What types of art do you specialize in?

We specialize in contemporary ceramics from the 1950s onward, including clay and porcelain sculptures.

Do you offer collection services?

Yes, we work with private collectors and artist archives to organize, document, and appraise ceramic art collections for deacquisition or placement.

Can you help with exhibition development?

Absolutely, we collaborate with museums and cultural institutions to develop and present ceramic art exhibitions.

Do you provide touring programs?

Yes, we curate and organize touring exhibitions for contemporary ceramic artists.

What are legacy projects?

Legacy projects include customized services for artists, such as retrospective catalogs, exhibitions, and museum acquisitions.

Project Type: 2015

May

2017

Ferrin Contemporary at PULSE MIAMI 2015

Ferrin Contemporary presents
Cristina Córdova in ISLA SALVAJE (wild island) at

December 1–5, 2015
Indian Beach Park, 4601 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33140
Booth S-113

Cristina is a nominee for the PULSE Prize, a cash grant awarded to an artist of distinction exhibiting a solo presentation at the fair.

EVENTS + HOURS

Tuesday, December 1
Private Preview Brunch By VIP Invitation, 1–4pm
Opening Celebration, 4pm–7pm

Wednesday, December 2, 10am–7pm
Thursday, December 3, 10am–7pm
Friday, December 4, 10am–7pm
Saturday, December 5, 10am–5pm
Sunset Celebration, 5pm–7pm

PULSE MIAMI is located at Collins Avenue and 46th Street right next to the Eden Roc Hotel and with direct access from the beach and boardwalk. PULSE is recognized for providing its international community of emerging and established galleries with a dynamic platform for connecting with a global audience. PULSE offers visitors an engaging environment in which to discover and collect the most compelling contemporary art being produced today.

Cristina Córdova, “Dibujo en Barro” 2015, clay, pigments, 96 x 72″.

Cristine Córdova, “Untitled” detail, 2015, ceramic, resin, pigments, 34 x 23 x 12″.

Cristina Córdova, “De mi isla salvaje (from my wild island)” 2015, ceramic, resin, pigments, tiles 93 x 70″, figure 53 x 25 x 17″.

Ferrin Contemporary booth featuring Cristina Córdova at PULSE Miami 2015.

May

2017

BERNARDAUD: My Blue China

Fondation d’entreprise Bernardaud presents:

My Blue China | la Mondialisation en Bleu et Blanc

December 16, 2015–February 28, 2016
Ariana Musée Suisse de la Céramique et du Verre
Avenue de la Paix 10, CH-1202 Geneva, Switzerland

June 11–November 21, 2015
Fondation d’entreprise Bernardaud
27 Avenue Albert Thomas, Limoges, France

The exhibition features Ferrin Contemporary artists Sin-ying Ho and Caroline Slotte.

Click here for Blouin Art Info review with slideshow.
Click here for CFile: My Blue China with essay by the curator Laurent de Verneuil.

Sin-ying Ho, “One World, Many Peoples No. 2″ 2010, porcelain, cobalt pigment, underglaze, decal, glaze, 77 x 23.25”

Bernadaud: My Blue China exhibition photo featuring work by Bouke de Vries.

Caroline Slotte, from the series “Under Blue Skies” 2015, reworked second-hand ceramics.

Bernadaud: My Blue China exhibition photo featuring work by Bouke de Vries.

Bernadaud: My Blue China exhibition photo featuring work by Sin-ying Ho.

“Recent cases of withdrawal into cultural identity have led many artists to ponder the phenomenon of cultural globalization. “My Blue China” sheds new light on the issues at hand, bringing together the works of 12 internationally renowned contemporary artists that make explicit reference to blue and white porcelain. The exhibition shows the extent to which this universal leitmotif – whether applied to ceramics, painting, photography or video-making – refreshes our reflections on aesthetics, identity, hybrid art and cultural imperialism.”

— Laurent de Verneuil, exhibition curator

May

2017

GLAZED & DIFFUSED

June 20 – August 16, 2015

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FERRIN CONTEMPORARY

1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA

Robert Silverman, “Tirana (inspired by Rana) 2015, 15 x 10′.

