Thad Trubakoff
928-853-5063 - Flagstaff, AZ - Thad.Trubakoff@gmail.com
Education:
2014
MFA, Wood. Arizona State University. Tempe, AZ
2009
BA, Design Management. Arizona State University. Tempe, AZ
Professional Experience:
2012-Current
Co-Owner. TruCollective - Design + Fabrication, Tempe, AZ
2017
Instructor. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (Instructor of Record, Wood I, Spring 2017)
2015-2016
Dream Consultant. TechShop of Chandler, Chandler, AZ
2012
Teaching Assistant. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (Instructor of Record, Wood I, Spring 2012)
Shop Assistant. Arizona State University – Design School Fabrication Shop, Tempe, AZ (Fall 2012)
2009-2010
Engineering Technician/Industrial Designer. Omnimount Systems, Phoenix, AZ
2007-2016
Millhouse/WareHouse/Customer Service Representative. Woodworkers Source, Tempe, AZ
Skills:
Woodworking - Extensive Experience in all aspects of woodworking including; Milling, Joinery (traditional + Experimental), cabinetmaking, lamination, bent lamination, steam bending, coopering, carving +power-carving, turning, veneering, pyrography, sharpening, machinery maintenance, finishing, painting.
Metal Fabrication - Experience in MIG and TIG welding, shearing, cutting, tap and die, milling, machinery maintenance.
Foundry - Experience in casting Iron, copper, bronze, aluminum, pattern-making (wood + wax), sand casting (green + bonded, flasks, two part, multi-part, keys, pour cups, sprues, gates, runners and vents), lost wax casting (ceramic shell, pour cups, sprues, gates, runners, vents and burnout), divestment, chasing, surfacing, patina.
Digital Fabrication - Extensive Experience in creating CAD models and drawings (Rhinoceros and Fusion360), programming tool-paths and operating CNC routers, CNC Waterjet, and CNC laser cutters, CNC Machinery Maintenance.
Teaching + Instruction - Experience in generating curriculum and teaching all woodworking processes and CAD/CAM processes, safety courses + ensuring safety standards, ability to generate excitement and passion in students.
Computer + CAD - Extensive experience with CAD: Fusion 360, Rhinoceros, Solidworks. Able to create models, renders and shop drawings. Proficient in Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator/Premier, Microsoft office including Excel, Quickbooks.
Business + Management - Owns and operates a small business that works closely with clients to provide heirloom quality furniture for a wide range of prolific commercial and residential clients. Quotation/bidding, client interfacing, customer service, invoicing, accounting, marketing, sales, material acquisition, scheduling, management, quality control and the deliverable of high quality finished goods.
Honors and Awards:
2014
Artist of the Month, September. Phoenix Magazine.
Special Talent Award, Arizona State University. Tempe, AZ
Mary Lou Harvey Award – Arizona Artist Guild Competitive Scholarship. Tempe, AZ
Emerge Grant Recipient. Emerge, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2013
Special Talent Award, Arizona State University. Tempe, AZ
Herbert Smith Graduate Fellowship, Arizona State University. Tempe, AZ
2012
Rudy Turk Award for History in American Craft. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Arrowmont Windgate Scholarship. Arrowmont School for Arts and Crafts. Gatlinburg, TN
2011
Deans Fellowship. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Solo Exhibitions:
2014
Discipline: Control that is gained by requiring rules or orders be obeyed. Thesis Exhibition. Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Juried Exhibitions:
2014
Juried Graduate Show. 3 Selected Works. Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2013
Tempe Center for the Arts Juried Biennial:Wood. Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe, AZ
Group Exhibitions:
2016
IFDA - Take a Seat. Scottsdale Fashion Square. Scottsdale, AZ
2014
Evidence of New Life. R.Pela Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Current. Night Gallery. Tempe, AZ
Annual New Art Arizona. Arizona Artist Guild Scholarship exhibition. Shemer Art Center and Museum. Phoenix, AZ
Carnival of the Future. Grant Competition Event. Downtown Phoenix First Friday. Phoenix, AZ
2013
Trunk Show and Sale. Arizona State University Art Museum. Tempe, AZ
Neither Here Nor There. Collaborative Installation. Night Gallery, Tempe, AZ
2012
Slipstream. The Icehouse. Phoenix, AZ
Transcendence: Wood as Fine Art. Step Gallery. Tempe, AZ
A Penny for Your Thoughts. Tempe Post Office. Tempe, AZ
Apparatus Sculptoris. The Icehouse. Phoenix, AZ
2011
Mnemosyne. The Icehouse. Phoenix, AZ
Curatorial Experience:
2014
Discipline: Control that is gained by requiring rules or orders be obeyed. Thesis Exhibition. Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2013
Neither Here Nor There. Collaborative Installation. Night Gallery, Tempe, AZ
2012
Transcendence: Wood as Fine Art. Step Gallery. Tempe, AZ
Panel Discussions:
2014
Higher Education Maker Summit. Techshop. Arizona State University Chandler Innovation Center. Chandler, AZ
Press:
2017
Miranda, Coty Dolores “Tempe brothers skimp on themselves to grow Woodworks Business.” East Valley Tribune, March 2017
2014
Tropiano, Dolores. “Artist of the Month.” Phoenix Magazine, September 2014
Hwang, Kellie. “In ‘Life’: Dreams and nostalgia.” Arizona Republic, 14 September 2014: D2
2013
Barnett, Craig. “Woodwind Wonder.” INVICTVS – Invite only Yacht Publication, Summer 2012: 127