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PAULA COLTON WINOKUR
435 NORRISTOWN ROAD HORSHAM PA. 19044
215 675 7708   e-mail: pwinokur@comcast.net website: paulawinokur.com
                                               
EDUCATION
Tyler School of Art, Temple University Philadelphia, PA BFA, BS,ED l958
SUNY Alfred, College of Ceramics, Graduate Study Summer                 l958

TEACHING EXPERIENCE (selected)
l973-2003                    Arcadia University, Glenside, PA (professor emerita )
           
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS  (selected )
2006                            International Academy of Ceramics
2003-present               Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts, Board of Trustees
l996-2001                    President: Tyler School of Art, Alumni Association
l992-2001                    The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Advisory Board, Chair, Lecture series
l979-l982                     Board of Directors: National Council in Education for the Ceramic Arts

GRANTS & AWARD S   (selected)
2005/1986                   Visual Arts Fellowship, Penna. Council on the Arts
2003                            Professor of the Year Arcadia University
2002                            Fellow: American Crafts Council
l998                             Faculty Development Award: conference in China
l994                             Faculty Development Award: International Symposium, Hungary
l976/l988                     Visual Arts Fellowship: National Endowment for the Arts
l983                             Honorary Fellowship: National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts

COLLECTIONS         (selected)
2005                            Design Museum, Helsinki, Finland
2004                            The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii                                
2000                            Mint Museum of Crafts & Design, Charlotte, N.C
                                    Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA
l998                             Jingdezhen Ceramic Art Institute, China
l994                             Renwick Gallery, Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
l993                             The Philadelphia Convention Center Art Collection                                       
l993                             The International Ceramic Studio, Kecskemet, Hungary                    
l993                             Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts, Montreal, Canada
l992                             American Craft Museum, New York, N.Y.
l979                             Connecticut State College Ceramic Collection
l978                             Arizona State University, Ceramics Collection, Tempe, AZ
l976                             Utah Museum of Art, Salt Lake City, UT
l973                             Alberta Potters Association, Calgary, Canada
l972                             Delaware Museum of Art, Wilmington,. Delaware
l970                             Philadelphia Museum of Art

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS   (selected)
2008                            Goggleworks Art Gallery, Reading, PA
2006                            Art Gallery: Arcadia University, Glenside, PA
2005                            Design Museum, Helsinki, Finland
2004                            The Contemporary Museum Honolulu, Hawaii
2003                            Clay Art Center, Port Chester, New York
1999/92/90/88/78        Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia      
l995                             Long Island University, Southampton, N.Y.
l991                             Napa Valley College, California
l980                             College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, V
l976                             Contemporary Crafts, Portland, OR

GROUP EXHIBITIONS  (selected)
2004                            "Standing Room Only" 60th Scripps Ceramic Annual, Claremont, CA
2003                            Poetics of Clay: Houston Center for Contemporary Crafts, Texas
2002                            Fellows Exhibition: Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2001                            International Biennial, Ichon, Korea
2000                            Color & Fire: Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics: LA County Museum
l998                             NCECA Honors & Fellows Exhibition, Fort Worth Museum of Modern Art                                              
                                    First Yixing Ceramic Invitational, Yixing, China
l997                             Ceramic Still Life: The Common Object! California                          
                                    Ceramics from the International Ceramics studio  (Kesckemet Hungary )
                                    at: Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales               
l996                             NCECA Endowment Exhibition, Strong Museum, Rochester, N.Y. 
                                    East & West & South: International Ceramics Symposium, Tolgyfa                                     
                                    Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
                                    Architectural Clay: The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
l992                             A Decade of Craft: Recent Acquisitions, American Craft Museum, N.Y.
                                    From the Ground Up: Moore College of Art. PA.
                                    Contemporary Ceramics, Philadelphia Museum of Art          
l990                             Contemporary Philadelphia Artists: Philadelphia Museum of Art
l989                             American Clay Artists: Port of History Museum, Philadelphia
l986                             Craft Today: Poetry of the Physical, American Craft Museum, New York
                                    and traveling throughout U.S.A.
l984                             Porcelain '84 :  Liberty Gallery, Louisville, KY
l981                             Dionyse International, Gent Belgium
l980                             American Porcelain: the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institute.
                                    Washington D. C.  (and traveling, 3 years )
l977                             Women's Symposium Exhibition, Univ. Of Indiana, Terre Haute, IN
l976                             Philadelphia: 300 Years of American Arts, Philadelphia Museum of Art
                                    l00 Artists Celebrate 200 years: Fairtree Gallery, N.Y.
l975                             National Porcelain Exhibition: Loch Haven Art Center, Florida
l974                             Baroque'74: museum of Contemporary Crafts, N.Y.
                                    Opening Exhibition: Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
l973                             Craftsmen '73: Philadelphia Civic Center
                                    20 potters: American Crafts Council/ USIA: traveling to 4 Far Eastern                                             
                                    Embassies      
l972                             9th annual Corning Crafts Show ( jury award), Corning N.Y.
l970                             Crafts '70 American Crafts Council ( NE. Region) at Institute of                                                       
                                    Contemporary Art, Boston, Mass      
l968                             Ceramic Invitational: Ohio State University, Columbus
l966                             Craftsmen U.S.A. Contemporary Crafts Museum, N.Y. ( merit award )
l964                             23rd Ceramic National, Everson Museum, New York
l962                             Young Americans, Museum of Contemporary Crafts, N.Y.
l958                             Young Americans, Museum of Contemporary Crafts, N.Y.

