Christopher Gustin
Gustin Ceramics, LLC
231 Horseneck Road, Dartmouth, MA 02748
508-636-6213 – studio |
508-636-5099 – fax |
508-725-2710 – cell |
gustinceramics@gmail.com |
www.gustinceramics.com |
personal
Born Chicago, Illinois, January 22, 1952
education
1970-1971 | University of California at Irvine; Irvine, CA |
1972-1975 | Kansas City Art Institute; Kansas City, MO; BFA; Ceramics |
1975-1977 | New York State College of Ceramics; Alfred, NY; MFA; Ceramics |
teaching experience
Current | Associate Professor Emeritus; University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth |
1999-2000 | Full Time Visiting Lecturer, Ceramics; University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth |
1988-1998 | Associate Professor of Design, Ceramics; University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth |
1992 | Centro de Art e Comunicaçao Visual; Visiting Lecturer; Lisbon, Portugal |
1985-1988 | Swain School of Design; Associate Professor of Design; New Bedford, MA |
1980-1985 | Boston University, Program in Artisanry; Assistant Professor; Boston, MA |
1980 | New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred, New York (summer) |
1978-1980 | Parsons School of Design; Instructor, Crafts Department; New York, NY |
selected honors
2017 | The James Renwick Alliance ‘Masters of the Medium’; Renwick Alliance, Washington, DC Artists Fellowship; The Massachusetts Cultural Council; Boston, MA |
2016 | American Craft Council College of Fellows; American Craft Council; Minneapolis, MN |
2013 | Member, International Academy of Ceramics; Geneva, Switzerland |
2009 | Artists Fellowship; The Massachusetts Cultural Council; Boston, MA |
2005 | Artists Fellowship; The Massachusetts Cultural Council; Boston, MA The Geil Merit Award; NCECA National Exhibition; University of Maryland Baltimore, MD |
2000 | Commission Award; Cups of Merit; National Council for Education in the Ceramic Arts |
1999 | Artists Fellowship; The Massachusetts Cultural Council; Boston, MA |
1998 | Honorable Mention; Twelfth Annual San Angelo National Ceramic Competition 1998; San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts; San Angelo, TX |
1996 | Artists Award; Society of Arts and Crafts Artists Award Competition; Society of Arts and Crafts; Boston, MA Third Place; Eleventh Annual San Angelo National Ceramic Competition 1996; San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts; San Angelo, TX |
1988 | Purchase Award; The SIUE Clay National; Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. IL |
1987 | Crafts Fellowship; Massachusetts Artists Fellowship Program, The Artists Foundation Purchase Award; 27th Ceramic National Exhibition: American Ceramics Now; Everson Museum of Art; Syracuse, NY |
1986 | Visual Artists Fellowship; National Endowment for the Arts |
1980 | Visual Artists Fellowship; Connecticut Commission on the Arts |
1978 | Visual Artists Fellowship; National Endowment for the Arts |
selected public and private collections
Archie Bray Foundation; Helena, MT
ASU Ceramic Research Center; Tempe, AZ
Art Complex Museum; Duxbury, MA
Belger Art Center; Kansas City, MO
New Bedford Whaling Museum; New Bedford, MA
Ceramics Monthly Magazine
Crocker Art Museum; Sacramento, CA
Currier Museum of Art; Manchester, NH
Daum Museum of Art; Sedalia, MO
DePauw Museum of Art
Detroit Institute of Art
Everson Museum of Art, NY
First Bank Systems, St. Paul, MN
Fuller Craft Museum; Brockton, MA
Georgia State University
The Graham Collection; Paul Melon Art Center; Wallingford, CT
Icheon World Ceramic Center; Icheon, Korea
Johnson County Community College, KS
Kalamazoo Institute of the Arts, MI
Kemper Museum of Art; Kansas City, MO
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Minneapolis Institute of the Arts
Mint Museum of Craft; Charlotte, NC
Museum of Art and Design, NY
Museum of Craft and Folk Art; San Francisco, CA
Museo de Azulejo; Lisbon, Portugal
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Houston, TX
Newark Museum of Art, NJ
New Bedford Whaling Museum; New Bedford, MA
New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art; Logan, UT
Racine Art Museum; Racine, WI
Rayovac Corporation; Madison, WI
Renwick Gallery of the Museum of American Art;
Smithsonian; Washington, DC
Rhode Island School of Design Art Museum
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, TX
