DHARMA STRASSER MACCOLL

BORN 1971 San Francisco, CA

EDUCATION
1997 M.F.A. Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
1993 B.A. Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin
1991-1992 Lorenzo de Medici, Florence, Italy

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 Spin, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2011 Emanate, Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, CA
2010 New Work, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2009 Invisible Transmissions, Walker Contemporary, Boston, MA
2007 Growth Patterns, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2005 Suspension, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2005 Migration, Ampersand International Arts, San Francisco, CA
2004 Borders, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2002 New Works, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2000 Harborage, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
1999 The Space Around Things, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
1998 5 Installations, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY
1997 Sculptural Ceramic Groupings, Bona Keane Gallery, Portland, OR
1996 New Works, Bona Keane Gallery, Portland, OR
1995 Painterly Ceramics, Bona Keane Gallery, Portland, OR

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 Floral, Gumps, San Francisco, CA
2009 The Pearl Exhibition, GUMPS, San Francisco, CA
2008 Intricacies, Soho Myriad, Atlanta, GA
2007 Artslate, Condon, OR
2005 Marin Arts Council, Novato, CA
2004 Subtle, Playspace, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2004 Periphery II, Oregon College of Arts and Crafts, Beaverton, OR
2004 Women’s Work, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA
2003 Eighteen Women, The Art Center Gallery, Clatsop Community College, Astoria, OR
2003 Periphery, Worth Ryder Gallery, Kroeber Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA
2003 Northern California Clay, National Conference for Ceramic Educators, San Diego, CA
2003 Selections 2003, Artspan, The Mills Building, San Francisco, CA
2003 The Art of Clay: Contemporary West Coast Artists, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA
2003 New Ceramic Horizons, Paradise Ridge Winery, Santa Rosa, CA
2003 Selections, Herbst International Pavilion, Artspan, San Francisco, CA
2003 Containment: Recent Work by Kate Blacklock, Brad Schweiger and Dharma Strasser, University of Texas at El Paso, TX
2000 Of Now and Future Dream, Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa, CA
2000 Fragments & Clay Drawings, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY
2000 Ceramics Monthly International Competition, Columbus, OH
2000 Heretofore Unseen, Carmichael Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998 Emerging Artists, Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA (two person exhibition)
1998 Summer Ceramics Exhibition, Nancy Margolis Gallery, Portland, ME
1997 1997 Oregon Biennial, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR and Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, OR Curated by Kathryn Kanjo
1997 New Generation: Graduate Student Exhibitions, Shaw Guido Gallery, Pontiac, MI
1997 Clay Dominant, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
1997 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
1997 Juried Summer Thesis Exhibition, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
1997 The Box Show, Bona Keane Gallery, Portland, OR
1996 New Generation; Graduate Student Exhibitions. Shaw Guido Gallery, Pontiac, MI
1996 A Table is Set, Bona Keane Gallery, Portland, OR
1996 Salamagundi, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI

PUBLICATIONS
2009 Critics Pick, Boston Globe, December 15
2006 Dharma Strasser MacColl at Augen Gallery, Lois Allen, Artweek, February 2006, Vol. 37, Issue 1, p. 20 (illustrated)
2005 Ceramic ch-ch-ch-changes, D.K. Row, The Oregonian, November 25, p. 24 (illustrated)
2005 Art thats near, for a dreary night, Harvest Henderson, The Oregonian, November 3, p. E4
2005 Come on indoors; the viewing is fine, Joseph Gallivan, Portland Tribune, November 1, p. B1
2004 Critics Pic, The Oregonian, Portland, OR, April 1
2003 A haiku of discrete parts unified, Karrin Ellertson,The Oregonian, A&E, December 20, p. 57
2002 Human Histories: Recent Work by Kate Blacklock and Dharma Strasser, Ceramics Monthly, January issue
2001 Dharma Strasser and Adam Grosowsky at Augen Gallery, Lois Allen, Artweek, February, 2001 pp. 26 – 27 (illustrated)
2001 Working in series, D.K. Row, The Oregonian A&E Section, (Portland, OR) December 20, p. 58 (Illustrated)
1999 Finding a sense of space, D.K. Row, The Oregonian A&E Section, (Portland, OR), July 16, p. 66 (illustrated)
1999 Up Front, Ceramics Monthly, January issue, p. 28 (illustrated)
1998 Portfolio, American Craft, October/November issue
1997 Dharmas Ascent, D.K. Row Willamette Week, Portland, OR, December 10
1997 Serial Forms, Serious Art, Jonathan Ramond, The Oregonian, Portland, OR, December 12
1997 Can-Do Kanjo, D.K. Row, Willamette Week, Portland, OR August 27
1997 Out on a Limb, Jonathan Raymond, The Oregonian, Portland, OR, August 22

AWARDS
2004 Individual Artist Grant, Marin County Arts Council, San Rafael, CA
1997 Jaymes B. Leahy Grant
1997 Jurors Award, New Generation: Graduate Student Exhibitions, Shaw Guido, Pontiac, MI

COLLECTIONS
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA
Microsoft Corporation, Seattle, WA

WORKSHOPS, RESIDENCIES AND LECTURES
2002 Artist lecture, Napa College, Napa, CA
2001 Artist lecture, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX
1999 Workshop: Wall, Table, Floor: Utilizing the Sculptural Space of the Room in Clay,
City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
1999 Workshop: Non-Fired Surfaces: Exploring Alternatives to Glaze, Richmond
Art Center, Richmond, CA
1999 Residency in the studio of Miroslav Paral, Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2008-2011 Instructor of Ceramics, Mills College, Oakland, CA
2008-2011 Instructor of Ceramics, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
2004-2010 Ceramic Workshop Program Director, Heath Ceramics, Sausalito, CA
1999-2008 Instructor of Ceramics, City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
2000 Instructor of Ceramics, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
1997-1998 Instructor of Ceramics, Portland Community College, Portland, OR


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