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Michael Lopez, Michael J. Lopez

Biography to Display: 

1937 Born

EDUCATION

1956-1960BFA Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles, California

1960-1963 MFA California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

1965-1967 Ceramics Instructor, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California

1970— Ceramics Instructor, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, California

BIOGRAPHY 

Michael Lopez is  primarily known for non-functional ceramics that combine wheel-thrown and hand building techniques. Lopez worked with stoneware, lusters, and raku firing. Many of his pieces have an unglazed matt surface.

 Lopez studied with Vernon Coykendal and Viola Frey.

Public Collections

Public Collections to Display: 

Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California

Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, California

 

 

Typical Marks
1960-1980
1980—
Urn
Date: 1962
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Thrown (Reduction fired, copper and brass band.)
The Forrest L. Merrill Collection, Dane Cloutier Archives
The Forrest L. Merrill Collection, Dane Cloutier Archives

Citation: "The Marks Project." Last modified May 2, 2023. http://www.themarksproject.org:443/marks/lopez