story for Vol. #38, Issue #3, May 2014
Council approves Webb grant for permanent city art piece, Reedsburg Independent, February 27, 2014
Original stained glass window being created for F&M Community Bank, Gretchen Mensink Lovejoy, Bluff Country Reader, February 26, 2014
Karl Unnasch Interview, Kristine Frank Elias, Soap Factory, Director’s Blog, January 16, 2014
2013 Artists of the Year, Minneapolis CityPages, Camille LeFevre, December 25, 2013
Toy Christmas Tree Keeps on Giving, FaizaElmasry, Voice of America — International-Broadcast News, December 20, 2013
Answer Man: Chatfield artist gets national attention, Rochester Post-Bulletin, December 6, 2013
Town’s Christmas tree of toys will be donated to needy, Marisa Kabas, Today.com, December 3, 2013
Cornfield Cathedral: Seeing Karl Unnasch’s Grand Masticator, Aaron Dysart, Walker Art Center’s mnartists.blog, November 28, 2013
Downtown Silver Spring Christmas Tree Made of Toys That Will Be Donated to Needy Children, CBS DC, November 21, 2013
Silver Spring Christmas Tree at the root of holiday controversy, WTOP 103.5 FM, November 21, 2013
Silver Spring’s tree of toys to be donated to charity, Whitney Wild, WJLA, November 21, 2013
Chatfield Artist Designs This Year’s Ardee Awards, Rochester Post Bulletin, Derek
Sullivan, October 19, 2013
John Deere 6600 Combine Becomes a Work of Art, John Deere Company Magazine, Autumn 2013
Top 10 Galleries in the Twin Cities, Citypages Blog, Sheila Regan, March 27, 2013
Iron Pour, Off 90, Episode 407, KSMQ, Austin, MN, Produced by Matt Bluhm, February 20, 2013
2011 Glass Artist, On the Road with Jason Davis, KSTP Channel 5 News, Minneapolis, MN, Jason Davis, August 28, 2011
2010 City Art, Country Art?, MPR News, State of the Arts with Marianne Combs, November 4, 2010
Artful Outlook, Post-Bulletin, Rochester, MN, Matt Russell, October 29, 2010
2008 The Commonweal Stash, Currents Magazine, Winona, MN, Margaret Cox, Winter, 2008-2009
Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers, Inspire(d) Magazine, Decorah, IA, April, 2008
2007 Taxi-Squirmy, Art in London Magazine, London, UK, Winter, 2007
Another Green World: New Landscape Art in Minnesota, 10,000 Arts, August-October, Ann Klefstad, 2007
New Theater Opens, Rochester Post-Bulletin, July 7, 2007
Dramatic Difference, Minnesota Monthly, Tim Gihring, July, 2007
A New Stage for Lanesboro, St. Paul Pioneer Press, Dominic Papatola, July 1, 2007
2006 This Art Not for the Squeamish, Minneapolis-St. Paul Pioneer Press,
Dec 10, 2006
Karl Unnasch’s Strange Animals, Minnesota Public Radio, Sea Stachura,
November 24, 2006
2004 From Romantic to the Edgy, Works That Compel, The New York Times, D. Dominick Lombardi, July 25, 2004
Not Only Watching, Painting and Sculpting, Too, The New York Times, Benjamin Genocchio, February 15, 2004
GRANTS
2014 Minnesota State Arts Board, Artist Initiative Grant
2010 FORECAST public arts grant
SEMAC (Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council), support grant
2007 SEMAC (Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council), support grant
2005 SEMAC (Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council), support grant
1999 Jerome Foundation, support grant
SEMAC (Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council), support grant
TEACHINGEXPERIENCE
2012-2013 Adjunct Professor of Sculpture, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, WI
2012-2013 Total Arts Day Camp for Kids, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN
2010 John Marshall High School, Resident Artist
2009-ongoing Pilot Mound Design Studio, Summer Apprenticeship Director
2008-ongoing Fillmore Central High School, Resident Artist
2006-ongoing Standard Issue Iron Pour, Workshop Coordinator
2001 Discover Sculpture Lanesboro, Project Coordinator Assistant
EDUCATION
2003 MFA, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Dartmouth, Massachusetts
1995 BA, Winona State University, Winona, Minnesota