The Marks Project - A Marks Dictionary of American Studio Pottery, 1946 to Present

Rick Berman

EDUCATION

1978 BVA Ceramics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia

1973 MFA Ceramics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

APPRENTICESHIPS AND RESIDENCIES

1972, 1978, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1996, 2004, 2007 and 2010Independent study with documented potters of Ahmednagar, India

1980-1981 Artist-in-Residence, South Carolina Arts Commission, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

1981Artist-in-Residence, The Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, Georgia

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

1973-1980 Founder & Director, Ceramics Department, Callanwolde Arts Center, Atlanta, Georgia

1981-1997 Co-Owner, with Jennifer Ashcraft Berman, Berman Gallery, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia

1997-2012 Faculty, Art and Ceramics, Pace Academy, Atlanta, Georgia

 

 

Public Collections

Albany Museum of Art, Albany, Georgia

Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, Connecticut

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida

Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia

Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, South Carolina

Tubman African American Museum, Macon, Georgia

Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii

The High Museum, Atlanta, Georgia

Macon Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, Georgia

The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia

Penland School, Penland, North Carolina

Takasago Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan

State University of West Georgia, Carrolton, Georgia

The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

Kalamazoo Art Institute Museum, Kalamazoo, Michagan

Bibliography

Betancourt, J. "The Making of an Artist: an Interview with Rick Berman." Ceramics Monthly Ohio, 1999.

Branfman, Steven. Raku: A Practical Approach. Radnor, Pa: Chilton Book Co, 1991.

Peterson, Susan. Smashing Glazes: 53 Artists Share Insights and Recipes. Madison, WI: Guild, 2001.

 

Website: www.rickbermanceramics.com

 

 

 

Center for Craft This research was supported by a Craft Research Fund Grant from the Center For Craft
   
AMOCA American Museum of Ceramic Art American Museum of Ceramic Art

 

Typical Marks
Teapot
Date: 1978
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Thrown
Surface Technique: Glaze
The Forrest L. Merrill Collection, Dane Cloutier Archives
The Forrest L. Merrill Collection, Dane Cloutier Archives
Covered Jar
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Thrown
Surface Technique: Brushwork, Glaze
The Forrest L. Merrill Collection, Dane Cloutier Archives
The Forrest L. Merrill Collection, Dane Cloutier Archives
Covered Jar
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Thrown
Surface Technique: Ash Glaze
The Forrest L. Merrill Collection, Dane Cloutier Archives
The Forrest L. Merrill Collection, Dane Cloutier Archives

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The Forrest L. Merrill Collection, Dane Cloutier Archives

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