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art; Scottsdale, AZ
Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park; Japan
Shiwan Treasure Pottery Museum; P.R. China
Sonnenschein, Nath and Rosenthal; KC, MO
The St. Paul Companies, St. Paul, MN
Victoria and Albert Museum; London, UK
Weber State College; Ogden, UT
Yingge Ceramics Museum; Taipei, Taiwan
one person exhibitions
2020 | Chris Gustin: Recent Works; Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA |
2019 | Chris Gustin; KAJ Gallery; Naples, FL Lost and Found: Reitz/Gustin Collaborations; Minnetonka Arts Center; Minnetonka, WI |
2015 | Slow Breath; Recent Works by Chris Gustin; Dedee Shattuck Gallery; Westport, MA |
2014 | Chris Gustin: Masterworks in Clay; American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA); Pomona, CA Breath; Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art; Kansas City, MO Chris Gustin: Masterworks in Clay; Daum Museum of Contemporary Art; Sedalia, MO |
2013 | Chris Gustin: Masterworks in Clay;
Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art; Alfred, NY Chris Gustin: Recent Works; Lighthouse Art Center; Jupiter, FL |
2012 | Chris Gustin: Masterworks in Clay; Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA |
2010 | Circling Into Now; University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth; Dartmouth, MA |
2009 | Recent Works; Sherrie Gallerie; Columbus, OH Recent Works; Donaldson Gallery; Porters School, Farmington, CT |
2008 | Recent Works; Reckson Metro Center; White Plains, NY New Works; Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art; Kansas City, MO Philadelphia International Airport, US Air Pavillion |
2007 | Embodiment; NCECA 2007; Louisville, KY Laramie County Community College; Cheyenne, WY |
2006 | Embodiment; Sherrie Gallerie; Columbus, OH SOFA Chicago; Chicago, IL |
2005 | Works/Snyderman Gallery; Philadelphia, PA |
2003 | John Elder Gallery; New York, NY |
2002 | Judy Ann Goldman Fine Art; Boston, MA |
2000 | Works Gallery; Philadelphia, PA Judy Ann Goldman Fine Art; Boston, MA |
1999 | Gallery Materia ; Scottsdale, AZ |
1998 | John Elder Gallery; New York, NY Paul Melon Arts Center; Wallingford, CT |
1996 | Judy Ann Goldman Fine Art; Boston, MA |
1995 | Works Gallery; Philadelphia, PA |
1994 | Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild; Pittsburgh, PA |
1992 | Pro Art Gallery; St. Louis, MO |
1991 | Garth Clark Gallery; Los Angeles, CA |
1990 | Garth Clark Gallery; New York, NY Garth Clark Gallery; Kansas City, MO |
1989 | Pro Art Gallery; St. Louis, MO |
1988 | Garth Clark Gallery; New York, NY Kalamazoo Institute of Arts; Kalamazoo, MI Pro Art Gallery; Saint Louis, MO |
1987 | Objects Gallery; Chicago, IL |
1986 | Garth Clark Gallery; Los Angeles, CA Pro Art Gallery; Saint Louis, MO |
1985 | Garth Clark Gallery; New York, NY DBR Gallery; Cleveland, OH |
1984 | Ree Schonlau Gallery; Omaha, NE |
1983 | Objects Gallery; Chicago, IL |
1982 | Hadler/Rodrigues Gallery; New York, NY Paul Mellon Art Center; Wallingford, CT |
1981 | Greenwich House Gallery; New York, NY |
1979 | Georgia Southern College; Statesboro, GA |
selected group exhibitions
2020 |
Clay and Life; Eutectic Gallery; Portland, OR RePresentation; Randolph-Macon College; Ashland, VA Woodfire; Longwood Center for the Visual Arts; Farmville, VA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | Authentic Self; Curated Ceramics; Minneapolis, MN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017 | Anne Currier, Sam Chung, Randy Johnston & Chris Gustin; Harvey Meadows Gallery; Aspen, CO Emotion of the Moment: A 30-Year Dialogue: Chris Gustin and Nancy Train Smith; Lillstreet Gallery, Chicago, IL Essential Earth; Wayne Art Center; Wayne, PA Art and Science: Glaze Focus; The Clay Studio; Philadelphia, PA Land, Sea, Sky; Dedee Shattuck Gallery; Westport, MA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016 | National Ceramics Invitational 2016; Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA Chris Gustin, Tony Marsh, Sun Koo Yuh; Santa Fe Clay; Santa Fe, NM Doug Casebeer, Chris Gustin and Randy Johnston; Harvey Meadows Gallery; Aspen, CO The Once and Future: New Now; Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art; Kansas City, MO The Kansas City Connection: Victor Babu, John Balistreri, Chris Gustin, and Matt Long; The Belger Crane