CURRICULUM VITAE
BACHELOR OF ARTS: Dominican College, San Rafael, CA, 1966
BORN: San Francisco, CA, September 12, 1944
RESIDENCE / STUDIO: San Anselmo, CA
EXHIBITIONS
2024 I’m All Clay, You’re All Clay, B. Sakata Garo, Sacramento, Ca
30 Ceramic Sculptors, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
2023 Moments In Time And Space, Three Person Show, Pence Gallery, Davis CA
30 Ceramic Sculptors, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
2022 Moments In Time, Solo Exhibit, B. Sakata Garo, Sacramento, CA, Solo Exhibit
Found Object Facsimile, Three Person Show, Transmission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Bay Clay, Trax Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Seismic State: California Ceramics, Sparrow Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2021 Small Works, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
30 Ceramic Sculptors, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
2020 2020 Clay National, Epperson Gallery, Crockett, CA
de Young Open Exhibition, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
Art On The Move: Petite Works, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
Someone’s Cup of Tea: Contempoary Teapots from RAM’s Collection, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
2019 Cool Clay: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Ceramics, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Domestic Maters: The Uncommon Apron, Sally B.Francisco Gallery, Perters Valley School of Craft, Layton, NJ
Porcelain Stories, B. Sakata Garo, Sacramento, CA - Solo Exhibit
30 Ceramic Sculptors, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
2018 Three Person Show, Epperson Gallery of Ceramic Art, Crockett, CA
Marvin Sweet And Friends: A Celebration Storytelling, Gorse Mill Studios, Needham, MA
Storytelling, Artworks Downtown, San Rafael, CA
El Grupo Espectaculo,Group Exhibit, B. Sakata Garo Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Richmond Art Center Members Show, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
Two Person Show: Claudia Tarantino, Porcelain Stories /Bill Abright, Constructed Figures, Roscoe Gallery, Oakland, CA
Ceramics In Focus, Davis Art Center, Davis, CA
30 Ceramic Sculptors Invitational, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
Zanesville Prize For Contemporary Ceramics, Michael Seiler Gallery, Zanesville, Ohio
2017 Beyond Fragile, Trompe L'oeil Porcelain, B. Sakata Garo Gallery, Sacramento, CA - Solo Exhibit
30 Ceramic Sculptors Invitational, John natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
The Evocative Garden, NCECA Annual Exhibition, Disjecta Contemporary Art Center, Portland, OR
Material Matters, Seager Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
2016 The Bay Area Contemporary Ceramic Sculptors, Consumes River College, Sacramento, CA
Slice, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA, Award
Forces Of Nature, Three Women, Three Perspectives, Three Graces, ArtBrokers, San Rafael, CA
Function, Form, and Fantasy: Ceramics from the Dr. Robert and Deanna Harris Burger Collection, Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan
America’s ClayFest IV, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA
30 Ceramic Sculptors Invitational, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
21st San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas, First Place Award
2015 30 Ceramic Sculptors Invitational, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
America’s Clay Fest, Blue Line Arts Gallery, Roseville, CA
Hot Tea, del Mano Gallery, delManoGallery.com
2014 The Teapot Redefined, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
SOFA Chicago, John Natsoulas Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Mairn MOCA Summer National, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA
30 Ceramic Sculptors Invitational, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
Abright and Tarantino, Delta Gallery of the Arts. Brentwood CA
Marin Masters, Outdoort Art Club, Mill Valley CA
2013 Teapot Redefined, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Trompe l’oeil Exhibition, John F. Peto Museum, Island Heights, NJ
30 Ceramic Sculptors Invitational, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
teapots! 7th Invitational, Morgan Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Shadows, Three Person Show, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
2012 SOFA Chicago, John Natsoulas Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Ceramics Annual of America, Festival Hall, Ft. Mason San Francisco
Bill Abright and Claudia Tarantino, Roscoe Ceramic Gallery, Oakland, CA
30 Ceramic Sculptors Invitational, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
Teapots 2012, Ferrin Gallery, Pittsfield, MA
Teapots! 6th Invitational, Morgan Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
The Teapot Reinterpreted, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
2011 SOFA Chicago, John Natsoulas Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Ceramics Annual of America, Festival Hall, Ft. Mason San Francisco
