Artist: Brad Schwieger
Brad Schwieger, OHIO
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ARTIST STATEMENT
My work is informed by my interest in both historical and contemporary pottery. My ideas often examine utility; however, I feel my work can also function as a sculptural object.
More recently I have been exploring various styles of architecture. I find an interesting parallel between architecture and pottery. Like architecture, pottery deals with elements of form and structure, interior/exterior, utility or containment, surface detail and adornment.
Form is the most essential element in my work. My secondary focus is to develop different types of surfaces that will enhance and support the form. I have explored surface by continuous testing of ceramic materials, kiln design, kiln construction and firing.
My work is wheel thrown an altered. The altering process consists of faceting, stretching and cutting up sections of the form and reassembling them. These techniques temper the symmetry of the wheel thrown process. I am often concerned with the formal elements of design. How do the parts relate to the whole? How can the whole transcend the parts? How can each piece become an original interpretation of the larger idea? Many people, places and pottery have influenced me in my life. My intention is to keep my work evolving and changing, responding to my experiences.
ARTIST BIO
Brad Schwieger began teaching at Ohio University in 1990 and is presently Professor Emeritus of Art. Prior to that he was an Associate Professor at Vincennes University in Indiana (1985-1990). Brad received his Master of Fine Arts degree from Utah State University in 1983 and his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Iowa in 1981. Brad has shown his work in multiple exhibitions through out the U.S.A. as well as international exhibitions in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, England, Germany, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Romania and Spain.
Selected Professional Activities:
Excellence in Teaching Award: NCECA 2024, Richmond, VA.
Solo Exhibition: River Gallery, Chattanooga, TN, 2024.
influence/d, Mentors & Mentees in the Field of Ceramics, Queen City Clay, Cincinnati, OH, 2024.
Solo Exhibition: Radius Gallery, Missoula, MT, 2023.
Solo Exhibition: Stoke Hole Pottery, Indiana, PA, 2023.
38th Annual Ceramics Symposium, Presenter, Angelo State University, TX, 2023.
Two Person Exhibition: Iowa Ceramics Center, Cedar Rapids, IA, 2022
Two Person Exhibition: Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel, CA, 2022.
Shapes From Out of Nowhere: Ceramics from the Robert A Ellison Jr Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, 2021.
Solo Exhibition: Schaller Gallery, Baroda, MI 2020.
Solo Exhibition: Washington Street Gallery, Lewisburg, WV, 2017.
Progression: 25 Years of Functional Form, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR, 2017.
Coast to Coast, North American Ceramics, Brancoveanu Palace Cultural Center,
Mogosoaia / Bucharest, Romania. 2016.
Reshaping the 2%: Contemporary Ceramics, Mesa College, San Diego, CA. 2015.
Lineage: The Art of Mentorship, The Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY. 2014.
Artist Residency, University for Art and Design, Halle, Germany, 2014.
Solo Exhibition, Galerie Nord, Halle, Germany, 2014.
2013 Resident Artists Exhibition: Archie Bray Foundation, NCECA, 18 Hands Gallery, Houston, TX, 2013.
Collective Energy, 20 Years of Workshop Artists at Lone Star College-North Harris, NCECA, Houston, TX, 2013.
Solo Exhibition, River Gallery, Chattanooga, TN, 2013.
Utilitarian Clay VI: Celebrate The Object, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN, 2012.
Pots at Rest, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA, 2012.
Inspired by Japan, Yu Yu Gallery, Setouchi City, Okayama, Japan, 2012.
Archie Bray Foundation, Workshop Presenter, July Resident Artist,
Visiting Artist Exhibition, Helena, MT, 2012.
Solo Exhibition, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT, 2012
NCECA 2011 Biennial, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL, 2011.
Alchemy, From Dust to Form, Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL, 2011.
Gallery Expo, NCECA, represented by Red Lodge Clay Center, Tampa, FL, 2011.
6x6, Ceramics Invitational, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH 2010.
Encore, Baltimore Clay Works, Baltimore, MD, 2010.
Illumination, Bard College at Simon’s Rock, Great Barrington, MA, 2010.
“Strictly Functional: Then and Now”, NCECA, Philadelphia, PA, 2010.
Solo Exhibition, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA, May 2010.
Cub Creek Foundation at Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA, 2010.
Ohio/Michigan Game, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, Michigan, August 2009.
Mug Shots, Mudfire Clayworks and Gallery, Decatur, Georgia, August 2009.
Standing on the Shoulder of Giants, Georgia State University, Columbus, Georgia, 2009.
Utah State University, Distinguished Alumni Exhibition, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, Utah, 2009.
Snow, Rive Gauche Art Gallery, NCECA, Scottsdale, Arizona, 2009.
Abstraction, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2009.
Birth of a Notion, Quirk Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, 2009.
20/20 Vision, Alaska State Museum, National Invitational, Juneau, Alaska, 2008.
Paper and Clay, Shy Rabbit Gallery, Pagosa Springs, Colorado, 2008.
Small Favors III, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2008.
“Southern Exposure: Atmospheric Pots and the Penland Connection”,
The Rye Arts Center, Rye, New York, 2008.
Table of Elements, NCECA, Manchester Craftsman Guild, Pittsburgh, PA, 2008.
Solo Exhibition, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, Illinois, 2008.
INFUSION 10x10, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, Missouri, 2008
NCECA Clay National 2007, Purchase Award, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, Kentucky.
National Invitational Exhibition, Workshop Presenter, Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, Kansas, 2007.
Mezinarodni International Museum of Ceramics, Symposium/Exhibition, Bechyne, Czech Republic, 2006.
New Constructions, Solo Exhibition, Charlie Cummings Clay Studio and Gallery, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 2006.
The Art of the Teapot, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 2006.
Two Person Exhibition, Brad Schwieger/Robert Moore, St. Petersburg Clay Company, St. Petersburg, Florida, 2006.
Solo Exhibition, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa, 2005.
Cross Cultural Exchange, Japan/USA, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2005. Diverse Domain: Contemporary North American Ceramic Art, Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan, 2005.
Brad has been a resident artist at the University of Art and Design, Halle, Germany, 2014; Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, Montana, 2024, 2021, 2018, 2013, 2009; International Ceramics Symposium, Bechyne, Czech Republic, 2006; Seto Ceramic and Glass Center, Seto, Japan, 2005 and 2001; Watershed Center for Ceramics in New Castle, Maine, 2003 and 1997; Gallery Estudi, Poble Espanyol, Barcelona, Spain, 2002; The Archie Bray Foundation for Ceramic Arts, Helena, Montana, 2012 and 1998; Kunstlerhaus 188, Halle, Germany,1999; Burg Giebichenstein, School for Art and Design, Halle, Germany, 2014 and 1996; Jiesia International Porcelain Symposium, Kaunus, Lithuania, 1994; Romhild International Ceramics Symposium, Romhild, Germany, 1993.
Gallery affiliations include: AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT, Schaller Gallery, Baroda, MI, River Gallery, Chattanooga, TN, River Gallery, Cleveland, OH.
Brad has presented workshops and lectures at more than 100 Universities, Colleges and Art Centers including the Northern Clay Center, MN; Arkansas Pottery Festival, AR; Harvard University, Boston, MA; Penland School for Arts and Crafts, NC; Arrowmont School for Crafts, TN; Anderson Ranch Art Center, CO; Peters Valley Art Center, NJ; Santa Fe Clay, NM and the Appalachian School for Crafts, TN. His work is included in numerous collections including the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC and the Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, NC. His work has been published in Ceramics Monthly, American Craft, Clay Times, Ceramics Art and Perception as well as several textbooks.