BETTY WOODMAN
Born May 14, 1930, in Norwalk, Connecticut
Lives and works in New York City and Antella, Italy
Education
Alfred University, The School for American Craftsmen, Alfred, New York, 1948–50
Awards
2006 Honorary Doctorate, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
2006 Honorary Doctorate, NSCAD University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
2004 Premio Internazionale Vietri sul Mare, Fondazione Museo Artistico Industriale, Salerno, Italy
2000 Honorary Fellow, National Council of Educators in Ceramic Arts
1998 The Visionary Award of The American Craft Museum, New York, New York
1995 Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship, Bellagio Study Center, Bellagio, Italy
1993 Distinguished Research & Creative Lectureship, University of Colorado, Boulder
1987 Governor’s Award in the Arts, Colorado
1986 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
1980 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
1966 Fulbright-Hays Scholarship to Florence, Italy
Teaching Positions
University of Colorado, Boulder; Professor Emeritus, Fine Art Department, 1998–present
University of Colorado, Boulder; Professor, Fine Art Department, 1978–98
Scripps College, Claremont, California; Associate Professor, Fine Arts Department, 1977
New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University, Alfred, New York; Visiting Artist, 1975
City of Boulder Parks and Recreation Department; Pottery Teacher and Administrator, 1958–74
Selected One-Person Exhibitions
2008
“Betty Woodman,” Galerie Besson, London, United Kingdom
“Betty Woodman: Rooms and People,” Max Protetch Gallery, New York
2007
“Betty Woodman,” Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
“Betty Woodman: Transcending Boundaries,” Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, Florida.
2006
“Somewhere Between Denver and Naples,” Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
“The Art of Betty Woodman,” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York
“Betty Woodman,” Max Protetch Gallery, New York, New York.
2005
“Theatres of Betty Woodman,” Museu Nacional do Azulejo, Lisbon, Portugal. Travels to Ariana Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica, California
“Il Giardino Dipinto,” Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, Rhode Island
Max Protetch Gallery, New York, New York
2003
“Recent Work,” Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica, California
“Souvenirs,” Max Protetch Gallery, New York, New York
2002
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, Missouri
“Two Bronze Benches and Four Ceramic Pictures of Korean Paintings,” Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey
2001
“Betty Woodman,” Max Protetch Gallery, New York, New York
2000
“Betty Woodman & Robert Barni: due e vasi,” Centro D’Arte La Loggia, Monterfiridolfi, Italy
“Pots Paper Prints,” Mizel Arts Center at the JCC, Denver
“Clay, Bronze, Paper,” Max Protetch Gallery, New York, New York
“A Conversation with Pat Steir,” Art Resources Transfer, New York, New York
“Works from the 1980s,” Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, New York
1999
Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Fort Dodge, Iowa
“Recent Work of Prints and Vases,” Bethel College, St. Paul, Minnesota
“Betty Woodman: Glass,” CIRVA, Marseille, France
1998
Max Protetch Gallery, New York, New York
1997
Max Protetch Gallery, New York, New York
1996
Max Protetch Gallery, New York, New York
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Travels to Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal (1997); Musée d’Art Contemporain, Dunkerque, France (1997); Provincial Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Oostende, Belgium (1998)
1995
Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
International Museum of Ceramics, Faenza, Italy
1994
Carin Delcourt van Krimpen Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Max Protetch Gallery, New York, New York
Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, Florida
1993
Max Protetch Gallery, New York, New York
“Il Giardino Dipinto,” Het Kruithuis Museum, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands. Travels to Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France (1994).
