William Attaway
Alex Duff Combs is known as a potter who worked in stoneware, as well as a painter and a designer. Combs worked in an abstract expressionist style and is credited with introducing ...
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- Biography
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Alex Duff Combs is known as a potter who worked in stoneware, as well as a painter and a designer. Combs worked in an abstract expressionist style and is credited with introducing some concepts of modern and contemporary art in Alaska.
In 1975, Combs designed a concrete frieze for an addition to the Anchorage Art Museum which consisted of 40 panels, each weighing several tons[1].
The Alex Combs Award created in his honor is given every year to an Alaskan artist.
?Museum Historical Timeline.? Anchorage Museum, accessed June 22, 2021. https://www.anchoragemuseum.org/about-us/governance/museum-historical-timeline/
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- Apprenticeships & Residencies
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1995
Visiting Artist, Portland Community College, Portland, Oregon
- Primary Work Experience
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1980
Studio Artist, Venice, California
Other
- Public Collections
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Clear Channel Outdoor, Torrance, California
Dreams Come True, 25 ft. Ceramic Column, Ceramic Seating Area, Historic Venice Ocean Front Walk Refurbishment Project, City of Los Angeles, Venice Beach, California
Embassy Suites Hotel, Los Angeles, California
Hilton Huntington Beach, Huntington Beach, California
Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel, Santa Monica, California
Mosaic, 10 ft. Column, Venice Community Housing Corporation. Venice, California
Past Present Future, Three 13-foot Ceramic Columns, Pomona-Downtown Metrolink Station, 100 West Commercial Street, Pomona, California
Pasture of Imagination, Mosaic, National Medical Enterprises Inc., Santa Monica, California
Running of the Grunion, Mosaic, Historic Venice Ocean Front Walk Refurbishment Project, City of Los Angeles, Venice Beach, California
Scripps College, Claremont, California
Sheraton Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
Sun Ray, Mosaic, Los Angeles Community Housing, Los Angeles, California
The Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills, California
- Bibliography
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Piasecki, Joe. “The Short Goodbye: Venice Loses a Piece of Itself with the Eviction of Artist William Attaway.” The Argonot, August 12, 2015.
“William Attaway Clay Works in the Inner City.” NCECA Journal (1998).
- CV or Resume
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Kuratnick, Jeff
- Website(s)
Citation: Kuratnick, Jeff William Attaway, "The Marks Project."
Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/william-attaway
Objects
Collections
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Marer Collection, Scripps College
Claremont, California
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Mr. and Mrs. Fred Marer Collection, Scripps College
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Mr. and Mrs. Fred Marer Collection, Scripps College
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Mr. and Mrs. Fred Marer Collection, Scripps College
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Mr. and Mrs. Fred Marer Collection, Scripps College
Claremont, California
