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| Biographical Statement | Claudia Reese (b. 1949) lives and works in
Austin, Texas, USA. She holds an MFA
from Indiana University and has run her business, Cera-Mix Studios since
1980. She has exhibited nationally
(highlights include the Everson Museum, the Renwick Gallery (Smithsonian),
American Craft Museum, San Antonio Museum, National Museum of Ceramic Art,
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Art Expo: Chicago, Kimbell Art Museum,
Irving Arts Center, Laguna Gloria Art Museum (Austin), Arlington Art Museum,
San Angelo Museum; as well as many private galleries and university galleries)
and internationally (Canada, Paris, Tokyo, Jingdezgen, People’s Republic of
China). She has been included in Who’s
Who in the World and Who’s Who in America since 2001 and has had her work
included in many anthologies (The Best of Pottery I & II, Sculpting in Clay,
A Century of Sculpture in Texas, Contemporary Crafts in the World, Fifty Texas
Artists, and Contemporary American Women Sculptors. She
has taught in universities and conducted numerous visiting
artist workshops and lectures. Her work is included in many private and
museum
collections and she has done numerous commissions for both private and
public
spaces, including the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, Southeast
Community Library, Seay Building, University of Texas, Westbank
Library, and
the Carver Museum, Austin, IBM, Texas State University, and the City of
Austin. She has exhibited in many craft shows including
American Craft Enterprises (the marketing arm of the American Craft
Council),
the Rosen shows, Handmade in the USA at the Javitts Center in New York,
The
Washington Craft Show, The Philadelphia Craft Show and the Evanston
Craft Show,
and once at Greune.
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Currant Resume |
EDUCATION
MFA, Indiana
University, Ceramics, May, l974
BA, Connecticut
College, May, 1971
Other:
R.I.T.
School for American Craftsmen, summer 1969 EXHIBITIONS
(1980-2006) 2006 “Art of the Pot 2006, Austin Studio Tour
and Sale 2005 “Hot Stuff/Clay Tigers”, The Signature
Gallery, Atlanta, GA traveling to Louisiana State
University,
School of Art Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA (April-May 2005)
“State of Texas-
Clay”, University of Texas at San Antonio, TX
(March 2005)
“Art of the Pot
2005”, Austin Pottery Tour and Sale.
(May)
“Electrified”,
St. Edwards University Fine Arts Gallery, Austin, TX. October-November 2004 “Texas Clay III Invitational Exhibition”,
Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
(February-March)
“Art of the Pot 2004”, Austin Pottery Tour and Sale.
(May) 2002 “Texas Mud”, Dallas Center for
Contemporary Art (November 2002)
"New Worlds
New Visions” San Antonio Museum of Art,
(September)
"Uniquely
Texas Icons", New Braunfels Museum of Art, (September-November)
"Shape and
Surface". Helm Fine Arts Center, St. Stephen's Episcopal School, Austin,
Texas (April) "The
Figure: Experiencing Views", University of Texas at San Antonio, Art
Gallery, (September-October) 1998 "Clay Under the X; Seven Contemporary Artists",
Arlington Museum of Art, (February-March) "To Have
and To Hold: Vessel Making by Ceramic Artists in Texas", Irving Arts
Center, Irving, Texas
(March-April) "Fireworks:
On and Off the Wall", Dallas Visual Arts Center, Dallas, Texas
(December-January) 1997 "Form
by Fire” Martin Rathburn Gallery, San Antonio, Tx. (December-January}
"Wild
Life", Lyons-Matrix Gallery,
Austin, Texas. (April-May) 1994 "Recent Sculpture", One Person
Exhibition, Women & Their Work Gallery, Austin, Texas (May) 1993 "Texas Clay II" , Southwest
Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas (January). Traveled to:
Steven
F Austin University (March); Arlington Museum (May); Del Rio Arts Council
(July);
Baylor University (July);
Brookhaven College, (October); Corpus Christi State University
(January
'94); University of Texas at San Antonio (March '94)
"Teapots:
Steeped in Tradition", IO Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana (September)
"Form Meets
Function" Ruskin Place, Seaside, Florida (October)
"Human
Nature, Human Form", Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas
(October-December)
( April)
"Cups", Elizabeth Fortner Gallery,
Santa Barbara, California (April)
"Table
Topics", Mindscape Gallery, Evanston, Illinois (June)
"Tea
Pots", Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (November)
1991 "House", Laguna Gloria Art
Museum, Austin, Texas (March)
"Art
Tabletop Show", Art Options, Santa Monica, California (May)
Solo Exhibition, Takashimaya, Tokyo,
Japan (July)
"Vessels
and Traditions", Virginia Brier Gallery, San Francisco, California
(September)
"Salt &
Pepper", Twist Gallery, Portland, Oregon (September) 1990 "American Ceramic Sculpture",
National Museum of Ceramic Art, Baltimore, Maryland (Sept-Dec)
"Figures in
Ceramics", Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (February)
Solo Show,
Daimaru Department Store, Kobe, Japan (April-June) 1989 "A Century of Sculpture in
Texas", Archer Huntington Art Gallery, University of Texas, Austin,
Texas June-August) Traveled to:
Amarillo Art Center, El Paso Museum, Corpus Christi Art Museum.