BIBLIOGRAPHY           (Essays, reviews and photographs of work published ) (selected)
2006                            Review of Arcadia Exhibition, Phila. Inquirer, Ed Sozanski (11/12/06)
2005                            Paula Winokur's Poetic Earth Ceramics Art & Perception #59  Gerard         
                                    Brown
2005                            World Famous Ceramic Art Studios:BaiMing, Hebei Fine Arts Publishing,                          Beijing PRC
2004                            Honolulu Weekly: Review, Marcia morse "Nature Embodied" 12/8/04
2002                            Fellows of the ACC Article: American Craft Magazine, Oct/Nov
2000                            Photo: Color & Fire: Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics ( Rizzoli)
2000                            Article about work, Robin Rice in apr/may American Craft mag.                                          
                                    Review of solo exhibition: Ed Sozanski, Phila. Inquirer 1/2/2000
l995                             The New York Times Art Review: Phyllis Braff, 4/23/95
l993                             Ceramics: Art & Perception, #13, "Winokur Landmarks" Ivy Barsky
                                    The City Paper, review of architectural ceramics, Robin Reis, January
l992                             The Craft & Art of Clay, Susan Peterson, p.290
l991                             American Ceramics Magazine Helen Drutt Gallery, Chritine Liotti, Dec.                                          
l988                             The History of American Ceramics, Elaine Levin, Abrams, PP275/281
l987                             Architectural Ornamentalism Jim Kemp & Robert Peron
l986                             The New Ceramics: Trends & Traditions, Peter Dormer, Thames &
                                    Hudson          
                                    Craft Today: Poetry of the Physical: exhibition catalogue
l984                             Studio Ceramics: Peter Lane, Chilton, pp66, 245 & back cover
l983                             Images in Clay Sculpture, Charlotte Speight pp 162, 202
l981                             Porcelain- Traditions and New Vision, Axel & Mcready pp48,71.73,75
l978                             "American Ceramics", The studio Potter, Paul Donhauser

 

JUROR                       (selected )

2007                            Abstract Ceramics: Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, Conn.
2004                            National Ceramics Exhibition: Wallingford Art Center
1997                            The Philadelphia Art Museum Craft Show, Pa Convention Center
                                    Colorado Clay Annual, The Foothills Art Center
                                    The Ceramic League of Miami, Annual Eshibition
1996                            Fleisher At Memorial: Challenge Exhibitions
1991                            Visual Arts fellowships, New England Foundation for the Arts,
1990                            Juried Members Exhibition, NCECA
1987                            Lakeshore Festival for the Arts, Milwaukee, Wisc.
1986                            National Ceramics Exhibition: Radford University, Va.
1982                            Fleisher Art Memorial: Challenge Exhibitions
1984                            The Philadelphia Craft  Show: Philadelphia Civic Center
1976                            The Philadelphia Craft Show, Memorial Hall

LECTURES/ARTIST RESIDENCIES  (selected )

2006                            Renwick Gallery/ Smithsonian American Art Museum, Wash. DC
                                    Red Dirt Studio, Washington, DC ( workshop )
2005                            Philadelphia Art Alliance: Lecture: Philadelphia Clay Artists
2004                            University of the Arts, Lecture
2002                            Penland School of Crafts, Penland, Nort Carolina ( residency )
2000                            Alabama Clay Conference, Montgomery, Alabama
1998                            NCECA: annual conference, Fort Worth, TX, lecture & demo
1997                            Ceramic League of Miami, workshop & lectures
1996                            Haystack School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine
                                    Millersville University, Millersville, Pa
1995                            Ecola della Bella Artes, Valencia, Spain
                                    LaNapouleFoundation for Arts, LaNapoule, France
1994                            Visiting Artist, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA
                                    Lecture; International Ceramic conference, Dumfries, Scotland
                                    Lecture: Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
                                    International Ceramic Symposium, International Ceramic Studio,                                                      Kecskemt, Hungary  (residency )