RADASCH, KARI
MAINE
MAINE
In life I am most drawn to that which is decorative, celebratory and outrageous. I am touched by such joyful trimmings as architectural embellishments, garden topiary, and ornamental cuisine and confections. I believe that the ritual of “making special” can connect humankind and imbue the world with joy and beauty.
I am not interested in stereotypical refinement and perfection in my work, instead I want there to be a trace of the hand. I view these traces as a gift, as a part of me “making special”. I hope to not only hand make objects used for celebration, but to also celebrate the handmade. It is from this perspective that I am most inspired to make decorative, functional pottery.
My pots are made with Terra Cotta clay and formed using simple techniques like
pinching, coiling and the rolling of slabs. They are covered with white slip and then painted with sweet and syrupy glazes.
EDUCATION
2000-2003
University of Nebraska- Lincoln, Master of Fine Arts, Ceramics, Lincoln, Nebraska. *Othemer Fellowship and Full Teaching Assistantship.
1993-1997
Maine College of Art, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ceramics, Portland, Maine. *United Maine Craftsman Scholarship
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2010-current
Southern Maine Community College, South Portland, Maine. Adjunct Faculty
2008
Bates College, Lewiston, Maine. Visiting Lecturer in Visual Culture, Short Term, Spring Semester
2001-2002
University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska. Instructor of Record
2000-2001
University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska. Graduate Teaching Assistant
GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, & AWARDS
2010
Demonstrator/Presenter, NCECA Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2008
Presenter, Utilitarian Clay: Celebrate the Object, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts.
2007
United States Artists Fellowship Nominee, Los Angeles, California.
2006
SAC Artist Award, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, Massachusetts.
2004-2005
The Evelyn Shapiro Foundation Fellowship/ Residency, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
2004
NCECA 2004 Emerging Artist, Indianapolis, Indiana.
2003-2004
Resident Artist, Lux Arts, Lincoln, Nebraska.
2000-2003
Othemer Fellowship, University of Nebraska.
2002
Artist Invite Mentors Residency, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, Maine.
NCECA 2002 Regional Student Juried Exhibition, Graduate Award.
2000-2001
Robert MacNamara Merit Award. `
1999-2000
Winter Resident Artist, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, Maine.
1999
Clay Cup VII Purchase Award.
1998
Salad Days Residency, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, Maine.
1997
IWCAT Resident Artist, The International Workshop of Ceramic art in Tokoname Japan.
1995-1996
Maine College of Art, United Maine Craftsman Scholarship.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007
Applique, Ferrin Gallery, Lenox, Massachusetts.
2006
Artist of the Month, Signature Shop and Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia.
2005
Celebratory Objects, Evelyn Shapiro Foundation Fellowship Exhibition, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
2004
Featured Artist, Lill Street Art Center, Chicago, Illinois.
2003
Kari Radasch, University Place Art Center, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Bella Touch, Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Eisentrager- Howard Gallery
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012
Pots at Rest, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania..
Salad Days Artist:s Then and Now, Farmhouse Gallery, Damariscotta, Maine.
Maine Ceramic Artists, Farmhouse Gallery, Da,mariscotta, Maine.
Chromomania, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania..
La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay, Seattle, Washington.
Yunomi, AKAR, Iowa City, Iowa.
Plates, Penland Gallery, Penland, North Carolina.
2011
Pattern and Decoration, Trax Gallery, Berkeley, California.
Table Manners, Lark and Key Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Tablespace Gallery, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred, New York.
Interperting the Cup, Crimson Laurel Gallery, Bakersville, North Carolina.
Kari Radasch and Joseph Pintz, Blue Heron Gallery, Deer Island, Maine.
Dallas Pottery Invitational, Janette Kennedy Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay, Tampa, Florida.
2010
Bringing Home the Bacon, Red Lodge Clay Studio, Red Lodge, Montana.
Gifted, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Winterfest, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, Maryland.
La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Liquid Measures, Main Street Art Gallery, Edwardsville, Illinois.
American Pottery Festival, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Sip, Trax Gallery, Berkeley, California.
Five Utilitarian Voices, Harvey Meadows Gallery, Aspen, Colorado.
Studio Ceramics 2010, The Signature Shop and Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia.
A Frosty Journey: A look at Past Watersshed Winter Resident Potters, The Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, Massachusetts.
Artstream Studio Pottery, Artstream Nomadic Gallery.
La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay at NCECA, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Artists of this century: Residents, Fellows and Select Guest Artists of the Clay Studio, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
American Pottery Festival Preview Exhibition, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
2009
Gifted, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Cups, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Paper, Pottery not Plastic, Ferrin Gallery, Pittsfiled, Massachusetts.