Cedar Creek Gallery National Teapot Show VIII, Creedmoor, NC
30 Ceramic Sculptors, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
Hot Tea! 2011, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Priority, East Meets West, Donkey Mill Art Center, Holualoa, HI
2010 Ceramics Annual of America, Herbst Pavillion, Ft. Mason, San Francisco
30 Ceramic Sculptors, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
Trompe L’Oeil, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
Teapots: Object to Subject, ExhibitsUSA, Mid-America Arts Alliance, touring exhibit 2007-10
2009 Pouring Pots, Santa Fe Clay Gallery. Santa Fe New Mexico
Teapots: Interpretations, Ferrin Gallery, Pittsfield, MA
30 Ceramic Sculptors, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
Fork It! Spoon It! Cut It Up!, Baltimore Clay Works, Baltimore, Maryland
Trompe L’Oeil, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
Teapots: Object to Subject, ExhibitsUSA, Mid-America Arts Alliance, touring exhibit 2007-10
2008 SOFA Chicago, John Natsoulas Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago. IL
Cedar Creek Gallery National Teapot Show VII, Creedmoor, NC
SOFA New York, John Natsoulas Gallery, The Armery, NYC
30 Ceramic Sculptors, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
Infusion 10 x 10, 11th Biennial Teapot Exhibition, Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Teapots: Object to Subject, ExhibitsUSA, Mid-America Arts Alliance, touring exhibit 2007-10
Trompe L’Oeil, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
2007 Botanical, Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
30 Ceramic Sculptors, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
NCECA Clay National, Biennial Exhibit, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, K
Teapots: Object to Subject, ExhibitsUSA, Mid-America Arts Alliance, touring exhibit 2007-10
2006 Delicious, Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, CA
MVFAF Past Award Winners Retrospective Exhibition, Dimitroff’s Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
Tea Time: Art of the Teapot, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, Michigan
The Yixing Effect, Echoes of a Chinese Scholar, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana
30 Ceramic Sculptors, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas
2005 30 Ceramic Sculptors, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
Marin Arts Council Grantees Showcase, Marin Community Foundation, San Rafael, CA
2004 Steamin’, Gallery Materia, Scottsdale, AZ
Teapots: Object to Subject, Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, MO
30 Ceramic Sculptors, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas
2003 30 Ceramic Sculptors, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
American Potters Working in the Realist Tradition, The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Northern California Clay, NCECA 37th Annual Conference, San Diego, CA
Short Stories: A Group Show of Narrative Ceramics, Center for the Ceramic Arts, Berkeley, CA
2002 Tea, Virginia Breier Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Three Person Show, GR Martin Gallery, San Anselmo, CA
SOFA Chicago 2002, Ferrin Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Teapots Transformed: Group Show of Contemporary Teapots, Ferrin Gallery, Lenox MA
30 Ceramic Sculptors. John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
2001 Teapots Transformed: Exploration of an Object, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
Mostra 2001: Works In Clay And Glass, Museo Italo Americano, San Francisco, CA
30 Ceramic Sculptors, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis CA
21st Century and Beyond,12th Annual A.Houberbocken Teapot Show, Chiaroscuro Galleries, Chicago
Porcelain 2001, Esmay Fine Art Gallery, Rochester, New York
Teapots Transformed, Ferrin Gallery, New York Ceramics Fair, New York, NY
Marin Arts Council Individual Visual Artists Grantee Showcase, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
2000 Teapots Transformed, Ferrin Gallery, SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL
Two Decades of Art at John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
21st Anniversary Teapot Exhibition, Pinch, Northampton, MA
30 Ceramic Sculptors, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis CAπ
Featured Artist, Leslie Ferrin Gallery, Web Site
East or West, Tea is Best, San Francisco Airport Museums, SF International Airport
1999 Teapot Invitational, Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco
Let It Pour, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Tea ‘N Trompe, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
SOFA, John Natsoulas Gallery, New York and Chicago
30 Ceramic Sculptors, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
1998 Fine Art and Crafts Exhibit, Marin County Fair, San Rafael, CA (Award)
Feats of Clay IX, Gladding McBean Pottery, Lincoln, CA (Award)
Twelfth National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas
9th Annual Teapot Show, The Oconomowoc Gallery, Oconomowoc, WI and Chiaroscuro Galleries, Chicago
