Tihanyi holds a Doctor of Medicine degree from Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary, a BFA in Ceramics from the Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, and an MFA in ceramics from the University of Washington.

Her work has been exhibited in museums nationally and internationally. She has received received the Neddy Award in Open Media in 2018, a 2018-19 Bergstrom Award, and a New Foundation travel grant. In Seattle, her work has been part of numerous solo and group exhibitions at Gallery 4Culture, CoCA, Consolidated works, Seattle Art Museum (SAM) Gallery, Linda Hodges Gallery, Davidson Contemporary, and SOIL Gallery.

Tihanyi is a Teaching Professor in the Interdisciplinary Visual Arts program at the University of Washington. She is the founder and director of Slip Rabbit, a unique mentoring space for experimentation and learning at the intersections of art, design, architecture, science, and engineering. Slip Rabbit is the first technoceramics studio in the Pacific Northwest. She lives and works in Seattle, WA.

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Born: Budapest, Hungary
Citizenship: United States of America

EDUCATION

2003 MFA Ceramics, University of Washington, Seattle

1998 BFA Ceramics, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston

1993 Doctor of Medicine (Neurology/Neuropsychology), Semmelweis University Medical School, Faculty of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary

ACADEMIC POSITIONS HELD

2020-current Teaching Professor, University of Washington, School of Art + Art History + Design

Sep 2015-2020 Senior Lecturer, Full-time, University of Washington, School of Art + Art History + Design

Sep 2010-June 2015 Lecturer, Full-time, Competitive recruitment, University of Washington, School of Art

Jan 2004-June 2010 Lecturer, Part-time, University of Washington, School of Art

PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND AWARDS

2022 Blanc de Chine International Ceramic Award, ICAA. Shortlisted

2021 CityArtist Grant, Mayor’s Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, City of Seattle

2020 UW Arts and Creativity Mellon Grant (course development award for Art and Math as Embodied Practice)

McMillen Foundation Fellowship Award

Milliman Grant, School of Art + Art History + Design, University of Washington

Honors Excellence in Teaching, nominee

2019 Kreielsheimer Research Grant, University of Washington

Milliman Grant, School of Art + Art History + Design, University of Washington

2018 Neddy Award. Winner in Open Media.

Bergstrom Award (with Sara Billey, Math) College of Arts and Sciences, UW

CityArtist Grant, Mayor’s Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, City of Seattle

4Culture Individual Artist Projects Grant, King County

2017 Tech Specific Grant, 4culture, King County

2016 Collaboration Studio Grant, Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities, University of Washington

4Culture Individual Artist Projects Grant, King County

2015 The New Foundation Grant

2013 GAP Grant, Artist Trust, Washington

Nominee for James W. Ray Venture Project Award, Artist Trust and Frye Museum, Washington

2011 Washington State Arts Council Project Grant

2008 GAP Grant, Artist Trust, Washington

4Culture Individual Artist Projects Grant, King County

PONCHO Artistic Merit Award, Washington

Award of Excellence Northern National Art Competition Nicolet College, Wisconsin

2007 Milliman Grant, School of Art, University of Washington

2007 National Endowment for the Arts Studio Residency Grant, Women’s Studio Workshop

Merit Award Americas 2000 Minot State University, Minot, North Dakota

2006 CityArtist Grant, Mayor’s Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, City of Seattle

Special Projects Grant, 4Culture, King County

2005 GAP Grant, Artist Trust, Washington

2005 EDGE Professional Development Scholarship Grant, Artist Trust

2003 PONCHO Artist-in-Residence Scholarship Grant, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle

1999 Best Sculpture Award State of Clay Lexington Arts and Crafts Society, Massachusetts

SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2023 Tender, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle

To Go Gentle, Wenatchee Valley College, Wenatchee, WA

Vessels for Everything, Pacific Bonsai Museum, Federal Way, WA

2022 Object Permanence, Bellevue Arts Museum (with Sylwia Tur, curated by Lane Eagles)

2020 Counter – Part, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle

Burst and Follow, Perkins-Coie, Seattle

2018 Control and Release. Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle

2017 Parlor Games: Scientia. Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle

2015 Parlor Games: Parallax. Kittregde Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma

PALAVRAS at the Seattle Center Sculpture Walk. Public sculpture commission and participatory public project. Seattle

2014 Construct. Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle

2012 New work from Kohler. SOIL Gallery, Seattle

2010 The Bornholm Project: What is Beauty… SOIL Gallery, Seattle

2009 Experiments in Being Lost. European Ceramic Work Center, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

Protect. Prevent. Burien Art Center, Burien, Washington

2008 Two Spaces, One Body. International Museum of Surgical Science, Chicago

The Unexpected Momentum of Small Things… Gallery 4Culture, Seattle

Fuzzy Anatomies (A Large Scale Exploration). Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Seattle

Outside In, Inside Out: Seeing Ghosts. Pratt Gallery at the Tashiro-Kaplan Building, Seattle

2007 Focus on Fiber: Timea Tihanyi and Michael Radyk. Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Fiberart International 2007. Juried by D. Caldwell, N. Kobayashi, L. Moran. Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh. Catalog available.

