Nancy Selvin Workshop

Still Life With Print

Nancy Selvin teaches a three day, hands-on workshop on dissolving the boundaries between surface and form. Participants will learn various methods for laying color, images, and text onto ceramic surfaces. Nancy has taught for almost forty years internationally, and her current work pays tribute to the history of ceramic forms, while incorporating printmaking techniques and addressing the painters still life tradition.

Participants will begin the workshop learning an innovative handbuilding process which employs foam armarture. The resulting vessels will serve as a canvas for building up surface and information. Nancy will demonstrate how she completes the forms with simple screen printing techniques and underglaze applications. Participants will be able to add layers of meaning to their work by incorporating personally relevant images and text.

Nancy's extensive journeys with clay and the information she shares in this workshop will provide inspiration for anyone looking to create more personalized & meaningful ceramic objects.

Class size 18.

Nancy Selvin Bio

Nancy Selvin is an independent studio artist living and working in Berkeley CA. She has taught for almost forty years at colleges and workshops internationally. In 1970 Ms. Selvin received her M.A. from the University California at Berkeley. In addition to numerous awards she is the recipient of two National Endowment Artist's Fellowships (1980, 1988) and 2003 California Arts Council Fellowship. She is currently Adjunct Professor of Art at The California College of Art, in Oakland CA.

Ms. Selvin's work has been written about extensively and has appeared on the cover of American Craft and Ceramics Monthly. Her ceramics are included in public and private collections, including the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian, the Arizona State University Art Museum, The Daum Museum, the Oakland Museum of California, the Microsoft Art Collection, the Mint Museum, Scripps College, Claremont CA, the Prieto Collection, Mills College, Kaiser Permanente, Leslie's Ceramics, the University of Iowa Art Museum, Shimpo America and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Nancy Selvin Artist Statement

For over four thousand years ceramic artists have made all manner of clay objects: ritual bowls, tiles covering vast palace walls, jars for oil, pots for tea, industrial toilets, bricks for construction, plates for dinner. My work acknowledges this historic tradition and pays tribute to the ceramic forms that surround us.

These still life constructions are metaphorical pots, ignoring function but built from traditional and authentic material. The text, screened on the surface, hints at the ideas contained within. The seemingly casual arrangement, the architectural format and the brushwork on the surface directly address the painter's still life tradition. The residue of handwork and the haptic quality of the color emphasize how the pieces were made.

Spare and loosly structured, these compositons have their origins in the rows of canning jars lining my mother's yellowed pantry and the rough implements, which hung at the back of my father's tool room. The work hints at the familiar re-examining the spaces we inhabit.

Nancy Selvin Resume

EDUCATION

University California, Berkeley, Ceramics, B.A., 1969

University California, Berkeley, Ceramics, M.A., 1970

AWARDS, HONORS

Art History Lecturer, DeYoung Museum, SF, 2007

Distinguished Artist Lecture, Renwick Alliance, 2005

California Arts Council, Visual Artist Fellowship, 2003

Finalist, Elizabeth R. Rafael Founders Prize, 2003

Urban Glass, First Prize, Martini Glass Competition, 1998

Guest Artist, Watershed Center For Ceramic Arts, 1998

Oakland Business Arts Award, Individual Artist, 1990

Outstanding Educator, Studio Potter Foundation, 1988

NEA Individual Artist Fellowship, 1988

Skaggs Foundation, Program Development Grant, 1986

NEA Individual Artist Fellowship, 1980

Westwood Ceramic Nat'l, Purchase Award, 1980

California Craftsman Award, 1978

ONE AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

Selvin/Gustin, Snyderman Works, Philadelphia PA, 2010

California Clay, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore MD, 2008

Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle WA, 2006

Daum Museum, Sedalia MO, 2004

Tercera Gallery, Palo Alto CA, 2003

Pence Gallery, Davis CA, 2002

Charleston Heights Art Center, Las Vegas NV, 1999

Journals/ Metamorphosis, Works Gallery, Sonoma CA, 1996

Richmond Art Center, Richmond CA, 1995

Nancy Selvin, Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak MI, 1992

Looking Through Glass, Berkeley Civic Arts CA, 1991

Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA, 1990

New Directions, Leverett Center, Leverett MA, 1988

Olson/Larson Gallery, Des Moines IA, 1986

Elements, NYC, 1984

Parallel Views, Calif Crafts Museum, Palo Alto, 1982

New Work, Anhalt Gallery Los Angeles, 1981

Quay Gallery, San Francisco CA, 1979

Introductions, Paper and Clay, Quay Gallery SF, 1976

COMISSIONS AND INSTALLATIONS

"In Berkeley" Stone/Text Sidewalk Inserts, Addison Street Arts District, Berkeley CA 2000-02

Café Lilliane, San Francisco CA, 2002

SELECT PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

The Daum Museum, Sedalia MO

The Microsoft Art Collection, Redmond WA, Santa Clara CA

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles CA,

The Smithsonian Institution, Renwick Collection, Washington DC

The Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA

Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont CA

The Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC

Nora Eccles Museum, Logan UT,

The Prieto Collection, Mills College, Oakland, CA

Shimpo America Corp, Lincolnwood, Ill,

Hokkoku Shimbun, Tokyo, Japan,

Leslies' Ceramics: Toki Collection, Berkeley CA,

Kaiser Permanente Collection, Boulder CO

Arizona State University Research Collection, Tempe, AZ

University of Iowa, Museum of Art, Iowa City IA

Celestial Seasonings Corp, Boulder CO,

Malcolm and Susan Knapp, NYC

Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan WI,

Arnold and Carol Kanter, Chicago IL

Joan K. Davidson, NYC

Joan Mondale, Minneapolis MN,

Estate of Betty Asher, Los Angeles, CA

Igal and Diane Silber, Laguna Beach CA

Kevin Nierman/David Larson, Berkeley CA

Rita Roberts, Sonoma CA,

Frank Wyle, Los Angeles CA

Joan Mannheimer, Des Moines IA

Karen Johnson-Boyd, Chicago IL

Mr/Mrs Marc Granier, Arlington VA

Hila and Saul Rosen, New York NY

Dan Jacobson, Boston MA

Jim Kolva/Pat Sullivan Spokane WA

Jo Lauria, Los Angeles CA

Norman and Sandy Mitchell, Bethesda MD

Mel and Hope Barkan, Boston MA

Gilman Gunn III, New York, NY

Prater Family, Springfield MO

Sonny and Gloria Kamm

PUBLIC SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts, Board of Trustees, President 2000-2004, Member, 1999-present,

University California Berkeley, CED Alumni Council, , Member 2005-present, Vice President 2006-07

Alameda County Public Art Advisory Committee, Member 2005- present

Marin County Arts Commission, Grants Panelist 2006

Alameda County Public Art Selection Panelist, 2005

Port of Oakland, Public Art Selection Panelist, 2004

City of Emeryville, Public Art Selection Panelist, 2004

City of San Francisco, Public Art Selection Panelist, 2004

City of Oakland, Grants Review Panelist, 2000

Summit Hospital, Oakland CA, Art Selection Committee Member, 1996-1999,

Alameda County Public Art Advisory Committee, Member, 1994 1997

City of Oakland Public Art Advisory Committee, Member, 1989 1997, Chair, 1994 1997

ProArts, Board of Directors, Member, 1987 1994, President, 1989 1991, Chair - Nominations Committee, 1991 1992, Chair - Open Studios Committee, 1991 1990

