andrew martin
Annendaalderwg 10
6105 AT, maria hoop, the netherlands
nl: + 31 6 4442 0080 | Skype: 707-709-8618
www.martinporcelain.com
curriculum vitae
EDUCATION
1984 Master of Fine Arts
New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University
Alfred, New York
1981 Master of Fine Arts Candidate
Cranbrook Academy of Art
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
1979 Bachelor of Fine Arts
Kansas City Art Institute
Kansas City, Missouri
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1986- Present Martin Porcelain, Owner, Studio Artist
2003-2008 Da Plastique Studios, studio assistant, fabrications manager
1997-2001 Dominican University, San Rafael, CA, Adjunct Professor
1997 New York State College of Ceramics, Summer Faculty
1989 University of Colorado, Boulder, Sabbatical Replacement
1988 University of Denver, Sabbatical Replacement
1985 Parsons School of Design, Artist in Residence
1985 Kohler Company, Arts-Industry, Artist in Residence ;
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), Reproduction Craftsman;
Ken Price, Studio Assistant
1982-1984 New York State College of Ceramics, Graduate Faculty
1983 Crete, Greece and Turkey, Travel/Study
1980-1981 Archie Bray Foundation, Resident Artist (two residencies)
AWARDS & HONORS
2007 “Best Books of 2007”, The Library Journal – for “The Essential Guide to Mold Making and Slip Casting”
1999 NCECA Clay National, Columbus, OH, Trax Gallery Award
1992 “Celebrating the Object- Functional Clay”, Conference & Exhibition, Keynote Presenter
1987 “Clay 87”, University of New Mexico, Best of Show
1982 & 1986 National Endowment for the Arts, Artist Fellowship
1980 Michigan Ceramic Artists Assoc., Robert Brent Award
Electrum, Helena Montana, Award
PUBLICATIONS
2012 “Ecumene: Global Interface in American Ceramics”, NCECA publication, catalogue
2011 “Overthrown: Clay without Limits”, Denver Art Museum, 2 Catalogues
“Andrew Martin’s Aquatic Aesthetic” by Glen Brown, Ceramics Monthly, January issue
“Unique Multiples”, by Yna van der Mullen, Klei Magazine (Holland), March issue
2008 “The Roll of the Mold”, (author) Ceramics Monthly, February issue
DVD- “Andrew Martin – Demonstrating Artist”, NCECA Videos
2007 “The Essential Guide to Mold Making and Slip Casting” Author
Lark Books Revised and expanded edition
“Masters of Porcelain” Portfolio and Essay, Lark Books
2006 “East Meets West” Ceramics Monthly, exhibition article, April issue
1998 “Chinese Immigrant Cooking” First Glance Books
1997 “The Definitive Guide to Mold Making and Slip Casting”, Magus Publications
1989 “Smaller than an Atom and Larger than the Universe: Rediscovering the Role of Functional Pottery”, (author), American Ceramics Quarterly (8/1)
1993 “The Dynamics of Useful Objects”, Ceramics Monthly, January issue
1992 Exhibition review, American Ceramics Quarterly, spring issue
1992 “Fashion Plates”, Country Living Magazine, August issue (Pictorial)
1990 “A Different Tea Kettle”, J. Club Magazine (Japan), Volume 1 (Pictorial)
1990 “Metamorphic Magic From Clay”, Pronto Magazine (Japan), Volume 7, No. 5
1989 “The Function of Dinnerware”, (author), Ceramics Monthly, October issue
1987 “Art, Money, and the NEA”, Ceramics Monthly, February issue (Pictorial)
1986 “Useful Pottery”, Ceramics Monthly, April issue
EXHIBITIONS
2013 “A Cast of Four”, Trax Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Solo Exhibition, Galerie De Twaalf Apostelen, Sluis, The Netherlands
Vallarius Institute of Arts, Vallarius, France
2012 Ecumene: Global Interface in American Ceramics” Santa Fe Comm. College, catalogue
Defined Form/Refined Function: Selections from the Rosenfield Collection” Addison, TX
“Formal Engagement” Lillstreet Gallery, Chicago, IL
Artstream Nomadic Gallery, Seattle
Dallas Pottery Invitational, Dallas Texas
Keramiekmarkt Swalmen, Swalmen, The Netherlands
American Pottery Festival, Minneapolis
2011 “Overthrown: Clay Without Limits”, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO, 2 catalogues
Solo Exhibition, Harvey Meadows Gallery, Aspen, CO
“New Vases” de Waaghals, Amsterdam
“Pouring Permanence”, Interior Motives Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
Archie Bray at NCECA, Tampa
“Influences of Islam” Crossroads Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
“La Mesa”, Santa Fe Clay at the NCECA Conference, Tampa
Artstream Nomadic Gallery, Tampa
“35th Anniversary Exhibition”, Lillstreet Studio & Gallery, Chicago, IL
2010 “Re-Form” KCAI Alumni from the 60’s to the Present", H&R Block Art Space, K. C., MO
“Exquisite Pots: Six Degrees of Collaboration II”, traveling exhibition, Exhibits USA
“La Mesa”, Santa Fe Clay, at the NCECA Philadelphia Conference
“2010 Visiting Artists Exhibition”, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
