Susanne G. Stephenson, Member IAC (International Academy of Ceramics)
Ann Arbor, Michigan
EDUCATION
1957 B.F.A. Carnegie Mellon University
1960 M.F.A. Cranbrook Academy of Art
TEACHING
1963-91 Professor of Art, Eastern Michigan University, ‘91 Emeritus status 1960 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 “Transfigurement III”, Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum, Saginaw Valley State University, Saginaw, MI
2019 “Transfigurement II” Retrospective, Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, MI
2018 “Transfigurement: The Changing Landscape within the Vessel” Retrospective, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI.
2010 Clay Gallery, “Recycled Landscapes”, Ann Arbor, MI
2002 “Landscape Gestures” Bethal College, St Paul, MN
2000 Stubnitz gallery, Adrian College, Adrian, MI
1999 North Harris College, Houston, TX
1998 Revolution, Ferndale, MI
1994 Revolution, Ferndale, MI
1991 Schneider-Bluhm-Loeb Gallery, Chicago, IL
Swidler Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
1990 Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY
1989 Ford Hall, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
1988 Martha Schneider Gallery, Highland Park, IL
1987 Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1986 Martha Schneider Gallery, Highland Park, IL
Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY
1985 Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
1984 Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1981 Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1977 Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI
1975 Hackley Art Museum, Muskegon, MI
1973 Habitat Gallery, Dearborn, MI
1972 The Canton Art Institute, Canton, OH
1967 Kalamazoo Art Center, Kalamazoo, MI
1963 Tamayo Gallery, Fukuoka, Japan
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 “Big Clay” Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI
2018 “MCAA Michigan Ceramics 2018” Calder Art Center, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
“To Ideal Land of Ceramics” Tsinghua University Art Museum. Beijing, China*
“Ceramic Masters Exhibition, Contemporary Survey” Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI.
2017 “MCAA Michigan Ceramics 2017” College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI. 2016 NCECA Honor and Fellows Exhibition Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, MO
“…After All These Years” University Gallery Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti MI.
2015 “Materials: Hard & Soft” Patternson-Appleton Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, TX
MCAA Biennial Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, MI
2014 MCAA Biennial Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw MI
20th San Angelo National Competition, San Angelo,TX
IAC Biennial Exhibition, Dublin, Ireland
2013 “Collective Energy” Lonestarr College, North Harris, TX.
“Legacy of the Land Through Art” Matthaei Botanical Garden, Ann Arbor, MI.
2012 “Sources and Influences Contemporary Clay Artists, Mentors and Students, Huntington Art Museum, Huntington ,WV
“New World’s Timeless Visions” IAC Biennial Exhibition, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
“20 Years Strong: Women Working in Clay” Women Made Gallery, Chicago IL.
2011 “ Looking at the Land”, Color and Form (two person exhibition), Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor MI.
2009 International Ceramic Exhibition, Ceramic Museum, Jingdezhen, China “Pillars” :Four Decades of Clay John/Susanne, College of Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
2008 “International Contemporary Ceramic Exhibition- Masters in Clay” Ceramic Museum, Jingdezhen, China
“Michigan Ceramics 2008” Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI “IAC Members Exhibition” Xian, Shanxi Province, China
2007 Opening Exhibition, American Ceramic Museum, Flican, Fuping China
“All the Difference: Works in Clay” Emily Davis Gallery, University of Akron, Akron, OH
Clayscape, landscape, Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA Clay/10, River Gallery, Chelsea, MI
“Ceramics Invitational” University of Tennessee, Downtown Gallery, Knoxville, TN
2006 Landscape Exhibition, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI
IAC Exhibition, American members, Broderick Gallery, Portland, OR
“Engaging the Senses” White Lotus Gallery, Eugene, OR
“Clay Journeys”, Susanne & Marie Woo, Scarab Club, Detroit, MI
2005 Ann Arbor Art Center with John Stephenson, Ann Arbor, MI
Jingdezhen International Exhibition, Jingdezhen, China
“Clay on the Wall” Landmark Arts, Lubuck, TX
“Visceral Vessel,” San Antonio, TX
2004 IAC Members Exhibition, Icheon World Ceramic Center, Kyonggi, Korea*
Forms and Shapes, The Box, Akar, Iowa City, IA
