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: EXHIBITION

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.
Click here for more information.

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

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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

Caroline Cheng

Sam Chung

Future Retrieval

Paul Mathieu

MADE IN CHINA examines the contemporary, ceramic-centric exchange between eastern and western artists and markets. Marked by ever-increasing cross-cultural collaboration, this contemporary ceramics movement emerging from China is urging a re-definition of today’s export ware.
Exploring the growing cultural exchange between east and west.
With increasing frequency, western artists are traveling to China to produce ceramic work using traditional Chinese methods. In this exhibition, Ferrin Contemporary brings together work that reveals the essential aspects of contemporary ceramics currently coming out of China.

It is a dynamic relationship with appropriation and collaboration occurring in both directions.

Click here to read Blouin Art Info on Made in China.
Click here to read “Yes Virginia, Collecting Ceramics Can Be Hip” by Lynn Byrne of DXV American Standard.
Click here to read “Marketplace | New York Ceramics & Glass Fair 2015” on CFile.
Click here to read “Emporiums of the Waggish and Weird” by William Grimes in The New York Times.
Click here to read “Ceramics Crack the Contemporary Art Market — Breaking the Mold” by Brook Mason in the New York Observer.
Click here to read “New York Ceramics & Glass Fair 2015” by Andrew Baseman in Past Imperfect: The Art of Inventive Repair.
Click here to read “New York Ceramics & Glass Fair 2015 at Bohemian National Hall” by Alison Ng in Asian in NY.

May

2017

MADE IN CHINA : The New Export Ware

MADE IN CHINA

OCTOBER 18–NOVEMBER 16

Featuring works by Robin Best, Caroline Cheng, Sin-ying Ho, Paul Scott, Robert Silverman, and Vipoo Srivilasa

1315 MASS MoCA Way
NORTH ADAMS, MA

OPENING RECEPTION + GALLERY TALK
Saturday, October 18, 2014, 5-7

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DECEMBER 2–7

Featuring works by Julie Bartholomew, Caroline Cheng, Sin-ying Ho, Garth Johnson, Paul Mathieu, Paul Scott, Robert Silverman, and Vipoo Srivilasa

Midtown/Wynwood District NE 1st Avenue @ NE 34th Street
Miami, Florida

MEET THE ARTISTS
Friday, December 5 BOOTH #125
Sin-ying Ho: 11:30–1 with artist talk at 1:00
Robert Silverman: 1–2:30 with artist talk at 2:00
Leslie Ferrin & artists talk at 3:00

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JANUARY 21–25

Featuring works by Julie Bartholomew, Caroline Cheng, Sam Chung, Future Retrieval (Katie Parker & Guy Michael Davis), Sin-ying Ho, Garth Johnson, Paul Mathieu, Paul Scott, Robert Silverman, and Vipoo Srivilasa

321 East 73rd Street
NEW YORK, NY

ARTIST & CURATOR LECTURES
Friday, January 23, 2015

12 noon Paul Scott
Duchess, Dogs, Detroit, Dragons, Handles and Cherrypickers: Re-Animating the Transferware Archives of an Industry with Paul Scott, Artist, Author and Researcher and Professor at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts Norway. Followed by a book signing of Scott’s new book, Horizon, Transferware and Contemporary Ceramics

2 p.m. Leslie Ferrin
Made in China: New Export-ware from Jingdezhen
with Leslie Ferrin, Director Ferrin Contemporary.

4 p.m. 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).

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MADE IN CHINA is a curated series of exhibitions and talks, examines the contemporary, ceramic-centric exchange between eastern and western artists and markets.

JULIE BARTHOLOMEW

Julie Bartholomew, “Rarely Seen, Drummond’s Cronostylis” 2013, porcelain, silver decals, 2.5 x 3.5”.

Julie Bartholomew, “Rarely Seen, Blue Tinsel Lily” 2013, porcelain, copper red glaze, decals, 1.5 x 3.5″.

