JUDITH DUFF                    Wood Fired and Shino Pottery

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EDUCATION:

 
Production Crafts Clay Program - Haywood Community College, Clyde, NC
BFA in Painting - Wesleyan College, Macon, GA
BS in Biology - Wesleyan College, Macon, GA
University of Georgia, Athens, GA
 
                             
WORKSHOPS AND STUDIES:
 
International Workshop for Ceramic Art in Tokoname (IWCAT), Tokoname,  Japan
Flashing in Wood, Utah State University, Tony Nankervis
International Ceramic Workshop and Symposium, Key West, FL, Kouji Sugie, Peter Voulkos,
     Paul Soldner,  Peter Callas
Wood Fired Workshop, Utah State University: John Neely, Owen Rye
Arrowmont, Randy Johnston, Mary Law
 
 
GUILDS AND ORGANIZATIONS:

  
 Center for Craft Creativity and Design, Board Member
 American Craft Council
 Piedmont Craftsmen Inc.
 Southern Highlands Craft Guild
 Transylvania County Arts Council –Past Board Member
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COLLECTIONS:

Tokoname Museum Collection, Tokoname, Japan
Icheon World Ceramic Center Museum, Gwango-Dong, South Korea
Kasper-Hansen Ceramic Collection
 
 
GRANTS:

 North Carolina Arts Council Fellowship Grant, 2004-2005
 
 
CURATOR:

Architectural Echoes in Clay An International wood fire exhibition in conjunction with
Nina Hole residency sponsored by Center for Craft Creativity and Design in Hendersonville, NC.
Exhibit at CCCD and Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, September 2006

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JUROR:

Feats of Clay XIX - Lincoln Arts, Lincoln, CA, April 2006

Blue Ridge Fine Craft Exhibition - Transylvania County Arts Council (TCARTS),
Brevard, NC, September, 2006 (Juried with Gabe Cyr)

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PANELIST:

2006 International Wood Fire Conference, Flagstaff, AZ
2004 International Wood Fire Conference, Cedar Rapids, IA

 
 
GALLERIES:

Signature Shop - Atlanta, GA
Red Star Studios – Kansas City, MO
Blue Spiral I – Asheville, NC
Neil Estrick Gallery, Grays Lake, IL  
 
   
TEACHING:

Concord University, Athens, WV
Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, GA
Mudfire Pottery Studios, Decatur, GA
Wood Fire Workshop, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
Mid-Atlantic Clay Conference, Front Royal, VA
Lee Arts Center, Arlington, VA
Touchstone Center for Arts, Farmington, PA
Odyssey Center for Ceramic Art, Asheville, NC
Rerun Gallery, Yamomoto, Japan
Wood firing for Haywood Community College
Claymatters, Tryon Place, Charlotte, NC
Ceramic Guild, Scope – Torpedo Factory, Washington, DC
Sawtooth Center, Winston-Salem, NC
Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Minnetonka, MN
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EXHIBITIONS:
 
  2008

Japanese Threads, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, (NCECA)
Table of Elements, Manchester Craftsmen's Guild, Pittsburgh, PA, (NCECA)
Yunomi Invitational, AKAR, Iowa City, IA
Women's Voices: Different Approaches to Atmospheric Kilns, Roswell Art Center
     West
, Roswell, GA
Infusion 10 x 10 - 11th Biennial Teapot Invitational Exhibition, Craft Alliance,
      St Louis, MO
Painting with Fire:Wood Fired Ceramics, Lakewood Center for the Arts, Lake
      Oswego, OR
American Masters 2008 Invitational, Mudfire Clayworks Gallery, Decatur, GA
45 Years of Inspired Design, Sawtooth Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC
National Teapot Show Invitational, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmore, NC
Mint Museum Potter's Market Invitational, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
Blue Spiral I Invitational, Asheville, NC
         

