Ceramics and Writing Resume
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
- Sky Blues - Orches, Open Arts Circle, Oakland CA
- Intertwined: Excitement, Interwoven, Mirror Lake — Orches, Open Arts Circle, Oakland CA
- I Can’t Stand the Rain — Jane Brown The Art of Dance & Open Arts Circle, Oakland Ca - Theatre Artaud, SF CA
- U.S. Weapons Vendor -– A Show of Peace, Fort Creativity Center – Oakland CA
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”
- 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