Resumé Stephanie Osser
Illustration in Clay + Music
stephanieosser@gmail.com
781-454-7442 (studio)
EDUCATION
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1967 - 69
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Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
Two year Foundation Art and Graphic Design
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1969
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Royal Academy of Art, Amsterdam, The Netherlands - graphics
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1969 - 71
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Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont - BFA, December 1971
Studied Ceramics w/Stanley Rosen, Botany w/Prof. Ed Flaccus
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1973
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University of Montana, Missoula, Montana
One year of Graduate School in Ceramics, studied with Rudy Autio
worked as Illustrator for Anthropology and Wildlife Departments
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2000 - 01
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Rhode Island School of Design Adult Education, Providence, RI
Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop classes
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2000 - 18
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Harvard Ceramic Program, Boston, MA
studied with Nancy Selvage, Warren Mather, Shawn Panepinto, Makoto Yabe, Wasma’a Chorbachi, Jeanee Redmond, Gala Sorkina, Crystal Ribich, Allison Newsome, Kathy King, Kyla Toomey, Jason Green
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2006 - 10
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Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC summer workshops
Sergei Isupov, Keisuke Mizuno, Kathy King and Paul Wandless
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2006
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Moravian Pottery Doylestown, PA - tiles and mosaics workshop
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2011
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Guldagergård, Skælskør, Denmark-shared studio with other artists and Akio Takamori and Kim Dickey during my 6 week residency
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2012
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Guldagergård, Skælskør, Denmark-2 month residency, and shared studio with Paul Scott and other international artists
Print on Clay Seminar-Renown International artists showing work
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2013
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Richard Notkin Mold Institute, Helena, Montana - June workshop
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CERAMIC ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE
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2014
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Medalta Ceramic Arts Center, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
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2012
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Guldagergård-International Ceramic Research Center, Denmark
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2011
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Guldagergård–International Ceramic Research Center, Denmark
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2013 - 18
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Harvard Ceramics Program - Resident Artist-(2006-2012, as well)
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2006
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Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME - Kiln God Award
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2006 - 08
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Babson College, Wellesley, Massachusetts
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TEACHING CERAMICS AND ARCHITECTURAL CERAMIC MURALS
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2006–12
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Babson College Ceramic Studio - Manager/Ceramic Instructor
Worked with students from Babson, Olin and Wellesley Colleges.
created Bas-Relief murals with students, faculty and staff
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2007
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Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts, workshop
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GRANTS & PUBLIC ART
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2012
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Mellon Presidential BOW (Babson, Olin Wellesley) Grant
created murals on theme of Sustainability for Babson & Wellesley
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2012
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Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge Hospital, Cambridge, MA
Art for Healing, Life-Affirming Imagery – ceramic tile mural project with group led by Allison Newsome and created at the Harvard Ceramics Program
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2009
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Babson College Twizzler Mural Project
http://www.amaco.com/ceramic-installations/ceramic-twizzler-tile-mural/
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PUBLICATIONS
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2015
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Tile Heritage Foundation Directory - Cover Design
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2013
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500 Prints on Clay - Lark Publications
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2008
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500 Tiles - Lark Publications
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2007
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500 Animals in Clay - Lark Publications
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2006
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500 Pitchers - Lark Publications
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GROUP CERAMIC SHOWS
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2015
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America's ClayFest III-Lincoln, CA - jurors: Tip Toland and Peter Held
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2015
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Earth Elements-at the Province Art Club, Honorable Mention, Allison Newsome, juror
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2015
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The Diverse Vessel: Ten Massachusetts Artists Share Their Expression-Gorse Mills Gallery, MA, Steven Branfman, curator
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2015
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Beyond the Brickyard-juror Mark Hewitt, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
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2015
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The State of Clay - Pushing Boundaries-Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
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2015
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Office for the Arts at Harvard-Ceramic Show, Kathy King, Shawn Panepinto,jurors
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2014
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Tanglewood Music Center Fellows-donations to benefit young musicians
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2014
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The Art of High Chair Fine Dining, Dinnerware Museum, Ann Arbor, MI
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2014
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Spoon Me - Medalta Gallery, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
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2014
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State of Clay-Lexington Arts and Crafts Society, Lexington, MA
Amaco Award: American Art Clay Company, Linda Arbuckle, Juror
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2014
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America’s ClayFest II, Lincoln, CA - Candice Groot, Juror
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2014
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20th San Angelo Ceramics National-San Angelo, TX, Leopold Foulem, Juror
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2014
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Small Favors IX-The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA-Garth Johnson juror
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2014
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Ceramic world Cup Tournament - Hyart Gallery, Madison, WI
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2013
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Small Favors VIII - The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
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2013
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America’s ClayFest, Roseville, CA
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2013
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Harvard Ceramics Program Show and Sale-Allston, MA
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2012
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Silver City clay Festival, New Mexico-Art Tile Award-Alfredo Ratinoff, juror
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2012
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Gaga Gallery, Swampscott, MA
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2012
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Big Fish, Small Pot V - Teapot show at AMOCA Museum, Pomona, CA
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2010
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Soda Salt National V - Clay Studio Gallery, Missoula Montana
Honorable Mention awarded by Julia Galloway, juror
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2010
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Tell-Tall Tiles & Fractured Fantasies-Philadelphia Magic Gardens, PA
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2007
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Watershed Gala donation of my "Stars in the Heavens”, Chicago Art Institute: http://www.stephanieosser.com/stars/stars.html
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2007
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Roots & Branches - Gallery Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA
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2006
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One Square Foot - Clay Squared to Infinity Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
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2006
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Looking Back, Looking Forward - Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
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2006
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State of Clay, Lexington Arts and Crafts Society, Lexington, MA
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2006
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Crafts National 2006 - Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA
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2006
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La Petite XIII Alder Gallery, Coburg, OR
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2005
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Craft USA 2005 - Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT-Gail Brown, juror
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2005
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Family Matters - Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
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2005
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SubZero-Low Fire Ceramics Redbrick Gallery, Beverly, MA
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2002-14
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Show and Sale - Harvard Ceramics Program, MA, Dec. & May shows
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2004
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State of Clay-Lexington Arts and Crafts Guild, Lexington, MA
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2003
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Boston Symphony Orchestra Gift Shop-ceramic Violin & French Horn tiles
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2002
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Vermont State Craft Center, Frog Hollow, Middlebury, VT
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BOOK ILLUSTRATION COMMISSION HIGHLIGHTS
CHILDREN’S BOOKS AND TEXTBOOKS; FLORA & FAUNA; COOKBOOKS; EDITORIAL
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1999
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Henson Productions and Workman Publishers, New York, NY
Book of Muppet Crafts - 500 line art drawings for 101 Projects"
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1999
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Rodale Press - Perennials for Every Purpose
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1998
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Simon & Schuster-“ Complete Book of Small Breads” Bernard Clayton,Jr. 1996 Wildlife Conservation Society Newsletter, Bronx Zoo, NY
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1993-94
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New York Daily News editorial still-life illustration Wednesday food pages
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1993
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Ovations Electric Guitars-a series of ads for this guitar making company
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1992
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Doubleday Publishers cookbook Working a Duck" scratchboard
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1992
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Warner Books "Faye Levy's International Chicken Cookbook"
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1992
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Simon and Schuster-book cover for "The Moosewood Kitchen Garden”
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1991
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Random House - "Adventures in the Kitchen with Wolfgang Puck"
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1982
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Knopf Publishers-"Cooking With Lydie Marshall" French cookbook
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1982
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Simon and Schuster-The Complete Book of Soups and Stews, B.Clayton Jr.
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1982
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Nova and WGBH - animation work on nature film
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1981
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Little Brown & Co. Publishers "Drinking Straw Construction", B. Zubrowski
The Boston Children's Museum, Boston, MA
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1981
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WGBH and Little Brown & Co. -- "This Old House,” by Bob Villa
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1980
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Harper Collins Publishers-"All About Eggs,” by Millicent Selsam Children's Science Book won "Outstanding Science Book of l980"
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1979-80
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New York Times Magazine-Sunday Food Page-7 articles
Full color still-life food illustrations and step-by-step line drawings
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1976
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Horticulture Magazine, Boston, MA, illustration for articles 1976 - 1980
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1974-79
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Staff Illustrator for The New England Aquarium, Boston, MA
B & W line drawings of fish for identification over each aquarium exhibit
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1972-73
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Illustrator for Graduate student thesis work in fields of Anthropology & Wildlife, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana - my first illustration job while a graduate student there in ceramics, studying with Rudy Autio
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Stephanie Osser- Illustration on Clay © 2011
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