My grasshopper is made of concrete and painted with acrylics. It is built over a metal armature and is hollow.
Keator Gallery exhibition. I am on the right gazing into the distance.
My booth at outdoor shows.
A 3-dimensional selfie.
I am a ceramic artist and sculptor. Art has been my life since childhood, first in France where I was born, then in the States. Aside from an occasional workshop I am self-taught, learning from works in museums and galleries, especially work done by artists of other cultures or of other times. I have also been influenced by a number of artists in my family. I have a home studio where I spend many hours each week. Until a few years ago I taught art full-time at the high school and college level. I don't use a wheel for my functional ware, preferring to build everything by hand to create irregularities that add interesting effects. I use cone 6 stoneware and glazes and sometimes terracotta for sculpture. I have had numerous group and solo exhibitions of ceramics, sculptures and works on paper in the States, France, the former Soviet Union and China. I am currently represented in several galleries in Connecticut.
REPRESENTATION AND OUTLETS:
BACA Gallery, Downtown Branford
Guilford Art Center, 411 Church Street, Guilford. http://guilfordartcenter.org/
Azoth Gallery http://azothgallery.com/azothgallery/ClaudineBurns/Claudine_Burns.html
Artspace New Haven http://artspacenh.org/artists/claudine_burns_smith
RESUME:
Solo Exhibitions:
Keator Gallery, New Haven CT
John Slade Ely House, New Haven CT
Gallery 195, New Haven CT
Baldwin Gallery, New Haven CT
International Art Center, Bridgeport CT
Cheshire Academy, Cheshire CT
Wachuset College, Gardner MA
Xiaoshi, Ningbo, China
Erector Square Gallery, New Haven CT
Mud Gallery, New Haven CT
Birobidjan Museum, Birobidjan, Russia
Oneta Gallery, Hartford CT
Azteca’s, New Haven CT
The Rose Farm Gallery, East Haddam CT
Recent Group Exhibitions:
Southern Connecticut University
Whitney Center, Hamden CT
New Haven Public Library New Haven CT
RIIVA Gallery, NY NY
New York East Gallery, NY NY
Umbrella Arts, NY NY
Haggaman Library, East Haven CT
Connecticut Hospice, Branford CT
Mill Gallery, Guilford CT
Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. Gallery, New Haven CT
Creative Art Workshop, New Haven CT
John Slade Ely House, New Haven CT
Numerous group exhibitions on the East Coast, New York, Colorado and abroad.
Fellowships and grants:
Oaxaca, Mexico, artisans visits
Santa Fe, NM, workshops with an Apache and a Navajo potter
Xiaoshi School, Ningbo, China, teaching exchange and art tour
Maine Workshops, Rockland, ME, digital photography
Bennington College, Bennington, VT, glass blowing
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, fellow
Birobidjan Art School, Birobidjan, Russia, exploring an exchange of students
Vermont Studios, Johnston, VT, fellow
Rhode Island School of Design, RI