TOM LOESER
2826 Lakeland Ave, Madison, WI 53704
Cell: 608-345-6573
Email: tloeser@wisc.edu
www.tomloeser.com
DEPARTMENT OF ART | 6241 Humanities Building | University of Wisconsin-Madison
EDUCATION
1992 MFA, University of Massachusetts, North Dartmouth, MA
1983 BFA, Furniture Design, Boston University, Boston, MA
1979 BA, Sociology and Anthropology, Haverford College, Haverford, PA
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2002-present, Professor of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
1996-2002, Associate Professor of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
1992-1996, Assistant Professor of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
1991-1992, Instructor, Dept of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
1989-1990, Adjunct Professor, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
1988, Instructor, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1987, Instructor, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1987, Instructor, Swain School of Design, New Bedford, MA
HONORS AND AWARDS
2015-present, University of Wisconsin, Vilas Research Professor
2015-2020, University of Wisconsin, WARF Named Professorship
2013, Wisconsin Visual Art Lifetime Achievement Award, awarded by the
Museum of Wisconsin Art, Wisconsin Visual Artists and the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences.
2012, Elected to American Craft Council College of Fellows
2006, Wisconsin Arts Board Visual Arts Fellowship
2006, University of Wisconsin Kellett Mid-Career Award
2004, University of Wisconsin Arts Institute Creative Arts Award
1997-1998, University of Wisconsin Arts Institute Emily Mead Baldwin Bell Bascom Professorship in the Creative Arts
1994, National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Artist Fellowship Grant
1992, National Endowment for the Arts/Japan-United States Friendship
Commission/Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs (Bunka-cho),
Creative Artist Exchange Fellowship for 6 months research in Japan
1990, National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Artist Fellowship Grant
1988, National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Artist Fellowship Grant
1987, Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities, Finalist in Crafts
1985, University Art Museum, Cal State Long Beach, Mixed Media, Cash Award
1984, National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Artist Fellowship Grant
1984, Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities, Artist Fellowship Grant
1982, Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, London, England, Silver Medal
1982, Fourth Arango International Design Competition, Miami, FL, Honorable Mention
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
2012, “Masterpieces from 5th Design for Sitting”, +86 China Contemporary Design Museum, 798 District, Beijing, China
2011, “Design for Sitting”, Central Academy of Fine Art Museum, Beijing China
2004, “Internationaler Waldkunstpfad 2004: Expeditionen.” (Forest Art Path), Darmstadt, Germany,(www.waldkunst.com/de/expeditionen.html)
2003, “Objectifying”, VCUQ Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts, Doha, Qatar
2001-2003, "Celebrating Boxes", Tullie House Museum, Carlisle, UK
Traveled in the UK to: OXO Tower, London; Croydon Clocktower; Collins Gallery, Glasgow; Usher Gallery, Lincoln; Harley Gallery, Worksop; Bolton Art Gallery 1989-1993, "Craft Today USA", Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France
Traveled to: Museum of Applied Arts, Helsinki, Finland
Museum fur Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt, West Germany
Zacheta Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Lausanne, Switzerland
Museum of Decorative Applied and Folk Art, Moscow, USSR
State Painting and Sculpture Museum, Ankara, Turkey
Oslo Museum of Applied Art, Oslo, Norway
St. Peter’s Abbey, Ghent, Belgium
America Haus, Berlin, Germany
The Zappeion, Athens, Greece
Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
The Grassi Museum, Leipzig, Germany
Sala Sant Jaume De La Fundacio "LA CAIXA", Barcelona, Spain
The Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal
1987, "Grand Prix des Metiers D’art: New York/Montreal", Hall D’exposition Des Archives National, Montreal, Quebec.
1984, "PostModern Colour, New Furniture", Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
NATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
2018, “Please, Please, Please”, San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design, travelling to Houston Center for Contemporary Craft,
solo show curated by Glenn Adamson
2017, “Pattern and Decoration in Craft”, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston TX
2017, “Tom Loeser: Sun and Sizzle”, Haystack Gallery, Deer Isle, ME
2016, “Wood Revisited”, Center for Art in Wood, Philadelphia, PA. Curated by Anne Carlisle
2016, “Fauv”, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2016, “Modern Treasure Chests”, McTeigue & McClelland, Great Barrington, MA
2015, “Crafting a Collection-Recent Acquisitions”, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
2014, “Details, Details, Details”, Haigo and Irene Shen Architecture Gallery, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
2013, “Furniture With Soul, Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA
2013, “Made in Massachusetts, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
2012, “Against the Grain: Wood in Contemporary Art, Craft and Design”, Mint Museum Uptown, Charlotte, NC, Curated by Lowery Stokes Sims,
Travelled to: Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY and Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2012, "Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art" (SOFA), American Craft Council Exhibition, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
2012, “Your Personal Hang-Ups, The Center for Art in Wood, Philadelphia, PA
2012, “Here, There and Back Again”, College of Visual and Performing Arts Gallery, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, MA
2011, “Traditions and Innovations: Fuller Craft Museum Collects, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
2011, “Meredyth and Meg Go 3D”, Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA
2011, “Artful Chairs”, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH
2011, “Alumni Show”, Shady Hill School, Cambridge, MA
2009, “Bridge 10”, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA, (one person show)
2009, “Boxes and Their Makers”, Messler Gallery, Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, Rockport, ME
Traveled to:
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum, Wausau, WI
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
