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Steven Montgomery Biography
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1954 |
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Born in Detroit, USA
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Bachelor of Philosophy, Grand Valley State College, Allendale, MI
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1978 |
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Master of Fine Arts, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
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Lives and works in New York City
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2004 Gold Prize, Ceramic Sculpture, Taipei County Yingge Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
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2003 Gold Prize, Ceramic Sculpture, Icheon World Ceramic Center, Icheon, South Korea
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2003 New York Foundation for the Arts, Artists Fellowship
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1998 The Pollock Krasner Foundation Inc.
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1991 The 20th Ceramic National Exhibition, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
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1990 New York Foundation for the Arts, Artists Fellowship
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2011
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Failing Grace, Jerome Zodo Contemporary, Milan, Italy
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2011
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Modern, Phillips de Pury, New York, NY
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2011
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New York Foundation For The Arts 40th Anniversary Benefit, Prince George Ballroom, New York, NY
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2010
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Interactions, NCECA, Philadelphia, PA
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2009
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Selections from OK Harris, Flint Institute of Art, Flint, Michigan
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2008
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Permanently MAD: Revealing The Collection, Museum of Arts and Design, NY
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2008
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The American Vision: A History through Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
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2007
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Here’s The Thing/ The Single Object As Still Life, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
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2006
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NCECA Invitational, College of Lewis and Clark, Portland , OR
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2004
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Kaoshuing Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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2004
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Taipei County Yingge Museum, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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2003
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Twenty Fifth Anniversary, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
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2003
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Icheon World Ceramic Center, Icheon, South Korea
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2003
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Facets, Macalester Gallery, Macalester College, Minneapolis, MN
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2003
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Subject: Object, O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
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2003
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USA Clay, Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
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2000
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Expanded Visions, Ceramic Art in the 1970s–80s from the Collection of Daniel Jacobs and
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2000
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Derek Mason, Bayly Art Museum, University of Virginia, Richmond, VA
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1998 - 1999
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Clay into Art: Selections from the Contemporary Ceramics Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, ny1998 Realists, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York
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1998
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San Francisco International Art Exposition, Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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1997
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Forms, Transformations, Queens Borough Public Library Gallery
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1997
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Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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1996
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Design Brooklyn, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
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1994
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Late 20th-Century Ceramics from the Everson Collection, National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan
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1994
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Dada Ball, Webster Hall, New York, ny (curated by Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio).
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1994
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Drawings ’94, Sheraton Art Center, Kutztown University. Kutztown, PA
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1993
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Invitational, OK Harris Gallery, New York, NY
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1992
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New Abstraction, Trenkmann Gallery, New York, NY
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1992
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The Eccentric Teapot (curated by Garth Clark), The Museum of Shigaraki Ceramics
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1992
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Art Center and Cultural Park, Shigaraki, Japan; Seibu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
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1990
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Organic Abstraction, Garth Clark Gallery. New York, NY
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1990
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The 20th Ceramic National Exhibition: Clay, Color, Content, Purchase Award, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
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1990
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The Manhattan Project, ARTACT Gallery, Miami, FI
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1988
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Selections 41, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
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1986
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Drawings, Gallery Casas Toledo Oosterom, New York, NY
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1986
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Reconstruction: Six Young New York Sculptors, Carlson Gallery, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT
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1986
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The Conspicuous Consumption Show, ABC NO RIO Gallery, New York, NY
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1986
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Beyond Clay, Queens College Gallery, New York, NY
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1984
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A Passionate Vision: Selections from the Collection of Daniel Jacobs, Decordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
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1984
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Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood, Stockbridge, MA
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1984
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Art and Ego, New York Academy of Arts Building, New York, NY
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1984
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New York City Artists, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY
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1983
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New York Artists Who Teach, City Gallery, New York, NY
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1983
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Contemporary Ceramics; Selections from The Collection of Daniel Jacobs,Hecksher Museum, Huntington, NY
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1982
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The New Fauves, Hadler-Rodriquez Gallery, Houston, TX
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1981
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The Monumental Art Show, Gowanus Memorial Art Yard, Brooklyn, NY
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1981
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ONWARDISLAND, Public Sculpture at Ward’s Island, New York, NY
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1981
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Philadelphia Clay: 1980, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
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1978
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Young Americans, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, az; Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York
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| Selected Public Collections |
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National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan
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Icheon World Ceramic Center, Icheon, South Korea
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Taipei County Yingge Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, ny
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Smithsonian Institutions, American Museum of Art, Renwick Gallery, Washington dc
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Museum of Art and Design, New York, ny
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Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, ny
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Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, mo
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Racine Museum of Art, Racine, wi
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Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, nc
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Long House Reserve, East Hampton, ny
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Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, nj
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The Museum of Shigaraki Ceramics Art Center and Cultural Park, Shigaraki, Japan
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| Literature |
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“Play, Passion Revealed in Ceramics” by Robert Taylor, Boston Globe, April 23, 1984.
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“Stalking the Wild Sculpture” by Kay Larson and Carrie Rickie, The Village Voice,June 14, 1980.
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“Wards Island” by John Perreault, Soho News, June 14, 1980
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“Vasilike Ware: An Early Bronze Age Pottery Style” in Crete Chapter 2, by Dr. P Bentacour, S. Montgomery, Publisher PA Forlag Lund, Sweden.
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Young Americans,” Ceramics Monthly, September 1979.
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Oversea Contemporary Ceramic Art Classics, by Bai Ming, p. 56–61.
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“Fantasy Machines from Technology’s Dark Side,” by Rita Reif, The New York Times, Art/Architecture, Sunday December 6, 1998.
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“Steven Montgomery” by Mark Daniel Cohen, Review Magazine, pp. 14–16,December 1998.
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“Steven Montgomery,” Ceramics Monthly (cover story) p. 38–39, March 2000.
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“From the Studio” by Rose C. S. Slivka, The East Hampton Star, Sec. 3, p. 5,August 3, 2000.
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“Steven Montgomery’s Entropic Machines” by Robert C. Morgan, American Ceramics, February 1997.
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“Montgomery’s Machines” by Sherry Chayat, Syracuse Herald American, June 6, 1998.
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“The 20th Ceramic National” by Robert Ellison, American Craft, July 1990.
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The Eccentric Teapot, by Garth Clark, Abbeville Press, 1989.
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“Steven Montgomery” by Mark Shannon, American Ceramics, March 1986.
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“Steven Montgomery” interviewed by Wolfram Ladda, Neue Keramic,January/February 2005, pp. 8–13.
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“Steven Montgomery” interviewed by Ronald A. Kuchta, Kerameiki Techni,December 2004, pp. 59–68.
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Cover Photograph, Neue Keramic, March/April 2004.
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“Review of Exhibitions: Steven Montgomery at OK Harris,” Jonathan Goodman, Art in America, September 2004, p. 134.
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“Reviews: New York; Steven Montgomery, OK Harris,” Cynthia Nadelman,ARTnews, June 2004, p. 114.
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“Big Apple Clay; Is There a New York School of Ceramics?” John Perreault, American Ceramics, (Vol. 14., No.2), 2003, p. 16–17, 19 (cover photograph), 2003.
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“Interview: Steven Montgomery,” Pravine Sathe, New York Arts Magazine,June 2004, p. 65–66.
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“Interview: Steven Montgomery,” Justin Ladda, Neue Keramik, Apri, 2004, p. 46.
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Post Modern Ceramics, by Mark Del Vecchio, Thames & Hudson, 2002, p. 176, 184, 208.
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The Artful Teapot, by Garth Clark, Watson Guptill, 2002, p. 97, 99, 239.
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