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1921
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Born in Summerfield, Illinois
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1946
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Bluffton College, BA, Bluffton, OH
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1951 - 1954
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Supervisor of Art, Public Schools of Wayne County, Wooster, Ohio
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1952 - 1954
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College of Wooster, Adult Education, Wooster, Ohio
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1954
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University of Colorado, MA, Boulder, CO
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1956
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Otis Art Institute, MFA, Los Angeles, CA
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1957 - 1964
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Scripps College, Visiting Assistant Professor of Ceramics, Claremont, California
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1966 - 1967
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University of Colorado, Professor of Ceramics, Boulder, Colorado
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1967 - 1968
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University of Iowa, Professor of Ceramics, Iowa City, Iowa
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1975
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Governor's Award for the Arts and Humanities, Denver, CO
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1977
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Fellow of the Colloqium of Craftsmen of the United States, American Craft Council, New York, NY
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1980
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Prix D'Honneur, de la VIIe Biennale Internationale de Ceramique d'Art de Vallauris, Paris, France
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1981
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Member-elect, International Academy of Ceramics, Geneva, Switzerland
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1981 - 1982
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Board of Directors, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts
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1986
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Artist in Residence - Metal Casting, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
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1989
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Honorary Member, National Council on Education for Ceramic Arts, St. Louis, MO
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1989
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2nd prize, People, Labour, Peace, Exhibition at International Sculpture Symposium Yurmala, Latvia, USSR
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1969 - 1991
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Scripps College and Claremont Graduate School, Professor of Ceramics, Claremont, California
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1991 - 1992
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Claremont Graduate School, Artist-in-Residence, Claremont, California
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1992
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Westminister College, Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, New Wilmington, PA
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1994
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Visiting Artist, Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shigaraki, Japan
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1997
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Anderson Ranch, National Recognition Award, Snowmass Village, CO
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2002
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NASAD Honor Award, National Association of Schools of Art and Design, Reston, VA
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2003
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Bluffton College, Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, Bluffton, OH
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2004
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Aspen Hall of Fame Inductee, Aspen, CO
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2005 |
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The Municipality of Amaroussion Olympic Collection of Ceramic Sculptures, Athens, Greece |
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2004 |
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International Tea Bowl Exhibition, Northern Arizona University Art Museum, Flagstaff, Arizona |
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2004 |
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Inferno: The Ceramic Art of Paul Soldner, The American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California (solo) |
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2004 |
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Paul Soldner Exhibition, Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, California (solo) |
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2004 |
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Paul Soldner: Recent Work, Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica, California (solo) |
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2003 |
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Paul Soldner, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, Oregon (solo) |
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2003 |
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Soldner Works: Recent Sculpture, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California (solo) |
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2003 |
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Face to Face: One Hundred WWII Veterans in Clay (featured WWII Veteran), José Drudis-Biada Art Gallery, Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles, California |
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2003 |
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2nd World Ceramic Biennale, Icheon, Gyeonggi Province, Korea |
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2003 |
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2003 Roaring Fork Open, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado |
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2003 |
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Paul Soldner, John Blough, Rupert Deese, and Harrison McIntosh, Cuttress Gallery, Pomona College, Pomona, California |
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2003 |
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2003 Degrees Fahrenheit, Glendale College Art Gallery, Glendale, California |
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2003 |
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Little Masterpieces, Jordan River Arts Council, East Jordan, Michigan |
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2003 |
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Rebels in Clay: Peter Voulkos and the Otis Group, University Art Gallery, The University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California |
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2003 |
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Modern Ceramic Art from an International Perspective, The Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, Japan |
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2002 |
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Paul Soldner (curated by David Armstrong), George Cuttress Gallery, Pomona, California (solo) |
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2002 |
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American Ceramists and their Influence, with Aline Favre and Jim Romberg, Kunstforum Kirchberg, Bern, Switzerland |
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2002 |
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From Stoneware to Porcelain, The Fallbrook Art and Cultural Center, Fallbrook, California |
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2002 |
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Contemporary American Ceramics 1950-1990: A Survey of American Objects and Vessels, Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Aichi, Japan |
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2001 - 2002 |
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Paul Soldner: The Last Ten Years, Canton Museum of Art, Canton, Ohio (solo) |
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2001 - 2002 |
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Paul Soldner, The Art Foundry Gallery, Sacramento, CA (solo) |
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2001 |
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Poetics of Clay: An International Perspective, The Museum of Art and Design in Helsinki, Finland |
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2001 |
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Mendocino Gegnome Project, Mendocino Arts Center Ceramic Department in conjunction with the John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California |
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2001 |
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The Art Foundry Gallery, Sacramento, California |
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2001 |
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Great Teacher: Great Clay Legacies, Gallery W.D.O., Charlotte, North Carolina, in conjunction with NCECA 2001 |
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2001 |
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Masters in Clay: An Invitational Exhibit, Jordan River Arts Center, East Jordan, Michigan |
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2001 |
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1st World Ceramic Biennale, Icheon, Gyeonggi Province, Korea |
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2001 |
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Poetics of Clay: An International Perspective, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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2001 |
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Peter Callas Studio Summer Workshops, with Peter Voulkos and Ryoji Koie, Belvidere, New Jersey |
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2000 |
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Centennial Sculpture Project, Bluffton College, Bluffton, Ohio |
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2000 |
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Color and Fire: Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics, 1950-2000, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California |
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2000 |
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Contemporary Ceramics: Nine Artists, Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica, California |
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2000 |
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The Alchemy of Raku, Vermont Clay Studio, Vermont |
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2000 |
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Defining Moments in Contemporary Ceramics: The Smits Collection and Related Works, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California |
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2000 |
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Colorado Kilns: A Century of Ceramics in Colorado, Colorado Historical Society, Denver, Colorado |
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2000 |
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Bluffton College Alumni Show, Bluffton, Ohio |
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2000 |
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Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco, CA |
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2000 |
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Paul Soldner: A One Man Exhibition, George Cuttress Gallery, Pomona, California (solo) |
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2000 |
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Paul Soldner: Recent Work, Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica, California (solo) |
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1999 |
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Paul Soldner: Recent Work, Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica, California (solo) |
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1997 |
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NEA Visual Artists Fellowship, archive documentation project, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. |
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1996 |
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Four Decades of Discovery: The 40th Anniversary of the American Craft Museum, New York, New York |
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1994 |
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Paul Soldner: Raku, Raku Gallery, New York, New York (solo) |
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1994 |
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Paul Soldner Retrospective: Soldner Clay and Recent Work, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, Georgia (solo) |
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1992 |
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Paul Soldner: A Retrospective, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, Massachusetts (solo) |
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1992 |
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Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, Utah (solo) |
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1991 |
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Paul Soldner: A Retrospective, Scripps College, Claremont, California (solo) |
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1991 |
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Louis Newman Gallery, Los Angeles, California (solo) |
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1990 |
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The Art Works Gallery, Riverside, California (solo) |
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1989 |
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Tallinn Exhibition Hall Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia (solo) |
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1989 |
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Leah Ransburg Art Gallery, University of Indiana, Indianapolis, Indiana (solo) |
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1989 |
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Joan Hodgell Gallery, Sarasota, Florida (solo) |
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1987 |
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Patricia Moore Gallery, Aspen, Colorado (solo) |
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1986 |
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Great American Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia (solo) |
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1986 |
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Susan Cumins Gallery, Palo Alto, California (solo) |
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1986 |
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American Potters Today, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England |
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1985 |
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Maurine Littleton Gallery, Washington, D.C. (solo) |
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1982 |
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Galerie du Centre Genevois de L'Artisant, Geneva, Switzerland (solo) |
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1982 |
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Hetjens Museum, Düsseldorf, West Germany (solo) |
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1982 |
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Thomas Segal Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts (solo) |
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1980 |
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VII Biennale Internationale de Ceramique d'Arte de Vallouris, le Musee de Vallouris, Vallouris, France |
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Selected Public Collections |
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Franz Hals Museum, Amsterdam, Holland
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American Craft Museum, New York, New York
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Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
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The University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, Iowa
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Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Ontario, Canada
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Victoria and Albert Museum of Art, London, England
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The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
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Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
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National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan
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Australian National Gallery, Sydney, Austral
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Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
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Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York
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Oakland Art Museum, Oakland, California
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