HARRIS DELLER
I ILLINOIS
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Working with a deliberately limited vocabulary, Deller investigates the permutations of selected formal elements. Incising pattern is an activity that lies somewhere between marking time and chaos management, at times a spiritual adventure. His work is fired at 2360 degrees Fahrenheit as the hardness and whiteness of porcelain is important. He maintains an interest in landscape and continues to look for elements that are unique to the materials and evolve from the experience of process.
EDUCATION
1973 Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Master of Fine
Arts
1971 California State University at Northridge, Bachelor of Art
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (selected)
Director, School of Art and Design, Southern Illinois
University, Carbondale
1998-present
Assistant Director, School of Art and Design, Southern Illinois University,
Carbondale
1995-1998
Head of Ceramics, School of Art and Design, Southern Illinois University,
Carbondale
Publications Chair, Board of Directors, National Council
on Education for the Ceramic Arts
1989 - 95
EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2003 “Tea Anyone? The Donna Moog Teapot Collection,” Racine Art Museum, September 14, 2003-January 18, 2004
“21st Century Ceramics in the U.S. & Canada,” Canzani Center Gallery, Columbus College of Art & Design, October 10-December 7, 2003.
Solo Exhibition, Eastern Shore Art Center, July 11-August 4, 2003, Fairhope, AL
2002 “Regarding Clay,” 2002 NCECA, Belger Art Center, Kansas City, MO
“Terra Sutra: 21st Century Ceramic Erotica, Incubator Gallery, Kansas City, MO
“Anderson Ranch Summer Faculty Show,” Snowmass, CO, July
“4th Annual Armory National Ceramic Invitational,” Robert and Mary Montgomery Armory, Palm Beach, FL
“Empty Bowls,” Southern Illinois University, University Museum
“Anderson Ranch Art Auction”
2001 “Le Grand Buffet,” A Benefit Exhibition
for The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Nov 2 – 11
Teapot Exhibition, Art Resources Gallery, 1628 Merchandise
Mart
Chicago, IL 60654, October 15 – November 21.
.
Group Exhibition, Ceramic Faculty and Graduate Students, SIUC
Mabee Gallery< Herrick Center, Culver-Stockton College,Canton, MO
Oct.11- November 1.
“Hardened by Fire,” Tarble Art Center, Eastern Illinois University,
Aug. 18-Sept. 20
“Taking Measure: American Ceramic Art at the
New Millennium,” World Ceramic Exposition 2001, Korea, Aug. 10-Oct.
28
EXHIBITIONS (selected), continued
2001 “5th Element,” Peck Gallery, Providence, RI, Feb. 15-March
8
2000 “Ceramics Invitational 2000,” Texas A & M University-Commerce, Oct 10-Nov. 7
“Teapot Transformed,” Ferrin Gallery at SoFA Chicago, Nov. 2-5
“A Touch of Porcelain,” Red Rock College, Lakewood, CO, March 18-April 1
“Ceramics Annual 2000,” Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, CA January 22-March 5
1999 Solo Exhibition, Santa Fe Clay, NM, July 19-31
“National Metal & Clay Invitational,” Kipp Gallery, Indiana University of PA, March 1999
“The Davis Collection,” Art Museum, Arizona State University, Tempe
1998 Solo Exhibition, Brevard Museum of Art and Science, Melbourne, FL, April-May 10
"Heroes and Icons," Modern Art Museum of Ft Worth, Sundance Square, March 6-April 5
1997 Solo Exhibition, Avante Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio, December 5-January 17, 1998
"Celebrating American Craft," The Danish Museum of Decorative Art, Copenhagen, Denmark, March 7-April 30
1996 "Altered States: Contemporary American Ceramics," Center for the Visual Arts, Denver, Nov. 1-Dec. 18
"The Ceramic Spectrum: An Invitational Ceramics Exhibition," The University of West Florida Art Gallery, Nov. 5-Dec. 7
Gallery 1021 at SOFA, Chicago Navy Pier, October 31
1995 Mexico/United States Collaborative Printmaking,
Exhibition Illinois Art Gallery, James R. Thompson Center, Chicago, June
9-August 4.
