EDUCATION
1976 MFA in Ceramics, New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred, NY
1972 BA in Ceramics and Drawing, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 September: “fertile matters” Snowhite Gallery, Unitec, Auckland, New Zealand
September: “overheard conversation” Objectspace, Vault Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2003 September: “Agua Flutuante” Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
2002 June: Oficinas do Convento Francisco, Montemor-O-Novo, Portugal
2001 June: Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, Michigan
2000 March: "Scott Chamberlin: Twelve Years" at the Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver, CO (Extensive Catalogue published with essay by Janet Koplos, Senior Editor of Art in America.)
1999 May: Kiang Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
1997 September: Sarah Moody Gallery, Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
1996 September: Kiang Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
1995 May: Rule Contemporary and Modern Gallery, Drawings and Collaborative Works with George Mason
March: Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, Colorado
1993 January: New work produced at the European Ceramic Work Centres- Hertogenbosch, Holland
1991 April: "New Drawings," Payton-Rule Gallery, Denver, Colorado.
1990 May; San Antonio Art Institute, San Antonio, Texas.
September: Cydney Payton Gallery, Denver, Colorado.
1989 September: "New Sculpture and Drawings, Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, California.
1988 April "A Garden; talking about and traces of," Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, Colorado
1987 April: "A Different Garden". New Sculpture and Drawings. Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, California.
1985 August: "New Works in Clay". San Francisco Art Academy, San Francisco, California.
March: "New Clay Sculpture". Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, California.
1983 November: Hadler-Rodriguez Gallery, New York, New York.
November: "New Works in Clay" Meyer Breier Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, California.
1981 July: "Tall Sculptural Pots; A Collaboration". with British ceramic artist Susan Barrow, Meyer Breier Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, California
January: "Sculpture of Scott Chamberlin" Exposorium, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Holland.
1980 April-June: "Sculpture of Scott Chamberlin". Dordrecht Museum of Art, Dordrecht, Holland. (Catalogue)
1978 October: "Scott Chamberlin; Sculpture and Drawings". Atmosphere Gallery, London, England
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 March: “Live Forms Talking” Patton-Malott & Gideon Gartner Galleries, Anderson Ranch Art Center, CO
2009 January: “Colorado Abstraction” Center for the Visual Arts, Denver, CO (Catalogue)
2008 December: “Beyond Bio: Clay Bodies” Castle Gallery, New Rochelle, NY
February: “Paralleled 1” Rocky Mt. College of Art & Design, Denver, CO
2006 June: “ideaLOG” James Patrick Gallery, Wisscasett, ME
May: “Decades of Influence” Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO (Catalogue)
January: “Everyday Masters” Boulder Public Library Gallery, Boulder, CO
2005 June: “Strata: New Perspectives on Ceramics from Scandinavia and the US” Skulpturen Hus, Stockholm, Sweden (Catalogue)
2004 October: “On the Wall” The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
June: “Sin/Scene Colorado” Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO (Catalogue)
July: “Contemporary Ceramic Art” Sangra De Cristo Center for the Arts, Pueblo, CO (Catalogue)
2003 April: "Trans-Mission" Macon Museum of Art & Science, Macon, GA (Catalogue)
August: "Clay West: 2003 Intermountain Invitational" Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, UT
September: Faculty Exhibition, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
2001 September: "Life Forms" Hand Workshop Art Center, Richmond, VA
August: Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
2000 January: "Colorado Educators" Metro Center for the Visual Arts, Denver,
July: "Abstraction" Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
1999 August: "Colorado Abstraction 1975-1999" Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities, Arvada, CO
October: Metro Center for the Visual Arts, Fund Raising Exhibition.
1998 February: Inagural Exhibition, new gallery, Kiang Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1997 February: Exhibition with Annabeth Rosen, Arnie Zimmerman: Dorothy Weiss Gallery,
San Francisco, CA
December/January: Group Exhibition/Gallery artists, Kiang Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1996 February: "Objects & Drawings" Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY
July: "20/20 Vision" Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities, Arvada, Colorado
August: "Elemental" Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, CO
1995 February: "Options 1" Denver Art Musuem, Denver, Colorado (Catalogue)
SELECTED LECTURES
2009 September: Artist lecture about my studio practice, Objectspace, Auckland, New Zealand.
August: “Tradition: Bushes and Art” Objectspace Lecture Series, Objectspace, Auckland, New Zealand.
March: “the uncanny in nature” “Communique Lecture Series” School of Architecture and Planning, National Institute of Creative Arts and Industries, The University of Auckland, NZ
May: “Tradition: why does it matter?” lecture for “BrainLab: extending the design discourse”, Creative Arts and Industries Program, Unitec, Auckland, NZ
March: “natural expectations” Lecture to the Landscape Architecture Forum: Unitec, Auckland, NZ
February and March: Two lectures about my studio practice: One a symposium for the Contemporary Craft Program, Unitec and one for the first year Design, Visual Arts Program, Unitec, Auckland.