Glazed & Diffused, group exhibition at Ferrin Contemporary, 2015

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

North Adams, MA —

Glazed & Diffused is a survey exhibition focused on a select group of international artists, from George Ohr (b. 1857) to several mid-career artists chosen from the exhibition Ceramic Top 40. These artists use fired clay and glaze pigment to convey abstract content. Their sculpture, objects, vessels, tile, and site-specific installations reveal intended, abstract results using fluidity, abstraction, and color theory.

Spanning eight weeks this summer, Glazed and Diffused will bring attention to the lively dialogue surrounding the dissolution of categorical constraints in institutions and the art market through programming that includes panel discussions, DISH + DINE events and Artist Salons

“Over the course of my career, I have witnessed both the emergence of abstract clay sculpture in the late 1950s and 60s and its re-emergence as a fine art trend fully integrated into contemporary art market. In 2015 fine artists are regularly creating objects and sculpture in clay alongside their works in painting and various other mediums, and likewise their galleries are mounting solo and group exhibitions inclusive of ceramics.”

“Within encyclopedic museums, the permanent collections and period rooms are offering new contexts for contemporary ceramic art to be considered both chronologically and thematically alongside parallel artwork in all media. The “Dirt on Delight” exhibition presented in 2009 at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia, was the important seminal museum survey that ignited interest and marked the moment when ceramics not only garnered the attention of New York’s illustrious art critics, such as Roberta Smith, but also that of the Chelsea galleries who began to focus attention on a younger generation alongside the known masters of the medium — Viola Frey, Betty Woodman, Peter Voulkos, Ken Price and Robert Arneson.

“Dirt on Delight: Impulses That Form Clay,” curated by Ingrid Shaffner and Jenelle Porter, was accompanied by a catalog that included Glenn Adamson’s essay “Sloppy Seconds: The Strange Return of Clay.” Since that moment, curators have turned their sights towards ceramics in survey exhibitions organized during Pacific Time in California, by Crystal Bridges, the Venice Biennale, and the Whitney Biennial. (In 2014, the Whitney Biennial featured sculpture by ceramic master John Mason alongside younger counterparts who have only recently aligned with the medium.)” – Leslie Ferrin, Curator

Robert Silverman, “Tirana (inspired by Rana) 2015, 15 x 10′.

Lauren Mabry, “Contain or Deliver” 2015, red earthenware, glaze, 11 x 19 x 18″

Glazed & Diffused, group exhibition at Ferrin Contemporary, 2015

Jae Yong Kim, “Donut Madness” detail, 2013, ceramic, lustre glaze, glaze, Swarovski crystals, 57 x 57 x 1.5″.

Linda Sormin, “Just So You Know” detail, 2015, ceramic, glaze, 29 x 33.5 x 21″.

Robert Silverman, “Tirana (inspired by Rana) 2015, 15 x 10′.

George Ohr, Three Vases, “Green & Indigo Large Dimpled Vase with Ruffled Rim” 5 x 5 x 5, “Folded Vessel, Vivid Indigo” 1897–1900, 4 x 4.5 x 4.5″, “Dimpled Brown Vase” 5 x 3.75 x 3.75″.

EXHIBITING ARTISTS

RAYMON ELOZUA

PETER CHRISTIAN JOHNSON

JUN KANEKO

JAE YONG KIM

STEVEN YOUNG LEE

LAUREN MABRY

SARA MOORHOUSE

RON NAGLE

GEORGE OHR

PETER PINCUS

ROBERT SILVERMAN

LINDA SORMIN

TOSHIKO TAKAEZU

BEATRICE WOOD

BETTY WOODMAN

RAYMON ELOZUA

PETER CHRISTIAN JOHNSON

JUN KANEKO

JAE YONG KIM

STEVEN YOUNG LEE

LAUREN MABRY

SARA MOORHOUSE

RON NAGLE

GEORGE OHR

PETER PINCUS

ROBERT SILVERMAN

LINDA SORMIN

TOSHIKO TAKAEZU

BEATRICE WOOD

BETTY WOODMAN

PRESS & PROGRAMMING

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PAST EVENTS

OPENING RECEPTION
Saturday, June 20, 4 to 6 pm | Ferrin Contemporary, 1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA

Meet artists Raymon Elozua, Lauren Mabry, Peter Pincus, Robert Silverman, and Linda Sormin.