Some of the Best from the Midwest: Selected MFA Alumni and Faculty of
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, The Baltimore Clayworks, MD,
Sept.-Oct.14
The Counteractive Teapot, Albertson-Peterson Gallery,
Winter Park, FL, Oct. 27-Nov. 30
1994 "The Teapot, Common/Uncommon Forms," Joanne Rapp Gallery,
Scottsdale, AZ
"American Ceramics", National Museum of History, Taipei, Republic
of China
"Ceramic and Fiber," Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
"Selections from the Permanent Collection: Then and Now,” The
Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA
1993 Corcoran, Deller, and Weiser, The Maveety Gallery, Salishan, OR
New Acquisitions: "Craft Today U.S.A.",
American Craft Museum, New York, NY
"A Tea Party: Contemporary Teapots,” National Museum of Ceramic
Art, Baltimore, MD
1992 West Chester Ceramic National Invitational, West Chester University,
West Chester, PA
EXHIBITIONS (selected), continued
1992 Black and White, The Hand and Spirit Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
The Farrell Collection, New Art Forms Expo, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
1991 Solo Exhibition, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL
Craft: The Discerning Eye, Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI
Black and White, Kavesh Gallery, Ketchem, ID
47th Concorso Internazionale della Ceramica d'Arte,
Fienza, Italia
Kunst Aus Illinois, Kunstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz, Austria
1990 Solo Exhibition, Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
28th Ceramic National, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
1989 International New Art Forms, Chicago, IL, Garth Clark Gallery
2nd International Ceramics Competition, Mino, Japan
"Craft Today," Musee des Arts Decoratifs,
Rue de Rivoli, Paris; Museum of Applied Arts, Helsinki, Finland; Frankfort
Museum, Frankfort, Germany
Beyond Function, Garth Clark Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
Solo Exhibition, Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Solo Exhibition, Gallery Pro Art, St. Louis, MO
1988 International New Art Forms Expo Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Esther Saks Gallery, Chicago, IL
Two-Person Show, M. C. Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Solo Exhibit, Esther Saks Gallery, Chicago, IL
1987 Contemporary Crafts: A Concept in Flux, The Society
for Arts in Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
Recent Acquisitions, Cranbrook Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
The Object as Art, an Exhibition and Auction, Gay Men's Health Crisis,
Sotheby's, NY
43rd Annual Scripps Ceramic Invitat., Lang Art Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, CA
1986 Art of the 80's: Recent Acquisitions by St. Louis
Collectors, St. Louis Museum of Art, MO
1st International Ceramic Exhibition International Ceramic Festival, Toki
City Cultural
Plaza, Mino, Japan
"Poetry of the Physical," American Craft Museum, New York
1985 Possibly Functional, Esther Saks Gallery, Chicago
American Clay Artist, Port of History Museum, Philadelphia, PA
EXHIBITIONS (selected), continued
1984 Solo Exhibit, Kirkland Fine Arts Center, Millikin University, Decatur,
IL
Solo Exhibit, Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Platters, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, IL
The Service of Tea, Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York, NY
Cranbrook Ceramics: 1950-1980, Cranbrook Museum,
Bloomfield Hills, MI
1982 Solo Exhibit, James C. Bolton Library, Louisiana State University,
Alexandria, LA
1981 Three-Person Exhibition, International Communications Agency, Seoul,
South Korea
1980 American Porcelain, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian
Institution, Washington, DC
Solo Exhibition, Contemporary Crafts, Portland, OR
A Response to Wedgwood, Philadelphia Civic Center Museum, PA
Solo Exhibition, Columbia College Gallery, Chicago,
IL
"For the Tabletop," American Craft Museum, New York, NY
1979 New Views -- Six Ceramists, Exhibit A Gallery of American Ceramics, Evanston, IL
1976 Tureen 76, Campbell Museum, Campbell, NJ
1975 Artists in Georgia, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
PUBLICATIONS (selected)
Tea, Anyone? The Donna Moog Teapot Collection, Racine Art Museum, 2003; pg. 40
“Au Courant,” Palm Beach Post, December 22, 2002, Gary Schwan.
