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NIADA ARTIST HISTORICAL LIST

This list is a compilation of Artists accepted into NIADA since the founding of NIADA in 1963. It is as accurate as NIADA has been able to make it. If those using this resource have further information to fill in any missing or incorrect information, NIADA would be grateful if you contacted the website. Artists are listed by alphabetical last name, their city, state and/or country, the year they were accepted into NIADA and the medium they worked in when accepted as each component is known.

Only work made by a members of NIADA during the period of their membership is considered a NIADA DOLL. Some artists may have changed their style and medium during intervening years.

To view members work visit the Current Artists Gallery or Historical Artists Gallery

Key:
Active: G
Retired: R
Resigned: RS
Deceased: D
Honorary: H
(Member for over 25 years)

NIADA Historical Master List:

Alleman, Laura / 1974 / USA / kidskin over plastic wood / D 1980

Baeva, Tatiana / 1999 / Moscow, Russia / air drying clay

Barrie, Mirren / 1970 / Waterbury Center, VT / fabric, felt on armature, paper / D 2004

Barter, Elizabeth / 1978 / West Yarmouth, MA / cloth, polymer / D

Batte, Charles / 1997 / San Francisco, CA / polymer clay

Bell, Floyd / 1992 / Los Angeles, CA / wood

Bell, Roberta / 1970 / USA / porcelain / D

Bennett, Goodie / 1968 / USA / porcelain / D

Blakeley, Halle / Charter Member / 1963 / USA / cloth covered composition, high-fire clay / D 1981

Blount, Akira & Larry / 1989 / Bybee, TN / fabric, mixed media

Blythe, Stephanie / 1999 / San Anselmo, CA / porcelain

Bowling, Carole / 1978 / Hollister, CA / cloth, fimo / R

Brandon, Elizabeth / 1979 / Mission, KS / porcelain / H 2004 / D 2012

Brill, Reina Mia / 2007 / Bronx, NY / knitted wire

Bringloe, Frances / 1971 / Seattle, WA / wood / D

Brooks, Patricia Ryan / 1981 / Summerton, SC / hand carved basswood, polymer clay / RS 1995

Bruyere, Muriel / Charter Member / 1963 / USA / porcelain / D

Bullard, Helen / FOUNDER, Charter Member / 1963 / USA / wood / D 1996

Burkett, Ronnie / 1998 / Toronto, Ontario, Canada / mixed media / R

Campbell, Astry / 1968 / Upper Saddle River, NJ / porcelain / R

Cely, Antonette / 1986 / Woodinville, WA / fabric / H 2011

Cerepak, Beverly / 1970 / Saddle Brook, NJ / porcelain, polyadam / R

Chomick & Meder, Chris and Peter / 1997 / St. Petersburg, FL / mixed media

Church, Kate / 2008 / Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada / polymer clay & fiber

Coad, Arlyn / 1982 / BC, Canada / synthetic clay, wax / D

Cochran, Dewees / Charter Member / 1963 / wood, plastic wood, latex composition / D 1991

Condon, Judith / 1972 / USA/ papier mache, wax over porcelain / R

Cowart-Rickman, Pamela / 1998 / Rock Hall, MD / cloth / R

Creager, Jodie and Richard / 1991 / Lake Havasu, AZ / Polyform

Crosby, Diana Lence / 1968 / Griffin, GA / porcelain / H 1968

Curtis, Betty / 1968 / USA / cast paper / D 1988

Daanen, Ankie / 2003 / Amsterdam, The Netherlands /  porcelain

Davies, Jane / 1991 / West Sussex, England / porcelain

Davis, Lenore / 1992 / Newport, KY / fabric / D 1995

DeNunez, Marianne / 1971 / Littlerock, CA / porcelain / R 1974

Deutsch, Fern / 1966 / San Antonio, TX / composition on armature / R

Dohl, Edna Shaw / 1984 / Pensacola, FL / porcelain / R

Effner, Diana / 1990 / Jamestown, MO / porcelain

Elliot, Guy and Virginia / 1972 / cloth, wax, poly-clay / RS 1974

Finch, Margaret / 1976 / Bath, ME / direct carved wood, cloth / H 2001

Finch-Kozlosky, Marta / 1981 / Old Bennington, VT / direct carved jointed wood, polyform / H 2006

