The Dictionary of American Ceramics, 1945 onward
Dictionary of American Ceramics, 1945 onward
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Martha Grover
EDUCATION
2002BA Architecture, Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont
2002-2003Ceramics Student, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
2003-2004Special Student, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, Massachusetts
2007 MFA University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, Massachusetts
RESIDENCIES
2002Resident Artist, El Monto Foundation, Sayulita, Mexico
2007Summer Resident, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, Montana
2007-2008Resident Artist, Northern Clay Center Minneapolis Minnesota
2008Summer Resident, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, Montana
2008-2009Resident Artist, Red Lodge Clay Center, Helena, Montana
2009-2011Long-Term Resident |Taunt Fellow, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, Montana
2013Resident Artist, Pottery Workshop, Jingdezhen, China
PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE
2002-2003Studio Assistant to Jennifer Gandee, Fabius, New York
2004-2006Ceramics Instructor, Studio Technician, University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, Massachusetts
2007—Professional Potter
2007-2008Ceramics Instructor, Sales Gallery Assistant, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2008-2009Ceramics Instructor, Gallery Assistant, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, Montana
2008-2015Ceramics Instructor, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, Montana
2010-2012Adjunct Professor, Carroll College, Helena, Montana
2011-2012Gallery Assistant, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, Montana
2013-2015Education Coordinator, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, Montana
2016—Ceramics Faculty, Gould Academy, Bethel, Maine
BIOGRAPHY
Martha Grover is known for wheel-thrown and altered and/or slab-built porcelain tableware and other functional pottery. Grover’s decorative technique includes the use of pastel to white glazes that typically feature iron-rich spatters in key areas of her undulated vessel work. Work is fired in an electric kiln.
Grover’s work is highly altered in the wet stage. Her altering process uses ribs, water, and sponges in the reshaping process for curves in vessel walls. Signature forms include stand-alone and wall mounted perfume bottles, vases, tulipieres, boxes, and baskets.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California
Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, Montana
Belger Crane Art Center, Kansas City, Missouri
Clay Times, Hamilton, Virginia
Crocker Art Museum, Sidney Swidler, Sacramento, California
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, Erie, Colorado
Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, Montana
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
Skutt Ceramic Products, Portland, Oregon
Standard Ceramics, Carnegie, Pennsylvania
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Carter, Ben and Linda Arbuckle. Mastering the Potter's Wheel. London, UK: Voyageur Press, 2016.
Creating Curves with Clay with Martha Grover. DVD. Westerville, OH: Ceramic Publications Company, 2012.
Grover, Martha. “Fluid Curves,” Pottery Making Illustrated (September 2013).
_____________. “Flower Bricks and Tulipieres.” Pottery Making Illustrated (July 2013).
_____________. “Treasure for Treasure.” Pottery Making Illustrated (November 2010).
Hall, Sherman, ed. 2011 Clay Workshop Handbook. Westerville, OH: The American Ceramic Society, 2011.
______________. Pitchers, Teapots, Cups, & Mugs. Westerville, OH: The American Ceramic Society, 2016.
Hemachandra, Ray, and Julia Galloway. 500 Vases: Contemporary Explorations of a Timeless Form. New York, NY: Lark Books, 2010.
Lawton, Jim. 500 Teapots Contemporary Explorations of a Timeless Design, v. 2. New York, NY: Lark Books, 2013.
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