ARTIST SALON AND SUNDAY BRUNCH
Sunday, June 21, 11 am to 1 pm | Project Art, 54 Main Street, Cummington

Visual presentations and roundtable discussion with artists Raymon Elozua, Lauren Mabry, Robert Silverman, and Linda Sormin

PANEL DISCUSSION: “CLAY IS HOT! Good Better Best”
Sunday, July 19, 3 pm | 1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA

Collecting ceramics from George Ohr to Ai Weiwei — Antiques Roadshow regulars Suzanne Perrault and David Rago, along with the consulting producer Daniel Farrell will discuss collecting ceramics made in the late 1800s through today. The panel, moderated by Ferrin Contemporary director, Leslie Ferrin, will focus on provenance, connoisseurship, and values in ceramics.for a panel discussion moderated by Leslie Ferrin about provenance, connoisseurship, and values in ceramics, pottery, and porcelain 1900 to the present.Guests will have a chance to view the exhibition, GLAZED & DIFFUSED, before the panel discussion and afterwards during a wine and cheese reception in the gallery.

DISH & DINE
Sunday, July 19, 6:30 to 9 pm | Ferrin Contemporary, 1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA

Following the panel discussion and reception, enjoy dinner in the gallery with collectors, artists, and panelists. Gramercy Bistro, MASS MoCA’s in-house bistro, will serve modern fare made from locally-sourced food. Ceramic artist Michael McCarthy will provide the handmade dinnerware. Limited space and fee for the dinner.
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STUDIO AND GALLERY VISIT
Saturday, August 8, 2015 | Kinderhook, New York
Visit Raymon Elozua’s studio in Mountain Dale, NY, and tour of the El Anatusui exhibition at Jack Shainman Gallery: The School in nearby Kinderhook. Trip and transportation organized by Ferrin Contemporary. Limited space and fee.TO RSVP More…

DOWNSTREET NORTH ADAMS
Thursdays, June 25 and July 30, August 27, and September 24, 6 to 8 pm | Ferrin Contemporary | 1315 MASS MoCA Way and throughout North Adams

Ferrin Contemporary and other DownStreet art venues and galleries, stores, and restaurants will extend their hours on the last Thursday of the summer months to celebrate the arts.

ARTIST TALK WITH ROBERT SILVERMAN AND CLOSING RECEPTION
Sunday, August 16, 3–5pm | Ferrin Contemporary, 1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA

Artist Robert Silverman will talk about his inspiration for “Tirana” a featured piece in the GLAZED & DIFFUSED exhibition. Eddie Rama, artist and mayor of Tirana, Albania, who transformed the city with color, was Silverman’s inspiration for this piece. After the talk, join us for the closing reception of GLAZED & DIFFUSED.

May

2017

SERGEI ISUPOV at Kasher | Potamkin

ABOUT THE PRESENTATION

May 1–16, 2015
KASHER|POTAMKIN
515 West 26th Street, New York, NY
PREVIEW OF FALL SOLO EXHIBITION
Becoming Human – Becoming Animal

In 2015 Isupov returns to his iconic form of the Humanimal, a series of standing oversized figurines.
A sculptural surrealist, this group of four are the latest in Isupov’s lifetime series of transforming, anthropomorphic sculptures that explore human relationships by blending expression and gesture of the combined species.

The fall exhibition will build on the works shown in this spring preview at KASHER | POTAMKIN.

EVENTS

Leslie Ferrin and Andi Potamkin invite you for
BRUNCH & CONVERSATION
Sat, May 16, 11–1 at KASHER | POTAMKIN

ABOUT SERGEI ISUPOV

Sergei Isupov is an Estonian-American sculptor internationally known for his highly detailed, narrative works. Isupov explores painterly figure-ground relationships, creating surreal sculptures with a complex artistic vocabulary that combines two- and three-dimensional narratives and animal/human hybrids. He works in ceramic using traditional hand building and sculpting techniques to combine surface and form with narrative painting using stains and clear glaze.

