Dubhe Carreño Gallery

                    Contemporary Ceramic Art

 

 

Katherine L. Ross

Curriculum Vitae

                                   

EDUCATION:

 

1980   M.F.A., Tulsa University, Oklahoma                                                                               

1976    B.A., State University College of New York at Fredonia                                                            

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 

 1981-present    Chair, Ceramics Department Professor                                                                          

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

 1997  -summer   Visiting Professor                                                                                                         

S.A.C.I .(Studio Art Center International) Florence, Italy

 

1981-spring      Instructor                                                                                                                                                                     University of Delaware, Newark

 

1979-1980       Chair, Ceramics Department                                                                                                                                               Philbrook Museum School, Tulsa

 

1978-1980       Graduate Teaching Assistant, Tulsa University                                                                                 

                                                

GRANTS:

 

2000                CAIP Grant (Chicago Artists International Program) travel grant to Peru                                   

1997                Banff Centre For the Arts Grant                                                                                   

1996                Arts Midwest Artworks Fund                                                                                       

1995                Arts Midwest/NEA  Regional Visual Artist Fellowship Award                                       

1989                Indiana State Arts Commission Master Fellowship                                                                                

                        SAIC Faculty    Enrichment Grant received in 1999, 1998, 1996, 1991, 1989, 1986, and 1983

1978                Tulsa University Research Grant                                                                                               

 

PUBLICATIONS:

 

-Bai Ming, Overseas Contemporary Ceramic Art Classics. Jiangxi Fine Art Publishing House, China, 2002.

-“Sculptural Clay  Invitational”, exhibition catalogue. Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, Missouri. 2002.

-Tamiris Becker, Lisa, “Fluency”, exhibition catalogue. Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. 2001.

-Scott, Paul, Ceramics and Print. University of Pennsylvania Press (USA), A and C Black (UK), Haupt Verlag (Switzerland), 2001.

-O’Hara, Kate.  “Prophylaxis/Hygiene: Works by Katherine Ross, Dialogue Magazine, January/February 2001, p. 51.

-Peterson, Susan. Contemporary Ceramics. Watson-Guptill, 2000.

-Merback,Mitchell. “Cooled Matter: Ceramic Sculpture In the Expanded Field”, Ceramics Art and Perception Magazine, March 2000, issue 39, pp.6-15.

 

-Saltz, Lizzie Zucker. “Manufacturing Validity: The Ceramic Work of Art In the Age of Conceptual Production”, Art Papers Magazine, July/August 1999, Vol. 23.4, pp. 28-34.

-Arpad, Tori and Saltz, Lizzie Zucker. “Material Approaches: Modernist vs. Conceptual”, The NCECA Journal , 1999, Vol. 20, pp. 43-52.

-Merback, Mitchell. “To Defeat the Center: Ceramic Sculpture In the Expanded Field”, Cooled Matter: New Sculpture, exhibition catalogue,  Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio,1999.

-“Natural Obsession, South Bend Regional Museum of Art”, New Art Examiner, February 1996, Vol. 23, No. 6, pp. 50-51.

-Zakin, Richard.  Hand Formed Ceramics. Chilton, Radnor, PA,  1995.

-Zakin, Richard.  Electric Kiln Ceramics.  Chilton, Radnor, PA,  1993.

-Zakin, Richard.  Ceramics: Mastering the Craft.  Chilton, Radnor, PA, 1990. page 157.

-Nigrosh, Leon.  Sculpting Clay.  Davis Publications, Worcester, MA, 1992. pages 15, 66.

-“Gallery”, American Crafts Magazine, Dec./Jan 1989/90, Vol. 49, No. 6. page 76.

-“Katherine L. Ross”, International Design Journal, July 1989, Vol. 35, No. 17, page 61. Seoul, Korea.

-“Katherine L. Ross”, International Design Journal, March 1988, Vol. 24, No.1, page 29. Seoul, Korea.

-“ArtQuest 87, A Ceramics Monthly Portfolio”, Ceramics Monthly Magazine, Nov. 1987, pages 37-46.

-The Guild, A Directory for Designers and Architects. Kraus-Sikes, 1987.

-“Chicago International New Art Forms Exposition”, American Crafts Magazine, Nov./Dec. 1986.

-“Gallery”, American Crafts Magazine, Dec./Jan. 1984/85, Vol. 44, No. 2, page 61.

-“Katherine L. Ross”, Ceramics Monthly Magazine, Nov. 1982, page 47.

-“Emerging Talent: A Panel Slide Presentation at the 1982 NCECA Conference”,  NCECA  Journal, 1982, Vol. 3, No 1, pages 27-35.

