Tolley Marney Resume - 2023

2020: Awarded the California Arts Council National Arts & Disability Award

Experience

• Member CBA California Blacksmith Association

• Member ABANA The Artist-Blacksmith Association of North America

• Lifetime Member FFA Future Farmers of America

• C-23 California Ornamental Steel License #1083027 Working with designers or directly with clients, Marney creates a variety of functional steel work including: Signage; Lighting; Hardware; Furniture, Sculptures, etc.

• Artist Residencies: Tallac Historical Site, South Lake Tahoe, CA. Blacksmith sculptor in residence. 1910 era coke forge, daily demos and conversations about the site history. 2018 for July, August. 2019 for July, August, Sept.

• MARS Conference: Taught blacksmith skills in all day workshop to top tech industry  leaders. Palm Springs, CA. 2018, 2019. 

Selected Exhibits & Galleries

• Valley Bronze Gallery, Joseph, Oregon. 2022 - present.

• Eadington Galleries, South Lake Tahoe and Tahoe City, CA - 2021 - present.

• Gallery 5380’, Truckee, CA - Gallery artist 2015 - present. 

• Art Festivals (Greater Palm Springs area, CA):

  • 2023 Rancho Mirage Arts Festival (invitational) in Rancho Mirage, California.

  • 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 Desert Open Studios tour.

  • 2018, 2019, 2023 La Quinta Museum Artist tour.

• The Grand Gallery, Jackson, WY - Gallery artist 2015- 2020.(out of business)

• Northwest by Northwest Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR - Gallery artist 2015 - 2021

• Southwest Art Magazine - Best of Show Artist Award 2017 

• Palm Springs City Hall Art Show - Feb., 2015, Feb 2014, Feb. 2012, Feb. 2011; Palm Springs, CA. “Commissioner’s Choice” and other awards over the years. 

• La Quinta Art Under the Umbrellas Festival - Nov. 2011, Palm Springs, CA

• Balloon Fiesta, October 2011, Albuquerque, New Mexico

• Tahoe Arts Festival,  July 2011, Lake Tahoe, CA

• Westfest Arts Festival, March 2011, Palm Springs, CA

• Lone Pine Film Museum, Lone Pine, CA 2010. Solo exhibit

• New Jersey Equine Art Expo, New Jersey 2003. Awarded 1st place in Sculpture.

• Stricher 39 Gallery, New York, NY 2003-2004

• Denise Roberge Art Gallery, Palm Springs, CA 2001-2003. Gallery Artist.

Press

• Desert Sun Newspaper - “Inside the Artist Studio”, June 4, 2015. Story by Rosalie Murphy and Beth Roessner | Photographs and videos by Marilyn Chung. https://www.desertsun.com/story/life/2015/06/04/inside-artist-studio-palm-springs/27609919/

• Southwest Art - “Best of Show” award included half-page advertisement. Dec. 2017. 

• Palm Springs Life - May, 2002. “Around Town” section. “Really Big Shoe” by Rick Du Brow, page 26. Interview and photos. 

• Southwest Art - July 2001, “Start Your Collection”, editorial feature of sculpture, page 50.

About Tolley

Tolley Marney is an authentic American Western artist. A retired cowboy, Marney lives on land nestled at the base of the San Jacinto Mountains near Palm Springs, California. Tolley's lifetime as a cowboy and farrier along with his technical expertise as a blacksmith inspires his singular artistic vision — of the New American West.

A lifetime spent among horses and in the natural world infuses his work with soul.

A self-taught artist, Tolley creates his sculptures combining methods of traditional blacksmithing techniques, modern metal working, and woodworking skills. Discarded horseshoes and other reclaimed steel transform under his hands into fluid and twisting lines and shapes that combine to form iconic images of the American West.

Marney’s sculptures have been featured in the periodicals: Southwest Art and Palm Springs Life. Marney won first prize in the New Jersey Equine Art Expo in 2003. His sculptures have been exhibited in premier art galleries in New York, Palm Springs, La Quinta, Santa Barbara and San Francisco, California, and are in many private collections.

Creation is the place where hope begins. Through art I find my humanity; a place of worship and reflection.

As windy days weather my life, I meet the world with apprehension. I embrace the outcome, knowing there will be another day to create my visions that lie within me. My journey is to embrace the outcome of my life.

©Tolley Marney