Peter Pincus

PETER PINCUS44 Devonshire DrivePenfield, NY 14526585-734-7345__________________________________________________________________________________EDUCATION 2011 M.F.A. New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University, Alfred, NY2005 B.F.A. New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University, Alfred, NYTEACHING 2014 - Current Rochester Institute of Technology, Visiting Assistant Professor – Ceramics, Rochester, NYSpring 2014 Rochester Institute of Technology, Adjunct Professor, Rochester, NY2011-2013 Roberts Wesleyan College, Adjunct Professor of Ceramics, Sculpture, Design, North Chili, NY2012-2014 Genesee Center for the Arts and Education, Advanced Ceramics Instructor, Rochester, NY2009-2011 Alfred University, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Alfred, NYPROFESSIONAL2016 Demonstrating Artist, Utilitarian Clay VII: Celebrate the Object, Gatlinburg, TN2016 Workshop Instructor, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY2015 Visiting Artist and Lecturer, Morean Art Center, St Petersberg, FL 2015 Visiting Artist and Lecturer, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 2015 Visiting Artist and Lecturer, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA2015 Visiting Artist and Lecturer, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA2014-Current Steering Committee, Flower City Ceramics Invitational, Genesee Pottery, NY2014 Demonstrating Artist, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY2014 Demonstrator and Lecturer, American Pottery Festival, Minneapolis, MN2014 Visiting Artist and Lecturer, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 2014 Visiting Artist and Lecturer, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY 2013-Current Advisory Board Member, Artist Connect International2013 Visiting Artist and Lecturer, Corning Community College, Corning, NY 2012 Visiting Artist and Lecturer, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Boston, MA2012 Panelist: “Beyond the Furrow”, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 2011-2014 Studio Manager and Resident Artist Coordinator, Genesee Pottery, Rochester, NY2011 Visiting Artist and Lecturer, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA2006-2009 Studio Assistant, Marc Gaiger Steel Fabrication, Fairport, NY2006 Visiting Artist, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA 2006 Installation Crew Member, Wayne Higby’s “Earth Cloud” Project, Alfred, NY2005-2006 Artist In Residence, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CAEXHIBITIONS 2016 Flower City Pottery Invitational, Genesee Center, Rochester, NYFaculty Exhibition, Bevier Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NYSomething Ventured, LillStreet Art Center, Chicago, ILArtAspen – Duane Reed Gallery, Aspen, CONational Ceramics Invitational, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WACollective Design Fair – Wexler Gallery, New York, NYSteven Young Lee and Peter Pincus, Ferrin Contemporary at Mass MOCA, North Adams, MA The Once and The Future: New Now, Sherry Leedy Contemporary, Kansas City, MO Palm Springs Art Fair – Duane Reed Gallery, Palm Springs, CA New York Ceramics and Glass Fair – Ferrin Contemporary, New York, NY2015 CeramATTACK, Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MOThe Salon – Wexler Gallery, New York, NYSOFA Chicago – Wexler Gallery, Chicago, IL Solo Exhibition, Morean Art Center, St. Petersberg, FL Sandra Byers, Delores Fortuna, Peter Pincus, Artisan Gallery, Paoli, WI Glazed and Diffuse, Ferrin Contemporary at Mass MOCA, North Adams, MA Solo Exhibition, Chocolate, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA Collective Design Fair – Wexler Gallery, New York, NYA Ceramic Spectrum, (NCECA Concurrent) New Art Center, Newton, MA Solo Exhibition, Accomplice, Plinth Gallery, Denver CONCECA Biennial, David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI Six Under Thirty-Six, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM Research, Scolarship and Creativity in CIAS, Vignelli Gallery, RIT, Rochester, NY Solid Gold, Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY2014 Faculty Exhibition, Bevier Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NYAdam Field, Sam Johnson, Peter Pincus, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY American Pottery Festival, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MNZanesville Prize for Contemporaty Ceramics, Zanesville, OHSolo Exhibition, Sleep, in Spite of the Storm, Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY A Show of Boxes, Artisan Gallery, Paoli, WI Art of the Pot, Austin, TX 2014 Yunomi Invitational, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA Three Perspectives, TRAX Gallery, Berkeley, CA Occurance, NCECA Concurrent Independent Exhibition, Milwaulkee, WI 2013 13th Annual Fine Craft Show, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY Art of the Pot Plus, Sarofim School of Fine Arts Gallery, Southwestern University, Georgetown, TXOne and Only, John Michael Kohler Arts Center and ARTSpace, Sheboygan and Kohler Village, WI10th Annual Ceramics Invitational, Artisan Gallery, Paoli, WIHistory In The Making VII, Firehouse Gallery, Rochester, NYLocality, Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY Solo Exhibition, Spencer Hill Gallery, Corning, NY Online Solo Exhibition, Studio KotoKoto, Studiokotokoto.com Mug Shots, LUX Center for the Arts, Lorton, VA 12th Annual National Juried Cup Show, Kent State University, Kent, OH Object Focus: The Bowl, Oregon Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, OR Longing For Repitition, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO By The Bottle, Kentucky Museum of Arts and Craft, Louisville, KY Tea Bowls: A Contemporary Approach, Gandee Gallery, Fabius, NY 10-19 Return to Station: 40 Year Retrospective of Genesee Pottery, Firehouse Gallery, Rochester, NY Faculty Exhibition, Davison Gallery at Roberts Wesleyan College, North Chili, NY2012 State Of