American Pottery Festival, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Handbuilt Clay National, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pennsylvania.
Summer Preview, Peters Valley Art Center, Layton, New Jersey.
American Pottery Festival Preview, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay at NCECA Phoenix, Arizona.
Blooming, Lill Street Art Center, Chicago, Illinois.
Yunomi, Akar, Iowa City, Iowa.
2008
Celebrate the Object, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
Functional Ceramics Invitational, Turman Larison Contemporary, Helena, Montana.
Sip, Slurp, Gulp, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Garden Archive, George Marshall Store Gallery, York, Maine.
Haystack:Creative Process, Haystck Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine.
American Masters, MudFire, Decatur, Georgia.
La Mesa, Sponsored by Santa Fe Clay at NCECA Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
Tactility Tactile, Gallerie Chiz, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
Juicy Terra Cotta, Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
Another Cup?, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, Maryland.
Soup to Nuts, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, Michigan.
2007
Winterfest, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, Maryland.
Gifted, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Art About Tea, Garrison Art Center, Garrison, New York.
90 Teapots that Pour, Xen Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri.
2007 Pottery Invitational, Ferrin Gallery, Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
For the Table, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Mastery in Clay, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Potluck 07’: Artists invite Artists, The Design Gallery, Burnsville, North Carolina.
Eat with your Eyes, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Clay @ Penn 2007: Clay Invitational Exhibition, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Table Tops, Long Beach Island Center for the Arts and Sciences, Loveladies, New York.
Art of the Pot Studio Tour, Austin Texas.
Plates and Platters, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Made in Clay, Jane Harstock Gallery, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, New York.
Summer 2007 Preview, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
SOFA, NCECA, Ferrin Gallery, Louisville, KY.
Europocentric Works, Kentucky Museum of Arts and Design, Louisville, Kentucky.
La Mesa, sponsored by Santa Fe Clay at NCECA, Louisville, Kentucky.
From the Earth, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.
Contemporary Ceramics:A Dairy Barn Invitational, Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center, Athens, Ohio.
Spring Faculty Exhibiton, Sandra J. Blain Gallery, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
The New Aesthetics of Ceramics, Robert E. Wilson Gallery, Huntington University, Huntington, Indiana.
2006
Simple Cup Invitational, Seward Park Clay Studio, Seattle, Washington.
Style and Function: National Ceramics Invitational, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, North Carolina.
Clay and Fiber, Freehand Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
Meredith Brickell, Ayumi Horie, Kari Radasch, and Elizabeth Robinson, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Penland Instructor Show, Penland Gallery, Penland, North Carolina.
The Apprentices, Over the Moon Gallery, Floyd, Virginia.
Ceramic Cup Invitational, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, Nebraska.
2006 SAC Artist Awards, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, Massachusetts.
Earthenware, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Small Favors, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Artstream Nomadic Gallery, NCECA, Portland, Oregon.
La Mesa, sponsored by Santa Fe Clay at NCECA, Portland, Oregon.
Watershed 20th Anniversary, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, Massachusetts.
30/30, Lill Street Art Center, Chicago , Illinois.
Past and Present:Resident Artists of The Clay Studio, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
The Pleasure of Desert, Harvey/Meadows Gallery, Aspen Highlands Village, Colorado
Surface Matters, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas.
The Feast, Harvey/Meadows Gallery, Aspen Highlands Village, Colorado.
2005
Gifted: Part 1, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Mastery in Clay, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
UNL/ MFA Ceramics: A Decade 1993-2003, Eisentrager/ Howard Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Sixteen Women, Sixteen Perspectives, Red Star Studios, Kansas City, Missouri.
Evelyn Shapiro Fellowship Solo Exhibition, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Cups, Cups, Cups, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM.
Courses: Soup to Nuts, Watkins Gallery, North Hampton, Massachusetts.
Pots: Objects of Virtue, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, California.
Sixteen Hands Spring Show, Blacksburg, Virginia.
The Flowers that Bloom in Spring, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Worcester Center for Crafts 2nd Annual Invitational Pottery Show & Sale, Worcester, Massachusetts.
The Clay Studio: Thirty Years of Excellence, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Setting the Table, Lill Street Art Center, Chicago, Illinois.
La Mesa, sponsored by Santa Fe Clay at NCECA, Baltimore, Maryland.
Schools Out, Cantonsville Community College, Baltimore, Maryland. Curated by Gail Brown.
The Clay Studio: Thirty Years, School 33, Baltimore, Maryland.
Exchanging Views: The Clay Studio’s Resident Artists, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Women Playing with Fire, Texas Women’s University, Denton, Texas.