2009 “The Form of Function”, Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland, WA
2008 “Exquisite Pots: Six Degrees of Collaboration”, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis,
Co-Curator with Maren Kloppman- Catalogue
“Rock, Paper, Scissors”, Pottery Northwest, Seattle WA
”Beauty Sandwich: Martin, Chung, Martin”, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
“Ten Bay Area Potters Invite Ten”, Trax Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2007 SOFA at NCECA, Louisville, KY
Auction Preview, Long Beach Museum of Art
“Eat With Your Eyes,” Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis
‘Annual Ceramic Exhibition, Freehand Gallery, Los Angeles
“La Mesa”, Santa Fe Clay, at the NCECA Louisville Conference
2006 “Style and Function”, Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, NC
“East Meets West”, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
“Ceramic Cup Invitational”, The Lux Center, Omaha, NE
Artstream Nomadic Gallery, Portland, OR
2005 “The Feast”, Harvey Meadows Gallery, Highlands Village, CO
“25th Anniversary Exhibition”, Freehand Gallery, Los Angeles
American Craft Council, Winter Market, Baltimore, MD
Artstream Nomadic Gallery, Spring Tour
2002 “Victor Babu and Friends”, Dennis Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2001 Faculty Exhibition, Peters Valley Art Center, Layton, NJ
2000 “High Tea”, The T Salon, New York, NY
1999 “NCECA Clay National”, Trax Gallery Award for “Best Pot”
Solo Exhibition, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
1997 “Functional Work: American Potters”, Boettcher Mansion, Denver, CO
“Greenwich House Invitational”, Greenwich House Pottery, New York City, NY
1996 “A Passion for Pots: Three Generations of Makers”
Chester Springs Studio, Chester Springs, PA
1993 “The Table”, Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
1992 “Celebrating the Object- Functional Clay”, Conference and Exhibition,
Arrowmont School for Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
“First Cup of the Day”, Swidler Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
1991 “Both/ And- Decorative Functional Pottery”, Greenwich House Pottery, New York
Solo Exhibition, Pro-Art, Saint Louis, MO
“Table for Two”, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI
Solo Exhibition, Stanley Korshack, Dallas, TX
“Platters”, Swidler Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
1990 “Vases- Containers for Flowers”, Swidler Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
“Cups III”, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, ILC
1989 “Form and Surface”, National Museum of Ceramic Art, Baltimore, MD
“Price, Nagle, Gill, Martin”, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO
“Teapots”, New Stone Age, Los Angeles, CA
“Art of Craft”, Joanne Lyon Gallery, Aspen, CO
“Clay from Molds”, Kemper Gallery, Kansas, City MO
“Residents Return”, Kohler Art Space, Kohler, WI
“Hot Clay”, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Denver, CO
1988 “A Potters View”, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
“Colorado Clay”, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO
1987 “Clay 87”- Best of Show, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
“Potters’ Potters” Invitational, Lowe Museum, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
“Colorado Invitational”, University of Denver, Denver, CO
“New Artists”, Freehand Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Three Americans”, Maya Behn Gallerie, Zurich, Switzerland
1985 “New Twists on Pottery”, Hadler-Rodriguez Gallery, New York City, NY
“Useful Pottery”, Pyramid Art Center, Rochester, NY, Catalogue
1984 MFA Thesis Exhibition, New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred, NY
1982 Solo Exhibition, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA
1981 “Tea Utensils”, Seastar Gallery, Whitefish Montana
“Montana Potters”, Charlie Russell Museum, Great Falls, MT
“Fire and Ashes”, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
“Ceramic Symposium- All Clay”, Eastern Washington University, Cheeney, WA
“Electrum”- AWARD, Helena, MT
1980 Resident Summer Exhibition, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
Michigan Potters Exhibition- Robert Brent Award, Detroit, MI
1979 Charlotte Crosby Kemper Gallery, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
ARCHITECTURAL COMMISSIONS
1993 “Pizza on the Lake”, (120 s.f. tile mosaic floor), Marcello’s Restaurant, Chicago
WORKSHOPS & LECTURES
1984 / Rochester Institute of Technology
1985 / 92nd Street Y, New York
John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, NS
Parsons School of Art and Design, New York, NY
1987 / Arvada Center for the Arts, Arvada, CO
