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“My work uses shape and form to inflate color. Working within the realm of function expands the potential. History of ceramics, painting and sculpture collide. Clay has a simple directness – it prints beautifully.”
About John Gill
John Gill is a ceramic artist and educator. Gill is a professor of Ceramic Art at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. A member of the Council of the International Academy of Ceramics, he has travelled and lectured throughout the US, Canada and China. His work has been shown at the L.A.County Museum of Art; Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York City; Harvey Meadows Gallery, Aspen; Kraushaar Gallery, New York City; Revolution Gallery, Detroit, Michigan; Yossi Milo Gallery, New York City and Hadler Rodriquez Gallery in New York.
Gill’s work is held in the permanent collections of numerous art museums including the Brooklyn Museum, New York; the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Newark Museum, New Jersey, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gill’s work will be included in the upcoming exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, Shapes From Out of Nowhere. His work is featured on the cover of the catalog.
John Gill CV
EDUCATION
1975 Master of Fine Arts, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred,
New York
1973 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
1968-71 Cornish School of Allied Arts, Seattle, Washington
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1984-2022
Professor, School of Art & Design, New York State
College of Ceramics at Alfred University
1979-84 Assistant Professor, Kent State University
1979 Visiting Instructor, University of Washington
Winter Instructor, Archie Bray Foundation
1977-78 Instructor, Colorado State University
1977 Visiting Instructor, University of Michigan
1975-77 Instructor, Rhode Island School of Design
Instructor, Rhode Island School of Design, Extension School
SELECTED SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024 John Gill and Russell Tyler: Like Chocolate and Peanut Butter, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL
2020 Harvey Preston Gallery, Aspen, CO, two-person show with Andrea Gill
2018 Harvey Meadows Gallery, Aspen, CO, two-person show with Andrea Gill
2017 John Gill and Jose Sierra, Santa Fe, NM
2016 Harvey Meadows Gallery, Aspen, CO, two-person show with Andrea Gill
2015 Architecting Color, Paul Kotula Projects, Ferndale, MI
2014 Recent Work, Harvey Meadows Gallery, Aspen, CO, two-person show with A. Gill
2013 Hand, Hewn, Angle, Cohen Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred, NY, with Kevin Wixted
2012 Harvey Meadows Gallery, Aspen, CO, two-person show with A. Gill
2011 Noble Greenough Foster Gallery, Dedham, MA, two person exhibit with Doug
Casebeer
2010 Harvey Meadows Gallery, Aspen, CO, two-person show with A. Gill
2009 New Work, Kraushaar Gallery, New York, NY
Santa Fe Clay, (two person show), Santa Fe, NM
2008 Harvey/Meadows Gallery, Aspen, CO, two-person show with A. Gill
Paul Kotula Projects, Ferndale, MI
2007 New Work, Kraushaar Gallery, New York, NY
2005 New Work, Kraushaar Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Kevin Jacobs Design Studio, Los Angeles, CA
1000 Years of Ceramics, Jingdezhen, P.R. China, Alfred Show
IAC/Korea Invitational
2002 The Pottery Workshop, Shanghai, P.R. China
Kraushaar Gallery, New York, NY, one person show
1999 10 x 1 – 1 x 10, Kraushaar Gallery, New York, NY
1998 Hot, Revolution Gallery, Ferndale, MI
Kraushaar Gallery, New York, NY, one person show
Revolution Gallery, Ferndale, MI, one person show
1997 Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA, two person show with Andrea Gill
1996 Revolution Gallery, Ferndale, MI
New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred, NY
Museum of Ceramic Art, Alfred, NY
Kraushaar Galleries, Inc., New York, NY
1995 Revolution Gallery, Two person exhibit with Gary Stephan, Ferndale, MI
1994 Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1992 Grace Borgenicht, New York, NY
Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1991 Swidler Gallery, Royal Oaks, MI
1990 Grace Borgenicht, New York, NY
Clay Place, Pittsburgh, PA
Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1988 Grace Borgenicht, New York, NY
1987 Hinkle Memorial Library, Alfred State College, Alfred, NY, with Andrea Gill
1986 Maurine Littleton Gallery, Washington, DC
Grace Borgenicht, New York, NY
Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI
1985 Hadler-Rodriguez Gallery, New York, NY
1984 D.B.R. Gallery, New York, NY
University of Colorado, Sibell-Wolle Fine Arts Building, Boulder, CO
1983 Hadler-Rodriguez Gallery, Houston, TX
Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Hadler-Rodriguez Gallery, New York, NY
1981 Akron Art Institute, Akron, OH
Hadler-Rodriguez Gallery, New York, NY
Ohio Wesleyan University, OH
Clay Place, Pittsburgh, PA
Craftsmen’s Gallery, Omaha, NE
Massillon Museum, Massillon, OH
1980 The Gallery, School of Art, Kent State University, Kent, OH
Ells Gallery, Blossom Music Center, Northampton Township, OH
1978 Mini Gallery, Colorado State University, CO
Lodestone Gallery, Boulder, CO
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Shapes from Out of Nowhere, Robert Ellison Collection, Metropolitan Museum of New York,
NY
2016 Guest List, Cohen Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay – NCECA, Kansas City, MO
50 Year Anniversary Exhibition: Anderson Ranch Art Center,
NCECA, Kansas City, MO
2015 Summer Ceramic Workshops Exhibition, Cohen Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2014 Live Auction, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO
Art Stream, NCECA
2013 Bowl Invitational Exhibit, Portland, OR
Art Stream, NCECA
Alumni Auction, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Live Auction, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO
Art Stream, NCECA
2012 Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Lennox Hill Fundraiser, with Kevin Jacobs and Angus Powers
Art Stream, NCECA, Houston, TX
La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay – NCECA Houston, TX
Exploding Boundaries: Faculty Drawing Exhibition, Fosdick Nelson Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Open Studio with Michael Ashley, Alfred, NY
2011 Culinary Culture, Southwestern Texas University, Huntington, TX
Nazareth College, Rochester, NY
SELECTED GRANTS & AWARDS
2018 Recipient of the James Renwick Alliance 2018 Distinguished Educator Award
2014 Elected Fellow, American Crafts Council
Inducted into Keramos, Ceramic Engineering Honorary Fraternity
Excellence in Teaching Award
2008 SUNY Chancellor’s Award, Excellence in Teaching
2004 Inducted into the International Academy of Ceramics, Geneva, Switzerland