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  2007 Mark of Fire - Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
Two Person Show - Featuring Shozo Michikawa and Judith Duff, Christa Faut Gallery,
    Charlotte, NC
Forms & Shapes: Architecture - AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA
Spotlight 2007 - Arrowmont Center for Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Ceramics 2007 - Guilford Art Center, 411 Church Street, Guilford, CT
Strictly Functional - Market House Craft Center. East Petersburg, PA
Clay National Biennial Exhibition (NCECA) - Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft,
    Louisville, KY (Wood Fire Merit Award)
Bourbon Bottles in the Blue Grass (NCECA) - Louisville Stoneware, Louisville, KY
National Juried Wood Fired Exhibition (NCECA) - Thrown Together, Louisville, KY
Ceramics 2007 - Guilford Art Center, Guilford, CT
Wood Fired Invitational 2007 - The Clay Place, Carnegie, PA
 
 
2006

Haywood Community College Professional Crafts Program Celebrates 30 Years - Folk
    Art Center, Asheville, NC
NCAC Visual Artist & Film/Video Art Exhibit - Asheville Museum of Art, Asheville, NC
Atlanta Teapot Festival - Signature Shop Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Tea Time: The Art of the Teapot Invitational - Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo,
     MI
Forms and Shapes: The Useful Teapot - AKAR, Iowa City, IA
Jersey Shore Clay National 2006 - M. T. Burton Gallery, Surf City, NJ
Crafts National 40 - Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, Zoller Gallery, University
     Park, PA
International Cup - The Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT
Women Artists of Western North Carolina '06 Exhibition - Turchin Center for the Visual
     Arts
, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
Wild Clay: exhibiting the influence of using local materials - American Folk Art Gallery,
     Asheville, NC
Bowl Show Invitational – Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI
NCECA Invitational Wood fire Exhibition – Lawrence Gallery, Portland, OR
Big Fish Small Pot
: An International Small Teapot Competition – Saddleback College
     Art Gallery, Mission Viejo, CA
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2005


Feats of Clay XVIII – Lincoln Arts Center, Lincoln, CA
Strictly Functional Pottery National – Market House Craft Center, Lancaster, PA (Directors Award for Form & Function)
National Teapot Show VI – Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC
In our Cups – Lockhart Gallery McClellan House, Geneseo, NY
18th National Juried Art Exhibition – South Cobb Arts Alliance, Mableton, GA (Honorable Mention)
Southern Accents Showcase Community, Preserve at Little Pine, Asheville, NC
The Clay Cup X – Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
Crafts National 39 – Zoller Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
Southern Highland Craft Guild 75th Anniversary Exhibition - Arrowmont School of Arts
     and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Greater Midwest International Exhibition XX – Central Missouri State University Art
     Center Gallery, Warrensburg, MO
Red Heat – Contemporary Work in Clay – The University of Tulsa School of Art,
     Tulsa, OK
Endless Variations: Shino Review 2005 – Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
Earth, Wheel, and Fire – International Museum of Art & Science, McAllen, TX
Galex 39 – Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL

 
 
2004

Naked Truth International Invitational Wood Fired Exhibition, Coe College,
     Cedar Rapids, IA
100 Teapots 2, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
Greater Midwest International Exhibition XIX, Central Missouri State University,
     Warrensburg, MO
Invitational, Centre for the Living Arts, Mobile, AL
14th Annual Natl Arts Competition, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO
Functional Ceramics Exhibition 2004, Wayne Center for Arts, Wooster, OH
Strictly Functional Pottery National, Market House Craft Center, East Petersburg, PA
     (Director’s Choice Award)
Out of the Fire, The Community Arts Center, Wallingford, PA
Two Person Show, Kawalabanya Gallery, Seto, Japan
July National Exhibition, Franklin Square Gallery, Southport, NC (2nd place)
Steam’en, Gallery Materia, Scottsdale, AZ
Gallery Kyouei-Gama, Tokoname, Japan
Wood-Fired Ceramic Exhibition, Blue Spiral, Asheville, NC
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2003
 

Two Person Invitational, River Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
2nd World Ceramic Biennale 2003 Korea (CEBIKO) International Competition,
     Icheon World Ceramic Center, Gwango-Dong, South Korea
Women in Clay Invitational, Odyssey Gallery, Asheville, NC
Crafts National 37, Penn State University, State College, PA
Origins in Clay III, San Antonio Potters Guild, Ingram, TX
Color and Form: Art and Craft Invitational, Brevard College, Brevard, NC
 National Art Competition, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO
Sydney Teapot Invitational Show, Inner City Clayworkers Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Ceramics USA Exhibition, University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton, TX
MatrixArts Space International Exhibition, MatrixArts Gallery, Sacramento, CA
 