The Contemporary Cup, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, Illinois.
Bowled Over, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Out of the Cupboard, Into the Light , University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa.
Just Use it; Contemporary Craft Expressions, Alabama Clay Conference, Mary G. Hardin Center for Cultural Arts, Gadsden, Alabama.
Clay and Glass, Corning Community College, Corning, New York.
2004
Small Treasures, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, Illinois.
Gifted, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Winterfest 2004, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, Maryland.
Our Cups Runneth Over, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, Massachusetts.
Hanky Panky, Ester and John Clay Fine Arts Gallery, Laramie County Community College, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Arrowmont Utilitarian Clay IV: Celebrate the Object, Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
Collaborations II, The Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Just Desert, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Mid –Summers Picnic, Aucocisco Gallery, Portland, Maine.
Watershed Residents International Juried Exhibition, Damariscotta, Maine.
This Splendid Table: Fantastic Dishes for Food. Kentucky Museum of Arts and Design, Louisville, Kentucky.
Service: An Unconventional Approach, Chester Springs Studio, Chester Springs, Pennsylvania.
Spring, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
12th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National, Market House Craft Center, E. Petersburg, Pennsylvania.
Fifteenth San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo, Texas.
For the Table, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
2003
Gifted, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Les Petites, University Place Art Center, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Holiday Exhibition, Lillstreet Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
Conversations in Clay, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Six Potters by the Sea, Stewart-Kummer Gallery, Gualala, California.
Ceramics Faculty and Third Year Graduate Students, Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska.
2002
Graduate Exhibition, Eisentrager- Howard Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Recent Ceramic Graduate Students, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, Michigan.
NCECA 2002 Regional Student Juried Exhibition, Leedy Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, Kansas. *Graduate Award
Prevailing Winds, Young and Constantin Gallery, Wilmington, Vermont.
Nebraska Clay, Gallery 72, Omaha, Nebraska.
2001
Ornament, Downtown Gallery, Washington, Maine.
2000
Notre Dame at Watershed, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico.
The Art of the Pour, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1999
Whimsical and Functional Ceramic Cup, Earthen Art Works, Los Angeles, California.
Emerging from the Bay, Hiersoux Gallery, Berkeley, California.
Rendezvous, Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, Nebraska.
Clay Cup VII, Southern Illinois University Museum, Carbondale, Illinois. *Purchase Award
Holiday Exhibition, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1998
Teapots, The Vermont Clay Studio, Montpelier, Vermont.
Emerging Artists of the U.S., The Vermont Clay Studio, Montpelier, Vermont.
Holiday Exhibition, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1997
The Ubiquitous Bowl III, Frog Hollow, Burlington, Vermont.
IWCAT Exhibition, Cera Gallery, Tokoname, Japan.
Bachelor of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine.
TEACHING
University Bates College
Visiting Lecturer in Visual Culture, Short Term Spring Semester, 2008.
University of Nebraska- Lincoln
Teacher of Record, Beginning Ceramics, Fall Semester, 2002
University of Nebraska- Lincoln
Teacher of Record, Beginning Ceramics, Fall Semester, 2001.
University of Nebraska- Lincoln
Teaching Assistant for Beginning Ceramics, Intermediate Ceramics, Drawing I and Visual Literacy (a Freshman Foundation Course for Art Majors)
WORKSHOPS
2011
Portland Pottery. This, That and the Other. Portland, Maine
Hollins University. Women Working in Clay, Roanako, Virginia
2010
Maine College of Art. Mosaid Madness, Portland, Maine
Maine College of Art. Surface to Surface, Portland, Maine
2008
MudFire- Making Pots Upside Down and Inside Out, Atlanta, Georgia.
Atlantic Pottery Supply- Alternative Approaches to Making Pottery, Atlantic Beach, Florida.
Maine College of Art- Winter Intensive, Portland Maine.
2007
Haystack Mountain School of Arts and Crafts - More Pots Faster, Deer Island, Maine.
Middletown Arts Center -Alternative Approaches to Making Pottery, Middletown, Ohio.
Santa Fe Clay -Making Pots off the Wheel, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Long Beach Island Foundation for the Arts and Sciences, Everything Under the Sun, Loveladies, New Jersey.
Portland Pottery- Making Pots off the Wheel, Portland, Maine.
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts- Alternative Approaches to Making Pots, Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
2006
Penland School of Crafts - Expoloring the Posssibilities- Content, Form and Surface, Fall Concentration 2006, Penland, North Carolina. September- November 2006
2005
Mud Flat Studio- Alternative Approaches to Making Pots, Sommerville, Massachusetts.
