xtoubes@saic.edu
Collections, Awards, Lectures, Workshops
        Colecciones, Premios, Conferencias, Talleres
 
Public Collections    Colecciones Publicas
Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela
Musée Ariana, Genéve,
Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam
Kunstmuseum, Den Haag
Keramikmuseum Westerwald, Höhr-Grenzhausen, Germany
Colección Banco de España, Madrid
Macao Museum of Art, Macao, China
Museu del Disseny de Barcelona
Lappeenranta Museum of Art, Lappeenranta, Finland
Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen, China
Museu do Azulejo, Lisboa, Portugal
Museu de Cerámica de Manises, Valencia
Fundación Argentaria, Madrid
Ateliers d’Art de France
Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan. Republic of China
European Ceramics Work Centre. Sundaymorning@ekwc. Oisterwijk,
      Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Colección ABANCA. Vigo
Fundación Caixa. Vigo        
Fundación Coca Cola España
Asheville Art Museum in Asheville, North Carolina.
San Angelo Museum of Finer Arts, San Angelo, Texas
CAI Sala Luzán, Zaragoza
Ackland Art Museum. Chapel Hill, North Carolina,
Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, Chicago
The Wornik Collection. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, Missouri, USA
Jay Collection. Gyeonggi-do, Korea
Gresol. Madremanya, Girona.
First National Bank, Columbia, Missouri, USA
The Gallery of Art and Design. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA
Art Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
European Ceramics Work Centre at the Kruithuis Museum,' s-Hertogenbosch.
        Netherlands
Museum of Art & Design. New York (promised gift. Gail Brown collection. Philadelphia)
Arizona State University Museum, Tempe, USA
University of North Carolina Center for Public Television, Research Triangle
           Park, Raleigh, USA.
Woodman Study Collection, Department of Art and Art History, University of
     Colorado at Boulder, Colorado
Xunta de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela
Harbourfront Studios, Toronto
Davidson College Art Gallery, Davidson, North Carolina, USA
Museo Carlos Maside, Sada, A Coruña
New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, New York
Seminario de Estudios Cerámicos, Sargadelos, Lugo
Pinacoteca Municipal do Concello da Coruña, A Coruña
Ayuntamiento de Alcorcón, Alcorcón, Madrid
 
 
 
Awards      Premios 
1975       Greater London Council,
1982       II Certamen Nacional de Cerámica, First prize. Alcorcón. Madrid 
1983       Ministerio de Cultura. National Grant Award. Madrid
1986       National Endowment for the Arts, Washington
               The First International Ceramics, Mino, Japan -2 mentions                                                  
               North Carolina Arts Council Artist Fellowship, USA                                                                              
               University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Foundation Fund,
1988       University of North Carolina Center for Public Television, commission
1989       Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art Fellowship, Winston- Salem
1991       National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, Prize Award         
                     Arizona State University Museum. Tempe.
1994       Bienal Europea de Cerámica. Premio Gallego Vilar 
                      Museo de Cerámica de Manises. Valencia
1995       Premio da Critica Galicia 1995- Artes Plásticas. Vigo.
1988       The 5th International Ceramics'98 Mino, Japan – mentions
Lectures, Panel, etc.      Conferencias , etc.
1970                Co-founder Grupo de Traballo Galego en Londres
1971                 Co-auhor de Plan Pedagoxico Galego. Edt. Xerais. Vigo.
1975           Glass workshop. Grant from Greater London Council.
1975           Assistant to Marylyn Dintenfass. Commission for sculpture
                               Benton and Bowles, Inc., New York.
                  Televisión Española, Madrid, ceramic-presentation
                 "Cerámica Contemporánea Americana". Taller de Cerámica
                               Madrid   Lecture
                 The Ackland Museum of Art, Chapel Hill, Lecture.
                 Elected member of  Academie Internationale de la
                               Céramique, Genéve, Switzerland.
1984        "Second North Carolina Pottery Conference"
                               Camp Caraway, North Carolina  USA   Lecture
                 "Undergraduate Art Show"  North Carolina Central
                               University Art Museum, Durham.   Curator.
    Visual Arts Screening Panel (artist in residence)
     North Carolina Arts Council.1987, 1988, 1989  Juror
                  "North Carolina Fellowship and Writers'Panel" Mint
                               Museum, Charlotte.  Simposium
                  "New York, New Venue and North Carolina Artists"
                              Queens College, Charlotte.    Simposium.
