Jeffrey Oestreich | Also Known As: Jeff Oestreich

Born: 1947, St. Paul, MN

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Biography

Don Hanson is known for functional and decorative ceramics. His work is designed by referencing historical pottery using timeless classical forms. Hanson creates using a variety of clays, and firing methods. He uses a variety of decorative techniques but has a focus on slip trailing. Work is glaze fired in both natural gas kilns (cone 11), and electric kilns (cone 8 ? 10). His functional and decorative work span from sturdy earth toned stoneware to delicate translucent porcelain vivid in color. For the latter, Hanson is known for calligraphic markings using the slip trailing technique, notably on the interior of bowls.

Hanson, can be considered a regional potter as he sells his work within the region of his studio and kiln. Additionally, he sells his work in non-traditional venues such as regional airports with flights departing for unusual locations such as the North Pole or small Pacific Rim Nations, in display cases in office buildings, and at artist demonstrations at conventions for purchase by conventioneers.

His expertise as a ceramics technician, coupled with marketing skills, allows for a marriage of both creative and practical endeavors leaving his audience with fresh and inviting work from every making cycle.

Apprenticeships & Residencies

1969

1971

Apprenticeship, Bernard Leach Pottery, St. Ives, England

Primary Work Experience

1971

Studio Potter and Instructor

Other

Public Collections

Aberystwyth Arts Centre, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Wales

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

American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California

Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona

Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Auckland Museum of Art, Auckland, New Zealand

Augsburg College Art Galleries, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Bermuda National Gallery, Hamilton, Bermuda

College of Fine Arts, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian National Museum of Design, New York, New York

Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California

Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York

Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Gold Coast City Gallery, Surfer’s Paradise, Australia

Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, West Virginia

Icheon World Ceramic Center, Korea

J. William Fulbright College of Arts & Science, Ceramics Collection, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas

Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri

La Trobe University, Shepparton, Australia

Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California

Margaret Harlow Collection, Bemidji State University, Bemidji, Minnesota

Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas

National Museum, Taiwan, Republic of China

Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, Wisconsin

Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey

Nottingham City Museum, Nottingham, England

Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin

rosenfieldcollection.com

Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, California

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C.

Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum Taipei, Taiwan

Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan

Utah State University, Logan, Utah

Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England

Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Bibliography

Clark, Garth. American Ceramics, 1876 to the Present, New York, New York: Abbeville Press, 1987.

Ferrin, Leslie. Teapots Transformed: Exploration of an Object. Madison, Wisconsin: Guild Publishing, 2000.

Fina, Angela and Jonathan Fairbanks. The Best of Pottery I. Rockport, Massachusetts: Rockport Publishers, 1996.

Harris, Jim. “Jeff Oestreich: Studio Potter.” American Ceramics 7 no. 3 (July 1989).

Hluch, Kevin A. The Art of Contemporary American Pottery. Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications, 2001.

Hopper, Robin. Functional Pottery: Form and Aesthetic in Pots of Purpose. Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications, 2000.

Lauria, Jo. Color and Fire: Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics 1950-2000. Los Angeles, California: Los Angeles County Museum of Art with Rizzoli International Publishers, 2000.

Levin, Elaine. The History of American Ceramics from Pipkins and Bean Pots to Contemporary Forms. New York, New York: Harry N. Abrams Publishers, Inc.,1989.

Oestreich, Jeff. “Glazes-Honoring the Past and Celebrating the Present.” Studio Potter 48 no 1.

____________. “Some Thoughts on Studio Pottery.” Ceramics Monthly 31 no. 8 (October 1983).

The Penland Book of Ceramics: Masterclasses in Ceramic Techniques. Asheville, North Carolina: Lark Books, 2003.

Perry, Barbara. American Ceramics: The Collection of the Everson Museum of Art. New York, New York: Rizzoli International Publishers, 1989.

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