Flather, Gwen / 1963 / Meredith, NH / fabric, felt on armature / D 1995

Fletcher, Dan / 1999 / New York City, NY / washi paper

Flueler-Tomamichel, Elisabeth / 1992 / Benglen, Switzerland / porcelain, mixed media

Florian, Gertrude / Founder, Charter Member / 1963 / USA / D

Forster, Herta / 1970 / USA / felt / D

Frank, Mary Ellen / 1996 / Juneau, AK / wood

Fukuda, Tomoko / 2004 / Japan / cloth

Gafford, Amanda / 2010 / Greeneville, TN / polymer, mixed media

Gibson, Suzanne / 1967 / Henrico, VA / porcelain / D 2010

Goodnow, June Lunsford / 1976 / Harrah, OK / porcelain, polymer clay, Prosculpt / D 2010

Gorman, Christine / 1968 / USA / carved plastic wood / D

Gray, Scott / 1994 / Seattle, WA / paper clay / R

Haines, Elizabeth and Frank / 1971 / USA / wood / D 1977, 1988

Hale, Patti / 1978 / Vidor, TX / carved wood / R

Hand, Martha Armstrong / 1977 / Cambria, CA / porcelain / D

Harrison, Rene / 1969 / USA / porcelain / R

Hartman, Eleanor / 1979 / USA / polyform, porcelain / D

Hass, Ella / 1999 / Denmark / fabric over keramin / D

Haukenfrers & Peper, Uwe and Juergen / 1997 / Norderstedt, Germany / wood, paper clay / R

Head, Magge Kane / Founder, Charter Member / 1963 / Ashland City, TN / porcelain, clay / D 1995

Heizer, Dorothy / Charter Member / 1963 / USA / cloth / D 1973

Hoag, Margaret / 1973 / USA / wood / D 1973

Hoskins, Dorothy / 1990 / Fairbanks, AK / polyform, porcelain / R

Housley, Sherry / 1997 / Swannonoa, NC / super sculpey / R

Iacono, Maggie / 1993 / Downington, PA / felt / R

Jeffcott, June / 1969 / USA / wood / D

Jeong, Moonyoung / 2010 / Korea / cloth, silk, paper

Johnson, Sharon / 1967 / USA / porcelain / R

Kamerbeek, Tine / 2005 / Amsterdam, The Netherlands / stone clay

Karabay, Adnan Sami / 1997 / Los Angeles, CA / polyform clay / D 1998

Keeble, Lesley Gail / 2003 / Ashevile, NC / fabric

Keeler, Diane / 2001 / Luck, WI / polymer clay

Kish, Helen / 1981 / Denver, CO / direct modelled high fire clay / H 2006

Koffrie, Hennie / 1997 / Baarn, The Netherlands / paper clay, mixed media

Kraus, Karen / 1975 / USA / porcelain / R

Lackey, Gail / 1996 / Nampa, ID / polymer clay

Langton, Michael / 1984 / Stratham, NH / wood

Lathrop, Grace / 1963 / USA / porcelain / D 1970

Lichtenfels, Lisa / 1985 / Springfield, MA / soft sculpture / H 2010

Liesfeld, Junko / 1998 / Montpelier, VA / paperclay

Lillich, Pat / 2007 / Los Gatos, CA / paperclay

Lukas, Axel Roman / 1997 / Berlin, Germany / porcelain, paperclay, cloth / R 2002

MacDowell, Gladys / 1963 / USA / cloth, wax / D

Maciak, Heather / 1997 / Sydney, BC, Canada / porcelain

Marriott, Tanya / 2011 / Strathmore, Wellington, New Zealand / super sculpey, mixed media

