JAMES KLUEG
MINNESOTA

I want to make smart art pottery that could only be made in the present, and that has at least something to say on various levels to diverse visual audiences.

Present Position

Univ. of MN, Duluth Professor of Art/ 1986-
Ceramics Area Head present

Education
1984 Indiana State Univ. Ceramics M.F.A.
1981 Indiana Univ. of PA Ceramics M.A.

Exhibitions (since 1998)
Feats of Clay XVII, Lincoln Arts, Lincoln, CA, April 28- May 3, 2004. Juror: Richard Notkin.

ISU at AXIS, Axis Art and Architecture, Indianapolis, IN, March 7-21. An exhibition of Indiana State Clay alumni held during the 2004 NCECA convention.

Perspectivei Dalla America, Palazzo Sclafani, Palermo, Italy. Curated by Peter Spooner.

International Invitational Tea Bowl Exhibition, Nothern Arizona University Art Museum, November 10, 2003 - January 10, 2004. Curator: Paula Rice.

Aspects of Clay, Macalester College Art Gallery, St. Paul, MN, October 27 – December 19, 2003. Curator: Gary Erickson, ceramics faculty, Macalester College.

It’s Only Clay, Bemidji Community Arts Center, Bemidji, MN, July 1-31, 2003. Juror: Robert Briscoe.

The Word Made Clay, Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, La Jolla, CA, February 22 – March 29, 2003. Juror: Richard Shaw. Winner: Tile Heritage Prize for “work that in the juror’s opinion best reflects the ceramic traditions of America.”

Clay and Textual Practice, Tres Gallery, San Diego, CA, March, 2003. Curator: Paul Berger.

Texas National 2002, Stephen W. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX, April 6 – May 12, 2002. Juror: Sandy Skoglund.

58th Juried Exhibition, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA, April 13 – June 9, 2002. Juror: Kevin Sharp, Curator of American Art, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL.

The Vase, Peck Gallery, Providence, RI, March 29 – April 21, 2002. Juror: Jacquie Rice, faculty ceramist, Rhode Island Institute of Design.

Materials: Hard and Soft 2002, Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, TX, 2001. January 25 – March 8, 2002. Juror: Beth Gerstein, Executive Director, Boston Society of Arts and Crafts.

CraftForms 2001, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA, December 3, 2001 – January 18, 2002. Juror: Michael W. Monroe, independent curator and former curator-in-charge of the Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery.

Crafts National 35, Zoller Gallery, State College, PA, June 5 – July 20, 2001. Juror: David Revere McFadden, chief curator, American Craft Museum, New York City.

Three Rivers Arts Festival Juried Visual Arts Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA, June 1- 17, 2001. Juror Howard N. Fox, Curator, Modern & Contemporary Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

16th Annual Greater Midwestern International, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO, January 19 – February 16, 2001. Juror: Mark Spencer, Associate Director of The Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City.

Materials: Hard and Soft 2001, Center for Visual Arts, Denton, TX, 2001. Juror: Harlan W. Butt, Professor of Art, past-President of the Enamellist Society.

Making a Mark: Experimental Printmaking and Drawing, November 8 – 21, 2000, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI. Curator: Julia Morrisoe, Professor of Art, CMU.

LaGrange National Biennial XXI, Lamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange, GA, March 25 – May 20, 2000. Jurors: Christopher Scoates, Director of the Atlanta College of Art Gallery, and Debra Wilbur, Director of the City Gallery at Chastain in Atlanta. For Juror’s Merit Award, eight works chosen out of 450 accepted works.

Prevailing Winds: Current Trends in Contemporary Ceramics, Young & Constantin Gallery, Wilmington, VT, January 15 – March 20, 2000. Juror: Beth Gerstein, Executive Director, Boston Society of Arts and Crafts.

Greater Midwest International XV, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO, January 24 – February 25, 2000. Juror: Billi R. S. Rothove, Gallery Coordinator, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts.

Ceramics: Viewpoints 2000, Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA, January 24 – February 16, 2000. Juror: Lloyd E. Herman, independent curator and founding Director of the Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery. First Place Winner for “Acquired Taste.”

56th Juried Exhibition, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA, February 12 – April 19, 2000. Juror: Susan Lubowsky Talbott, Director, Des Moines Art Center.

Solo exhibition, Hughes Fine Arts Center, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, September 20 – 30, 1999

17th Annual September Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA. August 28 – October 24, 1999. Juror: Beth Handler, Assistant Curator, Department of Painting and Drawing, Museum of Modern Art, NYC.

Feats of Clay XII, Lincoln Arts/Gladding, McBean Co, Lincoln, CA, May 5 – 22, 1999. Juror: Michael Lucero.

Below 2000, Portland Center for Contemporary Craft, Portland, OR, May 4 – June 13, 1999. Juror: Mark Burns, Professor of Art, University of NV – Las Vegas
Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts 1999 National Ceramic Competition, Florence, AL, 1999. Juror: Ruth C. Butler, Editor, Ceramics Monthly.

Out of the Fire VIII, Kreft Center Gallery, Concordia College, Ann Arbor, MI, 1998. Juror: Gary Griffin, Head of Metalsmithing, Cranbrook Academy of Art.
Second Place for “Dos & Don’ts.”

Extended exhibition vita available at www.klueg.com

Awards
Tile Heritage Foundation Prize February, 2003

U of M McKnight Arts & Humanities 2001-2002, 2002-2003
Research Award & 2003-2004 acad. yrs.

16th Annual Greater Midwest March, 2001
International Juror’s Merit Award

Juror’s Merit Award, LaGrange National March, 2000
XXI Biennial

Second Place & Purchase Award, 56th January, 2000
Juried Exhibition

First Place, Ceramics: Viewpoints 2000 January, 2000

Second Place, Out of the Fire VIII November, 1998

Honorable Mention, ANA 27 October, 1998

Albert Tezla Teacher/Scholar Award Spring, 1998

Purchase Award, LaGrange April, 1998
National XX Biennial (purchased for
Chattahoochie Valley Art Museum,
LaGrange, GA)

13th Annual Greater Midwest February, 1998
International Juror’s Merit Award

Publications & Reviews

“Feats of Clay XVII,” Clay Times, July/August 2004.

Paul Berger, “James Klueg’s Intentional Ceramix,” Ceramics Monthly, November 2002

Katherine Imbrie, “Vase Extravaganza is theme of Gallery Night,” The Providence (RI) Journal, LIVE section, April 18-21, 2002.

Photo, artist statement and technical description of vase, Dictum included in The Ceramic Surface by Mathias Ostermann, A & C Black, London, 2002. Image of Amenities selected for tiled cover images.

Up Front, Ceramics Monthly, May 2000. Mention of First Place award in Ceramics: Viewpoints 2000.

Ceramics: Viewpoints 2000 Juror’s Statement by Lloyd E. Herman at website: http://www.viewpointceramics.net/jurorstate2000.htm

Photos of vase, “Culcha” included in Low-Fire Surface Decoration, by Lynn Peters, Lark Books, Asheville, NC, 1999.

Photo of “More” in The Ceramics Design Book, Lark Books, Asheville, NC, 1998.

Short biographical article and two photos of work in American Ceramic Artists Today, edited by Poslin Zhou and Stan Welch, 1998.

Allyson Reynolds Dixon, “Ceramics: Inspriration from the ground up – American Ceramics editor to judge entries,” San Angelo Standard-Times, April 12, 1998.

Photo of “Chinese Whispers” in Handbuilt Ceramics, Kathy Triplett, Lark Books, Asheville, NC, 1997.