The Clay Studio- Bisque Mold Intensive, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
2004
University Place Art Center- Taste for the Table., Lincoln, Nebraska.
2002
John Michael Kohler Art Center- Beginning Ceramics, Ages 8-12, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, Summer 2002.
1999-2000
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts- Newcastle, Maine, Instructor for the Mudmobile mobile classroom.
*Wentworth Intermediate School, Scarborough, Maine.
*Phippsburg Elementary School, Phippsburg, Maine.
*Great Salt Bay School, Damariscotta, Maine.
*Walker School, Liberty, Maine.
*Center for Teaching and Learning, Edgecomb, Maine.
*Dr. Lewis S. Libby School, Muilford, Maine.
*Dresden Elementary School, Dresden, Maine.
VISITING ARTIST
2012
University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska
2011
University of Southern Maine, Gorham, Maine
2010
Louisiana State University, Baton, Rouge, Louisiana
2009
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2008
Montgomery County College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2007
Maine College of Art,Portland, Maine
2006
Appalachian State University, Master Ceramic Speaker Series, Boone, North Carolina
The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia
2004
Laramie County Community College, Cheyenne, Wyoming
LECTURES PRESENTED
2009
NCECA 2009, Demonstrator, Phoenix, Arizona. (upcoming)
2008
Utilitarian Clay: Celebrate the Object. Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
MudFire, Atlanta, Georgia.
Montgomery County College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Atlantic Pottery Supply, Atlantic Beach, Florida.
2007
Haystack Mountain School of Arts an d Crafts, Deer Island, Maine.
Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Long Beach Island Foundation for the Arts and Sciences, Loveladies, Newjersey
Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine.
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
2006
Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina.
The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina.
2005
The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Mud Flat Studio, Sommerville, Massachusetts.
2004
Laramie County Community College, Cheyenne, Wyoming
National Council for the Education of Ceramic Arts, Indianapolis, Indiana.
2003
Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, Nebraska.
2002
Watershed Center for The Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, Maine.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
“Tablespace:: A Framework for contemporary ceramics”, Amy Gogarty, Newsletter of the Potters Guild of British Columbia, pg 4-5.
Tablespace, Janet Koplos, Ceramics art and Perception, June- August 2012, Issue 88.
Tablespace: A Framework for Contemporary Ceramics”, Sikora and Stafford, Division of Ceramic Art, School of Art and Design New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. *Catalogue.
Kari Radasch 2010 Demonstrating Artist, DVD, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts.
Ceramics Monthly, November 2011, pg. 21.
Radasch, Kari, “Eyes Wide Open”, Studio Potter, vol. 37, no. 2, Spring/ Fall 2009.
“Kari Radasch and the Sweetness of Discovery”, Katey Schultz, Ceramics Monthly, June, July, August
2009, pg. 50- 54.
Ceramics Monthly, April 2008, pg. 59.
Speaking Low, Surfaces in Earthenware Review, Cermics Monthly, May 2008, pg. 28.
“Luxury Redefined”, Home and Design, Winter 2008, pg. 150.
“Listening With...”, Audio File Magazine, February/ March 2008, pg.72.
“Bringing Fresh Ideas to the Table”, Portland Press Herald, October 18 2008, pg. B5 and 6.
“Freehand 2006 Clay and Fiber Show”, Judy Seckler, Ceramics Monthly, March 2007, pg 20 and 21.
“Raising the Bid”, Omaha City Weekly, April 16, 2006.
“Surface to Surface”, Ceramics Monthly, October 2006.
“Sweet Nostalgia”, Maine Home and Design, Fall 2006, pg. 50 and 52.
“Kari Radasch”, Gorham Westbrook Gazette, May 5, 2006, pg. 1 and 6.
“ Plate Tectonics”, Time Out Chicago, March 31- April 7, 2005, pg. 48.
“Gallery”, American Craft, December 04/ January 05, pg. 68.
“Twenty One Young American Potters”, Studio Potter, vol. 32, no. 2, June 2004, pg. 32.
Radasch, Kari. “Using Gravity to Enhance Glaze Surfaces”, Pottery Making Illustrated, May/ June 2004, pg. 20-22.
COLLECTIONS
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas.
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
University Museum at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois.
Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Private Collection of Robert and Karen Duncan, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Private Collection of Sara and David Lieberman, Tuscon, Arizona.
Private Collection of Stanley Shapiro and Bunny Glick, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Private Collection of Marge Brown and Philip Kalodner, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Private Collection of Gail M. Brown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
GALLERY AFFILIATIONS
The Blue Heron Gallery, Deer Island, Maine.