Made in Illinois An Artisan Gallery, Gordon, Glenn,
Illinois Depart of Commerce and
Community Affairs, 2001, pgs. 81 & 109.
Ceramics, A Potter’s Handbook, Sixth Edition, Nelson, Glen C., Burkett,
Richard, Harcourt
College Publishers, 2001, pgs. 173 & 249.
The Contemporary Potter, J. Fairbanks, Angela Fina, Christopher Gustin, Rockport Pub., Inc. 2000, pgs. 106 & 154
Teapots Transformed, Exploration of an Object, Leslie Ferrin, Guild Publishing, Madison, WI, 2000, pg. 64.
Extruded Ceramics, Diana Paneioli, Lark Books, N.Y., 2000, pgs. 103 & 105.
Clay and Glazes for the Potter, 34th edition, D. Rhodes, revised by R. Hoppe, Krause Publications, pg. 277.
Ceramics, Ways of Creation, An Exploration of 36
Contemporary Ceramic Artists and Their Work,
R. Zakin Krause Publ, Iola, WI, 1999, pgs. 84-90, 271.
The Best of Pottery 2, Chris Gustin, Rockport Publishers, pg. 78
PUBLICATIONS (selected), continued
The Best of Pottery, Jonathan Fairbanks and Angela
Fina, pg. 58, Rockport Publishers 1996
Impressed and Incised Ceramics, Coll Minogue, A & C Black, London
1996, pgs. 72, 74-75.
"Keramic Modern: di Americka dan di Indonesia," Oleh Maman Rikan,
pgs. 91 - 97, photo pg. 97
Asri: Majalah Arisitektur, Interior, Taman Dan Lingkungan, No. 150, September
1995.
"Sylvia Hyman, 1995, No. 21, Sydney Australia.
"Altered Traditions", Ceramics Art & Perception,
pgs. 95 - 97, photo pg. 95
Yih Wen Kuo. Ceramic Art Magazine, Harris Deller, Taipei, Republic of China, pgs. 60 - 65, 8 color photos. Winter #5, 1994
Deller, Harris. Preserving the Foundation, Studio Potter, pgs. 28-29, Vol.20, J'92
Nigrosh, Leon. Sculpting Clay, pg. 86, Davis Publishing, Worchester, MA, 1992
Davis, Marilyn. Elegant Distortions, pgs. 6-7, Perspectives,
Southern Illinois University, Office of
Research Development Administration, fall 1991
Zakin, R. Ceramics Mastering the Craft, pg. 22, photo
and essay by artist, 1990, Chilton Book
Co, Radnor, PA.
Panorama De Actualidad, Concurso De Mono, Ceramica
Revista Internacional, pg. 4, No.39,
1990, Madrid, Spain
Ellison, Robt. The 28th Ceramic National, American
Craft, pg. 40-47, Oct-Nov 1990, photo pg. 41
The American Craft Council, New York, NY
Miley, L and Hunt, W. Form and Function, Ceramics
Monthly, April 1990, pgs. 32-35, photo pg.
33, Columbus, OH
Clark, Garth. The Eccentric Teapot, 1989, Abbyville Press, New York, NY,
pg. 35.
Speight, Charlotte, F. Hands in Clay (1989 2nd ed.),
Mayfield Pub Co Mountain View, CA, pg. 31.
Gardner, Nancy. "Harris Deller" American Ceramics, Vol. 6, No.
4, pg. 48.
"Harris Deller," Ceramics Monthly, Vol.
36, No. 6, pgs. 66-67.
Horn, M. (Jan. 18, 1988) "Handcrafted Investments,” U.S. News
and World Report, pgs. 66-68.
Current (March 1987) Ceramics Monthly, pg. 45.
Smith, P. and Lucie-Smith, E. (1986). Craft Today, Poetry of the Physical, (pgs. 191, 294) New York: Wiedenfeld and Nicolson.
Milner, S. (1985, December)"American Clay Artist '85", New Art Examiner, pg. 55.
Degener, P. (December 7, 1984). "Deller's Witty, Unpretentious Ceramics, “ St. Louis Post-Dispatch, pg. 4B.
