Dirk Staschke
2212 Kitchener St.
Vancouver, BC, V5L 2X2, Canada
Canadian resident, US citizen
Education
1998
Alfred University, Alfred, NY, Master of Fine Arts Degree
1995
University of Montevallo, Montevallo, AL, Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree
Teaching Experience
2007-
Emily Carr University, Vancouver, BC, Canada, sessional
2006
Wayne Art Center, Philadelphia, PA, Art faculty
2005
Alfred University, Alfred, NY, Visiting Assistant Professor fall semester
2003-04
Burlington City Arts, VT, Art faculty
2002-03
New York University (NYU), New York, NY, Adjunct professor Sculpture (2 years)
2000-03
Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY, Adjunct professor Ceramics (3 years)
1999-03
92nd Street YMHA, New York, NY, Art Faculty (4 years)
1998-03
Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY, Faculty (5 years)
1999
Alfred University, Alfred, NY, Visiting professor for summer school
Visiting Artist
2009
Capilano University, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2007
Emily Carr University, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2004
Central Academy of Fine Art (CAFA), Beijing, China
2003
Queens College, Queens, NY
2002
Alfred University, Six week Residency Program, Alfred, NY
Alabama State Council On The Arts, Montgomery, AL, Guest Speaker
2001
SUNY New Paltz University, New Paltz, NY
2000
University of Hartford, Hartford, CT
1999
University of Montevallo, Montevallo, AL
Solo Exhibitions
2009
Making Arrangements, Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2006
Wexler Gallery, Ornament, Philadelphia, PA
2004
Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2003
John Elder Gallery, New York, NY
Selected Exhibitions
2010
Two person show, Gallery Jones, Vancouver, British, Columbia
2009
5th World Ceramic Exposition Biennial, Gwango-dong, South Korea
2008
Confrontational Ceramics, Westchester Arts Council, White Plains, NY
A Human Impulse, Arizona State University Museum, Tempe, Arizona
(In) Between, Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2006
Edges of Grace, The Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
Mind and Body , Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY
2005
Politics as Usual, The Yager Museum of Art and Culture, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY
Vanitas, Lacost Gallery, Concord, MA
Renwick Art Alliance, Washington, DC
2004
Bare Clay, Ceramic Nudes in 20th Century Art, Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY
2003
Poetics of Clay, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Beaumont TX
2002
Ceramic Masterworks, Moderne Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
SOFA Exhibition, Chicago, IL, w/ Helen Drutt Galley
Ceramic Artists of the Northeast, The Slater Museum, Norwich, CT
New Talent: New Work, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2001
Gallery Group Plus, Helen Drutt Galley, Philadelphia, PA
Craft at the Turn of the Millennium, The Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ
Reunion, Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
The Figure Show, Pewabic Pottery Gallery, Detroit, MI
2000
Emerging Artists, John Elder Gallery, New York, NY
Political Clay, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Spaces: Interior and Exterior, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
1999
Block Hall Gallery, 2 person show, University of Montevallo, Montevallo, AL
Rendezvous 99, Invitational, Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, NE
Looking In The Mirror, Aspects of Figurative Ceramics, Riley Hawk Gallery, OH
Artists on their Own, National Competition, The Jane Hartsook Gallery, New York, NY
Selected Publications
2009
Making Arrangements, Colette Copeland, Ceramic Art and Perception,
issue 76
2009
500 Ceramic Sculptures, Glen Brown, Lark Books, USA
2008
Industrial Chinoiserie, Glen Brown, Ceramic Art and Perception, issue 71, Feature article
2007
Confrontational Ceramics, Judith Schwartz. Penn, USA
2006
Ceramics Monthly, "Up front", April.
2004
Ceramics Monthly, "Up front", September, p.26
2004
500 Figures in Clay, Veronika Gunter, Lark Books, USA
2003
American Craft, December
2002
World Contemporary Ceramic Art, (author) Baiming, Jiangxi fine art Publications, China, p.36
2001
Consequences of Intent, Scott K. Meyer PhD. Ceramic Art and Perception, June. Feature article
1998
The Influence of Educational Institutions on Contemporary Ceramics, Andrea Gill, Studio Potter, June, p.16
Collections
2009
Icheon Museum, World Ceramic Center, Gwango-dong, South Korea
2008
ASU Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
2007
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX
2006
The Smithsonian, American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC
1998
Glory-Hole Collection, The International Museum of Ceramic Art, Alfred,
NY
1995
Southern Progress Corporate Collection, Birmingham, AL
1992-present
Various Private collections