ROBIN BEST

Robin Best, “The Florida Vases” 2014, porcelain, onglaze ‘xin cai’ painting, 10.5 x 6.25″.

Robin Best, “The Florida Vases” detail, 2014, porcelain, onglaze ‘xin cai’ painting, 10.5 x 6.25″.

CAROLINE CHENG

Caroline Cheng, “Prosperity V” 2007, porcelain, fabric, 71 x 71″.

Caroline Cheng, “Prosperity V” detail, 2007, porcelain, fabric, 71 x 71″.

SIN-YING HO

Sin-ying Ho, left: “One World, Many Peoples No. 2″ (77 x 23.25”) and right: “Temptation – Life of Goods No. 2″ (68 x 23.5”) 2010, porcelain, cobalt pigment, underglaze, decal, glaze.

Sin-ying Ho, “Temptation – Life of Goods No. 2″ detail, 2010, porcelain, cobalt pigment, underglaze, decal, glaze, 68 x 23.5”.

GARTH JOHNSON

Garth Johnson, “The Shar-pei Immortals” detail, 2010, porcelain, 11.5 x 6.5 x 6.5”.

Garth Johnson, “Made in China 1” 2010, porcelain.

PAUL MATHIEU

Paul Mathieu, “Kiss Bowl”, Porcelain, Jingdezhen, China, 5.5″ x 7″ x 5.5″

Paul Mathieu, “Kiss Bowl (Male + Female)”, top detail, Porcelain, Jingdezhen, China, 5.5″ x 7″ x 5.5″

PAUL SCOTT

Paul Scott, “Cumbrian Blue(s), Garden No: 2 (after Turner and Stephenson) 2014, Staffordshire transferware with Chinese porcelain, gold leaf, tile cement, epoxy resin, 12.5 x 10.25”.

Paul Scott, “Cumbrian Blue(s), Wil low” detail, 2014, Staffordshire transferware collage, gold leaf, tile cement, epoxy resin, 12.5 x 10″.

ROBERT SILVERMAN

Bobby Silverman, “Decision Before Action” 2011, clay, commercial tile, 36 x 28 x 1/2″.

Bobby Silverman, “Beauty, 2nd Half, porcelain, glaze.

VIPOO SRIVILASA

Vipoo Srivilasa, “The Patience Flower” 2014, Jingdezhen super white porcelain, 10 x 6.6″.

MADE IN CHINA reveals a dynamic relationship — with appropriation and collaboration occurring in both directions.

Marked by ever-increasing cross-cultural collaboration, this contemporary ceramics movement emerging from China is urging a re-definition of today’s export ware. With increasing frequency, western artists are traveling to China to produce ceramic work using traditional Chinese methods. Exhibitions in the United States, Australia, and Europe are bringing forward a new generation of export ware. In the summer of 2014, Leslie Ferrin travelled to Hong Kong, Chongqing, Jindezhen, and Shanghai to explore this growing cultural exchange. She participated in and lectured at workshops, visited galleries and museums, and toured studios where western artists work in collaboration with skilled Chinese artisans.

In this exhibition, Ferrin brings together work that reveals the essential aspects of contemporary ceramics currently coming out of China.

“After my visit to China, it was clear that this growing movement of western artists engaging with Chinese artisans to provide works for international markets was urging a contemporary re-definition of export ware. It is a dynamic relationship with appropriation and collaboration occurring in both directions, and we are fortunate that we will be able to truly explore the relationship, multiple exhibitions over the coming year.”– Leslie Ferrin

ABOUT MADE IN CHINA

Inspired by her recent travels in China, MADE IN CHINA is curated by Ferrin Contemporary Director Leslie Ferrin. See images from Ferrin’s travels below or click here for the full gallery on scene + seen.

