Porntip Sangvanich
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portfolio | artists listing
b. 1959, Samut Songkharm, Thailand
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Ichon World Ceramic Center, Suwon, Korea
Kellogg University Art Gallery, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Taipei County Yinnge Ceramics Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2009 Hot Tea!, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Materiality of Color, Brand Library Art Galleries, Glendale, CA
2008 Invitation National Teapot Show VII, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC
Feats of Clay XXI, Lincoln Arts, Lincoln, CA
Red, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
Quintessential Clay: Made in California, Kellogg University Art Gallery, California State
Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA
2007 The Diana & Sandy Besser Collection, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco,
San Francisco, CA
Clay in California, Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA
Sextuplets, Courtier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
One Work/One World, The Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts, Ojai, CA
Voices from the Pacific Rim: Asian American Ceramicists, Platt and Borstein Galleries of
the University of Judaism, Los Angeles, CA
Tea, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
2006 Currents: Contemporary California Clay, The Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts, Ojai, CA
Four Hands, Burbank Municipal Gallery & Creative Arts Center, Burbank, CA
Beatrice Wood Ceramic Annual, The Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts, Ojai, CA
Otis: Nine Decades of Los Angeles Art, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA
Ink & Clay 32, Kellogg University Art Gallery, California State Polytechnic University,
Pomona, CA
2003-06 The Artful Teapot: 20th Century Expressions from the Kamm Collection,
COPIA: The American Center for Wine, Food & the Arts, Napa, CA
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach , CA
The George R. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic, Toronto, Canada
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL,
Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA,
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA,
Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, NC
2005 Earth, Wheel & Fire, International Museum of Art & Science, McAllen, TX
Forms Without Function, Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Laying the Foundation: American Art Tile, American Museum of Ceramic Art,
Pomona, CA
Opulent Fire: Homage to Ralph Bacerra, Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY
Art Auction XI, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Feats of Clay XVIII, Lincoln Arts, Lincoln, CA
Clay on the Wall, Texas Tech University-School of Art-Landmark Gallery, Lubbock, TX
Ink & Clay 31, Kellogg University Art Gallery, California State Polytechnic University,
Pomona, CA
2004 Steeped in Tradition 2004, The Teapot: Design and Embellishment, Ariana Gallery,
Royal Oak, MI
Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Exposition, Chiago, IL
The First Taiwan Ceramic Biennale 2004, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung
City, Taiwan
Eight, Burbank Municipal Gallery & Creative Arts Center, Burbank, CA
Feats of Clay XVII, Lincoln Arts, Lincoln, CA
Standing Room Only: The 60th Scripps Ceramic Annual, Ruth Chandler Williamson
Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, CA
100 Teapots 2, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
Ceramics Invitational, Riverside Community College Art Gallery, Riverside, CA
2003 Hot Tea!, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
St. Petersburg Clay National 2003: A Juried Ceramic Art Exhibition, St. Petersburg Clay
Co., St. Petersburg, FL
Americana, Burbank Municipal Gallery & Creative Arts Center, Burbank, CA
George E. Ohr National Arts Challenge 2003, Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art, Biloxi, MS
Clearly Black & White, Tierra Solida: a clay art gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
Clay & Glass, Burbank Municipal Gallery & Creative Arts Center, Burbank, CA
ANA32, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
Origins in Clay 3, San Antonio Potter Guild, Hill Country Arts Foundation, Ingram, TX
Clay Art 2003, The Saratoga Clay Company, Hall’s Peppermill, Saratoga Spring, NY
Jackpot!, Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas, NV
2002 Salon Show, Decorative Arts Guild, Los Angeles, CA
Clay & Wood, Burbank Municipal Gallery & Creative Arts Center, Burbank, CA
2001 1st World Ceramic Biennial 2001 Korea, Ichon World Ceramic Center, Suwon, Korea
The Art of Tea, Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood, CO
Asian Art Now, Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, NV
Feats of Clay XIV, Lincoln Arts, Lincoln, CA
Ceramics, Guilford Handcraft Center, Guilford, CT
2000 Craft Forms, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Ceramic International Juries Exhibitions, Zanesville Art Center, Zanesville, OH
Shifting Perceptions: Contemporary L.A. Visions, Contemporary Gallery, Pacific Asia
Museum, Pasadena, CA
Color & Fire Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics: 1950-2000, Los Angeles County
Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
1999 99 Cups, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ
Below 2000, Portland Center for Contemporary Craft, Portland, OR
Wine and Wieners, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
1998 Group Show, Corinth Ceramics Studio, Los Angeles, CA
1993 Ceramic Currents, California State University, Los Angeles, CA
Southern California Ceramics Educator Juried Exhibition, San Diego Mesa College,
San Diego, CA
1991 The 47th Scripps Ceramic Annual, Lang Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, CA
1990 Visibility: Asian, African, American Women Artists, Otis College of Art and Design,
Los Angeles, CA
Florence Ceramic Exhibit, Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts, Florence, AL
1989-90 Annual Monarch Tile National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine
Arts, San Angelo, TX
1989 Special Exhibit of Asian Pacific Women Artists, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Music Center,
Los Angeles, CA
Ink & Clay XV, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2007 The Diana and Sandy Besser Collection. Burgard, Timothy Anglin & Breuer, Karin &
