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Born in Maine, Patricia Rieger has lived and work for extended periods of time in the United States, the Netherlands, and Spain.
Patricia has chosen to develop a poetic voice through her sculptural ceramic work for more than three decades. The work attempts a search for meaning and purpose, employing a narrative style with strong attention to the imagination that remains open and inviting, challenging straightforward interpretation. Silence holds the work in frozen moments of waiting for action to begin, while simultaneously giving a sense of strength and vulnerability. The imagery, in appearance often quiet and static, the heroic of the ordinary, is at times based on a variety of art historic sources or it grows intuitively from the artist’s imagination. Patricia’s work has been recognized in ceramic and fine art forums nationally and internationally. It contributes in these contexts with questions that have preoccupied artists throughout history that draw on human experience, ideas of the collective unconscious and mythology with the goal of making it factual, physical: sculptural. Typically the work is executed in a subtle palette or with exuberant colorations. It reinvents and investigates the use of the figure and the abstract in contemporary ceramic art to induce from the viewer their own meanings and thoughts.
In 1987 Patricia was awarded the Southern Arts Federation Visual Arts Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts.
In 2014-2015 Patricia had a major solo exhibition at The Chicago Cultural Center. She has exhibited her work (selection) at: the Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago. Zolla/ Lieberman Gallery, Chicago. National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC. And solo shows at A.I.R. Gallery, New York, Artifact Gallery, NY. Galeria Sargadelos, in Madrid, Santiago, Vigo, Lugo, Spain. Casa das Artes, Vigo. Spain. Sky Earth Gallery, Macau, China.
Patricia’s work has been included in books and reviewed in magazines nationally and internationally.
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Adjunct Associate Professor. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago 1999-2018
Education:
Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermont. B.A (writing and sculpture) 1976
University of London, London, England, 1972-73
New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University, New York, B.F.A. 1983
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, M.F.A. 1986
Exhibitions:
2023 Animal Scenes. Metzger Gallery, Johannesberg, Germany
Art Miami Aldo Castillo Gallery
2022 Art Miami. Zolla/ Lieberman Gallery
Patricia Rieger and Xavier Toubes. Zolla/ Lieberman Gallery. Chicago
Eye-diolect: Susanne Doremus selects. Zolla Lieberman Gallery. Chicago
2021 Passion. Metzger Gallery, Johannesberg, Germany
Art Miami. Zolla/ Lieberman Gallery
XV Biennale Exhibition, Aveiro Museum/ Santa Joana Museum,
Aveiro, Portugal
2019 Context. Aldo Castillo Gallery. Miami, Florida
2017 Artifact Gallery, New York City. Solo show, Catalogue
2016 ArtSpot Miami International Art Fair.
2015 Rhona Hoffamn Gallery. Chicago. Evoking Spirit.
ArtSpot Miami International Art Fair. Solo show.
2014 Chicago Cultural Center. Chicago. Solo show.
Patricia Rieger, Xavier Toubes, Sky Earth Gallery, Macau,
China. Catalogue
2012 Artwork 6. SAIC. Sullivan Gallery. Chicago
International Academy of Ceramics, New Mexico Museum of
Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Catalogue
Evanston Art Center’s 21st Biennial,Evanston, Illinois
100 Projects for Peace- Quinoa. Salon Luna Pizarro.
Congreso de la República del Peru. Lima. Peru.
2011 Julius Caesar Gallery, Chicago, IL. Ceramics: The Worlds Most
Fascinating Pastime.
2009 Gresol. Madremanya. Girona. Spain
Galeria Pardo Bazan. A Coruña. Spain.
2008 Artwork 5. Chicago
2007 Dubhe Carreno Gallery, Chicago.
Art Chicago, Artropolis, The Artist Project.
Coverings ‘07’, McCormick Place, Chicago.
2006 Fifteen Chicago Ceramic Artists
Chicago Cultural Center External Exhibitions. Chicago
National Conference for the Education of the Ceramic
Arts. Multnomah Arts Center. Portland, Or.
Poetic Expressions of Mortality: Figurative Ceramics
from the Porter-Price Collection. Catalogue.