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Sponsored as a guest lecturer by the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Ferrin traveled to China in June and July 2014 with the aim of gaining a greater understanding of the cross-cultural collaboration, production, and appropriation occurring in the New Export Ware movement. During her visit, Ferrin visited ceramic workshops in Jingdezhen and Chongqing, where – similar to the historical model of export ware – skilled Chinese artisans, produce contemporary works for Western markets under the direction of visiting Western artists.

“After my visit to China, it was clear that this growing movement of Western artists engaging with Chinese artisans to provide works for international markets was urging a contemporary re-definition of export-ware,” says Ferrin. “It is a dynamic relationship with appropriation and collaboration occurring in both directions, and we are fortunate that we will be able to truly explore the relationship, with multiple exhibitions over the coming year.”

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May

2017

A CLAY BESTIARY

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

September 27, 2014—January 4, 2015
Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ

This ceramics exhibition focuses on the animal kingdom, offering visitors the opportunity to see real and imaginary creatures of all shapes and sizes in fresh and unique ways. The works chosen are not ‘”literal” representations or depictions of animals, but artists’ concepts and interpretations.

This group show includes the work of Ferrin Contemporary artists Jason Walker, Red Weldon Sandlin, and Sergei Isupov.

EVENTS

September 28, 2pm
Artist talk with Garth Johnson

Sergei Isupov, “Strong” 2011, porcelain, slip, glaze, 14.5 x 7.5 x 7.5″.

Garth Johnson, “The Shar-pei Immortals” 2010, porcelain, 11.5 x 6.5 x 6.5”.

Jason Walker, “City Animal: Squirrel” 2008, porcelain, underglaze, luster, 17 x 10 x 4″.

Sergei Isupov, “Future” 2011, porcelain, slip, glaze, 15.5 x 6 x 8″.

Red Weldon Sandlin, “The Hurtea Gurdy Tales: A Nickel for the Monkey” 2006, ceramic, wood, acrylic paint, 16.5 x 11.5 x 11″, book 1 x 12 x 9″.

Red Weldon Sandlin, “Mystic Caravans of Dragon’s Well… Chapter Four” detail, 2000, clay, wood, acrylic, 18.5 x 13 x 5.5″.

May

2017

JASON WALKER: On the River, Down the Road at BAM

Jason Walker: On the River, Down the Road

October 3, 204–March 1, 2015
Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA

A solo show of seven new, large-scale works

Northwest artist Jason Walker is widely celebrated for his skillfully executed ceramic sculpture. Treading a fine line between storytelling and social criticism, Walker’s work explores the human experience as reflected in Nature. His painted porcelain works, often taking the form of wild animals domesticated by industry, are simultaneously thought-provoking and unsettling. Bridging the dichotomous worlds of nature and technology represents, for the artist, “a journey to define for myself what it means to be human in the present time.” On the River, Down the Road is a site-specific installation created by Walker, who will transform the gallery into an enveloping, fantasy-driven world that—through richly detailed narratives and surrealist, apocalyptic imagery—offers an incisive comment on the indelible impact of humanity upon the natural landscape.

Click here to order the catalog for On the River, Down the Road.

Artwork in this exhibition is available for sale through Ferrin Contemporary.

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For more information and other available works by Jason Walker click here.

Jason Walker is represented by Ferrin Contemporary.

“Jason Walker: On the River, Down the Road” installation exhibition at Bellevue Arts Museum, 2014

Jason Walker, “Redtail” 2014, porcelain, stoneware, underglaze, china paint and concrete, 32 x 64 x 52″.

Jason Walker, “Mechanized Life: Yucca” 2007, porcelain, 30 x 7 x 7″.

Jason Walker, “Down the Road” installed at Bellevue Arts Museum, 2014, porcelain, underglaze, china paint, 10’x10’x10′.

Jason Walker, “Down the Road” detail, 2014, porcelain, underglaze, china paint, 10’x10’x10′.

Jason Walker, “Cage Free Capitalism” installed at Bellevue Arts Museum, 2014, stoneware, porcelain, and china paint, 42 x 16 x 16″.

