Clay Foster was born 1954 in Austin, Texas and currently lives in Indianapolis, Indiana. Clay has been
involved in woodworking for over 50 years.
Shows and Exhibitions
2011 Emerging Patterns: an international invitational exhibition of woodturning
North Carolina Arboretum’s Baker Exhibition gallery
Asheville North Carolina
2010 Masters Of Contemporary Woodturning
Vale Craft Gallery
Chicago Illinois
2009 Spirit Of the Southwest Invitational
AAW National Symposium
Albuquerque New Mexico
Wood National Invitational
Blue Spiral Gallery
Asheville North Carolina
2007 Fostering The Sacred
Solo Exhibition
Patina Gallery
Santa Fe New Mexico
2006 Works In Wood By Clay Foster
Arkansas Art Center
Little Rock Arkansas
Turning Twenty – Still Evolving
American Association of Woodturners 20th Anniversary Exhibition
Louisville Kentucky
New Moves: Fast Forward and Instant Replay 25th Anniversary Exhibition
LIMN Gallery
San Francisco California
2004 Rooted In Innovation: Contemporary Wood Sculpture
Arkansas Arts Center
Little Rock Arkansas
Nature Transformed: Wood Art from the Bohlen Collection
University of Michigan Museum of Art
Ann Arbor, Michigan
2003 One Step Back, Two Steps Forward
Patina Gallery
Santa Fe New Mexico
Masters Of Wood Art
Finer Things Gallery
Nashville Tennessee
Turned Wood: An Invitational
The American Art Company
Tacoma Washington
2002 Portals To Power And Repose: New Works By Clay Foster And Jack Slentz
Patina Gallery
Santa Fe New Mexico
Collectors’ Choice
Sculptural Objects, Functional Art
Chicago Illinois
2001 Masters Of Wood Art
Finer Things Gallery
Nashville Tennessee
Diversity and Exploration: New Forms In Wood
R. Duane Reed Gallery
St Louis Missouri
2000 American Woodturning: An Emerging Contemporary Art Form
Rochester Art Center
Rochester Minnesota
Wood and Form
Hodges Taylor Gallery
Charlotte North Carolina
Not Out Of The Woods Yet - solo exhibition
Greater Denton Art Council
Denton Texas
Studio Wood - The New Frontier
Patina Gallery
Santa Fe New Mexico
1999 Turned Wood: An Invitational
The American Art Company
Tacoma Washington
Collector’s Choice
Sculptural Objects, Functional Art
Chicago Illinois
Masters of Wood Art
Oklahoma Forest Heritage Center
Broken Bow Oklahoma
1998 Patterns and Cycles: Work of Clay Foster 1988-1998
del Mano Gallery
Los Angeles,California
1997 Bats and Bowls A Celebration Of Lathe-Turned Art
Kentucky Art and Craft Gallery
Louisville Kentucky
Beyond Tradition: A Turned Wood Invitational
Arkansas Arts Center
Little Rock Arkansas
Artistry In Wood
Hanson Artsource Gallery
Knoxville Tennessee
1996 Spirit Echoes Gallery
Austin Texas
Growth Through Sharing
Guilford College Art Gallery
Greensboro North Carolina
1994 Turning Plus - Redefining the Lathe Turned Object
New Canaan Society For the Arts
Connecticut
1993 Front Room Gallery
Dallas Texas
1993-1994
Carved and Turned Wood Exhibition
Sable V Art Gallery
Wimberley Texas
1992 Lathe Turned Objects Defined III
Society of Arts and Crafts
Boston Massachusetts
Invitational Turned Objects Exhibit
Artisans Gallery
Austin Texas
1991 - 1994
National Invitational Turned Wood Exhibit
Carlyn Gallery
Dallas Texas
1991 Contemporary American Wood
Banaker Gallery
Walnut Creek California
1986 - 2000
Turned Wood
del Mano Gallery
Los Angeles California
Annual Lathe Turned Objects Exhibit
Highlight Gallery
Mendocino California
1990 Woodturning: Visions and Concepts II
Arrowmont School of Crafts
Gatlinburg Tennessee
Materials: Hard and Soft
Center For the Visual Arts
Denton Texas
1987 Vessels and Forms
National Exhibit of Turned Objects
Houston Texas
Handmade In Texas Crafts Exhibit
LTV Center
Dallas Texas
The Art Of Craft
Denver Art Museum
Collections:
Government of Japan - Japanese Export and Trade Organization
Detroit Institute of Art
Arkansas Art Center
Charles A Wustum Museum, Racine Wisconsin
Yale University
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Publications
American Woodturner
Woodturning - Guild Of Master Craftsmen Of England
Australian Wood Review
Teaching and Conferences
Association Of Woodturners of Great Britain International Seminar
Anderson Ranch - Snowmass Village Colorado
CollaboratioNZ - New Zealand
Vicmarc Turn 2000 - Newcastle, Australia
A Collaboration In Woodturning - Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Prince Albert Woodturning Symposium - Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
American Association of Woodturners National Symposium
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts -Tennessee
Appalachian Center For Crafts - Tennessee
Maryland Hall For the Creative Arts - Maryland
A Texas Turn Or Two - The National Woodturning Symposium Of The Republic Of Texas