BEDE CLARKE I MISSOURI
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In this work, I'm most interested in distinguishing a record of the hand touching clay, the
actual quality of feeling surrounding the work, and, the caliber of the the works compassion and insight - the genuineness of its response to being a human.

My "technique" amounts to wishing the work well as it moves through the process
of forming, articulation of the surface and firing. I try to find ways of working
that respond to the only ability I have ever had; wishing the work well and silently
encouraging it to "be good, be good." I keep returning to the studio simply trying
to bring as much sincerity as I can muster to bear upon the work.

EDUCATION

M.F.A., The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

PROFESSIONAL

University of Missouri-Columbia, Associate Professor-Department of Art

REPRESENTATION Elliot Smith Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO
Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Signature Shop and Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Walnut Street Gallery, Springfield, MO

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Taipei County Yingko Ceramics Museum, Taipei County, Taiwan
Ichon World Ceramic Center, Kyongi Province, Korea
Daum Museum, State Fair Community College, Sedalia, MO
Martin Museum of Fine Art, Baylor University, Waco, TX
Lamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange College, LaGrange, Georgia
Topeka and Shawnee County Pulic Library, Topeka KS
Chisholm Institute of Technology, Frankston Campus, Victoria, Australia Taipei County Cultural Center, Taipei, Taiwan
Whitebird Inc, New London, NH
ASAI Architects, Kansas City, MO
K.B.R. Associates, Dearborn, MI
Colleen and Dennis Bindley, Madison, WI
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Prater, Springfield, MO
First National Bank, Columbia, MO

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITS

Burroughs Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 2003
Baylor University Department of Art, Waco, TX, 2000
Goddard Gallery, State Fair Community College, Sedalia, MO, 2000
Elliot Smith Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO, 1999
Taipei County Cultural Center, Taipei County, Taiwan, 1998 Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO, 1998
Douglas Dawson Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1990

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITS

The 2nd World Ceramic Biennale 2003 Korea International Competition, Kyonggi Province, South Korea (2003)
Cheongju International Craft Biennale 2003, Cheongju, South Korea (2003)
American Shino, Fitchburg Museum, Fitchburg, MA, (2002)
San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Art, (2002) World Ceramic Biennale 2001 Korea International Competition, (2001) Wu-Yow Private Art Space, Yingko, Taipei, (2001) NCECA Clay National, Winthrop University Galleries, Rock Hill, SC (2001)
American Shino, Babcock Galleries, New York, N.Y. (2001)
Salt and Ash, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe NM (2001)
Faces of Fire, Vermont Clay Studio, Waterbury, VT (2001)
Celebrated Gallery, Kaoshiung, Taiwan (2000)
Prairie Fire Ceramics, Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, (2001)
Different Stokes, The University of Iowa Museum of Art (1999)
Ceramics Monthly International Competition, Columbus, OH (1999)
NCECA Clay National, Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, Ohio(1999)
Pacific Tides: The Influence of the Pacific Rim on Contemporary American Ceramics, Lancaster Art Museum, Lancaster, PA (1999)
San Angelo National Ceramics, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts(1998)
NCECA Clay National, Barrick Museum, Universtiy of Nevada-Las Vegas (1997) Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Award, Auckland,NZ (1996)

WORKSHOPS/LECTURES

East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gattlinburg, TN
Baylor University, Waco, TX
National Taiwan College of the Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
Tainan National College of the Arts, Kuantien, Taiwan
Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Dennison University, Granville, OH,
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

BOOKS Hluch, Kevin A. The Art of Contemporary Ameican Pottery
Fairbanks, Jonathan, The Contemporary Potter
Rich, Chris. ed., The Ceramic Design Book Davis, Don. Wheel Thrown Ceramics
Branfman, Stephen. Raku: A Practical Approach

CATALOGUES

The 1st World Ceramic Biennale: 2001 Korea International Competition. Ichon World Ceramic Center, (2001)
American Shino: The Glaze of A Thousand Faces. Babcock Galleries (2001) The 2001 NCECA Clay National. National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts
Different Stokes: International Woodfire Exhibition, The University of Iowa School of Art and Art History, Iowa City IA (1999) Ceramics Monthly International Competition. The American Ceramics Society, (1999)
The 1999 NCECA Clay National. National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, 1999
The Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts Monarch National Ceramic Competition.The Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts, Florence (1999)
Bede Clarke: Wood-Fired and Stoneware Ceramics. Taipei County Cultural Center, (1998)

REVIEWS/OTHER

“Clay Cup VIII”, Ceramics Monthly, November, 2001, p. 42 - 43 “American Shino”, Clay Times, Vol. 7, No. 5, September/October 2001, p. 17.
Robison, Stephen. "Bede Clarke's Investment in Teaching and Art, Cermics Art and Perception,Issue 43, March 2001, pp. 36 - 38.
Chang, Ssu-Ming. "Prarie Fire Ceramics", Ceramic Art, Vol. 27, Spring 2000,
Ge, Yi-Wen. "The Dance and Colorful Costume of the Fire", Ceramic Art, Vol. 21, Fall 1998, pp. 64-69.
Thaker, Christine. "20th Fletcher Challenge." Ceramic Monthly Magazine,7 February, 1997, pp. 59-62.

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