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Ann Adair, Ann Adair Stockton, Ann Adair Voulkos

Biography to Display: 

1936 Born Cocosolo, Panama

2018 Died Oakland, California

EDUCATION

—University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California

—San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

1965 and 1976 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California

1967 University of California, Davis, Davis, California

1976University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho

BIOGRAPHY

 

Ann Adair Voulkos is known for porcelain sculptural forms that serve as canvases for drawing and painting with glazes. Her cone 10 porcelain clay is reduction fired, occasionally with nylon fibers added to the clay for strength.

Voulkos' primary glazes are celadon, semi-opaque white, semi-matte yellow, opaque white with a grey or pink cast and semi-matte turquoise blue that fires red when a clear glaze is added. She less frequently used cobalt, iron, black and copper oxides for lines and drawing.

In 1961 Voulkos took her first ceramics class with her future husband, Peter Voulkos.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Public Collections to Display: 

Mills College, Oakland, California

Oakland Museum of California Art, Oakland, California

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California

Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, California

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC

University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, Iowa

Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bibliography to Display: 

Peterson, Susan, and Jan Peterson. Working with Clay. Woodstock, NY: Overlook Press, 2002.

______________________________. The Craft and Art of Clay: A Complete Potter's Handbook. London, England: Laurence King Publishing, 2012.

 

CV or RESUME: Click Here to Download
Source: The Forrest L. Merrill Collection, Dane Cloutier Archives

 

Typical Marks

"Adair" often with the year the piece was created, written in black. Either in printed upper case letters or cursive lower case letters.

1961
1974
1993
1993
1978
Alligator Going Through Pot
Date: 1967
Form: Sculpture
Materials: Porcelain
Method: Hand-Built (Cone 10 reduction fire glazes.)
Forrest L. Merrill Collection, Dane Cloutier Archives
Forrest L. Merrill Collection, Dane Cloutier Archives
Dome Piece: The Big Meeting
Date: 1970
Form: Sculpture
Method: Hand-Built (Low fire clay and glaze, luster glaze.)
Surface Technique: Luster
Forrest L. Merrill Collection, Dane Cloutier Archives
Forrest L. Merrill Collection, Dane Cloutier Archives
Cup
Date: 1973
Materials: Porcelain
Method: Thrown, Hand-Built
Surface Technique: Blue and White, Glaze
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Marer Collection, Scripps College, 78.1.725
Photo: TMP
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Marer Collection, Scripps College, 78.1.725
Photo: TMP
Photo: TMP
Plate
Date: 1973
Materials: Porcelain
Method: Slab-Built
Surface Technique: Glaze, Impressed
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Marer Collection, Scripps College, 78.1.357
Photo: TMP
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Marer Collection, Scripps College, 78.1.357
Photo: TMP
Photo: TMP
Flying Alligator on Parcel Post Package
Date: 1977
Form: Sculpture
Materials: Porcelain
Method: Hand-Built (Cone 10 reduction fired glazes.)
Forrest L. Merrill Collection, Dane Cloutier Archives
Forrest L. Merrill Collection, Dane Cloutier Archives
Alligator Platter
Date: 1977
Form: Sculpture
Materials: Porcelain
Method: Hand-Built (Cone 10 reduction fired glazes.)
Surface Technique: Glaze
Forrest L. Merrill Collection, Dane Cloutier Archives
Forrest L. Merrill Collection, Dane Cloutier Archives
Elephant Bowl
Date: 1978
Materials: Porcelain
Method: Hand-Built
Surface Technique: Glaze
Forrest L. Merrill Collection
Forrest L. Merrill Collection
Plate
Date: 1978
Materials: Porcelain
Method: Thrown
Surface Technique: Glaze
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Marer Collection, Scripps College, 78.1.301
Photo: TMP
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Marer Collection, Scripps College, 78.1.301
Photo: TMP
Photo: TMP
Sushi Tray
Date: 1988
Form: Tray
Materials: Porcelain
Forrest L. Merrill Collection, Dane Cloutier Archives
Forrest L. Merrill Collection, Dane Cloutier Archives
Alligators Slow Dancing
Date: 1993
Form: Sculpture
Materials: Porcelain
Method: Hand-Built (Cone 10 reduction fire glaze.)
Surface Technique: Glaze
Forrest L. Merrill Collection, Dane Cloutier Archives
Forrest L. Merrill Collection, Dane Cloutier Archives
Rectangular Bottle
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Slab-Built
Surface Technique: Glaze
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Marer Collection, Scripps College, 78.1.84
Photo: TMP
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Marer Collection, Scripps College, 78.1.84
Photo: TMP
Photo: TMP
Vase
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Thrown
Surface Technique: Glaze
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Marer Collection, Scripps College, 78.1.82
Photo: TMP
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Marer Collection, Scripps College, 78.1.82
Photo: TMP
Photo: TMP

Citation: "The Marks Project." Last modified January 17, 2024. http://www.themarksproject.org:443/marks/adair

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Scripps College Ceramic Annual , San Francisco, California, Davis, California, Moscow, Idaho , Peter Voulkos