ALBERT PFARR
Curriculum Vitae
SELECTED EXHIBTIONS
2019 Solo exhibition, Flathead Valley Community College, Kalispell, Montana
2018 Beyond Craft, Hockaday Museum of Art, Kalispell, Montana
2014 Solo exhibition, Huntington Museum: Walter Gropius Master Artist Series, West Virginia
2013 Korea Ceramic Foundation 2013 Biennial, Icheon, Korea
2012 Influences & Connections, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Edgecome, Maine
2011 Recombine, Fuller Projects, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2008 Recombinations, solo exhibition, (catalog), Daum Museum, Sedalia, MO
2008 Albert Pfarr: Making Space. Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
2007 Albert Pfarr: Soluble Connections, solo exhibition, Jane Hartsook Gallery, New York, New York
2005 Material Attraction: Diverse Reactions, The Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, Illinois
2005 Building Blocks: Albert Pfarr, NCECA Tour De Clay, 5th Story Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
2004 Washington University Faculty Exhibition, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri
2004 1984-2004 Twentieth Anniversary Celebration, Elliot Smith Contemporary Art, St. Louis, Missouri
2002 Albert Pfarr: Paradox, SLCC-Forest Park Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2002 Sculptural Clay Invitational (catalog), Daum Museum, Sedalia, Missouri
1999 Paper Pots II Invitational, John Elder Gallery, New York, NY
1997 Common Materials, Uncommon Ideas (catalog), Elliot Smith Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO
1996 Casts of Characters (catalog), John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
1996 Watershed — Ten Years of Fire, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1995 Maine Coast Artists Annual Juried Exhibition, Rockport, ME
1994 Recent Works from Arts/Industry (catalog), John Michael Kohler Arts
1994 Three Born, Zone Gallery, Springfield, MA, Center, Kohler, WI
1993 Group Exhibition of Past and Present Artists, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
COLLECTIONS
Judith Schwartz, Private Collection, New York, New York
Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, Missouri
Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center, Denmark
Indiana University, Bloomington
Huntington Museum, West Virginia
Clay Art Center, Port Chester, New York
Jun Kaneko, Private Collection, Omaha, Nebraska
John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana
SELECTED RESIDENCIES AND GRANTS
California State University, Long Beach, California
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
VI National Contemporary Ceramic Session, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center-Denmark
University of Missouri–Columbia, Columbia, Missouri
Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Edgecomb, Maine
University of Massachusetts, Amherst Russell Sage College, Troy, New York
John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Kohler, Wisconsin
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana
The Berkeley Carroll School, Brooklyn, New York
Greenwich House Pottery, New York, New York
Clay Art Center, Port Chester, New York
Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri
University of Alabama, New College, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont
University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana
Grants:
VI National Contemporary Ceramic Session, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Funding for provided by Universidad Nacional de Misiones.
NCECA Artist-in-Residence for International Ceramic Research Center-Denmark. Grant provided for six-week international residency.
NCECA Emerging Artist and Conference Presenter. Chosen as one of six national Emerging Artists by National Council for Education of Ceramic Arts. Presented slide lecture at conference in Baltimore, MD.
Resident Artist, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Kohler, WI. Grant funded by National Endowment for the Arts.
PUBLICATIONS
Periodical. “Albert Pfarr: Equilibrium.” Ceramics Monthly, May 2014. Feature article.
Periodical. “7th Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale.” Ceramic Arts Yearbook and Annual Buyers Guide. Featured artist.
Newspaper. “We Three Things/In My Cups” by Leanne Shapton, The New York Times, Sept. 3, 2010.
Periodical. “Big and Breakable” by Kathleen Whitney, Sculpture magazine, Fall 2010
Periodical. “Albert Pfarr’s Large-Scale Ceramics,” by Elizabeth Reichert, Ceramics: Art & Perception, May 2009.
Periodical. “Recombinations,” American Craft, photo, Sept. 2008, New York, NY
Catalog essay. “Albert Pfarr: Tightrope Walker” by Kathleen Whitney, Daum Museum, catalog essay for Recombinations (solo show), Oct. 2008
Newspaper. “At A 50-Year-Old Art Center, All Things Clay” by Susan Hodara, The New York Times, June 4, 2007.
Periodical. “The Art of Albert Pfarr,” by Julie Stevenson. Ceramics Monthly, March 2006
Journal. “Albert Pfarr: Emerging Artist: Large-Scale Ceramics,” by Albert Pfarr, NCECA Journal, 2005.
Book. The Craft and Art of Clay by Susan Peterson. Chapter 7, “Highpoints in Ceramic History,” Pg. 274. Included in 3rd and 4th editions. Viking/Overlook Press, 2004.
Newspaper. “1984-2004 Twentieth Anniversary Celebration, Elliot Smith Contemporary Art,” review by Ivy Cooper. The Riverfront Times, Vol. 33, No. 41, Oct. 2004, St. Louis, MO.
Periodical. “Daum Museum of Contemporary Art,” by Joyce Lovelace. American Craft, Vol. 62, No. 3, June/July 2002, New York, NY.
Catalog essay. “Idiosyncrasies and Immortality: Artists and Clay,” by Sherry Cromwell-Lacy. Daum Museum Exhibition Catalog for Sculptural Clay Invitational, Jan. 2002, Sedalia, MO.
Book. Contemporary Ceramics by Susan Peterson. Chapter 4, “Architecture and Installation,” Pg. 81. Watson-Guptill Publishing Co., NY, NY. First printing, 2000.
Book. A Clay Lovers Guide to Making Molds by Pierce Clayton. Lark Ceramics Books, Asheville, NC, Pg. 108. First printing, 1997.
Periodical. “Art From the Earth,” by Linda G. Carton. Decor, Vol. 116, No. 6, June 1996, St. Louis, MO.
Newspaper. “A Family of Women, Each to Her Own Medium,” The New York Times, Art Review (noted as Abby Shahn’s assistant), Dec. 3, 1995.