“Everything that surrounds and excites me is automatically processed and transformed into an artwork. The essence of my work is not in the medium or the creative process, but in the human beings and their incredible diversity. When I think of myself and my works, I’m not sure I create them, perhaps they create me.”

Isupov has a long international resume with work included in numerous collections and exhibitions, including the National Gallery of Australia, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (TX), Museum of Arts and Design (NY), Racine Art Museum (WI), Museum of Fine Arts Boston (MA), and the Erie Art Museum (PA), at which he presented selected works in a 20-year career survey Hidden Messages in 2017 and Surreal Promenade in 2019 at the Russian Museum of Art (MN).

MORE ON SERGEI ISUPOV

Sergei Isupov, “Close Your Eyes, Open Your Eyes” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 16 x 11 x 7″.

Sergei Isupov, “Something to Think About” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 14 x 10.5 x 10.5″.

Sergei Isupov, “Winter–Summer,” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 16.5 x 8 x 8.5″.

Sergei Isupov, “Butterfly Catcher” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 16 x 9 x 7″.

May

2017

FAMILY AFFAIR: Sergei Isupov, Kadri Pärnamets, & Roosi Isupov

Family Affair: Sergei Isupov, Kadri Pärnamets, & Roosi Isupov

Apr 25–June 7, 2015
Ferrin Contemporary
1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA

FAMILY AFFAIR is a show of porcelain work by the three members of Isupov-Pärnamets family. Five-year-old Roosi Isupov and her parents, Sergei Isupov and Kadri Pärnamets, spend half their year in Estonia and half in the US. They speak Russian, Estonian, English, and a visual language rich with complex imagery. Their work, spoken in a universal language of art, reveals courageous inquiries into what it is to be human — intense explorations of self, relationship, and family. This is a show of their most recent work produced during the last seven months at Project Art in Cummington, MA, USA.

Sergei Isupov and Kadri Pärnamets are represented by Ferrin Contemporary.
Click here to view more work by Sergei Isupov.
Click here to view more work by Kadri Pärnamets.

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Kadri Pärnamets, “Nymph of Spring” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 14 x 13 x 7″. photo: John Polak

Roosi Isupov, plate, 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 8.5″. photo: John Polak

Roosi Isupov, “Dream of an Angel” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 8.5″.

Kadri Pärnamets, “The Customer” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 19 x 14.5 x 6.5″. photo: John Polak

Kadri Pärnamets, “Question of Honor — Lucretia, after Lucas Cranach the Elder, porcelain, slip, glaze, 11 x 10.5 x 5”. photo: John Polak

Kadri Pärnamets, “Past in Present” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 16.5 x 14.5 x 7″. photo: John Polak

Kadri Pärnamets, “St. Agnes, after Andrea di Bonaluto (14th century), porcelain, slip, glaze, 24.5 x 13 x 11.5”.

Sergei Isupov, “Sight Unseen” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 11 x 19 x 6.5″.

Sergei Isupov, “Sight Unseen” bottom, 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 11 x 19 x 6.5″.

Sergei Isupov, “Sight Unseen” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 11 x 19 x 6.5″.

Sergei Isupov, “Crosscurrent” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 11.5 x 23 x 6″.

Sergei Isupov, “Sauna” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 9 x 11 x 4″.

Sergei Isupov, “Beach Combers” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 13.5 x 7 x 3″.

Sergei Isupov, “Secret Service” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 8 x 7 x 4″.

Sergei Isupov, “Shroud of Turin” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 12 x 9 x 10″.

Sergei Isupov, “Chaos” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 14 x 9 x 5.5″.

Sergei Isupov, “Chaos” 14 x 9 x 5.5″ and “Order” 9 x 8 x 6.5″, 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze.

Sergei Isupov, “Order” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 9 x 8 x 6.5″.

Sergei Isupov, “Winter–Summer,” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 16.5 x 8 x 8.5″.

May

2017

SCENERY: Gardens, Bridges, Trucks, Turbines and Willows

Scenery: Gardens, Bridges, Trucks, Turbines, and Willows

featuring Paul Scott & Andrew Raftery

March 22–April 4, 2015
Benson Hall Gallery
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

EVENTS
Thursday, March 26, 5–9:30pm
Reception

This exhibition by Paul Scott and Andrew Raftery is the first time they have shown artwork together and comes after a ‘slow motion’ email conversation that has taken place across the Atlantic over the past five years. Their common interest is in the language of engraving realized in ceramic transferwares.

Raftery is working on a unique project which will result in the production of twelve limited edition printed plates depicting his gardening year. The exhibition shows his work in progress and includes drawings, wallpaper, engravings and the first plate in the series.

Scott is well known for his contemporary blue and white transferwares which update an historical genre to depict the contemporary landscape. In this exhibition the work is complimented by new garden and landscape collages involving sliced and edited details from familiar tableware patterns.

Andrew Raftery, “May: Cultivating Lettuce” 2014, engraving transfer printed on glazed white earthenware, 14″.”

Andrew Raftery, “Lettuce Bed” letterpress on blue coated paper, 2015, 12” x 9”.

Andrew Raftery, “Lettuce Bed” letterpress on blue coated paper, 2015, 12” x 9” on drying racks.

Paul Scott, “Scott’s Cumbrian Blue(s), Fracked No: 7,” 2015, glaze, decal, gold, c. 1850 Richard Alcock ironstone platter, 11.5 x 14.5 x 2″. Carnegie Museum of Art Collection.

Paul Scott, “Scott’s Cumbrian Blue(s), Cow in a Meadow No. 2,” 2015, glaze, decal, gold, c. 1850 feathered-edged pearlware platter, cow: 5 x 8.75 x 2, octagonal platter: 12.5″.

Paul Scott, “Scott’s Cumbrian Blue(s), American Scenery, Residual Waste No: 1,” 2015, glaze, decal, c. 1840 pearlware platter, 10 x 13.5 x 1″.

Paul Scott, “Scott’s Cumbrian Blue(s), Palestine, Gaza,” 2015, glaze, decal, gold, c. 1840 Adams plate, 9.25 x 1″. Mount Holyoke College Art Museum Collection.

Paul Scott, “Scott’s Cumbrian Blue(s), Clouds after Cadre and Lisa,” 2015, glaze, decal, gold, c. 1840 feather-edge pearlware platter, 11.25 x 14.75 x 1.25″.

Paul Scott, “Scott’s Cumbrian Blue(s), Grain Silo,” 2015, glaze, decal, gold, c. 1850 J K Meakin ironstone platter, 10.25 x 15 x 1.75″.

May

2017

NCECA 2015 Conference: “Lively Experiments”

NCECA 49th ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Lively Experiments
March 25 to 28, 2015
Providence, RI

The National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) presents its annual conference “Lively Experiments” March 25 through 28 in Providence, Rhode Island, with a pre-conference symposium, lectures and discussions, collector’s tour, and related events in the area.

PRE-CONFERENCE SYMPOSIUM

Sat & Sun, Mar 21 & 22, 8–5
Of Earth, Sea & Fire: A Symposium of Makers
Join sixteen artists for a weekend of lively discussion, demonstrations, and lectures.
Sergei Isupov to speak Sat, Mar 21, 4–5
New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, MA
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SOME PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

Thurs, Mar 26, 9
Roundtable Discussion:
Pass the Peas: Food, Objects and the Making of Community
Vipoo Srivilasa is one of five panelists who will discuss themes explored in the keynote and share their insights on the complex ways that we understand place and memory through objects, food, and community engagement.
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Thurs, Mar 26, 1:30
Panel: The Social (Media) Experiment
Leslie Ferrin joins Amanda Barr, Brian Harper, and Justin Rothshank to address the myriad of ways today’s ubiquitous social media can be utilized in ceramic education, studio practice, and curation.
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Thurs, Mar 26, 2:30
Panel: Willows, Waterworks, and Wild Roses
Paul Scott, Andrew Raftery, and Sarah Carter will examine the historical contexts of transferwares depicting North American scenery produced in the early nineteenth century as well as their political and cultural functions, highlighting their relevance to contemporary artistic practice.

Click here for full program listing.

COLLECTORS TOUR

Sun, Mar 22–Fri, Mar 28
Leslie Ferrin (curator and specialist in contemporary ceramics) and Paul Sacaridiz (president elect of NCECA) will take collectors behind the scenes to visit private collections, enjoy talks, and discover new works by established and emerging artists.

