Artist: Andrew Gilliatt
Andrew Gilliatt, MONTANA
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I design and fabricate objects for domestic use. Through color, imagery and form, I hope to create pots that are expressive and inviting.
I am fascinated how we personalize and define ourselves through the objects we use and accumulate. The clothes we wear, the cars we drive, the things we decorate and furnish our homes with - all of these objects reflect our personality and aesthetic proclivities both publicly and privately.
I am interested in the phenomenon of how we look and shop for objects. Once the requirements of fit, occasion, and agency have all been established, (a size 11 running shoe that fits comfortably, for example), to what degree are we further attracted to the point of purchase? Is it the pattern of the shirt, the cut of the dress, or the color of the shoe that makes us want to own that object, or is it simply a matter of cost and convenience?
Making pots is a way for me to reflect on the people, places, and experience, here and gone, that I know, love, and carry with me. Every piece gives me the opportunity to reconnect with those experience and emotions past and shared. Through this dialogue I hope to share something of my self with you, a smile perhaps; and in doing so, I might make pots that you want to live with.
EDUCATION
2011 M.F.A. Ceramics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
2003 B.F.A. Graphic Design, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
RESIDENCIES
2012-Present The Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
2011-2012 Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT
2011 (Summer) Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
2005-2008 Red Star Studios, Kansas City, MO
2004 (intern) Red Star Studios, Kansas City, MO
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2012
Instructor, Archie Bray Foundation, Intermediate Ceramics, Helena, MT
Instructor, Red Lodge Clay Center, Beginning and Advanced Ceramics, Red Lodge, MT
Gallery Assistant, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT
2011 Instructor, Introduction to Wheel Throwing, Louisiana State University
2010
Instructor, Introduction to 3D Design, Louisiana State University
Workshop Assistant, Andy Shaw, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
Preside, LSU Ceramic Artist Student Association
2009
Instructor, Introduction to Wheel Throwing, Louisiana State University
Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Wheel Throwing, Louisiana State University
2008
Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Wheel Throwing, Louisiana State University
Workshop Instructor, "Documenting Your Work Digitally", Red Star Studios
2005-08
Gallery Assistant, Red Star Studios
Senior Graphic Designer, Red Star Studios
2007
Instructor, Beginning Wheel Throwing and Hand Building, Red Star Studios
Visiting Artist, Johnson Co. Community College, Johnson Co., KS
Visiting Artist, Olathe East High School, Olathe, KS
Workshop Assistant, Red Star Studios
Ron Meyers, Tom Coleman, Sequoia Miller, Linda Christianson
2006
Visiting Artist, Olathe East High School, Olathe, KS
Workshop Assistnat, Red Star Studios
Matt Long, Steven Hill, Sam Chung
2004-05
Ceramics Instructor, Mattie Rhodes Art Center, Kansas City, MO
EXHIBITIONS
2013
Featured Artist, Lillstreet Arts Center, Chicago, IL (Solo)
2012 Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artist, 18 Hands Gallery, Houston, TX (Invitational)
Ethereal Patterns, Upper Iowa University, Fayette, IA
Compelling Surfaces, Adams State University, Alamosa, CO
La Mesa, NCECA, Houston, TX
NCECA Expo, NCECA, Red Lodge Clay Center, Houston, TX
The Archie Bray Foundation, NCECA, 18 Hands Gallery, Houston, TX
2013 Yunomi Invitational, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA
Dallas Pottery Invitational, Addison Visitors Center, Addison, TX
2012
Coming to the Table, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT (Museum)
Anointed: Ritual Vessels by Julia Galloway, Andrew Gilliatt, Seth Green, Lillstreet
Arts Center, Chicago, IL (Three Person)
8 Fluid Ounces, Glassel Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA (Juried)
Functional Redesign, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN (Invitational)
42nd Annual Ceramics Exhibition, Crossman Gallery, UW-Whitewater, WI
A Bit in Between, Northwest College, Powell, WY
Small Favors VII, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
NCECA Expo, Red Lodge Clay Center, Seattle, WA
La Mesa, NCECA, Seattle, WA
AKAR 2012 Yunomi Invitational, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA
Red Lodge at Montana Western, University of Montana Western, Dillon, MT
Form & Image, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA
In Spite of Ourselves, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT
Mugs for Jugs, Mudfire Clayworks & Gallery, Decatur, GA
Archie Bray Foundation, Kolva-Sullivan Gallery, Spokane, WA
Plated: An Evening of Edible Aesthetics, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT
Handle With Care, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
5th Annual Cup Show: Form & Function, Gulf Coast State College, Panama City, FL
2011
Enumerate/Construct, Glassel Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA (MFA Thesis)
2011
NCECA National Student Juried Exhibition, NCECA, Tampa, FL (Juried)
Fourth Annual Lillstreet International Exhibition: Below the Surface, Lillstreet Art
Center, Chicago, IL
American Pottery Festival, Norther Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN (Invitational)
For the Table, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Interpreting the Cup, Crimson Laurel Gallery, Bakersville, NC
Archie Bray Foundation, Kolva-Sullivan Gallery, Spokane, WA
Recent Acquisitions to the Permanent Collection, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
Decalicious, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
2011
Artists to the Edge and Resident Artists, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
Small Favors VI, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Lagniappe: An Exhibition of LSU Ceramic MFA, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
Santa Fe Clay presents: La Mesa, NCECA, Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL
Winterfest 2011, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
Clay Come Lately, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
2010
7th Annual Marge Brown Kalodner Graduate Student Exhibition, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA (Juried)
Digital Clay, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO (Invitational)
La Mesa in Santa Fe, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
Decalcomania, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
Santa Fe Clay presents: La Mesa, NCECA, Philadelphia, PA
2008
Andrew Gilliatt, Ginny Sims, Nathan Carnes, Red Star Studios, Kansas City, MO (Three Person)
Cups - Curated by Lynn Smiser-Bowers, Red Star Studios, Kansas City, MO (Invitational)
The Grad Show, Foster Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2007
By the Ounce, NCECA, Louisville, KY (Juried)
Un-Plaza Art Fair, Unitarian All Souls Church, Kansas City, MO
Gifted Hands, Hallmark Gallery, Kansas City, MO (Invitational)
Rising Stars, Red Star Studios, Kansas City, MO
Red Star Artist-in-Residence, Red Star Studios, Kansas City, MO
VISITING ARTIST & WORKSHOP EVENTS
2012
Visiting Artist, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT
Workshop Instructor, Potters Council Conference, Columbus, OH
2011
Presenter, American Pottery Festival, Minneapolis, MN
Artist Slide Talk, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Demonstrator, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
Artist Slide Talk, University of Montana, Bozeman, MT
2010
Workshop Assistant, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
2008
Workshop Instructor, Red Star Studios, Kansas City, MO
AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS
2012
Speyer Fellowship, Archie Bray Foundation
2012 Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artist Award
2011
Sage Scholar Fellowship, Archie Bray Foundation
Aardvark Clay Purchase Award, 2012 NCECA National Student Juried Exhibition
PUBLICATIONS
2013
Andrew Gilliatt: Layers of Color, Instructional DVD, Ceramic Arts Daily
500 Prints on Clay, Lark Books
2012
Ceramics Monthly, “2012 Emerging Artists”, May 2012, p.81
Surface, Glaze, Form, American Ceramic Society Publishing, 2012
Ceramics Monthly, “Exposure” April 2012, p.3
2011
American Craft, “Zoom,” Oct/Nov 2011, p.6, 16 -17
Pottery Making Illustrated, Cover Article, “Layers of Color,” Jan/Feb 2011
Ceramics Monthly, “Archie Bray Foundation 60th Anniversary,” October 2011, p.53 (text)
Ceramics Monthly, “For the Table,” May 2011, p.81
2010
Ceramics Monthly, “Up Front,” October 2010, p.18
500 Vases, Lark Books
DEMONSTRATIONS
2011
Slip Casting with Molds, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
Surface, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
2008
Documenting Your Work Digitally, Red Star Studios, Kansas City, MO
SLIDE LECTURES
2011
Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
2010
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
COMPUTER PROGRAMS & TOOLS
Rhinoceros 3D, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator &
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
CERAMICS
Mold Making & Slip Casting, Decal Printing, Wheel Throwing, Hand Building,
Clay & Glaze chemistry and formulation, Maintenance of gas, salt, soda, and electric kilns