Farraday Newsome
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Born
1955, El Paso, Texas, USA
Education
MA, Art, Ceramics Emphasis, San Francisco State University, 1987
BA, Biology, University of California at Santa Cruz, 1977
Solo Exhibitons
2015 Clay Art Center, Port Chester, New York
2008 Central Arizona College, Coolidge, Arizona
2005 Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2003 Gallery Materia, Scottsdale, Arizona
Jill Spanbauer Gallery, Naples, Florida
2002 Embracing Night, Arizona State University Fine Arts Museum, Tempe, Arizona
1999 Jill Spanbauer Gallery, Naples, Florida
1998 Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Twist, Portland, Oregon
1997 Jill Spanbauer Gallery, Naples, Florida
Florabundance, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
1996 Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
Winfield Gallery, Carmel, California
Platters, Twist, Portland, Oregon
1995 Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
1994 Majolica, New Work, Virginia Breier Gallery, San Francisco, California
1993 Majolica, Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
1992 New Works in Polychrome Terra Cotta, Javier Puig Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1991 Contemporary Majolica, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Selected Group and Two-Person Exhibitions
2020 23rd San Angelo Ceramics National, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas
41st Annual Contemporary Crafts, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Mesa, Arizona
What Lies Beneath, Epperson Gallery, Crockett, California
DelecTABLE: The Fine Art of Dining, Art Students League of Denver, Denver, Colorado
Lip Service, Saratoga Clay Arts Center, Schuylerville, New York
2019 Workhouse Art Center Clay International 2019, Lorton, Virginia
Adorned, New Orleans Clay Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Material Impulse: A Confluence of Clay Artists, ARC Contemporary Fine Arts, NCECA satellite show,
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mugshot 2 Clay International, Mojo Coffee Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Roadside USA, i.d.e.a.Museum, Mesa, Arizona
40th Annual Contemporary Crafts, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Mesa, Arizona
2018 22nd San Angelo Ceramics National, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas
Ceramic+, The Gallery at Mesa Community College, Mesa, Arizona
39th Annual Contemporary Crafts, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Mesa, Arizona
Off the Table - Clay for the Wall, Potter Fine Arts Gallery, Missouri Western State University
Bottoms Up, Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
A Shared Passion, Phoenix Airport Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2017 Paintings and Ceramic Work by Farraday Newsome and Jeff Reich, Manheim/ARC Contemporary Fine
Arts, Cottonwood, Arizona
38th Annual Contemporary Crafts, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Mesa, Arizona
La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay, NCECA 2017, Portland, Oregon
2016 Jeff Reich and Farraday Newsome: In the Fullness of Time, Phoenix College, Phoenix, Arizona
Tempe Center for the Arts 2016 Juried Biennial: CLAY, Tempe, Arizona
37th Annual Contemporary Crafts, Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, Arizona
Artist Invitation Simple Cup Show 2016, Kobo Gallery, Seattle, Washington
The Art of Tea, Yavapai College Art Gallery, Clarkdale, Arizona
2015 36th Annual Contemporary Crafts, Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, Arizona
La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay, NCECA Providence, Rhode Island
Birds of a Feather, Tempe Arts Center, Tempe, Arizona
The Seven Cs of Arizona, Terminal 4 Gallery, Phoenix Airport Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
2014 50 From 6: Contemporary Ceramic Art From Six Rocky Mountain States, Southern Utah
University Art Museum, Cedar City, Utah
La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay, NCECA Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2013 SOFA Chicago, represented by Katie Gingrass Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay, NCECA
Gallery Invitational, Five15 Arts, Phoenix, Arizona
Teapots, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2012 Jeff Reich and Farraday Newsome: Compatible Visions, Plinth Gallery, Denver, Colorado
Contemporary Ceramics, Tohono Chul Park Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
La Mesa, NCECA 2012, Santa Fe Clay, Seattle, Washington
Collecting Arizona: Selections from the ASU Art Museum, Arizona State University Art Museum,
Tempe Arizona