Mather, Catherine / 2005 / Unanderra, Australia / slip cast porcelain

McKinley, Robert / 1985 / New York City, NY / polyform / D 1995

Mellen, Norma / 1979 / Hillsborough, NH / cloth / D

Mitrani, Anne / 1997 / Paris, France / fimo, wax / R

Molen, Leslie / 2006 / Denver, CO / cloth over air-dry clay

Mueller, Claire / 1969 / USA / ceramic, porcelain / D

Nakanishi, Kyoko / 1998 / Tokorozawa, Sait, Japan / washi paper

Naroditskaya, Ima / 2001 / Moscow, Russia / air drying clay

Natterer, Sylvia / 1996 / Vils-Tirol, Austria / porcelain

Nelson, Bill / 1991 / Manteo, NC / oven baked polymer clay

Nelson, Carolyn Corl / 1978 / USA / wood composition / D 1987

Nordell, Carol / 1974 / Mt. Vernon, NY / polyform / D 1995

Odenrider, Ada / 1969 / USA / porcelain / D

Oglesby, Sandra Thomas / 2001 / Deland, FL / polyform

Oroyan, Susanna / 1982 / Eugene, OR / polyform, paperclay / D 2007

Park, Irma / 1969 / USA / wax over composition or porcelain / R

Parker, Ann / 1977 / Sussex, England / resin / D

Paulson, Wee / 1968 / Las Vegas, NV / cloth  / D 2004

Penney, Jill / 2010 / Phoenix, AZ / mixed media / R

Pobedina, Natalia / 2001 / Moscow, Russia / air drying clays / R

Pope, Deborah C. / 2008 / Williamson, NY / mixed media

Radzat, Marilyn / 2000 / Kahuku, HI / polymer clay

Ravca, Bernard and Frances Diecks / 1968 / USA / cloth / D 1979 (Bernard)

Riggs, Janice / 1979 / USA / porcelain / D 1988

Robinson, Donna May / 1999 / Weston, CT / cloth

Robinson-Nordby, Patricia / 1967 / Melbourne, FL / porcelain / R

Roche, Lynn and Michael / 1997 / Bath, England / porcelain, wood

Roehl, Olga / 2007 / Rheinfelden-Baden, Germany / mixed media

Rogers, Forest / 2003 / Boulder, CO / air drying clays

Rommel, France and Jacques / 1974 / USA / cloth / RS / D 1984 (Jacques)