2008, “Flotilla”, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA, (one-person show)
2008, "Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art" (SOFA), Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
2008, “Functional Sculpture: Furniture from the Upper Midwest, Carleton College Art Gallery, Northfield, MN
2007, “The Artful Home Show” Puck Building, New York, NY
2006, “Old Friends, New Work: 25 Years of Studio Furniture at SAC”, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
2006, “The Perfect Collection”, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
2005, “Disequilibrium”, Leo Kaplan Gallery, New York, NY (one person show)
2005, “Convergence: The Studio Furniture of Tasmania and America”, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA
Traveled to:
San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco, CA
SOFA Show, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
2005, “Furniture On Paper, and Off”, Zoellner Arts Center, Lehigh University Art Galleries, Bethlehem, PA
2005, “Scratching the Surface”, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2004, “Distinguished Chairs”, Online Exhibition, Postpicasso.com
2004, “The Perfect Collection-A Shared Vision for Contemporary Craft” Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
2004, “Right At Home: American Studio Furniture” Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC
2004, “Slop Brand Art”, Uni Gallery of Art, Cedar Falls, IA
2004, “OBJECTS in/and VISUAL CULTURE: An Exhibition, Zoller Gallery, Penn State University, University Park, PA
2003, “The Makers Hand: American Studio Furniture, 1940-1990”, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2003, “Zig-zag Chairs and Wobbly Mirrors: Twentieth-Century Furniture from the RISD Museum”, Museum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2003, “Scoring, Rocking, Rolling, Resting, Storing” Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA (one-person show)
2003, “Craft Transformed: Program in Artisanry”, University Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA
2003, “Craft Transformed: Boston University’s Program in Artisanry 1975-
1985, Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA
2002, Slop Art: A Supermarket of Fine Art”, Anheuser-Busch Gallery at COCA, St. Louis, MO, and UNI Gallery of Art, University of N. Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
2003, “The Sculpted Seat”, Leo Kaplan Modern, New York, NY
2003, “20th Anniversary Exhibition, A Celebration of Studio Furniture, Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2004, “Annual Salon Show”, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
2002, "Contemporary Studio Case Furniture: The Inside Story", Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, WI
2002, "Chair Show 4" (drawings), Wellington B. Gray Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
2002, "Painted Furniture", Gallery Materia, Scottsdale, AZ
2002, "Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art" (SOFA), Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
2001, "Rollers, Spinners and Sliders", Leo Kaplan Modern, New York, NY (one-person show)
2001, "Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art" (SOFA), Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
2001, "Furniture 2001-A Cultural Odyssey: Presenters Gallery, Memorial Union Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2000-2001, "Slop Supermarket-2000 Catalog and Showroom Tour", Hiestand Galleries, Miami University, Oxford, OH
Traveled to:
The Pump House Regional Arts Center, LaCrosse, WI
Frank Center for the Creative Arts Gallery, Sheperd College, Shepherdstown, WV
2000, "Studio Furniture: A Fine Art Invitational", Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
2000, "Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art" (SOFA), Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
2000, "Transformation 2: Contemporary Works in Wood", Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA
Traveled to:
Ohio Crafts Museum, Columbus, OH
2000, "Defining Craft", American Craft Museum, New York, NY
2000, "The Making of American Masterpieces", Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
2000, "Ancestor Balloon", Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
1999, "Boxes", Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT
1999, "Please Be Seated" Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
1998, Selections From Permanent Collection, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
1998, "Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art" (SOFA), Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
1998, "Small Things at Large", Pritam and Eames Gallery, East Hampton, NY
1997, "Contemporary North American Furniture-A Survey of the Furniture Makers Art", Neuberger Museum of Art, Neuberger, NY
1997, "American Craft", Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC
1997, "Re-evolution", Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
1997, "In Case", Pritam and Eames Gallery, East Hampton, NY
1997, "Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art" (SOFA), Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
1996, "New York Print Show", International Fine Print Dealer Association Fair, New York, NY
1996, "This Ain’t No Floor Show", Peter Joseph Gallery, New York, NY (one person show)
1996, "Studio Report", Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
1996, "Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art" (SOFA), Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
1995, "A Passion for Wood", Gallery of Functional Art, Santa Monica, CA
1995, "Additions, Distractions, Multiple Complications and Divisions", Peter Joseph Gallery, New York, NY (one person show)
1995, "Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art" (SOFA), Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
1994, "Group Show", Donald Brecker Gallery, Miami, FL
1994, "Masterworks II", Peter Joseph Gallery, New York, NY1994 "Small Work", Peter Joseph Gallery, New York, NY
1994, "Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art" (SOFA), Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
1993, "Conservation by Design", Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Traveled to:
World Forestry Center, Portland OR
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL
Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson AZ
Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe, NM
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh, PA
Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
1993, "National Objects Invitational", Arkansas Art Center Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, AR