City of Oakland,Grants Review Panelist, 1986 1989

LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS

2009, MudFire, Decatur GA

2009, Sierra Nevada College, Lake Tahoe CA

2009, Ruby's Ceramic Studio, San Francisco CA

2008 Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore MD

2008, Heath Ceramics, Sausalito CA

2008, Sonoma Arts and Lecture Series, Sonoma CA

2008, San Francisco Museum of Craft + Design, San Francisco CA

2007, University Southern California, Los Angeles CA

2007, California College of the Arts, Oakland CA

2007, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe NM,

2006, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore MD

2006, University of Washington, Seattle WA

2006, California College of the Arts, Oakland CA

2006, Heath Ceramics, Sausalito CA

2006, University California, Berkeley CA

2005, University California, Berkeley CA

2005, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI

2005, University Massachusetts, Dartmouth MA

2005, Renwick Alliance of the Smithsonian, Washington DC

2005, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore MD

2004, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb IL

2004, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino CA

2004, Texas Women's University, Denton TX

2004, Daum Museum, Sedalia MO

2004, Manchester Craft Guild, Pittsburg PA

2004, Heath Ceramics, Sausalito CA

2003, San Jose State University, San Jose CA

2003, Arcadia University, Horsham PA

2003, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia PA

2003, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis MN,

2002, Academy of Art College, San Francisco CA

2002, University California, Davis CA

2002, Oakland Museum, Oakland CA

2002, Annual Conference/Ceramic Art, Davis CA

2000, University of Utah, Salt Lake City UT

2000, Casper College, Casper WY

2000, Brookhaven College, Dallas TX

2000, University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA

2000, Merritt College, Oakland CA

1999, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland CA

1999, California State University, Fullerton CA

1999, El Agora, San Luis Potosi, Mexico

1999, Bellas Artes, San Luis Potosi, Mexico

1998, Pitzer College, Claremont CA

1998, Chicago Art Institute, Chicago IL

1998, Watershed Center For Ceramics, Newcastle ME

1998, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino CA

1997, Appalachian Center, Smithville TN

1998, Richmond Art Center, Richmond CA

1998, Adobe Art Center, Castro Valley CA

1996, Haystack School, Deer Isle ME

1996, Chicago Art Institute, Chicago IL

1996, Walnut Creek Art Center, Walnut Creek CA

1996, Academy of Art College, San Francisco CA

1995, Richmond Art Center, Richmond CA

1995, Southern Oregon State University, Ashland OR

1995, Anderson Ranch, Aspen, CO

1995, Penland School, Penland NC

1994, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

1994, Academy of Art and Design, Beijing, China

1993, Whispering Pines, Alberta Canada

1993, Banff Art Center, Alberta Canada

1992, NCECA, San Diego

1992, RIT, Rochester NY

1992, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI

1991, NCECA, Tempe, Arizona

1991, Festival at the Lake, Oakland

1990, Richmond Art Center, Richmond

1990, Grossmont College, El Cajon

1990, Laney College, Oakland

1990, Creative Growth, Oakland

1990, Kaiser School, Oakland

1990, Festival at the Lake, Oakland

1989, Academy of Art, Honolulu

1989, Clay Studio, Boston

1988, Leverett Art Center, Massachusetts

1988, NCECA, Portland

1987, Walnut Creek Art Center

1987, Penland School, North Carolina

1983, Bristol Polytechnic, Bristol

1983, Cardiff Art and Design, Cardiff

1983, Leicester Polytechnic, London

1983, Loughborough Art and Design, Loughborough

1982, Camberwell Arts College, London

1982, Royal College of Art, London

1980, California State University, Long Beach CA

WORK EXPERIENCE

California College of the Arts, Oakland CA, Adjunct Professor, Ceramics, 2007-Present

University California, Berkeley CA, Visiting Professor, Department of Art Practice, 2004

Academy of Art College, San Francisco CA, Visiting Professor, Art Department, 2002

Pitzer College, Claremont CA, Visiting Professor, Art Department, 1999,

Brushstrokes Studio, Berkeley CA, Owner, Founder/ with Kevin Nierman 1995-98,

City of Oakland CA, Cultural Arts Division, Arts Project Consultant 1994

Preservation Park, Oakland, CA, Arts Project Consultant 1993

San Francisco State University, Visiting Faculty, Ceramics 1992

ProArts, Oakland, CA, Executive Director 1989 1991

UC Berkeley Gifted Program, Visiting Faculty, Summer 1988

Laney College, Oakland, CA, Lecturer, Art Department, Ceramics 1973 1987, Program Director, workshop series 1978 1986

Fashion Institute of Design, San Francisco CA,Visiting Faculty, Color Theory 1973

State University of New York, Albany, NY, Assistant Professor, Art Department 1970 1972

