Studio Potter, California

biography

Andrew Martin received his MFA from Alfred and BFA from Kansas City Art Institute. He has shown throughout the country and taught at places from Anderson Ranch in Colorado to Penland in North Carolina. His inspirations come from Chinese, Japanese and Middle Eastern ceramics. He is the author of a definitive book on mold making for ceramic artists. He is the recipient of two NEA fellowships for artists. 

EDUCATION

MFA 1984 New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University

MFA Candidate Cranbrook Academy of Art

BFA 1979 Kansas City Art Institute

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1997-2001 Adjunct Professor, Dominican University, San Rafael, CA

1989 Sabbatical Replacement, University of Colorado, Boulder                

1988 Sabbatical Replacement, University of Denver

1985 Resident Artist, Kohler Company, Arts-Industry 

1985 Reproduction Craftsman,  Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY    

1983 Travel/StudyCreete, Greece and Istanbul, Turkey 

1980-82 Resident, Archie Bray Foundation                               

AWARDS
1982 & 1986 National Endowment for the Art, Artist Fellowship

PUBLICATIONS

Author, “The Definitive Guide to Mold Making and Slip Casting” Magus Publications 1999

Pictorial, Pronto Magazine, Japan

“Dinnerware”, Ceramics Monthly

"Rediscovering the Role of Functional Pottery”, Essay- American Ceramics Quarterly

EXHIBITIONS (selected from 82)

Freehand Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Artstream Gallery, Traveling Exhibition
Craft Alliance, St. Louis            
Rhode Island College, Providence, RI
Pro Art, St. Louis, MO
Craft National, Columbus, OH
Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
Pritam and Eames, Easthampton, NY
Joanne Lyon, Aspen, CO           
Nancy Margolis, New York, NY
Rule Galley, Denver, CO
Lill St. Gallery, Chicago, IL
Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Arvada Center for the Art, Arvada, CO
     
WORKSHOPS & LECTURES  (selected from 52)

Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, NS
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
University of Dallas
University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA
Andersen Ranch Art Center, Aspen, CO
Utah State University, Logan UT
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Arrowmont School of Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
University of Winnipeg

COLLECTIONS

Racine Museum of Art, Racine, WI
Robert Pfannabecker, Lancaster, PA
John Sinker, Plymouth, M
Archie Bray Foundation