My pots are the conduit to understanding pottery as "a living tradition," a concept first espoused in literature by T.S. Eliot in 1919.
It involves a perception of an historical sense of the timeless and the temporal together, and to create not merely in one's own generation but with a feeling for that which has come from before.
My attention is to peasant pots and the Michael Cardew notion of "the Majesty of Form." I believe the pot has a voice when glaze and form are in balance and not overwhelmed by special effects.
EDUCATION
1976
B.F.A. Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1979
M.F.A. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
2012
Pollock-Krasner Fellowship
2010
Museum of Arts and Design Open Studio Residency
2003
Gottlieb Foundation Grant
1999
Pollock-Krasner Fellowship
1985
New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship (N.Y.F.A.)
1979-80
Fulbright - Hays Fellowship, Venice, Italy
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
“Telegram Drawings”, Locust Grove Estate of Samuel Morse, Poughkeepsie, NY
New Work – Illinois Central College, Performing Arts Gallery, East Peroria, Illinois
2009
“Marking Time”, Recent Drawings, OK Harris Gallery, NYC, NY
2006
“Marking Time”, Recent Drawings, Gilles Gallery, Eastern Kentucky University
2005
“Marking Time”, Recent Drawings, Radford University, Virginia
1992
“Douglas Navarra” Recent Sculpture, The Robert Lehman
Gallery, Urban Glass Workshop, Brooklyn, N.Y.
1986
“Douglas Navarra“, New Work Exhibition, Oktabec Gallery. Los Angeles, California
1983
“Douglas Navarra“, New Work, Oktabec Gallery. Los Angeles, California
1979
Masters of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Coffman Union Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
COLLECTIONS
Maine Artists' Space - The Danforth Collection
Los Angeles County Art Museum
Museum of Arts and Design, N.Y.C.
Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, Michigan
Rutgers University, Camden , N.J.
Washington Square Partnership, Washington, D.C.
Brooklyn Museum
SELECT EXHIBITIONS
2012
"Yunomi" AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa
"Thirteenth Annual 5 x 7 Show" Kleinert/James Center for the Arts, Woodstock, N.Y.
2011
"Thinking Big" Recent Acquisitions in the Collection of the Brooklyn Museum
"Yunomi" AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa
2010
“Passionate Fire”
Woodfired ceramics , Hudson Beech Gallery , Beacon, NY
Open Studios – Museum of Arts and Design, NYC, NY
2008
“Mid Atlantic Juried” , Hoyt Institute Fine Arts, Pa. (Award)
It involves a perception of an historical sense of the timeless and the temporal together, and to create not merely in one's own generation but with a feeling for that which has come from before.
My attention is to peasant pots and the Michael Cardew notion of "the Majesty of Form." I believe the pot has a voice when glaze and form are in balance and not overwhelmed by special effects.
EDUCATION
1976
B.F.A. Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1979
M.F.A. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
2012
Pollock-Krasner Fellowship
2010
Museum of Arts and Design Open Studio Residency
2003
Gottlieb Foundation Grant
1999
Pollock-Krasner Fellowship
1985
New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship (N.Y.F.A.)
1979-80
Fulbright - Hays Fellowship, Venice, Italy
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
“Telegram Drawings”, Locust Grove Estate of Samuel Morse, Poughkeepsie, NY
New Work – Illinois Central College, Performing Arts Gallery, East Peroria, Illinois
2009
“Marking Time”, Recent Drawings, OK Harris Gallery, NYC, NY
2006
“Marking Time”, Recent Drawings, Gilles Gallery, Eastern Kentucky University
2005
“Marking Time”, Recent Drawings, Radford University, Virginia
1992
“Douglas Navarra” Recent Sculpture, The Robert Lehman
Gallery, Urban Glass Workshop, Brooklyn, N.Y.
1986
“Douglas Navarra“, New Work Exhibition, Oktabec Gallery. Los Angeles, California
1983
“Douglas Navarra“, New Work, Oktabec Gallery. Los Angeles, California
1979
Masters of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Coffman Union Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
COLLECTIONS
Maine Artists' Space - The Danforth Collection
Los Angeles County Art Museum
Museum of Arts and Design, N.Y.C.
Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, Michigan
Rutgers University, Camden , N.J.
Washington Square Partnership, Washington, D.C.
Brooklyn Museum
SELECT EXHIBITIONS
2012
"Yunomi" AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa
"Thirteenth Annual 5 x 7 Show" Kleinert/James Center for the Arts, Woodstock, N.Y.
2011
"Thinking Big" Recent Acquisitions in the Collection of the Brooklyn Museum
"Yunomi" AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa
2010
“Passionate Fire”
Woodfired ceramics , Hudson Beech Gallery , Beacon, NY
Open Studios – Museum of Arts and Design, NYC, NY
2008
“Mid Atlantic Juried” , Hoyt Institute Fine Arts, Pa. (Award)
