Donald W. Pilcher, Donald Pilcher

Born 1942 Los Angeles, California

EDUCATION

1964 BFA Chouinard Art Institute, now the California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles, California

1966 MFA Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

1966—Professor, School of Art and Design, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois

BIOGRAPHY

Donald Pilcher worked in stoneware and porcelain. His work was often salt-glazed. Pilcher was known to sand blast pieces post firing. The surfaces of his mainly functional pieces were typically decorated with incised imagery.

Public Collections

American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California

Arizona State University Museum, Tempe, Arizona

Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York

Greenville Museum, Greenville, South Carolina

Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois

Kirkland Museum, Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois

Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois

National Folk Museum, Tokyo, Japan

Taipei Fine Art Museum, Taiwan, Republic of China

University of Utah, Logan, Utah

 

Website: www.donpilcher.net

 

 

Southern Highland Craft Guild