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Wesley Anderegg
Born: 1958, Phoenix, Arizona
Education: 1982 B.S., Geography, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015 Wesley Anderegg, Ceramic Sculpture, Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California
Just Folks, Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2013 Old Friends, Roscoe Ceramic Gallery, Oakland, California
Wesley Anderegg, Plates, Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2012 The Escape Artist, Elverhoj Museum of Art and History, Solvang, California
2011 The Usual Suspects, Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2010 Side Show Attractions, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California
Wesley Anderegg, Sellars Project Space, Denver, Colorado
2008 Wild Life, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, Montana
2007 Exit Stage Left, Goldesberry Gallery, Houston, Texas
2006 Wesley Anderegg, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California
2005 Wesley Anderegg: New Figurative Ceramic Sculpture, Goldesberry, Houston, Texas
2004 A Slice of Life, The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (catalog)
The Circus Comes to Town, Goldesberry, Houston, Texas
2003 Wesley Anderegg, The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2001 New Work in Clay by Wesley Anderegg, Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
Wesley Anderegg, The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2000 Wesley Anderegg: So, What Was Your Childhood Like, Really?, Connell Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Wesley Anderegg, Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1998 Wesley Anderegg: New Work, The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1995 Solo Show, Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Lynch Mob Cups and Other Wonders: Figurative Ceramic Vessels of Wesley Anderegg,
John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
1994 Solo Show, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, Michigan
Anything Goes, Kent Galleries, The Contemporary Craftsman, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Solo Show, The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1987 New Work, Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1986 Solo Show, Gallery 26 East, Tulsa, Oklahoma
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015 Annual Winter Exhibition, Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho
All Together Now, Elverhoj Museum of Art and History, Solvang, California
50th Anniversary Exhibition, Snyderman-Works Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Nature of Love, Porch, Carpenteria, California
Meredeth Knows Clay, Gallery NAGA, Boston, Massachusetts, curated by Meredeth Hyatt Moses
30 Ceramic Sculptors, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California
2014 10 Artists 48 Days, Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho
S.O.F.A. Chicago, John Natsoulas Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Layered and Burnished, Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery, University of Las Vegas, Nevada
Artist @ Play, Republic Plaza, Denver, Colorado
Neo Diversity, Montecito Aesthetic Institute, Montecito, California
All Themes Considered, South Bay Contemporary, Los Angeles, California
Six Pack, Santa Barbara Tennis Club, Santa Barbara, California
Figure It, curated by Gwen Heffner, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, Ohio
30 Ceramic Sculptors, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California
Collector’s Choice 2014, Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura, California
Art+Love, Santa Barbara Tennis Club, Santa Barbara, California
Face to Face: Wall to Wall, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, Montana
2013 Ceramic Sculpture, Wesley Anderegg, Claire Loder, Cheryl Tall, Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
26th Anniversary Celebration Exhibition, Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho
Confluence 2013, Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California
Clay Diverge United, Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, Loveladies, New Jersey
It’s All In Your Head, Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
Just Between Us, Wesley Anderegg, Rafael Perea de la Cabada, and Maria Rendon, Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, California
Contemporary Folk, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, Massachusetts
Silhouettes, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, Montana
2012 Ceramics from the Permanent Collection, Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, Georgia
SOFA Chicago, Snyderman- Works Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Anonymous; The Contemporary Portrait, Main Gallery, Strohl Art Center, Chautauqua, New York
Lift, Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California
30 Ceramic Sculptors, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California
Plates and Totems, Blue Line Gallery, Roseville Art Center, Roseville, California
Cups from the Diane and Sandy Besser Collection, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Figure It Out, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, New York
2011 Obsolescence, Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho
5x5 Invitational, Westmont Museum of Art, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California
Donna Anderegg – Wesley Anderegg, Roscoe Ceramic Gallery, Oakland, California
