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"A child of medical
missionaries to Japan, I spent eighteen years of my life there.
After college in the States, I returned to Japan to work as an apprentice
in pottery for four years. In the rigorous discipline of a traditional
Japanese apprenticeship, working with clay became a way of life.
It defined for me an aesthetic that guides my work as well as my
way of living and of being human.
I now work in
Kent CT where I built my studio and 30 foot long Japanese style
wood-firing tunnel kiln (anagama). I love wood firing! I love the
process and the results. I find it liberating and challenging to
explore in depth the relationship between the clay I have chosen,
the kiln and firing, the shapes that have evolved, and my own intention.
This process of integrating these elements over many years is reflected
in my work and empowers my life."
One-Person Exhibitions Signature
Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 2005
Munson Gallery, Chatham, MA, 2005
Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT, 1989–2004
Elena Zang Gallery, Shady (Woodstock), NY, 2003
Hiro Gallery, Wakayama, Japan, 2002
Kumagai Museum, Tokyo, 1994
Au Gallery, Osaka, 1994
Paris–New York–Bangkok Gallery, Thailand, 1994
Galery Gianna Sistu, Paris, 1993
Paris–New York–Kent Gallery, Kent, CT, 1988
Departure Gallery, New York, NY, 1983-1991
Mingei Gallery, New York, NY, 1981
Selected Group Exhibitions
Elena Zang Gallery, Shady (Woodstock), NY, 1997-2005
Ferrin Gallery, Lenox, MA, 2005
Cheryl Hazan Gallery, NY, NY, 2003-2005
Signature Shop and Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 2002-2005
Munson Gallery, Chatham, MA, 2004-2005
Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY, Earth,Wood and Fire, 2005
International Wood Fire Exhibition, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art,
Iowa, 2004
Germain Keller Gallery, Garrison, NY, Passionate Fire 2003
Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH, Clay, Wood, Fire, Salt, 2001
Worcester Center for Crafts, MA, Invoking the Source: The Ancient
Feminine, 2001
Blue Heron Gallery, Deer Isles, ME, Thirty Stokers, 2000
University of Iowa Museum of Arts, International Wood-fire Exhibition,
1999
Odyssey Gallery, Asheville, N.C., Wood, Salt, Soda: Atmospheric
Fired Ceramic, 1999
Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT, Woodfire in America, 1996
Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN, Clay, Wood, and Fire, 1996
Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, CT, Containers, 1992
Wheeler-Seidel Gallery, New York, NY, 1990–1992
University of Iowa Museum of Arts, American Woodfire, 1991
Awards and Professional Activity
Ruth Steinkraus-Cohen Memorial Outstanding Women of Connecticut
Award, 2003
One Earth, One Family wall mural commission, Hartford Hospital,
Hartford CT, 2002
Presenter, 1st & 2nd International Wood-fire Conf., Iowa University,
1991, 1999
Founded Still Mountain Center to foster East–West artistic
exchange,1998
Featured in The New York Times; The International Herald Tribune;
House and Garden; Ceramics Monthly; Studio Potter; Woodfired
Stoneware and Porcelain (Jack Troy); Whimsy in the Garden (Martin
& Brown). Ruth Chenven Foundation grant for kiln construction,
1986
Wakayama Museum award in ceramic sculpture, 1981
Education
Raised and schooled in Japan, 1951–1968
B.A. in Fine Arts, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL, 1972
Ceramic apprenticeships in Japan, 1975–1978
Researched kilns and potteries in Korea and Japan, including Okinawa,1978
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