1997 Teapot Invitational, Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Lotsa Clay VII: on the Fringe, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Fine Arts and Crafts Exhibit, Marin County Fair, San Rafael, CA (Award)
Fifth Annual Teapot Exhibition, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, Missouri
California Clay Competition, The Artery, Davis, CA
Salt & Pepper: Shake & Grind, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia and the 31st Annual NCECA Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada
Arkansas Arts Center Collector’s Show and Sale, Little Rock, Arkansas
1996 Contemporary Lights: A Celebration on Chanukah, Margolis Gallery, Houston, TX
Marin Arts Council Members Exhibition, Corte Madera, CA
Le Petit IV, Alder Gallery, Eugene, Oregon
Boy Art / Girl Art, Off Center Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Fine Arts and Crafts Exhibit, Marin County Fair, San Rafael, CA (2 Awards)
1995 Teapot Invitational, Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Fired Clay, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA
Sixth Annual Mini Show, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA
1994 Teapot Invitational, Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1989 100 Artists 100 Ways, Artisans, Mill Valley, CA
1987 Miniatures in Mixed Media, Banaker Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
Grand Opening Exhibit, Banaker Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
The Art of Love, Annual Valentine Show, San Francisco Art Institute
1986 Small Works, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
1985 The Art of Clay and Glass ‘85, College of Marin, Kentfield, CA (Award)
1984 Christmas Show, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
California Clay ‘84, Civic Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA (Award)
1983 The Award Winners of MVFAFl, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
1981 Fine Crafts Exhibit, Gallery One, Fort Worth, Texas
1980 The Box, The Elements Gallery, New York, N.Y.
Paper and Porcelain, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
A Collection of Small Treasures, The Hand and the Spirit, Scottsdale, Arizona
National Teapot Exhibit, Horizon Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
New Work-New Space, Meyer Breier Weiss, San Francisco, CA
Porcelain Invitational, St. Xavier College, Chicago, Ill
Works in Miniature, The Elements Gallery, New York, N.Y.
1979 Ceramic Forecast, Anna Gardener Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA
Celebrations With Contemporary American Crafts, Meyer Breier Weiss, SF, CA
Fine Crafts Exhibit, Marin County Fair, San Rafael, CA, 1977, Awards in 1978,1979
1978 Designer/Craftsman ‘78, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
1976 Clay and Glass ’76, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA (Award)
Designer/Craftsman ‘76, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
1975 Clay and Glass ‘75, College of Marin, Kentfield, CA
1974-77 Association of San Francisco Potters Annual Shows, S.F., CA ’74-’77
1974 Tri-State Ceramics, College of San Mateo, CA
Two Bay Area Potters, Galeria del Sol, Santa Barbara, CA
RECIPIENT: MARIN ARTS COUNCIL INDIVIDUAL ARTIST GRANT, 2000 and 2004
COLLECTIONS:
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
Private Collections throughout USA
PUBLICATIONS:
Making and Collecting: The Collection of Claudia Tarantino and Bill Abright,
Article by Claudia Tarantino, Ceramics Monthly, October 2017
Studio Visit with Claudia Tarantino and Bill Abright,
Article by Claudia Tarantino, Ceramics Monthly, April 2017
Function, Form, & Fantasy, Ceramics from the Collection Of Dr. Robert and Deanna Harris Burger Collection, FIA 2016
500 Teapots, Volume 2, Lark Crafts, An Imprint of Sterling Publishing, Inc, 2013
The Yixing Effect: Echoes Of A Chinese Scholar, Marvin Sweet, Foreign Languages Press, 2006
Teapots, Makers & Collectors, Donna Z. Meilach, Shiffer Publishing Ltd., 2005
Teapots Transformed, Exploration of an Object, Leslie Ferrin, GUILD Publications, 2000
The Book of Lowfire Ceramics, Harvey Brody, Holt Reinhardt, 1976
PHOTOGRAPHS AND REVIEWS PUBLISHED:
American Ceramics, American Craft, Ceramics Monthly, In Style, Clay Times,
Studio Potter, Marin Magazine, Marin Independent Journal, Pacific Sun
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
Association Of Clay And Class Artists (ACGA) 2015 - present
National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts 1982 - present
American Crafts Council 1975 - present
Marin Arts Council 1985 - 2010
Bay Area Art Conservation Guild 1986 - 2007
Association of San Francisco Potters 1974-1985
TEACHING AND RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE:
Art Restoration: Self-employed Objects Restorer specializing in ceramics, 1985 to 2012
California State Prison, San Quentin, CA, 1980-1982
Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA, Summer 1981
Ceramics Workshop, San Rafael, CA, Co-director, 1971-1980
Self-employed Production Potter, 1972-1980