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BIOGRAPHY
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Gregory
Roberts is a San Francisco based artist who has been exhibiting
professionally since 1994.
He is currently an Assistant Professor of Ceramics at
Sonoma State University.
Roberts was born in Buffalo, New York in 1968. When he
was four years old his family move to a small town in
Vermont with a significant cow population. He became interested
in ceramics while attending Champlain Valley High School.
After receiving a BFA from Alfred University in 1991,
he relocated to San Francisco to begin work at Dorothy
Weiss Gallery. One year later
he was pursuing a Masters of Fine Arts from Mills College. Roberts' Masters of Fine Arts thesis exhibition,
Working
Late, was then featured in a two man show at Dorothy Weiss
Gallery in 1994 as part of the San Francisco Art Dealers
Association's, Introductions '94. In the fall 1994, the
San Francisco Arts Commission funded his public performance
sculpture Trying To Fit In with a Market Street Art in
Transit Grant. In this piece, up to 16 temporary workers
who were employed to fold the San Francisco Yellow pages
into Products of Meditation, while seated at desks located
on the sidewalk of downtown Market Street. Since then
he has mounted 10 Major exhibitions and participated in
over 45 group shows nationally and internationally. Roberts
work has been cited in Ceramics Art and Perception, American
Craft magazine, Artweek and Ceramics Monthly magazine
and has been included in several books on ceramics including
the exhibition catalogs; The Artful Teapot, By Garth Clark
in 2002. Jack Larson, Creator and Collector published
by Merrill Holberton in 2004. The Diane and Sandy Besser
Collection, de Young Museum catalog, 2008. |
EDUCATION
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MILLS
COLLEGE Oakland, CA. MFA, 1994 Ceramic Sculpture
ALFRED UNIVERSITY Alfred, NY. BFA, 1991 School of Art
and Design, College of Ceramics Graduated Cum Laude.
JOHNSON STATE COLLEGE Johnson, VT 1987-88 Department of
Art
Gregory Roberts is currently represented by:
- Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle WA
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CHRONOLOGY OF EXHIBITIONS:
SOLO, TWO-PERSON AND THREE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2005 |
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Pollen-nation,
Klaudia Marr gallery, Santa Fe NM |
2004 |
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Same,
But Different, Dominican University of California, solo
exhibition SUBTRACTION AND ADITION, Museum of Craft and
Folk Art, three-person exhibition San Francisco, CA |
2001 |
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DOTS
AND DOLLS, two-person exhibition with Kim Tucker, Nexus
Gallery. Berkeley, CA |
2000 |
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NEW
SCULPTURE, Gregory Roberts, Sergei Isupov and Keisuke
Mizuno, Dorothy Weiss Gallery. San Francisco, CA
DOT
CON, Solo exhibition, California College of Arts and Crafts.
San Francisco, CA |
1998 |
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GREGORY
ROBERTS & STEVE THURSTON, two-person show, Pewabic Pottery.
Detroit, MI |
1997 |
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INNER ALIEN, solo exhibition, Elizabeth Leach Gallery.
Portland, OR |
1996 |
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THIRST,
solo exhibition, Dorothy Weiss Gallery. San Francisco,
CA |
1995 |
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SMALL BUSINESS, solo exhibition, Butters Gallery, Ltd.