Jason Walker, “Cage Free Capitalism” detail, 2014, stoneware, porcelain, and china paint, 42 x 16 x 16″.

Jason Walker, “Split Down the Middle, but One Always Wants More” 2014, porcelain, stoneware, underglaze, china paint and concrete, 9′ x 6′ x 45″.

Jason Walker, “Split Down the Middle, but One Always Wants More” detail, 2014, porcelain, stoneware, underglaze, china paint and concrete, 9′ x 6′ x 45″.

Jason Walker, “Cascade” 2014, porcelain, stoneware, underglaze, china paint, 10’x10’x10′.

Jason Walker, “Cascade” detail, 2014, porcelain, stoneware, underglaze, china paint, 10’x10’x10′.

Jason Walker, “Infinite Growth” detail, 2013, porcelain, china paint and glaze, 84 x 36 x 3″.

Jason Walker, “Infinite Growth” 2013, porcelain, china paint and glaze, 84 x 36 x 3″

May

2017

THE POTTER’S TALE: Contextualizing 6,000 Years of Ceramics

The Potter’s Tale: Contextualizing 6,000 Years of Ceramics

August 26–May 31, 2015
Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, MA

EVENTS
Thursday, February 19, 2015 at 5:30 pm
A Potter’s Tale: Ceramicist Mark Hewitt in Conversation with Critic Christopher Benfey
Gamble Auditorium, Mount Holyoke College
Reception to follow

Click here for more information on this event.

Through innovation and exchange, clay vessels have contributed to the lives of people across the economic spectrum, through time, and around the world. This exhibition highlights the ceramic collection of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, spanning five continents and six thousand years.

Exhibit includes work by Ferrin Contemporary artists Kurt Weiser, Steven Young Lee, Paul Scott, and Sin-ying Ho.

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“The Potter’s Tale” at Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

Kurt Weiser work in “The Potter’s Tale” at Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

Mark Hewitt work in “The Potter’s Tale” at Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

Sin-ying Ho work in “The Potter’s Tale” at Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

“The Potter’s Tale” at Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

Steven Young Lee work in “The Potter’s Tale” at Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

May

2017

CERAMIC TOP 40 at Harvard University

CERAMIC TOP 40 | NEW & SELECTED WORKS

May 27–August 16, 2014
Gallery 224, Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
224 Western Avenue, Allston, MA

Curated by Leslie Ferrin, director of Ferrin Contemporary

EVENTS
JUNE 11, 2014
2–5pm Workshop Demonstration by Lauren Mabry
5–6pm Curator Lecture by Leslie Ferrin
6–8pm Opening Reception

Link to Harvard Ceramics for directions and workshop details,

The work in this exhibition was drawn from the CERAMIC TOP 40 | 2013 show held at Red Star Studios – part of Bleger Crane Yard Studios in Kansas City, MO – and includes new work from artists working on the cutting edge of contemporary ceramics who were featured in the show.

The Harvard exhibition combines invited and juried submissions representing a range of conceptual, utilitarian, and sculptural ceramics and seeks to identify artists working on the cutting edge of current processes, ideas, and presentation concepts. Both up-and-coming and established artists who are breaking new ground are included.

Object: Spoon
During a 2013 artist residency at Medalta in Medicine Hat, Canada, Vipoo Srivilasa sought a way to bring fellow artists together. Srivilasa generated a simple and effective mechanism that also celebrated their shared passion for their profession. He invited each resident to make a modest, universal object: a spoon. The resulting series of spoons was shown as a single entry under Srivilasa’s name in Ceramic Top 40.

Inspired by the response and strong sense of collaboration and connections that came from the project, Srivilasa quickly realised the potential of the idea. Upon his return to Australia, he put out an open invitation through his extensive social media networks, asking makers to create spoons and to submit digital images. From these submissions, 25 spoons were selected by Srivilasa, with advice from Vicki Grima, editor of The Journal of Australian Ceramics and Leslie Ferrin, curator of Ceramic Top 40.

