NATALIE WARRENS CERAMIC DESIGN - CONTACT

EDUCATION

1984-1986	MFA in Ceramics , School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1979-1984	BA in Ceramics (High Honors) , Portland State University, Portland, OR

 

             

             

HONORS, AWARDS, AND SCHOLARSHIPS

2005	Jurors award, Cain Park Art Fair, Cleveland, OH
2004	Jurors award, Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts, Lake Oswego, OR
2004	Second place, ceramics, Portland Arts Festival, Portland, OR
2001	First place best of show, Oregon Potters Association Ceramic Showcase, Portland, OR
2001	Best booth award, Oregon Potters Association Ceramic Showcase, Portland, OR
2000	Award of Excellence, Southwest Arts Fair, Albuquerque, NM
1998	Third place best of show, Oregon Potters Association Ceramic Showcase, Portland, OR
1997	Best booth award, Oregon Potters Association Ceramic Showcase, Portland, OR
1997	Honorable mention, State Street Area Art Fair, Ann Arbor, MI
1987	"Emerging Talent" Artist, NCECA Conference, Syracuse, NY
1984-1986	Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1986	Traveling Fellowship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1984	Outstanding Art Student, Art Department, Portland State University, Portland, OR
1984	Lucille S. Welch Scholarship, Portland State University, Portland, OR
1984	Alumni grant, Portland State University, Portland, OR

                    

                   

EMPLOYMENT

1986-2008	Owner, Natalie Warrens Ceramic Design, Portland, OR: Design and produce contemporary ceramic art.
2005-2006	Ceramics Instructor, Clark College, Vancouver, WA : Fall Quarter
2006-2007	Ceramics Instructor, Mount Hood Community College, Gresham, OR: “Wood-fired Ceramic Sculpture: Sculptural techniques and wood-fired process”.
2005-2008	Ceramics Instructor, Mount Hood Community College, Gresham, OR. Taught beginning, intermediate, and advanced hand-building and wheel throwing techniques.
2005-2006	Creative Arts Community at Menucha, Corbett, OR. Summer workshop: “Lowfire Techniques”
2005, 2008	Ceramics Instructor, Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR
1987-1990	Ceramics Instructor, Lill Street Studios, Chicago, IL: Taught clay and mixed media to children, beginning and intermediate hand building and wheel throwing to adults.
1984-1990	Ceramics Instructor, University of Illinois Campus Programs, Chicago, IL: Taught wheel-throwing techniques.
1986	Ceramics Instructor, Chicago Center for Ceramic Art, Chicago, IL: Taught hand building to children in the "Clayground Outreach Program."
1985-1987	Ceramics Demonstrator, Museum Education, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
1985-1985	Graduate Assistant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL: Formulated glazes.
1985	Staff, Chicago International Art Exposition, Chicago, IL.
1981-1984	Head Art Assistant, Ceramics Assistant, Portland State University, Portland, OR: Responsible for ceramics studio operations and art department security.

 

RELATED EXPERIENCE

2008	Curator, “Painting with Fire: Woodfired Ceramics”. Lakewood Center for the Arts, Lake Oswego, OR
2008	Juror, Scholastic Art Awards. Portland, OR
2007	President, Oregon Potters Association, Portland, OR
2004-2005	Chair, Oregon Potters Association Ceramic Showcase, Portland, OR
2003	Co-chair, Oregon Potters Association Ceramic Showcase, Portland, OR
2002	Juror, Art in the Pearl, Portland, OR
1985	Visiting Artist, "State of the Art," University of Notre Dame , South Bend, IN
1985	Lectured on the History of Ceramics, Martha Schneider Gallery , Highland Park, IL
1983	Head Assistant, Tony Hepburn's outdoor installation, Portland State University , Portland, OR
1978-1981	Apprentice, Joel Cottet Pottery , Portland, OR: Studio maintenance, chemistry glazing, kiln building

JURIED ART AND CRAFT FAIRS

2007	Highland Park Fine Craft Fair, Highland Park, IL
2005-2008	Cain Park Arts Festival, Cleveland, OH
1996-2008	State Street Art Fair, Ann Arbor MI
2004-2006	Portland Arts Festival, Portland, OR
2004-2006	Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts, Lake Oswego, OR
1997-2008	Art in the Pearl, Portland, OR
2004	Sun Valley Festival of the Arts, Sun Valley, ID
2003	Northwest Folklife Festival, Seattle, WA
2002-2003	Inland Crafts, Spokane, WA
2000, 2002-2005	American Craft Exhibition, Baltimore, MD
2001	Saint Louis Art Fair, Saint Louis, MO
1999-2003, 2005	American Craft Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
2000	Southwest Arts Festival, Albuquerque, NM
1996-1997, 2000	Women's Show, San Francisco, CA
1996-1998	American Craft Exhibition, Baltimore, MD
1996	Sausalito Art Fair, Sausalito, CA
1994-1996	American Craft Exhibition, Columbus, OH
1989, 1995	Wells Street Air Fair, Chicago, IL
1995, 1996, 2007	Park City Festival of Arts, Park City, UT
1994-1995	Salem Art Fair, Salem, OR
1994-1995	Artquake, Portland, OR
1995, 1996	Southwest Arts Festival, Albuquerque, NM
1994	Sun Valley Festival of the Arts, Sun Valley, ID
1993, 1994	Pacific Northwest Arts & Crafts Fair, Bellevue, WA
1988-1994	American Craft Exhibition, St. Paul, MN
1992, 1993	American Craft Exhibition, Baltimore, MD
1992	American Craft Exhibition, West Springfield, MA
1991, 1992	American Craft Exposition, Evanston, IL
1991	New York International Gift Show, New York, NY
1990	Boston Gift Show, "Handmade in the USA," Boston, MA
1990	American Craft Exhibition, Atlanta, GA
1990	Contemporary Craft Market, Santa Monica, CA
1989, 1993	Festival of the Arts, Columbus, OH
1988	Fountain Square Arts Festival, Evanston, IL
1988-1989	Penrod Arts Festival, Indianapolis, IN
1988-1990	Washington Craft Expo, Washington, DC
1987-1990	Bucktown Arts Fest, Chicago, IL

