Jim Romberg, James

EDUCATION

1965 BA Ancient and Medieval History, Pomona College, Claremont, California

1965-1967 Philosophy and Religion, Union Theological Seminary, New York, New York

1972 MFA Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, California

APPRENTICESHIPS AND RESIDENCIES

1974-1986 Artist-in-Residence, Instructor Ceramics, Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities, Sun Valley, Idaho

2015 Artist-in-Residence, Eagleheart Center for Art and Inquiry, Sedona, Arizona

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

1972-1973 Instructor in Ceramics, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

1973-1974 Director of Ceramics, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass, Colorado

1986-2006 Professor of Art, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, Oregon

Jim Romberg is known for making a full line of functional stoneware, which also included a large selection of raku wall plaques, vases and tea bowls.

Critical writing has been a lifelong interest that in 2010 led him to help organize a Critical Ceramics Symposium in Santa Fe , NM.

Romberg studied with Paul Soldner at Claremont Graduate School.

Public Collections

Boise Museum of Art, Boise, Idaho

City of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Pottery of Northwest, Seattle, Washington

Scripps College, Claremont, California

Sevres Museum, Paris, France  

Bibliography

Branfman, Steven. Raku: A Practical Approach. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2001.

Romberg, Jim. Raku: Origins, Impact and Contemporary Expression. Pomona, CA: American Museum of Ceramic Art, 2005.

Romberg, Jim and Ray Hemachandra. 500 Raku: Bold Explorations of a Dynamic Ceramic Technique. New York, NY: Lark Publications, 2011.

Website: www.jimromberg.com

Southern Highland Craft Guild