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Nicholas Bernard, Nick

Biography to Display: 

EDUCATION

1981 BFA Arizona State University, Tempe Arizona, summa cum laude

BIOGRAPHY

 

Nicholas Bernard has several bodies of work: low-fired earthenware, which is wheel thrown, with applied slip layer producing underlying texture and pre‒firing application of multiple layers of atomized colored slip and post-firing application of a copper oxide. Each object frequently has multiple firings, some work is raku fired. Bernard has also worked in porcelain, with layers of slip and glazes, high-fired in a reduction atmosphere. The traditional vessel form is his vehicle.

Influences are many ranging from classic forms of antiquity and simple, graceful pots made by the indigenous peoples of the southwestern United States, Africa, Japan, as well as the work of modern studio potters.

The study of 2000 year old pots in a Rhodes, Greece museum provided great inspiration.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Public Collections to Display: 

Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe Arizona

American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California

Boise Art Museum, Boise Idaho

Brunnier Art Museum, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa

The Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, Kansas

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bibliography to Display: 

“Studio Visit with Nick Bernard.” Ceramics Monthly (February 2014).

 

WEBSITE(S):

www.nbernard.com

 

Typical Marks
1994
2013
2014
2015
2015
2016
Nick 89
Nick 89
Raku Vessel
Date: 1994
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Thrown
Surface Technique: Glaze
Photo: Artist
Photo: Artist
Photo: Artist
Large Yellow Bowl
Date: ca 2011
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Thrown
Surface Technique: Slip
Photo: TMP
Yunomi
Date: 2013
Materials: White Stoneware
Method: Thrown
Surface Technique: Glaze
Photo: Artist
Photo: Artist
Yellow Facet
Date: 2014
Form: Vessel
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Thrown
Surface Technique: Slip
The Forrest L. Merrill Collection
The Forrest L. Merrill Collection
Mug
Date: 2015
Materials: White Stoneware
Method: Thrown
Surface Technique: Slip
Photo: Artist
Photo: Artist
Grey Vessel
Date: 2016
Materials: Porcelain
Method: Thrown
Surface Technique: Glaze
Photo: Artist
Photo: Artist
Bowl
Method: Thrown
Surface Technique: Glaze
The Forrest L Merrill Collection
Photo: Dane Cloutier
The Forrest L Merrill Collection
Vessel
Method: Thrown
Surface Technique: Glaze
The Forrest L Merrill Collection
The Forrest L Merrill Collection
Tile
Method: Slab-Built
Surface Technique: Glaze
The Forrest L Merrill Collection
The Forrest L Merrill Collection
Striped Vessel
Method: Thrown
Surface Technique: Glaze
The Forrest L Merrill Collection
The Forrest L Merrill Collection
Object 11
Pot
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Thrown
Dimensions: 8" x 9" x 9"
Brunnier Art Museum, Iowa State University, gift of Carmon Slater and Donald Randall, um2016.306
Photo: Brunnier
Brunnier Art Museum, Iowa State University, gift of Carmon Slater and Donald Randall, um2016.306
Photo: Brunnier
Photo: Brunnier

Citation: "The Marks Project." Last modified February 13, 2024. http://www.themarksproject.org/marks/bernard

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Scottsdale, Arizona, Arizona