CLAUDIA TARANTINO
EXHIBITIONS
2009 30 Ceramic Sculptors, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
Fork It! Spoon It! Cut It Up!, Baltimore Clay Works, Baltimore, Maryland
Trompe L’Oeil, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
2008 Cedar Creek Gallery National Teapot Show VII, Creedmoor, NC
SOFA, New York, John Natsoulas Gallery, The Armery, NYC
30 Ceramic Sculptors, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
Infusion 10 x 10, 11th Biennial Teapot Exhibition, Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Teapots: Object to Subject, ExhibitsUSA, Mid-America Arts Alliance, touring exhibit 2007-10
Trompe L’Oeil, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
2007 Botanical, Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
30 Ceramic Sculptors, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
NCECA Clay National, Biennial Exhibit, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, KY
Teapots: Object to Subject, ExhibitsUSA, Mid-America Arts Alliance, touring exhibit 2007-10
2006 Delicious, Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, CA
MVFAF Past Award Winners Retrospective Exhibition, Dimitroff’s Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
Tea Time: Art of the Teapot, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, Michigan
The Yixing Effect, Echoes of a Chinese Scholar, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana
30 Ceramic Sculptors, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
Sixteenth San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas
2005 30 Ceramic Sculptors, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
Marin Arts Council Grantees Showcase, Marin Community Foundation, San Rafael, CA
2004 Steamin’, Gallery Materia, Scottsdale, AZ
Teapots: Object to Subject, Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, MO
30 Ceramic Sculptors, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
Fifteenth San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas
2003 30 Ceramic Sculptors, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
American Potters Working in the Realist Tradition, The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Northern California Clay, NCECA 37th Annual Conference, San Diego, CA
Short Stories: A Group Show of Narrative Ceramics, Center for the Ceramic Arts, Berkeley, CA
2002 Tea, Virginia Breier Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Three Person Show, GR Martin Gallery, San Anselmo, CA
SOFA Chicago 2002, Ferrin Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Teapots Transformed: Group Show of Contemporary Teapots, Ferrin Gallery, Lenox MA
30 Ceramic Sculptors. John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
Fourteenth San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
2001 Teapots Transformed: Exploration of an Object, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
Mostra 2001: Works In Clay And Glass, Museo Italo Americano, San Francisco, CA
30 Ceramic Sculptors, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis CA
21st Century and Beyond, 12th Annual A.Houberbocken Teapot Show, Chiaroscuro Galleries, Chicago
Porcelain 2001, Esmay Fine Art Gallery, Rochester, New York
Teapots Transformed, Ferrin Gallery, New York Ceramics Fair, New York, NY
Marin Arts Council Individual Visual Artists Grantee Showcase, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
2000 Teapots Transformed, Ferrin Gallery, SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL
Two Decades of Art at John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
21st Anniversary Teapot Exhibition, Pinch, Northampton, MA
30 Ceramic Sculptors, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis CAπ
Featured Artist, Leslie Ferrin Gallery, Web Site
East or West, Tea is Best, San Francisco Airport Museums, SF International Airport
1999 Teapot Invitational, Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco
Let It Pour, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Tea ‘N Trompe, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
SOFA, John Natsoulas Gallery, New York and Chicago
30 Ceramic Sculptors, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
1998 Fine Art and Crafts Exhibit, Marin County Fair, San Rafael, CA (Award)
Feats of Clay IX, Gladding McBean Pottery, Lincoln, CA (Award)
Twelfth San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas
9th Annual Teapot Show, The Oconomowoc Gallery, Oconomowoc, WI, and Chiaroscuro Galleries, Chicago
