Michelle Erickson

http://michelleericksonceramics.com/?action=about 6-5-2013michelle erickson is a graduate of The College of William and Mary with a BFA in Fine and Performing Arts. In addition to her considerable contemporary ceramic work, Ms. Erickson has over twenty years experience in working with 17th- and 18th-century reproduction pottery. Her exquisite recreations and contemporary pieces have won critical acclaim internationally and been featured in many national and international publications.As owner of Michelle Erickson Pottery, Inc., she reproduces ceramics from archeological and acquired collections for organizations such as Colonial Williamsburg, the National Park Service, Parks Canada, the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, Philadelphia Museum of Art and Historic Deerfield.She has lectured and demonstrated her work widely for scholarly groups and institutions that include Williamsburg’s Antiques Forum, Winterthur Collectors Circle, Sotheby’s learning weekends, the Milwaukee Art Museum, the St Louis Museum of Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the British Museum, and the Potteries Museums at Stoke on Trent. She is a partner in the business PERIOD DESIGNS in Yorktown, Virginia, an innovative firm specializing the in the reproduction of 17th- and 18th-century decorative arts, museum quality antique prints and ceramics and contemporary ceramic art.Examples of her contemporary work are in the collections of the Mint Museum of Craft and Design, The Museum of Art and Design, NY. The Peabody Essex, The Long Beach Museum of Art, The Milwaukee Art Museum, The Chipstone Foundation, The New York Historical Society, the Potteries Museums, UK and Yale University Museum. She has consulted on and designed ceramics for several major motion pictures such as The Patriot, The Time Machine, The New World and the current HBO series John Adams.Ms. Erickson was commissioned by Jamestown 2007 to create an original artwork in clay as the official gift presented to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth ll during her historic visit to Jamestown May 4th 2007 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the founding of the first continuous English settlement America.EDUCATION1982 Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VAEMPLOYMENT1993 - present Owner, Michelle Erickson Pottery Inc.1995 - present Co-Owner, PERIOD DESIGNS, Yorktown, VA1987 - 1993 Owner, Artifacts Pottery1987 - 1990 Master Potter, Jamestown National Park1985 - 1987 Master Potter, Busch Gardens1983 - 1985 Potter, Decorator (brushwork), Holdcroft Stoneware1982 - 1983 Potter, Busch GardensMUSEUM COLLECTIONSThe Colonial Williamsburg Foundation The Chipstone Foundation The Long Beach Museum of Art Milwaukee Art Museum Museum of Arts & Design Peabody Essex Museum The New York Historical Society Mint Museum of Craft and Design Potteries Museums Stoke-on-Trent The Sonny and Gloria Kamm Collection Yale University Museum Victoria & Albert Museum The Carnegie Museum of ArtSOLO & GROUP EXHIBITIONScurrent exhibition/events2012 Art MiamiDec 5-9, 2012. 2012 COVET 2012. 2011 Patterns of ConsumptionApr 2-15, 2011. 2011 The Old Power Plant: Thirty-five Years of Ceramics at William and MaryMar 31 - Apr 22, 2011. Location: Andrews Gallery. 2011 The Art of PoliticsWednesday April 6th, 3:30pm: Lecture by Michelle Erickson, room B004. Clay demonstration at 1:00pm. 2011 Patterns of ConsumptionApril 2-15th • Atrium Gallery • Tyler School of Art • 2001 N. 13th St. (Map) 2011 Art In Clay Symposium: Revolution and Revelation in North Carolina Earthenware StudiesApril 15 - 16: Demonstration: The Potter's Art: The Making of a Moravian Squirrel Bottle Michelle Erickson, Potter, Yorktown, Virginia. 2011 Michelle Erickson, Demonstration & Talk, RISD Pottery and Porcelain Club April 27 (Wednesday)10:30- Demonstration in Chase Building Lobby - RISD Museum solo exhibits 2010 Tradition & ModernityThe Ceramic Art of Michelle Erickson, a solo exhibition at the Visual Art Center Richmond, November 12, 2010 - January 9, 2011 2010 The Body Politicinstallation in the Chipstone Gallerie Milwaukee Art Museum Through January 17 2010 Dis/Arming DomesticityThe Duke Gallery at Community Art Center 2010 New York Ceramics Fair, National Academy of design 2010*Precious: the Narrative Works of Michelle EricksonGardiner Museum, Toronto, Canada2009 New York Ceramics Fair, National Academy of Design 2008 New York Ceramics Fair, National Academy of Design2007 New York Ceramics Fair, National Academy of Design2006 Smithsonian Craft Show, National Building Museum2006 New York Ceramics Fair, National Academy of Design2005 Tour de Clay, Mount Clare Museum House, NCECA, Baltimore2004 New York Ceramics Fair, National Academy of Design2003 New York Ceramics Fair, National Academy of Design2002 New York Ceramics Fair, National Academy of Design2001 New York Ceramics Fair, National Academy of Design2000 New Neo Exhibit, Christopher Newport University, Virginia1995-2006 PERIOD DESIGNS Annual Special Exhibits1994 Nancy Thomas Gallery, Yorktown, Virginia1993-1994 Tableauxware Solo ExhibitionPeninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, Virginia1993 Nancy Thomas Gallery, Yorktown, Virginia group exhibits 2011 New York Ceramics FairBohemian National Hall, 4th Floor Gallery, booth 11 January 19-23, 2011 2010 Artist Provocateur, curator Judith Schwartz (traveling USA venues)2010 Dis/Arming Domesticity, curator Gail Brown, The Duke GalleryCAC, PA (NCECA 2010)2009 Global Ceramics Now, Gallery 145 Victoria & Albert Museum, UK2009 The Chispstone Galleries, reinstallation of permanent collection Milwaukee Art Museum2009 Remains: Artists of the Material PastMilwaukee Art Museum, Curated by The Chipstone Foundation2008 Confrontational Ceramics, Westchester Arts Council, New YorkCurated by NYU PhD Judith Schwartz2008 Handle with Care, Pelham Art Center, New York2008 Voices, NCECA 2008 Invitational ExhibitionSociety for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania2008 Hot Tea, Del Mano Gallery, Louisiana2007 Contemporary Castings, Lora Robbins Gallery, University of Richmond2007-2009 Craft in America 2006 Amazing Clay 3, Staunton Augusta Art Center, Staunton, Virginia2006 Coffee, Cross Mackenzie Gallery, Washington, DC2006 Tooth and Claw: An Ark of Animals Re-imagined Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, Michigan2006 The Yixing Effect, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana2005 Temptation, Cheongju International Crat Biennale, Cheongju City, Korea2005 Art of the American Frontier, Owensboro Museum of Art, Indiana2005 A Great Mania: The Influence of Delft PotterySun Valley Center for the Arts, Idaho2005 Menagerie, Garth Clark Gallery, New York2005 Infusion, Garth Clark Gallery, New York2005 A Tale to Tell, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Wisconsin2004 Particles and Passion, Academy Art Center, Maryland2004 Old World / New World, Lacoste Gallery, Concord, Massachusetts2004 Slipware Traditions, Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin2003 Leslie Ferrin Gallery, SOFA, Chicago2003 Sherry Leedy Gallery, SOFA, New York2003 After Palissy, Lacoste Gallery, Concord, Massachusetts2002 Nancy Margolis Gallery, SOFA, Chicago2002 Blue + White = Radical, Garth Clark Gallery, New York1996 Dream House, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, Virginia1993 First Place Winner in the Tidewater Artists Association Small Portfolio ShowHampton, Virginia * Precious is the working title for a mid-career solo traveling exhibition of Michelle Erickson's work. The show is currently under consideration by the Peabody Essex Museum, the Milwaukee Art Museum, and the Columbia museum of Art. The Gardiner Museum in Toronto, Canada, has verbally accepted the exhibit for the date listed. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES2010Lecture Demonstration The Chipstone Foundation, Milwaukee Wisconsin2009 Lecture Demonstration The Chipstone Foundation, Milwaukee Wisconsin 2008Lecture Demonstration, Making a Pickle Stand, The Art of Bonnin and Morris. Philadelphia Museum of Art 2007Lecture Demonstration, Picking up the Pieces, Decorative Arts Trust, Dewitt Wallace Museum of Decorative Arts, Williamsburg, VA 2007Lecture Demonstration, Contemporary Casting, The Potters Council, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA 2006 Lecture Demonstration, Slipware and agateware, The Potteries Museum Stoke on Trent, UK 2004Lecture Demonstration, Slipware Traditions, Milwaukee Art Museum 2003Lecture Demonstration, Lacoste Gallery, After Pallisy. Concord MA 2003Lecture and Demonstration, Eastfield Village Ceramic Seminar, East Nassau, NY 2003Lecture and Demonstration, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri 2002Lecture and Demonstration, Historic Deerfield Inc. Symposium: “Delftware: A Delicate Deception” 2002Lecture and Demonstration, Ceramics in America Conference, Winterthur Museum, DE 2001“Two Thousands Years of Making British Ceramics" Lecture and demonstration at the Milwaukee Art Museum 2000 Lecture and Demonstration, Eastfield Village Ceramic Seminar, East Nassau, New York 2000Lecturer, Sotheby’s Institute the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation 1999Lecture and Demonstration, Department of Art History and Fine Art. University of Wisconsin, Madison 1999Period Ceramic Techniques Lecture & Demonstration, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's Antiques Forum (1994, 1996, 1999) 1999Lecture and Demonstration, Eastfield Village Ceramic Seminar, East Nassau, New York 1998 Lecture and Demonstration, Joint Conference of Society for Historical Archaeology and Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology, Yorktown, VA 1998Lecture and Demonstration - Wedgwood Society of New York 1998Lecture and Demonstration, Eastfield Village Ceramic Seminar, East Nassau, New York 1997Lecture and Demonstration - British Museum; Museum of Mankind, London 1997Lecturer, Sotheby’s Institute at Winterthur Museum, Delaware 1997Lecture and Demonstration - Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 1997Lecture and Demonstration, Eastfield Village Ceramic Seminar, East Nassau, New York 1996Period Ceramic Techniques Lecture & Demonstration, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's Antiques Forum, Williamsburg, VA 1995 - 1997Ceramic Consultant on archaeological resurvey of Jamestown, Colonial National Park, Williamsburg, VA 1994 Period Ceramic Techniques Lecture & Demonstration, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's Antiques Forum, Williamsburg, VA 1992Period Ceramic Techniques Lecture & Demonstration, Decorative Arts Class, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 1986 Demonstration of Polychrome Brushwork for Wedgwood Society at DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, VA PUBLISHED WORK Click here for Recently Published Work Architectural Digest Country Living Early American Life Gourmet Magazine Town and Country Magazine The Magazine ANTIQUES Colonial Homes The Colonial Williamsburg Journal The William and Mary Alumni Magazine Ceramics: Art and Perception American Craft Magazine Ceramic Review kerameiki techni Maine Antique Digest Studio Potter New York Times Chicago Tribune Magazine Virginia Living Magazine Art & Antiques Magazine Korean Ceramics Monthly Pottery Making IllustratedPUBLICATIONS 2009 Making a Fiance Ring Bottle, Ceramics in America 2009, The Chipstone Foundation 2009 Making a Moravian Squirrel Bottle, Ceramics in America 2009, The Chipstone Foundation 2008 Fit for a Queen, Ivor Noel Hume, Ceramics in America 2008; The Chipstone Foundation2008Confrontational Ceramics, Judith Schwartz 2007 Making a Bonnin and Morris Pickle Stand. Ceramics in America 2007 2007 Art in Review, New York Times 2006 The Yixing Effect, Marvin Sweet 2004 500 Figures in Clay, Lark Books 2003“Swirls and Whirls: English and American Agateware Technology” Ceramics in America 2003, The Chipstone Foundation 2001“Dots Dashes and Squiggles: Early English Slipware Technology” Ceramics in America 2001, The Chipstone Foundation 1999“The Green Spring Planter” Early American Life Magazine (April)