1985           The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art.Winston-Salem   Lecture
                   Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem.  Lecture
1992          The National Council on Education for Ceramic Arts,
                              Cincinnati.    Lecture
                  International Academy of Ceramics . Edinburgh.  Lecture
1992          The National Council on Education for Ceramic Arts,
                            Philadelphia.    Lecture
                  "Encuentros de Ceramica" Taller de Aia, S. Pedro de
                           Andatza, Gipuzkoa .    Lecture
1993           Southern-Arts. Winchester.   Lecture
                   Museo de Cerámica de Manises. Valencia.    Lecture
1993           "International Association of Residential Arts
                         Centres and Networks". Barcelona.   Simposium
1994            Fundación Cultural "Knecht-Drenth". Callosa d'en
                          Sarria. Alicant. (representing the  Ministery of
                          Culture- The Netherlands in the creation of cultural project )
1995            "Jingdezhen Kaolin International Ceramic Art
                          Conference" Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, China (United
                          Nations Development Programme in China).    Simposium.     
                     "Matrix 3D : Sculpture: Method: Research" The London
                           Institute. Central Saint Martins College,
                          School of Art, London.  Simposium- Lecture
                       Bienal Europea de Cerámica. Escuela de Cerámica de
                          Manises . Valencia.   Lecture
                       Escuela de Artes Aplicadas, Valencia.   Lecture.   
1996              Etela- Karjalan Taidemuseo, Lappeeranta. Finland.  Lecture
                     "Networks in Ceramics". University of Art and
                              Design. Helsinki.Finland .  Lecture.
                      "Science and Art in Ceramics- University of
                             Manchester and UMIST"  The Royal Institution of
                             Great Britain, London.  Simposium- Lecture
                   The Artic Foundation. De Fabriek, Eindhoven, Lecture
1997            "En Torno al barro- Ceramica y Lugar" Palacio Vallesantoro, Casa de Cultura,
                             Sanguesa. Navarra. Lecture
1998            Escuela de Conservación y Restauración de Galicia.
                         Pontevedra. Lecture
                 Facultad de Bellas Artes. Pontevedra .  Lecture.
                 Fundación Luis Seoane. A Coruña.   Lecture
                 Diputación Provincial de Lugo (Centro de Artesania e
                         Deseño de Galicia) Lugo.   Lecture
1999.        Cardiff Institute. Cardiff.    Lecture
                 National Council on Education on Education for the                                                                          
                        Ceramic Arts. Denver. Colorado. USA.  Panel    
                 Seminario de Estudios Ceramicos. O Castro. A Coruňa. E
2000        Cranbrook  Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfields, Michigan. USA .  Panel
2001         Encontros Estivais de Sargadelos. Museo Carlos Maside. O Castro.
                       A Coruña.   Lecture
                 New York State College of Ceramics.  Alfred University. New York. 
                 Seminario de Estudios Ceramicos de Sargadelos. Cervo. Lugo. E. Lecture
                 Lill St. Art Center. Chicago. USA. Conference.
2002          Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, Baltimore, Maryland. USA. Panel.
2003          GroBer Sitzungssaal der Handwerks Kammer fur Munchen und Oberbayern. 
                        Munich. Germany. Conference
                  “NOW & NOW World Contemporary Ceramics”. The 2nd World Ceramic
                        Biennale 2003 Korea. The 2nd International Ceramic Symposium 
                       “Creativity”. Lecture, Panel
2004          Kunsthogskolen i Bergen, Bergen, Norway. Lecture
                 Ceramic-Culture-Innovation.  Europäisches IndustrieMuseum fűur   
                        Porzellan. Selb-Plőβberg. Germany. Lecture
                 Ceramics Symposium Gmunden. Austria. Visiting Artist. Lecture. 
                  IUN Gallery for Contemporary Art. Indiana University Northwest,
                          Gary, Indiana. Talk
                 Espacios de Creación Contemporánea. Santiago de Compostela. Lecture
2005        Northern Clay. Minneapolis. Conference & Juror.
                 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. Deer isle, Maine, USA. Lecture
                 Iberiona. Museu del Poble Espanyol. Barcelona. Spain. Lecture
                  Escuela de Arte Picasso. A Coruña. Spain. Conference.
