Cheri Wranosky

Artist Statement

Growing up in Kansas black-soil farming country. Living in North Georgia's lush green, red-clay country. Birthing calves and raising children on thirty acres. Studying design in a uniquely creative, nurturing college town. Appreciation of the non-judgmental and unpretentious. The kind and unkindness of man and nature. These things have influenced who I am as an individual and contribute to the emotion and inspiration behind my artwork.

My conceptual and narrative work reflects my view of the human condition as we react and interact with our surrounding environment. I quite often combine my roughly textured coil and slab hand-built pieces with found and recycled objects. The object can influence the outcome-sometimes surprising and sometimes disturbing. I'm intrigued with openings and closings, entrances and exits, keys and locks, and all that those pairings suggest for us as individuals. Many of my pieces reflect those themes.

Cheri Wranosky Artist Resume

Education

The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

B.F.A., 1984

Workshops

Debra Fritz, Randy Johnson, Sandy Simon, Robert Brady, Andy Nasisse, Ron Meyers, Ted Saupe, Cristina Cordova

Exhibitions & Publications

Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation Member Show, Watkinsville, Georgia, 6/01.

Building Arts Network Show, Atlanta, Georgia, 5/02.

Northeast Georgia Mental Health Art Show and Auction, 2/03.

Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation (Georgia) Juried Show, 5/03.

Hill Country Arts Foundation (Texas) Juried Show, 7/03.

Athens Academy Invitational Exhibit (Georgia), 8/03.

St. Petersburg Clay National (Florida) Juried Show, 11/03.

Northeast Georgia Mental Health Art Show and Auction, 2/04.

Lyndon House Juried Show, Athens, Georgia, 2/04.

500 Figures in Clay, Lark Books, 9/04.

Farm Sanctuary Juried Show and Auction, The Plaza Hotel, New York, New York.

Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation (Georgia) Juried Show, 5/04, 1st in 3-D, People's Choice Award.

Telfair Museum Juried Art Fair, Savannah, Georgia, 11/04.

Clay Times, Nov.-Dec. 2004, The Gallery, page 41

Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation Member Show, Watkinsville, Georgia, 12/04

Northeast Georgia Mental Health Art Show and Auction, 2/05.

Tate Center Gallery, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, two-person show, 03/20/05-04/07/05.

Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation (Georgia) Juried Show, 5/05

Ceramics Monthly, Emerging Artist article, 5/05.

Virginia Highland Arts Fest, Atlanta, Georgia, 6/05.

33d Annual Juried Village Art & Craft Fair 2006, Biltmore Village, Asheville, N.C. 8/6-7/05.

Suwaneeday Fest, Suwanee, Georgia, 9/17/05.

Taste of Atlanta, Macy's Harvest Fest, Atlanta, Georgia, 9/24-25/05.

Good Dirt Gallery, Athens, Georgia, Group Show, 10/05.

OCAF Holiday Show and Sale, Watkinsville, Georgia, 12/3-4/05.

Good Dirt Gallery, Holiday Exhibition, Athens, Georgia, 11/19-12/30/05.

Good Dirt Studio Holiday Sale, Athens, Georgia, 12/9-11/05.

Macon Arts Alliance, Fired Works, Group Show, Macon, Georgia, 3/06.

Clayton Street Gallery, Refuses, Athens, Georgia, 2/06.

Lancaster Museum of Art, Crafts National 2006, Lancaster, PA, 4/8-5/21/2006.

Ceramics Monthly, Upfront section, April 2006

South Cobb Arts Alliance, 19th National Juried Art Exhibition, Atlanta, Georgia, 7/9-8/13/06

Best of America:Sculpture Artists and Artisans (book), 2006

Georgia's Lake Oconee Festival, Madison, Georgia, 9/31-10/1/06

OCAF Holiday Show and Sale, Watkinsville, Georgia, 12/2-3/2006

Artspace, Fine Contemporary Crafts, Raleigh, N.C., 11/18/06-1/13/07

Mudfire Gallery, Decatur, Georgia, Triple Take (three-person show incluing Jorie Berman and Crisha Yantis), 9/15-10/13/07