Resumé
CAPRICE PIERUCCI TANIGUCHI
SCULPTOR, PAPERMAKER, WEAVER
EDUCATION:
1987-89 Master of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts,
New York, New York
1980-83 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Carnegie-Mellon University,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
SINGULAR HONORS:
2004 Winner, International Art Waves: Art and Design
Competition, Coevordan, Netherlands
2004 Honorable Mention, Craft Houston 2004: Texas, Houston
Center For Contemporary Craft, Houston, Texas
2001 Excellence in Teaching Award, Austin Community College,
Austin, Texas
2000 On/Of Paper, National Exhibition, Cloyde Snook Gallery,
Adams State College, Alamosa, Colorado, Best of Show
1995 Fyberspace, National Exhibition, Galeria Mesa, Mesa,
Arizona, Jurors Award
1994 Unbound: An Exhibition of Three Dimensional Fiber
National Competition, Harmony Hall Regional Center,
Fort Washington, Maryland, Second Place
1994 Matrix International, Matrix Gallery, Sacramento
California, 2nd Place Three Dimensional
1992 Landscapes, Houston International Festival, Diverse
Works, Houston Grant Award
1992 Unconventional Visions, Austin Visual Art Association,
Best of Show
1988-89 Graduate Scholarship, School of Visual Arts,
New York, New York
ART EXPERIENCE:
1998-present Lecturer, 3-D Design, Texas State University
San Marcos, Texas
1996-present Art Instructor, Drawing I, Drawing II, Design I , Design II,
Sculpture, Life Drawing, Austin Community College
2003 and 2006 Assistant Professor, Sculpture, Texas State University
San Marcos, Texas
EXHIBITIONS:
2006 Eternal Rhythm, Solo Show, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio , Texas
2006 Wave of light, Four person exhibition, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas
2004 Wood : Rhythm and Grain, a Two person exhibition with
Mcfarland, Davis Gallery, Austin, Texas
2004 Winner, International Art Waves: Art and Design Competition,
Coevordan, Netherlands
2004 Honorable Mention , Craft Houston 2004: Texas, Houston Center
For Contemporary Craft, Houston, Texas. This exhibition will
travel to El Paso Art Museum, and Witchital Falls Museum
2004 Texas uprising, a survey of Texas Contemporary Sculpture, Blue
Star Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
2003 Bold Expressions, Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Sacramento,
California
2003 The Arts International Exhibition, El Paso Art Association, El Paso,
Texas
2002 Bellevue Invitational Sculpture Exhibition, Bellevue,
Washington, Honorarium
2002 Rodeo Iron Pour, Invitational residency and iron pour, Maryhill
Museum, Washington
2001 Three Person Exhibition, Davis Gallery, Austin, Texas
2001 One Person Exhibition, Cloyde Snook Gallery, Adams State
College, Alamosa
2001 Small Expressions 2001, National Competition, Hand weavers
Guild of America, St. Louis, Missouri
2000 Surface: Structure and Substance, New Harmony Gallery of
Contemporary Art, New Harmony, Indiana
2000 On/Of Paper, Cloyde Snook Gallery, Adams State College,
Alamosa, Colorado, Best of Show
2000 Collage Artists of America, National Competition, Phelan,
California
2000 Houston Art Alliance, National Competition, Houston, Texas,
Honorable Mention
1999 Hard & Soft Materials, National Competition, Denton Art Council,
Denton, Texas
1999 Three Person Exhibition, National competition for exhibition,
Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, California
1998 Craft Forms, Juried Competition, Wayne Art Center, Wayne
Pennsylvania
1997 Pulp Friction, National Exhibition, Galeria, Mesa, Arizona
1997 Metamorphosis: A Juried Exhibit, Constance Lindholm Fine Art,
Milwaukee Wisconsin
1997 Women in Abstraction, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1997 1997 Hard & Soft Materials, National Competition, Denton Art Council,
Denton, Tex
1996 Art Paper/Art Books, Invitational Exhibition, Ohio Craft
Museum, Columbus, Ohio
1996 Bellevue Invitational Sculpture Exhibition, Bellevue,
Washington, Honorarium
1995 Two Person Exhibition, Shidoni Contemporary Gallery
Tesuque, New Mexico
1995 Fyberspace, National Exhibition, Galeria Mesa, Mesa, Arizona,
Jurors Award
1994 Unbound: An Exhibition of Three Dimensional Fiber,
National Competition, Harmony Hall Regional Center,
Fort Washington, Maryland, Second Place
1994 Matrix International, Matrix Gallery, Sacramento
California, 2nd Place Three Dimensional
1994 Old Media, New Ways, Group Exhibition, Shidoni,
Tesuque, New Mexico
1994 Terra Incognita, Invitational Outdoor Exhibition, Laguna Gloria
Museum, Austin, Texas
1993 Abstraction, Three Person Exhibition, University of
Texas Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
1992 Landscapes, Houston International Festival,
Diverse Works, Houston, Texas
1991 Progressions in Paper, Competition, Dairy Barn,
Athens, Ohio
1990 New Sculpture, One Man Show, David Amdur Gallery, Austin
Texas
1989 Nine in Fiber, Invitational Exhibition, Transco
Tower Gallery, Houston, Texas
1989 Six Sculptors, Visual Arts Gallery,
New York, New York
1989 Line Show, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, New York
1989 Thesis Exhibition, Visual Arts Gallery, New York,
New York
1989 International Textile Exhibition, International Invitational Exhibition,
Kyoto, Japan
1989 Nine in Fiber, Invitational Exhibition, Textile Center, Chicago,
Illinois
1987 By Hand, Invitational, Dallas Fine Arts Museum,
Dallas, Texas
SELECTED COLLECTIONS:
Bethway Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Rockefeller Collection, Charleston, West Virginia
Ohio Bell, Dayton, Ohio
Westinghouse Elevator, Trenton, New Jersey
Di Bartolo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Brougham Builders, Austin, Texas
Aspen Hills , Austin, Texas
Southern Living Magazine, Austin, Texas
Greater Texas Bank, Austin, Texas
Alcoa, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Boca Rio Country Club, Boca Raton, Florida
Clegg Austin, The Bommarito Group, Austin, Texas
Nathan Builders, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Plate Glass, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Morgan Stanley, Austin, Texas
Clark Thomas and winters, Austin , Texas
Horizon Bank, Houston, Texas