Portland, OR |
1994 |
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INTRODUCTIONS '94, two-person show with Laurence Labianca,
Dorothy Weiss Gallery. San Francisco, CA |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006 |
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Multiplicity,
Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts University
of Texas at El Paso. Kate Bonansinga, curator. Multiplicity,
travels to Portland OR. for the NCECA conference 2006 |
2005 |
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The
Magnificent Seven, Sculpture Sonoma, Sonoma State University
Art Gallery, Rohnert Park, CA
California College of the
Arts, Oakland, CA. Arthur Gonzalez, curator |
2004 |
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JACK
LENOR LARSEN: Creator and Collector, Museum of Art and
Design, New York, NY
A traveling exhibition: Montreal
Museum of Contemporary Art (May 10-June 22, 2005)
Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pennsylvania (September 8-January
5, 2006)
The exhibition is accompanied by the catalog,
JACK LENOR LARSEN: Creator and Collector SSU ART FACULTY
EXHIBITION, University Art Gallery, Sonoma State University
Rohnert Park, CA
BEGININGS, Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle
WA
LOVE PERCULIAR, BIO-POP-CURIOSITY in clay. L2Kontemporary
Gallery, Los Angles, CA |
2002-04 |
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THE
ARTFUL TEAPOT: 20th Century Expressions from the Kamm
Collection. A traveling survey of the Sonny and Gloria
Kamm collection, curated by Garth Clark. The exhibition
opened in May, 2002 at COPIA, the American center for
Wine, Food and the Arts in Napa, California and is currently
traveling to the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, The George
R. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto Canada, the
Long Beach Museum of Art, and the Mint Museum of Craft
and Design. The exhibition is accompanied by the catalog
The Artful Teapot by Garth Clark. |
2003 |
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Watershed
Residence Invitational, Watershed Center for the Ceramic
Arts, New Castle ME
27 @ 999: A teapot Invitational, The
Publication's Art Gallery 999. San Diego, CA
Northern
California Clay, NCECA Conference, San Diego, CA |
2002 |
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THE
ART OF CLAY: contemporary Ceramics of the West Coast,
Santa Rosa College Art Gallery. Santa Rosa , CA
SSU ART
FACULTY EXHIBITION, University Art Gallery. Sonoma State
University Rohnert Park, CA
FORMAL BEAUTY, Odyssey Gallery,
Ashville, NC
INTERNATIONAL INFUSION IV, Sybaris Gallery.
Royal Oak, MI |
2001 |
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NATIONAL
CERAMICS INVITATIONAL, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC
ANNUAL
FACULTY EXHIBITION, University Art Gallery. California
State University Hayward, CA
INTERNATIONAL INFUSION III,
Sybaris Gallery. Royal Oak, MI |
2000 |
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SOFA
Chicago, Represented by Ferrin Gallery. CERAMICS SOUP:
New work from Bay area Artists, Louie Art Gallery. Fremont,
CA
ANNUAL FACULTY EXHIBITION, University Art Gallery.
California State University Hayward, CA |
1999 |
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TEAPOT
INVITATIONAL, Dorothy Weiss Gallery. San Francisco, CA
THE GREAT BALANCING ACT, Mobilia Gallery. Cambridge, MA
PACIFIC CRAFT SHOW, Orange County Museum of Fine Art.
Newport Beach, CA (Chairman's Award) |
1998 |
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SPINNING
TALES, Odyssey Gallery. Asheville, NC
MYTHS, METAPHOR
& ICONS, Mesa Art Center. Mesa, AZ (Juror's Award). |
1997 |
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TEAPOT
INVITATIONAL, Dorothy Weiss Gallery. San Francisco, CA
FORMS AND TRANSFORMATIONS, Current expressions in ceramics.
Queens Library Gallery. Curator, Judith Shwartz,. Queens,
NY
THE UBIQUITOUS BOWL III, Vermont State Craft Center.
Burlington, VT
SOFA Chicago. Represented by Dorothy Weiss
Gallery. Conspicuous Applications of Advanced Ceramics,
International Museum of Ceramic Art at the New York State
College of ceramics at Alfred University. Alfred, NY
SEATTLE
ART FAIR, Represented by Butters Gallery. |
1995 |
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TALENTBÖRSE
HANDWERK, an international invitational competition for
design and technology for emerging artists. Munich, Germany.
(Juror's Award/ catalog '95 & '96)
TEAPOT INVITATIONAL,
Dorothy Weiss Gallery. San Francisco, CA |
1995 |
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RESIDENCE
EXHIBITION, Oregon School of Arts and Crafts. Portland,
OR
OLD GLORY: NEW STORY, Flagging the 21st Century, Capp
Street Project. San Francisco, CA.
