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

Andy Nasisse

1946 Born Pueblo, Colorado

EDUCATION

1973MFA University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado

1967First Ceramics Class, Instituto Allende, San Miguel De Allende, Mexico

APPRENTICESHIPS & RESIDENCIES

1989Artist in Residence, Leighton Artist Colony, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta, Canada

1990Artist in Residence, Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville, Tennessee

1994Artist in Residence, New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University, Alfred, New York

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

1988-2005Full Professor, The University of Georgia, Art Department, Athens, Georgia

2005—Emeritus Professor, The University of Georgia, Art Department, Athens, Georgia

Andy Nasisse is known for vessel form pottery, figurative and landscape sculpture. At times, one or more of these are combined in a finished work. Nasisse often works in an improvisational manner. Finding gestault of figures and landscape imagery in wet clay as he works, Nasisse develops these images further by adding clay or carving as each piece moves through the greenware stage. His work typically features slips and low fire crackle glazes.

Public Collections

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

The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, Georgia

Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia

Ghost Ranch Foundation, Abiquiu New Mexico

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Atlanta, Georgia

High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia

Museum of Arts & Sciences, Macon, Georgia

The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia

Nelson Fine Arts Center, Tempe, Arizona

Pan Pacific Hotel, Singapore

Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin