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GARY K. HOOTMAN
CLAY, IT'S IN THE HANDS STUDIO 2241 Clay Studio Court N.W.
PO Box 301
Swisher, Iowa 52338
319 857 4873
E-mail Address: gkhootman@aol.com Date of birth May 7, 1953 Formal Education:1990 M.F.A. (Studio Art), Major: Ceramics, Sculpture; Minor: Printmaking, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
1989 M.A. (Studio Art), Ceramics, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
1986-87 Graduate Studies (Studio Art), Emphasizing Functional Ceramics and Printmaking, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois
1986 B.S.S.; Double Major: Art and Philosophy, working toward proficiency of functional ceramics and advanced courses in drawing and painting. Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Iowa 1984 A.A.; Art, Paralegal, Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
1972 Welding Certificate, Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Teaching Experience:2002 Visiting Assistant Professor, Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Iowa for spring term 1992-93 Visiting Assistant Professor, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana Responsibilities include teaching beginning, intermediate and graduate students and B.F.A. seminars.
Other duties include general studio, kiln repair, maintenance, supervision of (AI) Associate Instructors, teaching beginning ceramics and (GA) General Assistant who worked with me.
1989-90 Teaching Assistant, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
1987 Taught hand building and throwing ceramics at the Iowa City Crafts Center, Iowa City, Iowa 1986-87 Teaching Assistant , taught beginning, intermediate and advanced ceramic courses, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois
Professional Experience:1995 to present Full time studio artist, working in self- built studio , Currently I have three kilns: a 37 foot Anagama,built in 1995,a small tube kiln 85 cubic feet with back wall, built in 1998,and a new design kiln with two fire boxes,9 feet wide,by 84 inches tall, by 8 feet deep, built in 2002 2007 La Borne s'enflamme (La borne in Flames) France, July 13-29. There were over 25 kilns being fired by the owners and their invitees. This was a great experience and I was glad to be invited to participate by Nicolas Rousseau. 2007 National Kiln Building Workshop -- (Building and firing the perfect Anagama). Lexington, North Carolina, June 9-23. Workshop included teaching how to build an Anagama with approx. 2500 bricks, also include slide lectures of kilns I have built in the past, including kilns in Korea (see below). 2006 Presenter at 20+1 Years of the Tozan Kilns, An International Wood Fire Conference, Oct. 11 - 14, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, presented a lecture on kiln design.
2006 Mashiko International Ceramic festival, a three week workshop which inculded working demonstrations ,slide show , firing a Naborigama (5 chamber kiln) and Exhibitions in The Hamada House in Mashiko, Japan 2005 Kiln building, Ronald P. Knights kiln In Marshal, North Carolina, It was in August two weeks kiln was Anagama style with some modifications 2005 National Workshop Kiln Building, Mokane, Missouri, two week workshop (splitting wood building kiln, Anagama, loading and firing, plus building a roof)
2005 National Workshop Silver Jubilee of West Virginia Potters, 25th Annual Potter Gathering, Ripley, West Virginia; February 18-20, featuring Kang Hyo Lee, Gary Hootman and Bob Anderson; demonstrating hand building techniques; evening workshop by Gary Hootman
2003-2004 Organizer of The Naked Truth:2004 International Woodfire Conference, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 2004 Clay Modern 2004 Workshop, Gulgong, NSW, Australia 2004 Workshop at Iowa Wesleyan College, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, two day workshop 2003 Mashiko, Japan, two day workshop
2003 Machum, Anseong, South Korea, ten day international Workshop, hand building methods , demonstrations and slide presentations 2003 June 8 - June 15, Clay It's In The Hands Studio Swisher, Iowa, wood fire workshop, demonstrated loading and firing 20' Anagama 2002 August 21 - September 20, Kwangju, South Korea, attended artists’ group workshop:
