Artist: Austin Riddle
Austin Riddle, GEORGIA
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The impulse to make has had a perpetual presence in my life. In my youth, I made objects that taught me the importance of craftsmanship and a feeling of pride in my work. This work ethic and need to create heavily influences the way I exist and interact with my environment. My work is primarily wheel-thrown, with an emphasis on function, and fired in both soda and electric kilns. The forms and color palette are a response to my infatuation with mid-century America- its aesthetic, and its associations with being a “simpler life.” The simplicity of form references our perception of that time period, in an effort to inform and clarify the complexity of the present and future.
BIO
Austin Riddle is a studio potter currently living in Roswell, Georgia. He received his BFA in ceramics at the University of Utah and has been an artist-in-residence at the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, The Bright Angle in Asheville, North Carolina, and is currently a resident at the Art Center West in Roswell, Georgia.
EDUCATION
2016 -BFA, Ceramics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
2012 -AS, Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake City, Utah
RESIDENCIES
2017- Art Center West, Roswell, GA
2016-17
The Bright Angle, Ashville, North Carolina
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
EXHIBITIONS
2016
“By Recommendation”, Group Show, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Invited by Ernest Gentry
“un//known, Artist In Residents Final Group Show, Arrowmont, Sandy Blaine Gallery, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Sevier County Biannual, Sandy Blaine Gallery, Gatlinburg, Tennessee; juried “Okay”, Artist In Residents Group Show, Arrowmont – Wolpert Gallery, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Arrowmont Experience, The Emporium, Knoxville, Tennessee
Artist In Residents Welcome Show, Arrowmont - Wolpert Gallery, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Coffee With Her. Solo Senior Thesis Exhibition, Guthrie Artist Studios, Salt Lake City, Utah
Warnock Residency Class Exhibition, Miri Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah University of Utah Annual Student Show, Gittins Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah
University of Utah Class of 2016 Senior Exhibition, Trolley Square, Salt Lake City, Utah
Last Call Exhibition, Companion Gallery, Humboldt, Tennessee; juror: Matthew Schiemann
2015
9th Annual Simple Cup Show 2015, Kobo Gallery, Seattle, Washington; Invited by Kevin Snipes
Twin Cups: National Ceramics Exhibition 2015. Missouri Western State University, St. Joseph, Missouri; juror: Steven Hill
5th Annual U of U Show, Alderwood Fine Art, Salt Lake City, Utah; juried
President Art Show, Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake City, Utah; juried
Mini Series Installation 2015, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; group show
2014
President Gallery Exhibition, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; juried University of Utah BFA & Alternative Show, Salt Lake City, Utah; juried
Student Show, Alvin Gittins Gallery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
Twin Cups: National Ceramics Exhibition 2014. Missouri Western State University, St. Joseph, Missouri; juried
Mini Series Installation 2014 with Alyce Carrier, University of Utah
2013
Jug Show, Gallery West, University Of Utah; solo
Drawing Lab Collaboration, Utah Museum Of Fine Art; invitational
Alternative Show, Felt Building, Salt Lake City Utah, Group Show; juried
AWARDS
2016
Purchase Award, Sevier County Biannual, Sandy Blaine Gallery, Gatlinburg, Tennessee; juried
Ethel Armstrong Rolapp Fellowship
2015
First Place, Twin Cups: National Ceramics Exhibition 2015, Missouri Western State University, St. Joseph, Missouri; juried
Carmen M. Christensen Art Scholarship
Connie & Gordan Hanks Art Scholarship
Third Place, 5th Annual U of U Show, Alderwood Fine Art, Salt Lake City
2014
Full Ride Departmental Scholarship, University of Utah
Best in Show, University of Utah BFA & Alternative Show, Salt Lake City
Student Union Purchase Award, Student Show, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
2013 Carmen M. Christensen Art Scholarship
EXPERIENCE
2015
Assistant/Event Organizer for Lindsay Oesterritter Workshop, University of Utah
Assistant for Brad Even Taylor, Salt Lake City, Utah
Studio Assistant, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee President of University of Utah Clay Club
Studio Technician, Ceramics Department, University of Utah
Studio Technician, Art Department Woodshop, University of Utah|
Craft and Design Symposium attendee, Utah State University, Logan,
NCECA attendee, Providence, Rhode Island
Vender: Dead Mule Pottery 2015 Salt Lake City Summer Farmers Market;
2014
Vice President of University of Utah Clay Club
Studio Technician, Ceramics Department, University of Utah
Studio Technician, Art Department Woodshop, University of Utah
Blaauw Kiln presentation, University of Utah
NCECA 2014 attendee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Steven Lee workshop, University of Utah
Jason Briggs workshop, University of Utah
Vender: Dead Mule Pottery 2014, Salt Lake City Summer Famers Market;
2013
Lorna Meadon workshop, Utah Valley University
Vender: Dead Mule Pottery 2013 Salt Lake City Summer Farmers Market; juried
Deborah Schwartzkopf workshop, University of Utah.
Portfolio workshop with Kerry O’Grady, University of Utah
NCECA 2013 attendee, Houston, Texas
2012
Vender: Dead Mule Pottery 2012 Salt Lake City Summer Farmers Market; juried
Soda kiln construction workshop with Nolan Baumgartner, University of Utah
Photography workshop with Nolan Baumgartner, University of Utah
Vender: Dead Mule Pottery, 9th and 9th Street Fair, Sugarhouse, Utah
2011
Vender: Dead Mule Pottery, Salty Streets Flea Market, Salt Lake City
Vender: Dead Mule Pottery, Urban Flea Market, Salt Lake City, Utah
Vender: Dead Mule Pottery, Pier Pont Street Fair, Salt Lake City, Utah