1993, "Hybridization: Contemporary Northern California Crafts, 1975 to the present", Oliver Art Center, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
1993, "Newton Collects: Furniture", Newton Art Center, Newton, MA
1992, "Sixty Five Drawers, Eleven Doors and Four Lids", Peter Joseph Gallery, New York, NY (one person show)
1992, "Group Show", Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA
1992, "Mailboxes", Archives of American Art-Smithsonian Institution, Southfield, MI
1991, "Collecting American Decorative Arts and Sculpture 1971-1991", Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1991, "15 American Furniture Designers", Grove Gallery, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
1991, International New Art Forms Exposition, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
1991, "Masterworks", Peter Joseph Gallery, New York, NY
1991, "Furniture as Art", Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
1991, "Furniture for the Nineties", Stary Sheets Gallery, Irvine, CA
1991, "Masterworks, An Educators Exhibition", Meredith Gallery, Baltimore, MD
1991, "Small Treasures", The Hand and The Spirit: Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1991, "The Legacy of Sam Maloof: Woodworking as a Way of Life", Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
1990, "Art that Works: Decorative Arts of the 80’s", Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC
Traveled to:
Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL
Allbany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY
Minnesota Museum of Art, Saint Paul, MN
Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
Decordova and Dana Museum, Lincoln, MA
Dayton Art Institute, Dayton OH
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN
Portland Art Museum, Portland, ME
Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, GA
1990, "Ten Years of Collecting", Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1990, "Art for Everyday", Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1990, Chairs", Meredith Gallery, Baltimore, MD
1990, "National Works in Wood", Janis Wetsman Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1990, "Benchmark Studio Furniture 1990", Gallery Fair, Mendocino, CA
1990, "Life Support:, One Market Plaza, San Francisco, CA
1990, "Wood 1990", ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA
1990, "Lamporama 90", Artist’s Foundation Gallery, Boston, MA
1989, "New American Furniture: The Second Generation of Studio Furnituremakers", Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Traveled to:
Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC
Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
1989, "Contemporary Expressions", Lyman Allyn Art Museum,New London, CT
1989, "Light and Heat", Gallery 91, New York, NY
1989, "Annual Celebration of American Crafts", Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
1989, "Contemporary Furniture: 13 Major Figures", Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA
1989, "American Studio Furniture: The New England Contingent", Nielsen Gallery/Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
1989, "Designed for Use", The Society for Art in Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA
1989, "Kid Stuff", Fendrick Gallery, Washington, DC
1989, Shirley Koteen Associates, Washington, DC
1988, "Art for your Collection", Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1988, "Unique Furniture", Curtis Gallery, New Canaan Public Library, New Canaan, CT
1988, "American Crafts at the Armory", American Craft Council, New York, NY
1988, Galerie Melancon, Lake Charles, LA
1988, Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA
1988, Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1988, Mendelson Gallery, Washington Depot, CT
1987, "Recollections, A Decade of Collecting", Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York, NY
1987, International New Art Forms Exposition, Chicago, IL
1987, "New Furniture", Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA
1987, "Tom Loeser-Spoons", Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA
1987, "Contemporary Furniture Masterpieces", Gallery Fair, Mendocino, CA
1987, "50th Anniversary Exhibition", Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR
1987, "Joint Ventures", Workbench Gallery, New York, NY
1987, "Furniture Part 2", Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
1986, "Poetry of the Physical", American Craft Museum, New York, NY
1986, "Chairs", San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, CA
1986, "Art Furniture", Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1986, "Furniture Invitational", Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
1986, "Light Sources", Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1986, "American Artworks International", The Silo, New Milford, CT
1986, "Creative Dialogues: Multi-media Communication", Codex Corporation, Mansfield, MA
1986, "Recent Commissions", Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA
1986, "American Furniture: Past and Present", Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
1985, One Person Show, Heller Gallery, New York, NY
1985, "Material Evidence", Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC
1985, "Furniture for a Postmodern Age", The Queens Museum, Queens, NY
1985, "Artquest ‘85", University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, CA
1985, "Art About Architecture", Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA
1985, "Art of the State", Worcester Craft Center, Worcester, MA
1985, "Made in USA", Gallery 91, New York, NY
1985, "National Wood Invitational", Craft Alliance Gallery, St Louis , MO
1985, "Mastery in Wood, Esther Saks Gallery, Chicago, IL
1985, "Summer Invitational", Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1985, "New Forms, New Furniture", Carr Gallery, Houston, TX
1985, "Contemporary New England Furniture", Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA
1985, "Patterns, Edges, Planes", Carol Hooberman Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1984, "Tom Loeser/Wendy Maruyama", LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1984, "The Designer’s Choice", Iowa State University, Ames, IA
1984, "Experimental Wood", Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR
1984, "The Boston Influence", Pritam and Eames Gallery, Easthampton, NY
1984, "Three Suites", Gallery Eleven, Tufts University, Medford, MA
1984, "Artiture: Furniture of the 80’s", Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
1984, "Material Evidence", Workbench Gallery, New York, NY
1984, "Art Functions", Himovitz Salomon Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1984, "Built Form", Van Buren, Brazelton, Cutting Gallery, Cambridge, MA
