Rimas VisGirda
Rimas VisGirda is known for thrown and altered pottery. VisGirda's work features illustrated surfaces, often on a white background. Surface techniques include colored slips, decals, glaze, overglaze illustration and gold luster. Primary ...
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Rimas VisGirda is known for thrown and altered pottery. VisGirda's work features illustrated surfaces, often on a white background. Surface techniques include colored slips, decals, glaze, overglaze illustration and gold luster. Primary subject matter includes people in everyday situations. About his work, Visgirda states: ?My work is influenced by the culture I live in, the machine age, the urban environment, the media, and fad and fashion.? 1 Early influences include comic book style drawings.
1. Merli, Melissa. ?Studio Visit: Rimas VisGirda, 67, Rural Champaign.? The News-Gazette, June 21, 2009.
" - Apprenticeships & Residencies
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1986
Residency, Kohler Arts and Industry Program, Kohler Company, Kohler, Wisconsin
- Primary Work Experience
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1992-1999
Product Design Consultant, Clinton Imperial China Inc. / Harris Potteries, Clinton, Illinois
1966-1968Associate Physicist, Aerojet-General Corporation, Sacramento, California
1973-1978Professor, Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois
1979-1983Bemidji State University, Bemidji, Minnesota
1983-1986Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa
1987-1997Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Illinois
Other
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American Art Clay Company, Indianapolis, Indiana
Belgium State Museum, Brussels, Belgium
Bemidji State University, Bemidji, Minnesota
City of Panevezys, Lithuania
Edward Orton Jr. Ceramic Foundation, Westerville, Ohio
John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Kasahara Health Center, Kasahara, Japan
Leslie Ceramics, Berkeley, California
McDonald Corporation, Chicago, Illinois
Minnesota Clay, Bloomington, Minnesota
Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague, Czech Republic
Nelson Museum, University of California, Davis, California
Panevezys Glass Factory, Panevezys, Lithuania
Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, Tennessee
- Bibliography
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Merli, Melissa. “Studio Visit: Rimas VisGirda, 67, Rural Champaign.” The News-Gazette, June 21, 2009.
Zakin, Richard. Ceramics Ways of Creation. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1999.
- CV or Resume
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Kuratnick, Jeffrey
- Website(s)
Citation: Kuratnick, Jeffrey Rimas VisGirda, "The Marks Project."
Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/rimas-visgirda