S.O.F.A. Chicago, Snyderman-Works Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
S.O.F.A. Chicago, John Natsoulas Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Ceramic Annual of America, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, California
Grand Re-Opening Exhibition, Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
30 Ceramic Sculptors, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California
Animal Craft, Fowler-Kellogg Art Gallery, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, New York
Play Ball, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner?, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, New York
Lets Eat, Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Specimens, Fawick Art Gallery, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio
2010 S.O.F.A. Chicago, John Natsoulas Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
S.O.F.A. Chicago, Snyderman-Works Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Wesley Anderegg and Rachel Bliss, Dogs Not Made In Heaven, Snyderman-Works Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ceramic Annual Of America, Herbst Pavillion, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, California
Transcending The Figure; Contemporary Ceramics, The Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, Ohio
Positioning The Figure, The Signature Shop & Gallery Atlanta, Georgia
30 Ceramic Sculptors, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California
Narrative Ceramics Survey, Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2009 Cups, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Santa Ynez Studio Artists Tour, Wilding Art Museum, Los Olivos, California
Small Images, Atkinson Gallery, Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, California
Sole Purpose Two, Sellars Project Space, Denver, Colorado
30 Ceramic Sculptors, John Natsoulas Art Center, Davis, California
Contemporary Monsters, Curator Edith Garcia, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Armory Art Center International Ceramic Invitational, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida
S.O.F.A. Chicago, John Natsoulas Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2008 Eccentric Imagery, Roseville Arts, Blue Line Gallery, Curator Tony Natsoulas, Roseville, California
Confrontational Ceramics, Westchester Arts Council, White Plains, New York
Transformations: 6 x 6 Clay Arts Center, Port Chester, New York
30 Ceramic Sculptors, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California
Ceramics Invitational 2008, From Dust To Decadence, Boehm Gallery, Palomar College, San Marcos, California
A Human Impulse, Figuration from the Diane and Sandy Besser Collection,
Arizona State University Museum, Tempe, Arizona
S.O.F.A. Chicago, John Natsoulas Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2007 S.O.F.A. Chicago, John Natsoulas Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Talking Heads, Wesley Anderegg, Paul White, Hahn Ross Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
30 Sculptors, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California
RED, Baltimore Clay Works, Baltimore, Maryland
2006 Legacy & Innovation In Contemporary Clay, Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, Iowa
Tell Me A Story, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Sculpture Invatational-2006, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, Montana
Armory Art Center Ceramic Invitational 2005-2006, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida
Just A Head, University of Montevallo, Bloch Hall Gallery, Montevallo, Alabama
Cups from the Collection of Ron Isaacs, Doris Ulmann Galleries, Berea College, Berea, Kentucky
New Clay: Invitational, The Arts Gallery, Collin County Community College, Plano, Texas
Poetic Expressions Of Mortality: Figurative Ceramics From The Porter-Price Collection,
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL and Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, Alabama
An Extravagance of Salt & Pepper, Containers, Shakers, Concepts, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, Maryland
30 Sculptors, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California
2006 Summer Workshop Preview, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Small Favors, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Life Insight: The Human Experience, Kentucky Museum of Art And Craft, Louisville, Kentucky
Recent Acquisitions from the Permanent Collection, New Mexico State University Art Gallery,
Las Cruces, New Mexico
2005 20 Year Gala Celebration, Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
Cups, Cups, Cups, Santa Fe Clay and Day of the Dead, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Armory Art Center’s Ceramic Invitational 2005-2006, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida
30 Ceramic Sculptors, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California
35th Annual Ceramics Exhibition, Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, Wisconsin
Small Clay, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, Montana
Clay Creatures from the Permanent Collection, Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, Georgia
Ceramic Artists from The Central Coast, Gallery 31 Westminster, Westminster, Maryland
2004 The Ranch is at UM! Anderson Ranch Ceramics, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
Lasting Impressions: The Unforgettable in Contemporary Sculpture, Baltimore Clay Works, Baltimore, Maryland
Cup: University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
Election 2004: The State Of The Union, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Our Cups Runneth Over, The Society Of Arts And Crafts, Boston, Massachusetts
Edgy Characters, Wheeler Arts Community Center, University of Indianapolis, Indiana
2003 Clay, The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia
NCECA Clay National 2003, David Zapf Gallery + R.B Stevenson Gallery, San Diego, California (catalog)
2002 Terra Sutra: 21st Century Erotic Ceramics, Incubator Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
Big Head: Ceramic Sculpture on a Heroic Scale, Russell Hill Rogers Galleries,
Southwest School of Art & Craft, San Antonio, Texas
Summertime: Joining In – Hanging Out, Connell Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Major Figures, Ferrin Gallery, Lenox, Massachusetts
Great Clay, Goldesberry Gallery, Houston, Texas
2001 Clay U.S.A., Smithsonian American Art Museum Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC
Figurative Ceramics: Sculptures by Wesley Anderegg, Alan Rosenbaum and Tim Taunton,
Columbus State University, Columbus, Georgia
About Face, Curator Leslie Carmin, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
25 Select 25, Lill Street Arts Center, Chicago, Illinois
Birds, Beasts, and Little Fishes, Invitational Exhibition, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Recent Work by Wesley Anderegg, George Bowes, Kathy King, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2000 Head Shots, Connell Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Wesley Anderegg, Karen Shapiro, Kamala Dolphin-Kingsley, Stewart/Kummer Gallery, Gualala, California
Viewpoints: Ceramics 2000, Hyde Gallery, Grossmont College, El Cajon, Califronia
Sublime Servers, traveling exhibition: Baltimore Clay Works, Baltimore, MD; Greenwich House Pottery,
New York, NY; James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Colorado Connections, Arapaho Community College, Littleton, Colorado
That Was Then, This Is Now: 35th Anniversary Retrospective, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, Missouri
1999 Narrative and Poetic Expressions: The Human Form in Clay, Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences, Peoria, Illinois
Contemporary Ceramics from Georgia Collections, The Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, Georgia (catalog)
Clay Bodies, Connell Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
The Art of Pouring, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ceramics Monthly International Ceramics Competition, Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio (catalog)
1999 NCECA Clay National, Columbus Cultural Center, Columbus, OH (catalog)
Figurative Ceramic Sculpture: Four Narrative Approaches, Goldsberry Gallery, Houston, Texas
Figurative Painting and Sculpture, Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, Oregon
S.O.F.A. New York, The Works Gallery, New York, New York
Cups of Kindness, C.E.R.F. (Craft Emergency Relief Fund) Auction, New York, New York
Spinning Tales: Narrative Ceramics, Odyssey Gallery, Asheville, North Carolina
Couples in Clay, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan
1998 Interpretations of the Teapot: 6th Annual Teapot Exhibition, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, Missouri
Fabulous Fifty: Ceramic Cups by 50 Artists, Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, Bainbridge, Washington
Wesley Anderegg, New Work, The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ceramic Arts Contest, The American Ceramic Society, University of Dallas, Texas
Clockwork, The Center of Contemporary Arts, University City, Missouri
Teapot 9, Alexander Gallery, La Jolla, California
American Craft Invitational, Avante Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
Spinning Tales, An Invitational Exhibition of Narratives in Contemporary Ceramics, Odyssey Gallery,
Asheville, North Carolina
SELECTED AWARDS
2011 Achievement in Clay, Honorable Mention, Ceramic Annual of America, San Francisco, California
2003 Curates, Lasting Impressions: The Unforgettable in Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture, Baltimore Clay Works, Baltimore, Maryland
1997 Best of Show, Centennial Celebration, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
1996 Merit Award, 11th Annual San Angelo Ceramic National, San Angelo, Texas
Merit Award, Feats of Clay, Lincoln, California
Visiting Artist, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois
1995 Purchase Award, Feats of Clay, Gladding McBean Co., Lincoln, California
Honorable Mention, Wichita National, Wichita, Kansas
1993 Skutt Purchase Award, The Clay Cup, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
1992 2nd Place, Colorado Clay, Foothills Art Center, Golden, Colorado
Purchase Award, Form and Object, University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, Wyoming
Resident Artist, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana
1991 Resident Artist, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado
Honorable Mention, 13th Annual Vahki National Exhibition, Mesa Cultural Center, Arizona
Award of Excellence, Clay U.S.A., Radford University, Radford, Virginia
SELECTED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, North Carolina
Hartsfield International Airport, Atlanta, Georgia
Kamm Teapot Foundation, Sparta, North Carolina
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama
Montgomery Museum of Art, Montgomery, Alabama
Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, Georgia