Charlie Cummings Gallery, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Ferrin Gallery, Lenox, Massachusetts.
Penland Gallery, Penland, North Carolina.
Signature Shop and Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia.
I am not interested in stereotypical refinement and perfection in my work, instead I want there to be a trace of the hand. I view these traces as a gift, as a part of me “making special”. I hope to not only hand make objects used for celebration, but to also celebrate the handmade. It is from this perspective that I am most inspired to make decorative, functional pottery.
My pots are made with Terra Cotta clay and formed using simple techniques like
pinching, coiling and the rolling of slabs. They are covered with white slip and then painted with sweet and syrupy glazes.
EDUCATION
2000-2003
University of Nebraska- Lincoln, Master of Fine Arts, Ceramics, Lincoln, Nebraska. *Othemer Fellowship and Full Teaching Assistantship.
1993-1997
Maine College of Art, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ceramics, Portland, Maine. *United Maine Craftsman Scholarship
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2010-current
Southern Maine Community College, South Portland, Maine. Adjunct Faculty
2008
Bates College, Lewiston, Maine. Visiting Lecturer in Visual Culture, Short Term, Spring Semester
2001-2002
University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska. Instructor of Record
2000-2001
University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska. Graduate Teaching Assistant
GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, & AWARDS
2010
Demonstrator/Presenter, NCECA Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2008
Presenter, Utilitarian Clay: Celebrate the Object, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts.
2007
United States Artists Fellowship Nominee, Los Angeles, California.
2006
SAC Artist Award, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, Massachusetts.
2004-2005
The Evelyn Shapiro Foundation Fellowship/ Residency, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
2004
NCECA 2004 Emerging Artist, Indianapolis, Indiana.
2003-2004
Resident Artist, Lux Arts, Lincoln, Nebraska.
2000-2003
Othemer Fellowship, University of Nebraska.
2002
Artist Invite Mentors Residency, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, Maine.
NCECA 2002 Regional Student Juried Exhibition, Graduate Award.
2000-2001
Robert MacNamara Merit Award. `
1999-2000
Winter Resident Artist, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, Maine.
1999
Clay Cup VII Purchase Award.
1998
Salad Days Residency, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, Maine.
1997
IWCAT Resident Artist, The International Workshop of Ceramic art in Tokoname Japan.
1995-1996
Maine College of Art, United Maine Craftsman Scholarship.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007
Applique, Ferrin Gallery, Lenox, Massachusetts.
2006
Artist of the Month, Signature Shop and Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia.
2005
Celebratory Objects, Evelyn Shapiro Foundation Fellowship Exhibition, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
2004
Featured Artist, Lill Street Art Center, Chicago, Illinois.
2003
Kari Radasch, University Place Art Center, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Bella Touch, Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Eisentrager- Howard Gallery
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012
Pots at Rest, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania..
Salad Days Artist:s Then and Now, Farmhouse Gallery, Damariscotta, Maine.
Maine Ceramic Artists, Farmhouse Gallery, Da,mariscotta, Maine.
Chromomania, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania..
La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay, Seattle, Washington.
Yunomi, AKAR, Iowa City, Iowa.
Plates, Penland Gallery, Penland, North Carolina.
2011
Pattern and Decoration, Trax Gallery, Berkeley, California.
Table Manners, Lark and Key Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Tablespace Gallery, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred, New York.
Interperting the Cup, Crimson Laurel Gallery, Bakersville, North Carolina.
Kari Radasch and Joseph Pintz, Blue Heron Gallery, Deer Island, Maine.
Dallas Pottery Invitational, Janette Kennedy Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay, Tampa, Florida.
2010
Bringing Home the Bacon, Red Lodge Clay Studio, Red Lodge, Montana.
Gifted, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Winterfest, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, Maryland.
La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Liquid Measures, Main Street Art Gallery, Edwardsville, Illinois.
American Pottery Festival, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Sip, Trax Gallery, Berkeley, California.
Five Utilitarian Voices, Harvey Meadows Gallery, Aspen, Colorado.
Studio Ceramics 2010, The Signature Shop and Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia.
A Frosty Journey: A look at Past Watersshed Winter Resident Potters, The Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, Massachusetts.
Artstream Studio Pottery, Artstream Nomadic Gallery.
La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay at NCECA, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Artists of this century: Residents, Fellows and Select Guest Artists of the Clay Studio, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
American Pottery Festival Preview Exhibition, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
2009
Gifted, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Cups, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Paper, Pottery not Plastic, Ferrin Gallery, Pittsfiled, Massachusetts.
American Pottery Festival, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Handbuilt Clay National, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pennsylvania.
