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INTRODUCTION AND RESUME'

Welcome to my website. I am a studio clay artist living in Detroit, Michigan. I have been working in clay since my first class at Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, Michigan in 1968 studying under Gawaine Dart. I recently retired from  Ford Motor Company where I worked in Manufacturing for 33 1/2 years.

 

I currently teach ceramics at Schoolcraft College in Livonia, Michigan part time for the Continuing Education Program. I have been teaching there and other local colleges since 1986. I am continually involved in all aspects of ceramics, from handbuilding to wheel throwing, Raku firing and cone 10 reduction firing in a Geil downdraft kiln.  I'm also teaching ceramics at Wayne State University, Detroit.

 

Stay tuned as I update the website and hope you will return and enjoy seeing what I love to do.

Visit the Photo Gallery for actual works for sale. 

Also, you will find a "process" photo gallery,

a "Schoolcraft College" photo gallery,

and a recent photo gallery of a weekend workshop I gave at Hood College, Frederick, Maryland this past February 2008.  Now that I am retired from FOMOCO, I am available to give lectures/workshops at your University or College.  Contact me for details and schedule availability. 

 

 

RESUME'

 

JOHN ALBERT MURPHY

17454 MARENE
DETROIT, MICHIGAN 48219
STUDIO (313) 255-9059
EMAIL-jmurphy5@peoplepc.com



EDUCATION:

MFA. Wayne State University, December 1985

BFA. Eastern Michigan University, August 1975 Undergraduate work.

Henry Ford Community College, 1967-1971



EMPLOYMENT:

Ford Motor Company, Fairlane Plaza North, Dearborn, MI, October 1973 to 2/28/07.

Wayne County Community College, Art Department, Adjunct Instructor Ceramics - beginning thru advanced, Fall 1990, Spring 1991.

Henry Ford Community College, Art Department, Adjunct Instructor Ceramics - beginning thru advanced. Fall 1987, Spring 1988, Summer 1988, Fall 1988, Spring 1989, Fall 1989, Fall 1990, Spring 1991, Fall 1991,Spring 1992, Fall 1992, Spring 1993, Fall 1993,Spring 1994, Fall 1995, Spring 1996, Fall 1997. 3D Design Spring 1997

Schoolcraft College, CES Art Department, Adjunct Instructor Ceramics - beginning thru advanced, and Raku- Fall 1992, to the present.

 Wayne State University, Art Department, Adjunct Instructor Ceramics - beginning thru advanced. Fall 1986, Fall 1988, Winter 1997, Winter 2008.



GALLERY EXHIBITS:

Taiwan Ceramics Biennale 2008, Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, 2008, Honorable Mention

1st Jingzhe International Ceramic Exhibition & World Contemporary Public Ceramic Art Exhibition Invitational, Wison Art Center, Shanghai, China, 2007

"Fire and Mud", Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, Michigan, July, 2006, 3rd place award

"Michigan Fine Arts Competition", Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, Michigan, March 2006

4th International Craft Biennale Cheongju Korea, Cheongju, Korea, September, 2005 Honorable Mention

Parallel Paths, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, Michigan, August 2005

Ceramics 2005 Fifth Biennial Exhibition of North American Clay, The Gallery at Guilford Handcraft Center, Guilford, Connecticut, June 2005, Award

In the Stratton Gallery, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, Michigan, March 2005

3rd World Ceramic Biennale 2005 Korea, Ichon, Korea, February 2005, Honorable Mention

Michigan Ceramics 2004, Michigan Ceramic Art Association, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, Michigan October 2004, "Best Nonfunctional Vessel Form"

Award Saginaw Art Museum Michigan Invitational Ceramics 2004, Saginaw, Michigan June 2004

Fifteenth San Angelo Museum National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo, Texas, April 2004, Merit Award

Cup Sale, NCECA Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, March 2004, Merit Award

Orton Cone Box Competition 2004, NCECA Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, March 2004, Purchase Award

Michigan Fine Arts Competition 2004, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, Michigan, March, 2004

1st Taiwan Ceramic Biennale 2004, Taipei, Taiwan, February 2004, Honorable Mention

Materials Hard and Soft, Denton Art Center, Denton, Texas, January, 2003 Craftforms 2003, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pennsylvania, December 2003, Juror's Choice Award

2003 Celebrate Clay, Lawrence St Gallery, Ferndale, Michigan, December 2003

Cup: The Intimate Object II, Charlie Cummings Clay Studio, Fort Wayne, Indiana, November, 2003

Cheongju International Craft Biennale 2003 , Cheongju, Korea, October 2003, Honorable Mention

2nd World Ceramic Biennale 2003 Korea, Ichon, Korea, August 2003, Honorable Mention

Ceramics 2003, Guilford Handcraft Center, Guilford, Connecticut, July 2003

Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, Michigan, March 2003.

Silver Medal Exhibition, The Scarab Club, Detroit, Michigan, February 2003. Best of Show Award.