Mobile Museum of Art. Mobile, Alabama. Travel
Montgomery Museum of Art. Montgomery, Alabama.
2005 Bodies of Clay Evansville Museum of Arts and Science,
Evansville, IN. Catalogue.
SOFA Chicago, Dubhe Carreno Gallery
2004 SOFA Chicago, Dubhe Carreno Gallery
Track House, Oak Park, IL. Solo show.
2003 Espais Sagrats.Gresol Festival D’art. La Bisbal d’Emporda.
Girona. Spain. Catalogue.
SOFA Chicago, Dubhe Carreno Gallery. Catalogue.
2002 European Ceramic Work Centre, s’-Hertogenbosch,
The Netherlands.
2001 Arte de Estio. Galeria Pardo Bazan. A Coruña. Spain.
2000 Ceramics in Chicago. A.R.C Gallery, Chicago.
1999 Cerámica Internacional Contemporanea. Posada del Potro.
Cordoba. Spain. Catalogue.
Galeria Sargadelos, Lugo, Spain. Solo show. Catalogue.
Galeria Sargadelos, Vigo, Spain. Solo show. Catalogue.
1998 P. Rieger, X.Toubes. Galeria Sargadelos.
Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Catalogue.
P. Rieger, X.Toubes. Galeria Sargadelos. Madrid. Spain.
IV Bienal de Arte Alecrin. Casa das Artes. Vigo. Spain. Catalogue.
1993 Galeria Sargadelos, Madrid Spain. Solo show. Catalogue.
1991 Patricia Rieger, Xavier Toubes. Recent Work.
The University of North at Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
1990 Hodges and Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina. Solo show.
Common Denominator: Recent Ceramic Work by Four
Alfred Graduates, Martha Schneider Gallery. Chicago.
A.I.R. Gallery, New York. Two Woman Show.
1989 Nine from North Carolina: An Exhibition of Women Artists.
National Museum of Women in the Arts. Washington
DC. Catalogue.
Traveling show: Durham Arts Council, Durham, NC;
Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville, NC; Hickory
Museum of Art, Hickory, NC. Bokin Gallery, Wilson, NC.
Spirit Square Center of the Arts, Charlotte, NC.
West Meets East. Eastern North Carolina Invitational,
Asheville Museum. Asheville, North Carolina.
Above the Interface. Durham Arts Council. Durham. NC.
1988 Southern Arts Federation. National Endowment for the Arts
Catalogue.
Traveling Show: Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA.;
Moody Gallery, Tuscaloosa, AL; University of North Alabama
in Florence, AL; Fine Art Museum of the South, Mobile, AL;
Lauren Rogers Museum, Laurel, MS.; State University of
Greenwood, SC.
Sixteenth Annual Competition for North Carolina Artists.
Fayetteville Museum, NC.
Big Clay: North Carolina Art. North Carolina Museum of Art,
Raleigh, NC. Catalogue.
Traveling show: St. John's Museum of Art, Wilmington, NC.
Center Gallery Artists. Tyron. NC.
Southern Women's Studies Association. Hanes Art Gallery.
UNC,Chapel Hill,NC.
Center Gallery in Transition. Duke University Institute of
the Arts, Durham, NC.
Northern Telecom's Seventh Annual. Research Triangle Park,
Durham,NC. Traveling show: The Arts Center,
Fayetteville, NC.
Wits End Show. The Signature Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
Members Show. Durham Art Guild, Durham. NC.
1987 The 33rd.Annual Juried Show. The Durham Art Guild,
Durham, NC.
Center Gallery Artists. The Fayetteville Museum of
Art. Fayetteville, NC.
Northern Telecom's Sixth Annual. Research
Triangle Park, Durham, NC
Center Gallery Members. Carrboro, NC.
Three Artists from North Carolina. West Cameron
Gallery. Chapel Hill, NC.
American Ceramics Now. 27th Ceramic National Exhibition.
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse. NY. Catalogue.