Traveling exhibition:
Santa Monica Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA |
1994 |
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JOB
SECURITY, a performance sculpture in four parts. Sponsored
by San Francisco Arts Commission Market Street Art in
Transit program. San Francisco, CA
MFA EXHIBITION, Mills
College Art Gallery, Mills College. Oakland, CA
HIGH TECH
/ LOW TECH, invitational. Palos Verdes Art Center. Rancho
Palos Verdes, CA
FEATS OF CLAY, national competition.
Lincoln Art Center, Lincoln CA |
1993 |
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CLAY
ON THE WALL, invitational. University of Eastern Washington,
Cheney WA
FEATS OF CLAY, national competition. Lincoln
Art Center, Lincoln CA (first prize)
CALIFORNIA COLLEGIATE
CERAMIC COMPETITION, N.C.E.C.A. San Diego, CA
IMAGES AND
OBJECTS, ACCI Gallery. Berkeley, CA |
1990 |
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NOBODY
TREATS YOU BETTER THAN MOM, Robert Turner student gallery,
Alfred University. A collaborative installation with Donald
Lipski via faxes and phone. Alfred, NY |
AWARDS, GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS
1999 |
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Chairman's
Award, PACIFIC CRAFT SHOW, Orange County Museum of Fine
Art. Newport Beach, CA |
1998 |
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Funded
residency; Thurman Award, Watershed Center for Ceramic
Arts, Newcastle ME
Juror's Award, Myths, Metaphors, &
Icons, Mesa Art Center. Mesa, AZ. |
1995 |
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First
Place, TALENTBÖRSE Handwerk, International invitational
competition for design and technology for emerging artists.
Munich, Germany. |
1994 |
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Commission,
The San Francisco Arts Commission, Market Street Art In
Transit Program.
Award of Merit, Lincoln Art Center, Feats
of Clay. |
1993 |
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Cadogan
Award for Sculpture, The San Francisco Foundation, Scholarship
Ceramics Scholarship, Mills College, Departmental Scholarship
Eleanor Crum Prize, Mills College, Ceramics Award Laguna
Award, California Collegiate Ceramic Competition.
Best of Show, Lincoln Art Center, Feats of Clay
Award of Merit,
ACCI Gallery, Images and Objects. Sculpture |
REVIEWS AND CITATIONS:
MEDIA
2003 |
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Television
interview with CBC television, for the opening of THE
ARTFUL TEAPOT at the Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, February
5, 2003. Toronto, Canada |
APPEARANCES IN BOOKS
2008 |
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DIANE AND
SANDY BESSER COLLECTION, de Young Museum catalog |
2004 |
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JACK
LENOR LARSEN: Creator and Collector, by David McFadden
published by Merrell Holberton
Pg. 45 |
2001 |
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The
Artful Teapot, by GARTH CLARK Paperback edition first
published by Thames and Hudson, London for Exhibitions
International to accompany the traveling exhibition entitled
"The Artful Teapot: 20th Century Expressions form the
Kamm Collection".
Pg. 99, 105, 242 & back cover |
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Hardbound
edition first published in the United States By Watson-Guptill
Publications.
Pg. 99, 105, 242 |
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The
Ceramic Glaze Handbook, BY MARK BURLESON, Published by
Lark Books
Pg. 113 |
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Ceramic
Extruding, BY TOM LATKA, Published by Krause Publications
Pg. 103 |
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Make
It In Clay, BY CHARLOTTE F. SPEIGHT & JOHN TOKI, Second
Edition. Published by Mayfield Publishing Company
Pg. 77, 140, pl. 17 |
1996 |
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Talente
'96 (Catalog) Munich, Germany.
Pg.11 |
1995 |
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Talente
'95 (Catalog) Munich, Germany.
Pg. 124-125 |
APPEARANCES IN PERIODICALS
2004 |
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Artweek
(review) by Colin Berry July/August Volume 35 Issue 6
A Report, Museum of Craft & folk art, edited by Karen
Nelson Vol. 20 no. 1 |
2003 |
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Popourri
Gadiner Museum of Ceramic Art news letter (cover image)
Winter-spring |
2002 |
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Sonoma
State Star (exhibition review) Vol. 47, issue 7, Rohnert
Park, CA
American Craft Magazine (ad image) December/January, New
York, NY
Mountain Express (group show review and image) Vol.8 No.