1984, "Boston Connections", Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1983, One Person Show, Heller Gallery, New York, NY
1983, "Ornamentalism", Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
1983, "Furniture Invitational", Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
1983, "Skill at Play", Jackie Chalkley Gallery, Washington, DC
1982, "Pattern: The Decorated Surface", American Craft Museum, New York, NY
1982, "Multipurpose Furniture", Metropolitan Museum and Art Center, Coral Gables, FL
1982, "Marietta Crafts National ‘82", Marietta College, Marietta, OH
1982, "Color/Wood", Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT
1982, "Young Talent, New Directions", Workbench Gallery, New York, NY
1981, "Marietta Crafts National ‘81", Marietta College, Marietta, OH
1981, "Annual Celebration of American Crafts", Creative Arts workshop, New Haven, CT
STATEWIDE EXHIBITIONS
2016, “Urban Forest Fest”, Lydon Sculpture Garden, Milwaukee, WI
2016, “Municipal”, Madison Municipal Building, Madison, WI
2015, “Urban Wood Encounter 2015: RAM Explores Contemporary Furniture”, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
2014, “Tom Loeser-It Could Have Been Kindling”, Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI
2013, “Wisconsin Triennial”, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
2012, “Sitting Pretty-Furniture from RAM’s Collection”, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
2010, “Tom Loeser: Trees Are the Biggest Vegetable”, Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum, Milwaukee, WI
2008, “Who Do You Know, Communication Arts Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI
2007, “Wisconsin Triennial”, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
2007, “Forest Art Wisconsin: Native/Invasive” Northern Highland American Legion State Forest, Minocqua, WI
2006, “Out of the Woods: Furniture by Tom Loeser and Dan Pohl”, Artspace at John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Kohler, WI
2005, “Can You Sit On It?” Brooks Stevens Gallery of Industrial Design, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI
2004, “More Than Drawers: Wisconsin Cabinets”, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wasau, WI
2002, "Functionally Challenged: Furniture by Tom Loeser", University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Memorial Union Galleries, Oshkosh, WI
2002, "Wisconsin Makers", Memorial Union Art Galleries, Madison, WI
Traveled to: Pumphouse Regional Art Center, La Crosse, WI
2002, "Sitting Pretty: Contemporary Wisconsin Chairs", Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum, Wausau, WI
2001, "Chair City", John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
2001, "Neckties: Tying Us Together" John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
2000, "Who Knows Where or When: Artists Interpret Time and Place", Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI
1999, "Wisconsin Triennial", Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
1997, "Food, Glorious Food", Charles A. Wustum Museum of Art, Racine, WI
1996, "UW Draws", University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI
1996, "Wisconsin Triennial", Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
1995, "Lets Play House: Artists and the Domestic Environment", Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI
1994, "Elements of Style, 19 Furniture Artists", Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI
1993, "Rugged to Refined: Furniture by Wisconsin Artists", Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
1993, "Sticks", Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum, Wausau, WI
Traveled to:
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Memorial Union Gallery
New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, WI
West High School, Madison, WI
1990, "Signs of Support", John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
LOCAL EXHIBITIONS
2017, “Tall/Taller/Too Tall” Little Mifflin Gallery, Madison, WI
2017, “Semiology”, Kohler Art Library, Madison, WI
2017, “Makeshift Festival” Olbrich Park, Madison, WI
2015, “Scorch”, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, Image Lab, Madison, WI
2014, “Spring Art Showcase 2014”, Promega Corporation, Fitchburg, WI
2013, “Stacked”, Madison Public Library, Madison, WI
2012, “Bookless”, Madison Public Library, Madison, WI
2012, “Compendium” UW-Madison Department of Art Faculty Show, Chazen Museum, Madison, WI
2010, “Cache” 634 West Main, Madison, WI
2008, “Department of Art, Quadrennial Exhibition”, Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, WI
2008, “Design MMoCA”, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
2007, “Art of Note”, Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
2007, “Spectrum: An Exhibition of Artwork by the 2006 Wisconsin Arts Board Visual Arts Fellows”, James Watrous Gallery, Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts
and Letters, Overture Center, Madison, WI. Traveled to Fairfield Center for Contemporary Art, Sturgeon Bay, WI
2006, “Highlights from Tandem Press 1995-2005”, Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, WI
2005, “Ladderbackkcabreddal”, James Watrous Gallery, Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters”, Overture Center, Madison, WI (one person show)
2004, “Supernatural-Furniture Exploring the Traditions and Potential of Wisconsin Forestry”, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, WI
2003, “Department of Art, Quadrennial Exhibition”, Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, WI
2002, "What Wood Would Be When Bent Twisted and Tweeked", Colucci Gallery, West High School, Madison, WI
2000, "TTTTTTT Too Ours-New Work by Tom Loeser and Bird Ross", The Project Room, Madison, WI
2000, "Benchmarks@Workbench: An Exploration in Furniture Forms" Workbench Store, Madison, WI
1999, "Department of Art, Faculty Exhibition", Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
1997, "Slop’s Supermarket" Madison, WI
1994, "Department of Art, Faculty Exhibition", Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
1992, "Visualization/Realization: Preliminary Drawings from 10 Artists", Gallery of Design, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY
Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York, NY
Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, WI
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC
Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY
Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art, Providence, RI
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
Steinhilber Art Gallery, Memorial Union, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC
Chipstone Foundation, Milwaukee, WI
Madison Public Library, Madison, WI
Madison Children's Museum, Madison, WI
