J o h n T u o m i s t o - B e l l
Arizona State University, Received B.F.A. in sculpture, May 1991, Dean’s Honor List
I have 18 years experience in the “Lost Wax” method of casting bronze and 12 years experience working in commercial art foundries. At my Phoenix studio I have constructed all the necessary equipment (wax, furnace, burnout, slurry room, metal chasing, fabrication, and patina) to produce, cast and fabricate my work. Currently I co-own and operate a small full service art foundry: Tuomisto Bell Studio Foundry LLC, with my wife Julie and brother Christian Bell.
2007 “Common Roots”, G2 Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
2006 “New Work”, Cruz Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2005 “New Work”, G2 Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
2004 “Cause and Effect”, G2 Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
“Cause and Effect”, Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, California
2003 “An Evolution of Style”, Saint-Mary-of-the-Woods College, Saint-Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana
G2 Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
2002 Chiaroscuro Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
G2 Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
2001 Front Gallery, Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, Arizona
“neither MAN nor BEAST”, Mesa Contemporary Arts Center, Mesa, Arizona
Phoenix Art Museum’s Contemporary Forum Art Auction/Exhibition, Phoenix Art Museum
Phoenix Art Museum’s Contemporary Forum Art Auction/Exhibition, Phoenix Art Museum
2004 Phoenix Art Museum’s Contemporary Forum Art Auction/Exhibition, Sandra Day O’Connor United States Courthouse, Phoenix, Arizona
“Works from the Permanent Collection”, Mesa Contemporary Arts Center, Mesa, Ariz.
2002 “New Works in Paint”, Mesa Contemporary Arts Center, Mesa, Arizona
“Vision for Youth”, art auction/exhibition, Monochild Building, Phoenix, Arizona
“North American Sculpture Exhibition 2002”(NASE), Foothills Art Center, Golden, Colorado
Phoenix Art Museum’s Contemporary Forum Art Auction/Exhibition, Phoenix Art Museum
2001 “No Canvas, No Board, No Linen, No Paper”, Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix Art Museum’s Contemporary Forum Art Auction/Exhibition, Phoenix Art Museum
“John Tuomisto-Bell and Fort Gurien”, G2 Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
“Arizona Bronze Life-Size Exhibition ”, Arizona Bronze Fine Art Foundry, Tempe, Arizona
2000 Shemer Art Center & Museum, Art Auction/Exhibition, Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, Arizona
“John Tuomisto-Bell and Carl Samuels”, Udinotti Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
“Lost Wax/Foundry Friends IV”, Conley Art Gallery, California State University Fresno, California
Phoenix Art Museum’s Contemporary Forum Art Auction/Exhibition, Phoenix Art Museum
1999 “John Tuomisto-Bell and Carl Samuels”, Udinotti Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
“Precious Metals”, Galleria Mesa, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, Arizona
Shemer Art Center & Museum, Art Auction/Exhibition, Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, Arizona
“Art for the End of The World”, Arizona Bronze Fine Art Foundry Employee show, Tempe Arizona
Phoenix Art Museum’s Contemporary Forum Art Auction/Exhibition, Camelback Inn, Phoenix
“The Art of Recyclism”, Sedona Art Center, Sedona Arizona
1998 “The Figure Revisited”, Galleria Mesa, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, Arizona
Phoenix Art Museum’s Contemporary Forum Art Auction/Exhibition, Camelback Inn, Phoenix
“Jeff Wilson and John Tuomisto-Bell”, Arizona Bronze Fine Art Foundry, Tempe, Arizona
Udinotti Gallery, Spring Group Show, Scottsdale, Arizona
1997 "Arizona Bronze Open House”, Arizona Bronze Fine Art Foundry, Tempe, Arizona,
Udinotti Gallery, Fall group show, Scottsdale, Arizona
1996 “Contemporary Arizona Sculpture”, Tempe Arts Center and Sculpture Garden, Tempe, Arizona
“Lost Wax, Foundry Friends III”, Conley Art Gallery, California State University Fresno, California
Udinotti Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
1995 “Greyhawk Sculpture Competition”, Greyhawk Community Development, Scottsdale, Arizona
“Juror Choice”, Step Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
1994 “Arizona State Graduate Showcase”, The Stetter Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
“Utah Arts Festival” Triad Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
“70th Utah Spring Salon”, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, Utah
1993 “New Work, John Tuomisto-Bell”, Dolores Chase Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah
“69th Utah Spring Salon”, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, Utah
1992 “Religious and Spiritual”, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, Utah
“68th Utah Spring Salon”, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, Utah
“Conception-Realization”, Student Union Gallery, University of Arizona,
and Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University
1990 “Undergraduate Juried Show”, Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University
1989 “One World, One People”, 11 East Ashland Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
“Celebrate the Desert”, Mesa, Galleria, Mesa, Arizona
LECTURES/SLIDE PRESENTATIONS
2004 “Patina Demonstration and History”, For Spirit of the Senses, Tuomisto-Bell Studio/Foundry, Phoenix
2003 “Bronze pour and discussion of new work”, For Spirit of the Senses, Tuomisto-Bell Studio/Foundry, Phoenix
2002 “Smoca Nights”, lecture and slide presentation, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
2001 “Slide Slam”, Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, Arizona
AWARDS
2003 Arizona Sculptor of the Year, Scottsdale Life Magazine
1999 Juror’s Purchase Award, Precious Metals, Mesa Galleria, Mesa Arizona
1994 Received “Spring Salon Award of Merit”, Springville Museum of Art, April 1994
1991 Received “Outstanding Senior in Sculpture”, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Mesa Art Center, Mesa, Arizona
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, Arizona
Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, Arizona
PUBLICATIONS
2003 “Top Artists 2003”, Scottsdale Life Magazine, January 2003, pg. 50-51
2002 “Sculptures of the Darker Side of Man”, Pasatiempo, The Santa Fe New Mexican, Aug. 23, 2002, p. 32
“John Tuomisto-Bell, Distinctive Sculptures”, Art Book, Fall/Winter issue, 2002, p. 62-63
1998 “Arizona Bronze foundry pours fun into weekend”, Get Out, The Tribune, Aug. 13, pg.25
“Criminal mind pondered”, Arizona Republic, Tempe Community Section, Aug. 13, pg. 1997
“Contemporary Arizona Sculpture”, Robert Schultz, January 3, 1997, Art World Reviews
“The Quest for Truth and Beauty”, Anita Brey, Java Monthly, January 1997, Pg. 12
1995 “Art That Sizzles”, Chuck Hawley, Arizona Republic/Phoenix Gazette, Monday, August 7, 1995, pg. 1, Community Section
1994 “70th Utah Spring Salon”, Springville Museum of Art Catalog, Pg.5
1993 “Art Runs Gamut from Fairy Tales to Social Issues”, James Christensen, Desert News, September 12, 1993, pg. E-10
“John Tuomisto-Bell”, Steve Epperson (Critic for the Salt Lake Art Center), Utah Arts Council Newsletter, September Issue
“Springville Artist Featured in Exhibit”, Christy Conover, The Daily Herald, June 24, pg. D-9
"Show Offers a Small Scale History of Salt Lake Arts Community”, Alice Brown-Wagner,
The Salt Lake Tribune, Sunday, July 25, 1993
1991 “68th Utah Spring Salon”, Springville Museum of Art Catalog, pg. 37