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Michael Simon

Biography to Display: 

1947Born Springfield, Minnesota

2021 Died Athens, Georgia

EDUCATION

1970BA Studio Art, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1980MFA Ceramics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

BIOGRAPHY

Michael Simon is known for functional stoneware decorated with simple nature based geometric motifs. Fish, birds, trees and linear abstract designs decorate the surfaces of his work creating a visual iconography that make many of his works instantly recognizable.

Simon is a master of wax resist and uses it to create the integration of pattern and image seen on his work. He was also a master ot manipulating the figure and ground on a piece. Many of his pieces have flat side sllowing for more painting. Simon used a salt kiln to fire his work.

An interview with Michael Simon conducted September 27 and 28, 2005 by Mark Shapiro for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America is available at:

www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-michael-simon-11797. 

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Public Collections to Display: 

Alfred Ceramic Art Museum, Alfred University, Alfred, New York

American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, California

Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art, Mashiko, Japan

Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Nerman Museum, Overland Park, Kansas

Weisman Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bibliography to Display: 

Roberts, Susan Stokes, ed. Michael Simon: Evolution. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2011.

 

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Center for CraftCenter For Craft

 

 

AMOCA American Museum of Ceramic ArtAMOCA American Museum of Ceramic Art

 

Typical Marks

Rectangular, impressed seal with "MS" 

MS
MS
1993
ca 1995
ca 1999
ca 2000
2000
Bowl
Date: 1993
Form: Bowl
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Thrown and Altered
Dimensions: H. 12.84 x W. 6.95 x D. 26
American Museum of Ceramic Art 2004.2.188, gift of the American Ceramic Society
Photo: TMP
American Museum of Ceramic Art 2004.2.188, gift of the American Ceramic Society
Photo: TMP
Photo: TMP
1993
Photo: TMP
Persian Box
Date: ca 1995
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Thrown and Altered
Surface Technique: Glaze, Wax Resist
E John Bullard Collection
E John Bullard Collection
Checkered Bowl
Date: ca 1995
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Thrown and Altered
Surface Technique: Glaze, Wax Resist
E. John Bullard Collection
E. John Bullard Collection
Checkered Persian Box
Date: ca 1995
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Thrown and Altered
Surface Technique: Glaze, Wax Resist
E. John Bullard Collection
E. John Bullard Collection
Vase with Fish
Date: ca 1996
Form: Vase
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Thrown
Dimensions: 7.25" h
Surface Technique: Glaze, Incised
E. John Bullard Collection
E. John Bullard Collection
Large Oval Bowl with Black Bird
Date: ca 1999
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Hand-Built
Surface Technique: Glaze, Woodfire
E. John Bullard Collection
E. John Bullard Collection
Persian Box With Birds
Date: ca 2000
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Thrown and Altered
Surface Technique: Glaze, Wax Resist
Photo: Loren Maron
Photo: Loren Maron
Photo: Loren Maron
Black Horse Three Legged Jar
Date: 2002
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Thrown and Altered
Surface Technique: Glaze, Wax Resist
Photo: Walker Montgomery
Flask with Fish
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Thrown and Altered
Surface Technique: Glaze, Wax Resist
Photo: John Polak
Photo: John Polak
Photo: John Polak
Plate
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Thrown
Surface Technique: Glaze
Photo: TMP
Photo: TMP
Photo: TMP
Persian Box
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Thrown and Altered
Surface Technique: Glaze, Wax Resist
Photo: TMP
Side Handle Teapot
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Thrown and Altered
Surface Technique: Glaze
Photo: TMP
Photo: TMP
Photo: TMP
Photo: TMP
Persian Box
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Thrown and Altered
Surface Technique: Glaze
Judith and Martin Schwartz Collection
Photo: John Polak
Judith and Martin Schwartz Collection
Photo: John Polak
Teapot
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Thrown
Surface Technique: Glaze, Woodfire
The Clay Studio Collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photo: TMP
The Clay Studio Collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photo: TMP
Teapot
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Thrown
Surface Technique: Glaze, Woodfire
The Clay Studio Collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photo: TMP
The Clay Studio Collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Flask with Fish
Date: 2000
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Thrown and Altered
Dimensions: 6 x 6 x 4"
Surface Technique: Glaze, Wax Resist
E. John Bullard Collection
E. John Bullard Collection

Citation: "The Marks Project." Last modified July 19, 2023. http://www.themarksproject.org/marks/simon

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American Museum of Ceramic Arts , AMOCA, The American Ceramic Society , ACerS, Center for Craft , CfC, Wax Resist