Deborah Sigel

CERAMIC SCULPTURE

 
       
EDUCATION
   

1991

Master of Fine arts, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

1986
Bachelor of Arts, Studio Arts, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota
 
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
   
2009
Fresh, Taipei County Yingge Museum of Ceramic Art, Taipei, Taiwan
2008
Suspended Visions, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster PA
2007
Deborah Sigel, Tainan Narional University of the Arts, Tainan County, Taiwan
2006
Deborah Sigel - Ceramic Sculpture, Xen Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2005
Coming Home, Hunt Gallery, Webster University, St. Louis, MO
1998
Deborah Sigel, Sykes Gallery, Millersville University, Millersville, PA
1997
Deborah Sigel, Concordia College Art Gallery, St. Paul, MN
   
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
   
2010
To build a Better Mouse Trap. Infantree Gallery, Lancaster, PA
 
Mainlining Ceramics, Main line Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
 
Clay on the Wall: 2010:Clay National, Landmark Arts, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
 
39th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery, Lebanon Valley College, Anvil, PA
 
Faculty Exhibition, Sykes Gallery, Millersville University, Lancaster, PA
 
47th Annual Open Art Award Exhibit, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA
2008
All Fired Up/Playing with Fire, Paramount Center, Peekskill, NY
 
A Micro/Macro Lexicon, Beverly Fisher, Nicholas Kripal, Deborah Sigel & Greg Stahly, Spinning Plate Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
 
Small Favors III, Clay Studio, Philadelphia , PA
 

Sabbatical Exhibition, Robert Andriulli, Shauna Frischkorn, Brant Schuller, & Deborah Sigel, Sykes Gallery, Millersville University, Millersville, PA

2007
Small Favors II, Clay Studio, Philadelphia , PA
 
Ceramic Sculpture National Juried Exhibition, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, Louisiana
2006
Small Favors, Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
 
2nd Biennial International Ceramics Competition, Concordia College, St. Paul, MN
2005
Evocative Implements, curated by Matt Wilt, Baltimore Clay Works, Baltimore, MD
 
4 The Wall, Vincent Burke, David East, Virginia Scotchie, & Deborah Sigel, Rosenberg Gallery, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD
2004
On The Wall, Charles Timm-Ballard, Syd Carpenter, Jim Melchert, Judy Moonelis, James Shrosbree, Deborah Sigel, and Paula Winokur.The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
 
Culture & Identity, Guldagergaard International Ceramic Center,Skaelskor, Denmark
 
Forms, McMaster Gallery, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
 
Hot Diggity Dog, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA
 
Stacked, Piled, and Layered, Chip Dunahugh, Michael Pittari, Deborah Sigel, and Robin Stanaway, Pennsylvania College of Art & Design, Lancaster, PA
 
Celebrating Tim Lloyd: Eight Artists, Boliou Gallery, Carleton College Northfield , MN
2003

Pennsylvania Council of the Arts Fellowship Recipients, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA. Traveling to seven locations in the state.

 
New Ceramic Art: NCECA Emerging Artists 1996-2000, SOFA Exposition, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
 
Wall Works, curated by Michael Sherrill. Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
2002
Material Speculations, H&R Block Artspace at the Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
 
New Territory, Belger Art District, Kansas City, MO
 
Suspend and Levitate, Susan Arnold Art Gallery, Lebanon Valley College, Lebanon, PA
 
Found Objects – Mixed Media, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI
2001
Stretch Invitational Ceramics Exhibition, African American Cultural Center, Charlotte, NC
 
8 Ceramic Sculptors, Atrium lobby First Union Bank, Charlotte, NC
2000
Array, an installation by Deborah Sigel, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
 
10th Anniversary Exhibition, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
 
Multiples, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
 
Five McKnight Artists, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
 
Plain Art II, University Gallery, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS
 
ART 2000, Nathan D. Rosen Museum Gallery, Levis Jewish Community Center, Boca Raton, FL
1999
Clay On The Wall: Fourth National Juried Exhibition, Gallery of Art, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
 
Form and Function: Contemporary Ceramics, Galeria Mesa, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa , AZ
 
1999 Juried Exhibition, Impact Artist Gallery, Bufffalo, NY
 
Lancaster Museum of Art’s National Crafts 1999, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA
 
Prevailing Winds, Current Trends in Contemporary American Ceramics, Young & Constantin Gallery, Wilmington, VT
1998
Sacred Spaces, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN
 

Put a Lid on it, a Show on Containment, Appalchian Center for Crafts, Tennessee Technological University, Smithville, TN and Belmont University, Nashville, TN

1997
Six Views, Shaw Guido Gallery, Detroit, MI
 
Deborah Sigel, SOFA (sculpture, objects, functional art) Exhibition - Shaw Guido Gallery,Navy Pier Chicago, IL
 
Sally Brogden, Todd Johnson, & Deborah Sigel, Mankato State University Art Gallery, Mankato, MN
 
