Neil Patterson

EDUCATION

1986 BFA The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio

1986-1988 Core Student, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina

1988-1992 Cardiff Institute of Higher Education, Cardiff, England

1990-1991 Post Graduate Diploma, The ClevelandInstitute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio

1992 MFA LouisianaStateUniversity, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

1991 Visiting Lecturer, Polytechnic of London, England

1992-1997 Artist in residence The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1992—Adjunct Instructor, Ceramics and 3D Design, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1993-1999 Instructor, 3D Design and 2D Design, CabriniCollege, Radnor, Pennsylvania

1996—Adjunct Instructor, Ceramics, Community College of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1997-1999 Adjunct Instructor, Ceramics and 3D Design, Montgomery County Community College, Blue  Bell, Pennsylvania

Neil Patterson makes functional stoneware pots that are thrown on the potter’s wheel, then altered and re-assembled. There is an emphasis on the soft quality of the clay, bolstered by a formal or architectural structure and the use of uniform raised repeated surface patterns. Texture is an important component of his surface treatments.