Visit the Museum of Fine Arts Boston (with curator Emily Zilber); The Clark and Lacoste Galleries in Concord, MA; Harvard Ceramics (with Kathryn King); the New Bedford Whaling Museum; Chris Gustin Studio; and Anagama Firing. And other special events.

EVENTS CONCURRENT WITH NCECA

Of Earth + Sea: Contemporary Artists Respond to the New Bedford Whaling Museum Collection
A group show including the work of Sergei Isupov
New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, MA
Mar 12–Aug 12, reception Thurs, Mar 26, 5:30–8
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Paul Scott & Andrew Raftery: Transferware Scenery — Gardens, Bridges, Trucks, Turbines, and Willows
An exhibition of new work rising from transferware’s rich history of image and meaning.
Mar 25–28 or Mar 22–April 4, reception Thurs, Mar 26, 5–9:30
Benson Hall Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
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A Porcelain Menagerie: solo show of work by Mara Superior
Featuring painted porcelain platters, teapots and sculptures celebrating the beauty and fragility of the animal world.
Co-curated by Dana Salvo and Leslie Ferrin.
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Ceramics at Clark: Bruce Barry, David Furman, Linda Huey, Allison Newsome
Clark Gallery, Mar 10–31, Lincoln, MA
extended hours during NCECA: Mar 22–29, Sun–Sat, 10–6
reception during NCECA: Monday, Mar 23, 5–7

May

2017

EVERYTHING IS ALL WHITE: The New Year Show

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

January 8 – February 21, 2015
KASHER | POTAMKIN
515 West 26th Street, New York
kasherpotamkin.com

An exhibition of over thirty multigenerational artists tied together by the crisp and pure color of fresh snow. Show features work by Ferrin Contemporary artists Sergei Isupov and Vipoo Srivilasa.

Click here to inquire about available works.

ABOUT KASHER | POTAMKIN

Kasher | Potamkin is a boutique-meets-gallery concept located in the heart of Chelsea. Handcrafted, rare objects, and unique works of art and design are presented in an intimate, home-like environment, expanding the conversation on integrating art and life.

Sergei Isupov, "Seeds" 2009, stoneware, 29 x 19 x 18".

Sergei Isupov, "Bullseye" 2009, stoneware, 28.5 x 17 x 17".

Sergei Isupov, "Horsepower" 2009, stoneware, 32 x 19 x 17".

Sergei Isupov, "To Listen with Half and Ear" (edition of 6), 2003, vitreous china, 6 x 23 x 16".

Vipoo Srivilasa, "The Patience Flower" 2014, Jingdezhen super white porcelain, 10 x 6.6".

May

2017

BRIDGE 13: Jason Walker at Society for Contemporary Craft

Jason Walker at Bridge 13

on view through August 22, 2015
Society for Contemporary Craft in Pittsburgh,

Walker’s show features painted porcelain sculptures that depict the intersecting world where nature and technology meet. Painting on sculptures of woodland animals, Walker focuses on the landscape at the point where industrial elements impose on and merge into shared environments.

At the Walker is one of three artists with solo exhibitions in “Bridge 13.”

EVENTS

Thursday, April 16, at 6:30
ARTIST TALK
Carnegie Museum of Art theater

Walker will discuss the way technology has changed our perceptions of nature and how he combines animal imagery with industrial elements to convey these ideas.

Saturday, April 18, from 1 – 4pm
ARTIST WORKSHOP

Walker will discuss the works in the show followed by a hands-on workshop in SCC’s studio, giving participants a chance to try making ceramic objects.

Both events are co-sponsored by Society for Contemporary Craft and the Carnegie Museum of Art.
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Thursday–Saturday, April 16–18
WEEKEND WITH THE ARTIST

Join us for a weekend in Pittsburgh with Jason Walker

In addition to the Artist Talk and Workshop noted above, other events will include a studio visit with ceramic artist Edward Eberle, tour of ceramic collection at Carnegie Museum of Art, Alan G. and Jane A. Lehman Curator of Decorative Arts and Design at the museum and a guided house tour of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater.

Rooms have been set aside at the Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel for the weekend.
Call 412-562-1200 or click here to visit their website and use the code WALKER WEEKEND ROOM BLOCK when making your reservations.

