Fred Stodder
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b. 1957, Manhattan Beach, California
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2008 Hot Tea!, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Southwest Arts Festival, Indio, CA
2007 Orange Country Contemporary Ceramics, Newport Beach, CA
Affaire in the Gardens, Beverly Hills, CA
Festival of Arts, Laguna Beach, CA
La Quinta Arts Festival, La Quinta, CA
La Jolla Festival of Arts, La Jolla, CA
Calabasas Fine Arts Festival, Calabasas, CA
2005 American Craft Council, Baltimore, MD
All California, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
2004 From Stoneware to Porcelain, The Art and Cultural Center, Fallbrook, CA
22nd Annual Art Auction, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
Art Bethel Art Festival, St. Petersburg, FL
2002 Music For Cello and One or More Amplified Vases, Performance & Visual Art Combined
Exhibition, University of California San Diego, CA
American Craft Council, San Francisco, CA
2000 Selections From The Allan Chasanoff Ceramic Collection, Mint Museum of Craft and
Design, Charlotte, NC
1999 Post Pop, Bistango, Irvine, CA
Coming Alive, Market Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1997 Tiffany Windows, South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa CA
Southern California Open, Laguna Art Museum , Laguna Beach CA
1996 The Golden Land: Then and Now, Bistango, Irvine, CA
The Figurative Concept, Irvine Valley College, Irvine, CA
1995 Clay Today, Saddleback College Art Gallery, Mission Viejo, CA
Fred Stodder, Avante Gallery, Cleveland, OH
1992 Ink & Clay XVIII, University Art Gallery, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona,
CA
1991 Viewpoint Gallery, Carmel, CA
Two Person Show, Artifacts, San Francisco, CA
1990 New Dimensional Forms by West Coast Artists, One Bush Street, San Francisco, CA
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2000 The Allan Chasanoff Ceramic Collection
1992 Ceramics Monthly, “Fred Stodder” May
1990 At Home: Bay Area Living, “Objects of Our Affection”, Summer
Interior Design, “Melrose Bar and Grill”, February
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Fred Stodder began studying ceramics at the early age of 16. He went on to receive a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of California, Irvine. Currently his studio is located in Laguna Beach where he works with his wife and partner, Nao Otomo.
His ceramic art is regularly exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the country. He is the recipient of numerous awards, appears in many important collections and has been featured in Ceramics Monthly as well as other national arts publications.
Although ceramics is a very ancient art form, Fred Stodder’s work is very unlike traditional ceramics in his use of extremely hard edges, bright bold colors, and razor sharp glaze delineation. His work is mostly inspired by architecture, minimalist painting and jazz music.
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
I sense colors and shapes harmonizing in an almost musical context, and I try to bring together separate elements in ways unrelated to previous thinking.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2008 Hot Tea!, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Southwest Arts Festival, Indio, CA
2007 Orange Country Contemporary Ceramics, Newport Beach, CA
Affaire in the Gardens, Beverly Hills, CA
Festival of Arts, Laguna Beach, CA
La Quinta Arts Festival, La Quinta, CA
La Jolla Festival of Arts, La Jolla, CA
Calabasas Fine Arts Festival, Calabasas, CA
2005 American Craft Council, Baltimore, MD
All California, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
2004 From Stoneware to Porcelain, The Art and Cultural Center, Fallbrook, CA
22nd Annual Art Auction, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
Art Bethel Art Festival, St. Petersburg, FL
2002 Music For Cello and One or More Amplified Vases, Performance & Visual Art Combined
Exhibition, University of California San Diego, CA
American Craft Council, San Francisco, CA
2000 Selections From The Allan Chasanoff Ceramic Collection, Mint Museum of Craft and
Design, Charlotte, NC
1999 Post Pop, Bistango, Irvine, CA
Coming Alive, Market Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1997 Tiffany Windows, South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa CA
Southern California Open, Laguna Art Museum , Laguna Beach CA
1996 The Golden Land: Then and Now, Bistango, Irvine, CA
The Figurative Concept, Irvine Valley College, Irvine, CA
1995 Clay Today, Saddleback College Art Gallery, Mission Viejo, CA
Fred Stodder, Avante Gallery, Cleveland, OH
1992 Ink & Clay XVIII, University Art Gallery, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona,
CA
1991 Viewpoint Gallery, Carmel, CA
Two Person Show, Artifacts, San Francisco, CA
1990 New Dimensional Forms by West Coast Artists, One Bush Street, San Francisco, CA
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2000 The Allan Chasanoff Ceramic Collection
1992 Ceramics Monthly, “Fred Stodder” May
1990 At Home: Bay Area Living, “Objects of Our Affection”, Summer
Interior Design, “Melrose Bar and Grill”, February
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Fred Stodder began studying ceramics at the early age of 16. He went on to receive a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of California, Irvine. Currently his studio is located in Laguna Beach where he works with his wife and partner, Nao Otomo.
His ceramic art is regularly exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the country. He is the recipient of numerous awards, appears in many important collections and has been featured in Ceramics Monthly as well as other national arts publications.
Although ceramics is a very ancient art form, Fred Stodder’s work is very unlike traditional ceramics in his use of extremely hard edges, bright bold colors, and razor sharp glaze delineation. His work is mostly inspired by architecture, minimalist painting and jazz music.
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
I sense colors and shapes harmonizing in an almost musical context, and I try to bring together separate elements in ways unrelated to previous thinking.