Experience and Exhibition History
Experience
Studio Potter and Sculptor
Homer, Alaska 1993 to present
Bird Creek, Alaska 1991 to 1992
Kodiak, Alaska 1988 to 1990
Glenn Echo Pottery, Maryland 1984
Ceramics Instructor
Kenai Peninsula College, Homer, Alaska 1996 to 2002
University of Alaska, Anchorage 1992 to 1993
Kodiak Community College, Kodiak, Alaska 1982-1985
Artist-in-Residency
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 1991
Apprenticeship
Apprenticeship to Toshiko Takaezu, Quakertown, New Jersey 1978
Studied under Toshiko Takaezu at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 1976-1977
Public Art Installations
2004 1% for Public Art Commission from the City of Homer to design and install a story grove for the children’s room of the new Homer Public Library.
2002-2003 1% for Public Art Commission from the Municipality of Anchorage. Six Figures at the Columbarium at the Anchorage Municipal Cemetery.
Dignity - Peace - Commonality
Joy - Sorrow - Acceptance
These coiled, ceramic clay figures were hand built and fired in Homer, Alaska by artist Paul Dungan. They are one half to one inch thick; four to six feet high and internally reinforced with rebar and filled with concrete. The rocks they are resting on are 700-1,000 pounds each and were carefully selected from the beach in Homer.
The artwork is intended to reach people on a deep and personal level. Its reference to the human form, its subtlety in surface glazes and treatment and the suggestion of emotions through form and color are effective tools in achieving a relationship with the viewer. The artist intentionally does not want to come across in a loud manner, encouraging viewer to come away with meanings unique to their own situation. The sculptures are intended to portray different stages of the grieving process and emotions regarding those who have gone before us.
Permanent Collection Acquisitions
2006 Pratt Museum “Green Shield” and “Pendulum Vase”
2005 Anchorage Museum of History and Art “Beautiful Gravity”
2004 Anchorage Museum of History and Art “Untitled”
Artist-in-the-Schools Residencies
2001-2009 Various schools in Homer, AK
1991 Tatitlek, Prince William Sound, AK
1999 White Mountain, AK
1986 Ceramics teacher, Kodiak High School
1993 Yakutat, AK
1985 Kodiak Public Schools, Kodiak, AK
Exhibitions
2005
- Ocean Art, Pratt Museum, Homer, AK.
- Friends of Alex, Pratt Museum, Homer.
2004
- Masters of Mud, Anchorage Museum of History and Art (AMHA), Anchorage, AK.
- Pratt Museum Spring Juried Art Show, Homer.
2003
- Alaska Clay Exhibit, Bunnell Street Gallery, Homer.
2002
- Big Pot Show, regional invitational, Alaska Glass Gallery, Anchorage AK.
2000
- Honorable Mention Award, Kenai Potter's Guild Juried Clay Show, Kenai, AK.
- New Works solo sculpture exhibition at Picture Alaska Art Gallery, Homer. AK.
- Honorable Mention Award, Alaska Statewide Juried Clay Exhibition, Bunnell Street Gallery, Homer, AK.
1999
- Table, national invitational exhibit, Bunnell Street Gallery.
- Small Steps, solo sculpture exhibition, Carr Gottstein Gallery, Alaska Pacific University.
1998
- Exteriors, group exhibition at Bunnell Street Gallery.
1997
- Recent Work by a Very Lucky Man, solo exhibition at Ptarmigan Arts Backroom Gallery, Homer, AK.
1996
- Wood Fired In Alaska, group show of wood fired ceramics at Alaskaland Gallery, Fairbanks, AK.
- Facing the Elements II, group outdoor sculpture show, Pratt Museum.
- All-Alaska Juried Clay Exhibition, Bunnell Street Gallery, Homer and Morris Decker Gallery, Anchorage, AK.
- Let It Show, two-person exhibition with photographer Aleda Yourdon, Grant Hall, A.P.U. campus, Anchorage, AK.
1995
- Let It Show, Bunnell Street Gallery.
- Pratt Museum Spring Juried Art Show.
- Group show Metamorphosis, Bunnell Street Gallery.
- Group show, Illuminations, Bunnell Street Gallery.
1994
- Pratt Museum Spring Juried Art Show.
- XXV All Alaska Juried Art Exhibition, AMHA.
1993
- Jurors award, Kenai Potters Guild All Clay Show.
- Victims, University of Alaska, Anchorage National Invitational Group Show.
- Earth, Fire and Fiber Show, AMHA.
1991
- Craft as Art Invitational,Visual Arts Center, Anchorage.
- Jurors award, Kenai Potters Guild All Clay Show.
- Earth, Fire and Fiber Show, AMHA.