39, Western NC |
2000 |
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Ceramics
Art And Perception (image and reviewed) Issue 40 June,
Australia |
1999 |
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Ceramics
Art And Perception (cover image and biographical article)
Issue 37 September, Australia |
1997 |
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American
Craft Magazine (cited and image) October/November, New
York, NY
American Craft Magazine, (Portfolio section) February/March,
New York, NY
Ceramics Monthly (Up fount section) January. Columbus,
OH |
1996 |
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India
Currents (image, and calendar mention) October, San Jose,
CA
Art Talk (review and image) October, CA |
1995 |
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Reflex (review and image) November, vol. 9 No. 10. Seattle,
WAWillamette
Week (review and image) September 13-19. Portland, OR
Kunsthandwerk And Design (image) January/February. Germany |
1994 |
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Art
Week (review and image) August. Vol. 25, number 15. CA
San Francisco Bay Guardian (calendar and image) September
21. San Francisco, CA
Ceramics Monthly (group show review and image) October.
Columbus, OH |
1993 |
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The
Studio Potter (images) December Vol. 22, Number 1. NH |
WEBSITES
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
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Susan
Beech, private collection, CA |
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Sandy
Besser, private collection, NM |
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Sonny
Kamm, private collection, CA |
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The
International Museum of Ceramic Art at N.Y. S.C.C. at
Alfred University. Alfred NY |
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Microsoft
Corporate Collection |
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Jack
Lenor Larsen, private collection, East Hampton, NY |
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Carl
Djerassi, private collection, CA |
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Eastern
Washington University Gallery Collection, Cheney, WA |
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Saks
Fifth Avenue, Corporate Collection |
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University
Art Museum, Arizona State University, AZ |
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Marvin
Fang, Beacon Company, private collection, Taiwan |
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Roger
Ford, private collection, NJ |
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Arthur
Williams, private collection, NY |
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Mary
Keesling private collection, CA |
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Joe Blank, private collection, NY |
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Gene
Ramey Fine Arts, CA |
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Oscar
Feldman, private collection, MI |
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Paul
Hertz, private collection, NY |
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Maurean
Barrett, private collection, NV |
EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATION
| 2001 |
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-present
Assistant Professor of Ceramics, Department of Art and
Art History. Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA |
| 2000-02 |
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Instructor:
Beginning Throwing. Extended Education Department California
College of Arts and Crafts. Oakland, CA (summer sessions) |
| 2000-01 |
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Lecturer:
California State University at Hayward. Hayward, CA Faculty
advisor to the CSUH Ceramics Guild
Instructor:
Civic Art Center, Walnut Creek, CA |
| 1999-2000 |
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Lecturer: California State University at Hayward, quarter-by-quarter
appointment. Hayward, CA |
| 1998-2000 |
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Ceramics
Studio Manager: California College of Arts and Crafts.
Oakland, CA |
| 1996-98 |
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Ceramics
Instructor: National Institute of Art and Disabilities.
Richmond, CA
Served as staff liaison to the Board of Directors 6/97-6/98 |
| 1995 |
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Artist-in-Residence:
Oregon School of Arts and Crafts. Portland, OR |
| 1993-94 |
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Teaching Assistant to Professor Ron Nagle (ceramics) Mills
College, Oakland, CA |
SERVICE TO SONOMA STATE AND THE COMMUNITY:
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
| 2005 |
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Faculty
advisor to the Sonoma State University Ceramics Guild
(since 2001)
Student Affairs Committee, member
Fee Advisory Committee, currently serving as liaison from
the Student Affairs committee
Graduate thesis committee member for Osanna Rosa |
| 2004 |
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Guest
Curator, OUTCAST. University Library Gallery, Jean and
Charles Schulz Information Center An exhibition of ceramic
sculpture by SSU students juried by advanced ceramic students.
