EDUCATION
1970 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine
1971 Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts B.A. cum laude
1974 Apprentice to Malcolm Wright, Marlboro, Vermont
1977 Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois M.S. in Ceramics
NATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
1978 “Young Americans: Clay/Glass” Tuscon Museum of Art,
Tuscon, Arizona; Museum of Contemporary Crafts,
New York, New York.
1980 “Westwood Clay National” Otis Art Institute,
1980 “Westwood Clay National” Otis Art Institute,
Los Angeles, California
1980 “American Porcelain” Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1982 “Scripps College 38th Ceramic Annual” Scripps College,
1980 “American Porcelain” Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1982 “Scripps College 38th Ceramic Annual” Scripps College,
Claremont, California
1982 “Westwood Clay National 1982” Downey Museum of Art,
1982 “Westwood Clay National 1982” Downey Museum of Art,
Downey, California
1983 “Masterworks - Glass, Wood, Clay, Fiber” Jesse Besser Museum,
1983 “Masterworks - Glass, Wood, Clay, Fiber” Jesse Besser Museum,
Alpena, Michigan
1985 “Ceramic Invitational” The Lawrence Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1986 “Designed and Made for Use” American Craft Museum, New York,
1985 “Ceramic Invitational” The Lawrence Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1986 “Designed and Made for Use” American Craft Museum, New York,
New York
1986 “International Ceramics Festival '86, Mino” Tajimi City, Japan
1990 “Art That Works: Decorative Arts of the Eighties, Crafted
1986 “International Ceramics Festival '86, Mino” Tajimi City, Japan
1990 “Art That Works: Decorative Arts of the Eighties, Crafted
in America” Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina and
13 other cities
1992 “American Crafts: The Nation’s Collection” Renwick Gallery of
1992 “American Crafts: The Nation’s Collection” Renwick Gallery of
the National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.
1995, 96 “The White House Collection of American Crafts” National
1995, 96 “The White House Collection of American Crafts” National
Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C., also Rochester,
N.Y.; New York, N.Y. ; Springfield, Mass.; Los Angeles, Calif.;
other cities
1995 “International Ceramics Festival '95, Mino” Tajimi City, Japan
1998 The Fletcher Challenge, Auckland, New Zealand
1998 “Re:FORM,” Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, Mass.
1995 “International Ceramics Festival '95, Mino” Tajimi City, Japan
1998 The Fletcher Challenge, Auckland, New Zealand
1998 “Re:FORM,” Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, Mass.
2000, 04 “Armory National Ceramics Invitational” Armory Art Center,
West Palm Beach, Fla.
2003 “Vessels, Boxes and Baskets” Function + Art, Chicago, Il.
2003 “21st Century Ceramics in the United States and Canada”
Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio
2003 “The Power of Design and Art” The Museum of Modern Ceramic
2003 “21st Century Ceramics in the United States and Canada”
Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio
2003 “The Power of Design and Art” The Museum of Modern Ceramic
Art, Tajimi City, Japan
2004 “San Angelo National Ceramic Competition” San Angelo Museum
of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas
2004 “San Angelo National Ceramic Competition” San Angelo Museum
of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas
2004 “Creations in Clay: Contemporary New England Ceramics”
Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, N.H.
2005 “Ceramics Invitational 2005,” Texas A&M University, Commerce,
Texas
2011 “International Ceramics Festival '11, Mino” Tajimi City, Japan
SOLO AND GROUP SHOWS (selected list)
1981, 83 The Jackie Chalkley Gallery, Washington, D.C. solo show
1981 Holstein Galleries, Palm Beach, Florida “Porcelain Invitational”
1982 DBR Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio “Clay Invitational 1982”
1982, 83, 84 The Clay Pot, Brooklyn, New York solo show
1983, 85 Venture Gallery, Lathrup Village, Michigan solo show
1984 Elaine Potter Gallery, San Francisco, California solo show
1984 Swan Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania solo show
1985 Benchmarks Gallery, Washington, D.C. “Malcolm Wright and
2011 “International Ceramics Festival '11, Mino” Tajimi City, Japan
SOLO AND GROUP SHOWS (selected list)
1981, 83 The Jackie Chalkley Gallery, Washington, D.C. solo show
1981 Holstein Galleries, Palm Beach, Florida “Porcelain Invitational”
1982 DBR Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio “Clay Invitational 1982”
1982, 83, 84 The Clay Pot, Brooklyn, New York solo show
1983, 85 Venture Gallery, Lathrup Village, Michigan solo show
1984 Elaine Potter Gallery, San Francisco, California solo show
1984 Swan Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania solo show
