Byron Temple
Byron Temple's works are generally spare, simple forms referencing Bauhaus, British, and Asian ceramics. His pieces were thrown using porcelain and then wood and salt fired. From 1962 to 1989 he created ...
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- Biography
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Byron Temple's works are generally spare, simple forms referencing Bauhaus, British, and Asian ceramics. His pieces were thrown using porcelain and then wood and salt fired. From 1962 to 1989 he created reduction-fired domestic wares.
" - Apprenticeships & Residencies
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1959-1962
Apprenticed to Bernard Leach in St. Ives, England
- Primary Work Experience
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1962-2002
Studio Potter
Other
- Public Collections
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American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California
Ball State University Museum, Muncie, Indiana
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York
Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, Utah
Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, California
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York
Museum Boymans-can Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Nelson Museum at Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizon
Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey
Palmer Museum, Penn State University, State College, Pennsylvania
Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York, New York
State Museum of New Jersey, Trenton, New Jersey
Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan
- Bibliography
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Dietz, Ulysses Grant. Great Pots Contemporary Ceramics from Function to Fantasy. Newark, NJ: Guild Publishers/Newark Museum, 2003.
Levin, Elaine. The History of American Ceramics: From Pipkins and Bean Pots to Contemporary Forms, 1607 to the Present. New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1988.
Nordness, Lee. Objects USA. New York, NY: Viking Press, 1970.
- CV or Resume
- Website(s)
Citation: Byron Temple, "The Marks Project."
Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/byron-temple
Objects
Collections
American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA)
Pomona, California
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American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA)
Pomona, California -
American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA)
Pomona, California -
American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA)
Pomona, California
