Brad Schwieger

Biography to Display:

1957Born

EDUCATION

1981 BFA University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

1983 MFA Utah State University, Logan, Utah

APPRENTICESHIPS AND RESIDENCIES

1998 Artist in Residence, Archie Bray Foundation for Ceramic Arts, Helena, Montana

1997, 2003 Artist in Residence, Watershed Center for Ceramics, New Castle, Maine

2009 Red Lodge Art Center, Red Lodge, Montana

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

1985-1990 Associate Professor Vincennes University, Vincennes, Indiana

1990— Professor of Art and Ceramics Area Chairman, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio

BIOGRAPHY

Brad Schwieger is known for highly altered, wheel-thrown, stoneware vessel forms. Pieces are cut, stretched, stacked, twisted and reassembled resulting in thrown pieces that become asymmetrical sculptural objects.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Public Collections to Display:

Agency of Czech Design in Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic

Archie Bray Foundation for Ceramic Arts, Helena, Montana

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee

International Museum of Ceramics, Romhild, Germany

Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art at Utah State University.

Mint Museum, Charlotte, Nouth Carolina

San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas

Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Museum of Art Collection

Smithsonian Institution, Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC

Taipei Cultural Center, Taiwan, Republic of China

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bibliography to Display:

Contemporary Ceramics: A Dairy Barn Invitational : an Exhibition of Leading Ceramic Artists Produced by the Dairy Barn Arts Center Athens Ohio March 2 Through April 8, 2007. Athens, Ohio: Dairy Barn Arts Center, 2007.

Ohio Perspectives: Explorations in Clay : Akron Art Museum, February 3 - March 31, 1996. Akron, Ohio: The Museum, 1996.

The Ninth Annual San Angelo National Ceramic Competition: San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, April 14 to May 29, 1994. San Angelo, Tex: San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, 1994.

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