"Clay: Fine
and Functional", Alma Thomas Fine Arts Gallery, Southwestern University,
Georgetown,
Texas (October - November)
"A Tea
Party", Ferrin Gallery, Northampton, Mass. (October-November)
"In Form
and In Site, An Exhibition of Texas Sculpture", Alma Thomas Fine Arts
Gallery,
Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas
One Person
Exhibition, Savoir Faire Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (March)
Solo Show, Seibu
Department Store, Tokyo, Japan (December)
"The
Exhibit of Texas Women Artists", National Museum of Women in the Arts,
Washington, D.C
(January)
"Fifth Anniversary Show", R.S. Levy Gallery, Austin, Tx. 1988 "Claudia Reese, Recent
Sculpture", Southwest Craft Center, San Antonio, Texas (May - June)
"Tabletops"
Pinch Pottery, Northampton, Mass. (March)
"Longview
Museum Invitational", Longview Museum, Longview, Texas (January - February)
"T.N.T.",
Crescent Gallery, Dallas, Texas, (January-March)
"Dinner at
Eight", Gallery 8, La Jolla, California (November)
"L.S.U.
Invitational", Works Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (November)
"Hand Made
in Texas- 40th Anniversary Exhibition" Craft Guild of Dallas, LTV Center,
Dallas, Texas
(November) 1987 "Third Coast Review: Look at Art in
Texas", Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado. Traveled to
University of Colorado Art
Galleries in Boulder, Power Plant, Visual Arts Center in Fort Collins,
Blue Star Art Space in San
Antonio (September - April)
"Claudia
Reese--Recent Sculpture", R.S. Levy Gallery, Austin, Texas (September -
October)
"Old
Friends: New Work", Elizabeth Fortner Gallery, Santa Barbara, California
(April)
"Texas
Sculpture Symposium", San Antonio, Texas (March)
"Salute to
Texas Arts", Performing Arts Center, Austin, Texas (January) 1986 "Modern Pottery", Mendocino Art
Center, Mendocino, California (October)
"Animation
/ Imagination" Frito Lay Headquarters, Dallas, Texas (October)
"Aeteliers
d'Art", Paris, France (September)
"Chicago
International Art Forms Expo", Chicago, Illinois (September)
"The
Artist's Eye Series", Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas (May)
"The
Bowl", Elizabeth Fortner Gallery, Santa Barbara, California (March)
"Texas
Clay", Municipal Auditorium, NCECA, San Antonio, Texas (March) 1985 "Crescent Collection III",
Dallas, Texas (September-November)
"Everyday
Plus Clay", John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
(September)
"Bride
Show",Carol Hooberman Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan (May) Figure it Out", Laguna Gloria Art
Museum, Austin, Texas (April) PUBLICATIONS
AND REVIEWS
Ceramics
Monthly, June 2005, Review of LSU Tigers Show, photo.
Who's Who in
the World (2000-2006 editions) biographical listing
Who's Who in
America (2001-2006 edition) biographical listing
Texas Monthly. November 1998, "Miles of Tiles, feature
with photos 160-162
Home Magazine, October 1998 "A New
Crop of Tiles" pps 180-181
Colorado Homes & Lifestyles,
Sept-Oct '96, "Design Notes" Photo Pg. 70
Home Magazine, July/Aug '96,"Mixed
Fruit" Photo pg. 94
Better Homes and Gardens Kitchen and Bath
Ideas, Spring 1993,4 pages 40-44, photo feature on tiles
Sculpting in
Clay, Leon I. Nigrosh, Davis Publications, 1991, photo pg. 119
Axis Magazine, "Art and Craft”
published in Tokyo, Spring 1989
Axis Magazine, "Quarterly Trends in
Design", published in Tokyo. Summer, 1989
New Home Magazine" "A Setting
of a Different Color" article, photo, pg., January 1989
Bon Appetite-Outdoor Entertaining
Issue", Cover photo of platters, July , 1988
San Antonio Light, Viva Section,
"Bringing Clay to Life" article review, photos, May, 1988
Contemporary
Crafts Art in the World, Gap-Eul International, 1987
Art News ,"Claudia
Reese", review by Mel McCombie,
photo pg.219, November 1987
Austin American Statesman,
"Technical Advances", review by Mel McCombie, September10, 1987
Fifty Texas
Artists, Chronicle Books, by Annette Carlozzi, photos; profile, statement
pg. 80, 1986
Creative Ideas Magazine, "American
Verve", photo, article pg. 34, December '87
New York Times Entertainment Magazine
Section, "And At Home". photo, article, October 1,1987
New York Times Good House Section,
"Taming the Wild Mushroom", photo, article, October 27,1987
Connecticut College Alumni Magazine, cover
photo and feature article, Dec., 1986
Texas Homes Magazine, photo of platters
pg. 66, November, 1986
Metropolitan Home", photo of
platter pg. 75, November, 1986
Texas Monthly, photo of artist pg 118, October, 1986
Studio Potter, photo, Portfolio Section pg. 56 October, 1986
L'Atelier,
"Three Americans in Paris: Claudia Reese Le Surdecor" pg.
