American Masters, a landmark invitational exhibition highlighting sixteen of the country's most established and talented studio potters is showing at MudFire Gallery May 10, 2008 through June 21, 2008.
American Masters features fine craft by American potters whose work has shaped the landscape of contemporary ceramics.
May 10-June 21
Reception Saturday, May 10, from 5-9 pm.
My early pottery training at the Leach Pottery in England in the late 1960's was heavily influenced by Japanese pottery, due to the fact that Bernard spent many years making work in Japan. Since that experience my work has slowly moved away from this direct influence. Although there are still the underpinnings of the pottery of Japan, China and Korea in my work, that being simplicity, directness of approach, I am currently doing salt glazing, which has its origins in Germany. I have one foot in Japan, one in Germany, and an interest in Art Deco architecture. All things considered, my approach is American, borrowing from as many sources that speak to me.
I work under the umbrella of utilitarian pottery, exploring and rearranging the boundaries I have set up for what I believe constitutes function. My current work is thrown and altered, either by faceting, stretching, or cutting and rejoining. Being fond of glaze and not willing to give up this surface altogether, I play with the ratio of glaze to clay surface. My consuming interest over the past dozen years has been the beaked pitcher. Each series provides an opportunity to refine older ideas as well as introduce new information.
Education
1965-1967, 1968-1969, Bemidji State University, B.A. Studio Art
1967-1968, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1969-1971, Apprenticeship, The Bernard Leach Pottery, St. Ives, England
Recent Solo Exhibitions
2005, Green Gallery, Waiheke Island, Auckland, New Zealand
2005, Akar Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa
2005, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan
2004, The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2002, North Harris Community College, Houston,, Texas
2001, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia
2001, B15 Gallery, Munich, Germany
2001, St. Ives Ceramics Gallery, St. Ives, Cornwall, Englandp
2001, Albany Village Gallery, Albany, New Zealand
2001, Red Star Studios, Kansas City, Missouri
2001, Pinch, Northampton, Massachusetts
Recent invitational and group exhibitions
2005, "Diverse Domain Contemporary North American Ceramic Art" The Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
2005, "The Visceral Vessel", Southwest School of Art & Craft, San Antonio, TX
2005, "Ceramics Invitational 2005", Texas A&M University, Commerce, Texas
2005, "NCECA Tour de Clay Exhibition: A Touch of Elegance", McBride Gallery, Annapolis, MD
2005, "La Mesa", Wyndham Baltimore Inner Harbor, Baltimore, MD
2005, "Endless Variations: Shino Review 2005", Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
2005, "Freehand 25:Clay", Freehand Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2005, "Making the Ordinary Extraordinary", Terra Incognito, Oak Park Illinois
2005, "Faculty 2005", St. Andrew's-Sewanee School Shakerag, Sewanee, Tennessee
2005, "Out of the Cupboard, Into the Light: Ceramic Works from JoAnn Schnabel's Personal Collection, UNI Gallery, Cedar Falls, Iowa
2005, "Cup in Hand", Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan
2005, "Cups, Cups, Cups", Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2005, "Just Use It: Contemporary Craft Expressions", Mary G. Hardin Center for Cultural Arts, Gadsden, Alabama
2004, "Pots in the Kitchen", Galerie du Don, France
2004, "American Masters in Clay: An Invitational", Reynolds Gallery, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA
2004, "Working Potters: Mentors and Colleagues", Birke Art Gallery, Marshall University, Huntington, WV
2004, "A Sense of Direction", St. Ives Gallery, St. Ives, Cornwall, England
2004, "This Splendid Table", Kentucky Museum of Arts and Design, Louisville, KY
2004, "Tea: National Invitational Exhibition" Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2004, "Pleasures of the Table", Ransberg Gallery, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana
2004, "Gas it Up: Salt, Soda and Slip", Potters Guild of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
2004, Four Star Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana
2003, "Tea, Anyone?", Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
2003, "Pots in the Kitchen", Rufford Craft Centre, Notthinghamshire, England. Gallery of BC Ceramics, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2003, "21st Century Ceramics in the United States and Canada", Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio
2003, "National Ceramics Invitational 2003", The University of Texas, Tyler, Texas
2003, "Container-Content", Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, Massachusetts
2003, "Influences, Interpretations, and Traditions from Asian Ceramics", White Lotus Gallery, Eugene, Oregon
2003, "Mingei Legacy", Mingei International Museum, San Diego, California
2003, "Bray Bash West", University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
2003, "Just Bowls", Artworks Gallery, Bozeman, Montana
2003, "30 Artists-30 Years", Groveland Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2002, "International Salt Glaze Ceramics Competition 2002", Handwerkskammer Koblenz, Koblenz, Germany
2002, "The American Shino Exhibition", Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, Massachussetts
2002, "Objects for Use: Handmade by Design", American Craft Museum, New York, New York
2002, "Vessel Invitational 2002: Contemporary Clay", Davidson Art Gallery, Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester, New York
2002, "Former Residents of the Bray Show", Turman Gallery, Helena, Montana
2002, "Mastery in Clay: New Work", The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2002, "Jeff Oestreich & Michael Simon", Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2002, "Jeff Oestreich & Julia Galloway", Peck Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island
2002, "Snowbirds", Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2001, "First Korean International Ceramics Competition Exhibition", Korea
2001, "Enhancements: Handcrafted Functional Objects", Museum of the Southwest, Midland, Texas. Del Rio Council for the Arts, Del Rio, Texas. J Wayne Stark University Center Galleries, College Station, Texas. Perspective Gallery, Blacksburg, Virginia.
2001, "Clay/ Wood/ Fire/ Salt", Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, Ohio
2001, "American Shino", Babcock Galleries, New York, New York
2001, "Enhancements: Handcrafted Functional Objects", Museum of the Southwest, Midland Texas. Del Rio Council of the Arts, Del Rio, Texas. Perspective Gallery, Blacksburg, Virginia. J Wayne Stark University Center Galleries, College Station, Texas
2001, "25 Select 25", Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2001, "Exchanging Views", The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2001, "Strictly Dysfunctional", Indiana University, Gary, Indiana
2001, "Salt & Ash", The Gallery at Santa Fe Clay", Santa Fe, New Mexico
2000, "Below the Salt: Echoes Across a Century", City Museum, Portsmouth, England, and The Castle Museum, Nottingham, England
2000, "Color and Fire", Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
2000, "Crosscurrents", Freehand Gallery and the British Consulate, Los Angeles, California
2000, "Canadian Clay Presents", Pottery Guild of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2000, "Building a Collction: Ceramics at the Weisman Art Museum", Weisman Museum, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2000, "American Masters", Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2000, "Beautiful Use: A National Pottery Invitational", Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland
2000, "Alaska Juried Clay Exhibition", Bunnell Street Gallery, Homer, Alaska
2000, "NCECA 2000", Show of Hands, Denver, Colorado
2000, "Vessels that Pour", Vermont Clay Gallery, Waterbury, Vermont
2000, "Clay on Clay", The Klay Gallery, Nyack, New York
2000, "Big Bang", Rochester Art Center, Rochester, Minnesota
2000, "2000 Alaska Juried Clay Exhibition", (juror), Bunnell Street Gallery, Homer, Alaska
2000, "Our Cups Runneth Over", The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, Massachusetts
2000, "Mug Shots: National Ceramics Invitational Exhibition 2000", Artworks Gallery, Bozeman, Montana
2000, "Commence Vision", Peck Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island
2000, "10th Anniversary Exhibition", Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2000, "Twelve Potters: Contemporary American Pottery", Troyer Gallery, Washington DC
2000, "Cups, Cupboards & Cabinets", The Signature Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2000, "Clay/Wood/Fire/Salt", The Galleries of Southern Highland Craft Guild, Asheville, North Carolina
2000, "Color and Fire: Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics, 1950-2000", Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, California.Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City Missouri
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