Summer Preview, Peters Valley Art Center, Layton, New Jersey.
American Pottery Festival Preview, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay at NCECA Phoenix, Arizona.
Blooming, Lill Street Art Center, Chicago, Illinois.
Yunomi, Akar, Iowa City, Iowa.
2008
Celebrate the Object, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
Functional Ceramics Invitational, Turman Larison Contemporary, Helena, Montana.
Sip, Slurp, Gulp, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Garden Archive, George Marshall Store Gallery, York, Maine.
Haystack:Creative Process, Haystck Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine.
American Masters, MudFire, Decatur, Georgia.
La Mesa, Sponsored by Santa Fe Clay at NCECA Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
Tactility Tactile, Gallerie Chiz, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
Juicy Terra Cotta, Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
Another Cup?, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, Maryland.
Soup to Nuts, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, Michigan.
2007
Winterfest, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, Maryland.
Gifted, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Art About Tea, Garrison Art Center, Garrison, New York.
90 Teapots that Pour, Xen Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri.
2007 Pottery Invitational, Ferrin Gallery, Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
For the Table, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Mastery in Clay, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Potluck 07’: Artists invite Artists, The Design Gallery, Burnsville, North Carolina.
Eat with your Eyes, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Clay @ Penn 2007: Clay Invitational Exhibition, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Table Tops, Long Beach Island Center for the Arts and Sciences, Loveladies, New York.
Art of the Pot Studio Tour, Austin Texas.
Plates and Platters, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Made in Clay, Jane Harstock Gallery, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, New York.
Summer 2007 Preview, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
SOFA, NCECA, Ferrin Gallery, Louisville, KY.
Europocentric Works, Kentucky Museum of Arts and Design, Louisville, Kentucky.
La Mesa, sponsored by Santa Fe Clay at NCECA, Louisville, Kentucky.
From the Earth, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.
Contemporary Ceramics:A Dairy Barn Invitational, Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center, Athens, Ohio.
Spring Faculty Exhibiton, Sandra J. Blain Gallery, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
The New Aesthetics of Ceramics, Robert E. Wilson Gallery, Huntington University, Huntington, Indiana.
2006
Simple Cup Invitational, Seward Park Clay Studio, Seattle, Washington.
Style and Function: National Ceramics Invitational, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, North Carolina.
Clay and Fiber, Freehand Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
Meredith Brickell, Ayumi Horie, Kari Radasch, and Elizabeth Robinson, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Penland Instructor Show, Penland Gallery, Penland, North Carolina.
The Apprentices, Over the Moon Gallery, Floyd, Virginia.
Ceramic Cup Invitational, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, Nebraska.
2006 SAC Artist Awards, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, Massachusetts.
Earthenware, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Small Favors, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Artstream Nomadic Gallery, NCECA, Portland, Oregon.
La Mesa, sponsored by Santa Fe Clay at NCECA, Portland, Oregon.
Watershed 20th Anniversary, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, Massachusetts.
30/30, Lill Street Art Center, Chicago , Illinois.
Past and Present:Resident Artists of The Clay Studio, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
The Pleasure of Desert, Harvey/Meadows Gallery, Aspen Highlands Village, Colorado
Surface Matters, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas.
The Feast, Harvey/Meadows Gallery, Aspen Highlands Village, Colorado.
2005
Gifted: Part 1, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Mastery in Clay, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
UNL/ MFA Ceramics: A Decade 1993-2003, Eisentrager/ Howard Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Sixteen Women, Sixteen Perspectives, Red Star Studios, Kansas City, Missouri.
Evelyn Shapiro Fellowship Solo Exhibition, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Cups, Cups, Cups, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM.
Courses: Soup to Nuts, Watkins Gallery, North Hampton, Massachusetts.
Pots: Objects of Virtue, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, California.
Sixteen Hands Spring Show, Blacksburg, Virginia.
The Flowers that Bloom in Spring, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Worcester Center for Crafts 2nd Annual Invitational Pottery Show & Sale, Worcester, Massachusetts.
The Clay Studio: Thirty Years of Excellence, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Setting the Table, Lill Street Art Center, Chicago, Illinois.
La Mesa, sponsored by Santa Fe Clay at NCECA, Baltimore, Maryland.
Schools Out, Cantonsville Community College, Baltimore, Maryland. Curated by Gail Brown.
The Clay Studio: Thirty Years, School 33, Baltimore, Maryland.
Exchanging Views: The Clay Studio’s Resident Artists, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Women Playing with Fire, Texas Women’s University, Denton, Texas.
The Contemporary Cup, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, Illinois.
Bowled Over, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Out of the Cupboard, Into the Light , University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa.