 

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITION

 

1984                              "X-it," Gallery 299, Portland State University, Portland, OR

 

FEATURED ARTIST EXHIBITIONS

 

1998-2008                 Attic Gallery, Portland, OR                              

2004                           “Urban Textures: New Works in Prints and Clay” with artist

                                    Nancy Wilkins, Kathrin Cawein Gallery of Art, Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR

2004                           Mary Lou Zeek Gallery, featured with printmaker Nancy Wilkins, Salem, OR

2003                           “Women at the Living Gallery”, The Living Gallery, Ashland, OR

2001, 1999                Graystone Gallery, Portland, OR

1998                            Earthworks Gallery, Lincoln City, OR

1999                            Northwest by Northwest Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR

 

INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS

2006                                “About Place: The Signature of the Kiln”, Mt. Hood Community College, Gresham, OR

2006                                “Decade: Potters of Hikarigama”, Glenn and Viola Walters Cultural Arts Center, Hillsboro, OR

2006                                “Sanctification of Place: Astoria Dragon Kiln Installation”, Glenn and Viola Walters Cultural Arts Center, Hillsboro, OR

2004                                 “Hikarigama,” Phoenix Rising Gallery, Seattle, WA

2004                                 Dishin it Out, Mary Lou Zeek Gallery, Salem, OR

2001                                 Lake Oswego Arts Chronicle, Lakewood Center for the Arts, Lake Oswego, OR                

2000                                 “Northwest Women's Woodfire Exhibition”, Kobo Gallery, Seattle, WA

2000                                 The Governor's Mansion, Salem, OR

1999                                 “Carrying On,” Littman Gallery, Portland, OR

1999                                 “Sky's the Limit,” Gresham City Hall Visual Arts Gallery, Gresham, OR

1997                                 “Stark Raven Mad,” Graystone Gallery, Portland, OR

1995                                  “Platters and Tea,” Mount Hood Community College, Gresham, OR

1990                                 “Platters,” Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, IL

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1995-2008                        “Oregon Potters Association Ceramic Showcase”, Portland, OR

2003-2007                        “Hollidazzle”, Kentucky Museum of Arts & Design, Louisville, KY

2001                                   “Recent Acquisitions to the Permanent Collection”, Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR

2001                                   “Craft Biennial: A Review of Northwest Art and Craft”, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR

1996-2001, 2004-06        Holiday Show, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR

1996, 2006                         Faculty Art Exhibit, Mount Hood Community College, Gresham, OR

1996, 2004                         Holiday Show, Graystone Gallery, Portland, OR

1988                                   “New Art Forms”, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL

1986                                   Thesis Show, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

1986                                  "External Pressure/Interior Space," School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Superior Street Gallery, Chicago, IL

1985                                  "Expanded Clay," School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

1985                                  "Four Exhibits/Midwest," The 49th Annual Mid-America College Art Conference, Indianapolis, IN

1985                                 "Naked," Boulder Center for the Visual Arts, Boulder, CO

1985                                 "State of the Art," Snite Museum, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IL

1985                                  "Clay and Cloth," Lighthouse Row Gallery, South Haven, MI

1985                                  "Cup Show," Ceramics Gallery, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

1985                                  "Student Invitational," National Council on the Education of Ceramic Art, Bixby Gallery, Saint Louis, MO

1985                                 "Chicago Clay," Eve Drew Gallery, University of Iowa, Ames, IA

1984                                   "Sexuality in Art and the Media," School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

1984                                 "Student Invitational," Milliken University, Decatur, IL

1984                                  "New Works and Recent Ceramics," Multnomah Art Center, Portland, OR

1983                                  "Spontaneous Combustion," Gallery 299, Portland State University, Portland, OR

1983                                 "Sunriver Oregon Art Competition," Sunriver, OR

1983                                  "Women's Show," Friction Gallery, Portland, OR

1982                                 "Artquake," Yamhill Marketplace, Portland, OR

1982                                   Photographs, Silver Gallery, Portland, OR

1981                                  Women's Group Show, Harder House Gallery, Portland, OR

 

2008 SELECTED GALLERY REPRESENTATION

 

Afishianado Gallery, Seattle, WA

American Crafts Gallery, Cleveland, OH

Attic Gallery, Portland, OR

Earthworks Gallery, Yachats, OR

Hands and Heart, Sante Fe, NM

The Living Gallery, Ashland, OR

Mary Lou Zeek Gallery, Salem, OR

Northwest by Northwest, Cannon Beach, OR

Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR

Yamhills, Newberg, OR

 

COLLECTIONS

 

Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR

Dean Witter Corporation, Northbrook, IL

The Art Institute of Chicago Women's Board, Chicago, IL

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

 

The American Craft Council

The Oregon Potters Association

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