12 ceramic artists participated from Japan, Korea and USA. Workshop consisted of social interactions, visitations and making artwork, built a five chamber traditional Korean wood fire kiln with clay cones
2002 September 6, workshop Mokpo Festival, Mokpo South Korea, workshop of throwing demonstrations and hand building techniques 2002 June 1 - June 16 , workshop Clay It's In The Hands Studio, Swisher, Iowa, national kiln building workshop and firing . Built a new style wood kiln, wood fired kiln with two fire Boxes 2002 Anagama kiln building at Jim Kasper in Cedar Bluffs, Iowa,27 feet
2002 Kiln building at Cornell College,Mt. Vernon, Iowa,built 55 cu. foot car kiln, built with Master Kiln Builder Donovan Palmquist. who was the director 2001 August 6-19, Fulton, Missouri, national workshop kiln, Anagama kiln building (including roof to cover kiln) and firing, 2000 July 1 - 11, attended the International Macsabal Wood Fire Conference as both an attendee and a presenter. As an attendee, I saw workshops by many international and Korean ceramic artists. As a presenter, I performed two workshops demonstrating the way I work with the clay. I was also asked to give a special lecture on the final day of the conference tying in the importance of international interaction with Korea in regards to wood fire ceramics. I especially addressed issues of kiln construction and social interaction with wood firing. 2000 June 6 - 25, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, South Korea, helped build and design 7,000 brick Jang Jack Gama 42 foot long with two fire boxes. First firing July 2 - 5, all chambers reached temperature., at Kyung hee University
2000 May 20 to July 14, Osan, South Korea. worked at Kim Yong Moon's studio, made a body of work for exhibitions, fired his kiln twice. Did weekly workshops for students and parents. 1998 Clay It's In The Hands Studio,Swisher,Iowa, built a two-chamber wood kiln consisting of a tube kiln dumping into a catenary. Advantage of design is greater flexibility in firing 1994-1996 Foundry worker; experience included core making, molding, iron pouring and shipping and receiving. Ending position foreman over grinding room employees
1992-1993 Taught three semesters of Ceramics at Indiana University; please refer to teaching experience
1992 Summer The University of Iowa,Iowa,city,Iowa,assisted in design and construction of 32 foot Anagama wood fired kiln with passive damper
1991 October workshop, Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, consisted of hand building techniques. For one month students could watch me work different times
1989-90 Teaching Assistant, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, maintain six electric kilns, firing four 75 cubic foot sprung arch kilns, one 175 cubic foot car kiln, one 25 foot Anagama wood fired kiln. Other responsibilities included coordinating approximately 260 students through the bisquing and finish firing techniques, demonstrated loading and firing procedures, this also included graduate students
1988 The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, conducted a wood fire workshop for five students from the Ceramics Department of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. The workshop consisted of students bringing their own work to kiln site to fire and demonstrations of loading procedures, types of wood used and firing an Anagama kiln. Presented by Dan Murphy and Gary Hootman,
1987-90 The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, maintained and fired 25 foot Anagama kiln, approximately 20 plus firings, experimenting with different firing lengths and clay bodies to obtain desired surface effects and colors on my work
1984-90 Kiln construction: three catenary arch kilns, one car kiln, one fiber kiln, three wood kilns, one salt kiln and three sprung arch kilns (Cornell College and The University of Iowa both in Iowa)
1984 Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Iowa, furnace construction for bronze and aluminum casting, small scale, 90 pound crucible Military, Vietnam Era Veteran, Discharge Date 12 /11/ 70
