Sergei Isupov

Born: 1963, Born in Stavropol, Russia

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Biography

Brooke Millecchia is a studio potter and educator known for functional, wheel-thrown, and altered stoneware pottery. She starts by throwing her pots on the wheel then altering them to add corners and angles to the once circular vessels. Millecchia then applies patterning and symmetrical geometric images as her surface decoration.

She uses found objects, handmade brushes, and other tools to create and apply designs to each piece. Her palette is usually warm and the surface can vary from glossy to matte even on one piece.

Apprenticeships & Residencies

2003

Arts/Industry Residency Program, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin

Primary Work Experience

1990—

Studio Artist, Louisville, Kentucky, and Cummington, Massachusetts

Other

Public Collections

Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona

Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas

The Art Galleries of Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, Florida

Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, Missouri

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, de Young Museum, San Francisco, California

Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts

Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, New Jersey

Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina

Museum fur Angewandte, Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany

Museum of Applied Art, Tuman, Russia

Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York

Museum of Contemporary Ceramics, Summe, Ukraine

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas

Museum of International Ceramics, Kecskemet, Hungary

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia

Norwegian Museum of Art, Trondheim, Norway

Oslo Museum of Applied Art, Oslo, Norway

Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin

Imperial Centre for the Arts & Sciences, Rocky Mount, North Carolina

Tallinn Museum of Applied Art, Tallinn, Estonia

Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina

Bibliography

Bekkerman, Sonya. Sergei Isupov: Androgyny. Mesa, Arizona: Mesa Arts Center, 2008.

Brown, Glen. The Figure in Clay: Contemporary Sculpting Techniques by Master Artists. New York, New York: Lark Books, Sterling Publishing, 2005.

Brown, Glen. “Sergei Isupov–On Multi Stable Ground,” Ceramic Arts & Perception no.51 (2003).

Burkett, Richard, curator. Masters: Porcelain. Asheville, North Carolina: Lark Books, Sterling Publishing, 2008.

Chambers, Karen. “Sergei Isupov,” American Craft Magazine, (February1999).

______________, “Sergei Isupov: From Stavropol to Louisville,” Kerameiki Techni—International

Ceramic Art Review no.30 (December 1998).

Clark, Garth. The Artful Teapot. New York, New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 2001.

Copeland, Colette. “The Pursuit of Porcelain,” review, Ceramics: Art and Perception no.88 (2012).

Del Vecchio. Mark, Postmodern Ceramics. New York, New York: Thames & Hudson, 2001.

Douglas, Mary. Alan Chasanoff Ceramic Collection. Charlotte, North Carolina: Mint Museum of Craft+Design, 2000.

Friedman, Jane. “Fragile.” American Style (2003).

Hopper, Robin. Making Marks: Discovering the Ceramic Surface. Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications Inc., 2004.

Leigh, Bobbie. “All Fired Up,” Art and Antiques (May 2004).

Mathieu, Paul. Sex Pots: Eroticism in Ceramics. Rutgers, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 2003.

Meilach, Dona Z. Teapots: Makers and Collectors. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, 2006.

Morgenthal, Deborah. Penland Book of Ceramics: Masterclasses in Ceramic Techniques. New York, New York: Lark Books, Sterling Publishing, 2003.

Newby, Rick. “Sergei Isupov,” American Ceramics (May 1999).

Nigrosh, Leon. “Erotica in Ceramic Art, Sexual, Sensual & Suggestive,” Ceramic Art and Perception no.38 (1999).

Osterman, Matthias. The Ceramic Surface. London, England: A and C Black Publishers, 2002.

_______________ . The Ceramic Narrative. London, England: A and C Black Publishers, 2005.

Schwartz, Judith. Confrontational Ceramics. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008.

Ward, Gerald W., RJulie Muniz and Matthew Kangas. Shy Boy, She Devil, and Isis: The Art of Conceptual Craft, Selections from the Wornick Collection. Boston, Massachusetts: Museum of Fine Arts Publications, 2007.

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