Voulkos, Peter

Voulkos, Peter
▪ 2003

      American ceramics artist (b. Jan. 29, 1924, Bozeman, Mont.—d. Feb. 16, 2002, Bowling Green, Ohio), helped the craft of pottery gain acceptance as an art form through his creation of ceramic works that were highly esteemed for their originality. After earning degrees at Montana State College (B.S., 1951) and the California College of Arts and Crafts (M.F.A., 1952), Voulkos taught pottery for a summer at Black Mountain (N.C.) College. His ceramic pieces—many of which were created spontaneously—were often tall, craggy forms whose rough-edged surfaces had been torn, punctured, or slashed. Voulkos taught at the Los Angeles County Art Institute from 1954 to 1959 and at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1959 to 1985; he established ceramics departments at both institutions. He won the Rodin Museum Prize at the first Paris Biennale in 1959 and was the winner of a Guggenheim fellowship in 1984. Voulkos received the College Art Association's Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1997.

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