Just Use it; Contemporary Craft Expressions, Alabama Clay Conference, Mary G. Hardin Center for Cultural Arts, Gadsden, Alabama.
Clay and Glass, Corning Community College, Corning, New York.
2004
Small Treasures, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, Illinois.
Gifted, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Winterfest 2004, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, Maryland.
Our Cups Runneth Over, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, Massachusetts.
Hanky Panky, Ester and John Clay Fine Arts Gallery, Laramie County Community College, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Arrowmont Utilitarian Clay IV: Celebrate the Object, Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
Collaborations II, The Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Just Desert, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Mid –Summers Picnic, Aucocisco Gallery, Portland, Maine.
Watershed Residents International Juried Exhibition, Damariscotta, Maine.
This Splendid Table: Fantastic Dishes for Food. Kentucky Museum of Arts and Design, Louisville, Kentucky.
Service: An Unconventional Approach, Chester Springs Studio, Chester Springs, Pennsylvania.
Spring, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
12th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National, Market House Craft Center, E. Petersburg, Pennsylvania.
Fifteenth San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo, Texas.
For the Table, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
2003
Gifted, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Les Petites, University Place Art Center, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Holiday Exhibition, Lillstreet Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
Conversations in Clay, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Six Potters by the Sea, Stewart-Kummer Gallery, Gualala, California.
Ceramics Faculty and Third Year Graduate Students, Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska.
2002
Graduate Exhibition, Eisentrager- Howard Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Recent Ceramic Graduate Students, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, Michigan.
NCECA 2002 Regional Student Juried Exhibition, Leedy Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, Kansas. *Graduate Award
Prevailing Winds, Young and Constantin Gallery, Wilmington, Vermont.
Nebraska Clay, Gallery 72, Omaha, Nebraska.
2001
Ornament, Downtown Gallery, Washington, Maine.
2000
Notre Dame at Watershed, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico.
The Art of the Pour, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1999
Whimsical and Functional Ceramic Cup, Earthen Art Works, Los Angeles, California.
Emerging from the Bay, Hiersoux Gallery, Berkeley, California.
Rendezvous, Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, Nebraska.
Clay Cup VII, Southern Illinois University Museum, Carbondale, Illinois. *Purchase Award
Holiday Exhibition, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1998
Teapots, The Vermont Clay Studio, Montpelier, Vermont.
Emerging Artists of the U.S., The Vermont Clay Studio, Montpelier, Vermont.
Holiday Exhibition, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1997
The Ubiquitous Bowl III, Frog Hollow, Burlington, Vermont.
IWCAT Exhibition, Cera Gallery, Tokoname, Japan.
Bachelor of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine.
TEACHING
University Bates College
Visiting Lecturer in Visual Culture, Short Term Spring Semester, 2008.
University of Nebraska- Lincoln
Teacher of Record, Beginning Ceramics, Fall Semester, 2002
University of Nebraska- Lincoln
Teacher of Record, Beginning Ceramics, Fall Semester, 2001.
University of Nebraska- Lincoln
Teaching Assistant for Beginning Ceramics, Intermediate Ceramics, Drawing I and Visual Literacy (a Freshman Foundation Course for Art Majors)
WORKSHOPS
2011
Portland Pottery. This, That and the Other. Portland, Maine
Hollins University. Women Working in Clay, Roanako, Virginia
2010
Maine College of Art. Mosaid Madness, Portland, Maine
Maine College of Art. Surface to Surface, Portland, Maine
2008
MudFire- Making Pots Upside Down and Inside Out, Atlanta, Georgia.
Atlantic Pottery Supply- Alternative Approaches to Making Pottery, Atlantic Beach, Florida.
Maine College of Art- Winter Intensive, Portland Maine.
2007
Haystack Mountain School of Arts and Crafts - More Pots Faster, Deer Island, Maine.
Middletown Arts Center -Alternative Approaches to Making Pottery, Middletown, Ohio.
Santa Fe Clay -Making Pots off the Wheel, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Long Beach Island Foundation for the Arts and Sciences, Everything Under the Sun, Loveladies, New Jersey.
Portland Pottery- Making Pots off the Wheel, Portland, Maine.
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts- Alternative Approaches to Making Pots, Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
2006
Penland School of Crafts - Expoloring the Posssibilities- Content, Form and Surface, Fall Concentration 2006, Penland, North Carolina. September- November 2006
2005
Mud Flat Studio- Alternative Approaches to Making Pots, Sommerville, Massachusetts.
The Clay Studio- Bisque Mold Intensive, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
2004
University Place Art Center- Taste for the Table., Lincoln, Nebraska.