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
LECTURES, WORKSHOPS, PANELS AND INTERVIEWS
2014, College Art Association panelist: The Decorative Impulse and the New
Aesthetic Democracy. Chicago, IL
2013, Guest Lecturer, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Memorial Union Gallery
2012, Visiting Artist, University of North Carolina-Asheville, lecture: “Not the Straight and Narrow: Diverse Pathways to Bending Wood”
2012, College Art Association presentation: “Hot Problems/Cool Solutions”, NCAA panel. Los Angeles, CA
2012, Co-Curator, “Torqued and Twisted-Bentwood Today”, Exhibition at Center for Craft Creativity and Design, Hendersonville, NC
2011, College Art Association presentation: “Peeling Back the Veneer”, part of Panel: “Where is Tradition in American Studio Craft”. New York, New York
2010, Visiting Artist, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China, One week workshop
2010, Visiting Artist, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
2010, Visiting Artist, San Diego Sate University, San Diego, CA
2010, Guest Critic, Chipstone Foundation, for ‘Green Furniture” exhibition at Milwaukee Museum of Art
2010, Juror, Society of Arts and Crafts, SAC New England Artist Award
2007, “Chairs and Boats” workshop, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
2007, Visiting Artist, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN, artist presentation and workshop
2007, Visiting Artist, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, artist presentation
2006, Panelist, “Can Fashion and Green Design Coexist, Design Gallery, School of Human Ecology, UW-Madison
2006, Gallery Talk “Construction Techniques and Design Innovations” at Milwaukee Art Museum exhibition: “Biedermeier: The Invention of Simplicity”
2005, Panel Organizer and Moderator for two panels: “Critical Discourses: Manifestos For The Next Generation”, Furniture Society Conference, Indianapolis, IN
2004, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA, “Tom Loeser: Scoring/Rocking/Rolling/Resting/Storing”, artist presentation
2003, Rycotewood College, Oxfordshire, UK, artist presentation
2003, London Metropolitan College, London, UK, artist presentation
2003, Goodenough College, London, UK, artist presentation
2003, “A Wisconsin Yankee in King Arthur’s Court: An Outsider’s View of the Furniture Scene in the UK”, lecture, Furniture Society Conference, Philadelphia, PA
2003, “Design Session: British Design Scene 2003”, Flad Associates, Madison, WI
2003, “Cabinets of Curiosities”, Panel at Furniture Society Conference, Philadelphia, PA
2002, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO, artist presentation
2002, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Reeve Union, Oshkosh, WI, artist presentation
2002, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum, Wausau, WI, artist presentation
2002, Madison Central Lions Club, Madison, WI, artist presentation
2001, "From Dovetails to Zipties: 243 Ways to Put Things Together". 2 week workshop at Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass, CO
2001, "Conceptual Furniture" Panel At SOFA, Chicago, IL
2001, "Is It Furniture or Is It Sculpture?" Panel at Furniture Society Conference, Tempe, AZ
2001, Furniture Society Conference, Tempe, AZ, Artist Presentation
2001, School of Art Institute, Chicago, IL, Visiting Artist
2001, Chicago Furniture Designers Association, Visiting Artist
2001, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Visiting Artist
2000, "Furniture Forum-Training Designers", Center for the Arts, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Sponsored by Centre for Furniture Design and Furniture Designer Association, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, Artist Presentation
2000, "Haystack: A Heritage of Creativity" Panel at SOFA, Chicago, IL
1999, "New Works" Symposium, Haystack Mountain School, Deer Isle, Maine, Invited Artist
1999, "Sunday Afternoon Live at the Elvehjem", February, radio interview
1999, WORT Radio, February, radio interview
1998, "Emma Lake Collaboration", Saskatchewan Craft Council, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Invited Artist
1998, School of Art Institute, Chicago, IL, Visiting Artist
1998, Wisconsin Woodworkers Guild, Milwaukee, WI, Guest Lecture
1997, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Visiting Artist
1997, Herron School of Art, Indianapolis, IN, Visiting Artist
1996, Tandem Press, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Visiting Artist
1996, Penland School, Penland, NC, Workshop
1995, 16th Yuma Symposium, Yuma, AZ, Guest Artist
1995, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, Guest Critic
1994, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, Visiting Artist
1994, Sculptural Objects and Functional Art, Artist Lecture Series, Chicago, IL
1993, Shinrin Takumi Sakigake Juku, (Forest Craftsmen Pioneer School), Takayama, Japan, Guest Lecturer
1993, Kyoto City University of Arts, Kyoto, Japan, Guest Lecturer
1993, Seian University of Art and Design, Kyoto, Japan, Guest Lecturer
1993, Saga College of Art, Kyoto, Japan, Guest Lecturer
1992, Haystack Mountain School, Deer Isle, ME, Workshop
1989, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
1989, "60 Seconds", WGBH Television Presentation, Boston, MA
1989, Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR, Workshop
1988, Industrial Design Society of America, Boston Chapter, Guest Lecturer
1988, JB Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY, Workshop
1988, Louisiana Crafts Council, Lake Charles, LA, Workshop
1987, Haystack Mountain School, Deer Isle, ME, Workshop
1987, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA, Visiting Artist
1987, WBUR Public Radio Interview, Boston, MA
1986, Penland School, Penland, NC, Workshop
1986, Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN, Visiting Artist
1985, Murray State University, Murray, KY, Visiting Artist
1985, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA, Guest Lecturer
1983, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, Guest Lecturer
1983, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY, Guest Lecturer
PUBLISHED ARTICLES AND ESSAYS
2006, “M06 Manifestoes for the Next Generation”, text versions of panel presentations from Furniture Society Conference in Indianapolis, IN, (I developed and moderated the panels, and coordinated the subsequent publication)
2003, “Mindblowers”, in exhibition catalogue for: “Cabinets of Curiosities”, Woodturning Center/Furniture Society
2002, "The Inside Story on Studio Furniture", in exhibition catalogue for: "Contemporary Studio Case Furniture: The Inside Story", Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, WI
2001, Woodwork Magazine, "Finding Your Own Direction-Five Stories of Life After Graduation", by Tom Loeser, December
