Charles Wissinger | Also Known As: Chuck Wissinger
Charles Wissinger is best known for slab-build and mold-cast earthenware sculptures. Decorative techniques include sprayed or brushed on slip in multiple layers, using paper templates and tape friskets for masking surface designsRead more
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About
- Biography
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Charles Wissinger is best known for slab-build and mold-cast earthenware sculptures. Decorative techniques include sprayed or brushed on slip in multiple layers, using paper templates and tape friskets for masking surface designs[1]. The piece is then often salt fired. Wissinger also uses other materials to construct his work such as metal, wood and stone.
Wissinger was married to ceramic sculptor Sara Fulden Wissinger.
- Apprenticeships & Residencies
- Primary Work Experience
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2003-2011
Professor, Ceramics, Texas A&M University, Kingsville, Texas
1974-2000Professor, Ceramics, Red Deer College, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
2000-2003Professor, Ceramics, University of Texas- Pan American, Edinburg, Texas
Other
- Public Collections
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Alberta Art Foundation, Edmonton, Alberta
American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California
Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey
Jingdezhen Experimental Factory @ Sculpture Factory, Jingdezhen, China
Museum of Applied Arts, Trondheim, Norway
North Central Washington Museum, Winatchee, Washington
The Ohio State University Collection, Columbus, Ohio
Red Deer College, Permanent Collection, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
- Bibliography
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“Chuck Wissinger: Prairie Landscapes.” Ceramics Monthly 28, no. 2. ceramics-monthly-feb80-cei0280d.pdf (ceramicartsnetwork.org).
Flores, Iliana. “Remembering a ‘Maestro’.” The Southern Texan, Thursday, February 27, 2020, 94, issue 17. The South Texan Vol. 94 Issue 17 by The South Texan - Issuu.
“Wissinger & Wissinger Art Show.” RGV+Beyond Arts & More Magazine 1, no. 31 (2012).
“Wissinger Art Collection. Works of Art, International flair essence of TCTC exhibit.” Valley Morning Star, Friday, September 21, 2012.
Wissinger, Charles E. “Ceramics in America Enters the 21st Century.” NUKTA ART, Biannual Contemporary Art Magazine of Pakistan Vol. 3, ONE 2008.
Wissinger, Chuck (Curator). “The Wissinger Collection: 20 Year of International Ceramics.” The Works Art & Design Festival Magazine, June 2005.
Wissinger, Charles E. “Charles E. and Sara Fulden Wissinger.” Tapestry. Texas A&M University Kingsville. Women and Gender Studies Journal. 2017. Tapestry_2017.pdf (tamuk.edu).
- CV or Resume
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Lange, Hanna
- Website(s)
Citation: Lange, Hanna Charles Wissinger, "The Marks Project."
Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/charles-wissinger
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 -
American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA)
Pomona, California -
American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA)
Pomona, California