The 2014 collection, will be presented as a group in Object: Spoon in the second venue of Ceramic Top 40 | New & Selected Works at Harvard Ceramics in Allston, Massachusetts, USA.

Generated by his basic human need for friendship in a new community, Srivilasa has inspired an international engagement between established and international ceramicists from 16 countries in this collaboration OBJECT: SPOON.

25 spoons from these 2014 finalists will be on exhibit:
Tinne Maria Andersen, Marta Armada, Elaine Bolt, Jim Bov’e, Meredith Brickell, Joey Chiarello, Kris Coad, Rachel Cramer, Sally Curry, Trisha Dean, Carole Epp, Klaus Gutowski, Evan Hobart, Vanessa Holle, Nayoung Im, Sukumarl Leksawat, Steven Low and Thai Kwan, Miro Mackiewicz, Fiona McDonald, Creina Moore, Jo Quirk, Bonnie Smith, Leilani Trinka, Gerry Wedd, Snow Yu

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Susan Beiner, “Re-Simulation Vase” 2014, porcelain, concrete, 25 x 11 x 11″.

Robin Best, “The Florida Vases” 2014, Xin Cai color, porcelain, 14.5 x 6.5″.

Stephen Bird, “Majolica Shoot Out” 2012, earthenware, pigment, glaze, 15.75 x 19.5″. Courtesy Garis and Hahn Gallery.

Stephen Bird, “Nice Banana”, 2012, clay, pigment, glaze, 10.6″.

Stephen Bird, “What Picasso Called an Erection for the Eyes” 2012, earthenware, pigment, glaze, 11.5 x 8 x 2.5″. Courtesy Garis and Hahn Gallery.

Stephen Bowers, “Explorers’ Skulls” 2010, slip cast, oxide stains, underglaze, 5.25″

Jessica Brandl, “TruckINN” 2014, terracotta, slip, clay, glaze, 9.75 x 8 x 6″.

Mark Cooper, “Yo Yo Harvard” 2014, clay, paper, wood, 54 x 48 x 40″.

Cristina Cordova, “Cabeza I” 2014, ceramic, 8.5 x 8 x 5″

Doda Design: Aya Margulis & Rae’ut Stern, “Web Souvenirs” 2010-2013, earthenware, under glaze, glaze, gold luster, digital print, 148 x 42″.

Michelle Erickson, “Pectin Shell Teapot” 2005, porcelain, jasperware, metallic oxide, underglaze, slip, glaze, gold enamel, 14″.

Michelle Erickson, “Green Squirrel and The Second Amendment Squirrel” 2013, indigenous clay, copper glaze, 8″

Sean Erwin, “Pervert II” 2013, porcelain, glaze, steel, red oak, starched cotton, luster, 13 x 6 x 14″.

Leopold Foulem, “Trio Flower Patch”, 2012, ceramic and found objects, 20 x 15.25 x 8.5″

Future Retrieval, “Lion” 2014, porcelain, decals, 12 x 8″.

Future Retrival, “Alphonso Taft (Still Life) 1 and 2, 2011, porcelain, 12”.

Alessandro Gallo, “Scripta elegans” (tarantula), 2011, clay, acrylics, 15.75 x 13.75 x 13″

Gerit Grimm, “Tango” 2012, stoneware, 26 x 17 x 9″

Rain Harris, “Tumulous” 2014, black clay, nichrome wire, resin, African purple heart wood, 11.5 x 11.5 x 9″.

Giselle Hicks, “Wall Quilt with Floret and Stars” 2014, porcelain, 30 x 30 x 2.5″.

Peter Christian Johnson, “Blue X” 2014, ceramic, 16.5 x 16.5 x 5″.

Brian R. Jones, “Alembic (Letter B)” 2012, earthenware, slips, glaze, plywood, milk paint, 18 x 18 x 3″.

