American Masters, a landmark invitational exhibition highlighting sixteen of the country's most established and talented studio potters is showing at MudFire Gallery May 10, 2008 through June 21, 2008.
American Masters features fine craft by American potters whose work has shaped the landscape of contemporary ceramics.
May 10-June 21
Reception Saturday, May 10, from 5-9 pm.
Since 1991 Judith has been a full-time studio potter in North Carolina. While earning degrees in biology and painting, she discovered clay as a way to express form in three dimensions. Working with various clays, Judith makes functional and one-of-a-kind pots with a strong emphasis on form and surface character. She fires with both wood and gas and has studied throughout the United States and Japan.
She was chosen to participate in the International Workshop for Ceramic Art in Tokoname (IWCAT), Japan (1999) where she fired noborigama and anagama kilns. In 2004 Judith made her fourth trip to Japan where she spent two months making pots, firing two kilns, and participating in exhibitions. Judith recently received a grant from the North Carolina Arts Council to research Japanese Shino clays and glazes and, while on her recent trip, she interviewed potters working with shinos in the Mino area of Japan.
The Mid Atlantic Clay Conference in Front Royal, VA featured Judith as a
principle artist in 2003. Judith's pottery was featured on the cover of Clay
Times, a national ceramics magazine, as part of its coverage of this major
conference. Articles written by her have recently appeared in Ceramics Monthly,
Studio Potter and The Log Book. Judith has taught workshops throughout the United States and in Japan. She
has exhibited nationally and internationally at many juried and invitational
shows including the American Shino Exhibition, Babcock Galleries, New York.
Her work has also been seen on the Discovery Channel's Home Matters. Several
fine galleries represent her work and her showroom in Brevard, NC is open
to the public.
Since 1991, when I became a full time studio potter, I have watched my ideas come to life through my work with clay. My pottery begins on the wheel and is altered in various ways to make each pot distinctive and unique. The pots are fired in either a wood or gas reduction kiln to achieve a variety of surface effects. The line quality, imagery, and compositions are strongly influenced by my degrees in biology and painting.
My goal as a potter is to communicate my vision through the strength of the form. I work to create beautiful, functional pieces while seeking individual avenues for self-expression. I am not afraid of failure and I experiment continually with new ideas. Always growing through change, I value the unique and the unusual.
I want my creations to be used and enjoyed daily. As someone cradles a tea bowl in their hands or arranges food on a hand thrown platter or eats from a handmade plate, I like to think that I touch them in some way. I hope they are encouraged to rejoice in the world around them and to see that world imaged and celebrated in the shape of a simple pot.
Education 1989-1991 Production Crafts Clay Program - Haywood Community College, Clyde,
NC 1985 BFA in Painting - Wesleyan College, Macon, GA 1974 BS in Biology - Wesleyan College, Macon, GA 1962-1965 University of Georgia, Athens, GA Select Recent Exhibitions 2007 Mark of Fire - Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD Two Person Show - Featuring Shozo Michikawa and Judith Duff, Christa Faut
Gallery, Charlotte, NC Forms & Shapes: Architecture - AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA Spotlight 2007 - Arrowmont Center for Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN Ceramics 2007 - Guilford Art Center, 411 Church Street, Guilford, CT Strictly Functional - Market House Craft Center. East Petersburg, PA Clay National Biennial Exhibition (NCECA) - Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft,
Louisville, KY (Wood Fire Merit Award) Bourbon Bottles in the Blue Grass (NCECA) - Louisville Stoneware, Louisville,
KY National Juried Wood Fired Exhibition (NCECA) - Thrown Together, Louisville,
KY Ceramics 2007 - Guilford Art Center, Guilford, CT Wood Fired Invitational 2007 - The Clay Place, Carnegie, PA 2006 Women Artists of Western North Carolina '06 Exhibition - Turchin Center for
the Visual Arts, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC Wild Clay: exhibiting the influence of using local materials - American Folk
Art Gallery, Asheville, NC Bowl Show Invitational - Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI NCECA Invitational Wood fire Exhibition - Lawrence Gallery, Portland, OR Big Fish Small Pot: An International Small Teapot Competition - Saddleback
