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Piero Fenci
Born Santa Barbara, CA, 1944


EDUCATION


1973 – 1975 MFA, The New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
1970 - 1972 Post Graduate Studies in Studio Art, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
1962 - 1966 BA in Latin-American Studies, Yale University, New Haven, CT


JOB HISTORY


1975 - Present Professor of Art, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX


Spring 2004, Fall 2008, and Fall 2009
Visiting Professor, Escuela de Bellas Artes, Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico


Summers 1974, 1975, 2002, 2003
Visiting Professor, Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts, Nantucket, MA


SOLO EXHIBITIONS


2010 “La Cerca/The Fence,” Museo Casa Chihuahua Centro del Patrimonio Cultural, Chihuahua City, Chihuahua, MX


2007 Martin Museum of Art, Baylor University, Waco, TX


2003 Goldesberry Gallery, Houston, TX


2002 South Wharf Gallery, Nantucket, MA


2000 Brookhaven College Center of the Arts, Dallas, TX


1997 Moody Gallery, Houston, TX (also in 1992)


1996 Main Street Gallery, Nantucket, MA (also in 1995,1994, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1988, 1987, 1986, 1977, 1975)


1993 Art Museum of East Texas, Lufkin, TX
1992 Midwestern State University Gallery, Wichita Falls, TX


Galveston Art Center, Galveston, TX


1985 Mattingly Baker Gallery, Dallas, TX (collaboration with Mary McCleary)


1984 Watson/de Nagy Gallery, Houston, TX (collaboration with Mary McCleary)


1980 Kauffman Galleries, Houston, TX


1979 Lee’s Circle Gallery, New Orleans, LA


1978 Front Room Gallery, Dallas, TX


1976 Longview Museum, Longview, TX






GROUP EXHIBITIONS




2010 “CraftTexas 2010,” Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX, curated by Gail M. Brown


“New Works: Highlights from the Permanent Collection, Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, TX


“New Visions in Vitrified Clay,” 2010 Texas Tech Ceramics Symposium, Lubbock, TX


“Celebrating Ten Years, 2000 to 2010,” M. T. Burton Gallery, Surf City, NJ


2009 “Message from Texas: Breaking the Stereotype,” The White Gallery of the Pedagogical Institute of Ufa, Russia; The State Museum of Nizhny Tagil, Russia; and The State Museum of Novosibirsk, Russia


“Val Cushing, Piero Fenci, Robin Hopper, and Angelica Pozo,” Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL


2008 “Erudite Lunacy,” National Council on the Education of the
Ceramic Arts Conference, Pittsburg, PA, curated by Anthony Merino


“Watershed Artists-Invite-Artists Exhibition,” the Stable Gallery, Daramascotta, ME, curated by Virginia Scotchie


2006 “Spirited Fusion: Akamatsu and Fenci,” Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, TX


“Earthenware,” Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Santa Fe, NM


“Between Form and Function,” Baltimore Clay Works Gallery, Baltimore, MD, curated by Virginia Scotchie


2005 “Elizabeth Akamatsu and Piero Fenci,” Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA (also in 2003 and 2002)


“State of Texas – Clay,” University of San Antonio Art Gallery, San Antonio, TX


2004 “The Big Show,” Gallery One, Indianapolis, IN


“Houston Area Ceramics Educators,” Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX


“Five Texas Ceramists,” Southwestern University Gallery, Georgetown, TX


2004 “Texas Clay,” Beeville Museum, Beeville, TX


2003 “Elizabeth Akamatsu and Piero Fenci,” Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA


2002 "Texas Mud," The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, TX, curated by Joan Davidow


"Great Clay," Goldesberry Gallery, Houston, TX


"Raku," The Jayne Gallery, Kansas City, MO


2001 "Hands in Clay," Meadows Gallery, University of Texas, Tyler, TX, curated by Gary Hatcher


"Made in Texas," New Braunfels Museum of Art, New Braunfels, TX, curated by Ron Boling


"The Box," Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX


2000 "National Ceramics Invitational 2000," University Gallery, Texas A&M University, Commerce, TX, curated by Barbara Frey


"Miniatures," Hooks-Epstein Gallery, Houston, TX


1999 “Deliberations in Clay,” Pillsbury and Peters Fine Art, Dallas, TX


“Piero Fenci and Elizabeth Akamatsu,” Transco Gallery, Houston, TX, curated by Sally Sprout


1998 “Clay Traditions: Texas Ceramic Educators and Their Teachers,” Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, curated by Lee Aikins


“Deep in the Clay of Texas: Clay Works by Texas Artists,” The Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, TX, curated by Gary Hatcher


1998 “Fireworks; On and Off the Wall,” Dallas Visual Art Center, Dallas, TX, curated by Michel Conroy and Patricia Meadows


“Within the Borders: A Survey of Contemporary Texas Potters,” Meadows Gallery, University of Texas at Tyler, and Bank One, Fort Worth, TX, curated by Peter Beasecker, Mark Epstein, Daphne Hatcher and Gary Hatcher


“Clay Under the X (Seven Contemporary Texas Artists),” Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX, curated by Mark Epstein


“To Have and to Hold: Ceramic Vessel-Making by Texas Artists,” Irving Arts Center, Irving, TX, curated by Marcie Inman


1997 “Three Texas Ceramists,” Haggar Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, TX, curated by Dan Hammett


“Texas Clay Invitational,” University of Texas at El Paso Art Gallery, El Paso, TX, curated by Mark Alexander


“Uniqueness From the Hand,” University of Texas at San Antonio Art Gallery, San Antonio, TX, curated by Ron Boling


1993 “Closures,” Kirkland Arts Center,” Kirkland, WA, in conjunction with Northwest Clay Symposium, curated by Steve Reynolds


“Texas Clay II,” University Art Gallery, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, TX


1992 “Texas Clay,” Joan Farrell Collection, Washington, DC


“Present Clay Presence/Informed by the Past,” North Texas State University Gallery, Denton, TX, curated by Diana R. Block


“Contemporary Artifacts,” Transco Gallery, Houston, TX, curated by Sally Sprout


“New Art Forms,” International Exposition, Chicago, IL


“Piero Fenci, Carolyn Dahl,” Craftwork Gallery, Houston, TX


1990 “Regional Clay and Fiber,” Longview Museum, Longview, TX


1988 “Voices of the Southwest, USA,” The Museum Monastery Ter Apel, The Netherlands


“The Art of Fiber and Clay,” Jewish Community Center, Houston, TX


1985 “Inaugural Show,” The Farmhouse Gallery/Lew Dolan, Inc., East Hampton, NY (collaboration with Mary McCleary)


“Texas Visions,” Art League of Houston, Transco Tower, Houston, TX


1985 “Fifth Texas Sculpture Symposium Invitational Exhibition,” Dallas, TX


“Texas Visions,” Art League of Houston, Transco Tower Gallery, Houston, TX


“Texas Symposium Exhibition,” Dallas, TX


“Collaborations/Transpositions,” San Antonio Art Institute, San Antonio, TX (collaboration with Mary McCleary)


“Summer Show,” Watson/de Nagy Gallery, Houston, TX (collaboration with Mary McCleary)


1984 “Inaugural Exhibition,” Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA


“Clay: 1984, A National Survey Exhibition,” Traver Sutton Gallery, Seattle, WA


1983 “Three Person Show,” Objects Gallery, San Antonio, TX


“National Ceramics Survey,” Objects Gallery, San Antonio, TX


“Vessels in Clay,” Meyer Breier Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA


“Texas Clay,” Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, TX and The University of Texas at San Antonio, TX


“Fourth Texas Sculpture Symposium Invitational Exhibition,” Austin, TX


1982 “Advisors Show – Diverse Works, Inc.,” Texas Commerce Bank Towers Gallery, Houston, TX


“Four Texas Artists,” Kauffman Galleries, Houston, TX


“National Competitive Show,” Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, TX, First Place, juried by Val Cushing


“Invitational ’82,” Longview Museum, Longview, TX, Special Mention, juried by David Turner


“National Invitational Show,” Weil Gallery, Corpus Christi State University, Corpus Christi, TX, curated by Greg Reuter


“Recent Works from East Texas,” Tyler Museum, Tyler, TX


1981 “Texas Ceramists,” Lufkin Museum, Lufkin, TX


“Inaugural Exhibition,” Objects Gallery, San Antonio,TX


“80 Texans,” Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, TX


“Robert L. Pfannebecker Collection, A Selection of Contemporary American Crafts,” Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA


1979 “Texas Clay II,” University Art Gallery, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, TX


“Clayworks by Texans,” Weil Gallery, Corpus Christi State University, Corpus Christi, TX