Grand Dames of Ceramics, Andora Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ*
2003 Two person show with Marie Woo at Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI
21st Century Ceramics, Columbus, OH*
2nd World Ceramic Biennale, Kyonggi, Korea
Washington Street Gallery with John Stephenson, Ann Arbor, MI
MPA Exhibition, BBArt Center, Dennos Museums, Traverse City, MI
2002 International Academy of Ceramics Exhibition, Athens, Greece
Pfizor Headquarters Gallery with John Stephenson, Ann Arbor, MI
Sidney Myer International Ceramic Award Exhibition, Victoria, Australia
"Talking Hands," (two person exhibition), Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI
2001 Korean Ceramic Exposition, NCECA Invited, Korea*
IAC Members Exposition, Korea*
1st Ceramic Biennale Korean International Competition, Kyonggi, Korea*
Clay/10 Group Show, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI
2000 International Invitational, Shiwan and Jingdezhen, China*
International Academy of Ceramics, KERAMION, Frechen, Germany*
13th San Angelo National, San Angelo, TX
1999 International Ceramic Exhibition, Columbus, OH*
A Fire for Ceramic Art, Richmond, VA*
1998 Yixing Museum, International Conference, Yixing, China
“Speaking Volumes in Form,” Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
Michigan Ceramics, Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI *
12th San Angelo National Competition, San Angelo, TX#
1997 Kutani International Ceramics Fair 97, Komatsu City, Japan *
“Currents, Occurance” Revolution, Fendale, MI
1996 Monarch Ceramic Competition, Center for the Arts, Florence, AL *
“Collector’s Cups - But With Handles and Made of Clay,” Gallerie Handwerk, Koblenz, Germany
1995 4th International Ceramics Competition, Mino, Japan *
1994 "Ceramics Now 1994" Downy Museum of Art, Downy, CA
Fletcher Challenge Award Exhibition, Auckland, NZ *
"Late 20th c. Ceramics From the Everson Collection," at the
Taiwan National Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
1993 The 29th National; “Fiction, Function, Figuration,” Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
Wichita National, Wichita, KS
1992 Fletcher Challenge Award Exhibition, Auckland, New Zealand *
"Built, Thrown and Touched," Mid American Art Alliance Exhibits U.S.A. 1992-1995 + Hall of Ceramic Industry, Shigaraki Cultural Park, Shiga, Japan
Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY
1991 "Evasive Vase," Pro Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1990 "The 28th Ceramic National Exhibition, Clay, Color and Content" Invitational, Syracuse, NY *
"NCECA Members Exhibition," Taft Museum of Art, Cicinnati, OH * +
1989 "Fragile Blossoms, Enduring Earth," Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY *
1988 "Power Over the Clay," American Studio Potters, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
"Sustained Visions," Retrospective with John Stephenson, Focus Gallery, Detroit, MI *
"Cafe Noir," BBD Gallery, Brussels, Belgium + 1987 Smit Collection, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA *
1986 Stephenson, Stephenson and Sharbaugh, Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI
“Painted Volumes,” Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA
"Contemporary American Studio Pottery: An Overview," Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England *
1985 Michigan Ceramics "85," Selo-Shevel, Ann Arbor, MI
1984 Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Clay Vessels Work of Ten Modern Masters," Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA
Susanne and John Stephenson, A Retrospective-1963-1984,
Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI
1983 Cranbrook Ceramics 1950-1980, Cranbrook Museum of Art
“Vessel Aesthetic,” Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA
1982 Convergence Gallery, New York, NY
"Painted Pots," Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1981 Centering on Contemporary Clay, Iowa City, IA *
Hadler-Rodriquez Gallery, New York, NY
1980 Contemporary American Potters, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA + "Ten from the Midwest, Artists in Clay, " touring exhibition, Springfield Museum of Art and St Louis Museum of Art * + 1979 “Century of Ceramics in the U.S.A.,” Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY * + 1978 “Fiber, Clay and Metal by Women,” Bronx Museum, New York, NY
1977 Tenth Biennial Craft Exhibition, El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX
1976 Soup Tureens, Campbell Museum, Camden, NJ
1973 John Michael Kohler Centennial Exhibition, Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
1968 The 25th Ceramic National, Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY * +
1966 24th Ceramic National, Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY * +
1965 XXIII Concorso Internazionale della Ceramica D'Arte, Faenza, Italy *
AWARDS RECOGNITIONS
2002 Elected to NCECA “Honor of the Council”
2001 Elected member of International Academy of Ceramics(IAC)
1998, 1996, 1991, 1989, 1985, 1981 and 1978 Michigan Ceramic Arts Association
1996 Monarch Ceramic Competition, Merit Award, Center for the Arts, Florence, AL
1995 4th International Ceramic Competition, Mino, Japan, Honorable Mention
1992 Honorary Doctor of Arts Degree Awarded, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
1987 Michigan Council for the Arts, Creative Artist Grant
1987 Regional Visual Arts Fellowship, Midwest-National Endowment for the Art
1985 Michigan Foundation for the Arts Award
1977, 1979 El Paso Designer Craftsmen, El Paso, TX
1976 Mid-Michigan Exhibition, Midland, MI
1973, 1975, 1977 Beaux Arts Designer Craftsmen, Columbus, OH
COLLECTIONS
American Ceramic Art Museum at FLICAM, Fuping, China
American Craft Museum, New York, NY
Ariana Musee, Geneva, Switzerland
Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburg, PA
Cranbrook Museum of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
Foshan/Nanfeng Museum, Foshan, China
George R. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto, Canada
Icheon World Ceramic Center, Kyonggi, Korea
International Ceramic Center, Skaelskor, Denmark
Loket Porcelain Museum, Loket, Czech Republic
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA
Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, NC
Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague, Czech Republic
Victoria and Albert Museum of Art, London, England
San Bao Collection, Jingdezhen, China
Tsinghua University Art Museum, Beijing, China
University of New York, SUNY Fredonia, New York, NY
BOOKS and CATALOGUES
To Ideal Land of Ceramics, Collection of Exhibition Catalogues, Tsinghua University Art Museum, 2018
World Famous Ceramic Artist Studios. Ming, Bai. Hebei Fine Arts Publishing House, China 2005
Pancioli, Diane, Extruded Ceramics. Lark Books, NY 2000
Contemporary Ceramics, Watson Guptill, NY, NY, 2000
Working with Clay. Prentice Hall, Inc NJ 1999
Fragile Blossoms, Enduring Earth. Syracuse, New York: Everson Museum of Art, 1998.
Electric Kiln Ceramics, 2nd edition, Radnor; PA: Chilton Book Co, 1994.
Peterson, Susan. The Craft and Art of Clay. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, Inc, 1992. Lynn, Martha Drexler. Clay Today: Contemporary Ceramists and Their Work. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1990
Zakin, Richard. Ceramics, Mastering the Craft. Radnor; PA: Chilton Book Co, 1990.
Perry, Barbara. American Ceramics: Collection of Everson Museum of Art. New York: Rizzoli, 1989
Slowinski, Dolores. Sustained Visions. Detroit, Michigan: Detroit Focus Gallery, 1988.
American Ceramics, 1878 to the Present. New York: Abbeville Press, 1987.
Nelson, Glen C. Potter’s Handbook. Fifth Edition. New York: Holt, Rinehart, Winston,1984. Axel. Jan and Karen McCready. Porcelain: Traditions and New Visions. New York: Watson Guptill, 1981
American Potter. New York: Watson Guptill, 1981
Mosley, Linda. Artist in Clay, Ten from the Midwest, 1980. St. Charles, MO. Lindenwood Colleges, 1980.
Clark, Garth, and Margie Hughto. A Century of Ceramics in the United States,1878 - 1978. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1979.
Donhauser, Paul. History of Ceramics, Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt, 1978.
Hall, Julie. Tradition and Change. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1977.
PERIODICALS and REVIEWS
Polenberg, Marcia, “John Elder Gallery Review” American Ceramics 14/3 (2014)
Polenberg, Marcia, “Recycled Landscapes”Ceramics Arts and Perception 68-73 No, 84 (2011)
Cantu, John Carlos, Review, “Dynamic Duo of Ceramics” Ann Arbor News, (Oct 8, 2005) “Susanne Stephenson,” Ceramic Monthly, (June/ July 2000)
Stephenson, Susanne, “Color and Form,” Studio Potter, (Dec ’99).
Colby, Joy. Review, “Susanne Stephenson.” The Detroit News, (28 Mar., 1998)
Colby, Joy. Review, “Revolution Duet.” The Detroit News, (11 Nov., 1994).
Crowell, Susan. “Together in Clay,” Ceramics Art and Perception 39-42, No. 17. (1994).
Donohue, Marlena. Review, Los Angeles Times. (16 March 1984).
Koplos, Janet. “Alterations: The Ceramics of Susanne Stephenson,” American Craft 42, No. 6. (Dec., 1992).
Merino, Tony. “Colour as a Prime Factor”: 29th US Clay National Ceramics: Art and
Perception 67-69 No.14 (1993).
Miro, Marsha. Review, Detroit Free Press. (8 May, 1988).
Review, Detroit Free Press. (12 May 1991).
Slowinski, Dolores. “ John and Susanne Stephenson,” Ceramics Monthly 43-48, (September, 1989).
Stephenson, Susanne. “Perception,” Studio Potter, (Dec ‘88).
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