Jeffrey Oestreich
Background:
Born: 1947
Education:
1965-1967, 1968-1969 Bemidji State University; B.A. (Studio Art)
1967-1968 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1969-1971 Apprenticeship, The Bernard Leach Pottery, St. Ives, England
Solo Exhibitions:
2012 Akar, Iowa City, Iowa
“77 X 77”, The Leach Pottery, St. Ives, Cornwall, England
Schaller Gallery, St. Joseph, Michigan
2011 Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, North Carolina
Schaller Gallery, St. Joseph, Michigan
2010 18 Hands Gallery, Houston, Texas
2009 Bradley University (“Pots: Pleasure in Details”) Peoria, Illinois
Trax Gallery, Berkeley, California
2008 The Works Gallery
Red Lodge Clay Center
Harvey/Meadows Gallery, Aspen, Colorado
2007 Red Lodge Clay Center (“59 1/2”), Red Lodge, Montana
Earth and Fire, Leesburg, Virginia
Celadon Gallery, Water Mill, New York
Talley Gallery, Bemidji State University, Bemidji, Minnesota
2006 Green Gallery, Waiheke Island, Auckland, New Zealand
Santa Fe Clay (Jeff Oestreich and Mark Pharis), Santa Fe, New Mexico
2005 Green Gallery, Waiheke Island, Auckland, New Zealand
Akar Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa
Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan
2004 The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2002 North Harris Community College, Houston, Texas
2001 The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia
B15 Gallery, Munich, Germany
St. Ives Ceramics Gallery, St. Ives, Cornwall, England
Albany Village Gallery, Albany, New Zealand
Red Star Studios, Kansas City, Missouri
Pinch, Northampton, Massachusetts
1999 The Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Clay Art Center, Port Chester, New York
Ceramic Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia
1998 Contemporary Ceramics, London, England
Albany Village Gallery, Albany, New Zealand
1997 Ceramic Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Avante Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
Craft Alliance, St. Louis, Missouri
1996 The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Avante Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
Trax Gallery, Berkeley, California
1995 Avante Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Albany Village Pottery, Albany, New Zealand
1994 The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pots at Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand
1993 Galeria Barro y Fuego, Caracas, Venezuela
1992 Pro Art, St. Louis, Missouri
1991 Garth Clark Gallery, New York, New York
1990 Garth Clark Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
The Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pro Art, St. Louis, Missouri
1989 Swidler Gallery, Royal Oak, Michigan
Pro Art, St. Louis, Missouri
Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Jackson County State Bank, Kansas City, Missouri
1988 Pro Art, St. Louis, Missouri
Garth Clark Gallery, New York, New York
1987 Pro Art, St. Louis, Missouri
1986 Alfred University, Alfred, New York
Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Lodestone Gallery, Boulder, Colorado
Pro Art, St. Louis, Missouri
1985 Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota
St. Louis Community College, St. Louis, Missouri
Ree Schonlau Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska
1984 Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
1983 Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bemidji State University, Bemidji, Minnesota
1981 Rochester Art Center, Rochester, Minnesota
1980 Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, Colorado
1979 Springfield Art Association, Springfield, Illinois
Osborne Gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota
Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
Bemidji State University, Bemidji, Minnesota
Lakewood Community College, White Bear Lake, Minnesota
1987 Memphis Academy of Art, Memphis, Tennessee
Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, Minnesota
1977 Rainy Lake Community College, International Falls, Minnesota
Art Lending Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1976 Art Lending Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1974 Smith Park Gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota
1973 West Bank Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1972 Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Smith Park Gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota
1971 Bemidji State University, Bemidji, Minnesota
Public Collections:
Goldstein Museum of Design, University of Minnesota College of Design, St. Paul, Minnesota
The Gardiner Museum of Art, Toronto, Canada
The Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum Taipei, Taiwan
Ichon World Ceramic Center, Korea
Aberystwyth Arts Centre, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Wales
Bermuda National Gallery, Bermuda
Mashiko Municipal Ceramic Museum, Mashiko, Japan
The Museum of Fine Art, Houston, Texas
Arizona State University Museum of Art, Tempe, Arizona
Arkansas Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, Arkansas
Nerman Museum of Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kansas
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, Wisconsin
City Gallery, Gold Coast City, Australia
College of Fine Arts, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Cooper-Hewitt Museum, Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Design, New York City, New York
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York
Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Arkansas Fulbright College Ceramics Collection, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas
Huntington Museum of Art, West Virginia
Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
La Trobe Univeristy, Shepparton, Australia
Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, California
Margaret Harlow Collection, Bemidji State University, Bemidji, Minnesota
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minnesota Historical Society
University of North Dakota
Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, Wisconsin
Newark Museum of Art, Newark, New Jersey
Nottingham City Museum, Nottingham, England
Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
Southwestern State University, Marshall, Minnesota
Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan, Republic of China
The Auckland Museum of Art, Auckland, New Zealand
The Corshaw Collection, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, New York
Utah State University, Logan, Utah
Victoria Ceramic Group, Melbourne, Australia
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California
Ross C. Purdy Museum of Ceramics, Westerville, Ohio
American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California
ASU Museum of Anthropology, Tempe, Arizona
Plains Art Museum, Fargo, North Dakota
Awards:
2001 Career Opportunity Grant, Minnesota States Art Board
Honorable Mention: “The 1st World Ceramic Biennial 2001 Korea International Competition”, Korea
1999 Minnesota State Arts Board Assistance Fellowship Grant
Purchase Award: “Ceramics Monthly International Competition”, Columbus Convention Center, Ohio
1998 McKnight Artist Fellowships for Ceramic Artists
Jerome Foundation Travel and Study Grant
1996 ECAC McKnight Individual Artist Grant
Juror's Choice Award: “The Fourth Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National Exhibit”,
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
1994 Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Assistance Fellowship Grant
1993 Project Directors Award: “The First Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National Exhibit” Pennsylvania
1991 Double Award of Merit: Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Award, Auckland, New Zealand
1990 Minnesota State Arts Board Fellowship Grant
1986 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Award
Publications:
Books and Catalogues:
American Ceramics, 1989. The Collection of the Everson Museum of Art, New York, Rizzoli
Berman, Rick. 1980. Teapots, Atlanta, Georgia
Burleson, Mark, 2001. The Ceramic Glaze Handbook, Lark Books
Clark, Garth R. 1987. American Ceramics, 1876 to the Present, New York, Abbeville Press.
Clark, Garth R. 1995,. The Potter’s Art:A Complete History of Pottery in Britain, Phaidon, London
De Waal, Edmund, 1999. Design Sourcebook: Ceramics, New London Publishers (UK) Ltd.
Fairbanks, Jonathan and Fina, Angela. 1996. The Best of Pottery I, Quarry Books
Ferrin, Leslie. 2000. Teapots Transformed: Exploration of an Object, Guild Publishing
Fina, Angela and Gustin, Christopher. 1998. The Best of Pottery II, Quarry Books
Fragile Blossoms, Enduring Earth: The Japanese Influence on American Ceramics, 1989. Everson Museum of Art, New York
Hopper, Robin. 2000. Functional Pottery: Form and Aesthetic in Pots of Purpose, Krause Publications, 2nd edition
Hluch, Kevin A, 2001. The Art of Contemporary American Pottery, Krause Publications
Illian, Clary. 1999. A Potter’s Workbook, University of Iowa Press
Lauria, Jo. 2000. Color and Fire: Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics, 1950-2000, Rizzoli International Publications
Levin, Elaine. 1989. The History of American Ceramics. New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
Mansfield, Janet. 1992. Salt-Glaze Ceramics: An International Perspective, Pennsylvania Chilton Books
Minogue, Coll and Sanderson, Robert. Wood-Fired Ceramics: Contemporary Practices, A & C Black
The Penland Book of Ceramics,2003, Lark Books
Peterson, Susan, 2000. Contemporary Ceramics, Laurence King Publishing, London
Rhodes, Daniel. 2000. Clay and Glazes for the Potter, Krause Publications
Rogers, Phil. 2002. Salt Glazing, A & C Black, London
Rogers, Phil. 2000. Throwing Pots, A & C Black, London
Smith, Paul J., 2002. Objects for Use/ Handmade by Design, Harry N. Abrams, Inc, Publishers
Whybrow, Marion. 1996. The Leach Legacy, Bristol, England, Sansom & Company
Wood, Karen Ann. 1999. Tableware in Clay, The Crowood Press
Zakin, Richard. 1999. Ceramics: Ways of Creation, Krause Publications
Nichols, Gail, 2006, Soda, Clay and Fire, The American Ceramic Society
Hopper, Robin. 2004. Making Marks: Discovering the Ceramic Surface. Krause Publications
Lauria, Jo and Fenton, Steve. 2007. Craft in America. Clarkson Potter/Publishers
Daniels, Diana L and Drexler Lynn, Martha. 2010. The Vase and Beyond: The Sidney Swidler Collection of the Contemporary Vessel, Crocker Art Museum, California
Periodicals and Reviews:
Savage, Joy. “A Gentle Giant From Minnesota”, National Ceramics (South Africa) no. 94 Summer 2010).
Riddle, Mason. “Pastoral Pottery”, St. Paul Pioneer Press (Express Section), Tuesday, (May 7, 2002).
Riddle, Mason. “St. Croix Valley Potter’s 10th Annual Studio Tour”, Ceramics Monthly 50, no.5 (May 2002).