 
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2000


45th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition, Rocky Mount Arts Center,
     Rocky Mount, NC
Crafts National 36, Zoller Gallery. Penn State University, University Park, PA
CHIC Spring Art Show, Kobe, Japan
Rerun Gallery, Yamomoto, Japan
Aesthetics 2002, Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery, Lindsburg, KS (First Place)
Feats of Clay XV, Lincoln Arts, Lincoln, CA (Second Place)
Galex 36, Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg IL
Stoneware: For Daily Rituals, Red Star Studios, Kansas City, MO 

American Shino Exhibition, Babcock Galleries, New York, NY
Clay/Wood/Fire/Salt, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH
Artist of the Month, Piedmont Craftsmen Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC
Feats of Clay XIV, Lincoln Arts, Lincoln, CA
One Person Show, Autumn Song Gallery, High Point, NC
Ceramics 2001,Guilford Handcraft Center, Guilford, CT

Crafts National 34, Zoller Gallery, Penn State University, University Park, PA
Clay/Wood/Fire/Salt, Southern Highlands Craft Guild, Asheville, NC
Feats of Clay XIII, Lincoln, CA (Purchase Award)
An Innovative Spirit, Southern Highlands Craft Guild, Asheville, NC
Focus Gallery, Two Person Show, Southern Highlands Craft Guild, Guilford Handcraft
     Center, Guilford, CT
2000 Crafts National 34, Zoller Gallery, Penn State University, University Park, PA
Clay/Wood/Fire/Salt, Southern Highlands Craft Guild, Asheville, NC
Feats of Clay XIII, Lincoln, CA (Purchase Award)
An Innovative Spirit, Southern Highlands Craft Guild, Asheville, NC
Focus Gallery, Two Person Show, Southern Highlands Craft Guild, Asheville, NC
International Ceramic WorkshopExhibition, Three Legged Dog Gallery, Key West, FL
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Cera Gallery, Tokoname, Japan
National Crafts 1999, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA
Handmade For The New Millennium: A National Craft Invitational, Grantham, PA
Freedom ofFire: A National Ceramics Invitational, Brevard, NC
Feats of Clay XII, Lincoln, CA (Purchase Award)

Fanciful & Functional - Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, NC
3rd Annual Best in America - Stones Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Craftforms ‘97 - Wayne Arts Center, Wayne, PA
Monarch National - Kennedy Douglass Center for the Arts, Florence, AL
Strictly Functional Pottery National - Epharata, PA
Spotlight ‘97 - Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, NC
North Carolina Crafts Gallery - Carrboro, NC (One person exhibition)
TFACE - Brevard, NC

Westmoreland Art Nationals - Youngwood, PA
Feats of Clay IX - Lincoln, CA (Merit Award)
TFACE - Brevard, NC - 2nd place
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JURIED SHOWS:

Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, DC
Piedmont Craftsmen Fair, Winston-Salem, NC
American Craft Council Shows, Atlanta (Merit Award), Baltimore, Charlotte,
Chicago, St. Paul, Tampa
Coconut Grove Arts Festival, Coconut Grove, FL (First Place Clay)
Ann Arbor Street Art Fair
  
 
 
PUBLICATIONS:

500 Cups, Lark Books
500 Pitchers, Lark Books
Ceramics Monthly, Summer 2004
Studio Potter, Summer Issue, 2002
The Log Book, August, 2002
American Shino: The Glaze of a Thousand Faces, Published in 2001 by
     Babcock Galleries, New York, NY, 2001
Ceramics Monthly, September 1998  
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FEATURED:

Smoky Mountain Living, Summer 2004
Clay Times, Cover and article, November/December 2003
The Discovery Channel, Home Matters Show
Transylvania County Arts Council’s evening conversation series, Artspeak, 2003

 
 

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