Anne Currier

Born: 1950, Louisville, Kentucky

Anne Currier is known for creating ceramic sculptures are an exploration of the interplay between inside and outside and which is which. They are hard-edged, slab built and have the ...
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    Anne Currier is known for creating ceramic sculptures are an exploration of the interplay between inside and outside and which is which. They are hard-edged, slab built and have the appearance of being larger in scale than they actually are.Typically, Currier?s sculptures are monochromatic often referencing the colors of winter in western New York.

    Her pieces challenge our understanding of mass, volume, positive and negative space and how they interact.

    Anne Currier was the recipient of a Virginia A. Groot Foundation Recognition Grant in 1991.

    An excerpt of an interview with Anne Currier conducted May 22, 24 and June 16, 2006, by Mary Drach McInnes for the Archives of American Art?s Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America is available here: http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-anne-currier-13581.

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    Apprenticeships & Residencies
    Primary Work Experience
    1986
    -
    2016

    Professor, School of Art and Design, New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University, Alfred, New York

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    Alfred  Ceramic Art Museum, Alfred University, Alfred, New York

    Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, Missouri

    Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, Hawai’i

    Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, California

    MacKenzie Fine Arts Center, Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, Michigan

    Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York

    Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York

    Musee des Arts Decoratifs de Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York

    Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyung-ju, South Korea

    Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin

    Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC

    University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

    University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado

    Bibliography

    Adlin, Jane. Contemporary Ceramics: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1998.

    Clark, Garth. American Ceramics: 1876 to the Present. New York, New York:Abbeville Publications, Inc., 1987.

    Dormer, Peter. The New Ceramics: Trends and Traditions, revised edition. London, England: Thames and Hudson, 1994.

    Harrington, LaMar. Ceramics in the Pacific Northwest: A History. Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Press, 1979.

    Hunt, Bill, ed. 21st Century Ceramics in the United States and Canada. American Ceramics Society. 2003.

    Lauria, Jo. Color and Fire: Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics, 1950-2000. Los Angeles, California: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, with Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 2000.

    Levine, Elaine. The History of American Ceramics: From Pipkins and Bean Pots to Contemporary Forms. New York, New York: Abrams, Inc., 1988.

    Margetts, Martina, ed. International Crafts. London, England: Thames & Hudson, 1991.Nelson, Glenn C. Ceramics: A Potter’s Handbook 4th ed. New York, New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1978.

    Peterson, Susan. The Craft and Art of Clay. New York, New York: Prentice Hall, 2nd edition; 1996; 3rd edition,1998; 4th edition, 2003.

    _____________. Contemporary Ceramics. New York, New York: Watson-Guptil, 2001.

    Piepenburg, Robert. The Spirit of Clay: A Classic Guide to Ceramics. Pebble Press, 1996.

    Rhodes, Daniel, revised by Robin Hopper. Clay and Glazes for the Potter. Madison, Wisconsin: Krause
    Publications, Inc., 2000.

    Wechler, Susan. Low Fire Ceramics. New York, New York: Watson-Guptil, 1981.

    Weekly, Nancy, Nancy McInnes and Helen W. Drutt English. Anne Currier: Sculptures. Stuttgart, Germany: Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt, 2006. 

    Zakin, Richard. Ceramics–Mastering the Craft. Madison, Wisconsin: Krause Publications, Inc., 2001.

     

     

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    Scripps College Ceramic Annual

    Alfred, New York

    Citation: Anne Currier, "The Marks Project."
    Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/anne-c-currier

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