Yard Gallery; Kansas City, MO 701 Louisiana; Cider Gallery; Lawrence, KS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015 | Standing on Ceremony: Functional Ware from RAM’s Collection; Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI Hi Res; Chazan Gallery, Providence, RI Drawn; Bridgewater State University; Bridgewater, MA Meredyth Knows Clay; Naga Gallery, Boston, MA The Diverse Vessel; Gorse Mill Gallery; Needham, MA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | Continuum of Innovation: Haystack Clay Selects; Fuller Craft Museum; Brockton, MA Flow; Milwaukee Art Museum; Milwaukee, WI | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013 | Sasama International Symposium Exhibition: Verkehr Museum; Shizuoka, Japan Altered Earth: Cynthia Bringle and Chris Gustin; Lone Star College, Houston, TX Shino Extravaganza: Lone Star College, Houston, TX | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012 | John Buck, Doug Casebeer and Chris Gustin; Harvey/Meadows Gallery; Aspen, CO American Apprentice; Red Lodge Clay Center; Red Lodge, MT Founders; George Mason Gallery; Nobleboro, ME The Art of Seduction; Howard Community College; Columbia, MD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | Conversations in Clay — West Meets East: A Collector’s Perspective; Joan B. Mirviss Gallery; New York, NY Rob Forbes Selects; Frank Lloyd Gallery; Los Angeles, CA Fired Up; Morean Arts Center at The Train Station; St. Petersburg, FL The Elusive Teabowl; Lacoste Gallery; Concord, MA Islamic Influence; St. Petersburg College; Clearwater, FL Meredith and Meg Go 3D; Gallery Naga; Boston, MA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010 | 3+3, A Clay Survey; Space 301; Mobile, AL (Re) Form; H & R Block Art Space; Kansas City, MO Honoring Chris Gustin; Naviio Artisans Collective; New Bedford, MA The Watershed Connection; The Snyderman-Works Gallery; Philadelphia, PA The Gallery Perspective; Armstrong’s Gallery; Pomona, CA 2009 | Simply Formal; Museum of Anthropology; Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ | 2008 | Into the Woods: A Fiery Tale; American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA); Pomona, CA | Anderson Ranch at the Aspen Art Museum; Aspen Art Museum; Aspen, CO Shino: Snow and Fire; the Maison de la Céramique Contemporaine; Giroussens, France Clay/Mates; James Patrick Gallery; Wiscasset, ME SOFA New York; Lacoste Gallery; New York, NY SOFA Chicago; Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art; Kansas City, MO 2007 | Fire to Ash; Invitational Wood Fire Exhibition; The Fuller Museum of Craft; Brockton, MA | Skin of Asia; Invitational Exhibition; The 4th World Ceramic Biennale 2007; Icheon World Ceramic Center; Icheon, Korea Legacy and Innovation in Contemporary Clay; The Dubuque Museum of Art; Dubuque, IA Contemporary Ceramics: A Dairy Barn Invitational; Dairy Barn Arts Center; Athens, OH 2006 | Two Media/Two Expressions; The Springfield Museum of Art; Springfield, OH | The Yixing Effect: Echoes of the Chinese Scholar; Holter Museum of Art; Helena, MT Tea Time: The Art of the Teapot; Kalamazoo Institute of Arts; Kalamazoo, MI Watershed 20th Anniversary Exhibition; Society of Arts and Crafts; Boston, MA The Elegant Table; Peters Valley Art Center; Layton, NJ 2005 | Diverse Domain: Contemporary North American Ceramic Art: Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum; Taipei, Taiwan | Contemporary Functional Ceramics; Fort Wayne Art Museum; Ft. Wayne, IN Chris Gustin and Friends; Pewabic Pottery; Detroit, MI Gustin, Johnston & Lawton; LaCoste Gallery; Concord, MA NCECA Clay National; University of Maryland; Baltimore, MD The Program in Artisanry; Annapolis Gallery; Annapolis, MD Rhythm and Breath; Loyola University; Baltimore, MD Porcelain in the Anagama; Meredith Gallery; Baltimore, MD Terra Sutra II; Montage Gallery; Baltimore, MD Endless Variations: Shino Review ’05; Baltimore Clayworks; Baltimore, MD Particles and Passion, The Art of Clay; Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD 2004 | Creations in Clay: Contemporary New England Ceramics; Currier Museum of Art; Manchester, NH | The Art of the Collector; The Fuller Museum of Art; Brockton, MA Tile: Matter and Motif; Baltimore Clayworks; Baltimore, MD Forms; McMaster Gallery, University of South Carolina; Columbia, SC The Fifth Armory National