1992
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut
1991
“Betty Woodman: Works in Clay,” Johnson County Community College, Gallery of Art, Overland Park, Kansas
1990
Francesca Pia Gallery, Berne, Switzerland
“Recent Work,” Max Protetch Gallery, New York, New York
“Opera Selecta: The Work of Betty Woodman, 1975–1990,” Het Kruithuis Museum, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands. Travels to Musée des Arts Modernes, Aix-le-Bain, France (1991)
1989
“Lobby Project: Betty Woodman,” The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, California
“Unique Porcelains,” Max Protetch Gallery, New York, New York
1988
“Somewhere Between Naples and Denver,” Denver Art Museum, Denver. Travels to Institute of
Contemporary Art, Philadelphia (1992)
“Recent Work,” Max Protetch Gallery, New York, New York
Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco
“Lobby Project: Betty Woodman/Three Palace Matrons,” The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
1987
Boulder Center for the Visual Arts, Boulder
Carlton College, Northfield, Minnesota
Greenberg Gallery, St. Louis
1986
Max Protetch Gallery, New York, New York
Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, California
Susan Hilberry Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
1985
“The Ceramics of Betty Woodman,” Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading, Pennsylvania
Gloria Luria Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, Florida
“Presenting Food,” FabricWorkshop, Philadelphia [Collaboration with Daniel Mattroce]
“Italian Vases,” Max Protetch Gallery, New York, New York
1984
“The Aspen Garden Room,” Aspen Museum, Aspen, Colorado
Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles
Douglas Drake Gallery, Kansas City (cat.)
Max Protetch Gallery, New York, New York
1983
Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles
“The Houston Room,” Hadler/Rodriguez Gallery, Houston
Max Protetch Gallery, New York, New York
1982
Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles
“An Interior Exchanged,” Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, New York [Collaboration with Cynthia Carlson]
1981
“A Cloistered Arbor Room,” Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont
Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, New York [Collaboration with Joyce Kozloff]
Okun-Thomas Gallery, St. Louis
Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia
1980
Amalgam Art Limited, London England
Galleria Pirra, Torino, Italy
“Canvas Constructions and Painted Pots,” Hadler/Rodriguez Gallery, New York, New York
“Mostly Italian Pots,” Hadler/Rodriguez Gallery, New York, New York
Rochester Art Center, Rochester, Minnesota
1979
Art Latitude, New York, New York
Hills Gallery, Santa Fe
1978
Casper College, Casper, Wyoming
Greenwich House Pottery, New York, New York
Lyda Levi Gallery, Milan, Italy
1977
“Honor Exhibit,” Colorado Women’s College, Denver
Kansas State College, Emporia, Kansas
United States Information Service Gallery, Milan, Italy
1976
Clay and Fiber Gallery, Taos, New Mexico
Gloria Luria Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, Florida
“Presenting Food,” FabricWorkshop, Philadelphia [Collaboration with Daniel Mattroce]
“Italian Vases,” Max Protetch Gallery, New York, New York
1975
Nelson-Fosdick Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred, New York
Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1974
“One Hundred Italian Pots,” Boulder, Colorado
1972
“Raku,” Kunsthandel Ina Broerse, Amsterdam, The Netherlands [Collaboration with George Woodman]
1970
“Salt Glaze,” Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska
1969
“Salt Glaze,” Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, Montana
Selected Group Exhibitions since 1998
2006
“Hot Off the Press Prints of 2006 From New York Printshops,” The Grolier Club, New York, New York
“The Bong Show or This is Not a Pipe,” Leslie Tonkonow Gallery, New York, New York
“Couples Discourse,” Palmer Museum of Art, University Park, Pennsylvania
“International Architectural Ceramics,” Gimhae Culture Foundation Clayarch, Gimhae, Korea
“Great Pots: The Vessel as Art, 1900-2000; 20th Century Ceramics from The Newark Museum,” The USB Art Gallery, New York, New York
2004
“Picasso to Thiebaud: Modern and Contemporary Art from the Collections of Stanford University Alumni and Friends,” Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Center for the Visual Arts, Stanford University, Stanford,California
“Art for a Landmine Free World,” Vietnam Veteran’s of America Foundation, PaceWildenstein, New York, New York
2003
“Skowhegan: Faculty Exhibition,” Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine, College of Art, Portland, Maine
“Retrospectacle: 25 Years of Collecting Modern and Contemporary Art,” Denver Art Museum, Denver
“Floating Time 2003–Lethe, River of Forgetfulness,” Stedelijk Museum voor Hedendaages Kunst, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
“The Legacy of Modern Ceramic Art, Part II: Modern Ceramic Art from an International Perspective,” Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, Japan
“Shared Passion: Sara and David Lieberman Collection of Contemporary Ceramics and Art,” Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona
“Clay Works: American Ceramics from the Everson Museum of Art,” Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York
2002
“Contemporary American Ceramics, 1950–1990: A Survey of American Objects and Vessels,” Aichi Preferctural Ceramic Museum, Aichi, Japan. Travels to National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto; Iberaki Prefectural Ceramic Museum; Nilgata Prefectural Museum of Art; Setagaya Art Musem, Tokyo; Fukuoka Prefectural Museum of Art.
