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Wachs, Gretchen

 

 

 
EDUCATION & MISCELLANEOUS EXPERIENCE

Southwestern College, Santa Fe, NM 1992-
Alfred University, Alfred , NY- B.F.A. 1974
Maryland Institute of Art, Baltimore, MD, 1973
Washington Cty. Museum of Fine Art, Hagerstown, MD, Curatorial Assistant 1978-79
New Mexico Artists in Residence Program, 1987, 1993-94
New Mexico Institute of Fine Arts, 1993, Santa Fe, NM

SELECTED INVITATIONALS & GROUP SHOWS
2000    The Contemporary Southwest, Trinity Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1997    Ceramic Still Life: The Common Object Oliver Art Center, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
    Monothon Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe NM
1996    Intimate Prints, Hand Graphics, Santa Fe, NM
    Spirit and Process, Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
    Selected Artists, Small Works, Hand Graphics, Santa Fe, NM
1995    Envisioned and Reordered, Robischon Art Forms, Denver, CO
    Botanica,  Hand Graphics, Santa Fe, NM
    New Mexico Clay Workers, The Governors Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1994    Romantic Modernism 100 Years, Plate Project, NM Museum of Fine Art,
    Santa Fe, NM
1993    New Mexico 93, Fine Arts Biennial, New Mexico Museum of Fine Art, Santa Fe
    National Ceramic Invitational,  Sylvia Ullman American Crafts, Cleveland, OH
    The Shrine Show,  Hand Graphics, Santa Fe, NM
    The Sculpture Project, The College of Santa Fe, NM
1991    Craft Invitational, Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
    6th Annual Monarch Tile National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of
    Fine Art, San Angelo, TX
1990    5th Annual Monarch Tile National Ceramic Comp. (2nd Place, Museum Purchase)    
1989    New Art Forms, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
    The Monotype, Elaine Horwitch Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
    Hand Pulled, A Print Show, Sandy Carson  Gallery, Denver, CO
    3rd National Ceramic Invitational,  Canton Art Inst. Canton, OH (Museum     Purchase)
1988    Spotlight 88, Southeast/Southwest Crafts, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
1987    New Mexico 87, Fine Arts Biennial, New Mexico Museum Of Fine Art,      Santa Fe National Ceramic Invitational, Sylvia Ullman American Crafts, Cleveland, OH
1986    New Mexico Potters Association and Art Through The Guild, Fuller Lodge, Los Alamos, NM
1984    Santa Fe Festival of The Arts, Santa Fe, NM
    Clay, Fiber and Wood, Albuquerque, NM
1983    Three- Works by Women Artists, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
    Panaca Arts and Crafts Show, Seattle, WA
    Women’s Symposium, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
1982    A Women’s Perspective, Gilford Handcrafts, Gilford, CT
1981    Lane County Open, Open Space Gallery, Eugene, OR

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITS
1996    Edith Lambert Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1994    Running Ridge Gallery
1992    Mill Street Gallery, Aspen, CO
           Joan Robey Gallery, Denver, CO
1991    Schneider, Blumb, Loeb Gallery, Chicago, IL
           Elaine Horwitch Gallery, Santa Fe, NM


1990    Gallery 500, Elkins Park, PA
    Joan Robey Gallery, Denver, CO
1989    Elaine Horwitch Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1988    Joan Robey Gallery, Denver, CO
1987    Art Beasley, San Diego, CA
    Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
    Artists Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1986    Signature Gallery, Boston, MA
    Sena East Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1983    Old Wives Tales, Portland, OR
1982    Raku, Figurative Studies in Clay, Made In Oregon, Eugene, OR

PUBLICATIONS
1995    Ceramic Monthly
1994    Pasatiempo, New Mexican
1993    Santa Fe 1993 Calendar of Northern New Mexico Art
1992    American Craft Magazine
1991    New Mexican
1990    RAKU  By Ian Byers, Batsford Ltd., London England
Southwest Art Review
1989    American Craft Magazine
    Ceramics Monthly
    The Santa Fean
    In Praise of Women Artists
    Albuquerque Journal
    The New Mexican
    The Report
1988    Rocky Mountain News
1987    The Cleveland Plain Dealer
    American Craft    
    Ceramics Monthly
    San Diego Home and Garden
    The Albuquerque Journal

 



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