Wayne Bates

Biography to Display:

EDUCATION

1965 BA Art, Union University, Jackson, Tennessee

1970 MFA Ceramics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

1965-1968 Public School Teacher, Missouri and Georgia

1970-1978 Professor, Ceramics, and Co-chair of Crafts Department, Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1970-1978 Ceramics Consultant, Moravian Tile Works, Doylestown, Pennsylvania

1978–present Studio Potter

BIOGRAPHY

Wayne Bates is best known for functional wheel thrown porcelain bowls, plates, platters, and vases, fired in mid-range oxidation. The pots are sprayed or brushed with engobes. Often the surface techniques include carved in patterns reflecting simple geometry.

Bates’ work is influenced by Mimbres pottery.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Public Collections to Display:

American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bibliography to Display:

Bates, Wayne. “The Process,” Ceramics Monthly 45, no.3 (March 1997).

Sasso, Sandy Miller. “Wayne Bates,” Ceramics Monthly 45, no. 3 (March 1997).

WEBSITE(S):

www.waynebates.com

Artist's Studio: Blood River Studio