1992, New Art Examiner , "Speakeasy", by Tom Loeser, September (Article on National Endowment for the Arts) Reprinted in Main-Media Arts Information Network , November, 1992
BIBLIOGRAPHY: BOOKS, CATALOGUES AND REVIEWS INTERNATIONAL
2011, Furniture with Soul, David Savage, Kodansha Publishing, Tokyo, Japan
2007, Thinking Through Craft, Glenn Adamson, Berg, Oxford, UK
2002, Celebrating Boxes, Peter Lloyd and Andrew Crawford, Linden Publishing
1996, Nouvel Objet, Design House Publishing, Seoul, Korea
1995, Modern Living, (Japan) #102, "East Coast"
1994, ARDI Design Magazine , (Spain) #37, Jan/Feb/March "Peter Joseph Gallery"
1994, Casa Vogue (Italy), February
1993, Pronto (Japan), Vol. 10, No 5, "Hidden Dimensions-Tom Loeser"
1993, Jardin Des Modes , (France) Fevrier "Coffres a Tresors"
1992, Arts and Crafts-Korea , March
1991, International Crafts, Martina Margetts. Thames and Hudson Ltd. London
1989, Monthly Crafts , (Seoul, Korea) Volume 2 #15, May, "Foreign Artist"
1988, Mono , (Japan), 8-16, "New York Trends, Tom Loeser"
1988, World Interior Design (Japan) #4, spring, "USA", Yoshiko Ebihara
1984, Domus (Italy) October, (review)
1983, Muoto (Finland), November, "Design United States"
NATIONAL
2012, American Craft, “Masters-What is Success?”, October/November
2010, Boston Globe, August 12, “At Fuller, Designing Outside the Box”, Robert Knox, show review
2008/2009, American Craft, December/January (artist profile)
2008, Studio Furniture of the Renwick Gallery: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Oscar Fitzgerald, Fox Chapel Publishing, East Petersburg, PA
2008, 500 Chairs, Lark Books, Asheville, NC
2008, Woodwork , December, “Flotilla”
2008, Boston Globe, September 10, “In Sculptures Inspired by Boats, Meaning is Fluid”, Cate McQuaid, show review
2008, “Site Lines: The Multidimensional Art of Randy Shull”, Mathew Hebert writing in exhibition catalogue “Crossing Boundaries”, Gregg Museum of Art and Design, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
2008, Minneapolis-St Paul StarTribune , January 18, “Art: Fun Meets Function”, Mary Abbe, exhibition review
2007, various design blogs:
-DesignBoom, Oct 8, “’Cinch Seating’ by Tom Loeser’” www.designboom.com
-MoCoLoCo, October 8, “’Cinch’ Seating”, www.mocoloco.com
-Core 77, October 11, “’Cinch’ Public Seating by Tom Loeser”, www.core77.com
-Design Addict, October 12, “’Cinch’ Public Seating Project, www.designaddict.com
2007, Craft in America: Celebrating Two Centuries of Artists and Objects, Jo Lauria and Steve Fenton, Clarkson Potter, New York, NY
2007, The Capital Times, September 24, “Acorns and Art”, Mary Bergin, exhibition review
2006, Featured on television show New Morning on Hallmark Channel, profile
2006, The Penland Book of Woodworking, Lark Books, Asheville, NC
2006, “Garry Knox Bennett Gets It In The End”, Glenn Adamson, in Garry Knox Bennett, Call Me Chairmaker, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA, exhibition catalogue
2006, “Undertaker: Gord Peteran and the Black Art of Furniture Making”, Glenn Adamson, in Gord Peteran: Furniture Meets its Maker, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI, exhibition catalogue
2006, “Convergence Exhibition: The View from Beyond the Edge-Tasmanian Makers Compare Notes with Americans”, John and Penny Smith, in Furniture Studio: Focus on Materials, The Furniture Society, Asheville, NC
2005, Woodwork, August, “Shoptalk-Convergence Show”
2004, 400 Wood Boxes, Tony Lydgate, Lark Books, Asheville, NC
2004, Woodwork , October, “Gallery-Tom Loeser”
2004, American Craft, February/March, “Gallery”
2004, Philly.com, July 11, “A Sense of Place in a College Gallery”, Victoria Donohoe
2003, The Maker’s Hand: American Studio Furniture, 1940-1990, Edward S. Cooke, Jr., Gerald W. R. Ward, and Kelly H. L’Ecuyer, Museum of Fine Arts Publications, Boston, 2003
2003, Turning Points , vol. 16, “Turned Multiples III-Curators Statement”, By Tom Loeser and Michael Hosaluk
2003, Wood Art Today-Furniture, Vessels, Sculpture, Dona Meilach, Shifter Design Books
2003, Woodwork Magazine, Feb, “Making the Case for Studio Furniture”
2003, American Craft, August/September, “Art As The Blueprint: In the Seattle Home of Sharon and Craig Campbell”, Mija Riedel
2003, More Magazine, Dec/Jan, “My Place-Wendy Evans Joseph”, Julia M. Klein
2002, Scratching the Surface: Art and Content in Contemporary Wood, Michael Hosaluk, Guild Publishing, Madison, WI
2002, American Craft, October/November, "Studio Case Furniture-The Inside Story, Jody Clowes
2002, Woodshop News , August, "Best of Wisconsin Furniture on Exhibit through August", Brian Caldwell,
2001, Furniture Studio Two: Tradition in Contemporary Furniture, Furniture Society, Free Union, VA
2001, Woodwork Magazine, December, "More Than Meets the Eye-Tom Loeser's Kinetic Furniture", Glenn Adamson
2000, American Craft Magazine, April/May "Material Taken Beyond", Robert Raczka, exhibition review
1999, New York Times, May 30, "How a Seat can be More Than a Place to Sit", Bess Liebenson, exhibition review
1998, Skilled Work-American Craft in Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC
1998, Ithaca Journal, "Images of Furniture", March 5, exhibition review
1997, Home Furniture, fall 1997 "Boxes" Garrett Hack, Taunton Press, Newtown, CT
1997, Boston Sunday Globe, October 19, "Mastering the Artistry of Studio Furniture Design", Christine Temin, exhibition review
1996, Surface Design Journal, Volume 20 No. 4, summer 1996, "Orchestrating an Elusive Element", Michael James
1996, The Rustic Furniture Companion: Traditions, Techniques and Inspirations, Dan Mack, Lark Books, Asheville, NC
1996, The Compleat Woodworkers Companion, Roger Holmes, Watson-Guptill
1996, Review Art, November, Review of One Person Exhibition, Karen Chambers
1996, Art and Antiques, summer, "Art Meets Craft", Caitlin Kelly
1996, Woodwork Magazine, June, "Is It Art or Is It Craft?", David Donnelly
1996, Boston Globe Magazine, Feb 18, "The Fine Art of Furniture", Christine Temin
1996, Antique and Art Weekly, October 18, Review of One Person Exhibition
1994, American Craft , August/Sept, "Romancing the Surface", Jody Clowes
1994, American Craft , April/May, "Conservation By Design", John Pile
1992, House Beautiful , July, "Objects of Desire", Witold Rybczynski
1992, Boston Globe , May 20, "NAGA Spotlighting Studio Furniture"
1992, HG , January 1992, "The Must Haves of the Millennium"
1991, Boston Globe , Dec. 20, "A Renaissance in Crafts", Christine Temin
1991, Collecting American Decorative Arts and Sculpture, Jonathan Fairbanks. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,
1991, Stuff Magazine , special issue, "The Legacy of Sam Maloof in New England", Edward S. Cooke Jr.
