JOSH DEWEESE I MONTANA
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I am interested in how pots can be used every day to bring art into our lives, enhancing our experience with food, adorning our homes, and providing a necessary ritual to nourish our soul and mind as well as our bodies. I try to make pottery which is successful in several ways; comfortable to use, enjoyable to look at, and interesting to think about. For me utilitarian pottery is an arena for playing with the plasticity of clay and its potential in the fire, and a response to the rich history of ceramic arts throughout the world.

I’m drawn to the beauty and mystery of high temperature melting and the element of chance that occurs in
atmospheric firings. Woodfiring is a process where extreme surfaces can be achieved, in the subtle qualities of raw clays and the vibrant depths of a running glaze. Learning how to use this extremity in an appropriate way for making pottery is of great interest to me and I continue to search how to best integrate these two passions.

EDUCATION

1991 New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, New York. MFA

1985 Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri. BFA

1980-82 Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1992-Present Resident Director, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana

1992 Ceramics Faculty Affiliate, 2-D Foundations Instructor, Montana State
University, Bozeman, MT

1988-89, 90 Resident Artist & Instructor, Archie Bray Foundation

1986.Co-Coordinator, Summer Ceramics Program, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, California 1987.

AWARDS
1999 Amaco Award, 7th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National, Market House
Craft Center, Ephrata, PA

Garwin Family Foundation Award, Clay Cup VII, University Museum, Southern
Illinois University-Carbondale, Illinois

1998 Zimmerman, Pfannebecker and Nufort Award Winner, " 6th Annual Strictly
Functional Pottery National" Market House Craft Center, Ephrata, Pennsylvania.

1997 Montana Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship Award, Helena,, Montana

Award Winner, ANA 26, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana

Award Winner, "5th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National", MHCC, Ephrata,
PA

Award Winner, "Feats of Clay X", Lincoln Arts, Lincoln, California

1994 Award Winner, "Studio Days Invitational '94," Chester Springs Studio,
Chester Springs, PA Award Winner, "Clay National," Zoller Gallery, Pennsylvania
State University, State College, PA

1992 Second Place, "Great Lakes National," Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

1991 Third Place, "Anticipation 91," New Art Forms Exposition, Navy Pier, Chicago,
Illinois

1988 Summer Grant Recipient, Archie Bray Foundation, NEA Funding

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

1999 Josh DeWeese, Solo Exhibition, Grace Scott Pottery, Seattle, WA

The Clay Cup VII, University Museum, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

For the House and Garden, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI

Ceramic Group Exhibition, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI

NCECA Clay National, Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, OH

Ceramics 99, Guilford Handcraft Center, Guilford, CT

Select 12, Seigfred Hall, Ohio University, Athens, OH

Select 15, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

7th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National, Market House Craft Center,
Ephrata, PA

Wood Salt, &Soda: Atmospheric Fired Ceramics, Odyssey Gallery, Asheville, NC

31st Annual Yellowstone Art Museum Auction, Yellowstone Art Museum , Billings,
MT

1998 Platter Invitational, Fifth Element Gallery, Portland, OR

Vessels That Pour, Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, IL

Resident Artists of the Archie Bray Foundation, Beall Park Art Center, Bozeman,
MT

Ceramix, Sutton West Gallery, Missoula, MT

Put a Lid on It, Leu Art Gallery, Belmont University, Nashville, TN

Tea Bowl Invitational, San Francisco Craft and Folk Art Museum, San Francisco, CA

Glenn Richards Pottery Invitational, Glenn Richards, Seattle, WA

Working with Function, Chester Springs Studio, Chester Springs, PA

The DeWeese Family, Bridgestreet Gallery, Bigfork, MT

ANA 27, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT

1998 Recent Work by Josh and Tina DeWeese, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT

12th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Art, San
Angelo, TX

Ceramics USA 1998, University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton, TX

Archie Bray Foundation Exhibition NCECA/Ft Worth, Continental Plaza, Ft Worth,
TX

Archie Bray Foundation 1998 Resident Artists, Northcutt Steele Gallery, Montana
State University-Billings, Billings, MT

30th Annual Yellowstone Art Center Auction, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT

1997 Josh DeWeese: Works In Clay, solo exhibit, North Harris College, Houston, TX

College of the Ozarks Woodfired Invitational, College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout,
Missouri

Functional Ceramics Invitational, Alfred University, Alfred, New York

POTS 97, Chester Springs Studio, Chester Springs, Pennsylvania

Functional Work: American Potters, Boettcher Mansion, Boulder, CO

Tureen du Jour, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN

1997 Chris & Josh: Autio/DeWeese, 2-person exhibit, Missoula Museum of Art,
Missoula, MT

Anything That Pours, Appalachian Center for the Crafts, Smithville, TN

Cambridge Invitational, Cambridge, WI

29th Annual Yellowstone Art Center Auction, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT

Archie Bray Foundation Resident Exhibit-NCECA/Las Vegas, Green Valley Library
Gallery, Henderson, NV

1996 Domestic Pottery, Joanne Rapp Gallery/The Hand and the Spirit, Scottsdale,
Arizona

Rendezvous!, Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, Nebraska

Magic Mud Northwest Invitational, Traveling Exhibition, Gallery by the Lake, Coeur
d'Alene, ID; Herrett Center, Twin Falls, ID; Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho

Studio Days 96, Chester Springs Studio, Chester Springs, Pennsylvania

Butts, DeWeese, Senska, Waddell, Danforth Gallery, Livingston, Mt

Side by Side, Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

4th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National Exhibit, Market House Craft Center,
Ephrata, PA

28th Annual Yellowstone Art Center Auction, YAC, Billings, MT

1995 Steeped in Clay, Artspace/Lima, Lima, Ohio

Super Bowls, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona

Chris Autio / Josh DeWeese, 2-person exhibition, Beall Park Art Center, Bozeman,
Montana

Woodstack/Archie Bray Foundation, Gallery of Visual Arts, University of Montana,
Missoula, MT

Functional Ceramics 95, Wayne Center for the Arts, Wooster, Ohio.

Dinnerworks 1995, Louisville Visual Arts Association, Louisville, KY

Teapot Invitational, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, Michigan

Third Annual Teapot Invitational, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO

1st International Ceramics Exhibition, Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic

1994 The Spirit of Place, Penelope Lucas Gallery, Tacoma, Washington

The Potters Art: Form and Function, Clayspace Gallery, Miami Beach, Florida

The Archie Bray Foundation: A Ceramic Tradition, Paris Gibson Square, Great
Falls, MT

1993 Soup Tureens '93, Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Legacy of the Archie Bray Foundation, Archie Bray Foundation, and Bellevue Art
Museum, Bellevue, Washington

Under 40, Bowling Green University, Bowling Green, Kentucky

1992 Thrown and Altered, Lill Street Gallery

The Expressive Teapot, and First Cup of the Day, Swidler Gallery, Royal Oak,
Michigan

The Exception Rather Than the Rule, Vermont State Craft Center, Burlington,
Vermont

Utilitarian Clay: Celebrate the Object, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts,
Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Containers Revisited, Juried NCECA Exhibition, Tyler Gallery, Elkins Park,
Pennsylvania

In the Path of Flame, University Center Gallery, University of Montana, Missoula,
Montana

Bozeman Area Potters, Beall Park Art Center, Bozeman, Montana

WORKSHOPS/SLIDE LECTURES/JUROR

1999 Juror, Annual Student Exhibition, Gallery of Visual Art, University of Montana,
Missoula, MT

Juror, Bellevue Art Fair, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA

Juror, Habit to Ritual: Pots for Living, Chester Springs Studio, Chester Springs, PA.

1998 Juror, Crossroads in Clay, National Exhibition, Middletown Fine Arts Center,
Middletown, OH

1997 Juror, All-Fired Up, Ceramic National Juried Exhibition, Visual Arts Center,
Boise State University, Boise, Idaho

Juror, 12th Annual Artfest, Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, WA.

1988-99 Workshops and Slide Lectures, University of Miami; Kansas City Art
Institute; University of Missouri; Montana State University; Pewabic Pottery, Detroit,
Michigan: University of Tennessee; Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville;
Washington University; Webster University; Forest Park Community College; 92nd
Street Y, New York, NY; University of Utah, Logan, UT; Dr. Philip's High School, Orlando,
FL University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; Frasier Valley Potters Guild, Vancouver, B.C.
Canada; League of New Hampshire Craft Studios, Hanover, NH; Mendocino Art Center,
Mendocino, CA; Arrowmont School for the Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN; Frog Hollow,
Middlebury, VT; College of Southern Idaho, Twin Falls, Idaho; Woodstack Conference,
University of Montana, Missoula, MT; Michigan Mud Conference, Oakland Community
College, Auburn Hills, MI; Utilitarian Clay Conference, Arrowmont School, Gatlinburg,
TN; Peter's Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ; Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR; Boise
State University, Boise, ID; Indiana University, Indiana, PA; El Camino College, Los
Angeles, CA; Pomona College, Clairmont, CA; Texas A&M at Corpus Christi; North
Harris College, Houston, TX, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI; Ohio University,
Athens, OH; University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and the Grace Scott Pottery,
Seattle, WA.

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