Paula Winokur
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“Porcelain is a material usually thought of as delicate, fragile and transparent. Considered the primary clay from which all other clays are derived, it comes from the earth as pure white, strong and durable. Fired it can resemble both snow and ice, depending on surface texture and treatment. Porcelain attracted me because of these qualities, rather than it’s transparency. I have chosen to work with this clay because it has allowed me to explore issues in the landscape without making literal interpretations.
My work has been influenced by information gathered at various “sites”, places in the natural environment that I have responded to visually. The earth itself particularly cliffs, ledges, crevices, and canyons: the effects of wind, earthquakes, glaciers and natural phenomenon such as geological “shifts” and “faults” interest me. In Iceland and Greenland I observed calving glaciers and huge icebergs. The works shown here are indeed abstractions of what I might have seen in my travels and some are informed by information gathered in various locations. For example the knowledge that icebergs float with 2/3 of their mass below the water and only the ‘tip” showing above has been the idea behind a series of wall pieces. “Black Ice” refers to the oil spill off the coast of Alaska some years ago. Glaciers Edge: Illulisat responds to that particular glacier seen from a small boat. It is not my intention to create literal images of what I remember but rather to present to the viewer the ideas lurking in my memory.”
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[tb_section title=”Solo Exhibitions”]
2016 “Wildscapes,” Christian Duvernois Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2015 “Material Legacy,” Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
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 Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia
1995 Long Island University, Southampton, N.Y.
1992 Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia
1991 Napa Valley College, California
1990 Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia
1980 College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA
1976 Contemporary Crafts, Portland, OR
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2010 “Beyond Sublime: Changing Nature,” Walton Art Center, Fayetteville, AR
2010 NCECA Invitational: Earth Matters, Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA
2010 Three Person Exhibition during NCECA 2010, Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2004 “Standing Room Only,” 60th Scripps Ceramic Annual, Claremont, CA
2003 Poetics of Clay: Houston Center for Contemporary Crafts, TX
2001 International Biennial, Ichon, Korea
2000 “Color & Fire: Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics,” LA County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
1998 NCECA Honors & Fellows Exhibition, Fort Worth Museum of Modern Art, Fort Worth, TX
1997 “Ceramic Still Life: The Common Object!,” California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
1997 “Ceramics from the International Ceramics studio (Kesckemet Hungary ),” Aberystwyth Arts Centre
Wales
1996 NCECA Endowment Exhibition, Strong Museum, Rochester, NY
1996 “East & West & South: International Ceramics Symposium,” Tolgyfa Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
1996 “Architectural Clay: The Clay Studio,” Philadelphia, PA
1992 “A Decade of Craft: Recent Acquisitions,” American Craft Museum, NY
1992 “Contemporary Ceramics,” Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1990 “Contemporary Philadelphia Artists,” Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1986 “Craft Today: Poetry of the Physical,” American Craft Museum, New York, NY
1984 “Porcelain ‘84,” Liberty Gallery, Louisville, KY
1980 “American Porcelain,” the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC
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[tb_section title=”Awards”]
2005 Visual Arts Fellowship, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
2003 Professor of the Year Arcadia University
2002 Fellow, American Crafts Council
1998 Faculty Development Award: conference in China
1983 Fellow, National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts
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