Anders, K.T. “Transitions From Wheel to Table”, Clay Times 7, no.4 (July/August 2001).
“15 Minnesota Potters”, Studio Potter 4, no. 2.
“Approaches to Function”, Ceramics Monthly 29, no. 7 (September 1981).
“Art, Money, and the NEA”, Ceramics Monthly 35, no. 2 (February 1987).
“Edge: Identity and Change”, Pottery in Australia, no. 3 volume 37 (September 1998).
“National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artists Fellowships 1986”, American Craft 46, no. 6 (December,1986).
“News and Retrospect”, Ceramics Monthly 35, no. 6 (June/July/August 1987).
“News and Retrospect”, Ceramics Monthly 35, no. 7 (September 1987).
“Portfolio and Functional Forms”, Studio Potter 13, no. 2 (June 1985).
“Portfolio”, American Craft 39, no. 4 (August/September 1979).
“The Studio Potter 20th Anniversary Collection”, Studio Potter 20, no. 2.
“Up Front”, Ceramics Monthly 40, no. 5 (May 1992).
“Up Front”, Ceramics Monthly 47, no. 1 (January 1999).
“Up Front”, Ceramics Monthly 48, no 5 (May 2000).
“Wood Firing in America”, Ceramics Monthly 33, no. 7 (September 1985).
Buckle, Sue. “Clay x 4”, Pottery in Australia, no 3 volume 38 September 1999.
Casson, Mick. “An International Potter’s Festival in Wales”, Contact, no. 110 Autumn 1997.
Chalke, John. “Jeff Oestreich: Sensual Clay”, Ceramic Review, no. 166 (July August 1997).
Clegg, Emma. “Jeff Oestreich: Contemporary Ceramics London”, Ceramic Review, issue 175 January/February 1999.
Crane, Tim. “Speakeasy”, New Art Examiner (September 1985).
Festivals, Ceramic Review, no. 167 ( September October 1997).
Garcia, Chris. “1997 International Potters Festival in Wales”, Clay Times, no. 6 November/December 1997.
Geraghty, Helen. “Minnesota’s Skillful Potters”, The New York Times (Travel Section) Sunday, June 28, 1987.
Glasgow, Andrew. “Utilitarian Clay: Celebrate the Object”, Ceramics: Art and Perception, no. 10. (1992)
Harris, Jim. “Jeff Oestreich: Studio Potter”, American Ceramics 7, no. 3 (July,1989).
Hluch, Kevin. “Minnesota Invitational”, Ceramics Monthly 31, no. 2 (February 1983).
MacKenzie, Warren. “Minnesota Pottery: A Potter’s View”, Ceramics Monthly 29, no. 5 (May 1981).
Mongrain, Jeffrey. “Exhibition Review”, American Ceramics 12, no. 2 (June 1996).
Mosley, Linda. “The Leach Tradition”, Ceramics Monthly 36, no. 3 (March 1988).
Murphy, Terri. “Jeff Oestreich, Potter”, Ceramics Monthly 29, no. 7 (September 1981).
Oestreich, Jeff, “Developing Form”, Ceramics Monthly 48, no 6 (June 2000).
Oestreich, Jeff. “Ceramic Artist Jeff Oestreich”, The Design Magazine (Korean Publication), no. 10 (October 1987).
Oestreich, Jeff. “Change”, Ceramics Monthly 36, no. 5 (May, 1988).
Oestreich, Jeff. “Glazes-Honoring the Past and Celebrating the Present”, Studio Potter 48, no 1.
Oestreich, Jeff. “Redefining Security”, Studio Potter 18, no. 1 (December 1989).
Oestreich, Jeff. “Some Thoughts on Studio Pottery”, Ceramics Monthly 31, no. 8 (October 1983).
Osgood, Philip. “Jeff Oestreich: Functional Potter”, Ceramics: Art and Perception, no. 23. (1996).
Schlinkman, Lynne. “Fourth Strictly Functional Pottery National Exhibit”, Clay Times, no. 5 (September October 1996).
Simon, Sandy. “The Mingei-sota Movement”, Ceramics:Art and Perception, no. 21.
Tipton, Barbara. “A Utah Symposium”, Ceramics Monthly 31, no. 8 (October 1983).
Williams, Howard. “Jeff Oestreich: Albany Village Gallery”, New Zealand Potter, no.1 volume 40 (1998).
Wilson, Lana, Clay Times, (November/December 2005),
“Up Front”, Ceramics Monthly 54, no.3 (March 2006).
“Up Front”, Ceramics Monthly 55, no. 6 (June/July 2007).
Oestreich, Jeff. “The Potter’s Life: Choosing Solitude”, Ceramics Monthly 56, no. 6 (June/July/August 2008).
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