1991, Hagerstown Herald-Mail (PA), July 7, "Art Furniture"
1991, Waynesboro Record Herald (PA), June 20, "The Chair: Its Many Forms"
1991, Boston Globe , June 19
1991, San Diego Union , May 26, "Form Takes Flight", Carol Olten
1991, San Diego Tribune , May 22, "Furnishing Touches", Ann Jarmusch
1991, U-Cal San Diego Guardian , May 16 "Art of Furniture", Joel Poukkula
1991, San Diego Reader , May 9, "Artfully Made Furniture", Robert Leone 1991 Artweek , March 21, "Fabulist Furniture" Charles Talley
1991, Better Homes and Gardens, Winter‘91 "A New Twist on Tradition"
1991, Art New England , Jan, "The Expressive Potential of Furniture" Pat Doran
1990, Orange County Register (CA), November 24, "Benchmark Furniture"
1990, Cincinnati Enquirer , November 11, "Furniture's Future in Art"
1990, Cincinnati Post , November 9, "Contemporary Arts Center Furniture"
1990, Chicago Tribune , March 11, "Signs of Support: Contemporary Art Furniture That Takes a Stand", Dylan Landis
1990, Fine Woodworking , September/October
1990, Columbia Maryland Flier , Aug. 9, "Renwick Displays Fine Furniture", Mike Giuliano
1990, Art for Everyday: The New Craft Movement, Patricia Conway, Clarkson N. Potter Inc.
1990, Charleston West Virginia Gazette, July 8
1990, Art and Auction, May , "A Fine Line", Victoria Geibel
1990, The Nation, April 23, "Furniture as Art", Arthur Danto
1990, Arts and Antiques , February, "Put-ons and Take-offs", John Updike
1990, Design Book 5, Taunton Press, Newtown, CT
1990, Designer’s West , April, "Is Furniture Art? An exploration by the John Michael Kohler Arts Center"
1990, Art New England , Dec/Jan "Coming of Age in Boston" Edward S. Cooke
1989, New American Furniture, Edward S. Cooke Jr., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1989, Boston Globe , Dec 14, "The Fine Sturdy Art of Furniture", Christine Temin
1989, Boston Globe Magazine , Dec 10
1989, Boston Globe , Dec 8,"Furniture Exhibit Startling, Gorgeous", Cristine Temin
1989, New England Monthly , December
1989, Boston Magazine , October, "Boston’s Originals", Debra Scott
1989, Designing Furniture, Seth Stem, Taunton Press
1989, Art New England , May
1989, Boston Globe , April l3
1988, Christian Science Monitor , Oct 3, "Art as Chair", Ellen Steese
1988, Museum and Arts- Washington , Sept/Oct "Chairs" Akiko Busch
1988, Newsday Magazine , Aug 28
1988, New York Times , May 5, "Kimonos to Quilts: Crafts at Armory", Ruth J. Katz
1988, Christian Science Monitor , May 20, (review)
1988, Boston Globe , April 22, (review)
1987, Craft Art: A Collectors Guide, Barbara Mayer. Gibbs M. Smith
1987, American Craft , Aug/Sept. "The Embodiment of Ingenuity", Mathew Kangas
1987, Design Book 4, Taunton Press
1987, New Art Examiner , Feb "Craft in a Muddle" Rob Barnard
1987, Boston Globe , Sept l8, "Design, Boston Leads the Way"
1986, Portable Furniture, Vicki Brooks. The Main St Press
1985, Memphis, Richard Horn, William Morrow Publishers
1985, Modern Style, The Main Street Press
1985, Artweek , April 6, (review)
1985, ID Magazine , May/June, "Symbol and Science"
1985, Craft International, Oct/Nov/Dec, "Furniture Plus"
1985, Craft International , April/May June, (review)
1985, Houston Post , March 2, "The Art of Furniture", Carol Everingham
1985, Providence Sunday Journal , October 6, "Fine Art of Furniture Challenges Limits of Form and Function", Jane Adler
1985, Houston Chronicle , March 7, "Is it Art or is it Furniture?", Madeleine McDermott Hamm
1985, Chicago Tribune , March 24, "An Exhibit of Furniture Artistry", Elaine Markoutsas
1985, Boston Globe , September 13, "An Exhibit with Wit and Whimsy", Christine Temin
1984, Metropolis , January/February, "Form Follows Fantasy"
1984, Philadelphia Inquirer , February 3, (review)
1984, City Paper, Philadelphia , February 17, "Boston Connections"
1984, American Craft , Feb/March, "Portfolio-Tom Loeser"
1984, Pittsburgh Press Sunday Magazine , Feb 26, "Functional Art", Ann Daly
1984, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , March 10, "Furniture Carves Its Own Place in Post-Modern Art World", Donald Miller
