Artist: Adrienne Eliades
Adrienne Eliades, WASHINGTON
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Artist Statement
From formation to decoration, my functional pottery coalesces aesthetic pleasure with tactile experience. Drawing on sensory perception invites engagement in use. Tethered together by the object as a physical boundary, I am interested in the negotiation between the material and the maker and the connection to its emotional response in the user. I work in repetitions of activity and object. My process involves multiple forming methods – by wheel, hand, or mold. Form language is remade and refined over time with the intention of improving each piece from the last.
The fresh porcelain forms are opportunities for new surface integrations. Highly patterned yet abstract surfaces combine negative and positive space, transparency and color to form new meanings left open to viewer interpretation. Inspired by confetti, candy and games, my pattern designs note marks of celebration that invoke an attitude of enjoyment for the present moment.
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EDUCATION |
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2016 |
MFA, Ceramics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
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2008 |
BA University of North Carolina at Wilmington (Magna Cum Laude), Wilmington, NC Art Administration and Psychology, Semester at Sea, World Campus |
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE |
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2022-23 |
Lecturer in Ceramics, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR |
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2017-20 |
Instructor, Community Education Program, Portland Community College, Portland, OR |
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2016 |
Co-Instructor, Vessel II, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
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2015 |
Instructor of Record, Throwing Skills and Concepts, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE |
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2021-24 |
Program Coordinator, H.O.T. CLAY Idyllwild Arts Summer Program, Idyllwild, CA |
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2019 |
Studio Coordinator, H.O.T. CLAY Idyllwild Arts Summer Program, Idyllwild, CA Interim Manager and Visiting Mentor, Ash Street Project, Portland, OR |
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2018 |
Art Registrar/Volunteer Coordinator, Art on the Vine Auction, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR |
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ARTIST IN RESIDENCE |
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2024 |
Resident Artist, Township10, Marshall, NC |
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2022 |
3 Wings Visiting Artist Fellowship, Lighthouse ArtCenter, Tequesta, FL |
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2018/19 |
Design Resident Artist, The Bright Angle, Asheville, NC |
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2017 |
Resident Artist, Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center, Skælskør, DK |
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2016-17 |
Visiting Artist, Ash Street Project, Portland, OR |
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2015 |
Participating Artist, Arrowmont Surface Pentaculum, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN |
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AWARDS AND RECONGNITION |
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2019 |
Honorable Mention, SIP: A Ceramic Cup Show, Non-Fiction Gallery, Savannah, GA |
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2018 |
Innovation Award, Strictly Functional, Lancaster Creative Factory, Lancaster, PA, Juried by Ben Carter Most Creative Interpretation Award, delecTABLE: the Fine Art of Dinning, Art Students League of Denver, Denver, CO, Juried by Marty Fielding Ceramics Monthly, Emerging Artist Award |
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2017 |
Warren Mackenzie Advancement Award, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN |
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2016 |
Albert K. Murray Fine Arts Educational Fund, Adamsville, OH |
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2023 |
The Tales of a Red Clay Rambler, Ben Carter online Podcast, August 2023, Brickyard Network 2nd Anniversary with Michael Kline and Adrienne Eliades. Episode 478 |
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2022 |
Cobb, Sunshine. The Beginner’s Guide to Hand Building. Beverly, MA: Quarry Books, 2022. |
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2021 |
Weber, Julia. The Beginning’s Guide to Wheel Throwing. Beverly, MA: Quarto Knows, 2021. The Tales of a Red Clay Rambler, Ben Carter online Podcast, May 2021, Adrienne Eliades on Using a Die Cutter for Pattern Making. Episode 372 |
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2020 |
Epp, Carol and Krueger, Julia. Ceramics: Creative Adventures in Clay. Calgary, Alberta, CA: Uppercase Publishing Inc., 2020. |
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2019 |
Uppercase, Issue 42, July/August/September 2019, Marvelous Mundane, Works pictured p. 90. Willers, Rhonda. Terra Sigillata: Contemporary Techniques. Westerville, OH: The American Ceramic Society, 2019. Craft in America, v. 78, no. 7, February/March 2019, Ready to use, p. 30. Work pictured. |
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2018 |
Pottery Making Illustrated, v. 21, no. 6, October/November 2018, Milk + Cookies, Authored Article pp. 44-46. Work on Cover, works pictured p. 44, 46. Neukamm, Ash. Working with Porcelain, The Structural Integrity of Porcelain, by Adrienne Eliades, pp.12-14. Works pictured p.12. Ceramics Monthly, v. 66, no. 5, May 2018, Emerging Artist, pp 23-61. Works pictured p. 50. |
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SELECT EXHIBITIONS |
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2024 |
Featured Artist, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL |
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2023 |
Clark County Open Studio Preview, Art at the Cave, Vancouver, WA In Living Color, Red Lodge Gallery Red Lodge, MT, Invitational |
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2022 |
Yunomi 2021, Clay Akar, Iowa City, IA, Invitational IN/FINITE: Process, Pattern, Play, Jason Burnett & Adrienne Eliades, Two Person Exhibition, Penland Focus Gallery, Penland, NC Featured Artist, Clay Akar, Iowa City, IA |
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2021 |
Featured Artist, Eutectic Gallery, Portland, OR Featured Artist, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL Small Favors, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA Kelly Neidig + Adrienne Eliades, Guardino Gallery, Portland, OR Digital Debut, Belger Arts Center, Kansas City, MO |
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2020 |
The Perfect Pair, Saltstone Gallery, Seattle, WA, Invitational Gifted, LUX Art Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE Tea And Cookies, 17th Biennial Teapot Exhibition, Craft Alliance Center of Art and Design, St. Louis, MO, Invitational |
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2019 |
The Thanksgiving Table, Clay Akar, Iowa City, IA, Invitational Yunomi 2019, Clay Akar, Iowa City, IA, Invitational Butter, The Dinnerware Museum, Ann Arbor, MI, Juried by Anne Meszko Think Outside The Jar: 100 Jars. 100 Artists. 100 Years., NCECA, Conference Hall, Minneapolis, MN, Invitational SIP: A Ceramic Cup Show, Non-Fiction Gallery, Savannah, GA, Juried by Liz Zlot Summerfield |
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2018 |
Cup: The Intimate Object XIV, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Invitational Strictly Functional, Lancaster Creative Factory, Lancaster, PA, Juried by Ben Carter Warren Mackenzie Advancement Award Recipients, Emily Galusha Gallery, Minneapolis, MN Small Favors, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA |
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2017 |
Wuhan Exchange Exhibition, University of Shanghai Science and Technology, Shanghai, China Decadence of Display, Ceramics for Dessert, Small Group Exhibition, Whitaker Gallery, Hood College, Frederick, MD Finding the Light: Misato Suzuki & Adrienne Eliades, Two Person Exhibition, T Project, Portland, OR |
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2016 |
Kindred Confection, Solo Show, University Gallery, Gainesville, FL At Your Service, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD, Juried by Linda Arbuckle |