Awards: 2003 Purchase Award, Anseong Museum of Art, Anseong, South Korea 2002 Received the Human Special Prize Award in Ceramic Design Human , Mokpo, South Korea 2000 received letter of appreciation for my work and participation in the International Macsabal Wood Fire Festival from the Federation of Korea Art & Culture Association, Yongin branch, Yongin, South Korea, Chairman Soon-KwanMa. They choose two pieces to be put in the permanent museum in Yongin, Korea. Commemorating their tradition in clay in this area, they are building it on an ancient kiln site dating back to 1000 A.D. 1989-90 Graduate Assistant, School Of Art and Art History (Ceramics)The University of Iowa , Iowa City, Iowa Ceramics
1988 fall Graduate Assistant, School Of Art and Art History (Theater) The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa Theater
1986-87 Graduate Fellowship and Teaching Assistant, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois
Publications: 2008 500 Platters , Plates & Chargers, Juror, Linda Arbuckle publisher Lark Books 67 Broadway Asheville NC 28801 USA 2007 The Log Book, Issue No. 32, Scariff Co., Clare, Republic of Ireland, Hootagama by Gary Hootman 2005 Ceramic Art, No. 46, 2004 International Woodfire Conference USA, by Ann Li, pp. 158-163 Taiwan 2005 Ceramic Technical, No. 20, The Naked Truth by Dale Huffman, pp. 98-99 2005 Ceramics Monthly, January Issue, The Naked Truth; Jennifer Poellot pp. 51-54 2004 Ceramics Technical, No.19, Clay Modern (Invited Invitational Masters at Morning View 2004 Ceramics Monthly, April Issue Featured Artist Gary Hootman written by James Kasper 2003 Ceramics Technical, Vol. 16, Building a Wood kiln in Muoel-Ri, By Gary Hootman and James Kasper
2001 The Log Book, Issue No. 7 Scarify, Co. Clare, Republic of Ireland, Kiln Building In Korea,by Gary Hootman
2000 Ceramics Art Monthly, , August Issue,1502 -12 Seocho 3 dong, Seocho-ku, Seoul, South Korea, Macsabal Wood Fire Conference 1999 Popular Ceramics, January 50th Anniversary Issue, The Eye Of A Collector, by Judy Potter
pp.30-32 1998 Clay Times,Vol. 4, No. 3 May/June, Ceramics U.S.A. Show,
Commissions & Collections : 2006 Construct made during the Mashiko International Ceramics festival is in the permanent collection Mashiko Messe Ceramic Art Museum, Mashiko, Japan
2005 Gift to The University Of Iowa , Museum of Art, permanent ceramics collection 2002-2003 Guardian One, 5' 10" figurative sculpture, wood fired 1992 Five piece jar set, 40 in., 34 in., 38 in., 28 in. and 15 in, wood fired
1986 War, mural painting on canvas, 6 feet by 15 feet
1984 Ceramic platter, 20 in. in diameter, D.A.R., Iowa Chapter , Salt fired
1983 Ceramic platter, 20 in. in diameter, D.A.R., Iowa Chapter , electric kiln
1982 Five jars, D.A.R., Iowa Chapter, wood fired
Art Exhibitions:
2007 La Borne s'enflamme group exhibition at Centre de Créattion Céramique de La Borne, France, August 1-8 2007 Stardust Memories; Fifty years at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, group exhibition of past and current professors, in conjunction with National Conferences on Educational for the Ceramics Arts, March, Spalding University (Huff Gallery), Louisville, KY (construct and large jar represented) 2007 Bourbon Bottles in the Bluegrass, March 12-17, Louisville Stoneware, Louisville, KY, invitational exhibition, (bourbon bottle, 3 whiskey cups on clay tray represented) 2007 National Juried Wood Fire Exhibition, March 14 - April 14, Thrown Together Gallery, Louisville, KY (platter represented) 2006 New York SOFA June 4 - 8, represented by Hurong Lou Gallery, New York, NY 2006 Presenters Exhibition at NAU Art Museum, Flagstaff, AZ held in conjunction with International Wood Fire Conference 2006 Group exhibition at Kyohan Six Gallery , Mashiko Japan June 3-18, works that were made during workshop and Fired 2006 Mashiko Messe Ceramic Art Museum, Mashiko Japan group exhibition of Mashiko International Ceramics Festival participants' profile and works May 15 /June 18 2006 The 14th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National, A national juried competition, Lancaster, PA USA piece selected (tea bowl) April 21 - May 20 2006 Orton Cone Box Show, An Internationally Juried Competition, which travels for two years, Baldwin City, Kansas (small construct-tea caddy) 2005 Chawan, International Chawan Exhibition 2005, AARDEWERK 2005, Rupelstreek,
