The Dictionary of American Ceramics, 1945 onward
Dictionary of American Ceramics, 1945 onward
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Susan B. Beiner
1962Born
EDUCATION
1985BFA Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts, New Jersey
1993MFA University of Michigan School of Art, Michigan
PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE
1994-2000Adjunct Faculty, College for Creative Studies, College of Art and Design, Detroit, Michigan
2000-2005Associate Professor, Ceramic Department, California State University, San Bernardino, California
2006Associate Professor, Ceramic Department, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
APPRENTICESHIPS AND RESIDENCIES
1997John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Arts/Industry program, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
1999Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts, New Castle, Maine
2002Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, Montana
2003International Ceramic Center, Guldagergard, Skaelskor, Denmark
2004Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, Montana
2005–2006The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
BIOGRAPHY
Susan Beiner is known for elegantly glazed pieces that are typically covered with hand built and cast pieces. Beiner’s work with domestic scale vessels gradually grew to include sculpture, large conceptual ceramics and mixed-media installations.
Beiner's work has grown from her interest in 18th century European porcelains. She began to render their elegantly painted surfaces in three dimensional layers of encrusted form and color. The result is opulent pieces with surfaces covered with shells or nuts and bolts and other natural and man-made objects that Beiner uses to explore the relationship between these increasingly disparate realms. The pieces she attaches are porcelain cast from molds she makes using the actual objects as well as non-ceramic elements created to her specifications.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California
Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, Montana
Arizona State University Art Museum, Ceramics Research Center, Tempe, Arizona
Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, Massachusetts
The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire
Danmarks Keramikmuseum, Guldagergard, Denmark
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan
Detroit Zoo, Nautilus Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California
Jingdezhen Ceramics Museum, Jingdezhen, China
John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
Princessehof Kerameiki Museum, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands
Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
Renault, Corporate Design Techno Centre, Paris, France
Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, New Mexico
Southern Illinois University Museum, Carbondale, Illinois
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas
Scripps College, Claremont, California
XL Screw Corporation, Wheeling, Illinois
Yixing Ceramics Museum, Yixing, China
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Adamson, Glen and Davira Taragin. Tea Anyone? The Donna Moog Collection. Racine, Wisconsin: Racine Art Museum, 2006.
Brown, Glen, curator. 500 Sculptures. Asheville, North Carolina: Lark Books, 2008.
Burkett, Richard, Curator. Masters of Porcelain. Asheville, North Carolina: Lark Books, 2008.
Clark, Garth. The Artful Teapot. New York, New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 2006.
Cooper, Emmanuel. Contemporary Ceramics. London, England: Thames and Hudson Ltd., 2009.
Ferrin, Leslie. Teapots Transformed. Madison, Wisconsin: Guild Publishing, 2006.
Lauria, Jo. Color and Fire: Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics 1950-2000. Los Angeles, California: Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Rizzoli International, 2006.
Mackey, Maureen. Experience Clay. Worcester, Massachusetts: Davis Publications, 2006.
Mathieu, Paul. Sexpots. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 2006.
Meilach, Dona. Teapots: Makers and Collectors. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Books, 2005.
Ostermann, Matthias. The Ceramic Surface. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002.
Peltier, Yves. Biennale Internationale Creation Contemporaine et Ceramique. France: Somogy Editions d'Art, 2010.
Piepenburg, Robert. The Spirit of Clay Revised Edition. Farmington Hills, Michigan: Pebble Press, 2006.
Sikes, Toni Fountain. The Best of New Ceramic Art. Madison, Wisconsin: Guild Publishing, 2006.
Sweet, Marvin. The Yixing Effect: Echoes of a Chinese Scholar. BeijingChina: Foreign Languages Press, 2006.
Taylor, Louisa. Ceramics Bible: The Complete Guide to Materials and Techniques. San Francisco: California: Chronicle Books, 2011.
Tourtillott, Suzanne. 500 Bowls. Asheville, North Carolina: Lark Books, 2006.
_________________. 500 Cups. Asheville, North Carolina: Lark Books, 2006.
Triplett, Kathy. 500 Teapots. Asheville, North Carolina: Lark Books, 2006.
Trumpie, Ank. Deliciously Decadent - Dinner Services of the 20th and 21st Centuries. Princessehof Leewarden, Netherlands: 010 Publishers, 2006.
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Artist's Studio: Susan Beiner Ceramics
"Beiner" inscribed into clay or signed with underglaze pencil.
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