Play, Spencer Hill Gallery, Corning, NY Bourbon Bash, Kentucky Museum of Arts and Craft, Louisville, KY Julia Terr Annual, Gallery 212, Sonoma Community Center, Sonoma, CA Hand to Hand, Firehouse Gallery, Rochester, NY The Clay Cup: Icon, Vessel, Canvas, George Caleb Bingham Gallery, Columbia, MO Strictly Functional Clay National, Market House Craft Center, East Petersberg, PA Members Showcase 2012, Arts and Cultural Council For Greater Rochester, Rochester, NY A Sense Of Place, Spencer Hill Gallery, Corning, NY Summer Art Show and Sale, Art Center Gallery at Nazareth College, Rochester, NY College Clay Collective, Firehouse Gallery, Rochester, NYSan Angelo National Ceramic Competition (Jurors: Garth Clark, Mark Del Vecchio), San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX Solo Exhibition, Where You Go, I Go., Coach Street Clay, Canandaigua, NY The Chromatic Edge, NCECA Seattle, hosted by The Potters CouncilSources and Influences: Contemporary Clay Artists, Mentors and Students, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV Enlightened Earth, Art Center Gallery, Nazareth College, Rochester, NYTINTED: Ceramics in a Colorful Context, Sheehna Gallery, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA2011 Rochester Fashion Week Preview Party, Culver Road Armory, Rochester, NYDinner in the Vineyard, hosted by Cuisine Culture, Naples, NYHistory in the Making, Firehouse Gallery, Genesee Pottery, Rochester, NYJersey Shore Clay National 2011, M. T. Burton Gallery & 19th Street Clay Studio, Surf City, NJSet the Stage, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred, NYNational Juried Student Exhibition, NCECA, Tampa/St. Petersburg, FLMendocino Art Show, NCECA, Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL ACGA Clay and Glass National, Brea Civic & Cultural Center, Brea, CASolo Show, Creative Arts Center, Wellsville, NY2010 Pairings, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CODrawing the Line: Utilitarian Pots, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AK College Clay Collective, Firehouse Gallery, Genesee Pottery, Rochester, NY8 Fluid Ounces, Foster Hall Gallery, Baton Rouge, LAAWARDS AND PUBLICATIONS 2016 United States Artist Fellowship nominee2015 Sebby Wilson Jacobson, “Multifaceted,” American Craft, Vol. 75 No. 5 (October/November 2015): 68-78 Lewis Comfort Tiffany Award nomineeUrns, NCECA/ASU CRC purchase prizeElectric Kiln Ceramics, Fourth edition, by Richard Zakin and Fredrick Bartolovic. p. 116, 145, 1622014 Glaze: The Ultimate Artist’s Guide to Glaze and Color. By Brian Taylor and Kate Doody. p. 276-2772013 Pottery Making Illustrated, ‘Between the Lines’, July/August 2013 NICHE Award for Slip Cast Ceramics, NICHE Magazine2012 Ceramics Monthly, Cover and feature, ‘Painting Pots From The Inside’, p. 39-41, December 2012 Juror’s Award, The Clay Cup: Icon, Vessel, Canvas, George Caleb Bingham Gallery, Columbia, MOAttorney’s Award, Strictly Functional Clay National, Market House Craft Center, East Petersberg, PA Strategic Opportunity Stipend Grant Recipient, Arts and Cultural Council, Western NY2011 ‘Emerging Artists in Rochester’, City Newspaper, Rochester, NYBest in Show and Purchase Award, 2011 Jersey Shore Clay National, Surf City, NJNCECA National Student Juried Exhibition, 2nd place for Graduate Ceramics, Tampa, FL2008 Ceramics Monthly, ‘Up Front: From Dust to Decadence’, April 2008COLLECTIONSThe Everson Museum, Syracuse, NYThe Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TXThe Arkansas Arts Center Museum, Little Rock, AKASU Art Museum Ceramics Research Center, Tempe, AZPrivate collection of Robert Pffanebecker, Philadelphia, PAPrivate collection of Paolo Vicente Lim, Philadelphia, PAPrivate collection of Dan & Caroline Bottom Anderson, Edwardsville, ILSan Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TXSchien-Joseph international Museum, Alfred, NYUniversity of Arkansas Ceramics Teaching Collection, Fayetteville, ARWVU Museum Education Center, Morgantown, WVSTATEMENTWhat started as my curiosity for pottery and vessel has extended to include painting and sculpture, and my present work is evidence of that evolution. I believe that color interaction can elicit new ways of seeing so I have dedicated the last five years to its study. Frequently, I elect to stage conflict by introducing an assertive color field to an equally emphatic form. This friction augments and enriches perceptions of space.I’m proud to investigate the above concepts as a potter. I believe in grounding my work within a historic study of this craft and within art as formal and cultural languages. I believe that there is significant opportunity and necessity within the field of Ceramics to understand how it is currently defined, and more importantly, how it could be defined in the future. My work fits within a continuum and complements a broad range of investigations into the way handmade containers relate to humanity within our place in time. I find myself increasingly engaged by this topic and equally pressed to educate myself in order to explore it.BIOGRAPHYBorn in Rochester, NY, Peter Pincus is a ceramic artist and instructor. Peter received his BFA (2005) and MFA (2011) in ceramics from Alfred University, and in between was a resident artist at the Mendocino Art Center in Mendocino, California. Since graduate school, Peter worked as the Studio Manager and Resident Artist Coordinator of the Genesee Center for Arts and Education in Rochester, NY, Adjunct Professor of three-dimensional studies at Roberts Wesleyan College and established a studio in Penfield NY. In Fall 2014, Peter joined the School for American Crafts at Rochester Institute of Technology as Visiting Assistant Professor in Ceramics. His work has been exhibited in venues such as the Lewis Wexler Gallery, Duane Reed Gallery, Sherry Leedy Contemporary, Independent Art Projects at Mass MOCA, Chamber, Greenwich House Pottery, NCECA, Salon Art + Design, SOFA Chicago, Collective Design, and New York Ceramics and Glass Fair.