2008 February: Gallery lecture, “Paralleled 1” Rocky Mt. College Art & Design, Denver, CO
2004 February: Panel presentation and solo lecture. Symposium for “1/3 of the Earth is Dirt” Exhibition, CU Art Museum
2002 June: Oficinas do Convento, Montemor-O-Novo, Portugal
2001 November: Art Institute of Chicago, IL
2001 September: Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
1999 March: National Conference on Education in the Ceramic Arts, Panel Discussion: "From the Inside Out: Transmitting the Subconscious"
1996 October: University of Georgia, Athens, GA
April: Colorado State Univ. Two lectures: My work and one on the
"American Way; Views on Use" Aberystwyth Art Centre, Wales, UK
1994 June: University of Washington, Seattle, WA
November: Aspen Art Museum, Aspen CO
1993 July: International Ceramic Festival, Aberystwyth Art Centre, Wales,
April: University of Texas, Austin, Texas
March: National Conference for Education in the Ceramic Arts, San Diego, Calif.
January: Camberwell School of Art, London, England
1992 December: Academy of Art, s'-Hertogenbosch, Holland
1991 May: Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado.
February: University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
January: Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
1990 April: San Antonio Art Institute, San Antonio, Texas
1989 November: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Two lectures: My work and "Topiary: Historical and Contemporary Application".
AWARDS, ACADEMIC DISTINCTIONS, and PROFESSIONAL ENDEAVORS
2009 Juried National Ceramic Award Exhibition: Portage Awards, Lopdell House, Auckland, NZ
Organized symposium: “Exchange” for the Portage Awards Exhibition.
2008 Awarded Creative Research Faculty Fellowship, University of Colorado for Residency at Unitec, Auckland, New Zealand.
2006 Worked on large public art project: “Rota do Romanico” with eleven other artists in the Sousa Valley, Northern Portugal.
Co-Curated and Organized Symposium for “Everyday Masters” exhibition, Boulder Public Library Gallery, Boulder, Colorado.
2005 Chosen to design and construct two very large Sculpted Gardens in the Sousa Valley. Funded by the Portuguese Minister of Culture, and the Sousa Valley Romanesque Road Association.
CRCW Grant-in-aid, to practice Topiary in Northern Portugal
2003 CU Boulder Ceramics Graduate Program is designated the Number Nine program in the Nation
(U.S. News & World Report) Ranked again in 2005. This is the second highest ranked graduate program in the entire University, behind Environmental Law.
2002 Sabbatical Leave to study Topiary in Portugal, Resulting in one person exhibition.
2001 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant for Portugal Project and Exhibition
1999 Grant-in-Aid Award, Supporting Photographing and Framing for "Scott Chamberlin, Twelve Years" Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver CRCW, Graduate School
UROP Grant Help installing exhibition, "Scott Chamberlin, Twelve Years"
1993 Creative Research Faculty Fellowship, University of Colorado, to work at The European Ceramic Work Centre, s'-Hertogenbosch, Holland for six months
1991 Public Art Project, Lower Downtown Inc., Denver, CO. thirteen murals produced in lower downtown of Denver.
1990 National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Arts Fellowship Grant.
1988 Teaching Award: "Expanding Scale and Viewpoints in the Ceramic Process," Council on Teaching, University of Colorado.
1987 Grant-in-aid Award: "New Clay Sculpture: Simplification and the Brilliance of Topiary," CRCW, Graduate School at the University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado.
1986 Grant-in-Aid Award: "European Terra-cotta Sculptures". GCAH, Graduate School at the University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado.
National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Arts Fellowship Grant.
Colorado Council on the Arts and Humanities, Visual Arts Fellowship Grant.
1979 Society for the Encouragement of the Arts Award, inclusion in the Exhibition, "Northern California Clay Routes: Sculpture Now," Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Present Professor, Ceramics, Department of Art & Art History, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado.
2009 Visiting Professor, Artist-in-residence, Contemporary Craft Program, Unitec, Auckland, New Zealand
1993 Camberwell School of Art, Ceramics Department, London, England.
1987 Summer: Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine.
1984 Spring: Visiting Artist, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California.
1983 Summer and Fall: Visiting Artist, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, New York.
1982-83 Fall and Spring: Visiting Artist/Lecturer in Ceramics, Camberwell School of Art, London, England and Brightron Polytechnic, Brighton, England.
1976-78 Visiting Artist/Lecturer in Ceramics, Camberwell School of Art, London, England. (Also taught drawing to first and second year students)
1976-77 Guest Lecturer in Ceramics, Royal College of Art, London, England.
1976 Guest Lecturer in Ceramics, Manchester Polytechnic, Manchester, England.
1976/78 Visiting Artist/Lecturer in Ceramics, Portsmouth Polytechnic, Portsmouth, England.
1977 Guest Lecturer in Sculpture, Liverpool Polytechnic, Liverpool, England.
1976/77 Guest Lecturer in Ceramics, Wolverhamptom Polytechnic, Wolverhampton, England.
WORKS IN PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Polly and Mark Addison, Boulder, CO
Alfred Shands III, Washington, D.C.
Sharon and George Collias, Lake Forest, IL
Fanta and Sergi Gomis, Barcelona, Spain and Boulder, CO
Robert C. Turner, Alfred, New York
International Museum of Ceramic Art, Alfred, New York
Dorothy and Fred Weiss, Piedmont, California
Mady Jones, San Francisco, California
Henry Pim, Dublin, Ireland
The Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
The Dordrecht Museum, Dordrecht, Holland
The Everson Museum, Syracuse, New York
Brian Pulte, Denver, Colorado
Museum Het Kruit Huis/European Ceramic Work Centre, Holland
Daum Museum, Sedalia, Missouri