Born in Ohio, 1930, Resides in Oakland, CA

Education:

1961    University of California, Berkeley M.A.

1957    University of Chicago M.F.A.

1952    Princeton University A.B.

Academic Appointments:

1965-92     University of California, Berkeley
1961-65     San Francisco Art Institute

Non-Academic Appointments:
1984-88     American Academy in Rome, Director
1977-81     National Endowment for the Arts Director, Visual Arts Program

Major Solo Exhibitions:
2008    Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA

2006    Katzen American University Art Museum, Washington, D.C.

2005    Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA

            Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA

2003    Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA

            Revolution Gallery, Ferndale (Detroit), MI

2000    Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston

1998    Revolution Gallery, Ferndale (Detroit), MI

            European Ceramic Work Centre, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Holland

1995    Revolution Gallery, Ferndale (Detroit), MI        

1994    Revolution Gallery, Ferndale (Detroit), MI

1992    Fabric Workshop, Philadelphia

1991    Holly Solomon Gallery, New York

            Kala Institute, Berkeley, CA
1981    San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco

1978    Gallerie Fignal, Amsterdam
1977    Nancy Lurie Gallery, Chicago, IL

1975    Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco

            Daniel Weinberg Gallery, San Francisco

1972    Gallery Reese Galley, San Francisco

1970    San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco
            Obelisk Gallery, Boston

1968    Gallery 669, Los Angeles

1961    Richmond CA Art Center, Richmond, CA
2008    Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA

2007    Eye Sites: Jim Melchert, paul kotula projects, Ferndale, MI

2006    Katzen American University Art Museum, Washington, D.C.

2005    Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA

            Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA

2003    Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
            paul kotula projects, Ferndale, MI

            Revolution Gallery, Ferndale (Detroit), MI

2002    Bay Area Center for the Consolidated Arts, Berkeley, CA

2001    paul kotula projects, Detroit
            Franklin Parrish Gallery, New York
2000    Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston

1999    paul kotula projects, Detroit
            Robert Mondavi Winery, Oakville, CA
1998    paul kotula projects, Detroit, MI

            Revolution Gallery, Ferndale (Detroit), MI

            European Ceramic Work Centre, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Holland

1996    Jernigan Wicker Fine Arts, San Francisco

1995    paul kotula projects, Detroit, MI

            Revolution Gallery, Ferndale (Detroit), MI        

            Jernigan Wicker Fine Arts, San Francisco

1994    paul kotula projects, Detroit, MI

            Revolution Gallery, Ferndale (Detroit), MI

1992    Fabric Workshop, Philadelphia
1991    Holly Solomon Gallery, New York

            Kala Institute, Berkeley, CA
1989    College of Notre Dame, Belmont
1984    Fuller Goldeen Gallery, San Francisco
1981    San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco
1978    Gallerie Fignal, Amsterdam
1977    Nancy Lurie Gallery, Chicago, IL

1975    Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco

            Daniel Weinberg Gallery, San Francisco
1972    Gallery Reese Galley, San Francisco

1970    San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco   

            Obelisk Gallery, Boston
1968    Gallery 669, Los Angeles

1961    Richmond CA Art Center, Richmond, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2005    Slides, Baltimore Museum of Art; Contemporary Arts canter, and the Cincinnati Museum of Art, Cincinnati, OH

            Practice Makes Perfect: Bay Area Conceptual Craft, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA

2004    A Secret Life of Clay, from Gauguin to Gormely. Tate Modern, Liverpool, ENGLAND

            Contemporary American Ceramics (1950- 1990), Aichi Prefecture Ceramics Museum and The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto

            Bay Area Now 3 Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2002    Yerba Buena Center, San Francisco

2001    World Contemporary Ceramics, Ichon World Ceramic Center, Korea
2000    Color and Fire: Defining Moments in Contemporary Ceramics, Los Angeles County Museum of Art

1992    In the Spirit of John Cage, Jernigan-Wicker Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1986    San Francisco Bay Area, the Drawing Center, New York, NY

1977    California Painting and Sculpture, National Museum of American Art, Washington D.C.

1972    Contemporary Ceramic Art, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto; National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

            Documenta 5, Kassel

1970    Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
1969    Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
            American Museum of American Art, Washington D.C.
1968    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
            Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

1966    Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

            Abstract Expressionist Ceramics, University of California at Irvine, CA

1965    The Slant Step Show, Berkeley Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1963    Onze Sculptures Americans, Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris
1962    Work in clay by Six Artists, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

Awards:

2000    Keynote Speaker, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

1998    Visiting Artist, European Ceramics Work Centre, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands   

            Regis Master Series, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis Institute of Arts

1995    Award for Design Collaboration, Boston Society of Architects
1993    Citation for Distinguished Service in the Visual Arts, National Association of Schools of Art and Design
            Honorary Doctor of Fine Art Degree, Maryland Institute, College of Art
1988    Honorary Fellow of the American Craft Council

1984    Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts Degree, San Francisco Art Institute
1978    Honorary Fellow, NCECA
1973    Artist Fellowship, National endowment for the Arts

1970    Adeline Kent Award, San Francisco Art Institute

1964    Louis Comfort Tiffany Fellowship

Selected Collections:

Rene Di Rosa Preserve, Napa
Public Collections
National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
Video Archives, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
American Craft Museum, New York

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Oakland Art Museum, CA
Rose Museum, Brandeis University
Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA
European Ceramics Works Centre, s’Hertogenbosch
Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI
Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC
Ichon World Ceramic Center, Suwon, Kyonggi-do, South Korea

Yale University Art Gallery

Museum of Arts and Design, New York

Baltimore Art Museum

Des Moines Art Center

Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego

Commissions:

1996    Tile Mural for the Residence of the American ambassador to Singapore

1993    Wall Sclupture at CASE Western Reserve University, OH

1992    Tile Mural at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

1991    Shelter, Metropolitan Rapid Transit, Sacramento, CA

1990    Tile Mural at River West Development Sculpture Park, Folsom, CA

1989    Tile Border for swimming pool, Oliver Ranch and Sculpture Park, Geyserville, CA

1965    Sculpture at the di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA