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Ceramics and Writing Resume

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Vicki Gunter at The Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History (MAH) with The Reading Chair 2010 - 2011


        Solo and Group Ceramic Exhibitions:

  • 2021 – Abrams Claghorn – Re-Imagining Our Footprint - Albany CA

  • 2020 – Canessa Gallery – San Francisco CA – invited by Jon Altemus, "It's Not One Thing... It's Everything"
  • 2020 – Abrams Claghorn Gallery – Albany CA – Jurors Robert Abrams, Elizabeth Addison NCWCA
  • 2020 – Merritt College – Oakland CA 
  • 2020 – Epperson Gallery of Ceramic Arts – Crockett CA – Juror Lisa Clague 

  • 2019 – Arts Benicia – Table Testaments – Benicia CA Juror Juan Miguel Santiago
  • 2019 – LH Horton Jr Art Gallery – Visions in Clay - Stockton CA Juror Sarah Millfelt
  • 2019 – Verum Ultimum Gallery – Chasing Ghosts – Portland OR
  • 2019 – Epperson Gallery – Clay from ACGA - Crockett CA - Juror Tony Natsoulas
  • 2019 – The Artery – CCC – Davis CA – Juror Bill Abright
  • 2019 – Blue Line Arts–Off Center+Ceramic Wall Work – Roseville CA 

  • 2018 – Art Benicia – Into The Fields: Botanical Lore – Benicia CA
  • 2018 – Abrams Claghorn Gallery – Have You Heard Us Yet? –  Albany CA
  • 2018 – Richmond Art Center – Small Works – Richmond CA – Juror Philip Linhares
  • 2018 – Bedford Gallery – The World of Frida – Walnut Creek CA
  • 2018 – Blue Line Arts – Off Center – Roseville CA
  • 2018 – Art Works Downtown – After Nature – San Rafael CA
  • 2018 – The Artery – CCC - Calif. Clay Competition - Davis CA – Juror Tiffany Schmierer
  • 2018 – Verum Ultimum Gallery - Abstract Sanctuary 5 – Portland OR
  • 2018 – Yosemite Renaissance YR 33 - Yosemite National Park Museum & Galler
 
  • 2017 – Oakopolis Gallery – Solo Show – Clay & Earth – What We Stand On - Oakland CA
  • 2017 – Brea Gallery – 4th Clay & Glass Biennial – Los Angeles CA
 
  • 2016 The Artery – California Clay Competition – Davis CA
  • 2016 Art Works Downtown – San Rafael CA
  • 2016 Richmond Art Center – Richmond CA
 
  • 2015 Santa Cruz Art League – Santa Cruz CA
  • 2015 Oakopolis – Oakland CA – Art Murmur
  • 2013-2015 Autumn Lights Festival – Mud Light Lanterns - The Gardens @ Lake Merritt Oakland CA
  • 2015 Blue Line Arts – Roseville CA – Plates & Totem invitational
  • 2015 Blue Line Arts – Roseville CA – Purposeful Pottery
  • 2015 Yosemite Renaissance XXX – Yosemite National Park Museum & Gallery
  • 2015 Crocker Art Museum - Sacramento, CA
 
  • 2014 Art Works Downtown San Rafael CA – juror Bella Feldman
  • 2014 Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek Turns 100, Walnut Creek CA
  • 2014 Richmond Art Center, Richmond CA
  • 2014 The Artery - Annual California Clay Competition - juror Don Fritz, Davis CA
  • 2014 America's ClayFest II juror - Candice Groot, @ Blue LIne Arts, Roseville CA
 
  • 2013 Lake Merritt Festival of Lights - Mud Lites - Oakland CA
  • 2013 Richmond Art Center, Richmond CA
  • 2013 America's ClayFest (formerly Feats of Clay) curator - Richard Shaw, Blue Line Arts, Roseville CA
  • 2012  Loss and Discovery, Oakopolis, Oakland CA
  • 2012  Plate Tectonics, Richmond Art Center, Richmond CA
  • 2010-11 The Reading Chair /Carrot Stew with Lions, Santa Cruz Museum of Art & history - ACGA
  • 2010  Gratitude, Oakopolis (Art Murmer), Oakland CA
  • 2009  Out of the Darkness, Oakopolis, Oakland CA
  • 2008  The Reading Chair, Oakopolis, Oakland CA - Solo Installation, Performance, Reading


