Artist: Rebecca Chappell

Rebecca Chappell, PENNSYLVANIA
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Pots can be covert instruments for carrying messages. Objects that over time, through intimate actions with the human body, slowly reveal surprises and meanings that are contained within.

With my current body of studio work I continually strive to play and push myself beyond my comfort level. I find inspiration at the market and out on walks with my dog. The excitement I find in the colors and patterns in fruit, food, flowers drive me to make in the studio. For example, the color of a mound of oranges seen at Reading Terminal Market in downtown Philadelphia sparks interest and makes me want to produce an object to contain that vibrant color. So often the real informs the created. This is what I love so much about making pots: the relationship that exists between the real, the created, and the user; the life a pot has outside of my studio.

I seek to create imagined objects and spaces that serve as moments to catch a wandering eye and allow the viewer the opportunity to pause; arranged moments of curiosity and wonder.

EDUCATION
2008 MFA, Ceramic Art, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred
University, Alfred, NY
2003 BFA, Ceramics, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2009(fall) Visiting Assistant Professor of Pottery, Colorado State University, Fort
Collins, CO
Art 240 Beginning Pottery
Art 340/341/440 Intermediate/Advanced Pottery
Art 495J Independent Study in Pottery
2008-2009 Community Class Teacher, The Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
The Drinking Vessel
Intermediate/ Advanced Wheel
Surface Design and Decoration
2008 Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2006-2008 Graduate Assistant, The New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University
3D Foundations/Studio/Design
Sophomore Wheel
Alfred Summer Ceramics
Junior Wheel
Ceramic Engineering Microwave Research

PUBLICATIONS
2005-2006 Community Class Teacher, The Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
Beginning Wheel/Intermediate Wheel
2004-2006 Materials Technician, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2010 Artist of the Month (June), Sales Gallery, The Northern Clay Center,
Minneapolis, MN
Conversation, Coincidences, and Motivations, The Snyderman-Works
Gallery, NCECA Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA
Fogelberg and Red Wing Fellowship Exhibition, Gallery A, The Northern
Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
2009 Tis a Gift…19th Annual Holiday Exhibition and Sale, Gallery M, The
Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
Gifted, Sales Gallery, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
The Artists of NCC, Gallery M, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
Solo show: Recent Work, Jill Bonovitz Exhibition Space, The Clay Studio,
Philadelphia, PA
Blue, Studiopolis Gallery, Northrup King Building, Minneapolis, MN
2008 Tis a Gift…18th Annual Holiday Exhibition and Sale, Gallery M, The
Northern Clay Center,Minneapolis, MN
Alfred International, Alfred University’s 2008 MFA Exhibition in Beijing,
CAFA, Beijing, China
The Fifth Annual Marge Brown Kalodner Graduate Student Exhibition,
The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, New York State College
of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
The Cleveland Institute of Art Ceramics Show 1978-2008, Convivium
Gallery, Cleveland, OH
In Progress: Alfred Graduate Ceramics Exhibition, 622 2nd Ave, Pittsburg,
PA, NCECA Annual Conference
2007 The Fourth Annual Marge Brown Kalodner Graduate Student Exhibition,
The Clay Studio, Philadelphia PA
2007 13 x 13: Graduate Work, Wellsville Arts Center, Wellsville, NY
Caffeinated: A Show of Cups, River Gallery, Rocky River OH
2006 Northern Clay Center Holiday Exhibition and Sale, The Northern Clay
Center, Minneapolis, MN
2005 Northern Clay Center Holiday Exhibition and Sale, The Northern Clay
Center, Minneapolis, MN
2003 BFA Thesis Exhibition, Reinberger Gallery, The Cleveland Institute of
Art, Cleveland, OH

AWARDS AND HONORS
2010 Art 342 Residency, Art 342, Fort Collins, CO
2009 Art 342 Residency, Art 342, Fort Collins, CO
2008-2009 Fogelberg Fellowship, The Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
2006-2008 Graduate Fellowship, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred
University, Alfred, NY
2004 Red Wing Collectors Society Foundation Award, Red Wing, MN
2002 The R. Guy Cowan Pottery Scholarship, Rocky River, OH
Victor Schrecktingost Scholarship for Excellence in Ceramics, Cleveland,
OH

COLLECTIONS AND GALLERY REPRESENTATION
The Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
MFA Gloryhole Collection, Schein-Joseph International Museum of
Ceramic Art at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Red Wing Museum, Permanent Collection, Red Wing, MN
Robert Pfannebecker, Personal Collection