Traveling show: American Craft Museum, NY. Flint Institute
of the Arts, MN; De Cordoba and Dana Museum Park,
Lincoln, MA; Butler Institute of Art, Yungstown, OH.;
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska,
Lincoln, NE; Birmingham Museum of Art, AL.
1986 Patricia Rieger, Xavier Toubes. Seminario de Estudios
Ceramicos de Sargadelos. Cervo, Lugo, Spain.
32nd Annual Juried Art Show. Durham Arts Guild. NC.
M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition. The Ackland Art Museum,
Chapel Hill. NC.
Northern Telecom's Fifth Annual. Research Triangle Park.
Durham. NC. Traveling show: Hickory Museum of Art,
Hickory, NC.
Clay in the U.S.A. Spirit Square Arts Center, Charlotte. NC.
1985 Northern Telecom's Fourth Annual. Research Triangle Park.
Durham, NC. Traveling show: Raleigh Municipal
Building, Raleigh, NC.
EROS. Center Gallery, Carrboro, NC.
1984 First Year Graduate Exhibition. Hanes Art Center Gallery,
UNC at Chapel Hill, NC.
Artist's Choice. Durham Art Guild, Durham, NC.
31st.Annual Juried Show. Durham Art Guild, Durham, NC.
Two Woman Show. Hanes Art Center Gallery, UNC at Chapel
Hill, NC
1983 Summer Exhibition. New York State College of Ceramics,
Alfred, NY.
B.F.A. Exhibition. New York State College of Ceramics,
Alfred, NY.
1982 Harvest Festival Faculty Show. The Putney School, VT.
1976 B.A. Exhibition. Goddard College, Plainfield, VT.
Group Exhibition. Goddard College, Plainfield, VT.
Awards:
2015 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Faculty
Enrichment Grant
2013 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Faculty
Enrichment Grant
2010 Member of the International Academy of Ceramics General
Assembly, Geneva, Switzerland
2002 Residency at the European Ceramic Work Center,
s’Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
1991 Residency at the Citè Internationale des Arts, Paris, France.
1988 Sixteenth Annual Competition for North Carolina Artists.
Fayetteville Museum of Art, N.C. Honorable Mention.
1987 Southern Arts Federation Visual Arts Fellowship, National
Endowment for the Arts.
1986 Residency at Sargadelos
1985 Pollard Fellowship Award. University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, N.C.
1985 Northern Telecom's 4th Annual Exhibition. Research Triangle
Park. N.C. Purchase Award.
Public Collections:
Mobile Museum of Art. Mobile, Alabama
Gresol. La Bisbal. Girona. Spain,
Seminario de Estudios Ceramicos de Sargadelos.
Cervo, Lugo, Spain.
Museo Carlos Maside. O Castro. Sada. A Coruña. Spain
Northern Telecom Inc., Research Triangle Park.
North Carolina
Private collections in USA, Spain and The Netherlands.
Bibliography:
Revista Cerámica, Article by Antonio Vivas #135 2014
pg. 13, Madrid, Spain. 2015
500 Figures in Clay Volume 2 pg. 135 color reproduction,
Lark Books 2014, USA
Patricia Rieger, Xavier Toubes, Macao Daily News,
(photograph and review of workshop and lectures) Macau,
China, 25 March 2013
Ceramics and the Human Figure: by Edith Garcia. ( Patricia
Rieger, pages 37, 56, 57. text, 5 color and 1 black and
white image) A&C Black Visual Arts, June 2012.
Contemporary Ceramics: International Perspective, by
Emanuel Cooper, Thames and Hudson, London 2009
500 Ceramic Sculptures, pg 277 color reproduction,
Lark Books 2009, USA
The Human Form in Clay, by Jane Walker
pg. 93-95, 4 color reproductions .
The Crowood Press.2001,Wiltshire,UK.
Patricia Rieger, Article by Antonio Vivas.
pg 23-25 color reproductions. Revista Cerámica
International, Madrid, Spain. 2007
The Ceramic Process. A Manual and Source of Inspiration
for Ceramic Art and Design. Anton Reijnders, Illustration
pg. 267, European
Ceramic Work Centre 2005, A&C Black. London
University of Pennsylvania Press. Philadelphia.