        Awards
  • People’s Choice Award – Laguna – The Artery CCC– during CA Conf. for the Advancement of Ceramics Arts 2018
  • Juror Award/East Bay Clay – The Artery CCC – Juror Tiffany Schmierer 2018
  • Jurors Award - Family Portraits Show 2016 @ Richmond Art Center - Jurors Jan Wurm & Richard Ambrose
  • The Alpha Award - The Artery Gallery - Juror Don Fritz 2014 - 25th Annual CA Clay Competition
  • People's Choice Award - Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History 2011 - The Reading Chair
  • Art Grants received 1990-2003: Zellerbach Family Fund, Clorox, Bank of America, Oakland Cultural Arts Division, Alameda County Arts Commission, Wells Fargo


        Mixed Media Sculpture in Performance 2004 - 1975:

  • Art Moves: Sculpture, Writing, Painting, Photography – Jane Brown The Art of Dance, Oakland CA
        An exploration of the creative process through contemporary dance choreography, sculpted                                                         sets, costumes and commissioned music
  • Sky Blues - Orches, Open Arts Circle, Oakland CA 
        Original sculpture, poetry & choreography by Vicki Gunter
  • Intertwined: Excitement, Interwoven, Mirror Lake — Orches, Open Arts Circle, Oakland CA
       Hand painted sculpture set, choreography & performance by Vicki Gunter – interpreting                                                              original paintings by Joell Jones
  • I Can’t Stand the Rain — Jane Brown The Art of Dance & Open Arts Circle, Oakland Ca - Theatre Artaud, SF CA
        Sculpture set, choreography & performance.
  • U.S. Weapons Vendor  -– A Show of Peace, Fort Creativity Center – Oakland CA
        Performance installation, props and costume


        Television, Exhibits and Publications

  • Sharing Sri Lanka II - Interview on Bay Sunday, CBS Channel 5,  with Barbara Rodgers
  • The Other America — “The Art and Culture of the American Labor Movement since 1900”
        Video exhibit of Work Dances (4 part suite, choreographed by V.Gunter) touring Europe (1983-1987?), and published in             Das Andre Amerika, Elefanten Press, 1983
  • KCSM-TV Channel 60, Interview and Broadcast of Work Dances


        Writing    
  • In The Lettuce commissioned by University of Arizona, 2002       
  • The Reading Chair, In The Lettuce, Dear Mom and Binaca published in Good News 2004, 2005, 2006
  • Somebody's Baby published in Street Spirit, 2002                                                                        
       

         Education - Ceramics, Sculpture and Creative Writing

  • San Francisco State University 1968-1970 Charles “Bud” McKee, Joe Hawley
  • Diablo Valley College 1968 Clayton Bailey
  • Laney College 1972-74 Alan Meisel, Ted Odza
  • Laney College 2005-14 Sherry Karver, Susannah Israel, Larry Henderson
  • Mendocino Arts Center 2017 – Michelle Gregor
  • Pleasant Hill High School 1967-68 - Jim Snowden
  • Creative Writing, Matthew Goldstein, Rinna Evelyn Wolfe


        Teaching

  • 2008 – 2005 Watershed Adventures teacher combining art and science for 4th and 5th grades for Alameda County Resource Conservation and Development.
  • 2009 – 1996 Levers, Pulleys and Art/Dance Science and Art for 5th graders, Oakland CA
  • 1995- 1994 Sharing Sri Lanka Mask Making and dance with 5th grades, Oakland CA
  • 1971 to Present - Teaching dance arts and Motion therapy for all ages and skill levels.


        Collections:
       
  • Tyrone Perry Landscaping – Commissioned one dozen unique orchid pots.
  • William & Darrel Ishmael – Private Collection
  • Jean Cross - Lincoln CA - Private Collection
  • Terri Pittman - Richmond CA - Private Collection
  • William "Bill" Mandel - Berkeley CA - Private Collection
  • Regina Gallegos - El Cerrito CA - Private Collection
  • Nathan Galanter - Oakland CA - Private Collection
  • Alex Dixon - Oakland CA - Private Collection


        Professional Affiliations

  • Ceramics Monthly - Ceramic Arts Daily
  • Association of Clay and Glass Artists
  • Richmond Art Center - Blue Line Arts - ICAN
  • Greenpeace, Sierra Club & 350.org
  • Co-Director and Co-Founder of Jane Brown Foundation (1971) and Orches (1991)
  • Oakland Arts Alliance Member – the original group of Oakland Artists that fought for and advised the City of                   Oakland on the Development of the Cultural Arts Division
  • Artist adviser for American Lung Association (SF - 1980’s) regarding health hazards in the visual and performing arts.
© Vicki Gunter 2002-2012