Justin Novak
Jeanne Bisson and Ikuzi Teraki founded Romulus Craft Studio in 1979 in Oakland, California. In 1986 they moved the studio to Washington, Vermont where they produce utilitarian wheel-thrown, pinched and hand-built porcelain ...
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- Biography
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Jeanne Bisson and Ikuzi Teraki founded Romulus Craft Studio in 1979 in Oakland, California. In 1986 they moved the studio to Washington, Vermont where they produce utilitarian wheel-thrown, pinched and hand-built porcelain tableware, and decorative art. Bisson does all hand-built, pinched and slab-built work while Teraki does all the wheel-thrown work, trimming and carving. [1]
[1] https://www.wescover.com/creator/romulus-craft Cited November 27, 2018-10: 00 AM
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2001
Artist in Residence, International Ceramic Center, Skaelskor, Denmark
2003Artist in Residence, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, Maine
2004Arts/Industry Residency, Kohler Company, Kohler, Wisconsin
- Primary Work Experience
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1996-1999
Adjunct Professor, Rockland Community College
1997-1999Instructor, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, New York
1997-2000Adjunct Professor, State University of New York, New Paltz, New York
1999-2000Adjunct Professor, City University, Jersey City, New Jersey
2000Assistant Professor of Ceramics, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
2007Associate Professor, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Other
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Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York
Grimmerhus Danish Museum of International Ceramic Art, Denmark
John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
The Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina
Taipei County Yingge Museum of Art, Taipei, Taiwan
UMPRUM, Museum of Applied Art, Prague, Czech Republic
Porcelain Museum, Walbrzych, Poland
- Bibliography
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Andrews, Tim. Raku. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2005.
Barnard, Rob, Natasha Daintry and Clare Twomey. Breaking the Mould: New Approaches to Ceramics. London, England: Black Dog Publishing, 2007.
Berelson, Ruth. “Bathing in the Sweat of a Faraway People.” American Ceramics (Spring 2000).
Brown, Glen R. “Justin Novak’s Rhetoric of Beauty.” Ceramics: Art and Perception 62 (2006).
Flynn, Michael. Ceramic Figures. London, England: A & C Black Publishers/Princeton University Press, 2002.
Hubbard, Patricia. “The Function of Beauty.” Ceramics: Art and Perception (2001).
Lark Books. 500 Figures in Clay: Ceramic Artists Celebrate the Human Form. Asheville, NC: Lark Books, 2004.
Lark Books. The Penland Book of Ceramics. Asheville, NC: Lark Books, 2003.
Lombardi, D. Dominick. “Works Created as Reactions to Injustices.” The New York Times, April 25, 1999.
Novak, Justin and Bryan Hopkins. “Paying Attention.” Ceramics: Art and Perception 61 (2005).
Raynor, Vivian. ”From a Partnership of Elements to a Show of Playfulness.” The New York Times, February 23, 1997.
Schwartz, Judith. “A New Generation of American Ceramic Artists.” Kerameiki Techni 41 (2003).
- CV or Resume
- Website(s)
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