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Steve Reynolds

Biography to Display: 

1940 Born Toledo, Ohio

2007Died Texas

EDUCATION

San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California

1963 BFA Creative Arts, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado

1965 MFA Sculpture and Drawing, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado

1967 MA Ceramics and Art History, Denver University, Denver, Colorado

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

1967-1970 Assistant Professor, Ceramics and Sculpture, Odessa College,

1974-1976 Associate Professor, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

1978-2005 Professor Ceramics/Sculpture, University of Texas, San Antonio, Texas

 

Steve Reynolds spent his career making ceramics that pushed the boundaries between art and craft. He often used traditional functional forms to create a non-functional sculpture.

Reynolds worked in series as he explored the possibilities of a form, these series included cups and saucers and what he called kettle pots.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Public Collections to Display: 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bibliography to Display: 

Lee, Catherine. Steve Reynolds: Serial Investigations in Sculpture. San Antonia, TX: University of Texas.

Nigrosh, Leon. Low Fire: Other Ways to Work in Clay. Worcester MA: Davis Publications, 1980.

Speight, Charlotte. Hands in Clay. Sherman Oaks, CA: Alfred Publishing Company, 1983.

Whitney, K. "Steve Reynolds: Off the Wall". Ceramics Monthly  58 no.3 (2010).

Whitney, Kathleen. "Steve Reynolds (1940-2007): Negative capability". Ceramics Art and Perception 99 (2015).

 

 

Typical Marks
1965—
Sculpture
Date: 1970
Materials: Earthenware
Method: Raku fired
The Forrest L. Merrill Collection, Dane Cloutier Archives
The Forrest L. Merrill Collection, Dane Cloutier Archives
Octapot
Date: 1970
Form: Sculpture
Materials: Stoneware
Surface Technique: Salt Glaze
The Forrest L. Merrill Collection, Dane Cloutier Archives
The Forrest L. Merrill Collection, Dane Cloutier Archives
Sculpture
Date: 1975
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Hand-Built
Surface Technique: Glaze
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Marer Collection, Scripps College, 79.8.21
Photo: TMP
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Marer Collection, Scripps College, 79.8.21
Photo: TMP
Photo: TMP

Citation: "The Marks Project." Last modified April 3, 2023. http://www.themarksproject.org:443/marks/reynolds-2