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Ceramic Artist, Massachusetts
Artist Statement
I am interested in pottery that makes connections to the human figure. The figurative analogies used to describe pots throughout history all in some way invite touch. The pots that I respond to all speak of a clear, direct sense of the hand. The hand is celebrated in the work by its maker, whether it is that of a fifteenth century rural potter or a nineteenth century court artisan. And it becomes a necessary tool for the user in understanding the relationship of the object to its function, and subsequently, to how that object informs ones life.
Though most of my work only alludes to function, I use the pot context because of its immense possibilities for abstraction. The skin of the clay holds the invisible interior of the vessel. How I manipulate my forms "around" that air, constraining it, enclosing it, or letting it expand and swell, can allow analogy and metaphor to enter into the work.
I want my work to provoke image to the viewer, to suggest something that is just on the other side of consciousness. I don't want my pots to conjure up a singular recollection, but ones that change with each glance, with each change of light. I use surfaces that purposely encourage touch, and by inviting the hand to explore the forms as well as the eye, I hope to provoke numerous memories, recollections that have the potential to change from moment to moment.
SELECTED HONORS
2005
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Artists Fellowship Grant; Massachusetts Cultural Council;Boston, MA
-The Geil Merit Award; NCECA National Exhibition; University of Maryland Baltimore
2000
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Professor Emeritus; University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
-Cups of Merit Award; National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts
1999 Artist Grant, Crafts; Massachusetts Cultural Council; Boston, MA
1998 Honorable Mention; Twelth Annual San Angelo National Ceramic Competition 1998; San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts; San Angelo, Texas
1996
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Artists Award; Society of Arts and Crafts Artists Award Competition; Society of Arts and Crafts; Boston, MA
- Third Place; Eleventh Annual San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts; San Angelo, Texas
1988 Purchase Award; The SIUE Clay National; Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
1987
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Crafts Fellowship; Massachusetts Artists Fellowship Program, The Artists Foundation
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Purchase Award; 27th Ceramic National Exhibition: American Ceramics Now; Everson Museum of Art; Syracuse, New York
1986 Visual Artists Fellowship; National Endowment for the Arts
1980 Visual Artists Fellowship; Connecticut Commission on the Arts
1978 Visual Artists Fellowship; National Endowment for the Arts
1977 First Prize; National Ceramic Casserole Competition; Kitchen Port, Inc.; Ann Arbor, Michigan
SELECTED ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2005 Works Gallery; Philadelphia, PA (December)
2003 John Elder Gallery, New York, NY
2002 Judy Ann Goldman Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2000 Works Gallery; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Judy Ann Goldman Fine Arts; The Alcobaça Series; Boston, MA
1999 Gallery Materia; Scottsdale, Arizona
John Elder Gallery; New York, New York
Paul Melon Arts Center; Wallingford, Connecticut
1996 Judy Ann Goldman Fine Arts; Boston, MA
1995 Works Gallery; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1994 Manchester Craftsmen's Guild; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1992 Pro Art Gallery; St. Louis, Missouri
1991 Garth Clark Gallery; Los Angeles, California
1990 Garth Clark Gallery; New York, New York
Garth Clark Gallery; Kansas City, Missouri
1989 Pro Art Gallery; St. Louis, Missouri
1988 Garth Clark Gallery; New York, New York
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts; Kalamazoo, Michigan
Pro Art Gallery; Saint Louis, Missouri
1987 Objects Gallery; Chicago, Illinois
1986 Garth Clark Gallery; Los Angeles, California
Pro Art Gallery; Saint Louis, Missouri
1985 Garth Clark Gallery; New York, New York
1984 Ree Schonlau Gallery; Omaha, Nebraska
1983 Objects Gallery; Chicago, Illinois
1982 Hadler/Rodrigues Gallery; New York, New York
Paul Mellon Art Center; Wallingford, Connecticut
1981 Greenwich House Gallery; Greenwich House Pottery; New York, New York |