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

"Fundamentally Clay: Ceramic Abstraction 2002, Curator Nancy Selvin, Williamson Gallery Scripps College, Claremont CA 2002

"Ceramic Still Life: The Common Object" Dyanna Currreri, Curator Nancy Selvin, Exhibition Concept, Oliver Art Gallery 1997, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland CA,

SELECTED LIST OF EXHIBITIONS

2009, Seder Plate Invitational, Contemporary Jewish Museum

2009, San Francisco CA

2008, Complexities of Clay, Bell Family Gallery, Los Angeles CA

2008, Manchester Craft Guild, Table of Elements, Pittsburg PA

2008, Clay Mates, James Patrick Gallery, Wiscassett ME

2007, Collaborations: Watershed and Friends, Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia PA

2007, Santa Fe Clay: In Their Own Words, Santa Fe NM

2007, Richmond Art Center, Richmond CA

2006, Snyderman Works Gallery, Philadelphia PA

2006, 70 Washington Street Space, Oakland CA

2006, Prater Collections, Missouri State University Art Gallery, Springfield MO

2006, Thresholds: Innovative Clay, Ogle Gallery, Portland OR

2006, Context: The Written Word, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia PA

2006, Alterior Motives, Baltimore Clay Works, Baltimore MD

2006, Watershed Anniversary Exhibition, Society Arts and Crafts, Boston MA

2006, Art of the Book: Bay Area Treasures, Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael CA

2006, TeaTime, Gallery of the Institute of the Arts, Kalamazoo MI

2005, Vanitas, Lacoste Gallery, Concord MA

2005, Transformation:Contemporary Work in Ceramics, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburg PA

2005, Allene Lapides Gallery, Santa Fe NM

2005, Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle WA

2005, Contemporary Codex: Ceramics and the Book, Central Michigan University, MI, University Maryland Baltimore MD

2005, Diverse Domains, Yinggko Ceramic Museum Taipei, Taiwan

2005, Ceramics, Davis, CA curated by Nancy Servis

2005, Tercera Gallery, Palo Alto CA

2005, Scents of Purpose, The Jewish Museum San Francisco CA

2005, The White Show, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe NM

2005, Built Books, The Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton MA

2004, Contemporary Codex Ceramics and the Book, Manchester Crafts Guild, Pittsburg PA

2004, Ceramic Narratives, Texas Women's University, Denton TX

2004, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis CA

2004, Tea, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe NM

2004, Women's Work, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill CA

2004, Teapots: Object/Subject, Craft Alliance, St Louis MO

2004, Sidney Myer Fund, Ceramics Award Exhibition, Shepparton, Art Gallery, Shepparton Australia

2004, Scripps Annual, Standing Room Only, Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont CA

2004, 21st Century Ceramics, Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus OH

2003, Words/Text/Stories, Society of Arts & Crafts, Boston MA

2003, W/the Vessel in Mind, ElevenEleven Sculpture Space, Wash, DC

2003, In Other Words: Ceramic Books, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis MN

2003, Contemporary Ceramics, San Diego City College, San Diego CA

2003, Tercera Gallery, Palo Alto CA

2003, Fusion: Photo/Clay, Odyssey Gallery, Asheville NC

2003, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis CA

2003, Northern California Clay, NCECA San Diego CA

2003, Short Stories: Narrative Ceramics, Center for Ceramic Arts and the Ferrin Gallery, Berkeley CA

2003, One Hundred Cups, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe NM,

2002, Rendevous, Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney NB

2002, Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak MI

2002, Tercera Gallery, Palo Alto CA

2001, Still Life: Uncommon Object, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creeek CA

2001, USA Clay, The Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institutiion Washington DC

2001, Digital Ceramics, Curated by Les Lawrence, The Light Factory, Charlotte NC

2001, Convergences, Curated by Caroline Henderson, Winthrope University, Rock Hill SC

2001, Celebrating Passover, Curated by Elaine Levin, Finegood Gallery, West Hills CA

2001, Clay Patina, Patina Gallery Santa Fe NM

2001, Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak MI

2000, Color and Fire: Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics 1950-2000,