Ceramics Invitational; Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL The Ranch is at UM; University of Miami; Miami, FL Mastery in Clay; The Clay Studio; Philadelphia, PA Teapots: Object to Subject; Craft Alliance; St. Louis, MO 2003 | 21st Century Ceramics in the United States and Canada; Columbus College of Art and Design; Columbus, OH | Ceramic Faculty Selects: Clay from the Permanent Collection; Arizona State University Art Museum; Tempe, AZ Boston University’s Program in Artisanry: 1975-1985; The Fuller Museum of Art; Brockton, MA Crafts Transformed – The Program in Artisanry; University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth; Dartmouth, MA Mastery in Clay; The Clay Studio; Philadelphia, PA Clay Works: American Ceramics from the Everson Museum of Art; UBS PaineWebber; New York, NY National Ceramics Invitational 2003; University of Texas at Tyler; Tyler, TX Summer Workshops Artists’ Preview Exhibition; Santa Fe Clay; Santa Fe, NM 2002 | International Teapot Exhibition; Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum; Taipei, Taiwan | Yankee Clay; The Slater Memorial Museum; Norwich, CT The Floor Show; Loft 122, Kansas City, MO Postmodern Ceramics; Dolphin Gallery; Kansas City, MO American Shino; The Fitchburg Art Museum; Fitchburg, MA Clay Body Rhetoric: Ceramic Figures of Speech; Beech Museum of Art; Manhattan, KS 4×10: Ceramic Sculpture; The Phillips Museum of Art; Lancaster, PA 2001 | The Yixing Effect; The Art Complex Museum; Duxbury, MA | American Shino; Babcock Galleries; New York, NY Clay/Wood/Fire/Salt; The Ohio Craft Museum; Columbus, Ohio Color/Fire: Defining Moments of Contemporary Ceramics,1950-2000; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Los Angeles, CA 2000 | Selections from the Allan Chasonoff Ceramic Collection; Mint Museum of Craft and Design; Charlotte, NC | American Ceramics; The Shanghai Arts Fair; Shanghai, PR China 2000 International Ceramic Art Exhibition; Shiwan Treasure Pottery Museum; Shiwan, PR China The National Ceramics Invitational; The Armory Art Center; West Palm Beach, FL Clay/Wood/Fire/Salt; Southern Highland Craft Guild; Asheville, NC Our Cups Runneth Over; Society for Arts and Crafts; Boston, MA Haystack Faculty Exhibition; Blue Herron Gallery; Deer Isle, ME 1999 | The Great Balancing Act; Mobilia Gallery; Cambridge, MA | New England Wood Fired Exhibit; Salve Regina College; Newport, RI Erotica in Ceramic Art; Ferrin Gallery; SOFA, New York; Ferrin Gallery, Northampton, MA Teapots; Sybarus Gallery; Detroit, MI 1998 | RE: Form; The Fuller Museum of Art; Brockton, MA (Dec-Feb 1999) | Made in Clay; Greenwich House Pottery; New York, NY The Masters Invitational; Gallery X; New Bedford, MA 1997 | IMMS-Atlantic Fusion; Trinity Buoy Wharf; London, England | Clay, Fiber, Metal, Wood Invitational; Schick Art Gallery; Skidmore College, NY Contemporary American Ceramics; Loveland Museum; Loveland, CO Clay Can Save Lives; Greenwich House Pottery; New York, NY Clay/Wood/Fire/Salt; Contemporary Artifacts Gallery; Berea, KY Teapot 8; Gallery Alexander; La Jolla, CA For The House and Garden; Pewabic Pottery; Detroit, MI Shades of Shino; Baltimore Clayworks; Baltimore, MD 1996 | International Multimedia Symposium Exhibition; Lisbon, Portugal; Madrid, Spain | A Madcap Teapot Party at the Renwick; Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution; Washington, DC Eighth Triennial; Fuller Museum of Art; Brockton, MA Sculptural Ceramics in New England Today; Boston Anthenaeum; Boston, MA A Passion for Pots: Three Generations of Makers; Chester Springs Studio, Chester Springs, PA Fire and Earth; Vespermann Gallery; Atlanta, GA Society of Arts and Crafts Artists Award Exhibition; Society of Arts and Crafts; Boston, MA Myth, Madness, Memory; Judy Ann Goldman Fine Art; Boston, MA Ten Years of Fire; Watershed Invitational; David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY Teapots; Art in the Powerhouse; Cleveland, OH Non-Objective; Perimeter Gallery; Chicago, IL The Dartmouth Gallery Celebrates; Dartmouth Gallery; South Dartmouth, MA Clay On The Wall; Salt Lake Art Center; Salt Lake City, UT Keepers of the Flame; Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art; Kansas City, MO Invitational Teapot Exhibition; Ariana Gallery; Royal Oak, MI 1995 | Paper Pots; Peter Joseph Gallery; New York, NY | 50th Anniversary: Faculty Invitational; Arrowmont School of Crafts; Gatlinberg, TN Third Annual Teapot Exhibition; Craft Alliance Gallery; St. Louis, MO Ken Ferguson Ceramic Scholarship Exhibition and Auction; Kansas City, MO The Vase; Ariana Gallery; Royal Oak, MI The Entirely Approachable Art Auction; University of Minnesota; Minneapolis, MN Cups Revisited; Ariana Gallery; Royal Oak, MI First Cup of the Day; Revolution: A Gallery Project; Ferndale, MI 1994 | The Cup; Works Gallery; Philadelphia, PA | Sixth Annual Teapot Exhibition; Vespermann Gallery; Atlanta, GA Teapot Exhibition; Gallery Alexander; La Jolla, CA 30th Anniversary Holiday Exhibition; Craft Alliance; St. Louis, MO Orga-Morphic Clay; Foster Goldstrom Gallery; New York, NY Night of 101 Cups; Benefit Exhibition, Garth Clark Gallery; New York, NY Teacher as Mentor; Northern Clay Center; St. Paul, MN First Cup of the Day; Revolution: A Gallery Project; Ferndale, MI 1993 | Studio Potter’s 20th Anniversary Collection; Newton Art Center; Newtonville, MA | Vessels: Constructed/Deconstructed; Beth Urdang Gallery; Boston, MA The Space Within: The Vessel as Sculpture; Hopkins House Gallery; Haddon Twp., NJ From Our Vault to the Studio: New Work by Crafts Artists in the Wustum Collection; (*) Wustum Museum of Fine Arts; Racine, WI Clay 1993: A National Survey; William Traver Gallery; Seattle, WA Artisanry Faculty Celebrate Americana; UMass Dartmouth Gallery, N. Dartmouth, MA National Teapot Show II; Cedar Creek Gallery; Creedmoor, NC Watershed Benefit Exhibition; Nancy Margolis Gallery; New York, NY Final Critique; Pro Art Gallery; St. Louis, MO Bay State Clay; Fitchburg Art Museum; Fitchburg, MA Tea Pots: Archie Bray Foundation Benefit Exhibit; International Gallery; San Diego, CA Spirits of Perception: Ceramics from the Collection of Igal and Diane Silber; Rancho Santiago College Art Gallery; Santa Ana, CA 1992 | The Eccentric Teapot; The Shigaraki Ceramic Culture Park; Shigaraki, Japan;
Gallery Koyanagi; Tokyo, Japan; Seibu Department Store; Tokyo, Japan | The Tea Party; American Crafts Museum; New York, NY National Ceramic Invitational Exhibition; West Chester University, West Chester, PA Archie Bray Foundation Benefit Exhibit; Owen Patrick Gallery; Philadelphia, PA Teapot Invitational; Pro Art Gallery; Saint Louis, MO 100 Cup Invitational; Pro Art Gallery; Saint Louis, MO 1991 | Scale/Detail; Habitat/Shaw Gallery; Farmington Hills, MI | The Artful Charger; Kavesh Gallery; Ketchum, ID Ten-Year Anniversary Exhibition; Garth Clark Gallery; Los Angeles, CA Artists Visions; The Decordiva Museum; Lincoln, MA(*) Teapot Invitational; Vespermann Gallery; Atlanta, GA The Tea Party; American Crafts Museum; New York, NY Teapots; Swidler Gallery; Royal Oak, MI Teapots; Pro Art; Saint Louis, MO Teapots; Moira James Gallery, NV Figurative Clay: A National Juried Exhibition; Georgia State University; Atlanta, GA 1990 | American Ceramics; Gallery Koyanagi; Tokyo, Japan | The Eccentric Teapot; Garth Clark Gallery; Los Angeles, CA, New York, NY Tea Pots; Swidler Gallery; Royal Oak, MI Summer Faculty; Anderson Ranch Arts Center; Snowmass, CO Organic Abstractions; Garth Clark Gallery; New York, NY Contemporary Crafts: Ten Years of Collecting; Rhode Island School of Design Art Museum; Providence, RI Platters; DePauw University; Greencastle, IN (t); Wustum Museum; Racine, WI; Parkland College; Champaign, IL; Pro Art Gallery; Saint Louis, MO Teapots; Pro Art; Saint Louis, MO 1989 | Ceramics Invitational; Kansas State University; Manhattan, KS (t)* | Ceramica No ARCO; Museo do Azuleju; Lisbon, Portugal The Eccentric Teapot; Garth Clark Gallery; Los Angeles, CA, New York, NY The Eccentric Teapot; Garth Clark Gallery, 20th Century Art Exhibiton; Navy Pier; Chicago, IL Massachusetts Fellows 1983-1989; Jacob’s Pillow, Becket, MA Directors Choice; Society for Arts and Crafts; Boston, MA 20th Century Art Exhibiton; Objects Gallery; Navy Pier, Chicago, IL The Expressive Teapot; Swidler Gallery, Royal Oak, MI Arrowmont Faculty: Summer 1989; Arrowmont School of Crafts; Gatlinburg, TN Teapots; Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC Recent Acquisitions; Collett Art Gallery; Weber State College; Ogden, UT(*) Clay; Bennington College; Bennington, VT Southeastern Massachusetts University Programs in Artisanry; Society for Arts and Crafts; Boston, MA Group