2011 Not So Still Life, Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
Potters for Peace Exhibition, NCECA 2011, Tampa, Florida
La Mesa, NCECA 2011, Santa Fe Clay, Tampa Florida
La Mesa in Santa Fe, Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Sharing the Stage: The Contemporary Vase 2011, Artisan Gallery, Northampton, Massachusetts
2011 Annual Art Auction, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado
Contemporary Forum 2011 Art Auction, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
Night Moves - After Dark Images, Tohono Chul Park Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
The Artisan Gallery Cup and Mug Invitational 2010, Artisan Gallery, Northampton,Massachusetts 2010 Narrative Animal Imagery, The San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, California
31st Annual Contemporary Crafts, Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, Arizona
Strange Brew: The Gerry and Daphna Teapot Collection, Arizona State University Art Museum
Ceramic Research Center, Tempe, Arizona
La Mesa in Santa Fe, Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
A Midsummer Eve: An Exploration of Color and Surface, Meredith Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
The Artisan Gallery Cup and Mug Invitational: Consider the Cup 2010, The Artisan Gallery,
Northhampton, Massachusetts
Tohono Chul Park A- to-Z, Tohono Chul Park Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
20 Years in Retrospect: Northern Clay Center’s 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Northern Clay Center,
Minneapolis, Minnesota
2009 SOFA WEST Santa Fe, Cervini Haas Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Farraday Newsome and Jeff Reich: New Forms in Clay, Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale,
Arizona
Compatible Visions: Jeff Reich and Farraday Newsome, Phoenix College Art Gallery,
Phoenix, Arizona
Masterworks from the Collection , Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
Food: Feast for the Eyes, from the Collection”, Arizona State University Art Museum,
Tempe, Arizona
Contemporary Forum Art Auction, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
Imprints: A Survey of Ceramics Faculty at the Mesa Arts Center, Mesa Contemporary
Arts, Mesa, Arizona
30th Annual Contemporary Crafts, Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, Arizona
Contemporary Arizona Ceramics, Phoenix Airport Museum Collection, Phoenix, Arizona
La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay, NCECA 2009, Phoenix, Arizona
Firing a Legacy: David Kuraoka and San Francisco State University, Pence Gallery,
Davis, California
2008 SOFA Chicago, Cervini Haas Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
National Invitational Cup Exhibition, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Red, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico
La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay, NCECA 2008, Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania
Contemporary Ceramics Survey, Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
Table Manners, Arizona Museum for Youth, Mesa, Arizona
National Invitational Cups and Mugs, The Artisan Gallery, Northampton, Massachusetts
2007 Mastery in Clay 2007, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennslyvania
Spotlight: Arizona Artists, Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
Tea, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico
100 Teapots, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, Maryland
Dinnerworks, Louisville Art Association, NCECA 2007, Louisville, Kentucky
Teapot Triennial, Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
Platters Salon, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennslyvania
Promise of the Garden: Farraday Newsome and Cynthia Miller, Tohono Chul Park
Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
Maiolica Invitational, in conjunction NCECA, Cerlan Gallery, Lexington, Kentucky
Sea of Cortez, Tohono Chul Park Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
Consider the Cup, national invitational, The Artisan Gallery,Northhampton, MA
2006 Lidded Boxes, SOFA Chicago 2006, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Birds, Tohono Chul Park Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay, NCECA, Portland, Oregon
The Mad Hatter’s Tea, Oregon Potter‟s Association, NCECA, Portland, Oregon
Ink and Clay, Kellogg University Art Gallery, Cal Poly Pomona, Pomona California
An Extravagance of Salt and Pepper, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, Maryland
Surface Intrigue, Tohono Chul Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2005 Arizona Artists: Past, Present, and Future, St. Louis Community College, St. Louis,