2002
John Michael Kohler Art Center- Beginning Ceramics, Ages 8-12, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, Summer 2002.
1999-2000
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts- Newcastle, Maine, Instructor for the Mudmobile mobile classroom.
*Wentworth Intermediate School, Scarborough, Maine.
*Phippsburg Elementary School, Phippsburg, Maine.
*Great Salt Bay School, Damariscotta, Maine.
*Walker School, Liberty, Maine.
*Center for Teaching and Learning, Edgecomb, Maine.
*Dr. Lewis S. Libby School, Muilford, Maine.
*Dresden Elementary School, Dresden, Maine.
VISITING ARTIST
2012
University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska
2011
University of Southern Maine, Gorham, Maine
2010
Louisiana State University, Baton, Rouge, Louisiana
2009
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2008
Montgomery County College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2007
Maine College of Art,Portland, Maine
2006
Appalachian State University, Master Ceramic Speaker Series, Boone, North Carolina
The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia
2004
Laramie County Community College, Cheyenne, Wyoming
LECTURES PRESENTED
2009
NCECA 2009, Demonstrator, Phoenix, Arizona. (upcoming)
2008
Utilitarian Clay: Celebrate the Object. Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
MudFire, Atlanta, Georgia.
Montgomery County College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Atlantic Pottery Supply, Atlantic Beach, Florida.
2007
Haystack Mountain School of Arts an d Crafts, Deer Island, Maine.
Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Long Beach Island Foundation for the Arts and Sciences, Loveladies, Newjersey
Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine.
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
2006
Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina.
The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina.
2005
The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Mud Flat Studio, Sommerville, Massachusetts.
2004
Laramie County Community College, Cheyenne, Wyoming
National Council for the Education of Ceramic Arts, Indianapolis, Indiana.
2003
Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, Nebraska.
2002
Watershed Center for The Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, Maine.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
“Tablespace:: A Framework for contemporary ceramics”, Amy Gogarty, Newsletter of the Potters Guild of British Columbia, pg 4-5.
Tablespace, Janet Koplos, Ceramics art and Perception, June- August 2012, Issue 88.
Tablespace: A Framework for Contemporary Ceramics”, Sikora and Stafford, Division of Ceramic Art, School of Art and Design New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. *Catalogue.
Kari Radasch 2010 Demonstrating Artist, DVD, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts.
Ceramics Monthly, November 2011, pg. 21.
Radasch, Kari, “Eyes Wide Open”, Studio Potter, vol. 37, no. 2, Spring/ Fall 2009.
“Kari Radasch and the Sweetness of Discovery”, Katey Schultz, Ceramics Monthly, June, July, August
2009, pg. 50- 54.
Ceramics Monthly, April 2008, pg. 59.
Speaking Low, Surfaces in Earthenware Review, Cermics Monthly, May 2008, pg. 28.
“Luxury Redefined”, Home and Design, Winter 2008, pg. 150.
“Listening With...”, Audio File Magazine, February/ March 2008, pg.72.
“Bringing Fresh Ideas to the Table”, Portland Press Herald, October 18 2008, pg. B5 and 6.
“Freehand 2006 Clay and Fiber Show”, Judy Seckler, Ceramics Monthly, March 2007, pg 20 and 21.
“Raising the Bid”, Omaha City Weekly, April 16, 2006.
“Surface to Surface”, Ceramics Monthly, October 2006.
“Sweet Nostalgia”, Maine Home and Design, Fall 2006, pg. 50 and 52.
“Kari Radasch”, Gorham Westbrook Gazette, May 5, 2006, pg. 1 and 6.
“ Plate Tectonics”, Time Out Chicago, March 31- April 7, 2005, pg. 48.
“Gallery”, American Craft, December 04/ January 05, pg. 68.
“Twenty One Young American Potters”, Studio Potter, vol. 32, no. 2, June 2004, pg. 32.
Radasch, Kari. “Using Gravity to Enhance Glaze Surfaces”, Pottery Making Illustrated, May/ June 2004, pg. 20-22.
COLLECTIONS
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas.
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
University Museum at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois.
Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Private Collection of Robert and Karen Duncan, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Private Collection of Sara and David Lieberman, Tuscon, Arizona.
Private Collection of Stanley Shapiro and Bunny Glick, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Private Collection of Marge Brown and Philip Kalodner, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Private Collection of Gail M. Brown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
GALLERY AFFILIATIONS
The Blue Heron Gallery, Deer Island, Maine.
Charlie Cummings Gallery, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Ferrin Gallery, Lenox, Massachusetts.
Penland Gallery, Penland, North Carolina.
Signature Shop and Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia.