1984, Pittsburgh Tribune Review , March 4, "Furniture Art: Visually Pleasing and Functional", Candy Williams
1984, New York Times Sunday Magazine , April l5
1984, Boston Magazine , April, "The Woodcraft Revival", Kate Broughton
1984, Home Furnishings Daily , April l6, (review)
1984, Buffalo News , July 15, "When Furniture Becomes Art, It isn’t Always Functional", Paula Voell
1984, ID Magazine , May/June
1984, New York Times , June 17, "Artistic Furniture", Helen Harrison
1984, Contract Magazine , May
1984, American Craft , June/July, "Solid Color"
1984, Art New England , July/August, "Interiors" Pamela Perry
1984, Craft International , Oct/Nov, review of "The Boston Influence" exhibition, Helen Giambruni
1984, New York Times Home Section , November l, "Fold-Up Furniture: Versatile Designs", Melanie Fleischmann
1984, Boston Globe , December l3, (review)
1983, Design Book Three, The Taunton Press, Newtown, CT
1983, Fine Woodworking , Jan/Feb, #38, "The Rise of Artiture", Arthur Carpenter
1983, Boston Globe , January 6, (review)
1983, Fine Woodworking , July/August "Color and Wood"
1982, House and Garden Magazine , December
1982, New York Times, October 14, "A Celebration of the Decorated Surface", Roslyn Siegel
1982, Inside Furniture , June
1982, New York Times , June l7, "Artistic Furniture"
1982, New York Times July 8, "New Gallery Offers Quality Craftwork", Ruth Katz
1982, Art New England , May, (review)
1982, Boston Globe , April 6, "Furniture with Feeling", Christine Temin
1981, Fine Woodworking , May/June, #28, (review)
STATEWIDE AND LOCAL
2007, Capital Times/Wisconsin State Journal, May 31, “Violin Art Hits High Note for Youth”, Jacob Stockinger
2007, Wisconsin People and Ideas, “Art of the Forest”, summer 2007, Karin Wolf
2006, “Live at Five” WISC-TV3, Madison, WI, profile
2005, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, September 20, “Sit Up, Take Notice: MIAD’s Chair Exhibition Pulls Up Seat for Common Household Furniture”, Mary Louise Schumacher
2004, The Capital Times, December 10, “Wood That Works: Cabinets by Dane county Artists on Display in Wausau”, Mary Bergin
2004, Wausau Daily Herald , November 18, “Best Bets”
2004, Milwuakee Journal Sentinel, September 12, “A Bent for Good Wood”, Jo-Ann Ivey
2002, Wausau Daily Herald , January 24, "Woodson Chair Exhibitions Will Have You Sitting Pretty", Andrew McGivern
2002, Wausau Daily Herald , February 7, "Pull Up a Seat for Woodson Museum's Chair Inspired Programs"
2002, Oshkosh Post Crescent , February 9, "A Real Challenge: Tom Loeser Presents a Different Way to Look at Furniture", Cheryl Sherry
2002, Wisconsin Week , April 3, "Profile: Tom Loeser: Don't Take This Sitting Down", Barbara Wolff
2002, Capitol Times , April 10th, "Far-out Furniture", Jacob Stockinger
2002, Wisconsin State Journal , April 26, "Out of Range: Art Imitates Life at Home as Artists Craft Funky Furniture" Amanda Henry
2002, Capitol Times , June 5, "Furniture With a Flair", Jacob Stockinger
2002, On Wisconsin , Summer Issue, "The Wit of Sitting"
2002, Madison Magazine , September, "Sitting in Style" Jennifer Garrett
2000, Wisconsin State Journal, October 28, "Taking Elements of the Home into New Dimensions", Amanda Henry, exhibition review
1999, Isthmus, February 5th, "Something Old, Something New", C.R. Gabriel, exhibition review
1997, Wisconsin State Journal , February 12, "Putting Wood to Work", Judy Newman
1997, Isthmus, Madison, WI, February 21, "WalmART-Slop Brand Art Collective Wallows in Consumer Culture", Paul Schmelzer
1995, Isthmus , Madison, WI, January 13, "A House Divided", Jody Clowes
1994, Madison Magazine , November, "The 100 Smartest, Sexiest, Most Influential and Talented People in Madison"
1994, Isthmus , October 21, "Comfortable Yes, But Is It Art?" Aaron Conklin
1993, Milwaukee Journal , July 25, "Artists find a Palette in Furniture", Jacquelyn Gray
1990, Sheboygan Press , February 25, "Furniture Takes on Added Meanings in JMKAC Show"