-“Thirteenth Annual Ceramics Invitational”, New Art Examiner, June 1982, page 20.

-“Marietta College Crafts National”,  Ceramics Monthly Magazine, March 1979.

 

COMMISSIONS (selected):

 

1998    Ullman and Fill Architects, Chicago, Illinois                                                                            

            terra cotta restoration

 

1998    P.E. Guerin, Co., New York, N.Y.                                                                                            

            porcelain faucet handles and levers

 

1994    Dan and Amelia Musser, Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island, Michigan                                             

            50 porcelain cabinet handles for the Rare Book Room of the

            Mackinac Island Library

 

1993    John Bryan, CEO, Sara Lee Corp.                                                                                            

            3 terra cotta chimney pots for an Arts and Crafts Movement museum house

 

1991-2 Michael Graves Architect                                                                                                   

            230 porcelain door and faucet handles for the

            Taubman-Kalisman residence

 

1990-1 W. H. Zahn residence, Chicago, Illinois                                                                              

            150 sq. ft. stoneware wall tile                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

            300 sq. ft. porcelain wall tile

                                                                                        

1985    Kroger Food Company, Chicago, Illinois                                                                                              

            100 slip cast executive award sculptures

         

1983    Terra Cotta tile reconstruction of the exterior of the                                                                             

             Merrott Building, Indianapolis, Indiana

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

WORKSHOPS AND LECTURES:

 

2003                            California State University, Fresno

 

2002                            Williamson Memorial Artist-In-Residence, Indiana State University, Terra Haute, Indiana

 

2001                            New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University                                              

                                    Texas Woman’s University

                                    California State University-Long Beach

                                    Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

                                    University of Notre Dame, Indiana

 

2000                            Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

                                    University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana

                                    Miami University of Ohio

                                    Villa Terrace Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

 

1999                            University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

                                    Ewha University, Seoul, Korea

 

1998                            Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York

 

1997                            Parsons School of Design, N.Y.C.

                                    State University of New York at New Paltz

                                    Northern Illinois University

                                    Western Michigan University

 

1996                            University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire

 

1993                            Kent State University, Ohio                             

                                    Harper College, Illinois

                                               

1992                            State University College of New York at Fredonia

           

1991                            Pewabic Pottery, Detroit

                                                                                              

1990                            AR.CO Centro de Arte e Communicacao Visual, Lisbon, Portugal

 

1989                            University of Michigan at Ann Arbor

                                    Pewabic Pottery, Detroit                                                 

                                    Syracuse University, New York

                                    Wells College, New York

                                      

1988                            Indiana University at Bloomington                           

                                    Evanston Art Center, Chicago                                                                      

                                    Pewabic Pottery, Detroit

                                                                                                  

1987                            University of Illinois at Chicago                                                                  

                                    State University of New York at New Paltz

                                                  

1986                            University of Notre Dame                                                                                       

                                    State University College of New York at Fredonia         

                                                   

1985                            University of Wisconsin at Madison

                                                                                       

1984                            University of Wisconsin at Whitewater

                                                                                       

1983                            Minneapolis College of Art and Design                                                    

                                    Lill Street Studios, Chicago                                                      

                                    Tulsa University           

                                                                                                   

1982                            Minneapolis College of Art and Design                         

                                    Bradley University                                                                                                                        

1980                            Pittsburg State University, Kansas

                                                                                       

1979                            State University College of New York at Fredonia         

                                    MacAlester State Penitentiary, Oklahoma                                                                           

 

PANELS AND SYMPOSIUMS:

 

2000                            New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University

                                   “Fluency: Walter McConnell, John Roloff, Katherine Ross” 

                                    panelist

 

                                    National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, Charlotte, North Carolina

                                    “Installation: Beyond the Physical Substance”

                                    panelist

 

1999                            International Ceramics Conference, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio

                                    “Ceramic Installation Panel”

                                    panelist

 

1998                            17th International Sculpture Conference, Chicago, Illinois

                                    “Applying Digital Imagery To Ceramics and Other Sculptural Surfaces”

                                    TECHshop instructor

 

1997                            Harper College, Illinois

                                    “Women In Contemporary Crafts”

                                    moderator

 

1996                            National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, Rochester, NY

                                    “Terra Cotta Public Art Year 2000”

                                    moderator

 

1995                            Mid-America College Art Association Conference, Indianapolis, IN                   

                                    “New Energy, New Ideas”

                                    panelist

 

1994                            Great Lakes Regional Symposium on Craft-American Crafts Council,   

                                    Detroit, Michigan ,facilitator        

                                    “The Craft Artist In 20th Century American Culture” 

                                   

 

                                    National Council On Education For the Ceramic Arts Conference,

                                     New Orleans, LA            

                                    “Site, Time, Viewer, Movement”  

                                    panelist and organizer of panel

 

                                    SOFA (Sculptural Object, Functional Art) Artist’s Talk Series, Chicago, IL

                                    “What’s History Got to Do With It?” 

