The Dictionary of American Studio Ceramics, 1946 Onward
The Dictionary of American Studio Ceramics, 1946 Onward
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EDUCATION
1986 BA University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
1993 BFA University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
2001 MFA University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
RESIDENCIES
2002-2005 Resident Artist, Harbourfront Arts Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2011 Guest Artist, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2013 Invited Artist, Ohio University Study Abroad at the International Ceramic Studio, Kecskemét, Hungary
2013 McKnight Residency, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE
2001-2002 Assistant Professor of Ceramics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2005-2006 Visiting Artist, Assistant Professor, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
2006—Associate Professor, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
Pattie Chalmers is known for creating narrative-based functional pottery, figurative sculpture, and installations. Aside from one-of-a-kind functional pottery, Chalmers groups her work into two categories: 'Tableaux' and 'Collections'.
Chamber's pottery is created using hand built or wheel throwing techniques. She creates drawings of machinery, animals and figures in various combinations on the surface of her wares. Some pieces include decals of flora and fauna.
Tableaux works are developed on faux stages which contain figures that typically share common traits. Giving the sense of a crowded curio cabinet, content includes stories from childhood where fairy tales typically collide with television and comic book themes. Personal and cultural connections to both fairy tale and media themes are used to develop the bulk of the narrative in Chalmers' Tableaux series. Sculptures are created using clay and mixed media.
Chalmers' 'Collections' series reference a 'cabinet of curiosity'. Sculptures are created with clay and mixed media, and often feature the figure and pottery arranged in the style of a still life. Chalmers creates several individual "believable, but fake collectibles" which make up the series. When creating these works, Chalmers envisions how a collector arrange their collection. She examines displays as a misrepresentation of facts (especially of the historical past) and creates intentional plays on facts – with history, with current information, and with her own work as well.
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Citation: Kuratnick, Jeffrey. "The Marks Project." Last modified June 10, 2019. http://www.themarksproject.org/marks/chalmers