Artist: Rebekah Strickland
Rebekah Strickland, GEORGIA
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I make porcelain and stoneware pottery that I hope will be used and enjoyed. My soda and salt fired pots are simple in form, generous in volume, and decorated with colorful images of birds, plants, landscapes, and abstract patterns. These images reflect memories from my north Florida childhood, such as watching mockingbirds and red-headed woodpeckers in my grandmother’s yard, exploring a neighbor’s magical forest of camellias and pine trees, riding in the countryside and dreaming of living there one day, and reading illustrated books set in faraway places. They also reflect my love of drawings and prints, medieval art and architecture, and the work of artists such as Walter Anderson and Samuel Palmer. My hope is to make graceful pots that bring pleasure to the viewer and comfort and quiet joy to the user.
EDUCATION
1978 B.A. with High Honor (English) Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA
1985 J.D. Magna Cum Laude University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, GA
CERAMICS EDUCATION
Clay: The Next Level Cynthia Bringle 8 week concentration Penland School of Crafts 2015
Form, Surface, Fire Gay Smith and Scott Goldberg 8 week concentration Penland School of Crafts · 2010
Hands On Workshops (various craft schools)- Kristen Kieffer, Susan Goethel Campbell
(drawing), Diana Fayt, Ayumi Horie, John Britt, Liz Quackenbush, Sam Chung, Silvie
Granatelli, Annette Gates, Pete Pinnell, Bernadette Curran, Leah Leitson, Julia Galloway, Ellen Shankin
Wheel and Hand-Building Classes- Glenn Dair, Rick Berman, Diane Kempler, Mary Cobb, Dawn Holder, Vernon Smith, Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, Atlanta, GA
AWARDS AND FEATURES
2015 “Best in Show” Award The Cup Show: The Hudgens 1st National Juried and
Invitational Cup Exhibition Hudgens Center for the Arts, Duluth, GA Juried by Carr
McCuiston
Online “Featured Artist” for February Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL
EXHIBITIONS
2017 11th Annual Yunomi Invitational ClayAkar, Iowa City, IA
The Functional Canvas II Charlie Cummings Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC Invitational
15th Annual Perspectives: Georgia Pottery Invitational, Oconee Cultural Arts
Foundation, Watkinsville, GA
2016 14th Annual Perspectives: Georgia Pottery Invitational, Oconee Cultural Arts
Foundation, Watkinsville, GA
Cup: The Intimate Object XII, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC Invitational
2015 Seventh Annual Beyond the Brickyard Exhibition · Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT Juried by Mark Hewitt
The Functional Canvas, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL Invitational
Clay National X : CERAMIC COLOR: the endless pursuit Carbondale Clay Center,
Carbondale, CO Juried by Josh DeWeese
The Cup Show: The Hudgens 1st National Juried and Invitational Cup Exhibition
Hudgens Center for the Arts, Duluth, GA Juried by Carr McCuiston
Cup: The Intimate Object XI Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL Invitational
13th Annual Perspectives: Georgia Pottery Invitational Oconee Cultural Arts
Foundation, Watkinsville, GA
2014 Cup: The Intimate Object X Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL Juried by
Varian Wolf and Charlie Cummings
12th Annual Perspectives: Georgia Pottery Invitational Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, GA
International Cup 2014, The Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT Juried by Tara
Wilson
2013 Fall Gallery Show: Pottery and Hand-Made Objects The Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, GA Invitational
Medalta International Cup Show Medalta, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada Juried by
Carole Epp
Small Favors VIII, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA Juried by Julie Moon,
Michael Fujito and Hiroe Hanazomo
Fur and Feathers, MudFire Gallery, Decatur, GA Invitational Curated by Erik
Haagensen
11th Annual Perspectives: Georgia Pottery Invitational Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, GA
2012 Collections in Clay: The Works of Eight Georgia Artists & Their Collections Hudgens Center for the Arts, Duluth, GA Invitational Curated by Vernon Smith
Eight Fluid Ounces 2012 Louisiana State University Glassell Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
Juried by Kristen Kieffer
Daily Companions Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD Juried by Linda Christianson
and John Wilson
10th Annual Perspectives: Georgia Pottery Invitational Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, GA
2011 Cafecito, A Juried Exhibition of Espresso Cups Café Hey, Tampa, Florida Juried
by McKenzie Smith
Damn Right I Got the Blues MudFire Gallery, Decatur, GA Invitational Curated by
Erik Haagensen
Summer Swan Invitational: Pottery and Handmade Objects Swan Coach House
Gallery, Atlanta, GA Curated by Marianne Lambert and Erik Haagensen
Creatures of the Night · MudFire Gallery, Decatur, GA Invitational Curated by Erik
Haagensen
4th Annual Lillstreet International: Below the Surface Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago,
IL Juried by Matthew Metz
2010 Eight Fluid Ounces 2010 Louisiana State University Glassell Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA Juried by Andy Shaw
10th Annual National Juried Cup Show Kent State University Downtown Gallery, Kent,
OH Juried by Dean Adam
Georgia Pottery Invitational The Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, GA
Soda Salt National V The Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT Juried by Julia
Galloway
Little Things Mean A Lot Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA Invitational Curated by Marianne Lambert
2009 Teapots IV, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD Juried by David MacDonald
International Cup 2009 The Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT Juried by Patti
Warashina
Scratching the Surface: Mark-Making in Southern Arts and Crafts Swan Coach House
Gallery, Atlanta, GA Invitational Curated by Marianne Lambert
Georgia Pottery Show and Sale The Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, GA Invitational
Objects of Virtue: A National Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramics Bedford Gallery,
Walnut Creek, CA Juried by Julia Galloway
2008 8th Annual National Juried Cup Show Kent State University Downtown Gallery, Kent, OH Juried by Ted Vogel
Teapots Across America: A Juried Exhibition RedSky Gallery, Charlotte, NC Juried by
Mark Leach
Georgia Pottery Show and Sale The Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, GA Invitational
Platters and Pourers, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD Juried by John Glick
Second Annual Cup Show Gulf Coast Community College, Panama City, FL Juried by
Matt Long
Little Things Mean A Lot Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA Invitational
Curated by Marianne Lambert
2007 Put A Lid On It MudFire Gallery, Decatur, GA Panel Jury
PUBLICATIONS
2015 “Exposure,” Ceramics Monthly, Volume 63, No. 2, Page 14 (image)
RESIDENCIES
2017 Winter Residency (two weeks) Penland School of Crafts
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2013 “Decorative Surfaces for Soda Firing” Co-Instructor with Lora Rust Winter and Fall
Sessions Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, Atlanta, GA
COLLECTIONS
Agnes Scott College Anna Young Alumnae House Decatur, GA
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Charlie Cummings Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC