Artist: Judi Tavill
Judi Tavill, NEW JERSEY
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Seduced by the duplicity of both delicate and strong beauty observed in nature, my work reimagines, rather than replicates my memories. Shapes are abstracted from flora, textures are pulled from the deep seas and an intriguing coupling occurs. My wheel thrown and hand built stoneware forms serve as vehicles for exploration as I work to meld body and surface. Using a personal visual vocabulary, I focus on the interplay between deeply carved lines of undulating curves and intense hand texturing that pierces and prods as I work to create an energetic dynamic within each vessel. Extracting texture and repositioning it into modern design emphasizes my play on duplicity. The process of repetitive hand texturing can be experienced as a working meditation. The discreet application of glossy clear glaze resembles an aquatic glisten as it appears to trickle along the porcelain coated stoneware. The resulting appearance of these objects often implies fragility and grace, secretly disguising the strength and stability of their constitution.
SELECT EXHIBITIONS
2017 "American Craft Show”, Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD
2016 "Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show”, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA
"Cup: The Intimate Object XII”, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
“The Clay Studio National”, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA, Jurors Elizabeth Agro & Jennifer Zwerling
“Judi Tavill: Featured Artist”, Schwartz Design Center, Metuchen, NJ & Stamford, CT
“De La Naturaleza", Franklin Park Conservatory, Columbus, OH, Juror Sherrie Riley Hawk
2015 "American Fine Craft Show", Washington DC Armory, Washington, DC
"Judi Tavill: Featured Gallery Artist", Grunin Center for the Arts, OC College, Toms River, NJ
"Judi Tavill: Exhibition", "The Pearl Show House", Red Bank Design Center, Red Bank, NJ
2014 "Holiday Show 2014", Clay Arts Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
"Taupe Gallery Grand Opening 2014", Taupe Gallery, North Wilkesboro, NC
"Nurtured Nature", M.T. Burton Gallery, Surf City, NJ Curator Judi Tavill
"Collaborations in Fire", Group Exhibition, Monmouth County Art Alliance, Red Bank, NJ
"Work From Our Collections", Vessels Gallery, Boston, MA
"International Cup 2014", The Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT, Juror Tara Wilson
2013 "Friends of Canvas", Canvas Studio Art, Rumson, NJ
"Creativity Creates Community-Clay Arts Vegas", The Grand Gallery, City Hall, Las Vegas, NV
"Light Up Downtown", Taupe Gallery, North Wilkesboro, NC
"Annual Solo Cup Show", FINALIST, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
"Gulf Coast State College Annual Juried Cup Show", The Amelia Center Gallery, PCB, FL, Juror Ben Carter
"Peter's Valley Fine Craft Fair", NJ Potters Guild, Augusta, NJ
"Medalta International Cup Show", Medalta, Medicine Hat, AB, Canada, Juror Carole Epp
"Serve It Up", Clay Arts Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
"Work From Our Collections", Vessels Gallery, Boston, MA
"Baltimore Clayworks 100 Teapots Show VI" , Baltimore,MD, Juror Jeff Oestreich
"From The Collection", Vessels Gallery, Boston, MA
The Copper Frog Gallery Artists, Allentown, NJ
2012 "Winter Whites Exhibition", Vessels Gallery, Boston, MA
The Copper Frog Gallery Artists, Allentown, NJ
"Starbrick Clay National Salt and Pepper Show", Nelsonville, OH
"Coffee, Tea, or...?", Terra Incognito Studios and Gallery, Oak Park, IL , Juror David Toan
"Cups of Fire", National Juried Cup Exhibition, Clay Gallery Ann Arbor, MI , Juror Susan Beiner
"8 Fluid Ounces" National Ceramic Cup Exhibition, LSU School of Art Baton Rouge, LA, Juror Kristen Kieffer
"The KC Clay Guild's Juried Tea Bowl National Show", Kansas City, MO, Juror Bede Clark
2011 "The KC Clay Guild's Juried Tea Bowl National Show", Kansas City, MO, Juror Steven Hill
2009 The Monmouth Festival of the Arts Juried Show, Tinton Falls, NJ
2008 "The Steamboat Springs Arts Council Invitational Teapot Show", Steamboat Springs, CO
The Monmouth Festival of the Arts Juried Show, Tinton Falls, NJ
"Baltimore Clayworks Juried Teapot Show", Baltimore, MD, Juror David MacDonald
"The Peter's Valley Fine Craft Fair, Sussex, NJ
2007 "The Monmouth Festival of the Arts Juried Show", Tinton Falls, NJ
"The Peter's Valley Fine Craft Fair", Sussex, NJ
The Monmouth Festival of the Arts Juried Show, Tinton Falls, NJ
2006"The Laurel Tracey Gallery Holiday Open House, Red Bank, NJ
"The Monmouth Festival of the Arts Juried Show", Tinton Falls, NJ
"The Laurel Tracey Gallery Dealer’s Choice Show", Red Bank, NJ
"The CBA Juried Art Show", Lincroft, NJ
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESS
2014 The Arts Business Institute, "Artist Profile: Judi Tavill", December
The Crafts Report Magazine, "Focus: Ceramics and Clay”, April
2013 In Jersey Magazine, "The A-List Originals"
Contemporary Tableware Book, Linda Bloomfield
2012 Cottages and Bungalows Magazine, "Pottery Panache", May
The Two River Times Newspaper, "Masters of Their Craft", February
2011 The Two River Times Newspaper, "Pots of Love", November
2009 4074MAG Magazine, "The A List Party-A-Fare", November/December
2006 The Asbury Park Press Newspaper, "Creative Spirit", December
PODCAST INTERVIEWS
The Pottercast with Paul Blais, Episode #39 , September 2014
Studio Break with David Linneweh, Episode #117, August 2014
REPRESENTATION
Refine Limited Showroom, Chelsea, New York, NY
Christopher Anthony, Ltd., Palm Springs, CA
Taupe Gallery, North Wilkesboro, NC
COLLECTIONS
Sidney Swidler: Collection, donator to the Crocker Museum
Esther Gushner and Earl Morgenstern: Collection, Merion, PA
Maxine Clark: Founder: Build A Bear Workshop, Collection: St. Louis, MO
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Oasis TLC(Therapeutic Learning Center) Instructor 2016-present
Monmouth County Parks System Creative Arts Center Workshop Instructor 2014
Monmouth County Parks System Creative Arts Center Class Instructor 2013
MEMBERSHIPS
NCECA
ArtAxis
The Potters Council
Monmouth County Arts CounciL
The American Craft Council
The Art Alliance of Monmouth County
BACKGROUND AND EDUCATION
Born: Baltimore, Maryland, 1968
B.F.A. 1990, Washington University School of Art, St. Louis, MO
CERAMIC EDUCATION
Monmouth County Parks System Craft Center Ceramic workshops attended at Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Anderson Ranch, Peters Valley Craft Center, The 92nd Street Y, Greenwich House Pottery, Baltimore Clayworks / Instructors: Chris Staley, Takeshi Yasuda, Chris Gustin, Kristen Kieffer, Nick Joerling, Tom and Elaine Coleman, Julia Galloway, Randy Brodnax, Don Ellis, Malcolm Davis, Steven Hill, Lynn Smizer-Bowers, Jeff Oestreich, Mel Jacobsen & Peter Callas.