Dirk Staschke
835 Livingston St.
Philadelphia, PA 19125
Education
1998
Alfred University, Alfred, NY, Master of Fine Arts Degree
1995
University of Montevallo, Montevallo, AL, Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree
Teaching Experience
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
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
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
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
2007
Confrontational Ceramics, Judith Schwartz. (forthcoming)
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, pages 30 and 32
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
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