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Artist: Colby Charpentier


Colby Charpentier, MONTANA 

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Artist Statement:

As an artist-engineer, I formulate, test, and design alternative ceramic materials and processes. The resulting works are vessels that showcase these technologies. Recent projects include soft paste porcelain as an approximation of Western replication of Eastern porcelain, plaster-clay mixtures to capture the immediacy of wet plaster, and brick lattice to subvert the visual weight and expectations of brick and ceramic materials. 

 

Bio:

Colby Charpentier grew up in Smithfield, Rhode Island. He received his BFA in Ceramics and Glass from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in 2013, and an MFA in Ceramics from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2021. He has worked as a studio assistant to artists Daniel Clayman and Chris Gustin; and completed residencies at Sonoma Ceramics in Sonoma, CA, The Morean Center for Clay in St. Petersburg, FL, The Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard University, and American Museum of Ceramic Art in Pomona, CA. He is currently a long-term resident at the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, MT.



CV:

EDUCATION


2021 Cranbrook Academy of Art Bloomfield Hills, MI

Master of Fine Arts- Ceramics

 

2013 Alfred University School of Art and Design, Alfred, NY

Bachelor of Fine Arts- Ceramics/Glass, cum laude

 

RESIDENCIES

2022-2023 Archie Bray Foundation

Helena, MT- Artist in Residence- 1 Year

2021-2022 American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA)

Pomona, CA- Artist in Residence- 1 Year

2021 Goggleworks Reading, PA

Artist in Residence- 3 Months

2018-2019 Harvard Ceramics Program OFA, Harvard University,

Allston, MA- Artist in Residence- 1 Year

2017-2018 Morean Center for Clay St. Petersburg, FL

Artist in Residence- 1 Year

2017 Sonoma Ceramics Sonoma, CA

Artist in Residence- 6 Months



EXPERIENCE

2020 Honeywell Smithfield, RI

Factory Team Lead producing N95 masks

2013-2016 Gustin Ceramics South Dartmouth, MA

Studio Assistant to Chris Gustin

2013-2016 Montague Studios East Providence, RI

Studio Assistant to Daniel Clayman

2013-2016 Dew Claw Studios Pawtucket, RI

Studio Technician

2016 Purdue University Purdue, IN

Project Assistant to Nina Hole- 1 Month Project

2008-2009 Bruce Lenore Studios Smithfield, RI

Kiln Building Assistant



TEACHING

2022 American Museum of Ceramic Art Pomona, CA

Instructor: Wheelthrowing

Moldmaking

Whistles

2021 Goggleworks Center for the Arts Reading, PA

Instructor: Altered Vessels

2019 Massachusetts College of Art and Design Boston, MA

Visiting Lecturer: Ceramics 203: Wheelworking

2018-19 Harvard Ceramics Program Allston, MA

Instructor: Mold Making Intensive

Advanced Wheel Throwing

Combined Methods

Constructed Vessels

2018 Harvard University Graduate School of Design

Cambridge, MA

Project Advisor: Material Systems: Digital Design and Fab.

2018 Morean Center for Clay St. Petersburg, FL

Instructor: Mold Making

2017 Sonoma Ceramics Sonoma, CA

Instructor: Constructed Vessels

2017 Penland School of Crafts Penland, NC

Teaching Assistant: Mold Making for Artists and Scientists

2013-16 Dew Claw Studios Pawtucket, RI
Instructor: Wheel Throwing

Handbuilding

2012 Alfred University Alfred, NY

Teaching Assistant: Intro to Glassblowing 

Advanced Glassblowing

 

WORKSHOPS & LECTURES

2022 Gonzaga University Spokane, WA, Workshop and Lecture

2021 AMOCA Pomona, CA, Virtual Artist in Residence Lecture

2021 Goggleworks Reading, PA

2 Day Mold Making Workshop

2019 New Balance Boston, MA

Creative Vision/ Clay Sculpting Workshop

2018 Massachusetts College of Art and Design Boston, MA

Visiting Artist Lecture and Demonstration

2018 Harvard Ceramics Program Allston, MA

Visiting Artist Lecture

2018 Berkley Academy Tampa, FL

Visiting Artist Demonstration

2017 Sonoma Ceramics Sonoma, CA

4 Day Soda Firing Workshop

 

AWARDS

2021 Franz Rising Star Project Scholarship

2019 Franz Rising Star Award Top Prize, International Porcelain Design Competition

2019-2021 Tony Hepburn Scholarship Cranbrook Academy of Art

2017 Best in Show Emerging Artist, Florida Craft Art

2017 Best in Show Mugshot Monday, Lillstreet Art Center

2017 Teaching Assistantship Penland School of Crafts

2016 Best in Show The Cup, The Mug, Main Street Art Center

2012 Summer Course Scholarship Corning Glass Studio

2010 AGPM Scholarship Assn. Glass & Pottery Manufacturers

2009-2013 Deans List Alfred University (All Semesters)

2009-2013 Presidential Scholarship Alfred University

2009-2013 Miller Portfolio Scholarship Alfred University

EXHIBITIONS

2022 2022 Bray Residents Kolva-Sullivan Gallery, Spokane, WA

2021 Summer Resident Exhibition Goggleworks, Reading, PA

Graduate Thesis Exhibition Cranbrook Museum of Art,

Bloomfield Hills, MI

2019 Devitrified Solo Show, Gallery 224, Harvard University, Allston, MA

2018 Object(ive) Solo Show, Morean Center for Clay, St. Petersburg, FL

CrossCurrents: Movements in Contemporary Ceramics

Highfield Hall & Gardens, Falmouth, MA

Cup Show 2018 Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA

2017 Constructed Vessels Solo Show, Sonoma Community Center, Sonoma, CA

   Mugshot Monday Lillstreet Arts Center, Chicago, IL

Inbound Morean Center for Clay, St. Petersburg, FL

Intersections 4 person show, Chazan Gallery, Providence, RI

2016 The Cup, The Mug Main Street Arts Center, Clifton Springs, NY

Handmade Holidays Lillstreet Arts Center, Chicago, IL

Strictly Functional Pottery National Market House Craft Center, Lancaster, PA

Irons in the Fire Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN 

The State of Clay Biennial Lexington Arts Society Ceramics Guild,

Lexington, MA

Last Call Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN

2015 Friends of Fire Gustin Gallery, South Dartmouth, MA

2014 Earthworks 41 South County Art Association, North Kingstown, RI
Small Favors IX The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
National Cup Show Kent State University, Kent, OH

2013 BFA Thesis Exhibition

Alfred University, Alfred, NY


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