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
1988 / Andersen Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO
Craft Guild of Dallas
1989 / Casper College, Casper, WY
University of Kansas, Lawrence
1990 / Kansas City Art Institute
1991 / Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Indiana University, Bloomington
NCECA 1991, Arizona State University, Demonstrating Artist
Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI
1993 / Antelope Valley Potters Association, Lancaster, CA
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1996 / Emily Carr College, Vancouver BC
Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY
New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred NY
State University of New York, New Paltz, NY
1997 / Frog Hollow State Craft Center, Middlebury, VT
New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred NY
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, NS
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA
1998 / Clay People, Richmond, CA
Fire House Art Center, Norman, OK
San Francisco City College
Solano Community College, Fairfield, CA
Rhode Island College, Providence
1999 / Arrowmont School of Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN,
Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY
NCECA ’99, Columbus, OH- Moderator, “The American Slip Casting Renaissance”
University of Hartford, Hartford, CT
2001 / Sierra College, Lake Tahoe, CA
University of California at Davis
Peters Valley Art Center, Layton, NJ
2002 / University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
University of South Carolina, Columbia
Utah State University, Logan, UT
2005 / Sacramento State University
University of Dallas, TX
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond
2006 / Kansas City Art Institute
Oakland Community College, Auburn Hills, MI
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
2007 / Andersen Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO B26
NCECA 2007 Louisville, KY- Demonstrating Artist
San Diego State University
2008 / Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis
2009 / 4th & Clay Studios, Berkeley, CA
Pottery Northwest, Seattle, WA
University of Alaska, Anchorage
University of Kansas, Lawrence
2010 / Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
University of Florida, Gainesville
University of South Carolina, Columbia
Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC
2011 / Andersen Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO
Keramikos, Haarlem, The Netherlands (x2)
2012 / Arizona State University, Tempe
Connecticut College, New London
Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago
New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred NY
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, NS
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
Southern Methodist University, Dallas
Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
University of Dallas, TX
University of Hartford, Hartford, CT
University of Southern Illinois, Carbondale
University of the Arts, Philadelphia
University of Wisconsin, Madison
2013 / Craft Guild of Dallas
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Kansas City Art Institute
University of Illinois, Champagne
Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
Vallirius Institute of the Arts, Vallirius, France
St. Louis Community College
State University of New York, New Paltz
2014 / Andersen Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO
COLLECTIONS
Racine Museum of Art, Racine, WI
Ceramic Research Center, Arizona State University, Tempe
Target Corporation, Minneapolis, MN
Donald Polad, Minneapolis, MN
Kirkland Museum of Art, Kirkland, WA
Robert Pfannabecker, Lancaster, PA
Sarah Morgan, Houston, TX
Mark Lyman, Chicago, IL
John and Sharon Hoffman, Kansas City, MO
David and Louise Rosenfield, Dallas, TX
Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis
Catherine Zeta Jones and Michael Douglass, Los Angeles, CA
Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art, Alfred, NY
John Sinker, Plymouth, MI
Paul and Bunni Copagen, Shawnee Mission, KS
Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
Jack Lennor Larsen, New York, NY
Ray Dockstader, Washington, DC
Kevin Walls, East Hampton, NY
Mr. and Mrs. William Ziff, Pauling, New York
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
Kohler Company, Kohler, WI
REPRESENTATION
Harvey-Meadows Gallery, Aspen, CO
Turman-Larison Contemporary, Helena, MT
Anthony Schaller Gallery, St. Joseph, MI
Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
Sherry Leedy Contemporary, Kansas City, MO
MEMBERSHIPS
Osage Indian Nation, Pawhuska, OK
National Council for Education in the Ceramic Arts
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