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Comfort has long
been the focus of my work. I believe in art that serves people,
be it physically or spiritually, because suffering is intrinsic
to life. Pots are the perfect vehicle for imparting comfort to alleviate
suffering.
The feeling of a warm mug in one's hands can be as valuable as the
coffee it contains, and likewise, on a hot day, a crisp lip on a
cup can be just as soothing as the cold water it holds. Pots may
also act as conduits between people; an heirloom china set links
grandchild and grandparent, or a plate serves food to two people
falling in love.
There is comfort in visual beauty as well. I try to keep my working
process honest and fresh, embracing unexpected events with improvisation.
I want my glazing to have the sensibility of little jewels of candy,
luscious and irresistible. Nostalgia for childhood pleasure nourishes
us and pulls us in, as do drawings of animals. Throughout history,
potters have often used animals as the subject of their pots' decorations.
It is important to me to continue in the legacy of the ceramic tradition,
yet I also feel content that these pots give a generous nod to modern
design.
Originally
from Maine, Ayumi Horie received her B.A. at Mount Holyoke College
in 1991, her B.F.A. at the New York State College of Ceramics at
Alfred University in 1996, and her M.F.A. at the University of Washington
in 2000. For two years, she was a resident at the Archie Foundation
in Montana and has also lectured and taught workshops across the
U.S. and Germany. She is currently directing the clay program at
the Women's Studio Workshop, teaching adjunct at SUNY New Paltz,
and working as a studio potter. She is also a board member of the
Archie Bray Foundation. More of her work can be seen at www. ayumihorie.com.
Education
2000 University of Washington
Seattle, WA M.F.A. Ceramics
1996 New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University
Alfred, NY B.F.A. Ceramics Magna Cum Laude
1991 Mount Holyoke College
S. Hadley, MA B.A. Printmaking
Solo
Exhibitions
2003 New Work
Rosendale, NY Women’s Studio Workshop
2001 Lanterns
Seattle, WA Esther Claypool Gallery
2000 Master of Fine Arts Solo Exhibition
Seattle, WA University of Washington
1998 Resident Artist Farewell Exhibition
Helena, MT Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts
1998 Ten Years of Photographs
Helena, MT Holter Museum of Art
Selected
Group Exhibitions
2005 Worcester Invitational Show and Sale
Worcester, MA Worcester Center for Crafts
2005 Exploring the Domestic Landscape
Baltimore, MD Artstream
2005 Bowled Over
Philadelphia, PA The Clay Studio
2005 Gender and the Vessel
Baltimore, MD Craig Flinner Gallery
2005 La Mesa
Baltimore, MD Santa Fe Clay
2005 Invitational Silent Auction
Baltimore, MD NCECA
2004 Ikebana X
Seattle, WA Pottery Northwest
2004 Spring Sale, Holiday Sale, Featured Shop Artist
Philadelphia, PA The Clay Studio
2004 Worcester Invitational Show and Sale
Worcester, MA Worcester Center for Crafts
2004 8 Fluid Ounces
Baton Rouge, LA Louisiana State University
2003 Holiday Exhibition
Philadelphia, PA The Clay Studio
2003 Made in Clay
New York, NY Greenwich House Pottery
2003 Ceramic Artists of the Archie Bray Foundation
Scottsdale, AZ Gallery Materia
2002 Fifty Objects for Five Dollars or Less
Seattle, WA Henry Art Gallery
2001 Past Residents of the Archie Bray Foundation
Helena, MT Turman Gallery
2001 Porcelain Revisited
Waterbury, VT Vermont Clay Studio
2001 2 Views of the Cup
Waterbury, VT Vermont Clay Studio
2000 Our Cups Runneth Over Invitational
Boston, MA The Society for Arts and Crafts
2000 Cup 2000 Invitational
Portland, OR Fifth Element Gallery
2000 Annual Soil Auction
Seattle, WA Soil Gallery
2000 Pattern: Selected Gallery Artists
Seattle, WA Esther Claypool Gallery
2000 Form Bau
Germany Golem Ziegel Brick Factory
2000- 1996 Archie Bray Foundation Annual Auction
Helena, MT Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts
2000 Master of Fine Arts Group Exhibition
Seattle, WA Henry Art Gallery
2000 Means/Ends: Plaster
Seattle, WA Soil Gallery
1999 University of Washington Summer Works
Seattle, WA Bryan Ohno Gallery
1999 Craft Invitational ’99
Colorado Springs, CO Colorado College
1999 First Year Master of Fine Arts Exhibition
Seattle, WA University of Washington
1999 First Works
Seattle, WA University of Washington
1998- 1996 Archie Bray Foundation Resident Artist Exhibition
Helena, MT Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts
1998 Emerging Clay Artists
Boston, MA Society of Arts and Crafts
1998 1998 Archie Bray Foundation Resident Exhibition
Fort Worth, TX NCECA
1997 Pots 97
Chester Springs, PA Chester Springs Studio
1997 1997 Archie Bray Foundation Resident Artist Exhibition
Las Vegas, NV NCECA
1997 Ayumi Horie, Matt Towers, and Erica Wurtz
Detroit, MI Pewabic Pottery
1997 Centennial Exhibition- Emerging Clay Artists
Boston, MA Society of Arts and Crafts
1997 All Fired Up
Boise, ID Boise State University
1996 Ceramic Forms: A National Invitational
New Albany, NY Robert L. Barr Gallery
Residencies
2000 Resident Artist
Germany Golem Ziegel Brick Factory
1998- 1996 Resident Artist
Helena. MT Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts
Teaching
2004 New England Session
Deer Isle, ME Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
2002- Present Ceramics Program Coordinator and Instructor
Rosendale, NY Women’s Studio Workshop
2002- 2004 Adjunct Assistant Professor of Ceramics
New Paltz, NY SUNY New Paltz
2004 Teaching Assistant Open Studio Session
Deer Isle, ME Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
2004 Workshop
New York, NY Greenwich House Pottery
2003 Workshop
Port Chester, NY Clay Art Center
2002 Community Class Instructor
Woodstock, NY Byrdcliffe Arts Colony
2000 Visiting Artist and Instructor, Touch and Taste in Contemporary
Art Workshop
Germany Muthesius Hochschule
2000 Visiting Artist
Anchorage, AK University of Alaska, Anchorage
2000 Teaching Assistant
Seattle, WA University of Washington
1998- 1997 Community Class Instructor
Helena, MT Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts
1997 Visiting Artist
Missoula, MT University of Montana
Lectures
2004 Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie, NY
2002 Hartford School of Art, Hartford, CT
2000 International Ceramic Center, Skælskør, Denmark
1999 Muthesius Hochschule, Germany
1999 Pottery Northwest, Seattle, WA
1998 Fraser Valley Potter’s Guild, Vancouver, BC
1998, 1997, 1996 Holter Museum of Art, Helena. MT
Awards
1999 Gonzales Scholarship
Seattle, WA University of Washington
1998 Davis Minority Scholarship
Seattle, WA University of Washington
1996 Drachman Award in Ceramic Excellence
Alfred, NY New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University
Other
Professional
2004-2005 Archie Bray Board Member
2001 “Thoughts on a Residency: Two Years at the Archie Bray
Foundation”
SOFA Chicago Catalog
Expressions of Culture, Inc.
2001 Ceramic Continuum: Fifty Years of the Archie Bray Foundation
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