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Biography

Nolan Baumgartner is known for soda fired functional porcelain vessel forms that includelidded jars sometimes utilizing a reticulated upper rim. The jar lid has a finial set within the rim, the finial showing above. The jar body is surrounded with a stylized repeated glaze and slip motif.

Apprenticeships & Residencies

1992

1995

Apprentice learning the traditional German trade as a potter, “Altbuergeler blau-weiss GmbH”, Buergel, Germany

1995

1996

Journeyman, Joachim Jung’s pottery, also teaching wheel throwing, Glashagen, Germany

2005

Residency, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana

2006

Residency, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin

2011

Artist in Residence, California State University, Long Beach, California

Primary Work Experience

2002

Teaching Assistant, Ceramics for Beginners, University of Michigan

2002

2004

Teaching Assistant, Alfred University

2008

2009

Teaching Doane College Ceramic Classes, Lincoln, Nebraska

2010

Adjunct Faculty for Ceramics, California State University, Long Beach, California

2010

Adjunct Faculty for Ceramics, Pitzer College, Claremont, California

Other

Public Collections

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

Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana

Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, Nebraska

Clay Studio of Missoula, Missolua, Montana

Jingdezhen Arts and Craft Museum Collection, Jingdezhen, China

John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygen, Wisconsin

Kennedy Museum of Fine Art, Athens, Ohio

Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, Oregon

Scripps College, Claremont, California

School for Applied Art & Design Burg Giebichenstein, Halle, Germany

Bibliography

Berg, Tim and Leah Ollman. Making Fun: 2011 Scripps College 67th Ceramic Annual: Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College. Santa Barbara, CA: Perpetua Press, 2010.

Erickson, Heather Mae and Garth Johnson. Contemporary Clay: A Survey of Contemporary American Ceramics. Cullowhee, NC: Western Carolina University Fine Art Museum, 2016.

Green, Joshua and Jae Won Lee. Transformation Nine: Contemporary Works in Ceramics: the Elizabeth R. Raphael Founder's Prize Exhibition. Pittsburgh, PA: Society for Contemporary Craft, 2014.

Lark Books. 500 Handmade Dolls: Modern Explorations of the Human Form. Asheville, NC: Lark Books, 2007.

O'Donnell, L. "Gerit Grimm’s Constructed Histories.” Ceramics: Art and Perception 103 (2016).

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