D’Alessandro, Jill. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
2005 Teapots: Makers & Collectors. Meilach, Dona Z. Schiffer Publishing, New York, NY.
2004 Standing Room Only: The 60th Scripps Ceramic Annual. Perpetua Press,
Santa Barbara, CA.
The First Taiwan Ceramic Biennale. Sheng Feng Printing, Taipei, Taiwan.
2000 Color & Fire: Defining Moment in Studio Ceramics, 1950-2000. Lauria, Jo. Los Angeles
County Museum of Art, Rizzoli International Publications, New York, NY.
Shifting Perceptions: Contemporary L.A. Visions. Pacific Asia Museum, Perpetua Press,
Los Angeles, CA.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
I was born in Samut Songkharm, Thailand in 1959. After getting BFA in Product Design from Silapakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand in 1982, I came to the United States. In 1987 I received MFA in Ceramics from Otis College of Art and Design and then taught on the faculty of Otis from 1990 – 1996.
Well-known for my distinctive style, I have exhibited both nationally and internationally. My work can be found in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum in Taiwan, and Ichon World Ceramic Center in Korea. Now I live and maintain a productive studio in Los Angeles, California.
Construction and the graphic arts are my main focus. I have been using geometric shapes and patterns to integrate techniques and ideas, while focusing on the simplicity of curved and straight lines, designs and colors.
Being determined and preferring not to compromise encourages me to move forward, come up with new forms and find unconventional ways of working with clay.
I believe that the pursuit of impeccable craftsmanship lends integrity and honesty to my work.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Ichon World Ceramic Center, Suwon, Korea
Kellogg University Art Gallery, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Taipei County Yinnge Ceramics Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2009 Hot Tea!, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Materiality of Color, Brand Library Art Galleries, Glendale, CA
2008 Invitation National Teapot Show VII, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC
Feats of Clay XXI, Lincoln Arts, Lincoln, CA
Red, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
Quintessential Clay: Made in California, Kellogg University Art Gallery, California State
Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA
2007 The Diana & Sandy Besser Collection, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco,
San Francisco, CA
Clay in California, Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA
Sextuplets, Courtier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
One Work/One World, The Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts, Ojai, CA
Voices from the Pacific Rim: Asian American Ceramicists, Platt and Borstein Galleries of
the University of Judaism, Los Angeles, CA
Tea, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
2006 Currents: Contemporary California Clay, The Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts, Ojai, CA
Four Hands, Burbank Municipal Gallery & Creative Arts Center, Burbank, CA
Beatrice Wood Ceramic Annual, The Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts, Ojai, CA
Otis: Nine Decades of Los Angeles Art, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA
Ink & Clay 32, Kellogg University Art Gallery, California State Polytechnic University,
Pomona, CA
2003-06 The Artful Teapot: 20th Century Expressions from the Kamm Collection,
COPIA: The American Center for Wine, Food & the Arts, Napa, CA
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach , CA
The George R. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic, Toronto, Canada
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL,
Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA,
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA,
Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, NC
2005 Earth, Wheel & Fire, International Museum of Art & Science, McAllen, TX
Forms Without Function, Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Laying the Foundation: American Art Tile, American Museum of Ceramic Art,
Pomona, CA
Opulent Fire: Homage to Ralph Bacerra, Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY
Art Auction XI, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Feats of Clay XVIII, Lincoln Arts, Lincoln, CA
Clay on the Wall, Texas Tech University-School of Art-Landmark Gallery, Lubbock, TX
Ink & Clay 31, Kellogg University Art Gallery, California State Polytechnic University,
Pomona, CA
2004 Steeped in Tradition 2004, The Teapot: Design and Embellishment, Ariana Gallery,
Royal Oak, MI
Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Exposition, Chiago, IL
The First Taiwan Ceramic Biennale 2004, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung
City, Taiwan
