TAI POMARA
Dallas,TX
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
Work History
Studio director
James Surls
Splendora, TX
06.2005 - 01.2025
Instructor, Small Scale Bronze Casting, Metal Work for Sculptors
Anderson Ranch
Snowmass Village, CO
01.2007 - 01.2012
Teaching Associate, 3D Design
San Jose State University
San Jose, CA
01.2004 - 01.2005
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Foundry
San Jose State University
San Jose, CA
01.2003 - 01.2004
Sculpture Studio Manager
Anderson Ranch
Snowmass Village, CO
04.1997 - 07.2003
Shop Manager
Great Southern Metals
Fayetteville, AR
01.1996 - 01.1997
Shop Manager
Potter Art Metal Studios
Dallas, TX
01.1994 - 01.1996
Foundry Technician/Assistant to Harry Geffert
Green Mountain Foundry
Forth Worth, TX
01.1992 - 01.1994
Education
MFA - Spatial Arts
San Jose State University
San Jose05.2007
BA - Fine Arts
University of Dallas
05.1992
Skills
- Layout, structural design, and fabrication of large outdoor metal sculpture
- Studio team management and training
- Transportation and installation of large outdoor and indoor sculpture in public and private environments
- Large equipment operation - crane, telehandler, forklift and tractor
- 30 years of experience in welding fabrication
- Stainless, aluminum and bronze TIG and MIG welding
- Basic manual lathe and mill operation
- Extensive bronze casting experience - mold making, waxwork, and general foundry operations
- Basic woodworking and carpentry skills
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS
2013 Carbondale Center for the Arts, 2013 Invitational Sculpture Exhibition, Carbondale, CO, 2011 Colorado University Art Museum, Giving and Receiving, Boulder, CO, 2010 Abilene Center for Contemporary Arts, 30th Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Abilene, TX, 2008 Saw Gallery, Tai Pomara and Brad Reed Nelson, Carbondale, CO, 2007 The National Art Museum of China, Corresponding and Responding, Beijing, China, 2004 Herbert Sanders Gallery, Thesis Exhibition, San Jose State, San Jose, CA, 2004 Helen Dooley Graduate Achievement Scholarship, San Jose State, San Jose, CA, 2003 San Jose State School of Art Gallery, Doubt, San Jose, CA, 2003 Town of Vail Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Art in Nature, Nature in Art, Vail, CO, 2003 Dows Gallery, Anderson Ranch, Summer Faculty Exhibition, Snowmass Village, CO, 2002 Elizabeth Heil Recruitment Scholarship, San Jose State, San Jose, CA, 2001 Aspen Art Museum, Aspen Biennial, Dean Sobel, juror, Aspen, CO, 2001 Dows Gallery, Anderson Ranch, Summer Faculty Exhibition, Snowmass Village, CO, 2000 Foothill Arts Center, North American Sculpture Exhibition, Alison Saar, juror, Denver, CO, 2000 Dows Gallery, Anderson Ranch, Summer Faculty Exhibition, Snowmass, CO, 2000 Evelyn Siegel Gallery, Anderson Ranch Artists, Fort Worth, TX, 1999 Dows Gallery, Anderson Ranch, Tai Pomara and Catherin Chauvin, Snowmass Village, CO, 1992 Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, BA Thesis Exhibition, Irving, TX
Timeline
Instructor, Small Scale Bronze Casting, Metal Work for Sculptors
Anderson Ranch
01.2007 - 01.2012
Studio director
James Surls
06.2005 - 01.2025
Teaching Associate, 3D Design
San Jose State University
01.2004 - 01.2005
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Foundry
San Jose State University
01.2003 - 01.2004
Sculpture Studio Manager
Anderson Ranch
04.1997 - 07.2003
Shop Manager
Great Southern Metals
01.1996 - 01.1997
Shop Manager
Potter Art Metal Studios
01.1994 - 01.1996
Foundry Technician/Assistant to Harry Geffert
Green Mountain Foundry
01.1992 - 01.1994
MFA - Spatial Arts
San Jose State University
BA - Fine Arts
University of Dallas