1997 Teapot Invitational, Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Lotsa Clay VII: on the Fringe, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Fine Arts and Crafts Exhibit, Marin County Fair, San Rafael, CA (Award)
Fifth Annual Teapot Exhibition, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, Missouri
California Clay Competition, The Artery, Davis, CA
Salt & Pepper: Shake & Grind, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA, and the 31st Annual NCECA Conference,
Las Vegas, Nevada
Arkansas Arts Center Collector’s Show and Sale, Little Rock, Arkansas
1996 Contemporary Lights: A Celebration on Chanukah, Margolis Gallery, Houston, TX
Marin Arts Council Members Exhibition, Corte Madera, CA
Le Petit IV, Alder Gallery, Eugene, Oregon
Boy Art / Girl Art, Off Center Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Fine Arts and Crafts Exhibit, Marin County Fair, San Rafael, CA (2 Awards)
1995 Teapot Invitational, Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Fired Clay, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA
Sixth Annual Mini Show, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA
1994 Teapot Invitational, Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1989 100 Artists 100 Ways, Artisans, Mill Valley, CA
1987 Miniatures in Mixed Media, Banaker Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
Grand Opening Exhibit, Banaker Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
The Art of Love, Annual Valentine Show, San Francisco Art Institute
1986 Small Works, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
1985 The Art of Clay and Glass ‘85, College of Marin, Kentfield, CA (Award)
1984 Christmas Show, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
California Clay ‘84, Civic Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA (Award)
1983 The Award Winners of Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
1981 Fine Crafts Exhibit, Gallery One, Fort Worth, Texas
1980 The Box, The Elements Gallery, New York, N.Y.
Paper and Porcelain, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
A Collection of Small Treasures, The Hand and the Spirit, Scottsdale, Arizona
National Teapot Exhibit, Horizon Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
New Work-New Space, Meyer Breier Weiss, San Francisco, CA
Porcelain Invitational, St. Xavier College, Chicago, Ill
Works in Miniature, The Elements Gallery, New York, N.Y.
1979 Ceramic Forecast, Anna Gardener Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA
Celebrations With Contemporary American Crafts, Meyer Breier Weiss, San Francisco.CA
Fine Crafts Exhibit, Marin County Fair, San Rafael, CA, 1977, Awards in 1978,1979
1978 Designer/Craftsman ‘78, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
1976 Clay and Glass ’76, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA (Award)
Designer/Craftsman ‘76, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
1975 Clay and Glass ‘75, College of Marin, Kentfield, CA
1974-77 Association of San Francisco Potters Annual Shows, S.F., CA ’74-’77
1974 Tri-State Ceramics, College of San Mateo, CA
Two Bay Area Potters, Galeria del Sol, Santa Barbara, CA
RECIPIENT: MARIN ARTS COUNCIL INDIVIDUAL ARTIST GRANT, 2000 and 2004
PUBLICATIONS:
The Yixing Effect: Echoes Of A Chinese Scholar, Marvin Sweet, Foreign Languages Press,
Teapots, Makers & Collectors, Donna Z. Meilach, Shiffer Publishing Ltd., 200
Teapots Transformed, Exploration of an Object, Leslie Ferrin, GUILD Publications, 2
The Book of Lowfire Ceramics, Harvey Brodie, Holt Reinhardt, 1976
PHOTOGRAPHS AND REVIEWS PUBLISHED:
American Ceramics, American Craft, Ceramics Monthly, In Style,Clay Times, Studio Potter, Marin Magazine,
Marin Independent Journal, Pacific Sun
PROFESSIONAL ORGAIZATIONS
Marin Arts Council 1985 - present
American Crafts Council 1975 - present
National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts 1982 - present
Bay Area Art Conservation Guild 1986 - 2007
TEACHING AND RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE:
ART RESTORATION: Self-employed Objects Restorer specializing in ceramics, 1985 to 2008
California State Prison, San Quentin, CA, 1980-1982
Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA, Summer 1981
Ceramics Workshop, San Rafael, CA, Co-director, 1971-1980
Self-employed Production Potter, 1972-1980
BACHELOR OF ARTS: Dominican College, San Rafael, CA, 1966
BORN: San Francisco, CA, September 12, 1944