Invitational; Society for Arts and Crafts; Pittsburg, PA The Ohio University Ceramics Invitational; Ohio University; Athens, OH 1988 | East-West Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition; Art Center of the Korean Culture and Arts Foundation; Seoul, Korea (in conjunction with the 1988 Summer Olympics) | Today’s Artisan: The Art of Craft; Newport Art Museum; Newport, RI A Pot is a Pot. Or Is It?; Athenaeum Museum; Alexandria, VA A Fine Place to Work: The Legacy of the Archie Bray Foundation; The Arkansas Arts Center Decorative Arts Museum; Little Rock, AK Contemporary American Ceramics: Vessels; The St. Paul Companies Corporate Art Program, St. Paul, MN Group Exhibition; Swidler Gallery, Royal Oak, MI 20th Century Art Exhibiton; Objects Gallery, Navy Pier; Chicago, IL Functional Ceramics and Beyond: Inspiration From the Vessel Aesthetic; Louisiana State University; Baton Rouge, LA The Artists Foundation Fellows Exhibition; The Artists Foundation; Boston, MA The SIUE Ceramic National; Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville; Edwardsville, IL 1987 | 27th Ceramic National Exhibition: American Ceramics Now; Everson Museum of Art; Syracuse, NY | Contemporary Ceramics from the Smits Collection; Los Angeles County Museum of Art 43rd Annual Scripps Invitational; Lang Art Gallery; Clairmont, CA 20th Century Art Exhibition; Objects Gallery, Navy Pier; Chicago, IL The Vessel as Image; Nancy Poole’s Studio; Toronto, Canada Extensions; Pewabic Pottery; Detroit, MI Homage; Garth Clark Gallery; Los Angeles, CA Teapots; Pewabic Pottery; Detroit, MI 1986 | American Potters Today; Victoria and Albert Museum; London, England | Big Containment; Northern Illinois University DeKalb, IL Potters and Friends; The Vermont State Crafts Center; Middlebury, VT 1985 | Kansas City Art Institute’s First Century; Nelson-Atkins Museum; Kansas City, MO | The Sanford M. Besser Collection of Contemporary Ceramic Teapots; The Arkansas Arts Center Decorative Arts Museum; Little Rock, AK Selections from the Earl Millard Collection; Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville; Edwardsville, IL Contemporary Ceramics-Six New England Artists; University Gallery; University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA Ceramics Invitational; Works Gallery; Philadelphia, PA 1984 | Design in the Service of Tea; Cooper-Hewitt Museum; New York, NY | Ceramic Invitational; Rhode Island School of Design Art Museum; Providence, RI The Ritual of Tea; Garth Clark Galleries; New York; Los Angeles, CA Ceramic Invitational; Weber State College; Ogden, UT Recent Recipients of the Connecticut Commission on the Arts Fellowship; Aetna Building; Hartford, CT Platters; Ester Saks Gallery; Chicago, IL Program in Artisanry: 1975-1984; Boston University; Boston, MA Ceramics and Mixed Media; Lopoukhine Gallery; Boston, MA Ceramic Invitational; DBR Gallery; Cleveland, OH Platters by Clay and Non-Clay Artists; Boston College Gallery; Boston, MA Young Giants; Objects Gallery; Chicago, IL Tea Bowls; Crafts Alliance; Saint Louis, MO 1983 | Ceramic Artists: Distinguished Alumni of the Kansas City Art Institute; Kemper Gallery, Kansas City Art Institute; Kansas City, MO | Five New York Artists; Stavaridis Gallery; Boston, MA Surface Dialogues; Southeastern Massachusetts University; North Dartmouth, MA Ceramic Invitational; DBR Gallery; Cleveland, OH 1982 | East Coast Vessels Invitational; Kutztown State College; Kutztown, PA | Thirty Years of Archie Bray Ceramics; Montana Historical Society; Helena, MT Contemporary Clay, 1982; Martin Schweig Gallery; Saint Louis, MO Group Exhibition; DBR Gallery; Cleveland, OH 1981 | Twelve from Kansas City and One – Ken Ferguson; Surroundings Gallery; New York, NY | Tea Pots USA; Southern Illinois University; Edwardsville, IL Clay Invitational 1981; DBR Gallery; Cleveland, OH 1980 | Ceramic Invitational; Weber State College; Ogden, UT | 100 Tea Pots Invitational Exhibition; Thiel College; Greenville, PA 1977 | Young Americans: Clay/Glass; American Craft Museum; New York, NY
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bibliography
American Craft Museum; Craft Today: Poetry of the Physical; Weidenfeld & Nicolson Press; 1986
Arts Center of the Korean Culture and Arts Foundation; East – West Contemporary Ceramics
Exhibition; Seoul Olympic Arts Festival Press, Seoul, Korea; (Exhibition catalog) 1988