2000, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles CA

2000, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City MO,

2000, The Tucson Museum, Tucson AZ

2000, Memorial Art Gallery, University Rochester, Rochester NY,

2000, Reliquaries for America, Craft and Folk Art Museum, San Francisco CA

2000, Scripps Ceramic Annual, Williamson Gallery, Claremont CA

2000, A Glimpse of the Invisible, Arvada Center for the Arts, Arvada CO

2000, Three Visions, Casper College Gallery, Casper WY

2000, Patina Gallery, Santa Fe NM

2000, The Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak MI

2000, Celestial Seasonings, Boulder CO

2000, Millenium Platter Exhibition, Shepparton Art Gallery, Australia

1999, Diane Nelson Gallery, Laguna Beach CA

1999, New Glass Review, Corning NY

1999, China Painting Today, Ferrin Gallery, Northhampton MA

1999, Kos Chaim Invitational, Margolis Gallery, Houston TX

1999, Making Change, The Jewish Museum, San Francisco CA

1999, Gallery Alexander, La Jolla CA

1999, JMKohler Art Center, Sheboygan WI

1999, Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak MI

1998, Imperfect Harmony, Lafayette Museum of Art, Lafayette IN

1998, Touring: Nora Eccles Museum, UT, Tokyo, Japan.

1998, Celestial Seasonings, Boulder CO

1998, Ferrin Gallery, Northhampton MA

1998, Survey of International Ceramics, Laguna Beach Art Museum, Laguna Beach CA

1998, Four Views, Curated by Ted Cohen, Artisans Gallery, Mill Valley CA

1997, Ceramic Still Life: The Common Object, Curated by Dyanna Curreri, College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland CA

1997, Kiddush Cup Invitational, Jewish Museum, San Francisco CA

1996, Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak MI

1996, A Survey of Contemporary Ceramics, Curated by Igal Silber, Tustin Gallery, Tustin CA

1996, Blue Heron Gallery, Deer Isle ME

1995, Artists Sketchbooks, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Curated by

1995, Signe Mayfield, Palo Alto CA

1995, Works Gallery, Sonoma CA

1995, Patricia Williams Gallery, Portand OR,

1994, The Object as Still Life, Sybaris Gallery, MI

1994, Ceramic Invitational, Ceskey Krumlov, Czech Republic

1994, Sculpture Invitational, CCAC, Oakland CA

1994, Nancy Margolis Gallery, ME

1993, Farrell Collection, Washington DC

1993, Clay 93, A National Survey, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA

1993, Cup Invitational, Artworks, Seattle WA

1993, Dinnerworks Invitational, Louisville, KY

1992, Exhibits USA Invitational, Kansas City, MO

1992, Maveety Gallery, Salishan, OR

1992, East/West Invitational, Korean Embassy, Los Angeles, CA

1991, Faculty Exhibition, S.F. State Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1991, Cup as Metaphor, Sybaris Gallery, Detriot, MI

1991, Crocker Kingsley Annual, Crocker Museum, Sacramento, CA

1991, NCECA Invitational, Tempe, AZ

1990, Invitational, Freehand Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1990, Another Dimension, Tempe Art Center, Tempe, AZ

1989, Aha Hana Lima, Academy of Art, Honolulu HI

1989, Clay: A Feminine Perspective, curated by Elaine Levin, Los Angeles CA

1989, Raku: Expanding the Expression, NCECA, Kansas City, MO

1989, Progressions, California Craft Museum, San Francisco, CA

1989, View Points, Sybaris Gallery, Detroit, MI

1988, Julia Morgan Memorial Exhibition, curated by Suzanne Muchnic, Riverside CA

1988, ebb and Parsons, New Bedford NY

1987, Monumental Women, SOMAR Gallery, San Francisco CA

1987, Wita Gardner Gallery, San Diego CA

1987, ProArts Annual, ProArts Gallery, Oakland CA

1986, Martha Schneider Gallery, Highland Park Ill

1986, Salem Art Assoc. Invitational, Salem Oregon

1985, Historic References in Contemporary Clay, Eccles Museum, Utah

1985, eramic Still Life, Esther Saks, Chicago

1984, Clay '84,Invitational, Traver Sutton, Seattle WA

1984, 0th Annual Invitational, Weber State Gallery, Ogdon Utah

1984, CECA Traveling Exhibition, Boston MA

1984, On/Of Paper, Zaner Gallery, New York

1984, Low Fire Clay Invitational, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit

1983, Painterly Ceramics, Curated by Melinda Levine, College of Notre Dame Gallery, Palo Alto CA

1983, A Personal View, Selections from the Mannheimer Coll., Univ. Kansas Gallery, Kansas City MO

1983, Oxford Gallery, Oxford England

1982, Prieto Collection, Mills College, Oakland, CA

1982, Pacific Currents, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose CA

1982, Kanazawa Invitational, Kanazawa Japan

1982, Southwestern Invitational, Chula Vista College, CA

1981, Betty Asher's Cups, Newport Beach Art Gallery, CA

1981, Low Fire Ceramic Sculpture, Towson State Gallery, Towson MD

1981, American Clay, Merideth Fine Arts, Baltimore MD

1981, Earthenware USA, Hand and Spirit Gallery, Scottsdale AZ

1981, Scripps Ceramic Annual, Scripps College, Claremont CA

1980, Poetic Images, Elements, NYC

1980, Westwood Clay Nat'l, Otis Art Inst. Los Angeles

1980, Reality of Illusion, Univ. Art Galleries, Univ. of

1980, Southern Calif. Los Angeles; Denver, CO, Oakland CA

1980, Southern California Designer Craftsmen

1979, Unpainted Portrait, Kohler Art Center

1979, 30 x l5, Judah Magnes Museum, Berkeley CA

1979, West Coast Clay Spectrum, Security Pacific Bank, Los Angeles

1978, 5th Annual Ceramic Invitational, Univ. Art Gallery, Ogden UT

1978, Cup Show, Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan WI

1978, The Elements, NYC

1978, California Craftsmen, Monterey Penn. Mus. of Art, CA

1978, Clay from Molds, Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan WI

1977, California Ceramics, Quay Gallery, S.F.

1977, Paper Show, San Francisco Art Museum, S.F.

1977, Overglaze Imagery, Cal State Fullerton Art Gallery,

1976, Images of Cups, Smith Anderson Gallery Palo Alto

1976, Small Images, Cal State Los Angeles

1976, California Teapot Show, Anhalt Gallery, Quay Gallery, CA

1976, 100 Americans, Fairtree Gallery, New York City

1976, Homage to the Bag, Museum of Contemporary Crafts, NYC

1976, Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo NY

1976, Ceramics Plus, David Stuart Gallery, Los Angeles

1975, The Second Cup Show, David Stuart Gallery, Los Angeles

1975, Clay USA, Fendrick Gallery Washington D.C.

1974, Ceramics and Glass, Oakland Museum, Oakland

1974, Cup Show, Reno Nevada

1974, Surfaces, Fairtree Gallery NYC

1973, Show, David Stuart Gallery Los Angeles

1973, The Cup: Seven Women, Prieto Gallery Oakland CA

1973, Design/Crafts, Richmond Art Center Richmond CA

1972, Eight Women, State Univ. New York Gallery

1971, Objects, Nordness Gallery, NYC

1970, Media '70, Richmond Art Center, Richmond CA

PUBLICATIONS

"How I Got Here" Ceramics Monthly Nov 1989. pp47-50 and Cover

"Bulmer Brick and Tile" American Craft Magazine, June/July l985 pp 26-29

"Tepcoware"w/Joseph Mallia Heaven, American Craft Magazine, Aug/Sept 1982 pp 16-19

"Decorating Tile" Fine Homebuilding, Jan 1993 #78, pp 72-73.

"Fundamentally Clay: Ceramic Abstraction 2002" Scripps College,Claremont CA

"Fundamentally Clay: Ceramic Abstraction 2002" portions reprinted in Ceramic Art/Perception #47

"Live, Work, Play: An Interview with Kevin Nierman", Studio Potter 2002

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