Beth Lo

Biography to Display:

1949 Born Lafayette, Indiana

EDUCATION

1971 BGS General Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

1974 MFA Ceramics, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana

RESIDENCIES

1997 Visiting Artist, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, New York

1997 Visiting Artist, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas

1997 Visiting Artist New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico

2009 Resident Artist, Pottery Workshop, Jingdezhen, China

2012 Women in the Ceramic Arts Lecturer and Visiting Artist, Arizona State University Ceramics Research Center, Tempe, Arizona

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

1985—Professor of Art, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana

1974—Studio Potter

BIOGRAPHY

Beth Lo is known for functional ceramics and figurative sculpture. Lo mainly works in high fire porcelain. Many of her pieces are brightly colored with underglaze and post firing surface techniques. After the birth of her son in 1987, her imagery became more literally representative and focused on the ideas of childhood, family, and Asian American culture.

In addition to ceramic objects, Lo occasionally produces two dimensional works. Beth Lo and her sister, Ginne, have collaborated on two children’s books which Beth Lo illustrated.

Lo was profiled in 2014 by Paige Williams/ Porch Productions for ‘The Montana Experience: Stories from Big Sky Country’. Lo’s segment can be found here, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bt_YL9IonFU

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Public Collections to Display:

Alfred Ceramic Art Museum, Alfred University, Alfred, New York

Arizona State University, Ceramics Research Center, Tempe, Arizona

Hallmark Card Corporation Ceramics Collection, Kansas City, Missouri

Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana

Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington

Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, Montana

Northwest Museum of Art and Culture, Spokane, Washington

University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Washington

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bibliography to Display:

Biskeborn, Susan. Artists at Work: Twenty-five Northwest Glassmakers, Ceramists and Jewelers. Eugene, OR: Pacific Northwest Publishing, 2001.

Lo, Ginnie and Beth Lo. Mahjong All Day Long. New York, NY: Walker Books, 2005.

__, Ginnie and Beth Lo. Auntie Yang’s Great Soybean Picnic. New York, NY: Lee and Low Books, 2012.

Newby, Rick. "Beth Lo: Taking Stock of Familial Relationships - Exploring her Chinese Roots with Delicacy and Humor, the Montana Ceramist Plays with Notions of "cute", One of Contemporary Art's Last Taboos". American Craft 59, no.3 (1999).

Reintjes, Brandon. “Breath, Beth Lo in Korea.” Ceramic Art and Perception, no. 97 (2014).

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WEBSITE(S):

www.bethlo.com

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