Belgium, traveling Exhibition Sept 2005 -May 2006
2005 Invitational Exhibition -- Silver Jubilee, Ripply ,West Virginia (Construct) 2004 The Naked Truth: 2004 International Invitational Exhibition, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Construct ) 2004 Cornell Alumni Woodfire Exhibition, Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Iowa 2004 Area Code 319+, CSPS International Hall,Cedar Rapids, Iowa Remembering Ohno 2004 Masters Exhibition, Clay Modern 2004, Gulgong, Australia (Construct, art vase) 2004 Orton Cone Box Show, an internationally juried competition which travels for two years, Baldwin City, Kansas (whiskey cup) 2004 One Person’s Wood fired Look, Iowa Wesleyan College, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa
2003 Anseong Museum of Art, Anseong, South Korea (small cache) 2003 150 Years of Art Cornell College, Sculpture In The Garden, Group Exhibition, Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Iowa 2002 Mokpo International Ceramics Competition, Mokpo, South Korea, Awarded Special Prize Human (Artistic Quality)-( Tea Bowl) 2002 International Group Exhibition Tho Art Gallery, Seoul, South Korea, (Tea Bowl) 2002 International Exhibition of Galleries, BEXCO, Representation by Tho Art, Busan, South Korea 2002 International Ceramic Exhibition, Mino, Japan (Tall Vase) 2002 Mug Shots 2002, national invitation show, Artworks Gallery, Bozeman, Montana 2001 Mug Shots 2001, national invitation show, Artworks Gallery, Bozeman, Montana 2000 Mug Shots 2000, national invitation show; Artworks Gallery, Bozeman, Montana 2000 Ubiquitous Pot, juried group exhibition; Legacy Art Gallery, Columbia, Missouri (large Jar) 2000 International Group Show of wood fired work; Sam Sung Gallery, Bungang City, South Korea (Bud Vase) 2000 Two person show, Tho-Gallery, Seoul, South Korea( tea bowls ,small cache) 2000 Porcelain 2000 International Competition, Esmay Gallery, Rochester, New York (bud vase) 1999 Sculpture By Invitation, Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Iowa (figurative work six pieces) 1999 Internationally Juried Wood Fired Show “Different Stokes”,Studiolo Art Gallery's,Iowa City, Iowa (bud vase) 1999 University of Iowa Alumni Show selected works spanning 1951 – 1999, The University of Iowa, Iowa City,Iowa (construct)
1998 International Orton Cone Box Show, A Juried International, Competition of Contemporary Ceramics , Baldwin City, Kansas (Bud vase)
1998 Ceramics USA 1998, A Nationally Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramics , Denton Texas Free standing Construct) 1996 Thirty Years of Art , by invitation, Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Large Jar) 1993 Faculty Show, Indiana University, Henry Hope Museum of art Bloomington, Indiana ( Tall vase ) 1992 Bi- Annual Ceramics Invitational; Macauly Gallery, Mt. Mercy College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
1990 Juried Show sponsored by The University of Iowa, Department of Art and Art History, judged by the curator of the Washington, D.C. Hirschhorn Sculpture Gardens (Figurative Construct)
1990 Group Show, M.F.A. Exhibition Show, Museum of Art, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
1989 Untitled Show; Graduate Ceramics Department Show, Eve Drewlow Gallery, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 1988 Invitational Show, Iowa Artisans Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa 1987 Invitational Ceramics, Peoria Art Guild Gallery, Peoria, Illinois 1986 Solo Exhibition, Armstrong Gallery, Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Iowa 1985 Group Show, Cedar Rapids Art Museum, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 1984 Group Show; Armstrong Gallery, Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Iowa
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