NICHOLAS JOERLING I NORTH CAROLINA
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Artist Statement

"I make pots as much from a drawing sensibility as a pottery one. Daydreaming with a pencil. Not drawing as rendering but simply doodling, then working hard to get that drawing to function. Profile line is therefore a strong attraction, a strong dictate, as are the smaller pieces within spaces. And of course that sense of animation. My pot reference is most often you and I, our bodies. It’s where my cues come from: dance, people seated on the park bench, the cleavage that forms on the inside of a bent elbow. But I want to stay in the pot’s world-too literal and the pots seem deflated. In my studio what I hope for are pots that have qualities of sensuality, compassion, humor, and risk."

Education

1986 - MFA Ceramics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.
1971 -BA History, University of Dayton, OH

Teaching –Recent

2004
Fusion Conference, Ontario Clay 2nd Glass Assoc., Toronto, Canada, demonstrator, slide talk.
New Hampshire Potters Guild, Concord, NH, workshop.
Clayworkers Guild of Illinois, Crystal Lake, IL, workshop.
Pocosin Arts, Columbia, NC, workshop.
Carolina Clay, Greensboro, NC, workshop

2003
Ceramics Artist Assoc., Telhai, Israel, conference demonstrator.
Local Clay Potter’s Guild, Bloomington, IN, workshop.
Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM, workshop.
Satoma Art Center, Raleigh, NC, workshop.
Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD, workshop.
Philadelphia Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA, workshop.
North Harris College, Houston, TX, workshop.

Professional Experience

1987-present
Studio Potter, Penland, NC.

1984-1986
Studio Coordinator/ Assistant to Director, Haystack School, Deer Isle, ME.

1981-1983
Potter, Barking Spider Pottery, Penland, NC

1975-1979
Laboratory Technician, Robert Brent Corporation, Healdsburg, CA.

1973-1975
Laboratory Technician, Franklin Adams, Inc. San Clement, CA.

Exhibitions- Recent

2004
For The Table, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM.
The Loving Cup, Baltimore Clay Works, Baltimore, MD.
The Splendid Table, Kentucky Museum of Arts and Design, Louisville, KY.
Handle It, Worcester Center For Crafts, Worchester, MA.
Joerling, Ruggles and Rankin, Akar Gallery, Iowa City, IA.
Natchez Invitational, Burns Pottery, Natchez, MS.
Penland 75th Invitational, Wellington Gray Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.

Professional Organizations

Southern Highlands Craft Guild, Member.
Piedmont Craftsman, Inc., Member and past board member.
NC Pottery Center, Member, advisory board member.
NCECA, Member.
Penland School, Penland, NC, board member.

Collections

Roger Corsaw Collection of functional American Ceramics, Alfred University, Alfred NY.
Kadis Collection, Greensboro, NC.
Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY.
Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA
Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC.

Partial Listing of Galleries

Grovewood Gallery, Ashville, NC.
Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, IL.

Publications
500 Bowls, Lark Books, 2003.
Penland Books of Ceramics, Lark Books, 2003.
Working With Clay, Susan Person, 2nd edition, Prentice Hall Publisher, 2002.
500 Teapots, Lark Books, 2002.
Ceramics Art and Perception, review of “Pots Presented,” curated by Nick Joerling, Leigh Taylor, Mickelson, author, Issued 48, 2002.
The Art of Contemporary American Pottery, Kevin Hluch, 2001.
Functional Pottery, Robin Hopper, Krause Publications, 2000.
Wheel thrown and Altered Ceramics, Don Davis, Lark Books, 1998.
American Craft, Vessels that pour, Polly Ullrich, Aug/Sept 1998
Functional Pottery, Robin Hopper, Krause Publications, 2000.

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