                                    panelist

 

1986                            Mid-America College Art Association Conference, Indianapolis, IN                   

                                    ”Sculpture & Nature: The Last Decade”  

                                    panelist

                  

1985                            National Council On Education For the Ceramic Arts Conference,

                                    San Antonio, Texas          

                                    ”Site Specific Adobe Sculpture” 

                                    panelist

                                                                       

                                    Mid-America College Art Association Conference                                 

                                    ”State of the Art: Ceramics Symposium” 

                                    panelist

                                                  

1984                            University of Notre Dame, Indiana                                                

                                    ”Graduate Programs in Ceramics”  

                                    panelist

 

 CURATORIAL SERVICE AND JURIES:

 

2000                            Illinois Ceramic Sculpture Invitational, Parkland College Gallery, Champaign,  Illinois

                                    curator

 

1996                            Container/Containment, A National Juried Competition

                                    National Society of Arts and Letters, St. Louis, Missouri

                                    juror

 

1995                            The Female Gaze: Nudes By Women                                             

                                    Women Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

                                    juror

 

1994                            Potent Matter/Pertinent Material - Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture                   

                                    Rymer Gallery, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

                                    co-curator

 

1990                            Six Directions:Carman, Farrell,  Hepburn,  Kwong, Ross, Welsh

                                    Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, Michigan

                                    Curator

  

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE:

 

1997                            Banff Center For the Arts, Banff, Alberta, Canada

1986,  1985                 Lakeside Studios, Michigan                                          

1981                            Kohler Factory, Wisconsin

                                                                                           

RESEARCH TRAVEL:

 

1997                            Italy - Della Robia, majolica

1992                            Sumatra, Java, Bali - tile production, coconut husk fired kilns                                 

1991                            Portugal - tile research, documentation, production facilities                                 

1990                            Crow Indian Reservation, Montana, Smithsonian Institution Research Team

                            

EXHIBITIONS:

 

2004                            Installations

                                    Nicholas Kripal, Walter McConnell, Jeffrey Mongrain, Katherine Ross

                                    St. Patrick’s Church, Indianapolis, Indiana

 

2003                            Formed To Function?

                                    John Michael Kohler Arts Center,  Sheboygan, WI

 

2002                            The Nurse

                                    Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, IL

 

                                    The Nurse

                                    Indiana State University, Terra Haute, IN

 

                                    Sculptural Clay Invitational

                                    Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO

 

                                    Artists/Educators: The Work and Teaching of Illinois Ceramics Professors

                                    Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, IL

 

2001                            Fluency

                                    Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred, NY

 

                                    The Nurse

                                    Texas Woman’s University, Denton TX

 

2000                            Prophylaxis/Hygiene

                                    Heistand Gallery , Miami University of Ohio, Oxford

 

                                    Thirteenth San Angelo National Ceramics Competition

                                    San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, Texas

 

                                    Chicago Contemporary Decorative Arts

                                    Rymer Gallery, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

 

                                    Cleaning House

                                    Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL

 

1999                            Cooled Matter: New Sculpture

                                    Canzani Center Gallery

                                    Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio

           

                                    5 Visions: Ceramics Installation

                                    Southeast  Ohio Cultural Center, Athens, Ohio

 

1998                            Katherine L. Ross

                                    Megahan Gallery, Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania

 

                                    The Interpreted Object: Ceramics Invitational

                                    Parkland College Art Gallery, Champaign, Illinois

 

                                    What Remains: Painting and Sculpture

                                    Bevier Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York

                                   

                                    Faculty Sabbatical Exhibition

                                    Rymer Gallery, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois

 

1997                            Prophylaxis, Hygiene, and Transcendence: Katherine L. Ross

                                    The Other Gallery, Banff Centre For the Arts, Banff, Alberta, Canada

 

                                    The Non-Traditional Object:Katherine L. Ross and Ron Kovatch

                                    Northern Illinois University Museum, DeKalb, Illinois

 

                                    Katherine L. Ross

                                    Space Gallery, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan

 

                                    Ceramic Sculpture

                                    Emison Art Center, DePauw University,  Greencastle, Illinois

 

                                    Material Matters

                                    MacAlester College, Minneapolis, Minnesota

 

1996                            Master Ceramics

                                    Springfield Art Association, Springfield, Illinois

 

                                    Ten Outstanding Women Ceramists                                                                                                                &nb