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JEFF IRWIN 1760 W. Arbor Dr.
(619) 294-4075 San Diego, CA 92103

EDUCATION

1987 MFA, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
1984 BA, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA
1976 AA, Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA, 1989-present, Presently Teaching Full Time, Beginning & Advanced Ceramics
Mira Costa College, Oceanside, CA, 1988- Spring1999, Beginning- Adv. Ceramics
RJD Correctional Facility, Ottay Mesa, CA, 1988-Spring1999, Ceramics
University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, Fall 1998, Spring 1999
Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA, Spring 1993, Spring 1994, Fall 1997, Ceramics
San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, Fall & Spring 1987, Ceramics

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

1999 2000

"California Craft Contemporary", Laguna Beach Museum, Laguna Beach, Juried
"Ceramics Monthly International Competition", Columbus, OH
"Inspired by Nature", Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
"The End is Near", Wustum Museum of Art, Racine, WI
"Erotica in Ceramic Art", SOFA NYC & Ferrin Gallery, Northampton, MA
"The Plate Show", Collins Gallery, Glasgow, Scottland, UK
"Paintings & Ceramics", Hyde Gallery, El Cajon, CA, Three Person

1998

"Current Clay Vll", Gallery Eight, La Jolla, CA, Juried, Best of Show
"Invitational Cup Show", Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR
"California Clay Competition", The Artery, Davis, CA, Juried
"Contemporary Teapots: A National Survey", Ferrin Gallery, Northampton, MA
" Current Clay and Fiber", Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA
"Contemporary Art, Quilts & Clay Forms", Boehm Gallery, Palomar College, San Marcos

1997

"White Light", Simay Space Gallery, San Diego, CA, One Person
"Ten Years, A Retrospective", Simay Space Gallery, San Diego, CA, One Person
"Monarch Tile Ceramic Competition", Kinnedy-Douglas Center, Florence, AL, Merit Award
"Current Clay VI", Gallery Eight, La Jolla, CA, Juried, Best of Show
"SOFA" Miami, Ferrin Gallery, Miami, FL
"Teapot Invitational", Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Allied Craftsman Annual", Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA
"Perspectives", Cable Building, San Diego, CA
"Presence", University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA
"Artists and Eating Invitational", Wustum Museum of Art, Racine, WI
"Companions of the Cupboard", Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, IL

1996

"Decoys and Trophies", Simay Gallery, San Diego, CA, One Person
"Water Theme Invitational", Wustum Museum, Racine, WI
"Berkshire Clay National", Maple Hill Gallery, West Stockbridge, MA
"Rendezvous Clay", Nebraska Museum of Art, Kearney, NE
"Six Galleries-Six Artists", Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA
"Invitational Cup Show", Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR
"Invitational Teapot Show", Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
"Twisted Tea", Twist Gallery, Portland, OR
"SOFA Miami", Ferrin Gallery, Miami, FL
"Cup as Metaphor 2", Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI

1995

"New Clay", Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Two Person
"Current Clay IV, Gallery 8, La Jolla, CA, Juried, Best of Show
"Feats of Clay", Lincoln Arts Center, Lincoln, CA, Merit Award
"Invitational Teapot Show", Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Clay on the Wall", Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT
"Fragile Realities", Simay Space: Design, San Diego, CA
"San Angelo Ceramic Competition", San Angelo Museum, San Angelo, TX
"Clay Concepts", Davis Art Center, Davis, CA
"The White Show", Susan Street Gallery, Solona Beach, CA
"The Narrative Teapot", Ferrin Gallery, Northampton, MA
"Artists and Domestic Environments", Wustum Museum, Racine, WI
"Six Clay Visions", Maple Hill Gallery, West Stockbridge, MA

1994

"Second Growth", J. Maddux Parker Gallery, Sacramento, CA, One Person
"Human Nature", Simay Design Gallery, San Diego, CA
"Aesthetics of Athletics", Wustum Museum of Art, Racine, WI
"Artists Choose Artists", Foster Art Center Gallery, San Diego, CA
"The Artist Speaks", IBM Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Six Ceramist", 660 Gallery, San Diego, CA
"Teapots", Martha Schneider Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Another View", Hyde Gallery, Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA
"New Artists", Ferrin Gallery, Northampton, MA
1994 "Wit and Imagination", Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA

1993

"Allegories in Black and White", Java Gallery Space, San Diego, CA, One Person
"New Works by Artists from the Wustum Museum Collection", Wustum Museum of Fine Art, Racine, WI
"New Art Forms", Chicago Navy Pier, Schneider-Bluhm-Loeb Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Jeff Irwin/Paul Soldner" Schneider-Bluhm-Loeb Gallery, Chicago, IL
"The Framed Tea Pot", Pro-Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO
"San Diego Tijuana Yokohama Art Exchange", Tijuana Cultural Center, Mexico
"San Diego State University Ceramics Alumni", Foyer Gallery, SDSU, San Diego, CA

1992

"American Korean Ceramic Exchange", Korean Consulate Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Celebration: Permanent Collection", Wustum Museum, Racine, WI
"San Diego Tijuana Yokohama Art Exchange", Citizens Gallery, Yokohama,
Japan; COVA Gallery, San Diego, 1993 Tijuana Cultural Center, Mexico, Juried
"Current Clay", Gallery 21, San Diego, CA
"Metaphorical Tools", Wustum Museum, Racine, WI
"Bindley Collection", Grossmont Gallery, Whitewater, WI
"Cups: Contemporary Views", Pro Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO
"View Points", Hyde Gallery, Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA

1991

"Irwin/Stephenson", Schneider-Bluhm-Loeb Gallery, Chicago, IL, Two Person
"American Korean Clay", Seoul, South Korea,
"Monarch Tile Show", San Angelo Museum of Art, San Angelo, TX, Juried
"Correct Art", Hyde Gallery, El Cajon, CA Juried
"Ceramics Now", Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA, Juried
"New Trends in Ceramics", Signature Gallery, San Diego, CA
"Tea X 3", Faith Nightingale Gallery, San Diego, CA
"Monarch Tile Traveling Exhibit", Kennedy-Douglas Art Center, Florence, AL
"Artists and the American Yard", Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI

1990

"Jeff Irwin's Allegories in Clay", Java Gallery, San Diego, CA, One Person
"28th Ceramic National", Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY Juried
"Eccentric Teapots", Martha Schneider Gallery, Highland Park, IL
"Opening Show", Schneider-Bluhm-Loeb Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Summer Show", Faith Nightingale Gallery, San Diego, CA
"Faculty Show", Mira Costa College Gallery, Oceanside, CA
"Birds and Abodes", Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI
"Tea and Ceremony", Faith Nightingale Gallery, San Diego, CA
"Chairs", Gallery of Functional Art, Santa Monica, CA.

1989

"SDSU Alumni Choice", University Gallery, San Diego, CA
"Ceramics Now", Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA Juried
"Wichita National '89", Wichita Art Assoc. Gallery, Wichita, KS, Juried
"Monarch Tile National Ceramic Competition", San Angelo Museum of Fine Art, San Angelo, TX Juried
"Ceder Creek National Teapot Show", Ceder Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC Juried, Honorable Mention
"San Diego Focus", Gallery Eight, La Jolla, CA
"Variations", Gallery of Functional Art, Santa Monica, CA
"Chair as Art", Gallery of Functional Art, Santa Monica, CA

1988

"Monarch Tile National Ceramic Competition", San Angelo Museum of Fine Art, San Angelo, TX Juried
"Ceramic Invitational", Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman College, Orange, CA
"Clay for the Wall", Martha Schneider Gallery, Highland Park, IL
"Tea and Ceremony", Faith Nightingale Gallery, San Diego, CA
"Viewpoint Ceramics '88", Perspectives Gallery, San Diego, CA
"Platters and Chairs", Wita Gardner Gallery, San Diego, CA