1998 –2004 (Co- Editor) The Ceramic Process. A Manual and
Source of Inspiration for Ceramic Art and Design.
(Deskundigheids bevordering) by Anton Reijnders,
European Ceramic Work Centre 2005, A&C Black.
London and University of Pennsylvania Press. Philadelphia.
Chinese Potters Newsletter Quarterly 2004 Yearbook
Beijing, China
Poetic Expressions of Mortality, Figurative Ceramics from
The Porter- Price Collection. Mobile Museum of
Art, Catalogue
Poetic Expressions of Mortality: Figurative Ceramics from
the Porter-Price Collection. The State Newspaper.
Columbia South Carolina. Life and Arts April 23, 2006
Bodies of Clay Am I Weird? NCECA Ceramics Show
Publication Multnomah Arts Center, Portland Oregon
Spring 2006
People of the Mud, Chicago Tourism Gallery. Time
Out Chicago. Review by Lauren Weinberg.
March 16-23, 2006
Revista Cerámica, Madrid, Spain. Fall 1999
Clay in the City: Celebrating the Ceramic Arts in Portland
NCECA, Portland, Oregon. March 2006
Evansville Courier and Press, July 21,2005. Bodies of Clay, Art
Review
Bodies of Clay. Evansville Museum of Art Quarterly
Publication of the Evansville Museum of Arts,
History & Science. Fall 2005
Oxbow. Summer Catalogue 2006.
North American Woman Artists of the Twentieth Century
A Biographical Dictionary, Edited by Jules Heller and Nancy
Heller. Pg. 469 1995
Visiting Appointments, Workshops, Lectures:
2014 Gerrit Rietveld Academie. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Lecture
2013 Workshop and Lectures. Macau Science Center organized by
Sky & Earth Ceramic Art Association, Macau, China.
2012 Teaching/Assisting Project. 100 Projects for Peace. Quinoa.
Peru Quinoa. Peru. Lecture
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston.
Lecture. Studio visits.
2011 Elected member, International Academy of Ceramic Geneva,
Switzerland
Teaching Workshop, OxBow, Saugatuck, MI
2010 International Academy of Ceramics General Assembly
UNESCO, Paris, France. Attendance.
2006 Fifteen Chicago Ceramic Artists, Chicago Cultural
Center External Exhibitions. Gallery Talk.
2005 Visiting Artist OxBow, Saugatuck, MI
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Me. Talk.
2002 Residency at the European Ceramic Work Centre
s’-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands.
2001 VI Curso Internacional de Cerámica Contemporanea.
(Faculty for a 10 day workshop) Castelo de Soutomaior.
Pontevedra. Spain.
Encontros Estivais de Sargadelos. Museo Carlos Maside.
O Castro. Sada. A Corña, Spain. Talk
Seminario de Estudios Ceramicos de Sargadelos. Cervo. Lugo.
Talk.
1998 Por una razon interna. Claustro dels Carmen Sangüesa-
Navarra, Spain. Talk.
1991 Residency at the Citè Internationale des Arts, Paris, France.
Adjunct Professor. The University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill.
Teaching instructor. Durham Arts Council Inc., Durham, N.C.
1990 Boykin Gallery, Wilson Arts Council, Wilson, NC. Talk
1987 Attended (and exhibitor) NCECA Conference, Syracuse. NY.
1986 Instructor (sculpture). University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill.
Artist in Residence. Seminario de Estudios Ceramicos.
Sargadelos.Lugo, Spain.
1983-84 Tutor (undergraduate Art History). New York State College
of Ceramics at Alfred University. Alfred, New York.
1977-81 Faculty, The Putney School. Putney. Vermont.
1980 Attended, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts,
Deer Isle, Maine
1979 Attended, Alfred Summer School, New York State College
of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred. New York.
1977 Apprenticeship (ceramics) with Ellen Pine,
Brattleboro, Vermont
1977-76 Apprenticeship (sculpture) with Robin Spry Campbell, Putney. VT.