“Fine Crafts Exhibition,” The Sara Campbell Blaffer Gallery, Houston, TX


1979 “Raku V National Competitive Ceramics Competition,” Layton Gallery, Layton, NJ


“Works in Clay Competitive Exhibition,” Wichita Falls Art Association Gallery, Wichita Falls, TX


1978 “Ceramics As Sculpture,” Kauffman Fine Art Gallery, Houston, TX


1977 “Clay, Fiber, Metal: National Invitational,” Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, TX


1976 “Approaches II Exhibit,” National Council on the Education for the Ceramic Arts Conference, Baton Rouge, LA


“50 American Artists Exhibition,” National Council on the Education for the Ceramic Arts Conference, Baton Rouge, LA


“Texas Potter, Caddo Indian to Contemporary,” Star of the Republic Museum, Washington, TX, First Prize (Purchase Award)




COLLECTIONS


Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art, Alfred, NY
Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, TX
Martin Museum of Art, Baylor University, Waco, TX
John Hechinger, Washington, DC
Robert Pfannebecker, Lancaster, PA
Donald Sultan, New York, NY
Dorothy Weiss, San Francisco, CA
Carol Straus, Houston, TX




BIBLIOGRAPHY


2004 Alternative Kilns & Firing Techniques – James C. Watkins and Paul Andrew Wandless, Lark Books


2000 Clay and Glazes for the Potter, Third Edition - Daniel Rhodes, Revised and Expanded by Robin Hopper, Krouse Publications


Creative Jolt Inspirations - Rose Gonella, North Light Books


The Contemporary Potter - Jonathan Fairbanks, Angela Fina, and Christopher Gustin, Rockport Publications, Inc.


1999 The Best of Pottery, Vol. 2 - Jonathan Fairbanks and Angela Fina, Rockport Publishers, Inc.


The NCECA Journal - Vol. 19, “A Voice of Dissent”, Tony Merino, vol. 19, 1999


1997 The Nantucket Beacon - “Sumptuous Surfaces; Functional Forms” (June 25), Nantucket, MA


The Inquirer and Mirror - “Fenci’s Clay Forms Emerge From Historical Studies” (June 26), Nantucket, MA


1996 The Best of Pottery - Jonathan Fairbanks and Angela Fina, Rockport Publishers, Inc.


1993 Seattle Times - “Form over Function in Kirkland Show” (September 17), Seattle, WA


Houston Post - “Sculptures have Exotic Inspiration” (December 10), Houston, TX


1990 Nantucket Gardens and Houses - Taylor Lewis and Virginia Scott Heard; Little, Brown and Company, 1990


1984 Studio Potter, “Cutting Edge Nomination” (December issue)


1981 Texas Homes, “Texas Craftsman – Spirited Sculptures Shaped From Clay” (November issue)


1980 House and Garden, “Stalking the Great American Craft” (April issue)






WORKSHOPS AND VISITING ARTIST LECTURES


Alabama Clay Conference, Huntsville, AL
Baylor University, Waco, TX
Bennington College, Bennington, VT
Colorado Mountain College, Aspen, CO
Corpus Christi State University, Corpus Christi, TX
Dallas Craft Guild, Dallas, TX
Loyola University, New Orleans, LA
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX
Nantucket Island School of Art and Design, Nantucket, MA
Rocky Mountain College, Snowmass Village, CO
Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
Texas A & M, College Station, TX
Texas A&M University, Commerce, TX
Texas Tech, Lubbock, TX
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua, Chihuahua, MX
University of Dallas at Irving, Irving, TX
University of Houston, Clear Lake, TX
University of Santa Clara, Santa Clara, CA
University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
University of Texas, Austin, TX




SYMPOSIA AND CONFERENCES


1998 National Council on the Education of the Ceramic Arts Conference - Organizer and Coordinator of the Demonstration Program, Fort Worth, TX


1993 Texas Clay Symposium - Co-Director, San Marcos, TX


Texas Clay Symposium - Slide Presentation and Lecture, Southwest Texas State University,
San Marcos, TX


RESIDENCIES


2008 “Artists invite Artists Residency,” Watershed International Center for the Ceramic Arts, Wiscasset, ME, invited by Virginia Scotchie


AWARDS


1998 Stephen F Austin State University Foundation Faculty Achievement Award for innovation and excellence in teaching, research and service


Teaching Excellence Award, College of Fine Arts, Stephen F. Austin State University,
Nacogdoches, TX