Thomas Lacagnina
1165 Moland Road, Alfred Station,
NY 14803 607-587-9209
Education
1974 Master of Fine Arts, Rochester Institute of Technology
1970 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Rochester Institute of Technology
Professional Experience
2000-Present Professor Emeritus, School of Art and Design, New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
1971-2000 School of Art and Design, New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
1992 Design Consultant, in affiliation with International Executive Service Corps. design and fabrication of Thuya Wood Products, Morocco
1985-1986 Design Consultant, Agati Design, Chicago, IL
1973-1975 California College of Arts and Crafts Summer Session
1969-1970 Assistant to Wendell Castle
Exhibitions
2011 Mentors & Makers, new sculpture by: Wendell Castle, Nancy Jurs, Tom Lacagnina,Bethany Krull, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
2002 Turn of the Century: Woodwork, Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY
1999 Abstract Craft, The Non-Objective Object, Southwest School of Art and Craft, San Antonio, TX
1996 Craft Artists from the Collection of Robert L. Pfannebecker, Hershey Museum, Hershey, PA
1994
Everson Biennial Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
Featuring Four Faculty Fosdick-Nelson Gallery Alfred, NY
53rd Finger Lakes Exhibition Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester NY (Richard F. Brush Award for Excellence in Sculpture
45th Western New York Exhibition Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY
1993
Judge: Regional Show, Lancaster, PA
Wood Sculpture Exhibition Sibley Hall, Ithaca, NY
Wood Sculpture Exhibition Hartell Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
Snyderman Gallery Tenth Anniversary Exhibition Philadelphia, PA
Six Pieces by Tom Lacagnina Community Gallery of Lancaster, Lancaster, PA
1992
Sculpture Beyond Materials Bevier Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester NY
Gallery Artists in Conjunction with Max Webber Show Gallery 1100 Niagara, Buffalo, NY
First Juried Spring Show Cornell Medical Library New York, NY
Recent Work Gallery 1100 Niagara, Buffalo, NY
X Sightings Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Judge: Open Award Art Show, Community Gallery of Lancaster, PA
1991 Recent Sculpture Center Gallery, Jamestown Community College, Olean, NY
1990
New Work by Wendell Castle and Selected Students Somerville Manning Gallery
Out On a Limb, Regional Extremes in Wood Bevier Art Gallery, RIT, Rochester , NY
Tom Lacagnina Recent Work Fine Arts Gallery 34, Community College of the Finger Lakes Canandaigua, NY
49th Finger Lakes Exhibition Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY (Recipient of Richard F. Brush Award)
1989 Contemporary American Crafts Exhibit Kauffman Gallery, Shippenberg University, PA
1988
Material Evidence Sites Traveling Show Smithsonian Institution Workbench Gallery, Boston, MA
Alfred 3-D The Rice Gallery, Albany, NY
Contemporary Crafts, Bevier Gallery, RIT, Rochester, NY
1987
Group Three Dimensional Diversity Pyramid Arts Center, Rochester, NY
The Furniture Show, Indianapolis Center for Contemporary Art Herron Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
Material Evidence Sites Traveling Show Smithsonian, Kendall School of Design, Grand Rapids MI, Dayton, OH, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO
1986
International New Art Forms Premier Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL.
New Talent Premier Gallery, Chicago
Material Evidence Sites Traveling Show, Smithsonian, Midland Arts Council, Midland, MI, Tampa Museum, Tampa FL, Muss de Decoratifs, Montreal, Canada
Grants Awarded
1995 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship Award
1990 National Endowment for the Arts
1975 Fulbright Scholarship