1987

"Ceramics from the Collections of: Lucille and Ron Neeley", Mesa Art Gallery,San Diego, CA
"Small Image Show", Gallery 21, San Diego, CA, Jurors Award
"Cups", Gallery Eight, La Jolla, CA
"Masters Thesis Exhibition", Masters Gallery, San Diego State Univ., SD, CA
1986 "Humor in Art Show", A.R.T. Beasley Gallery, San Diego, CA Juried
"Small Image Show", Gallery 21, San Diego, CA Juried
"Masters Exhibition", Masters Gallery, SDSU, CA

1985

"Containers", Gallery Eight, La Jolla, CA
"Masters Exhibition", Masters Gallery, SDSU, San Diego, CA

1984

"Spring Show", Humboldt Cultural Center, Eureka, CA Juried, Jurors Award

PUBLICATIONS

1999

Speight & Toki, "Hands in Clay, " 3rd Addition pg. 336 Illus.
and REVIEWS "The Plate Show", Catalog, Collins Gallery, Glasgow, Scottland, UK

1998

Ollman, Leah, "Jeff Irwin at Simay Space", Art in America, Review, Illus.
Wilson, Lana, "Sgraffito Designs on Commercial Whiteware", Clay Times, pg.18, Illus.
Ollman, Leah, "Jeff Irwin", American Ceramics, Review, pg. 54

1997

Ollman, Leah, "Jeff Irwin at Simay Space Gallery", http://Sandiego.Sidewalk.com/detail/13246
Ollman, Leah, "Report from San Diego, A Change of Weather?", Art in America,
pg.41, pg.43 Illus..
Hur, Min-Ja, "Ceramic Art of Jeff Irwin",Korean Ceramic Art Monthly, Sept., pg. 42-43, Illus.
Kim, Yoonchung , "American Narrative", Korean Clay, Jan., Illus. pg 25
Triplett, Kathy, Handbuilt Ceramics, Altanont Press, Illus. pg.50
Beard, Peter, Resist and Masking Techniques, pg. Illus. 25, 36, 37,
The American Yard Catalog, Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI

1996

"Jeff Irwin /Decoys and Trophies", American Craft, May/June, pg. 83, Illus.
Zakin, Richard, Hand Formed Ceramics, pg. 176 Illus.

1995

"Jeff Irwin/ Society for Contemporary Crafts", American Craft, Gallery,March, pg. 75, Illus.
"Jeff Irwin/ Second Growth, Ceramics Monthly, Up Front, June, pg. 20, Illus.

1994

Speight & Toki, "Texture, Color & Glaze, Hands in Clay, pg. 289, 335, 336 Illus.
Zakin, Richard, Electric Kiln Ceramics, pg. 191 Illus.

1993

"Jeff Irwin", American Craft, Portfolio, Oct./ Nov., pg. 62, Illus.
"Jeff Irwin/ Java Gallery", American Craft, Gallery, April/May, pg. 74, Illus.
Center City East Arts Association Map, Cover Photo, 93/94

1992

Williams, Gerry ,"San Diego Sixteen", Studio Potter, Dec., pg. 88
Ollman, Leah, "Show Offers Energy...", Los Angeles Times, December 9, pg. F1 F9, Illus.

1991

"Jeff Irwin's Wax Resist Technique", Ceramics Monthly, Jeff Irwin, Dec., Illus..
"Visions 91, Ceramica, March, pg. 9, Ill., Spain
"Review", Le Ceramque Modern, April, pg. 15, Illus., France
"Review", Neu Kermik, pg.670, Ill., Germany
"American Korean Clay Camp", Design and Crafts Magazine, Kim,
Sept., pg.95-101, Ill., Seoul, South Korea

1990

"Clay Color Content", Everson Museum 28th National Catalogue, Illus.
"Everson Museum 28th Ceramic National, Ceramics Monthly, Dec., Illus.

WORKSHOPS

1997 Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA
1995 Ceramic Artists of San Diego, San Diego, CA
1994 American Ceramic Society, Los Angeles, CA
1991 Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA
American Korean Clay Camp, I-Ri City, South Korea

ORGANIZATIONS

97-99 Co-President, Allied Craftsman of San Diego
1999 News letter writer and editor, Allied Craftsmen of San Diego