Faculty advisor to the Sonoma State University Ceramics
Guild (since 2001)
Student Affairs Committee, member
Fee Advisory Committee, currently serving as liaison from
the Student Affairs Committee |
| 2003 |
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Student
Affairs Committee, member.
Art Coordinator, SSU NOW. University Library Gallery,
Jean and Charles Schulz Information Center. A student
exhibition to be curated by fellow students. November
2003 |
| 2002 |
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Guest
Curator, Transcending Envy, Awe and Loathing (The Bird
Show).
University Library Gallery Jean and Charles Schulz Information
Center. Three artists - printmaker Joseph Sheer, mixed
media sculptor Katherine Spence and ceramic sculptor Monica
Van den Dool will be exhibiting their work in conjunction
with the lecture series Fight of Imagination: Inspiration
From Birds. Nov 4, 2002 - January 17, 2003
Guest Curator, Biological Mutiny, University Art Gallery.
Biological Mutiny featured the work of eleven internationally
recognized ceramic artists from across the United States:
Tetsuji Aono (Los Angeles, CA ), Russel Biles (Greenville,
SC), Mark Burleson (Asheville, NC), Mark Burns (Las Vegas,
NV), Marek Cecula (New York, NY), Deirdre Daw (Seattle,
WA), Sergei Isupov (Louisville, KY), Kathy King (Atlanta,
GA), Eva Melas (Brooklyn, NY), Brad Miller (Woodycreek,
CO), and Monica Van den Dool (Oakland, CA). February 28-March
24 2002
Faculty advisor to the Creative Collective, 2002 |
ART DEPARTMENT SERVICE
| 2003-04
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Advising,
serving approximately 35 students per semester. |
| 2003 |
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Represented
SSU at the National Council on Education for the Ceramic
Arts conference (NCECA) in San Diego, CA
Attended, California Conference for the Advancement of
Ceramic Arts, (CCACA) Davis, CA |
| 2002 |
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Part-time
faculty hiring committee, The committee consisted of Jann
Nunn (committee Chair) Jennifer Shaw and myself to review
and interview artists and art historians, and create a
lecturer pool to be utilized by the department for future
part-time faculty.
Coordinator of Visiting Artist; Internationally recognized
artist Hedi Ernst was a visiting artist in the ceramics
area in the fall of 2002 and in the spring of 2003 in
preparation for her residency and subsequent installation
at the Paradises Ridge Sculpture Garden. In exchange she
gave slide lectures throughout the semester and made herself
available to all interested students on a drop-in bases.
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COMMUNITY SERVICE
| 2002-03 |
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The
Center For Ceramic Arts, Berkeley, CA. Member of the broad
of directors, Center for the Ceramic Arts is a new Bay
Area organization with the goal of becoming an artist
in residence program and exhibition venue to serve the
Northern California ceramics community. Activities have
included, coordinating the first ever Northern California
Ceramic Faculty Summit, which occurred on October 5, 2002 |
| 2001 |
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Continuum,
San Francisco, CA. Volunteer Visiting Artist. Continuum
is an HIV/AIDS day service organization designed to serve
populations at risk of alcohol and drug abuse. Visiting
artist workshop, November 2001. |
DONATED ART WORK
| 2004 |
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Art
From the Heart, Sonoma State University Art Gallery. Rohnert
Park, CA
Watershed Benefit Auction, Berkeley, CA |
| 2003 |
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SMOVA
annual art auction. Santa Rosa, CA |
| 2003 |
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Art
From the Heart, Sonoma State University Art Gallery. Rohnert
Park, CA |
| 2002 |
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Art
From the Heart, Sonoma State University Art Gallery. Rohnert
Park, CA |
| 2001 |
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Art
for AIDS, Art Auction for the UCSF AIDS Health Program.
