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Biography

Holly Curcio?s works in terra cotta and low-fired earthenware. Known for tile work for domestic and institutional installation, Curcio also works in small scale sculptural series. These small ceramic figures wear masks taking on the personas of animals and frequently include a unique wall bracket or plinth.

One of these series, ?From Inside the Birdhouse?,explores a relationship between humans and animals. Other series are ?Still Life's & Curiosities? and ?Suspending Disbelief?. Drawing, visual relationship of objects, and textures are common elements of Curcio?s work.

Apprenticeships & Residencies

1950

1952

Apprentice to Bernard Leach, St. Ives, England

Primary Work Experience

1953

1990

Professor, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1981

1985

Department Chair, Studio Arts, University of Minnesota

1953

2018

Pottery studio, Stillwater Farm, Stillwater, Minnesota

Other

Public Collections

American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California

The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York

Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Chunichi Shimbun Collection, Nagoya, Japan

Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York

Grinnell College Museum, Grinnell, Iowa

Joslyn Museum, Omaha, Nebraska

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York

Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, California

Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minnesota History Museum, St. Paul, Minnesota

Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, Minnesota

Museum of Applied Art, Helsinki, Finland

Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York

National Folk Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan

Scripps College, Claremont, California

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

St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri

Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England

Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

Bibliography

Clark, Garth. American Ceramics: 1876 to Present. New York, NY: Abbeville Press, 1987.

Clark, Garth. American Potters: The Work of Twenty Modern Masters. New York, NY: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1981.

Donhauser, Paul S. History of American Ceramics: The Studio Potter. Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt Publishing, 1978.

Levin, Elaine. The History of American Ceramics From Pipkins and Bean Pots to Contemporary Forms, 1607 to the Present. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.

Peterson, Susan. Contemporary Ceramics. New York, NY: Watson-Guptill Publications, 2000.

Rochester Art Center. Warren Mackenzie: Legacy of an American Potter. San Francisco, CA: Museum of Craft and Folk Art, 2009.

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