Phyllis A. Pacin, Phy Pacin

Biography to Display:

EDUCATION

1963-1971 2 BFAs University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois

1973 MFA Mills College, Oakland, California

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

1973---Studio artist, Phyllis Pacin Design

Biography

Phyllis Pacin creates paintings composed of multiple tiles fired using the raku process. This firing contrasts the colorful luster glazes with the smoke blackened clay. The tiles are typically parallelograms although she also uses squares.

Pacin is most interested in playing with space in the picture plane and creating spatial illusions including a trompe l’oeil illusion of three-dimensional form. Each stoneware tile is hand rolled and textured. Once the composition is complete the individual tiles are mounted on acrylic or wood forms.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Public Collections to Display:

American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California

Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, California

Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, California

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bibliography to Display:

“Canvas Can’t Contain this Exhibit.” Oakland (CA) Tribune, May 2002.

Chang, Richard. “Brea Gallery Presents Clay and Glass Works in New Exhibit.” Orange County (CA) Register, February 2013.

Goletz, Deborah. Ceramic Art Tile for the Home. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 2001.“Interview.” Mills Quarterly, Oakland, CA (Summer 2007).

Lark Crafts. 500 Tiles: An Inspiring Collection of International Work. Asheville, NC: Lark Books, January 2008.

Lark Crafts. The Best of 500 Ceramics: Celebrating a Decade in Clay. Asheville, NC: Lark Books, 2012.

Peck, Kristin. The Art of Handmade Tile. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, July 2002.

“Raku the Universal Language of Clay.” New South Wales, Australia, Ceramics TECHNICAL (November 2003).

Snyder, Jeffrey. Ceramics Today. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 2010.

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WEBSITE(S):

www.phyllispacin.com

Artist's Studio: Phyllis Pacin Ceramic Design

Typical Marks

Last name: mismatched lead type letters, approximately 1/2 inch in length total. Signature appears randomly on some of the tiles that make up each piece. Older signature: Pacin written into clay with pin tool at bottom of stoneware wall pieces and on bottoms of pots when I was making pots. Older: Pacin with a script "P" written into clay with pin tool on bottom of pots.