2002 Teagle Scholar Award for Sabbatical Enhancement, Alfred University
1998 Mini Grant on Glaze and Clay Research with Dr. William Carty
1996 Excellence in Teaching Award
1992/93 National Endowment for the Arts, Individual Artist Grant, $20,000
1988 New York State Foundation for the Arts, Artist Fellowship
1983/84 Ohio Arts Council Individual Artists Grant in Crafts, $6,000
Ohio Arts Council Individual Artists Grant in Crafts, $4,000
1979 Individual Craftsman Grant, National Endowment for the Arts, $10,000
1978 Workshop Grant through the Archie Bray Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts
Laramie Crafts Guild Show, Award
Young Americans, Clay/Glass Award, American Craft Council
WORKSHOPS & LECTURES
2016 Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO
Alfred Ceramic Summer Workshops, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2015 Hawaii Craftsman Guild
University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
Punaho High School, Honolulu, HI
Alfred Ceramic Summer Workshops, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2014 Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO
Morphology of Form, Alfred Summer Ceramics Workshop, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2013 Keynote Speech, Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale 2013
Homage to a Painter’s studio: A Real Allegory of a Seven Year Phase in My Artistic Career
Randolph Art Guild, Asheboro, NC
2012 Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO
2011 Nobles Greenbourgh School, Dedham, MA, with Doug Casebeer
Pottery Workshop, Jingdeshen, P.R. China
2010 Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO
2008 Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO
2007 “From Atoms to Art,” conference/lecture with Bill Carty, UCL, London, UK
2006 Alfred Summer School, Alfred, NY
Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO
2005 Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
92nd Street Y, New York, NY
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
Alfred Summer School, demo/lecture/final critique, Alfred, NY
Aberystweyth 10th Anniversary International Ceramic Festival, Wales, UK
NCECA Conference, introduced Wayne Higby, NCECA Honorary Fellow – I-Ching/Zane
Grey/Cole Porter’s, “You’re the Tops,” Baltimore, MD
2004 Bowling Green University, OH
Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, CO
NCECA Conference, technical panel with Bill Carty and Matt Katz, Indianapolis, IN
1000 Years of Porcelain, Jingdezhen, P.R. China
2003 Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
2002 Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen, P.R. China
Beijing Central Academy of Fine Arts, P.R. China
Beijing College of Art & Design, P.R China
Shanghai University, P.R. China
Suzhou Art Institute, P.R. China
Xixing Sculpture Studio, P.R. China
San Bao Institute, P.R. China
Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax, NS
92nd Street Y, New York, NY
2001 Yellow Spring Art Center, Chester Springs, PA
Santa Fe Clay Studio, Santa Fe, NM
Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO
Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
Bray 50th Anniversary, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, IL
Alfred Summer School, Alfred, NY
1999 Oakland Community College, Pontiac, MI
Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO
The Firehouse, Norman, OK
1998 Alfred Summer School, Alfred, NY
The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Monmouth University, Red Bank, NJ
1996 Reducing Lowfat Diet, American Ceramic Conference, Frog Hollow, Middlebury, VT
University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA
Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO
IRIS International Ceramics Seminar, Porvoo, Finland
1995 Elderhostel, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Whiteware Symposium, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Chautauqua Art Institute, Chautauqua, NY
1994 Congregation of Liberal Judaism, Orland, FL
Central Florida University, Orlando, FL
Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY, week-long workshop
Krannert Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL, Panel member
1993 Ceramic Symposium, Calgary, AB, Canada
Emily Carr School of Art, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, CO
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
Sotheby’s Decorative Art Program, Alfred, NY
Terra Cotta Day, Alfred, NY
1992 California State University at Long Beach, CA
University of Hartford, Hartford, CT
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
1991 Kent State University, OH, Blossom Summer School
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Radcliffe Potter Guild, Boston, MA
Harbourfront Art Center, Toronto, ON, Canada
Basketry Symposium, Harbourfront Art Center, Toronto, ON, Canada
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AK
1990 Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, CO
Cleveland Institute of Art, OH
South Florida Art Center, Miami Beach, FL
1989 Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax, NS
Alfred Summer School, Alfred, NY
Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
Radcliffe Ceramics Studio, Boston, MA
1988 Miami University, Oxford, OH
Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, CO
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Cornell Pot Shop, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY
1987 Bergren Forum, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Worcester Craft Center, Worcester, MA
Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, CA
Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax, NS
1986 Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI
Alfred Summer School, Alfred, NY
1985 NCECA, St. Louis, MO
Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham, PA
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
1984 Oklahoma State University at Stillwater, OK
Craft Guild of Dallas, Dallas, TX
Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, CO
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AK
Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Ceramic Art Museum, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Fred Jones, Jr. Museum of Art, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Kansas City Art Institute, MO
Kent State University, OH
Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Robert Pfannebecker Collection, Lancaster, PA
Massillon Museum, Massillon, OH
Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
Nelson Atkins Museum, Kansas City, MO
Ohio Wesleyan University Museum, Delaware, OH
5th IRIS International Ceramics Collection, Porvoo, Finland
Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England
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