Giselle Hicks
Courtney Martin makes functional stoneware that can be wheel-thrown or hand-built. The extensive patterning that characterize the work is created using a latex or wax resist and is inspired by abstract shapes ...
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- Biography
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Courtney Martin makes functional stoneware that can be wheel-thrown or hand-built. The extensive patterning that characterize the work is created using a latex or wax resist and is inspired by abstract shapes and patterns of African mud cloth and the geometric forms of architectural ironwork.
The pieces are fired in a wood-burning cross-draft climbing kiln. While Courtney Martin uses color, much of her work explores the patterning possibilities of only black and white glazes.
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- Apprenticeships & Residencies
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2002-2005
Artist in Residence, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado
2005ARTS/Industry Residency, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan and Kohler, Wisconsin
2010Artist in Residence, LH Project, Joseph, Oregon
2011Summer Resident, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, Montana
2011-2012Artist in Residence, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2012ARTS/Industry Residency, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan and Kohler, Wisconsin
2012Director Invites Residency, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, Montana
2013-2014Artist in Residence, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, Montana
2014Artist Invites Artists Residency, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, Montana
2016Artist in Residence, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, New York
- Primary Work Experience
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2005-2007
Gallery Manager, Ferrin Gallery, Lenox, Massachusetts
2015-2016Adjunct Instructor Ceramics, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana
2016—Studio Coordinator of Ceramics, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado
Other
- Public Collections
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Alfred Ceramic Art Museum at Alfred University, Alfred, New York
Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, Montana
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York
John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Kohler Company, Kohler, Wisconsin
- Bibliography
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Gunter, Veronika Alice . 500 Figures in Clay: Ceramic Artists Celebrate the Human Form. New York, NY:Lark Books, 2004.
“Impossible Possibilities: Mary Cloonan & Giselle Hicks.” Keramieki Techni issue 41 (2002).
McQuaid, Cate. “Modern Riffs on New Ideas.” The Boston Globe, May 30, 2012.
Osburn, Deborah. Tile Envy. London, England: Cicada Books, 2015.
Quillen, Ryland, “The View from Here: Giselle Hicks in Helena, MT,” SightUnseen, May 27, 2015, http://www.sightunseen.com/2015/05/giselle-hicks-in-helena-montana/.
Taylor, Brian, and Kate Doody. GLAZE: The Ultimate Ceramic Artist's Guide to Glaze and Color. Hauppauge, NY: Barron’s Educational Series, 2014.
Umberger, Leslie and Amy Chaloupka. Hiding Places: Memory in the Arts. Sheboygan, WI: John Michael Kohler Art Center Publishers, 2011.
- CV or Resume
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Jeff Kuratnick
- Website(s)
Citation: Jeff Kuratnick Giselle Hicks, "The Marks Project."
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