Artists' Fellowship - 1985
Crafts
Artist Statement:
I was able to Paris to work at the Sevre Porcelain Factory on collaborative project. I mounted a large exhibit.
More about the Artist:
Through her innovative use of ceramics, Betty Woodman blurs distinctions between fine art and craft.She uses the motif of the vase and the vessel repeatedly, allowing it to enrich her exploration of formal and painterly traditions. In regards to this, Woodman says:
”The centrality of the vase in my work is certainly a reference to a global perspective on art history and production. The container is a universal symbol- it holds and pours all fluids, stores foods, and contains everything from our final remains to flowers. The vase motif connects what I do to all aspects of art. I can mix the motifs of a classic Greek vase on one side of a triptych with the details of a Japanese print on the other all conveyed with a palette based on the hues of a recollected Hindu temple.”
Woodman's work is in museums and galleries all over the world including the American Craft Museum in New York, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Carnegie-Mellon Institute in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, Het Kruithuis, s’Hertongenbosch in The Netherlands, the International Ceramic Museum in Faenza, Italy, the Provincial Museum Voor Moderne Kunst in Oostende, Belgium, the Renwick Gallery in the National Museum of American Art in Washington, DC, the St. Louis Museum of Art, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, and the World Ceramic Center in Ichon, Korea.
Recent Solo Shows include:
2007 Memories, Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
2006 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
2006 Betty Woodman: New Work, Max Protetch Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Betty Woodman: Recent Ceramic Sculpture, Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica
2005 Betty Woodman, Max Protetch Gallery, New York, NY
Awards Include: Honorary Fellow, National Council of Educators in Ceramic Arts (2000),The Visionary Award of the American Craft Museum, New York (1998), Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship, Bellagio Study Center, Italy (1995) and three NEA Fellowships.
|