“Gifts in Honor of the 125th Anniversary,” Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
2001
Ceramic Continuum: 50 Years of the Archie Bray Influence,” Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana. Travels to seventeen museums and institutions.
“A Snake in the Garden: Contemporary Approaches to Slipware,” Aberystwyth Arts Centre, University of Wales, Wales
World Ceramic Exposition, World Ceramic Centre, Ichon, Korea
“USA Clay,” Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C.
“Le Cirva à 15 ans,” Galerie d’art Conseil Génèrale des Bouches-du-Rhone, Aix-en-Provence, France
2000
“Color and Fire: Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics, 1950–2000,” Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
“Elbows and Tea Leaves: Front Range Women in the Visual Arts (1974–2000),” Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder
“Allan Chasanoff Ceramic Collection,” Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, North Carolina
Gallerie Beaubourg, Chateau Notre-Dame des Fleurs, Vence, France
1999
“Glass on Site,” Urban Glass, New York, New York
“Choice from America, Modern American Ceramics,” Het Kruithuis Museum, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, 1999
“Contemporary Art From the Daniel Jacobs and Derek Mason Colection,” Hand Workshop Art Center, Richmond, Virginia
“Dish,” Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, New York
“The Art of Craft: Contemporary Works from the Saxe Collection,” M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco
1998
“La Geste et la Couleur, Une Poetique Ceramique,” Biennale Internationale de Ceramique
Contemporaine, Musée Magnelli, Vallauris, France
“Vaselle d’Autore per il Vino Novello,” Torgiano, Italy
“What’s Hot at Shark’s,” Foster Gallery at University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Public Collections
Alfred University, State University College of Ceramics, Alfred, New York, New York
American Craft Museum, New York, New York
American Ambassador’s Residence, Stockholm, Sweden
Archie Bray Foundation, Collection, Helena, Montana
Ariana Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
The Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
Boymans-Van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
The Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, New York
Carnegie-Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
Colorado State University at Fort Collins, Colorado
Contemporary Crafts Association, Portland, Oregon
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York, New York
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, Missouri
Denver Airport, Denver, Colorado
Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
Detroit Art Institute, Detroit, Michigan
Gimae Culture Foundation Clayarch, Gimhae, Korea
Haags Gerneentemuseum, Den Haag, The Netherlands
Het Kruithuis, ‘s-Hertongenbosch, The Netherlands
International Ceramic Museum, Faenza, Italy
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York,
Mills College, Antonio Pireto Memorial Collection, Oakland, California
Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, North Carolina
Musée des Arts Decoratifs Paris, France
Museu Nacional do Azulejo, Lisbon, Portugal
Museum Het Princessehof, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
Museum of Decorative Arts of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Museum of Fine Art, Houston, Texas
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Provincial Museum Voor Moderne Kunst, Oostende, Belgium
Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.
Rhode Island School of Design Art Museum, Providence, Rhode Island
St. Louis Museum of Art, St. Louis, Missouri
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida
University of Arizona at Tempe, Tempe, Arizona
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
University of Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, Utah
The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York
World Ceramic Center, Ichon, Korea
Yale University Art Museum, New Haven, Connecticut