Brown, Glen R.; Ceramics Art and Perception; “Chris Gustin-Inverting Perception”; Issue 44, 2001
Clark, Garth; American Ceramics, 1876 to the Present; New York: Abbeville Press; 1988
Clark, Garth; The Book of Cups; New York: Abbeville Press; 1990
Clark, Garth and Watson, Oliver; American Potters Today; Victoria and Albert Museum; 1986
Dedee Shattuck Gallery; Slow Breath; Recent Works by Chris Gustin; Exhibition Catalogue; 2015
Del Vecchio, Mark; Postmodern Ceramics; Thames and Hudson, London; 2002
Doran, Pat; Art New England; “Ceramicist Chris Gustin”; April/May issue; 1994
Dormer, Peter; The New Ceramics: Trends and Traditions; Thames and Hudson; New York, NY; 1987
Everson Museum of Art; American Ceramics Now; Salina Press; Syracuse, New York; 1987
Ferrin, Leslie; Teapots Transformed; Guild Publishing, Madison, Wisconsin; 2000
Fuller Craft Museum; Chris Gustin: Masterworks in Clay; (Retrospective Catalogue); Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA 2012
Gustin, Christopher; Studio Potter Magazine; Volume 32, No. 1; Winter/Spring 2009; “The Embodiment of Form”;
Gustin, Christopher and Fina, Angela (Curators); The Best of Pottery 2; Rockport Publishers;
Rockport, MA; 1998
Hopper, Robin; The Ceramic Spectrum; Krause Publications, Iola, WI; 2001
Hopper, Robin; Making Marks: Discovering the Ceramic Surface; Krause Publications; 2004
Incheon World Ceramic Center; Ceramic, Skin of Asia; The 4th World Ceramic Biennale; Incheon, Korea; 2007
Lynn, Martha Drexler; Clay Today; Contemporary Ceramists and Their Work; Los Angeles County
Museum of Art; Chronicle Books, San Francisco; 1990
Laurie, Jo; Color/Fire: Defining Moments of Contemporary Ceramics, 1950-2000; Los Angeles
County Museum of Art; Los Angeles, CA; 2000
Mathieu, Paul; Sex Pots: Eroticism in Ceramics; Rutgers University Press; Piscataway, NY; 2003
Mint Museum of Craft and Design; Allan Chasanoff Ceramic Collection; Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
Nelson, Glenn, and Burkett, Richard; Ceramics: A Potter’s Handbook; Harcourt College Publishers; 2002
Perry, Dr. Barbara; American Ceramics: The Collection of Everson Museum of Art; Everson Museum of Art,
Syracuse, New York; Rizzoli, New York; 1989
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Peterson, Susan; The Craft and Art of Clay, 4th Edition; Prentice Hall Publisher, New Jersey; 2003
Rhodes, Daniel and Hopper, Robin; Clay and Glazes for the Potter; Third Edition; Kraus Publications; 2000
Rice, L. Robin; American Ceramics Magazine; Exhibition Review; Volume 12, No. 2; 1996
Rockport Publishers; The Best of Pottery; Rockport, Massachusetts; 1996
Ruescher, Scott; Ceramic Monthly Magazine; Anagama Firings at Chris Gustin’s; October 2003
Sager, Susan; Selling your Crafts; Allworth Press; New York, NY; 1998
Sweet, Marvin; The Yixing Effect; Foreign Language Press, Beijing, China; 2006
Tarkasis, Kostas; Clay In Art: International Yearbook; 2007/2008 Edition; Clayart International, Athens, Greece
The 92nd Street Y; Process and Promise; Retha Oliver, editor; New York, NY; 2006
Triplett, Kathy; 500 Teapots; Lark Books; Sterling Press, NY; 2002
University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth; Circling Into Now; Exhibition Catalogue; 2010
Zakin, Richard; Ceramics – Mastering the Craft; Krause Publishing; 2001
Zhou, Guangzhen; American Ceramic Arts Today; People’s Fine Arts Publishing House; Beijing, China; 1998
lectures and workshops presented
Alabama Clay Conference; Mobile, AL
Alison Palmer Workshop; Kent, CT
Anderson Ranch Arts Center; Snowmass, CO
Anderson Ranch Arts Center; Good Hope, Jamaica
Anderson Ranch Arts Center; San Miguel; Mexico
Armory Art Center; West Palm Beach, FL
Arrowmont School of Crafts, Arrowmont, TN
Belger Crane Yard; Kansas City, MO
Bennington College, Bennington, VT
Berkeley Potters Guild; Berkeley, CA
Bezalel Academy of Art and Design; Jerusalem, Israel
Boston University, Boston, MA
Brookfield Crafts Center; Brookfield, CT
Bunnel Gallery; Homer/Halibut Cove, AK
Centro de Art e Comunicaçao Visual (ARCO); Lisbon,
Portugal
Chester Springs Studio Center for the Visual Arts;
Chester Springs, PA
Clay Art Center; Portchester, NY
Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Cornell University, Ithica, NY
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Creative Arts Workshop; New Haven, CT