San Francisco, CA |
| 1995-97 |
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New Langton Annual Art Auction. San Francisco, CA |
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE / VISITING ARTIST LECTURES
| 2004 |
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Museum
of Craft and Folk Art, slide lecture and exhibition tour,
in conjunction with the exhibition Subtraction and Addition.
Dominican University of California, slide lecture |
| 2003 |
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Santa
Rosa Junior College, slide lecture |
| 2002 |
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San
Jose State University, slide lecture & graduate student
studio visits
College of Marin, slide lecture & demonstration |
| 2001 |
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The
Oxbow School, slide lecture and discussion with potential
students |
| 2000 |
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California
State University Hayward, slide lecture
Ohlone College, slide lecture and panel in conjunction
with exhibition |
| 1999 |
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California
College of Arts and Crafts, slide lecture |
| 1998 |
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California College of Arts and Crafts, slide lecture |
| 1995 |
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Berkeley
Art Center, slide lecture
Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, slide lecture and artist
talk |
CERAMICS AREA ACTIVITIES / IMPROVEMENTS
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2003
Under my direction and thanks to the donation of $75,000,
from Deborah Hatfield, BA 2003, to the Art Department,
the ceramics area has installed two new Geil Gas fired
kilns and a large computed controlled Skutt , Oval electric
kiln. This gift has allow students to create work that
could not be done with the previous equipment. |
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In
the spring of 2003, developed and offered the new course
Kiln Firing Workshop to students with an emphasis in ceramics.
This course was offered again in the spring of 2004 after
the new kilns were installed and fully operational. |
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Initiated a student exhibition of ceramic, OUTCAST, attended
by students, faculty and guests, held at the end of Spring
2003 in the ceramics studio. |
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2002 Gifts: Arranged for the donation of a large equipment
gift to the Art Department of a computer-controlled kiln
from Hedi Ernst. |
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2001 Curriculum changes; wrote and implemented three new
classes for the 2002-2004 SSU Course Catalog, Large Scale
Clay and Installation, Form and Function and Ceramic Materials.
These courses were added to bring a wider breadth of knowledge
to the SSU ceramics students. |
OTHER EXPERIENCE
| 1998 |
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Invited
Artist: Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts, Newcastle ME
(funded residency). |
| 1996-99 |
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Freelance
Photographer: San Francisco CitySearch7, Trikone Magazine,
San Jose, CA, India Currents Magazine, San Jose, CA |
| 1995 |
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Artist-In-Residence,
Oregon School of Arts and Crafts. Portland, OR
U.S. Coordinator: "Talentbörse Handwerk" an international
invitational exhibition for design and technology. Munich,
Germany. Responsibilities included: Organization, shipment
and customs clearance for all U.S. art works. |
| 1993 |
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Chief
Assistant to the Artist, Fred Wilson: at Capp Street Project.
"An Invisible Life; A View into the World of a 120 Year
Old Man" a temporary installation at the historic Haas-Lillienthal
House, San Francisco, CA. August-October, 1993 |
AWARDS, GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS
| 1999 |
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Chairman's
Award, PACIFIC CRAFT SHOW, Orange County Museum of Fine
Art. Newport Beach, CA |
| 1998 |
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Funded
residency; Thurman Award, Watershed Center for Ceramic
Arts, Newcastle ME
Juror's Award, Myths, Metaphors, & Icons, Mesa Art Center.
Mesa, AZ. |
| 1995 |
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First Place, TALENTBÖRSE Handwerk, International invitational
competition for design and technology for emerging artists.
Munich, Germany. |
| 1994 |
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Commission,
The San Francisco Arts Commission, Market Street Art In
Transit Program.
Award of Merit, Lincoln Art Center, Feats of Clay. |
| 1993 |
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Cadogan
Award for Sculpture, The San Francisco Foundation, Scholarship
Ceramics Scholarship, Mills College, Departmental Scholarship,
Eleanor Crum Prize, Mills College, Ceramics Award
Laguna Award, California Collegiate Ceramic Competition.
Best of Show, Lincoln Art Center, Feats of Clay
Award of Merit, ACCI Gallery, Images and Objects. Sculpture
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