Eight, Burbank Municipal Gallery & Creative Arts Center, Burbank, CA
Feats of Clay XVII, Lincoln Arts, Lincoln, CA
Standing Room Only: The 60th Scripps Ceramic Annual, Ruth Chandler Williamson
Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, CA
100 Teapots 2, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
Ceramics Invitational, Riverside Community College Art Gallery, Riverside, CA
2003 Hot Tea!, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
St. Petersburg Clay National 2003: A Juried Ceramic Art Exhibition, St. Petersburg Clay
Co., St. Petersburg, FL
Americana, Burbank Municipal Gallery & Creative Arts Center, Burbank, CA
George E. Ohr National Arts Challenge 2003, Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art, Biloxi, MS
Clearly Black & White, Tierra Solida: a clay art gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
Clay & Glass, Burbank Municipal Gallery & Creative Arts Center, Burbank, CA
ANA32, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
Origins in Clay 3, San Antonio Potter Guild, Hill Country Arts Foundation, Ingram, TX
Clay Art 2003, The Saratoga Clay Company, Hall’s Peppermill, Saratoga Spring, NY
Jackpot!, Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas, NV
2002 Salon Show, Decorative Arts Guild, Los Angeles, CA
Clay & Wood, Burbank Municipal Gallery & Creative Arts Center, Burbank, CA
2001 1st World Ceramic Biennial 2001 Korea, Ichon World Ceramic Center, Suwon, Korea
The Art of Tea, Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood, CO
Asian Art Now, Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, NV
Feats of Clay XIV, Lincoln Arts, Lincoln, CA
Ceramics, Guilford Handcraft Center, Guilford, CT
2000 Craft Forms, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Ceramic International Juries Exhibitions, Zanesville Art Center, Zanesville, OH
Shifting Perceptions: Contemporary L.A. Visions, Contemporary Gallery, Pacific Asia
Museum, Pasadena, CA
Color & Fire Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics: 1950-2000, Los Angeles County
Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
1999 99 Cups, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ
Below 2000, Portland Center for Contemporary Craft, Portland, OR
Wine and Wieners, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
1998 Group Show, Corinth Ceramics Studio, Los Angeles, CA
1993 Ceramic Currents, California State University, Los Angeles, CA
Southern California Ceramics Educator Juried Exhibition, San Diego Mesa College,
San Diego, CA
1991 The 47th Scripps Ceramic Annual, Lang Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, CA
1990 Visibility: Asian, African, American Women Artists, Otis College of Art and Design,
Los Angeles, CA
Florence Ceramic Exhibit, Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts, Florence, AL
1989-90 Annual Monarch Tile National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine
Arts, San Angelo, TX
1989 Special Exhibit of Asian Pacific Women Artists, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Music Center,
Los Angeles, CA
Ink & Clay XV, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2007 The Diana and Sandy Besser Collection. Burgard, Timothy Anglin & Breuer, Karin &
D’Alessandro, Jill. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
2005 Teapots: Makers & Collectors. Meilach, Dona Z. Schiffer Publishing, New York, NY.
2004 Standing Room Only: The 60th Scripps Ceramic Annual. Perpetua Press,
Santa Barbara, CA.
The First Taiwan Ceramic Biennale. Sheng Feng Printing, Taipei, Taiwan.
2000 Color & Fire: Defining Moment in Studio Ceramics, 1950-2000. Lauria, Jo. Los Angeles
County Museum of Art, Rizzoli International Publications, New York, NY.
Shifting Perceptions: Contemporary L.A. Visions. Pacific Asia Museum, Perpetua Press,
Los Angeles, CA.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
I was born in Samut Songkharm, Thailand in 1959. After getting BFA in Product Design from Silapakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand in 1982, I came to the United States. In 1987 I received MFA in Ceramics from Otis College of Art and Design and then taught on the faculty of Otis from 1990 – 1996.
Well-known for my distinctive style, I have exhibited both nationally and internationally. My work can be found in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum in Taiwan, and Ichon World Ceramic Center in Korea. Now I live and maintain a productive studio in Los Angeles, California.
Construction and the graphic arts are my main focus. I have been using geometric shapes and patterns to integrate techniques and ideas, while focusing on the simplicity of curved and straight lines, designs and colors.
Being determined and preferring not to compromise encourages me to move forward, come up with new forms and find unconventional ways of working with clay.
I believe that the pursuit of impeccable craftsmanship lends integrity and honesty to my work.