| Tom Muir is Distinguished Research Professor at
Bowling Green State University, where he is head of the Jewelry
and Metalsmithing area in the School of Art. He received his
MFA from Indiana University, Bloomington, and his BFA degree
from Georgia State University in Atlanta. Mr. Muir has lectured
and taught widely, holding positions at universities and craft
schools around the country. His award-winning work has been
published and exhibited extensively in art, craft and design
exhibitions, in which he has received 10 best of show or first
place awards. Collections include the Art Institute of Chicago,
Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian
Institution and The White House Collection of American Crafts,
National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. He
is the recipient of an Arts Midwest/National Endowment for the
Arts Regional Artist Fellowship, Michigan Council for the Arts
Fellowship, and numerous Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist
Fellowship Awards. In 2009, Tom received the Outstanding Achievement
Award from the Ohio Designer Craftsmen for having made a major
contribution to craft in Ohio. |
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