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1924
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Born as Panagiotis Harry Voulkos, the third of five children to Greek immigrant parents Aristovoulos I. Voulkopoulos (Harry John Voulkos) and Effrosyni (Efrosine) Peter Voulalas.
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1942
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Graduates from Gallatin County High School, Bozeman, Montana.
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1942-1943
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Works as a molder apprentice at Western Foundry Company, Portland, Oregon.
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1943-1946
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Drafted into the United States Army in September 1943.
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1946
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Enrolls at Montana State College (now Montana State University), Bozeman, Montana. Studies paiting, printmaking, painting and pottery.
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1949
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Wins first prize in pottery at the Montana State Fair, Great Falls, Montana.
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1950
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United States Potters Association Prize, 15th National Ceramic Exhibition, Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts, New York, New York.
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1951
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Enrolls at California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California. Studies ceramics and sculpture.
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Meets Archie Bray, Sr., the owner of Western Clay Monufacturing Company, a Helena brick-making firm.
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1952
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Marries Margaret (Peggy) Cone.
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Receives Masters of Fine Arts degree.
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First commercial gallery exhibition at Gump's Gallery, San Francisco, California.
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1952-1954
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Teaches at the Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana.
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1953
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Abraham and Straus General Award, Designer Crafsmen USA, Brooklyn Museum,
New York, New York.
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Earns national recognition for stoneware techniques, glazes and decorative brushwork.
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Teaches a summer ceramics session at Black Mountain College, Ashville, North Carolina.
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While staying in New York, frequents the Eighth-Street Club and Artists Club, Cedar Street Tavern known as a meeting place for abstract expressionist painters.
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1954
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First solo exhibition in New York.
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1954-1959
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Teaches at the Los Angeles County Art Institute, Los Angeles, California.
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1955
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Gold Medal, International Exposition of Ceramics, Palais Miramar, Cannes, France.
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1958-1959
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Teaches at the University of Montana, Missoula, Montana.
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1959
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Silver Medal, 2nd International Congress of Contemporary Ceramics, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ostend, Belgium.
Purchase Award, Artists of Los Angeles and Vicinity, Los Angeles County Museum
of Art, Los Angeles, California.
Rodin Museum Prize, First Paris Biennale, Musee d'art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France.
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1959-1985
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Teaches at the University of California, Berkeley, California.
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1960-1962
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Teaches at Greenwich House Pottery, New York Teachers' College, Columbia University, New York, New York.
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1962
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Receives first bronze sculpture commission from Tishman Realty Company, San Francisco, California. The eighteen-feet tall Cascade is installed in the foyer of a building on Nob Hill.
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1963
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Ford Foundation Purchase Award, 82nd Annual Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, California.
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1964
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Teaches at Greenwich House Pottery, New York Teachers' College, Columbia University, New York, New York.
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1967
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Commission Award, San Francisco Hall of Justice Competition, San Francisco, California.
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1968
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Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana.
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1971
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Fellowship Grant, Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, New York, New York.
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1972
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Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, Califonia College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California.
Honorary Member of the Council, National Council on Education for the
Ceramic Arts.
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1975
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Member, Academy of Fellows, American Craft Council, New York, New York.
Member, Advisory Screening Committee in Art and Art History, Council for International Exchange of Scholars, Fulbright Committee, Washington, D.C.
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1976
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Senior Artists Fellowship Award, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C.
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1978
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Craftsman's Fellowship Grant, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C.
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Begins to experiement with wood firing technique, subsequently exhibiting wood-fired plates in 1979 at Exhibit A, Chicago, Illinois.
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1979
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Award of Honor for Outstanding Contributions to the Visual Arts, California State Fair and Exposition, Sacramento, California.
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1980
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Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, Otis Institute of Parsons School of Design, Los Angeles, California.
Citation for Distinguished Contributions to the Visual Arts, National Association of Schools of Art.
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1981
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Award of Honor for Outstanding Achievements in the Field of Art, San Francisco Art Commission, San Francisco, California.
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1982
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Creative Arts Award for Sculpture, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts.
Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, San Francisco Art Institute, Sa Francisco, CA
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1984
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Guggenheim Fellowship, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, New York, New York.
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1985
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Montana Governor's Award for the Arts, Helena, Montana.
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1986
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Gold Medal, American Crafts Council, New York, New York.
Visual Artists Fellowship Grant, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C.
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1992
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Louise Nevelson Award in Art, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, New York.
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1993
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Receives distinguished alumni award from Montana State University.
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1994
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Medal in Recognition of Contributions to American Ceramics, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York.
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1997
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Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement, College Art Association.
Ceramic Lifetime Achievement of the Year Award, Friends of Contemporary Ceramics.
NCECA Award for Teaching Excellence, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts.
Masters of the Medium Award, James Renwick Alliance.
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1998
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Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Kansas.
Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, Alfred University, Alfred, New York.
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2000
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National Artist Award, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado.
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2001
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Member, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, New York.
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2002
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Visionarie! Award, American Craft Museum, New York, New York
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