Mary Roehm

Born: 1951, Endwell, NY

Mary Roehm is known for paper-thin wheel-thrown or cast porcelain vessels.

She explores the possibilities for manipulating her vessels, often twisting, tearing the edges, and creating less than round rims. The pieces are ...
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    Mary Roehm is known for paper-thin wheel-thrown or cast porcelain vessels.

    She explores the possibilities for manipulating her vessels, often twisting, tearing the edges, and creating less than round rims. The pieces are usually left unglazed so the effects of wood-firing can be most evident. Although she creates many domestic forms, she is most well known for her bowls, pouring, and conceptual sculptural vessels.

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    Apprenticeships & Residencies
    Primary Work Experience
    1974
    -
    1977

    Owner, Mary Roehm Clayworks, Buffalo, New York

    1979

    Studio Artist, Detroit, Michigan

    1980
    -
    2009

    Studio Artist

    1987
    -
    1991

    Executive and Artistic Director, Pewabic Pottery

    1991
    -
    2009

    Professor of Art, Ceramics, State University of New York, New Paltz, New York

    2010
    -
    2011

    Visiting Scholar, Ceramics, Florida Atlantic University (FAU), Boca Raton, Florida

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    Public Collections

    Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas

    Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, New York

    Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, Massachusetts

    Detroit Institute of the Arts, Detroit, Michigan

    Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York

    Guardian Industries, Detroit, Michigan

    Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, West Virginia

    Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,

    Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina

    Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York

    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts

    Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona

    Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park Museum, Shigaraki, Japan

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

    Bibliography

    Adamson, Glenn and Davira S. Taragin. Tea Anyone? The Donna Moog Teapot Collection, Racine, WI: Racine Art Museum, 2003.

    Koplos, Janet, "Knowing Objects: An Unfinished Rumination,” New Art Examiner (April 1996).

    Lauria, Jo, “Clay & the Nature of Things,” Ceramic Art and Perception, no. 51.

    Levin, Elaine. Exhibition Catalog. Claremont, CA: Scripps College 59th Ceramic Annual, 2003.

    Newby, Rick. Perforations. Minneapolis, MN: The Northern Clay Center, 2005.

    Princenthal, Nancy, “Mary Roehm, Emptiness Deferred,” Ceramic Art and Perception, no. 48.

    Sheets, Hilarie M., “Living with Art: Dynamic Ceramics,” ARTnews (Summer 2007).

    Roehm, Mary, New Work Address, NCECA Conference Catalog, 2007.

    Wardol, Sasha. Porcelain and Bone China, United Kingdom: Crowood Press Ltd, 2004.

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    Scripps College Ceramic Annual

    Buffalo, New York

    New Paltz, New York

    Detroit, Michigan

    Citation: Mary Roehm, "The Marks Project."
    Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/mary-roehm

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