Vivika Heino | Also Known As: Vivien Heino, Vivien Place

Born: 1910, Caledonia, New York

Melissa Mytty is known for hand-built pinched functional porcelain pottery and vessel-oriented small-scale sculpture.

Vessel oriented sculpture can be seen as iterations of an abstracted teapot or vessel atop variations of hand-designed plastic ...
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Melissa Mytty is known for hand-built pinched functional porcelain pottery and vessel-oriented small-scale sculpture.

Vessel oriented sculpture can be seen as iterations of an abstracted teapot or vessel atop variations of hand-designed plastic bases. At times these sculptural works do not have a plastic plinth. These are intended for table top or pedestal display. Sculptural works are also designed to be wall-hung.

Across both functional and sculptural bodies of work, Mytty uses the white vessel as a canvas; adding layers of bright fresh glaze that may move when kiln-fired. Her work draws from the rich history of ceramics, a preoccupation with the cup as subject, and sensibilities of 'street' style.

Apprenticeships & Residencies

1934

1935

Weaving, Swedish Applied Arts, San Francisco, California

1934

1938

Woodcarving, bookbinding and jewelry apprenticeships

1939

1940

Appreticeship with Manuel Jalanovitch, San Francisco, California

Primary Work Experience

1940

1942

Studio Potter, San Francisco, California

1944

1945

Ceramics Technician, Choate Pottery, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania

1945

1947

Pottery Instructor, Greenwich House Settlement, New York, New York

1947

1949

Assistant Director, League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, Concord, New Hampshire

1948

1952

Studio Potter, Hopkinton, New Hampshire

1952

1955

Visiting Lecturer, USC

1955

1963

Head of Ceramics Department, Chouinard Art Institute, Los Angeles, California

1963

1965

Head of Ceramics Department, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island

1966

1968

Master of Ceramics, Sheridan School of Design, Port Credit, Ontario, Canada

1970

1972

Established Ceramic Department, New England College, Henniker, New Hampshire

1973

1995

Studio Potter, The Pottery, Ojai, California

Other

Public Collections

American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California

Ariana Museum, Geneva, Switzerland

Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona

Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland

Brunnier Art Museum, Iowa State University, Ames Iowa

Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, New York, New York

Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, California

Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa

Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York

Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, Massachusetts

Fred Jones, Jr. Museum of Art, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma

Hartford Jewish Community Center, Hartford, Connecticut

Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska

Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, California

Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tennessee

Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, California

Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York

Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey

Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan, Utah

Ruth Chandler WIllianson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, CaliforniaSt. Paul Gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota

Southern Highland Craft Guild, Asheville, North Carolina

Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota, Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois

Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

Bibliography

Carney, Margaret, Val Cushing and Gerry Williams. What You Give Away You Keep Forever: The Vivika and Otto Heino Retrospective. Alfred, NY: Schein-Joseph Museum of Ceramic Art at Alfred University, 1995.

Levin, Elaine. "Otto and Vivika Heino.” Ceramics Monthly. October 1977.

Merrill, Forrest, Vivika Heino and Otto Heino. The Art of Vivika and Otto Heino. Ventura, CA: Ventura County Museum of History & Art, 2005.

Wallace, Kevin V. and Tim Schiffer. The Art of Vivika & Otto Heino. Ventura, CA: Ventura County Museum of History & Art, 1995.

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