Courtney Murphy
Victoria Christen is known for altered wheel-thrown earthenware and porcelain functional pottery forms. Influenced by a family lineage of seamstresses, machinists, and folk artists, after throwing Christen forms are cut, folded and ...
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Victoria Christen is known for altered wheel-thrown earthenware and porcelain functional pottery forms. Influenced by a family lineage of seamstresses, machinists, and folk artists, after throwing Christen forms are cut, folded and joined into a new final form.
Best known for her work with iron-rich earthenware, Christen uses a variety of surface techniques. Light colored slips or underglazes are applied to pre-fired clay followed with bright colored underglazes. A Sgraffito like technique is used to mark through glaze layers. A black hand-drawn line is used to accentuate color areas.
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2004
Resident Artist, Guldagergaard International Center for the Ceramic Arts, Skaelskor, Denmark
2009Resident Artist, Odyssey Center for the Ceramic Arts, Asheville, North Carolina
2009Short-Term Resident Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, Montana
2010Lincoln Fellow, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, Montana
2010-2012Long-Term Resident, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, Montana
2012Resident Artist, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, Montana
2012-2014Resident Artist, The Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, Montana
- Primary Work Experience
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2006-2009
Studio Assistant, Ceramic Instructor, Asheville, North Carolina
2009—Present, Studio Potter, Missoula, Montana
Other
- Public Collections
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Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, Montana
The Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, Montana
- Bibliography
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Bloomfield, Linda. Contemporary Tableware. London, UK: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013.
Clark, Donald. Making a Living in Crafts. New York, NY: Lark Books, 2006.
Gluckert, Stephen. Persistence in Clay. Missoula, MT: Missoula Art Museum, 2011.
Hemachandra, Ray. 500 Vases: Contemporary Explorations of a Timeless Form. New York, NY: Lark Books, 2010.
Lovelace, Joyce, “Push It: At Archie Bray, Tradition Means Innovation.” American Craft Magazine (June 2011).
Mc Creight, Tim. Design Language: Interpretive Edition. Portland, ME: Bryn Morgen Press, 2006.
Murphy, Courtney, “Less is More.” Pottery Making Illustrated (November 2011).
Schulman, Blair. “The Sweet Life.” Ceramics: Art & Perception (March 2013).
Wandless, Paul Andrew. 500 Prints on Clay. New York, NY: Lark Books, 2013.
- CV or Resume
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Kuratnick, Jeffrey
- Website(s)
Citation: Kuratnick, Jeffrey Courtney Murphy, "The Marks Project."
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