Jane Speaks Modern Art, A Street Level Gallery, Detroit, Michigan, December 2002.

Michiganow!, Michigan Institute for the Arts, Detroit, Michigan, November 2002.

42nd Annual Greater Michigan Art Exhibition, Midland Art Center, Midland, Michigan, October 2002. Katharyn Rave Award for Craft.

Mastery in Clay: New Work, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 2002.

20 Years at Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Paint Creek Center, Rochester, Michigan, August 2002

2002 Sidney Myer Fund International Ceramics Exhibition, Shepparton Art Gallery, Shepparton, Australia, March, 2002

Fifteen, A Video Project, Museum of New Art, Detroit, Michigan, September, 2001

“Documenta USA”, Museum of New Art, Detroit, Michigan, September, 2001

“1st World Ceramic Biennale 2001 Korea”, Ichon, Korea, August, 2001, Honorable Mention

“For the House & Garden”, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, Michigan, May, 2001

“Celebrate Clay”, Lawrence Street Gallery, Pontiac, Michigan, December, 2000

"Holiday Invitational", Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, Michigan, November, 2000

"Couplets: Duality in Clay", The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November, 2000

Michigan Ceramics 2000, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, Michigan, October, 2000, (2nd Award) traveling in Michigan through 2001

“Teapots”, Ariana Gallery, Royal Oak, Michigan, October, 2000

International Ceramics Exhibit, Ceramic Arts Center, Jingdezhen Institute, Jingdezhen, China, May, 2000

International Ceramics Exhibit, Shiwan Treasure Pottery Museum, Shiwan, China, May, 2000

“Black and White”, Jane Hartsook Gallery, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY, January, 2000

Gold Coast International Ceramic Art Award 1999, Gold Coast Arts Center, Surfers Paradise, Australia, November, 1999

“The Plate Show”, Collins Gallery, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, November 1999 - September 2001, (traveling around the world)

Holiday Invitational, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, Mi, November, 1999

Cambridge Art Association National Prize Show, Federal Reserve Bank Gallery, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, April, 1999

"Ceramics Monthly International Competition", NCECA '99 Conference, Columbus, Ohio, March, 1999.

"Arrowmont National 1999", Main Gallery, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN, February, 1999.

"Porcelaines", Galerie Ortilles - Fourcat, Paris, France, November 1998

Michigan Ceramics 1998, Michigan Potter's Association, Center For Creative Studies, Detroit, Mi. September 1998, (Traveling Exhibit) Merit Award.

"Fifth Triennial International Exhibit of Contemporary Porcelain", Museum of History and Porcelains, Nyon, Switzerland, June 1998

"FLUX", Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, Mi., April, 1998

"ART SHARE" Prudential Town Center, Southfield, Mi., November 1997

Holiday Invitational - Detroit Artist's Market, Detroit, Mi., November 1997

Holiday Invitational - Pewabic Pottery-Detroit, Mi., November 1997

"Crafts National 31", Zoller Gallery, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, June 1997

"Clay Dominant", Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, Mi, May 1997

"Functional Elegance", Gallery:Functionart, Pontiac, Mi, Nov, 1996

Holiday Invitational - Pewabic Pottery-Detroit, Mi., November 1996

"Michigan Ceramics 96", Concordia College, Ann Arbor, Nov, 1996, Award of Merit)

"ART SHARE" Prudential Town Center, Southfield, Mi., Sept, 1996

"MADE" Ann Arbor Art Association, Ann Arbor, June, 1996

Raku-Concordia College - Ann Arbor, Mi, April, 1996

Holiday Invitational - Pewabic Pottery - Detroit, Mi, November 1995

Swann Gallery, Detroit, Mi, November 1995

Sisson Art Gallery - Henry Ford Community College -Dearborn, Mi, October, 1995

"MADE" Ann Arbor Art Association, Ann Arbor, May, 1995

"Earthen VIII", Michigan Gallery, Detroit, Mi, May, 1995

"San Angelo Museum of Fine Art, San Angelo, Texas, May 1995

Raku-Concordia College - Ann Arbor, Mi, April, 1995

Habatat/Shaw Galleries, "Michigan Ceramics 1995, Pontiac Mi, February 1995 (4th Award)

Silent Auction, Michigan Gallery, Detroit, Mi, November, 1994

The Arthur Butcher Gallery, Concord College, Athens, West Virginia, October 1994

Raku-Concordia College - Ann Arbor, Mi, March 1994

"Black & White" Galleria Biegas - Detroit, Mi, March, 1994

Urban Park Gallery - Detroit, Mi, March, 1994

Holiday Invitational - Pewabic Pottery - Detroit, Mi, November 1993

Artists and Alumni - Wayne State University - Detroit, Mi, November 1993

Sisson Art Gallery - Henry Ford Community College - Dearborn, Mi, November 1993

Dearborn Arts Council - Dearborn, Mi, June 1993

Michigan Gallery - Detroit, Mi, May 1993

Detroit Artists Market - Detroit, MI, April 1993

Pewabic Pottery - Detroit, Mi, January 1993

Dinnerworks - Louisville Visual Arts Center, Louisville Ky, January 1993

Scarab Club - Focus on Michigan Families, Detroit, Mi, September 1992, (First Place Award)