1985 Benchmarks Gallery, Washington, D.C. “Malcolm Wright and
Apprentices”
1987 Lawrence Gallery, Portland, Oregon solo show
1988, 91, 93 Mendelson Gallery, Washington Depot, Connecticut solo
1987 Lawrence Gallery, Portland, Oregon solo show
1988, 91, 93 Mendelson Gallery, Washington Depot, Connecticut solo
show, group clay show
1995 Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona feature
1999 Gallery W.D.O., Charlotte, N.C. three person show
1999 Zazen Gallery, Belleville, Wis. group show
2001 Running Ridge Gallery, Santa Fe, N.M. solo show
2003 Gallery W.D.O., Charlotte, N.C. solo show
2004 Guadalupe Arts Center, Austin, Texas “The Fine Art of
1995 Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona feature
1999 Gallery W.D.O., Charlotte, N.C. three person show
1999 Zazen Gallery, Belleville, Wis. group show
2001 Running Ridge Gallery, Santa Fe, N.M. solo show
2003 Gallery W.D.O., Charlotte, N.C. solo show
2004 Guadalupe Arts Center, Austin, Texas “The Fine Art of
Ceramics”
2004, 05 Haddad Lascano Gallery, Great Barrington, Mass. group show,
paintings
2004 St. Joseph Galerie, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands, “Coloured
Porcelain”
2005 St. Joseph Galerie, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands, “100 X 2, 10
2005 St. Joseph Galerie, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands, “100 X 2, 10
Years St. Joseph Galerie”
2005 Rufford Craft Centre, Newark, Nottinghamshire, U.K. “Naked
2005 Rufford Craft Centre, Newark, Nottinghamshire, U.K. “Naked
Clay”
2005 Sherrie Gallerie, Columbus, Ohio solo show
2006 Lascano Gallery, Great Barrington, Mass. group show,
2006 Lascano Gallery, Great Barrington, Mass. group show,
paintings
2007 Kasten Fine Art, Great Barrington, Mass. group show, paintings
2007 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, N.Y. group show, paintings
2009 Armstrong’s Gallery, Pomona, Calif. “Patchwork”, group show,
ceramics
2009 The Gallery at Bevere, Worcester, UK “Out of America”, three
2007 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, N.Y. group show, paintings
2009 Armstrong’s Gallery, Pomona, Calif. “Patchwork”, group show,
ceramics
2009 The Gallery at Bevere, Worcester, UK “Out of America”, three
person show, ceramics
2009, 10, 11, 13-16, 19, 20
Hoadley Gallery, Lenox, Mass. solo and group shows, paintings
2011 "New England Collective II", Galatea Fine Art, Boston, Mass., painting2012 “PSA National Ceramics Invitational”, Paducah School of Art,
Paducah, Kentucky
2014 Cape Ann Ceramics Festival, Gloucester, MA
COLLECTIONS
National Museum of American Art, Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MassachusettsLos Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina
The White House, Washington, D.C.
Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Tajimi City, Japan
American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, Iowa
MCI Collection, Washington, D.C.
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas
Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
Henry Ford College, Dearborn, Michigan
AWARDS AND HONORS
1981 Massachusetts Artists Fellowship Finalist
1981 Philadelphia Craft Show - Judges’ Award, Craftsmen’s Award
1982 Philadelphia Craft Show - Judges’ Award
1985 Massachusetts Artists Fellowship, The Artists Foundation, Boston,
Massachusetts
1985 American Craft Museum Design Award, “Designed and Made for
Use” competition
1986 International Ceramics Festival ‘86 Mino, Tajimi City, Japan -
Honorable Mention
1988 Philadelphia Craft Show - Franklin Mint Ceramics Award
1989 The Washington Craft Show - Award of Excellence
1989 Massachusetts Artists Fellowship Finalist
1990,92 National Endowment for the Arts. Visual Artists Fellowship
1993 Porcelain Bowl chosen by Joan Mondale to be shown in the U.S.
1988 Philadelphia Craft Show - Franklin Mint Ceramics Award
1989 The Washington Craft Show - Award of Excellence
1989 Massachusetts Artists Fellowship Finalist
1990,92 National Endowment for the Arts. Visual Artists Fellowship
1993 Porcelain Bowl chosen by Joan Mondale to be shown in the U.S.
Ambassador’s residence in Tokyo
1993 Large Porcelain Bowl chosen to be part of the first permanent
1993 Large Porcelain Bowl chosen to be part of the first permanent
White House Craft Collection
1995 International Ceramics Festival ‘95 Mino, Tajimi City, Japan -
1995 International Ceramics Festival ‘95 Mino, Tajimi City, Japan -
Japan Bronze Award
2011 International Ceramics Festival '11 Mino, Tajimi City, Japan -
Special Judge's Award
PUBLICATIONS
1981 American Porcelain, New Expressions in an Ancient Art. Lloyd E.
2011 International Ceramics Festival '11 Mino, Tajimi City, Japan -
Special Judge's Award
PUBLICATIONS
1981 American Porcelain, New Expressions in an Ancient Art. Lloyd E.
Herman, Timber Press, Forest Grove, Oregon
1981 Porcelain, Traditions and New Visions. Axel and McCready,
1981 Porcelain, Traditions and New Visions. Axel and McCready,
Watson Guptil, New York, N.Y.
