Wayne Higby
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Wayne Higby is a ceramic artist and educator. His one person show at the American Craft Museum in 1973 launched a major career in Ceramic Art. His unique vision of American Landscape and its manifestation in work ranging from vessel form to tile and sculpture has brought him international recognition. His work is held in the permanent collections of numerous art museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Victoria and Albert Museum, London and the Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. He is Professor of Ceramic Art at the New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University, Alfred, New York, where he has served as chair of the Division of Ceramic Art. Currently, Higby serves as chairman of the Board of Trustees, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine. Higby is a published authority on Ceramic Art, acknowledged for his articulate lectures, essays and critical evaluations. Higby is also Honorary Professor of Art at the Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute and at Shanghai University, People’s Republic of China. Since 1991, he has traveled and lectured extensively in China and is currently working closely with the artists of China in their efforts to create a revitalized Chinese Ceramic Art.
Selected Biographic Information
Born 1943, Colorado Springs, CO
Education
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MFA, 1968 University of Colorado, Boulder, BFA, 1966
Academic Appointments
New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY, 1973-present
Rhode Island School of Design,
Providence, RI, 1970-73
University of Nebraska at Omaha, 1968-1970
Awards
Recognition of Excellence,
American Ceramic Society, 1998
American Craft Movement Visionary Award, American Craft Museum, 1995
College of Fellows, American Craft Council, 1995
Honorary Professor of Ceramic Art, Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, P.R. China, 1995
Honorary Professor of Art, College of Fine Arts, Shanghai University, 2000
Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, State University of New York, 1993
Master Teacher Award, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT, 1990
George A. and Eliza Howard Foundation Fellowship, 1986
New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, 1985, 1989
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, 1973, 1977, 1988
Selected Public Collections
American Craft Museum
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Brooklyn Museum of Art
Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art
Honolulu Academy of Art
Denver Art Museum
Everson Museum of Art
Jingdezhen Museum of Art,
P.R. China
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Museum Het Kruithuis,
The Netherlands
National Museum of Modern Art,
Tokyo
National Museum of American Art,
Smithsonian Institution
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Selected Solo Exhibitions
Wayne Higby: Landscape as Memory,
1990-1999, Museum of Art &
Design, Helsinki, Finland, 1999
Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO, 1991, 1997
Helen Drutt Gallery, New York, NY, 1988, 1990
Okun-Thomas Gallery, St. Louis, MO, 1979
Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1996
Exhibit A, Gallery of American Ceramics, Evanston, IL, 1975, 1978, 1980
Museum of Contemporary Crafts (American Craft Museum), New York, NY, 1973
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE, 1969
Selected Group Exhibitions
USA Clay, National Museum of American Art,
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian, Washington, DC, 2001
Everson Ceramic National 2000, 30th Ceramic
National, Everso Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY, 2000
Color and Fire: Defining Moments in American
Studio Ceramics 1950-2000, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LA, CA, 2000
Clay Into Art: Contemporary Ceramics, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, 1998-1999
Yixing International Ceramic Art Invitational Exhibition, Yixing, P.R. China, 1998
Kaolin International Ceramic Art Exhibition, Jiangxi Porcelain Research Institute, Jingdezhen,
P.R. China, 1995
New Acquisitions, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan, 1993
Twentieth Century Ceramics Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Pacific Design Center, Los
Angeles, CA, 1992
Fragile Blossoms, Enduring Earth, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY, 1989
East-West Contemporary Ceramics, Seoul Olympic Arts Festival, South Korea, 1988
Power Over the Clay, Detroit Institute of Arts, MI, 1988
The Eloquent Object, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK, 1987
27th Ceramic National Exhibition, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY, 1987
Craft Today, Poetry of the Physical, American Craft Museum, New York, NY, 1986
American Potters Today, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England, 1986
International Ceramics, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan, 1985
13th Chunichi International Exhibition of Ceramics, Nagoya, Japan, 1985
Clay, Vessels, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA, 1984
Directions in Contemporary Ceramics, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 1984
Ceramic Echoes, Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, MO, 1983
Master Craftsmen ’82, Jacksonville Art Museum, Jacksonville, FL 1982
Centering on Contemporary Clay, University of Iowa Museum of Art, 1981
Robert L. Pfannebecker Collection, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA, 1980
8th Chunichi International Exhibition of Ceramic Arts, Nagoya, Japan, 1980