Missoula Museum of Art, Missoula, Montana
New Mexico State University Art Gallery, Las Cruces, New Mexico
Ross E. Purdy Museum of Ceramics, Westerville, Ohio
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC
Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California
University Museum, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, Wyoming
Bisbee Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center, Bisbee, Arizona
Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, Montana
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2012 500 Figures in Clay volume 2, Lark Books, Nan Smith juror
At Home on the Ranch with The Escape Artist, By Josef Woodward, Santa Barbara Seasons Magazine
31 Nameless Orphans Looking For A Home, The Chautauqua Daily, July 18, 2012, By Anthony Bannon
Ceramics and The Human Figure, Bloomsbury Publishing, By Edith Garcia
Circus-Trained Curios, Ceramic Sculptor Wesley Anderegg Makes A Grand And Darkly Whimsical
Impression With His First Local Show, “The Escape Artist” Scene Magazine, Santa Barbara News Press,
July 13-19, 2012, By Josef Woodward
The Best Of 500 Series, Lark Books
A View From After School, Group Show At Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum Of Art Highlights Tri-County Artists,
by Josef Woodward, Scene Magazine, Santa Barbara News Press, June 1-7, 2012
Humor in Craft, by Brigitte Martin, Schiffer Publishing
Ceramics Annual of America, by Ilena Finocchi, Ceramics Monthly, January 2012
2011 Inside the Artists’ Studios, Santa Barbara News Press, by Nora K. Wallace, November 2011
The Valley Road, Santa Ynez Opens Art Studios for Weekend Tour, SB News Press, by Ted Mills
New Neighbors, Obsidian Gallery Adjusts to Different Digs, Tucson Weekly, by Margaret Reagan
Ceramic Annual of America, John Natsoulas Press
The Usual Suspects, Local IQ, Albuquerque, NM, by Sarah Parro
Strohl, Fowler-Kellogg exhibitions a study in color and contrast, The Chautauqua Daily,
by Anthony Bannon
Wesley Anderegg, John Natsoulas Press, Davis, California
Confrontational Ceramics, The Artist as Social Critic, By Judith S. Schwartz, A&C Black, London,
University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia
A Human Impulse, Figuration from the Diane and Sandy Besser Collection, Arizona State University
2009 500 Ceramic Sculptures, Lark Books, 2009
2008 The Andereggs and Pottery, By Antonio Barret, The Santa Ynez Valley Journal, May 2008
A Potters Handbook, by Nelson, Glenn C.; Burkett, Richard
Wesley Anderegg, The Human Comedy in Clay, By Dorothy Joiner, Ceramics Art and Perception,
Issue 71, 2008
Exit Stage Left, By Dorothy Joiner, Ceramics Monthly
2006 Roughneck in a Fragile Field, By Robert Nott, The New Mexican, August
Poetic Expressions of Mortality: Figurative Ceramics from the Porter-Price Collection, By Dorothy Joiner,
Ceramics Monthly
2004 500 Figures in Clay, Lark Books 2004
2003 NCECA Clay National 2003, exhibition catalog, NCECA
2002 Big Head: Ceramic Sculpture on a Heroic Scale, By Matthew Kangas, Sculpture, November 2002,
Wesley Anderegg, Crart, No. 9, May 2002
2000 Spinning Tales: Contemporary Narrative Ceramics, By Mark Burleson, Ceramics Art and Perception, Issue 40
1999 Contemporary Ceramics from Georgia Collections, exhibition catalog, The Museum of Arts and Sciences,
Macon, Georgia
Ceramics Monthly International Competition, exhibition catalog, The American Ceramic Society
NCECA Clay National, exhibition catalog, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts
Stone Heads Put A New Face On Sculpture, by Nicholas Thurkettle, Peoria Journal Star, Feb. 1999
1998 The Best of Pottery II, Jonathan Fairbanks and Angela Fina, Rockport Publishers
The Clay Lovers Guide to Making Molds, Pierce Clayton, Altamont Press
EmBODYment, By Dorothy Joiner, Ceramics Monthly, Feb. 1998
1997 Feats of Clay, exhibition catalog, Gladding McBean Co., Lincoln, California
Body Sculpting at the Connell Gallery, By Donald Locke, Creative Loafing, July, 1997
Review: EmBODYment, By Pamela Blume Leonard, The Atlanta Journal/The Atlanta Constitution,
July 18, 1997
Recommended, Weekend Preview, The Atlanta Journal/The Atlanta Constitution, July 25, 1997
Four New Visions, By Jane Garvey, Museums and Galleries Atlanta, July/August 1997
Ceramics Monthly
Handbuilt Ceramics, Lark Books
1996 The Best of Pottery, Jonathan Fairbanks and Angela Fina, Rockport Publishers
Madcap Tea Party, exhibition catalog, Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art
Feats of Clay, exhibition catalog, Gladding McBean Co., Lincoln, Califronia
The Ceramic Spectrum, exhibition catalog, University of West Florida Art Gallery
American Figurative Clay, exhibition catalog, Coburn Gallery, Colorado College
11th Annual San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, catalog, San Angelo Museum of Art
1995 NCECA Clay National, exhibition catalog, National Council on Education for Ceramic Arts
Feats of Clay, exhibition catalog, Gladding McBean Co., Lincoln, California
Portfolio, American Craft, June/July 1995
1994 Strictly Functional, exhibition catalog, Market House Craft Center, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
1992 San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Art
NCECA Containers Revisited, exhibition catalog, National Council on Education for Ceramic Arts
1991 Clay U.S.A., exhibition catalog, Flossie Martin Gallery, Radford University
1990 Monarch Tile National Ceramic Competition, exhibition catalog, San Angelo Museum of Art
A Decade of American Craft, auction catalog, American Craft Museum