Click here to inquire about the weekend.

BRIDGE 13: Jason Walker

This brochure, published by the Society for Contemporary Craft, includes biographical information on Walker as well as an essay by William L. Fox.

“A growing number of artists tread warily along the boundaries of culture and nature as the human footprint becomes increasingly obvious and inescapable, and the ironies multiply. … Walker’s work is a form of public prayer for our safety and preservation. How fortunate and useful it is that the sculptures are also beautiful.” — William L. Fox, Director of the Center for Art + Environment, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, Nevada

Click here to view.

Jason Walker, “Threadfin Jack” 2015, porcelain, underglaze, wood and spray paint, 12″ x 10″ x 19″.

Jason Walker, “Staring Into the Crystal Ball” 2015, porcelain, underglaze china paint, wood, spray paint, 15″x 10″ x 5.5″.

Jason Walker, “Flash Flood” 2007, porcelain, 17 x 18 x 7″.

Jason Walker Red Bird at Bridge 13

Jason Walker, “Standing in the Grass” 2009, porcelain, underglaze, plastic tubing, resin, 19 x 20 x 7″

Jason Walker, “Standing in the Grass” 2009, porcelain, underglaze, plastic tubing, resin, 19 x 20 x 7″.

Jason Walker, “Wildflowers” 2015, porcelain, stoneware, china paint, wood, spray paint, 23 x 20 x 20″.

May

2017

NEW YORK CERAMICS & GLASS FAIR 2015

Bohemian National Hall, 321 East 73rd Street
(between 1st & 2nd Avenues)
New York, NY

SELECTED WORKS FROM CURRENT PROJECTS
Ferrin Contemporary booth on the 4th floor

MADE IN CHINA: THE NEW EXPORT WARE
Ferrin Contemporary Special Exhibition Booth on the 3rd Floor

EVENTS

MEET THE ARTISTS
in the Special Exhibition Booth on the 3rd Floor

Join us for a conversation about MADE IN CHINA: THE NEW EXPORT WARE with artists Sin-ying Ho and Robert Silverman. The discussion will be moderated by Leslie Ferrin, curator of MADE IN CHINA and director of Ferrin Contemporary. A tour of the exhibition with the artists and curator, will follow.

MADE IN CHINA ARTIST & CURATOR LECTURES

Friday, January 23, 2015

12 noon
ARTIST TALK: Paul Scott
Duchess, Dogs, Detroit, Dragons, Handles and Cherrypickers: Re-Animating the Transferware Archives of an Industry with Paul Scott: artist, author, and professor at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts Norway

1:30 p.m.
BOOK SIGNING: Paul Scott
Join us! Paul Scott will sign and present his new book Horizon, Transferware and Contemporary Ceramics.

2 pm
CURATOR TALK : Leslie Ferrin
Made in China: New Export Ware from Jingdezhen with Leslie Ferrin, curator of MADE IN CHINA and director Ferrin Contemporary

4 pm
ARTIST TALK: Garth Johnson
I’m So Fancy: Young Artists Take On Historical Ceramics with Garth Johnson, Curator of the Arizona State University Ceramics Research Center and Director-at-Large of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA).

Saturday, January 24

12 noon
LECTURE: RON FUCHS II
The Most Dangerous Imitations: Fake Chinese Export Porcelain of the 1920s and ’30s with Ron Fuchs II, Curator of the Reeves Collections at Washington and Lee University.

3pm
CONVERSATION and TOUR with artists and curator

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SELECTED WORKS FROM CURRENT PROJECTS

Frances Palmer

Bonnie Smith

This group exhibition brings together work by several top ceramic artists represented by Ferrin Contemporary. Included will be pieces by Stephen Bowers, Claire Curneen, Steven Young Lee, Frances Palmer, Paul Scott, Bonnie Smith, Vipoo Srivilasa, Mara Superior, and Kurt Weiser. Form and surface merge in various constructions embodying elements of the human form, of animals, and of abstracted thought. The work in this exhibit gives a taste of the broad range of work being created in ceramics today.

MADE IN CHINA: THE NEW EXPORT WARE

Julie Bartholomew