Jeff Shapiro
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Anagama Fired Stoneware |
JEFF SHAPIRO
ARTISTIC STATEMENT I am interested in taking the genre of wood firing as I have learned it in Japan, and pushing it in new directions; to be concious of material and form as they relate to the effects of loading and firing.
Recently, I have been experimenting with the concept of tension ie: the archaic quality of organic clay and crusty, rough textures of the firing, in tension with forms that may be faced, sharp edged and geometric.
The challenge is to have the tension strengthen those different aspects of the work so that they 'play off' each other, rather than compete with each other.
ABBREVIATED RESUME
1949
Born New York City
1973-80
Work/Study in Kyoto, Fukuoka, Ehime, Hamasaka and Bizen, Japan
1981-83
Built Anagama kiln in Accord, New York
Commission
Rectangular Black Container Japan Gallery at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Toyoike Gallery, Okayama, Japan
1991
Koko Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Gallery at the Courtyard, Katonah, NY
1992
Edo Gallery, Cambridge, MA
1993
Takashimaya Department Store, Tokyo, Japan
The Signature Shop and Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Gallery at the Courtyard, Katona, NY
1995
Takashimaya Department Store, Tokyo, Japan
Gallery at the Courtyard, Katona, NY
Dai Ichi Arts, New York, NY
1996
Matsuzakaya Department Store, Nagoya, Japan
Judith Dowling, Boston, MA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
"Way of Tea U.S.A", Duxbury Art Complex, Duxbury, Mass.
1987
"Historic Japanese Kilns and Comtemporary American Potters", Japan Society, New York City
1988
"Wood fired Ceramics", Ten Arrow Gallery, Cambridge, Mass.
"Contemporary American Ceramics", Azuma Gallery, New York City
1989
Invitational Show, Schick Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
"The Japanese Influence on American Ceramics", Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
1990
Selected Artists from Everson Museum Show, American Craft Museum, New York City
1991
"Wood Spirits", Galleria Mesa, Mesa, Arizona
"Isezaki Invitational Exhibit", Okayama, Japan
"Wood Fire "91", Museum of Art, University of Iowa
1992-94
Gallery at the Courtyard, Katona, NY
Old Church Cultural Center - Invitational & Sale, Demarest, NJ
Gallery Camino real, Boca Raton, FL
1994
Faculty Invites - Raritan Valley Community College, Branchburg, NJ
1995
Edo Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
Gallery at Craft Alliance, Annual Tea Pot Exhibit, St. Louis, MO
1996
Blookfield Craft CTR
Elena Zang
COLLECTIONS
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
Burke Collection of Art, NY
Kajima International, NJ
Mita Corporation Art Collection
University Collection, State University of New York, New Palts, NY
The Longhouse Foundation, Jack Lenor Larsen, Long Island, NY
Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida
Art Auctions
"Collect New York"
Empire State Craft Alliance, New York City (work sold)
"Decade of Craft" American Craft Museum
Christie`s East, New York City (work sold)
Teaching, Lectures, Demonstrations, Honors
Taught Ceramics program in Japan for Parsons School of Design, New York City
1985
Lecture and demonstration, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
1988-89
Led Ceramics and Other Crafts in Japan course for Skidmore College, NY
1991
Lecture Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Lecture, Galleria Mesa, Mesa, Arizona
Lecture, Hunter College, New York City
Lecture and demonstration, Raritan Valley Community College, Branchburg, NJ
1996
N.C.E.C.A. Emerging Talent, Rochester, NY
Workshop at Brookfield Craft Center, Connecticut
Lecture, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
Listed in
Studio Potter, December, 1992
Ceramics Monthly, Up Front, February, 1994
Wood Fired Stoneware and Porcelain, by Jack Troy, 1995
Ceramics; Art & perception Vol. 27 & 28
Work may be seen at:
Judith Dowling - Boston, Ma Gallery Dai Ichi Arts, NY, S.T. Elena Zang Gallery, Woodstock, NY
Jeff Shapiro
62 Raycliff Drive
Accord, NY 12404
U.S.A.
Tel & Fax 914.626.0684
Copyright (c) 1997 by Jeff Shapiro
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