Paula Colton Winokur

1935 Born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2018 Died Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

EDUCATION

1958BFA Tyler School of Art, Temple University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1958Graduate Study, New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University, Alfred, New York

WORK EXPERIENCE

1973-2003Professor Emerita, Arcadia University, Glenside, Pennsylvania

APPRENTICESHIPS AND RESIDENCIES

1996Haystack School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine

2002Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina

Paula Winokur uses porcelain to create large-scale porcelain works that are her interpretation of the natural environment. Instead of focusing on the transparency of the material, Winokur expolores the purity of porcelain clay through its material properties; strength and durability.

Winokur used stoneware in her early works, switching to unglazed porcelain in the 1970s. Since the 1980s her work has referenced the massive land formations comprised of slabs, crevices and ledges which first caught her attention on a plane trip to the southwestern part of the United States. 

An interview with Paula Winokur conducted July 21 and 22, 2011 by Mija Riedel, for the Archives of American Art’s Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America is available here:
http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-paula-colton-winokur-15988.