No Trespassing. Women Studio Workshop, Rosendale, New York

In Touch. Harborview Medical Center, Seattle

Casualties of Peace and War. Bellevue Community College, Bellevue, Washington

2006 Intelligentdesign. Green River Community College, Auburn, Washington

2004 In Between States. Wenatchee Valley College, Wenatchee, Washington

Tacoma Contemporary: Urban Art Installations. Tacoma, Washington

Co•ex•is•tent. UC Art Gallery, University of Montana, Missoula

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023 Neddy 25th Anniversary, Museum of History and Industry, Seattle

Avant/Garden, Pacific Bonsai Museum, Federal Way, WA

Ancient Tech/Future Relics, Coliseum Theater, Seattle (curated by XO Productions)

2022 Intersections = Math + Art, Mobius Art Gallery, Cascadia College, Bothell, WA

2020 Between Technology and Craft: 4 Approaches. Curated by Nicolas Touron. SculptureSpace, New York

Beyond the Hot Shop: Glass in the Digital Age. Curated by Paquita Esterly. Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA

Data are emotions | Emotions are data. Gdynia Design Days, Poland http://gdyniadesigndays.eu/en/

Bridges 2020. Finland https://2020.bridgesmathart.org/art/

2019 Diverse Directions in Clay. Curated by P. Warashina and C. Gouthro. Columbia City Gallery, Seattle

Clayfest Northwest: Ceramic Art of the Pacific Northwest. Pottery Northwest, Seattle

Gallery Artists Exhibition. Linda Hodges Gallery

Intercontinental Ceramics Project Exhibition. Asociación Valenciana de Cerámica. Manises, Spain

Retícula. Concepción, Chile

2018 Neddy Award exhibition. Cornish Playhouse, Seattle. Catalog available.

Art n Math. Schack Art Center, Everett

Art n Math. CoCA, Seattle

2017 Like Love. Curated by Dayna Hanson. The Base, Seattle

2016 Synaptic Lexicon. Curated by Ellen Ziegler. In 9e2: Art, Science and Technology (curated by John Boylan). King Street Station, Seattle

Test Case V. Sundaymorning@EKWC, Oisterwijk, The Netherlands

2016 Moldmade. Curated by Amanda Knowles. North Seattle College

Utopia Neighborhood Club. Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington

In Sight. Linda Hodges Gallery

2015 International Residency Exhibition. Largo das Artes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Making and Breaking. Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle

2014 Real Abstract. Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle

2013 The Harmony of Silence. Curated by Jasmine Valadani. Anchor Art Space, Anacortes, Washington

10x10x10 Tieton. Mighty Tieton, Tieton, Washington. Catalog available.

Affordable Art Fair. Linda Hodges Gallery. Seattle Center Exhibition Hall, Seattle

2012 Celebration. Washington State Convention Center, Seattle

Clay? Juried by Doug Jeck, Akio Takamori, Jamie Walker. Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland

2012 Softer Side of Death. Lundgren Monuments, Seattle

Crafts National. Juried by Gail M. Brown. Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, Kansas. Catalog available.

2011 Aqua Art Miami. Miami Beach, Florida

Faculty Show. Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington. Catalog available.

Breadth. Gage Academy, Seattle

Scattershot. Eastern Washington University, Cheney, Washington

2010 BAM Biennial: Clay Throwdown. Curated by Stefano Catalani. Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, Washington

Man and Beast. SOIL Gallery, Seattle

European Ceramic Context AiR Exhibition. Danish Design School, Bornholm, Denmark

Texas National. Juried by Judy Pfaff. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas

2010 Erotomania. Curated by Candy Depew. Candycoated Center, Philadelphia

Soil in Residence. Seattle Design Center, Seattle

Resident Alien. Curated by David Fancis. CoCA, Seattle Catalog available.

2009 Soft Forms. Pratt Gallery at the Tashiro-Kaplan Building, Seattle

2008 Fiberart International. Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences, Charleston, West Virginia

Human Condition. Emerson C. Gallery, St. Petersburg, Florida

Northern National Art Competition. Juried by Terry Suhre. Nicolet College, Rhinelander, Wisconsin Award of Excellence

2008 Take a Seat. Drop City Gallery, Seattle

2007 Fiberart International. Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, North Carolina

Halpert Biennial. Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone, North Carolina

Faculty Show. Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington

Masterminds. Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, Washington

New Work. Davidson Contemporary, Seattle

2006 Americas 2000. Juried by Elizabeth Guheen. Minot State University, Minot, North Dakota

Fiber Fever. Juried by Arturo Alonzo Sandoval. Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, Missouri

Free-Form: National Juried Exhibition. Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, Oregon

2005 Ergonomicon. Curator: Casey Keeler. Consolidated Works, Seattle

2004 States of Scarcity and Abundance. Two-person show. Eastern Washington University, Cheney

Fluid exchange. Two-person exhibition. SOIL, Seattle

PONCHO Recipients Exhibition. Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle

2003 MFA Thesis Exhibition. Henry Art Gallery, Seattle

2000 Faculty Show. Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

1999 The State of Clay. Juried. Lexington Arts and Crafts Society, Lexington Best of Sculpture Award.

1999 Conflict/Resolution. Juried. Woman Made Gallery, Chicago

1998 After the Fire. White Elephant Gallery, Boston

1997 Sidney Myer Fund International Ceramics Award. Juried by Janet Mansfield. Shepparton, Australia.

Special Acquisition Award. Catalog Available.

Lotsa Clay VI. The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA