Bio
b. Renton, WA, 1949
EDUCATION
1975
Master of Fine Arts, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred,
New York
1973
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
1968-71
Cornish School of Allied Arts, Seattle, Washington
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PRESENT
Professor, School of Art & Design, New York State
Professor, College of Ceramics at Alfred University
1979-84
Assistant Professor, Kent State University
1979
Visiting Instructor, University of Washington
Winter Instructor, Archie Bray Foundation
1977-78
Instructor, Colorado State University
1977
Visiting Instructor, University of Michigan
1975-77
Instructor, Rhode Island School of Design
Instructor, Rhode Island School of Design,
Extension School
SELECTED SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2021
Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL, two-person show with Kiyoshi Kaneshiro
2020
Harvey Preston Gallery, Aspen, CO, two-person show with A. Gill
2018
Harvey Meadows Gallery, Aspen, CO, two-person show with A. Gill
2017
John Gill and Jose Sierra, Santa Fe, NM
2016
Harvey Meadows Gallery, Aspen, CO, two-person show with A. Gill
2015
Architecting Color, Paul Kotula Projects, Ferndale, MI
2014
Recent Work, Harvey Meadows Gallery, Aspen, CO, two-person show with A. Gill
2013
Hand, Hewn, Angle, Cohen Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred, NY, with Kevin Wixted
2012
Harvey Meadows Gallery, Aspen, CO, two-person show with A. Gill
2011
Noble Greenough Foster Gallery, Dedham, MA, two person exhibit with Doug Casebeer
2010
Harvey Meadows Gallery, Aspen, CO, two-person show with A. Gill
2009
New Work, Kraushaar Gallery, New York, NY
Santa Fe Clay, (two person show), Santa Fe, NM
2008
Harvey/Meadows Gallery, Aspen, CO, two-person show with A. Gill
Paul Kotula Projects, Ferndale, MI
2007
New Work, Kraushaar Gallery, New York, NY
2005
New Work, Kraushaar Gallery, New York, NY
2003
Kevin Jacobs Design Studio, Los Angeles, CA
1000 Years of Ceramics, Jingdezhen, P.R. China, Alfred Show
IAC/Korea Invitational
2002
The Pottery Workshop, Shanghai, P.R. China
Kraushaar Gallery, New York, NY, one person show
1999
10 x 1 – 1 x 10, Kraushaar Gallery, New York, NY
1998
Hot, Revolution Gallery, Ferndale, MI
Kraushaar Gallery, New York, NY, one person show
Revolution Gallery, Ferndale, MI, one person show
1997
Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA, two person show with Andrea Gill
1996
Revolution Gallery, Ferndale, MI
New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred, NY
Museum of Ceramic Art, Alfred, NY
Kraushaar Galleries, Inc., New York, NY
1995
Revolution Gallery, two-person show with Gary Stephan, Ferndale, MI
1994
Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1992
Grace Borgenicht, New York, NY
Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1991
Swidler Gallery, Royal Oaks, MI
1990
Grace Borgenicht, New York, NY
Clay Place, Pittsburgh, PA
Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1988
Grace Borgenicht, New York, NY
1987
Hinkle Memorial Library, Alfred State College, Alfred, NY, with Andrea Gill
1986
Maurine Littleton Gallery, Washington, DC
Grace Borgenicht, New York, NY
Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI
1985
Hadler-Rodriguez Gallery, New York, NY
1984
D.B.R. Gallery, New York, NY
University of Colorado, Sibell-Wolle Fine Arts Building, Boulder, CO
1983
Hadler-Rodriguez Gallery, Houston, TX
Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Hadler-Rodriguez Gallery, New York, NY
1981
Akron Art Institute, Akron, OH
Hadler-Rodriguez Gallery, New York, NY
Ohio Wesleyan University, OH
Clay Place, Pittsburgh, PA
Craftsmen’s Gallery, Omaha, NE
Massillon Museum, Massillon, OH
1980
The Gallery, School of Art, Kent State University, Kent, OH
Ells Gallery, Blossom Music Center, Northampton Township, OH
1978
Mini Gallery, Colorado State University, CO
Lodestone Gallery, Boulder, CO
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
Shapes from Out of Nowhere, Robert Ellison Collection, Metropolitan Museum of New York, NY
2016
Guest List, Cohen Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay – NCECA, Kansas City, MO
50 Year Anniversary Exhibition: Anderson Ranch Art Center,
NCECA, Kansas City, MO
2015
Summer Ceramic Workshops Exhibition, Cohen Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2014
Live Auction, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO
Art Stream, NCECA
2013
Bowl Invitational Exhibit, Portland, OR
Art Stream, NCECA
Alumni Auction, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Live Auction, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO
Art Stream, NCECA
2012
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Lennox Hill Fundraiser, with Kevin Jacobs and Angus Powers
Art Stream, NCECA, Houston, TX
La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay – NCECA Houston, TX
Exploding Boundaries: Faculty Drawing Exhibition, Fosdick Nelson Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Open Studio with Michael Ashley, Alfred, NY
2011
Culinary Culture, Southwestern Texas University, Huntington, TX
Nazareth College, Rochester, NY
La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay – NCECA, Seattle, WA
2009
Lohin Geduld Gallery, New York, NY
Harvey Meadows Gallery, Aspen, CO
Auction, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
Live Auction, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO
2008
La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay – NCECA, Louisville, KY and Santa Fe Gallery, NM
Live Auction, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO
Auction, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
2007
Vestigial Gills, Louisville, KY
Paul Kotula Project, Detroit, MI
2006
Harvey/Meadows Gallery, Aspen, CO
La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay – NCECA and Santa Fe Gallery, NM
Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO
Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
NYSCA
2005
Art Stream, NCECA, Baltimore, MD
Group Exhibition, Harvey Meadows Gallery, Aspen, CO
2004
1000 Years of Ceramics, Jingdezhen, P.R. China, Alfred Show
IAC/Korea Invitational
Yankee Clay, Slater Museum, Norwich, CT (curator/exhibitor)
Attaboro Museum, MA
Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2003
Great Pot, Newark Museum, Newark, NY
New Work, Kraushaar Gallery, New York, NY
Brookfield Craft Center Gallery, Brookfield, CT
2002
Poetics of Clay, Philadelphia, PA
2001
Color & Fire, traveling
2000
Navy Pier SOFA, Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Yankee Clay, Slater Museum, Norwich, CT, (curator)
Archie Bray Show, Dophin Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Color and Fire, Los Angeles County Museum, CA
Wayne Higby Reunion, Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1999
Rendezvous ’99, Museum of Nebraska, Kearney, NE
1998
Hot, Revolution Gallery, Ferndale, MI
New Work, Kraushaar Gallery, New York, NY
Group Exhibition, Society of American Craft, Boston, MA
1996
Pfannebecker Collection, Hershey Museum, Hershey, PA
Signatures, Fosdick- Nelson Gallery, NYSCC at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Alfred Teaches Ceramics, Museum of Ceramic Art, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
1995
Borgenicht Retirement Show, Grace Borgenicht, New York, NY
Alfred Now: Contemporary American Ceramics, Krannert Museum, University of Illinois, IL
Keeper of the Flame: Ken Ferguson Circle, Kemper Museum, Kansas City, MO
1994
Faculty Show, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, NYSCC at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Alumni Collects, William and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA
1993
Soup Tureens, Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
The Collector’s Eye, Koffler Gallery, North York, PA
First Cup of the Morning, Revolution Gallery, Ferndale, MI
The Cashepot: Revisiting the Decorative Pot Hider, Swidler Gallery, Royal Oaks, MI
Sculptural Form, Camden Art Center, Camden, NJ
Opening Show, Okun Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.
1992
Cohthonic Realm, Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham, PA
Jacquelyn Rice Student’s Show The Works Gallery,Philadelphia, PA
1991
National Object Invitational, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
Archie Bray Group Show, Helen Drutt Gallery, New York, NY
Basketry Symposium, Harbourfront Art Center, Toronto,Ontario, Canada.
Borgenicht 40th Anniversary Show, New York, NY
1990
28th Ceramic National, Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
Uncommon Vessel, Florida Gulf Coast Art Center, Belleair, FL
Alfred University Faculty Show, Alfred, NY
1989
Fragile Blossom, Enduring Earth, Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
Form & Surface, Baltimore, MD
Group Exhibition, Greenberg Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Teapot Show, Swidler Gallery, Detroit, MI
1988
Expression in Color, New Jersey Center for Visual Art, Summit, NJ.
The Alfred Show, Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Poetry of the Physical, American Craft Museum, Traveling to Phoenix, Denver, Milwaukee,
and Louisville
Is It A Pot?...Or Not? The Athenaeum Museum, Alexandria, VA
1987
What’s New? American Ceramics Since 1980, The Alfred and Mary Shands Collection, The
J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY, (catalogue)
Worcester Craft Center, Worcester, MA
1986
American Ceramics, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England.
Poetry of the Physical, American Craft Museum, New York, NY
1985
Group Exhibition, Greenberg Gallery, St. Louis, MO
American Clay Artists, Port of History Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Clay Works: New Direction in Clay, Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH
1984
Multiplicity in Clay/Metal/Fiber, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Invitational Silvermine Gallery, Silvermine, NY
Group Invitational, Sommers Gallery, Sommers, NY
9th Annual Clay Exhibition, Millersville University, PA
Group Exhibition, Trevor-Sutton Gallery, Seattle, WA
15th Annual Ceramics Invitational, Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, WI
Robert Pfannebecker Collection: A Selection of Contemporary American Craft, Marion Gallery, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1983
Distinguished Alumni, Kemper Gallery, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Faculty Show, Kent State University, Kent, OH
Anderson Ranch Faculty Show” Cohen Gallery, Denver, CO
American Clay Artists: Philadelphia 1983, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
4 Potters: Curated by Betty Woodman, Boulder Center for the Visual Arts
Faculty Show, Blossom Festival School, Art Program, Kent State University, Kent, OH
Porcelain--by Design, Minneapolis, MN
R.I.S.D. Leadership in Craft, The Craftsman Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Clay for Collectors, The Clay Place, Pittsburgh, PA
Buildings, Meyer Brier Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Ceramics Invitation, Pyramid Gallery, Rochester, NY
1982
Ceramics Invitational, DBR Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Young American Award Winners, Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York, NY
Kent State Faculty Show, Kent, OH
Painted Clay, Hadler-Rodriguez Gallery, Houston, TX
All Clay: Ceramics National Invitational, Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum, Spokane, WA
First Artist Series Show, Chautauqua Art Association Galleries, Chautauqua, NY
1981
Group Show, DBR Gallery, Cleveland, OH
National Clay, Joseloff Gallery, Hartford Art School Hartford, CT
Teapot Show, Elijah P. Lovejoy Library, Southern Illinois University, IL
Patterns in Clay, Trevor-Sutton Gallery, Seattle, WA
12 from Kansas City Plus 1: Ken Ferguson, Surrounds Gallery, New York, NY
1981 Annual Invitational Green Meadow School Pottery Show and Sale, Spring Valley, NY
Blossom Faculty Show, Kent State University Gallery
33rd Annual Ohio Ceramic, Sculpture and Craft Show, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
Fire & Ashes, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
All Ohio 1981, Canton Art Institute, Juried American Crafts Museum, New York, NY
Ceramic Invitational, State University of New York at Oswego, NY
Dinnerware Show, Craftsmen’s Gallery, Omaha, NE
Archie Bray Foundation Show, Helena, MT
1980
Faculty Show, Kent State University Gallery, Kent, OH
Clay Plus, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
American Clay, Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Homage to Josiah Wedgwood, Museum of the Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, PA
Teapot Show, Museum of the Timeless Design, Deer Isle, ME
Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, PA
Visiting and Resident Artist Exhibition, The Gallery, Kent State University, Kent School of
Art, Kent, OH
1979
Ceramic Invitational, Bruce Gallery, Edinboro State College, Edinboro, PA
Invitational Clay, Fiber, Metal Exhibition, Southeastern Raku V, Peters Valley Craft Center,
Layton, NJ
Artist-in-Resident Show, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
Archie Bray Group Show, Artifacts Gallery, Bozeman, MT
His/Hers, Elements Gallery, Greenwich, CT
Visiting Artist Show, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
1978
Christmas Sale, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
Laramie Craft Guild Show, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
Four Directions in Clay, Group Show, University of Eastern Michigan, Ypsilanti, MI
Invitational Young Americans, Clay/Glass American Crafts Council, Museum of
Contemporary Crafts, NY (juried)
Faculty Show, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, TX
1977
Fall River Regional Show, Fall River Art Association, Fall River, MA. Juried.
Green Meadows Show and Sale, Green Meadows School, Spring Valley, NY
Faculty Show, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1976
New Views by Ceramists, Exhibit A, Gallery of American Ceramics, Evanston, IL (invitational)
Traveling Show by the Faculty of Six Northeastern
Thoughts and Teapots, Invitational Exhibition
Colleges, Providen Invitational Exhibition by Ceramic Artists in the USA, Montana State University
American Porcelain, The Elements Gallery, Greenwich, CT, Invitational.
National Crafts Invitational, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
Sixth Biennial Invitational Craft Exhibition: The American View, Center for the Visual Arts
Gallery, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
1975
Alfred Summer Show, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, NY
Graduate Show of Clay & Glass, Carborundum Museum of Clay and Glass, Niagara Falls, NY
Thesis Show, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred, NY
N.C.E.C.A. Student Show, Philadelphia College of Art, PA
1974
The New York State Gallery Association Traveling Show
American Craft Council Collector’s Show, Museum of Contemporary Crafts, NY
Alfred Graduate Show, University of NY at Brockport
1973
Another Cup Show, Walnut St. Theater, Philadelphia, PA
Bumershoot: “Creative Clay Things,” Seattle, WA.
Scripps Invitational, Scripps College, Claremont, CA
1972
Super Mud Student Show, Penn State University, State College, PA
Wichita Annual, Wichita, KS
Group Show, Kemper Gallery, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Seattle, U.S.A., Walnut St. Theater, Philadelphia, PA
GRANTS & AWARDS
2018
Recipient of the James Renwick Alliance 2018 Distinguished Educator Award
2014
Elected Fellow, American Crafts Council
Inducted into Keramos, Ceramic Engineering Honorary Fraternity
Excellence in Teaching Award
2008
SUNY Chancellor’s Award, Excellence in Teaching
2004
Inducted into the International Academy of Ceramics, Geneva, Switzerland
2002
Teagle Scholar Award for Sabbatical Enhancement, Alfred University
1998
Mini Grant on Glaze and Clay Research with Dr. William Carty
1996
Excellence in Teaching Award
1992/93
National Endowment for the Arts, Individual Artist Grant, $20,000
1988
New York State Foundation for the Arts, Artist Fellowship
1983/84
Ohio Arts Council Individual Artists Grant in Crafts, $6,000
Ohio Arts Council Individual Artists Grant in Crafts, $4,000
1979
Individual Craftsman Grant, National Endowment for the Arts, $10,000
1978
Workshop Grant through the Archie Bray Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts
Laramie Crafts Guild Show, Award
Young Americans, Clay/Glass Award, American Craft Council
WORKSHOPS & LECTURES
2016
Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO
Alfred Ceramic Summer Workshops, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2015
Hawaii Craftsman Guild
University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
Punaho High School, Honolulu, HI
Alfred Ceramic Summer Workshops, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2014
Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO
Morphology of Form, Alfred Summer Ceramics Workshop, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2013
Keynote Speech, Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale 2013
Homage to a Painter’s studio: A Real Allegory of a Seven Year Phase in My Artistic Career
Randolph Art Guild, Asheboro, NC
2012
Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO
2011
Nobles Greenbourgh School, Dedham, MA, with Doug Casebeer
Pottery Workshop, Jingdeshen, P.R. China
2010
Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO
2008
Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO
2007
“From Atoms to Art,” conference/lecture with Bill Carty, UCL, London, UK
2006
Alfred Summer School, Alfred, NY
Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO
2005
Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
92nd Street Y, New York, NY
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
Alfred Summer School, demo/lecture/final critique, Alfred, NY
Aberystweyth 10th Anniversary International Ceramic Festival, Wales, UK
NCECA Conference, introduced Wayne Higby, NCECA Honorary Fellow – I-Ching/Zane Grey/
Cole Porter’s, “You’re the Tops,” Baltimore, MD
2004
Bowling Green University, OH
Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, CO
NCECA Conference, technical panel with Bill Carty and Matt Katz, Indianapolis, IN
1000 Years of Porcelain, Jingdezhen, P.R. China
2003
Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
2002
Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen, P.R. China
Beijing Central Academy of Fine Arts, P.R. China
Beijing College of Art & Design, P.R China
Shanghai University, P.R. China
Suzhou Art Institute, P.R. China
Xixing Sculpture Studio, P.R. China
San Bao Institute, P.R. China
Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax, NS
92nd Street Y, New York, NY
2001
Yellow Spring Art Center, Chester Springs, PA
Santa Fe Clay Studio, Santa Fe, NM
Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO
Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
Bray 50th Anniversary, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, IL
Alfred Summer School, Alfred, NY
1999
Oakland Community College, Pontiac, MI
Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO
The Firehouse, Norman, OK
1998
Alfred Summer School, Alfred, NY
The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Monmouth University, Red Bank, NJ
1996
Reducing Lowfat Diet, American Ceramic Conference, Frog Hollow, Middlebury, VT
University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA
Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO
IRIS International Ceramics Seminar, Porvoo, Finland
1995
Elderhostel, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Whiteware Symposium, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Chautauqua Art Institute, Chautauqua, NY
1994
Congregation of Liberal Judaism, Orland, FL
Central Florida University, Orlando, FL
Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY, week-long workshop
Krannert Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL, Panel member
1993
Ceramic Symposium, Calgary, AB, Canada
Emily Carr School of Art, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, CO
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
Sotheby’s Decorative Art Program, Alfred, NY
Terra Cotta Day, Alfred, NY
1992
California State University at Long Beach, CA
University of Hartford, Hartford, CT
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
1991
Kent State University, OH, Blossom Summer School
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Radcliffe Potter Guild, Boston, MA
Harbourfront Art Center, Toronto, ON, Canada
Basketry Symposium, Harbourfront Art Center, Toronto, ON, Canada
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AK
1990
Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, CO
Cleveland Institute of Art, OH
South Florida Art Center, Miami Beach, FL
1989
Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax, NS
Alfred Summer School, Alfred, NY
Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
Radcliffe Ceramics Studio, Boston, MA
1988
Miami University, Oxford, OH
Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, CO
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Cornell Pot Shop, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY
1987
Bergren Forum, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Worcester Craft Center, Worcester, MA
Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, CA
Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax, NS
1986
Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI
Alfred Summer School, Alfred, NY
1985
NCECA, St. Louis, MO
Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham, PA
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
1984
Oklahoma State University at Stillwater, OK
Craft Guild of Dallas, Dallas, TX
Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, CO
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax, NS
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
1983
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO
Blossom Festival School, Kent State University, Kent, OH
Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
NCECA, Atlanta, GA
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Deerfield, MI
1982
Boston University, Boston, MA
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Chautauqua Institute, Chautauqua, NY
Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
Karamu House, OH
92nd Street Y, New York, NY
Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB, Canada
University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada
1981
Massillon Museum, Massillon, OH
Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH
Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH
Sun Valley Center for the Arts & Humanities, Sun Valley, ID
Blossom-Kent Art Program, Kent State University, Kent, OH
Craftsmen’s Gallery, Omaha, NE
1980
New York University, New York, NY
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Penland School of Crafts, Bakersfield, NC
13th Blossom – Kent Art Program
New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
1979
Highline Community College, Des Moines, WA
Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH
Emily Carr School of Art, Vancouver, BC, Canada
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL
University of Eastern Washington, Spokane, WA
1978
Pilchuck Glass Center, Stanwood, WA
Factory of Visual Arts, Seattle, WA
University of Montana, Missoula, MT
Metro College, Denver, CO
1977
Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax, NS, Canada
Southeastern Massachusetts University, North Dartmouth, MA
1976
Maryland Art Institute, Baltimore, MD
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL
Illinois State University, Normal, IL
1975
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MN, Canada
COLLECTIONS
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AK
Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Ceramic Art Museum, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Fred Jones, Jr. Museum of Art, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Kansas City Art Institute, MO
Kent State University, OH
Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Robert Pfannebecker Collection, Lancaster, PA
Massillon Museum, Massillon, OH
Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
Nelson Atkins Museum, Kansas City, MO
Ohio Wesleyan University Museum, Delaware, OH
5th IRIS International Ceramics Collection, Porvoo, Finland
Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2021
“Shapes From Out of Nowhere: Ceramics from the Robert A. Ellison Jr. Collection.”
New York, NY. August Editions. 2021.
Smith, Roberta. “The Met Museum Sees More Clay in Its Future.” The New York Times 13 June 2021.
1996
American Ceramic Society “Science of Whitewares.” Closing Chapter. February 1996.
1995
Seyfarth, Mary. “Alfred Now.” Ceramics Monthly Vol. 43, No. 8, p. 59. October 1995.
1994
“Alfred Now: Contemporary American Ceramics.” Champaign, IL. Krannert Art
Museum and Kinkead Pavallion, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 1994.
1993
“NEA Crafts Fellowships.” Ceramics Monthly Vol. 41, No. 2, p. 49. February 1993.
1991
Southwest Art p. 32. May 1991
American Ceramics Vol. 9, No. 1, p. 49. April 1991
1990
American Ceramics Vol. 8, p. 53. Winter 1990-91
1988
ArtForum p. 4. 1988
1987
Rubin, Michael. “John Gill.” Ceramics Monthly Vol. 35, No. 4, p. 28. April 1987.
1984
Lancaster Sunday News 1 January 1984.
National Council of Education for the Ceramics Art Bulletin Vol. 7, No. 4, p. 10. Spring 1984.
Sunday Camera Boulder, Colorado. p. 13C. 18 March 1984.
“The Cutting Edge.” Studio Potter Vol. 12, #2. June 1984.
1983
Ceramics Monthly p. 87. September 1983.
Carr, Carolyn. “Andrea Gill/John Gill.” American Craft Vol. 43, No. 6, p. 19. December 1983/January 1984.