2006          Royal College of Art. London. (February & May) External Examiner.
2007          Royal College of Art. London. (February & May) External Examiner.
2008          Elmhurst Art Museum. Elmhurst. Chicago.  Talk
                   The Hallmark Symposium Lecture Series. University of Kansas. Lecture
                   Konstfack, University College of Arts, Crafts and Design. 
                           Stockholm, Sweden.  Talk
2009           Instituto Cervantes. Lustre: Xavier Toubes.  Chicago.     Talk
2010           Xavier Toubes: thoughts about intuition and practice. Lecture.
                           National Conference on Education for the Ceramic 
                           Arts. 2010, Philadelphia.
2011           Concordia University, Montreal. Canada.
                            Lecture and workshop. Department of Studio Arts
2012          100 Projects for Peace. Quinua, Ayacucho, Peru. Lecture
                  Artist Now series, UWM PECK School of Arts
                           University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.  Lecture
                  Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston. Lecture
                  Perimeter Gallery.  Artist Talk
2013           Macau Science Center, organized by the Macau Sky & Earth Ceramic art 
                           Association, Macau, China.  Lecture
                  Department of Art and Art History, University of Colorado at Boulder. Lecture
2014           Royal College of Art. London. Visiting studios. Lecture
                  Gerrit Rijtveld Academie, Amsterdam. Lecture
 
 
Visiting appointments ,  Workshops        Artista invitado, talleres
1977               One year apprenticeship with Raymond Finch.  Winchcombe
                                    Pottery, Gloucestershire (England)
1978               Paul Sena Pottery, Worthington, Massachusetts. USA
1979                Seminario de Estudios Cerámicos de Sargadelos, Lugo, Spain.
1986                Seminario de Estudios Cerámicos de Sargadelos, Lugo, 
1989                Keramisch Werkcentrum, Heusden, The Netherlands, summer.
                        Workshop-Visiting Artist, The Banff Center School of
                                    Fine Arts. Banff, Canadá.
                        Workshop-Visiting Artist, New York State College of 
                                    Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred , New York
1990                Workshop-Visiting Artist. "International Creators”
                                     Harbourfront Studios, Toronto, Canada.
                        Visiting Artist.Southeastern Massachusetts
                                     University, New Bedford, Massachusetts
1995               Visiting Artist. Cranbrok Academy of Art. Bloomfields, Michigan 
1996                 Director of course-Centro de Investigación y Servicios, Ferrol
1997                Visiting Artist. Cranbrook Academy of Art. Bloomfields, Michigan
1998                 Director of course: Dialogos sobre Cerámica. Convento del Carmen.
                                    Casa de Cultura. Sangüesa. Navarra
1998                Visiting Artist. Lousiana State University. Baton Rouge.
1999                 Visiting Artist. California State  University at Long Beach.
2001                Visiting Artist. Cranbrook Academy of Art. Bloomfields. Michigan
                        Alfred Summer School. Artist in Residence. New York State College of 
                                    Ceramics. Alfred University. New York.
                        Teaching. International Ceramics.Castillo de Soutomaior. Pontevedra.    
                                  Workshop-Visiting Artist.
                        Visiting Artist. California College of Art and Crafts, Oakland, CA
2002               Summer, work period. European Ceramics Work Centre
                                   ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
2003               University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth at New Haven, Massachusetts 
2005/6/7       Royal College of Art, London, UK, External examiner
2005                Teaching – Workshop, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe. New Mexico
                         Visiting Artist Ox-Bow. Michigan
                         Visiting Artist.  Northern Clay. Minneapolis
2010                Named member of the council of the International Academy of 
                                Ceramics. Genéve, Switzerland. Resigned in 2011.
2011                Concordia University, Montreal. Canada
                                Visiting Artist, Department of Studio Arts
2012               100 Projects for Peace Project, Ruraspanshis Yachanchis (We Learn by Doing) 
                                  Quinua. Ayacucho, Peru.  A week Workshop
2012               Artist Now series, UWM PECK School of Arts, Visiting Artist.
                                University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
2013               Macau Science Center, organized by the Macau Sky & Earth Ceramic art 
                                Association, Macau, China 
                      Department of Art and Art History, University of Colorado at Boulder 
                              Visiting Artist and artist in residence.                               
2017               Fredericksburg, Virginia. Claremont Farm. Dan Finnegan Pottery: Assist and 
                             participated in high-firing wood-salt firing; 3 day process.