Steven Young Lee, “Vase with Peonies” 2014, porcelain, cobalt inlay, 26 x 11 x 10″.

Steven Young Lee, “Cup Panels” (red), 2013, porcelain, copper inlay, glaze, glass shelving, aluminum, 46 x 50 x 4″

Linda Lighton, “Love and War: The Ammunition” 2014, clay, glaze, platinum and gold lustres, size variable.

Daniel Listwan, “Biohazard Jasperware: Black Basalt Series” 2013, porcelain, tallest is 13″.

Lauren Mabry, “Composition of Enclosed Cylinders”, 2013, red earthenware, slips, glaze, 20 x 17 x 6″

Lauren Mabry, “Cylinder” 2013, red earthenware, slip, glaze, 6 x 8 x 8″.

Lauren Mabry, “Cylinder” 2013, red earthenware, slip, glaze, 6 x 12 x 12″.

Walter McConnell, “Artifact Curry Yellow” 2012, ceramic, glaze, 18 x 24 x 15”.

Sara Moorhouse, “Large Pulse” 2013, earthenware, underglaze, glaze, 18 x 7″

Ron Nagle, “Snuff Bottle” 2013, porcelain, glaze, 6 x 2.5 x 2.5″. (artwork courtesy Jeffrey Spahn Gallery, image courtesy Red Star Studios)

Kate Roberts, “Depression” 2012, porcelain, glaze, slump body, 24 x 13 x 10″.

Stephanie A. Rozene, “Held Hostage: The Politics of Hunger” 2013, porcelain, slip, glaze, iron decals, 5 x 4′ panel.

Michael Schwegmann, “Ball and Chain”, 2013, porcelain, glaze, 9 x 9 x 38″

Michael Schwegmann, “Pain Can” 2014, porcelain, glaze.

Paul Scott, “Scott’s Cumbrian Blue(s), Fukashima” 2013, Inglaze decal collage, gold luster on House of Blue Willow made in Japan plate c. 1820, 8.75 x 12 x 1″.

Richard Shaw, “Blue Willow Tea Set” 2013, porcelain, glaze, 10 x 8 x 8″.

Adam Shiverdecker, “Amphora: Axis Mundi” 2014, porcelain, nichrome, graphite, pencil, acrylic, 17.5 x 6 x 6″.

Bobby Silverman, “4 Versions of Red (1)” 2012, re-fired commercial porcelain tiles, 12 x 12″ each.

Linda Sormin, “List” 2013, ceramic, found materials, 16 x 23 x 15″.

Shawn Spangler, “Ewer and Salt Cellar with Digital Print” 2013, porcelain, acrylic, paper, digital print by Bryan Czibesz, variable size.

From OBJECT: SPOON 2013, Vipoo Srivilasa, “Spoon of Contentment”, 2013, porcelain, 3 x 16 x 7″.

Clare Twomey, “Is It Madness. Is It Beauty.” 2010, video.

Shalene Valenzuela, “Blending In: Over the Top II” 2014, ceramic, 14 x 6 x 5″.

May

2017

PROMENADE: New Work by Sergei Isupov

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

March 7–April 22, 2014
Perimeter Gallery, Chicago

A selection of recent works from ceramic artist Sergei Isupov was presented in the lower gallery of the Perimeter Gallery (Chicago, IL). The show was curated by Leslie Ferrin and presented in conjunction with Isupov’s mid-career survey at the Racine Art Museum, Collection Focus: Sergei Isupov, February 23–June 8, 2014.

Isupov transformed the lower gallery into a narrative installation using ceramic sculpture and site-specific painting. “I consider my sculptures to be a canvas for my paintings. All the plastic, graphic, and painting elements of a piece function as complementary parts of the work.” Born in Stavropol, Russia in 1963, Isupov now lives in Massachusetts and Tallinn, Estonia.

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Sergei Isupov is represented by Ferrin Contemporary.

EVENTS

Friday, March 7 from 5–8pm
Conversation with the Artist

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).

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