Education

• B.F.A., School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1972
• M.F.A., University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1974

Awards:

• 2003 The Joseph Kruson Trust Fund Award for Excellence in Teaching,
  Alfred University
• 1997, 1993, 1988 New York Foundation for the Arts, Individual Artist Fellowship.
• 1991 Virginia A. Groot Foundation, Evanston, IL, Recognition Grant.
• 1986 National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Artists Fellowship

Academic Appointments:

• 1994-Present Professor of Ceramic Art, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY.
• 1994-1999 Chair, Division of Ceramic Art, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY.
• 1985-1994 Associate Professor, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY.
• 1975-1985 Department of Fine Arts, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
  

Solo Exhibitions (selected)

• 2000, 1997, 1995, 1988, 1985: Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
• 1998 Long Island University, Southampton, NY
• 1992 Pro Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO.; Kavesh Gallery, Ketchum, ID
• 1990 Helen Drutt Gallery, New York, NY
• 1984, 1981 Carson Sapiro Gallery, Denver, CO.
• 1980 Exhibit A Gallery, Chicago, IL

Group Exhibitions (selected):

• 2004 1st Rochester Biennial Inaugural Exhibition. By invitation. Grant Holcomb, Director and Marie Via, Curator of Exhibitions. Memorial Art Gallery. Rochester, New York. July 11-September 5, 2004. Participating artists included Joy Adams, Anne Currier, Judith Olson Gregory, Larry Kagan, John McQueen and Karen Sardisco.

• IAC Members' Exhibition. Organized by the World Ceramic Exposition
  Foundation. Icheon World Ceramic Center. Icheon City, Gyeonggi-do,
  Republic of Korea. August 26 through October 24, 2004. By invitation.

• 2003 21st Century Ceramics in the United States and Canada.
  Organized and curated by Bill Hunt. Columbus College of Art and Design. Columbus, Ohio. October 10 through December 7, 2003. By invitation.

• Students and Faculty of the University of Washington Ceramics Program
  1969 - 1996. The Clay Studio. Philadelphia, PA. April 4 –27, 2003

• 2002 4 X10: Ceramic Sculpture. The Phillips Museum of Art, The Rothman Gallery, Franklin & Marshall College. Lancaster, PA. March 14-May 12, 2002. By invitation. Ceramic Modernism: Hans Coper, Lucie Rie and their legacy. Curated by Susan Jefferies. The Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art. Toronto, Ontario, Canada May 25-September 2, 2002. By invitation.
  Contemporary American Ceramics 1950-1990: A Survey of American
  Objects and Vessels. The National Museum of Modern Art. Kyoto,
  Japan. July 29 - September 1, 2002

• 2001 Poetics of Clay: An International Perspective. curated by Helen W. Drutt English. The Philadelphia Art Alliance. Philadelphia, PA. Sept. 14 –
  Nov. 11, 2001. Additional venues for this exhibition include:
  - The Museum of Art and Design / Taideleollisuusmuseo. Helsinki,
  Finland. Jan. 25 – Apr. 7, 2002: - Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. Houston, TX. February 15 - May 3, 2003

• 2000 Color and Fire: Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics, 1950-2000. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles, CA, June 4 - Sept. 17, 2000. Additional venues for this exhibition include: - Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. Kansas City, MO. Oct. 13, 2000 –
  Jan.7, 2001 - The Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block. Tucson, AZ. March 31 – May 27, 2001 - Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester. Rochester, NY. July 29-Oct.7, 2001

• 1999 Clay into Art: Selections from the Collection of Contemporary Ceramics in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY

Publications with Examples of Work (Selected):

• 21st Century Ceramics in the United States and Canada. compiled and edited by Bill Hunt. Published by the American Ceramics Society. 2003
• World Relief Art. edited by Ching Wan Yin and Lu Pinchang. Published in
  China (all Chinese text). 2002.

• Contemporary Ceramics. by Susan Peterson. Published in the US by
  Watson Guptil. International distribution by Thames and Hudson. 2001.

• Clay and Glazes for the Potter. by Daniel Rhodes. Expanded and revised by Robin Hopper. Krause Publications, Inc. 2000

• Ceramics-Mastering the Craft. by Richard Zakin. Krause Publications, Inc. 2001

• Color and Fire: Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics, 1950-2000.
  by Jo Lauria. LACMA in association with Rizzoli International Publications, Inc. 2000.

• Contemporary Ceramics: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. by Jane Adlin. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1998.

• Nouvel Objet III. Design House Publications. Seoul, Korea 1997.
  The Spirit of Clay: A Classic Guide to Ceramics. by Robert Piepenburg.
  Pebble Press, 1996.

• The Craft and Art of Clay. by Susan Peterson. Prentice Hall, 2nd edition,
  1996; 3rd edition,1998; 4th edition, 2003

• The New Ceramics: Trends and Traditions. by Peter Dormer. Revised edition. Thames and Hudson. 1994.

• International Crafts. edited by Martina Margetts, Thames & Hudson. 1991.

• The History of American Ceramics: 1607 to the Present. by Elaine Levine, Abrams, Inc., NY. 1988.

• American Ceramics: 1876 to the Present. by Garth Clark, Abbeville Press, NY, 1987.

• Low Fire Ceramics. by Susan Wechler, Watson-Guptil, NY, 1981.
  Ceramics in the Pacific Northwest: A History. by LaMar Harrington, University of Washington Press, 1979.

• Ceramics: A Potter’s Handbook. by Glenn C. Nelson, 4th edition, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1978.

Public Collections (Selected):

• Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
• Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
• Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyung-ju, So. Korea
• Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
• Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
• Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO
• Musee des Arts Decoratifs de Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art, Alfred, NY
• The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
• American Crafts Museum, New York, NY
• Racine Museum of Fine Art, Racine, Wisconsin
• MacKenzie Fine Arts Center, Dearborn, MI
• University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
• University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
  

Commissions:

• 1997-98 Miller Performing Arts Building, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
• 1993-94 Arrow International, Inc. Corporate headquarters. Reading, PA