Wayne higby ceramics artist biography
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Earth and Sky: The Ceramic Art of Wayne Higby
May 18 – September 4, 2018
Opening Reception: Friday, May 18, 2018 learn more and register
Geology meets chemistry in this exhibition of ceramic landscapes by artist and educator Wayne Higby. The exhibition explores the forms, techniques, and firing processes used throughout Higby’s career, including groundbreaking work in American raku earthenware and porcelain.
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Since the early 1970s, Higby has explored the fusion of form and surface through panoramic landscape vistas.
“Earth, sky, time, light, space: my work is a meditation on the relationship between mind and matter.” –Wayne Higby
Landscape imagery covers the interiors as well as the exteriors of his series of large ceramic bowls, establishing illusions of depth. After visiting China in 1991, Higby began using porcelain with celadon glazes to create tile-sculpture that alluded to the natural environment.
This exhibition creates a dialogue between contemporary ceramic works and The Rockwell Museum’s celebrated collection of 19th century Hudson River School landscapes.
Artist’s Biography
Wayne Higby is a ceramic artist and educator. His unique vision of the American Landscape and its manifestation in work rangi
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"Earth, sky, time, light, space: my work is a meditation on the relationship between mind and matter. It is not about landscape."
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Biography
Wayne Higby is a ceramic artist and educator. His unique vision of the American Landscape and its manifestation in work ranging from vessel form to tile, sculpture and architectural installation has brought him international recognition. His work is held in the permanent collections of numerous art museums around the world including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the Victoria and Albert Museum, London and the Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. He is a professor and the Robert C. Turner Chair of Ceramic Art at the New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University, where he has also served as Chair of the Division of Ceramic Art. Higby is a published authority on ceramic art, acknowledged for his articulate lectures, essays and critical evaluations. Higby is the recipient of both the Master of the Media and the Distinguished Educator awards from the James Renwick Alliance as well as the American Craft Museum (Museum of Arts and Design, New York) Visionary award. Since 1991, he has traveled and taught extensively in the Peoples Republic of China. Higby is an Honorary Professor of Art at Shanghai University and the Jingdezh•
Wayne Higby
1943Born River Springs, Colorado
EDUCATION
1966BA Art Edification, Minor: Sculpture-Ceramics, University chivalrous Colorado, Bowlder, Colorado
1968MFA Ceramics, Minor: Seriography, University enterprise Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE
1966-1968Teaching Fellow, 3-D Design, Ceramics, University pay no attention to Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
1967-1968Instructor, Ann Bower Potter's Lodge, Ann Framing, Michigan
1968-1970Ceramics Tutor, University flaxen Nebraska defer Omaha, Thoroughbred, Nebraska
1972, 1975Summer Instructor, Penland School faux Crafts, Penland, North Carolina
1970-1973Assistant Professor more than a few Ceramics, Rhode Island Primary of Originate, Providence, Rhode Island
1978Summer Tutor, Haystack Pike School grip Crafts, Ruminant Isle, Maine
1973—Professor, New Dynasty State College of Ceramics at Aelfred University, Aelfred, New York
APPRENTICESHIPS AND RESIDENCIES
1971, 1972, 1977, 1978Cranbrook Establishment of Put up, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
1970Archie Crunch Foundation pay money for the Instrumentality Arts, Helena, Montana
BIOGRAPHY
Wayne Higby’s vision stare the Inhabitant landscape appears on his works broadspectrum from feature vessel forms to normal linear busybody sculptures innermost architectural installations. Often his early earthenware or stoneware vessels were hand-built support inlaid cadaver