Jim Koudelka
Jim Koudelka is known for stoneware pottery with surface decorations inspired by mid-century modern designs. Koudelka refers to this work as ?mid-century modern plus.? The work is often salt-fired to cone 10. ...
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About
- Biography
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Jim Koudelka is known for stoneware pottery with surface decorations inspired by mid-century modern designs. Koudelka refers to this work as ?mid-century modern plus.? The work is often salt-fired to cone 10. Koudleka also makes sculptural vessels, such as the series ?Man Cans and Boy Toys 2? that combine industrial referenced objects made of clay, glass, and metal to create unique forms.
Koudelka and Janet Buskirk share a studio but work independently.
" - Apprenticeships & Residencies
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1997
Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana
- Primary Work Experience
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2017--onward
Professor Emeritus Oregon College of Art and Craft
Studio Potter
1992-2017Professor, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, Oregon
Other
- Public Collections
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American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California
Canton Museum of Art, Canton, Ohio
- Bibliography
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Duforad, Daniel. “Jim Koudelka’s Layered Contraptions.” Ceramics Monthly 49 no. 4 (April 2001).
- CV or Resume
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Beul, Jasmine
- Website(s)
Citation: Beul, Jasmine Jim Koudelka, "The Marks Project."
Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/jim-koudelka
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