1982 “American Ceramics” Harry Dennis, pub. issue 1/4
1983 American Crafts: A Sourcebook for the Home. Katherine
1983 American Crafts: A Sourcebook for the Home. Katherine
Pearson, Stewart, Tabori & Chang, New York, N.Y.
1983 “Ceramics Monthly” Spencer Davis, pub. cover photo 9/83
1984 “American Craft” A.C.C. pub. portfolio Aug./Sept.
1985 Moldmaking for Ceramics. Donald E. Frith, Chilton Book Co.,
1983 “Ceramics Monthly” Spencer Davis, pub. cover photo 9/83
1984 “American Craft” A.C.C. pub. portfolio Aug./Sept.
1985 Moldmaking for Ceramics. Donald E. Frith, Chilton Book Co.,
Radnor, Pa.
1986 “The New York Times Magazine - Home Design” April 13,
1986 “American Pottery,” Paula Deitz
1988 Ceramic Form, Design and Decoration. Peter Lane, Rizzoli, New
1986 “American Pottery,” Paula Deitz
1988 Ceramic Form, Design and Decoration. Peter Lane, Rizzoli, New
York, N.Y.
1990 Clay Today. Martha Drexler Lynn, Los Angeles County Museum
of Art and Chronicle Books, San Francisco, Calif.
1990 Art That Works. Lloyd E. Herman, University of Washington
1990 Art That Works. Lloyd E. Herman, University of Washington
Press, Seattle, Wa.
1993 The Complete Potter’s Companion. Tony Birkes, Conran Octopus
Ltd. London, GB
1994 The Complete Potter: Porcelain. Caroline Whyman, University of
1994 The Complete Potter: Porcelain. Caroline Whyman, University of
Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, Pa.
1994 “The Studio Potter.” Gerry Williams, pub. Colored Clay section.
“Pattern and Color” by Thomas Hoadley. 12/94.
1995 Contemporary Porcelain. Peter Lane, Chilton Book Company,
Radnor, Penn.
1995 The White House Collection of American Crafts. Michael Monroe,
Abrams, New York, N.Y.
1998 Colour in Clay. Jane Waller, Crowood Press Ltd., Ramsbury, GB
2001 Ceramics, Mastering the Craft, 2nd Ed. Richard Zakin, Krause
1998 Colour in Clay. Jane Waller, Crowood Press Ltd., Ramsbury, GB
2001 Ceramics, Mastering the Craft, 2nd Ed. Richard Zakin, Krause
Publications, Iola, Wis.
2002 The Ceramic Surface. Matthias Ostermann, A&C Black, London,
2002 The Ceramic Surface. Matthias Ostermann, A&C Black, London,
UK
2002 The Power of Design and Art. Edited and published by Museum of
2002 The Power of Design and Art. Edited and published by Museum of
Modern Ceramic Art, Tajimi City, Japan
2003 21st Century Ceramics. Bill Hunt, The American Ceramic Society,
Westerville, Ohio
2003 Contemporary Studio Porcelain,2nd Ed. Peter Lane, University of
Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, Pa.
2004 Making Marks, Discovering The Ceramic Surface. Robin Hopper,
2003 Contemporary Studio Porcelain,2nd Ed. Peter Lane, University of
Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, Pa.
2004 Making Marks, Discovering The Ceramic Surface. Robin Hopper,
Kraus Publications, Iola, Wis.
2004 Naked Clay, Ceramics Without Glaze. Jane Perryman, University of
2004 Naked Clay, Ceramics Without Glaze. Jane Perryman, University of
Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, Pa.
2004 Electric Kiln Ceramics, 3rd Ed. Richard Zakin, Kraus Publications,
2004 Electric Kiln Ceramics, 3rd Ed. Richard Zakin, Kraus Publications,
Iola, Wis.
2010 "Berkshires Week". August 5, "Abstractions recall earth and archeology".
Keith Shaw
2010 "Berkshires Week". August 5, "Abstractions recall earth and archeology".
Keith Shaw
2010 The Vase and Beyond, The Sidney Swidler Collection of the
Contemporary Vessel. Diana L. Daniels, Martha Drexler Lynn,
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California
2023 Studio Guide to Modern Ceramic Art. Yanze Jiang, People's Fine Art Publishing,
Beijing, China