Rubin, M. (December 1984). "Platters", Ceramics Monthly, pg. 31-34.
Axel, J. and McCready, K. (1981). Porcelain: Traditions
and New Versions, pgs. 62, 80, 82, 102, Watson-Guptill Publications, New
York
Lane, P. (1980). Studio Porcelain, pgs. 59, 61, 189, Chilton Book Company,
Radnor, PA
PUBLICATIONS (selected), continued
Koplos, J. (June 1979) "Review: Mason and Deller" The New Art Examiner, pg. 14.
Staff, Cover photograph and review, "Harris Deller." Ceramics Monthly, pg. 26
Schwartz, J. (April 1976) Review of Soup Tureens 76. Craft Horizons, pgs. 20-25.
AWARDS (selected)
2001 Artist Fellowship, Illinois Arts Council
1999 Artist Fellowship, Illinois Arts Council
1996 Star Grant, Illinois Arts Council
1993 Fellow, National Council for the Education of Ceramic Arts
1991 Gold Medal, 47th Concorso Internazionale della Ceramica d'Arte, Faenzia,
Italia
Artist Fellowship, Arts Midwest, Regional NEA
1991 Artist Fellowship, Illinois Arts Council
1989 Artist Fellowship, Illinois Arts Council
1988 Gold Award (1 million yen), 2nd International Ceramics Competition,
Mino, Japan
1987 Artist Fellowship, Illinois Arts Council
1986 Artist Fellowship, Illinois Arts Council
1981 Fulbright Fellowship, Seoul, South Korea
1979 Project Completion Grant, Illinois Arts Council
COLLECTIONS (selected)
The Wustom Museum, Wisconsin
City of Mesa, Mesa, AZ
Shigaraki Museum, Japan
Nora Echols Harrison, University of Utah
American Craft Museum
University of Iowa Museum of Art, Mannheimer Collection, Iowa City
Arizona State University Museum of Art
Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
Philip Morris, New York, NY
Hay Group, Washington, DC
Hallmark Collection, Kansas City, MO
Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Society of Art in Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
John A. Logan College, Carterville, IL
Sanford M. Besser, Santa Fe, NM
Law School, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
Korean-American Education Commission, Seoul, South Korea
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL
Evansville Museum of Art, Evansville, IN
State of Illinois Building, Chicago, IL
Kirkland Fine Arts Center, Decatur, IL
Barbara Okun, Santa Fe, NM
Esther Saks, Chicago, IL
J. Patrick Lannon Foundation, Palm Beach, FL
Helen Drutt, Philadelphia, PA
Hong-Ik University Museum, Seoul, South Korea
Tyler School of Art
LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS (Recent)
Visiting Artist, University of South Alabama, July 2003.
Visiting Artist Lecture, St. Josephs University, Philadelphia, PA, February 2002.
Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass, CO, Visiting Instructor, 2 weeks, July 2002, Visiting Artist Lecture, Anderson Ranch.
Juror, 6th International Golden Ceramic Awards, Taipei, Taiwan, Aug. 29-Sept. 9, 2000.
University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, April 12-13, 2000
University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, March 2-4, 2000.
Tyler School of Art ,Elkins Parkn PA, Nov. 15-16, 1999
South County Art Assoc., Rhode Island, April 3, 1999
Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM, July 26-30, 1999
Taiwanese Int’l Ceramics Symposium, June 15-20, 1998, Snake Kiln Site, Sheui Li, Taiwan
Brevard Museum of Art, FL, April 4-5, 1998
ART, Elk Grove Village, IL, May 16-17, 1997
Oregon College of Art and Craft, May 1-2, 1997
Evanston Arts Center, Evanston, IL, May 18-19, 1996
Utah State University, Logan UT, March 4-5, 1996
Boise State University, Boise, ID, March 1-3, 1996
Kansas State University, Oct. 26-29, 1995
Volume, Contour and Edge: The Porcelain of Harris Deller, Korean Modern Ceramic Art Association, Seoul National Polytechnic University, June 7, 1995
Volume, Contour and Edge: The Porcelain of Harris Deller, Taipei Mus. of Fine Art, May 1995
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