27 Oct., 1986
Table et Cadeau,
"L'Object Pour La Maison", photo of dinnerware pg 31 Oct., 1986
Metropolis Magazine, Best of Design Issue, photo pg. 2,
description, Sept., 1986
Contemporary
American Women Sculptors, by Virginia Watson Jones, Onyx Press, 1985
New York Times, Sunday Home
Entertainment Guide, photo of dinnerware pg. 46-7, May 5, 1985
Texas Homes Magazine, Art Column by
Susan Freudenheim "Claudia Reese", pg 29-32, February,
Cooks Magazine, photo in "Cooks
Holiday Menu", December, 1984
Art Space, "New Talent in
Texas", article by Mark Lavatelli, pg. 57, Summer 1984
American Ceramics, "Texas
Clay", article by Janet Kutner, pg. 36-43 February 4,1984
Texas Homes, "Art on a
Platter", article by Susan Stavinola. Pg. 33-34 April, 1984
Ft. Worth Star Telegram, "Exhibit
at T.C.U. Spotlights Unseen Artists", review by Vernon Fisher.
pg. D-1, January, 1984
Dallas Arts Review, "Claudia
Reese" review, December, 1983
Dallas Morning News. "The Clay is
the Thing" review by Janet Kutner, pg. C-1, July 5, 1983
Dallas Downtown News, "Artist in
Clay", review by Kevin Fox, pg. 31 Sept. 26, 1983
New Talent in
Texas, catalogue of T.C.U. Show, essay Susan Fruedenheim, Jan, 1983
Designers West Magazine, "Corporate Blockbusters", article,
photo pg. 56-58, May,1983 Texas Homes, "The Renaissance of Clay", by Carol Monroe. October, 1982
VISITING
ARTIST
Art Trek (Austin
Museum of Art) , Texas Hill Country Artists’ Studios, May, 2005
New Mexico State
University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 1992
Brookhaven
College, Dallas, Texas July 1990
Louisiana State
University, Baton Rouge June-August 1981
School of the
Art Institute of Chicago, January-June 1980
Purdue
University, West Lafayette, Indiana September-June 1981
University of
Northern Colorado, Greeley September-December 1976 SELECTED
COLLECTIONS (sculpture)
The Blanton
Museum of Art, 20th Century American Collection, University of Texas, Austin
Texas
The Crescent
Collection Dallas, Texas
June Mattingly,
Dallas, Texas
Bill Bostleman,
Ft. Worth, Texas Laurence Miller, Austin, Texas Hadley
Sleight, Austin, Texas
Marilyn Maxwell,
Rick Albee, Ft. Worth, Texas
Tim McClure,
Austin, Texas
Camille Lyons,
Austin, TX.
COMMISSIONS AND PUBLIC ART(tile and sculpture)
East 7th St Corridor
Improvement Streetscape, “obelisco” Austin, TX IBM
Austin Headquarters. Large iron framed tiles.
Texas Wildflower series. 22
pieces. Great
Hills Baptist Church, Austin, TX. Tiles depicting animals of the Ark Seay
Building, University of Texas at Austin.
Tiles and large disks installed in three lobbies. Austin-Bergstrom
International Airport: Tiles in all the main concourse bathrooms. Reflecting an
Austin theme. Southeast
Community Library. Dove Springs, Austin
Texas. Worked with 400 school children creating tiles for the community
library, installed both outdoors and indoors Westbank
Library, Westlake, Austin Texas. Tiles
for library. Willowbrook
Mall, Houston, TX. 10 Frog fountains,
and 10 6’ diameter planters covered in
mosiac And many private installations in homes from Saudi Arabia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Canada and all over the United States |
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