Rothman, Cecilia / 1976 / San Francisco, CA / porcelain / D 2006

Rudoy, Svetlana / 2010 / Russia / mixed media

Russo, Mary / 1968 / USA / fired clay / R 1971

Salvador, Ana / 2012 / The Netherlands / porcelain, polymer clays

Saucier, Madeline / 1968 / Quebec, Canada / felt / D 1985

Scogin, Susan / 1992 / Lacombe, LA / porcelain, epoxy resin

Smith, Connie / 1996 / Staten Island, NY / porcelain, mixed media

Sorensen, Lewis / Charter Member / 1963 / USA / cloth, wax, compostion / D 1985

Stafford, Joyce / 1969 / Senatobia, MS / porcelain / R

Steinheil, Tamara / 1963 / USA / papier mache / D 1989

Stuart, George / 1992 / Ojai, CA / historical figures, mixed media / R

Sullo, Rose / 1970 / USA / composition / D 1989

Sweet, Elizabeth / 1968 / USA / porcelain / D 1982

Szoke, Elizabeth / 1974 / Park Ridge, IL / papier mache, wood, leather / D 2009

Tatarskaya, Alina / 2010 / Moscow, Russia / felt

Taylor, E.J. / 1993 / Chelsea, VT / polyform, paper clay

Thompson, Carla / 1989 / Rogersville, AL / fabric & felt over composition / R

Thompson, Fred / 1970 / Ludlow, WA / wood / D 2008

Thompson, Martha / Charter Member / 1963 / USA / porcelain / D 1964

Thornton, Shelley / 1995 / Lincoln, Nebraska / cloth

Thorpe, Ellery / Charter Member / 1970 / USA / porcelain / D 1985

Tolido-Elzer, Lily / 1993 / Rokswok, The Netherlands / paper clay / R

Tonner, Robert / 1988 / Hurley, NY / sculpey, porcelain

Trilling, Jo-Ellen / 1997 / New York City, NY / cloth

Tugarina, Nina / 2012 / Revere, MA / original sculpey

Turner, Ellen / 1982 / Horseshoe, NC / fabric / D 1995

Tuttle, Eunice / 1968 / USA / porcelain / R 1979

Tynes, Robert / 1978 / USA / painted fabric / R 1985

Vanek, Herbert / 1972 / San Francisco, CA / porcelain / R 1974

Verhelst, Marlaine / 1999 / Tilburg, The Netherlands / mixed media

Von Essen, Kenneth and Norma / 1986 / Cardiff by the Sea, CA / carved wood / H 2011

Wahl, Annie / 1996 / Lakeville, MN / super sculpey, cloth

Walmsley, Kathryn / 1997 / Oldenburg, IN / cernit, mixed media

Walters, Nancy / 1991 / Longwood, FL / porcelain, papier mâche, polymer clay

Westling, Charlene / 1991 / Topeka, KS / fabric over composition / D

Wheeler, Diane / 1978 / USA / wood / R 1985

Wick, Faith / 1976 / Columbus, OH / polyform, porcelain / H 2001

Wiley, Nancy / 1997 / Hudson, NY / porcelain

Wilson, Lita / 1965 / USA / porcelain / D

Wright, R. John / 1979 / USA / felt / RS 1986

Zeepvat, Charlotte / 1987 / East Sussex, England / air hardening clay on armature / R

Zeller, Fawn / Founder, Charter Member / 1963 / Inverness, FL / porcelain / D


NIADA Resources

NIADA web site: http://www.niada.org

The NIADA Archive: This archive, available only to members, is a compilation of over 2000 slides, prints and transparencies

UFDC (www.ufdc.org) has several slide programs about NIADA dolls

The Helen Bullard Archive: The Southern Highlands Craft Guild, Asheville, NC www.southernhighlandcraftguild.org The Southern Highland Craft Guild has also been the recipient of some early NIADA dolls

Books About NIADA Artists

NIADA Art Dolls: Rich Traditions, New Ideas -- published 2009 by the NIADA Foundation and the Susan Quinlan Museum. Shelley Thornton, editor, Chris Chomick, collaborator. Foreword by Krystyna Poray Goddu. This photo book documents the history of the organization and presents the work of 160 artists who have been awarded membership since the group’s founding in 1963.

The American Doll Artist, Volume I by Helen Bullard-First Printing: Charles T. Branford Company, Boston, MA 1965 --- Second Printing: The Summit Press LTD. Falls Church, VA 1977 (out of print)

The American Doll Artist - Volume II by Helen Bullard - Athena Publishing Company, North Kansas City 1975 (out of print)

Autobiography of a Dollmaker by Helen Bullard - Hobby House Press, Cumberland, MD 1984 -Helen Bullard Story plus a chapter The NIADA Story (out of print)

Dorothy Heizer, The Artist and Her Dolls by Helen Bullard - NIADA and Helen Bullard Krechniak, 1972 (out of print)

Bullard, prolific author and energetic, doll artist, wood carver and nature gardener was born in Elgin, Illinois. She moved to Cumberland, County, TN, in the early 1930s with her author husband, Joseph Marshall Krechniak. The southeastern United States was an area already rich with fine art and craft tradition. In 1949, Bullard originated a type of hand-carved wood figure called "Holly Dolls" and hand-carved wooden tops known as "The Spinnin' Fools," both part of a revival of American craft and culture of the Appalachian Region.

When a book is out of print, it often may be found on a secondary market, the Internet or for sale at a doll show.

The Art of the Doll - Published by NIADA in 1992 -- contains articles and photos of Active NIADA Members in 1992 plus a section at the back with short vignettes and black and white photos of earlier artists. (This book is still available by accessing the order form on this web site)

Many other NIADA artists have written wonderful books and produced excellent videos about their work. Use the Contact List and Videos and Books on this web site to find these sources.


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