Summer Exhibition, Shaw Guido Gallery, Detroit, MI
 
997 Monarch National Ceramic Competition, Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts, Florence, AL
 
Ceramics ‘97, The Guilford Handcraft Center Inc., Guilford, CT
 
Clay On The Wall : Third Annual National Juried Exhibition, FOVA Gallery, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
1996
Fire, Minneapolis Institute of Art (Minnesota Artist Exhibition Program) St. Paul, MN
 
3rd Oregon Clay Invitational, Renshaw Gallery, McMinnville, OR
 
Five Jerome Artists, The Northern Clay Center, St. Paul, MN
 
Clay on the Wall, Eastern Washington University Art Gallery, Cheney, WA
 
Craft Forms 96, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
1995
Monarch National Ceramic Competition, Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts, Florence, AL
 
Terra Firma, Corbin Art Center, Spokane, WA
 
Hamline University Ceramics, Hamline University Art Gallery, St. Paul, MN
1994
The Language of Abstraction, The Northern Clay Center, St. Paul, MN
1993
Dartmouth Studio Art Faculty Exhibition, Dartmouth College Art Gallery,Hanover, NH
 
1993 NCECA Clay National, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
 
New Ceramics, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
1992
Artist Generated Toys and Games, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
 
Teapots: Contemporary Views, Pro Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO
 
Northfield Artists, Bridge Square Art Gallery, Northfield, MN
 
Carleton Artists Revisited - Eight aluma who have recently received their M.F.A. degree, Carleton College Art Gallery, Northfield, MN
1991
Apprentice Exhibition, Moravian Pottery and Tile Works, Doylestown, PA
 
M.F.A. Exhibition, Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
 
Reconsidering the Spiritual, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
1990
Faculty and Staff Exhibition, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
 
Progressions: Work in Clay, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI
1988
Juried Show For Minnesota: Sculpture, Art Center of Minnesota, Minnetonka, MN
1987
30 Below: A Juried Show for Young Minnesota Artists, University of Minnesota Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
 
Northern Lights 1987, Whitebear Community College, St. Paul, MN
   
RESIDENCIES
   
2009
Tainan National University of the Arts, Tainan, Taiwan
2006-07
Tainan National University of the Arts, Tainan, Taiwan
2004
International Ceramic Center, Guldagergaard, Skælskør, Denmark, NCECA Emerging Artist Fellowship Artist in Residence
1998
The Northern Clay Center (Minneapolis, MN) McKnight Foundation - McKnight Artist Residencies for Ceramic Artists
1993
Art Farm (Marquette, NE) - Artist in Residence
1992
Banff Centre for the Arts (Banff, Alberta, Canada) - Artist in Residence
1991
The Moravian Pottery and Tile Works (Doylestown, PA) - Artist in Residence
   
AWARDS
 
   
2004
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Emerging Artist Residency Fellowship
2003
Individual Artist Fellowship, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
2000
Emerging Artist - National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts
1998
McKnight Foundation - McKnight Artist Residencies for Ceramic Artists
1995
Jerome Foundation - Artist Project Grant
1992
Banff Centre for the Arts (Banff, Alberta, Canada) - Artist in Residence
   
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
   
2007
Breaking the Mould: new approaches to ceramics, edited by Cigalle Hanaor. Black Dog Publishing Limited, London, England. pp. 98-9
2005
Concerning (Ceramic) Sculpture, Portfolio, Studio Potter, December, Number 1, Volume 34. pp. 30-1
2003

NCECA Emerging Artist 1996-2000: New Ceramic Art, Kerameiki Techni: International Ceramic Art Review. Issue 45, December. pp 53-58. Athens, Greece

2002
Material Speculations, New Art Examiner, May June, p. 89
 

Material Speculations Catalogue for the 2002 National Council On Education For The Ceramic Arts Invitational Exhibition with essays by Donald Kuspit and Glenn R. Brown

 
Ceramics: Mastering The Craft (second edition) by Richard Zakin. Krause Publications, Iola, WI. P.101
 
Up Front, Ceramics Monthly, February , page 12
2000

Emerging Artists by Sandra Luehrsen. The 2000 National Council On Education For The Ceramic Arts Journal: Higher Ground, volume 21. pp. 151-2

 
Higher Ground, NCECA 2000, Clay Times, May/June, volume 6, no. 3, p. 51. Waterford, VA
1998
Northern Clay Center: A Focus For The Ceramic Arts In Minnesota, Ceramics: Technical, Issue 7. pp 76-81. Sydney Australia
 
NCECA Clay National 1993, Ceramics: Art and Perception, Issue 11. pp. 54-7. Sydney, Australia
 
COLLECTIONS
   
 
Gloria and Sonny Kamm , Los Angeles California
 
Guladagergaard, International Ceramics Museum, Skælskør, Denmark Sculpture Park
 
Guladagergaard, International Ceramics Museum, Skælskør, Denmark, Permanent Collection
 
Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff Alberta, Canada Permanent Collection
 
Tainan National University of the Arts, Tainan, Taiwan Applied Arts-Ceramics Collection

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