Cub Creek Foundation; Appomattox, VA
Curaumilla Art Center; Curaumilla, Chile
Cutter Ceramics; Waltham, MA
Dallas Craft Guild; Dallas, TX
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art; Sedalia, MO
Edinboro University; PA
Finch Pottery; Bailey, NC
Fitchburg Art Museum; Fitchburg, MA
Fuller Craft Museum; Brockton, MA
Georgia State University; Atlanta, GA
Greenwich House Pottery; New York, NY
Guilford Handcrafts Center; Guilford, CT
Hawaii Craftsmen; Honolulu and Kauai, HI
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, ME
Horizons; Williamsburg, MA
International Ceramics Festival; Aberystwyth, Wales
International Ceramics Arts Festival; Sasama, Japan
Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute; Jingdezhen, P.R. China
Kansas City Art Institute; Kansas City, MO
Lexington Crafts Guild; Lexington, MA
Lighthouse Art Center; Jupiter, FL
Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild; Pittsburgh, PA
Michigan Potters Association; Detroit, MI
Morean Center for the Arts; St. Petersburg, FL
Murray State University; Murray, KY
NCECA Conference; Ann Arbor, MI (1979)
NCECA Conference; Atlanta, GA (1983)
NCECA Conference; Kansas City, MI (1989)
NCECA Conference; Cincinnati, OH (1990)
NCECA Conference; San Diego, CA (1993)
NCECA Conference: Baltimore, MD (2005)
NCECA Conference: Houston, TX (2013)
Nettles Studio; Pass Christian, MS
New Bedford Whaling Museum; New Bedford, MA
New Hampshire Art Institute: Manchester, NH
Northern Michigan University; Marquette, MI
Notre Dame; South Bend, IN
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design
Parsons School of Design; Lake Placid, NY
Perkins Center for the Arts; Moorestown, NJ
Peters Valley Arts Center; Layton, NJ
Punahou School, Honolulu, HI
Renwick Gallery of the Museum of American Art;
Washington, DC
Pewabic Pottery; Detroit, MI
Philadelphia College of Art, PA
Plymouth State College, NH
Porters School; Farmington, CT
Radcliffe Pottery; Cambridge, MA
Raritan Valley Community College; Somerville, NJ
Reckson Metro Center; White Plains, NY
Renwick Alliance; Washington, DC
Rhode Island School of Design
Rochester Institute of Technology, NY
St. Petersburg Clay; St. Petersburg, FL
Santa Fe Clay; Santa Fe, NM
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
School of the Museum of Fine Arts; Boston, MA
Sheridan College of Art and Design
Skidmore College, NY
South County Art Association; Kingston, RI
Southeastern Massachusetts University, MA
Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, IL
Spirit Square Center for the Arts; Charlotte, NC
Taipai American School; Taipai, Taiwan
Tel Hai College; Tel Hai, Israel
University of Indiana at Bloomington
University for the Arts; Philadelphia, PA
University of Miami; Miami, FL
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; WI
Utah State University; Logan, UT
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, ME
Wayne Art Center; Wayne, PA
Wesleyan Potters; Middletown, CT
Wichita State University; Wichita, KS
Yingge Ceramics Museum; Taipei, Taiwan
92nd Street YM-YWHA; New York, NY
professional organizations/boards
Fellow; American Craft Council College of Fellows; Minneapolis, MN (elected 2016)
Member; International Academy of Ceramics; Geneva, Switzerland (elected 2013)
Honorary Trustee; Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts; Newcastle, ME (current)
Vice President, Board of Trustees; Watershed Center of the Ceramic Arts; Newcastle, ME (2008-2014)
President, Board of Trustees; Watershed Center of the Ceramic Arts; Newcastle, ME (2004-2007)
Vice President, Honorary Trustee; Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts; Newcastle, ME (2000-2004)
Advisory Board Member (1990-1996); Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts; Newcastle, ME
President, Board of Trustees (1987-1990); Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts; Newcastle, ME
Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust; The Slocum’s River Sculpture Project Committee; 2009, 2012, 2015
Member; National Council for Education in the Ceramic Arts (NCECA)
Co-Founder; Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts; Newcastle, ME (1986)
Advisory Committee; San Bao Institute of Ceramics; Jingdezhen, P.R. China (2000-2001)
Board of Trustees; Studio Potter Magazine; (1998-2003)
Board of Trustees; ArtWorks; New Bedford, MA (2000-2003