College Art Gallery, Mission Viejo 2005 Feats of Clay XVIII - Lincoln Arts Center, Lincoln, CA Strictly Functional Pottery National - Market House Craft Center, Lancaster,
PA (Directors Award for Form & Function) National Teapot Show VI - Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC In our Cups - Lockhart Gallery McClellan House, Geneseo, NY 18th National Juried Art Exhibition - South Cobb Arts Alliance, Mableton,
GA (Honorable Mention) Southern Accents Showcase Community, Preserve at Little Pine, Asheville,
NC The Clay Cup X - Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL Crafts National 39 - Zoller Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, State
College, PA Southern Highland Craft Guild 75th Anniversary Exhibition - Arrowmont School
of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN Greater Midwest International Exhibition XX - Central Missouri State University
Art Center Gallery, Warrensburg, MO Red Heat - Contemporary Work in Clay - The University of Tulsa School of
Art, Tulsa, OK Endless Variations: Shino Review 2005 - Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD Earth, Wheel, and Fire - International Museum of Art & Science, McAllen,
TX Galex 39 - Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL 2004 Naked Truth International Invitational Wood Fired Exhibition, Coe College,
Cedar Rapids, IA 100 Teapots 2, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD Greater Midwest International Exhibition XIX, Central Missouri State University,
Warrensburg, MO Invitational, Centre for the Living Arts, Mobile, AL 14th Annual Natl Arts Competition, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO Functional Ceramics Exhibition 2004, Wayne Center for Arts, Wooster, OH Strictly Functional Pottery National, Market House Craft Center, East Petersburg, PA (Director's Choice Award) Out of the Fire, The Community Arts Center, Wallingford, PA Two Person Show, Kawalabanya Gallery, Seto, Japan July National Exhibition, Franklin Square Gallery, Southport, NC (2nd place) Steam'en, Gallery Materia, Scottsdale, AZ Gallery Kyouei-Gama, Tokoname, Japan Wood-Fired Ceramic Exhibition, Blue Spiral, Asheville, NC 2003 Two Person Invitational, River Gallery, Chattanooga, TN 2nd World Ceramic Biennale 2003 Korea (CEBIKO) International Competition,
Icheon World Ceramic Center, Gwango-Dong, South Korea Women in Clay Invitational, Odyssey Gallery, Asheville, NC Crafts National 37, Penn State University, State College, PA Origins in Clay III, San Antonio Potters Guild, Ingram, TX Color and Form: Art and Craft Invitational, Brevard College, Brevard, NC National Art Competition, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO Sydney Teapot Invitational Show, Inner City Clayworkers Gallery, Sydney,
Australia Ceramics USA Exhibition, University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton, TX MatrixArts Space International Exhibition, MatrixArts Gallery, Sacramento,
CA 2002 45th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition, Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky
Mount, NC Crafts National 36, Zoller Gallery. Penn State University, University Park,
PA CHIC Spring Art Show, Kobe, Japan Rerun Gallery, Yamomoto, Japan Aesthetics 2002, Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery, Lindsburg, KS (First Place) Feats of Clay XV, Lincoln Arts, Lincoln, CA (Second Place) Galex 36, Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg IL Stoneware: For Daily Rituals, Red Star Studios, Kansas City, MO Handcrafted,
Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC 2001 American Shino Exhibition, Babcock Galleries, New York, NY Clay/Wood/Fire/Salt, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH Artist of the Month, Piedmont Craftsmen Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC Feats of Clay XIV, Lincoln Arts, Lincoln, CA One Person Show, Autumn Song Gallery, High Point, NC Ceramics 2001,Guilford Handcraft Center, Guilford, CT 2000 Crafts National 34, Zoller Gallery, Penn State University, University Park,
PA Clay/Wood/Fire/Salt, Southern Highlands Craft Guild, Asheville, NC Feats of Clay XIII, Lincoln, CA (Purchase Award) An Innovative Spirit, Southern Highlands Craft Guild, Asheville, NC Focus Gallery, Two Person Show, Southern Highlands Craft Guild, Guilford
Handcraft Center, Guilford, CT 2000 Crafts National 34, Zoller Gallery, Penn State University, University
Park, PA Clay/Wood/Fire/Salt, Southern Highlands Craft Guild, Asheville, NC Feats of Clay XIII, Lincoln, CA (Purchase Award) An Innovative Spirit, Southern Highlands Craft Guild, Asheville, NC Focus Gallery, Two Person Show, Southern Highlands Craft Guild, Asheville,
NC International Ceramic WorkshopExhibition, Three Legged Dog Gallery, Key West,
FL
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