Lorin Labardee

One Person Shows
2021 “Men Trying on Hats,” Joel Valdez Main Library, Tucson, AZ
1993 “inside the White Dove, Color and Wonder,” Hall of Fame Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, periodical
Juried and Invitational Shows
2020 "Picturing 2020: A Community Reflects," UA Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
2017 “Dinnerware Artists Today: Part 2: 1990-2003,” Temple Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2008 “PUBLIC EYE:- A Focus on Community Art,” Coronado Historical Association Museum, Coronado, CA
2005 Dinnerware Contemporary Art 26th Annual Auction, Tucson, AZ
2005 “Captured Time,” Raices Taller 222 Art Gallery and Workshop, Tucson AZ
2005 “Le Salon des Refuses,” Dinnerware Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2002 “Small Works Invitational,” Dinnerware Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2001 “Dinnerware at Hotel Congress,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Hotel Congress Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2000 "Icons, Myths and Religion," Tucson International Airport Gallery, Tucson, AZ
1999 "Sacred, Iconic, Religious, Second Annual Multi-Cultural Religious Art Exhibition, "Apparatus Gallery, Tucson, AZ
1998 "Multi-Cultural Religious Art Exposition," Apparatus Gallery, Tucson, AZ
1997. “Illumination and Steel Sculpture,” Apparatus Gallery, Tucson, AZ
1997 "Assemblage," Apparatus Gallery, Tucson, AZ
1995 "Materials Hard and Soft," Meadows Gallery, Center for the Visual Arts, Denton TX, catalogue
1993 "Vision Southwest," Prescott Fine Arts Association Gallery, Prescott, AZ, award
1993 "Dia de los Muertos," Gallery II, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
1986 "Eighth Annual Vahki Exhibition," Galeria Mesa, Mesa, AZ
1985 "Angels Gate Contemporary Craft Show," Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
1980 "Foot in the Door Show," Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Group Shows
2003 “Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead),” @Central Gallery, Burton Barr Central Library,  Phoenix, AZ
2002 “Franklin, Labardee, Pulido,” Dinnerware Contemporary Art Gallery, Tucson, AZ, periodical, lecture
Public Art
2005 Panelist, “Artists’ Initiative 2006”, Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture Public Art Program, Phoenix, AZ
2005 Commission, “Artists' Initiative 2005”, Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture Public Art Program, Phoenix, AZ
2005    Finalist, Artist-Adorned Transit Stops, Cultural Services Division, City of Tempe, Tempe, AZ
2004 Panelist, “Park Avenue Detention Basins” selection committee, Tucson-Pima Arts Council, Tucson, AZ
2004 Finalist, “Luminarias Del Pueblo”, Tucson-Pima Arts Council, Tucson, AZ
1999 Finalist for proposed shade structure at Purpleheart Park, Tucson, AZ
1998 “Jacinto Park Serpent”, Tucson-Pima Arts Council "ArtWorks" program, Tucson, AZ
Awards and Grants

2023 Artist Opportunity Grant, Arizona Commission on the Arts, Phoenix, AZ

2019 Professional Development Grant, Arizona Commission on the Arts, Phoenix AZ
2018 SmART Grant, The Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2004 Mini Travel Grant, Tucson-Pima Arts Council, Tucson, AZ
2004 Professional Development Grant, Arizona Commission on the Arts, Phoenix, AZ
1993 Second Place Cash Award, "Vision Southwest," Prescott Fine Arts Association Gallery, Prescott, AZ
1981. All Expenses Paid Scholarship, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
1980 All Expenses Paid Scholarship, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Publications
2020 New York Times Book Review, 12/20
2020 New Southern Fugitives, 05/20
2006 Desert Leaf,  02/06
2002 Tucson Weekly, 11/21/02
2002. Downtown Tucson, 10/02
2000 Arizona Daily Star, 10/6/00
1998 Tucson Weekly, 12/24/98
1998 Arizona Daily Star, 9/24/98
1998 Arizona Daily Star, 7/17/98
1997. Tucson Weekly, 12/11/97
1993. West Art, Vol.32, No.6, 12/10/93
1987 Fine Woodworking, No.65, July/August 1987
1982 Mpls St. Paul Magazine, August 1982
Education
1982 University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, photography
1980 Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC, furnituremaking
1980 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, furnituremaking
1978 Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN, graphic design
1978 University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, ceramics and drawing
1973. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, BGS, journalism
Employment
2007-17 Tucson Unified School District, Tucson, AZ, Certified Teacher
2007 City of Tucson, Parks and Recreation Department, Ceramics Instructor
2000 City of Tucson, Parks and Recreation Department, Ceramics Instructor
1999 Tucson-Pima Arts Council, Tucson, AZ, Artist/Supervisor
1998 Casa De Los Ninos, Tucson, AZ, Artist-in-Residence
Collections
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Tucson International Airport, Tucson, AZ
Workshops
1999 “The Artist Within”, First National Young Adult Conference, Arthritis Foundation, Tucson, AZ
Commisssions
1997 Ramada, private residence
1997 Entry Sculpture, private residence
1990 Dining Table, private residence