Paint Creek Center - Rochester, Mi, August 1992

Michigan Gallery - Detroit, Mi, July 1992

Center Galleries - CCS - Detroit, Mi, June 1992

Ariana Gallery - Birmingham, Mi, June 1992

Birmingham Bloomfield Art Association - Birmingham, Mi, April 1992

Raku Concordia College - Ann Arbor, Mi, March 1992

The City Gallery - Dearborn, Mi, February 1992

Stubnitz Gallery - Adrian College - Adrian, Mi, January 1992

Michigan Ceramics '91 - Wayne State University - Detroit, Mi, November 1991 (Third Award)

Art on the Green-Franklin, Mi, September 1991

Michigan Gallery - Detroit, Mi, June 1991

Birmingham Temple Art Show - Birmingham, Mi, June 1991

Galleria Officentre - Southfield, Mi, May 1991

Bobbitt Visual Arts Center - Albion College - Albion, Mi, February 1991

Wayne State University - Detroit, Mi October 1990

Detroit Artists Market - Detroit ,MI, July 1990

Sommerset Invitational - Troy, Mi, April 1990

Taft Museum - NCECA Members Exhibit - Cincinnati, OH, March 1990 (Traveling U.S.A.)

Dearborn Arts Council - Dearborn, Mi, November 1989

Detroit Artists Market - Detroit, Mi, September 1989

Art on the Green - Franklin, Mi, September 1989 (purchase award)

Michigan Gallery - Detroit, MI, May 1989

Sommerset Invitational - Troy, Mi, April 1989

Slusser Gallery - University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, Mi, March 1989

Dearborn Collect Exhibit - University of Michigan - Dearborn, Mi, November, 1988

Lill Street Gallery - Chicago, Illinois, June 1988

Kingswood Gallery - Cranbrook Academy of Art- West Bloomfield, Mi, May, 1988

Michigan Gallery - Detroit, Mi, May 1988

Sisson Art Gallery - Henry Ford Community College- Dearborn, Mi, April 1988

Detroit Artists Market - Detroit, Mi, November 1987

Peace Center Gallery - Detroit, Mi, November 1987, 3rd Award

Detroit Artists Market - Detroit, Mi, September 1987

Michigan Gallery - Detroit, Mi, May 1987

Detroit Artists Market - Detroit, Mi, December 1986

Paint Creek Center-Rochester, Mi, December 1986

Detroit Artists Market - Detroit, Mi, October 1986

Detroit Artists Market - Detroit, Mi, September 1986

Michigan Gallery - Detroit, Mi, June 1986

Paint Creek Center - Rochester, Mi, January 1986

Detroit Artists Market - Detroit, Mi, September 1985 (Award Winner)

Michigan Gallery - Detroit, Mi, June 1985

Sixth Street Gallery - Royal Oak, Mi, October 1984

Michigan Gallery - Detroit, Mi, July 1984

Sixth Street Gallery - Royal Oak, Mi, November 1983

Village Art Works Gallery - Detroit, Mi, February 1983

Detroit Focus - Detroit, Mi, January 1983

Detroit Institute of Arts - Sales Gallery - Detroit, MI, June 1982

Detroit Artists Market - Detroit, Mi September 1981

Hartland Art Association - Hartland, Mi, June 1980

Hartland Art Association - Hartland, Mi, June 1979 (Ribbon)



OTHER EXPERIENCE:

Juror for the Livonia Arts Festival, Livonia, Michigan, 2001

Juror for "The Detroit Arts Festival", Detroit, Mi, 1999

Juror for "On/Off The Wall II", Potscape, Erie, Pa, September, 1997

Recipient of a Michigan Council for the Arts Grant, August 1989

Member of NCECA

Represented in the Detroit area by Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, Michigan

President of Michigan Potters' Association 1992-1993

Conducted a pit firing workshop at Michigan Gallery-Detroit, Mi, June 1986

Studied at Florence, Italy, Spring 1975 through Eastern Michigan University.



COLLECTIONS:

Museum of History and Porcelains, Castle of Nyon,Switzerland

Ceramics Monthly, Westerville, Ohio

Shiwan Treasure Pottery Museum, Shiwan, China

The Ceramic Art Institute, San Bao Village Pottery, San Bao, China

Shepparton Art Gallery, Shepparton, Australia

Yingge Museum, Taipei, Taiwan

World Ceramic Center, Icheon, South Korea

 

 

"Michigan Ceramics 2006", Michigan Ceramics Art Association, (Michigan Masters Invitational), Anton Art Center, Mount Clemens, Michigan, October, 2006
 
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