Missouri
Cups, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Tea, Tohono Chul Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
Magnificent Opulence, Wustum Museum of Art, Racine, Wisconsin
The Informed Surface: Contemporary Majolica, Baltimore Clayworks, Maryland
2004 The Artist and the Garden, Tohono Chul Park, Tucson, Arizona
Dinner Services, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, Michigan
Tea, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Steamin’, Gallery Materia, Scottsdale, Arizona
Here I Am, Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
Vivid, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Functional Ceramics, Cervini Haas Gallery/Gallery Materia, Scottsdale, Arizona
2003 Eat, University of Alabama at Little Rock, Gallery II, Little Rock, Arkansas
Arizona Artists, Gallery Materia, Scottsdale, Arizona
International Tea Bowl Exhibition, Northern Arizona University Art Museum, Arizona
2002 Collector’s Choice II, Arizona State University Fine Arts Museum, Tempe, Arizona
All Arizona Clay, West Valley Art Museum, Surprise, Arizona
SOFA, Ferrin Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
International Maiolica, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2001 Teapots Transformed, Ferrin Gallery, New York Ceramics Fair, New York, New York
Contemporary Maiolica, The Arkansas Arts Center Decorative Arts Museum, Arkansas s
2000 Seduced by Colour: Contemporary International Maiolica Ceramics, George R. Gardiner
Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto, Canada
Plate and Platter Show, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, Michigan
Celestial Seasonings: A Loose Interpretation V, Gallery at Celestial Seasonings,
Boulder, Colorado
Teapots Transformed, Ferrin Gallery, SOFA, Chicago, Illinois
Tureens, Gallery Materia, Scottsdale, Arizona
1999 1999 National Ceramic Competition, Kennedy-Douglas Center for the Arts, Florence,
Alabama
Bowls, Gallerymateria, Scottsdale, Arizona
The Fine Art of Craft, A National Craft Show, Mitchell Gallery of St. John‟s College, The
Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis Maryland
’99 Cups, Galeria Mesa, Mesa, Arizona
National Teapot Show, Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
1998 20th Annual Vahki Exhibition, Galeria Mesa, Mesa, Arizona
Tempe Tea Party, Arizona Commission on the Arts, Phoenix, Arizona
Contemporary Teapots: A National Survey, Ferrin Gallery, Northampton, Massachusetts
Ceramics, Nancy Margolis Gallery, Portland, Maine
1997 Ceramics Invitational, Avante Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
On the Surface: An Exhibition of Painterly Clay, The Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus,
Ohio
Domestic Pottery, Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
1996 Celestial Seasonings: A Loose Interpretation, Ferrin Gallery, Massachusetts
SOFA Miami, Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
International Ceramics Exhibition II, Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic
1995 SOFA Miami, Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
Diversity in Clay, Avante Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
Maiolica, Northern Clay Center, St. Paul, Minnesota
Arizona Spotlight – Virginia Dotson and Farraday Newsome Sredl, Tempe Arts Center,
Tempe Arizona
1994 First International Ceramic Exhibition, Cesky Krumlov, Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic
Functional Art Forms, Dorothy McCrae Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
SOFA Chicago, Twist, Portland, Oregon
1993 Maiolica, The Farrell Collection, Washington, DC
On the Surface, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, Michigan
1992 48th Scripps Ceramics Annual, Scripps College, Claremont University, California
1991 Fish Out of Water, California Crafts Museum, San Francisco, California
Small Treasure: Collected with Passion, Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
1988 Surface Intrigue, Arizona Commission on the Arts, Phoenix, Arizona
New Work in Clay, Virginia Breier Gallery, San Francisco, California
1987 Vessels, an Eclectic View, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennslyvania
1986 American Ceramic National IV, Art Works Gallery, Fair Oaks, California
1985 American Ceramic National III, Downey Museum of Art, Downey, California
1984 American Ceramic National II, Downey Museum of Art, Downey, California
Collections
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, University Art Gallery, Pomona, California
Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Northern Arizona University Art Museum, Flagstaff, Arizona
Wustum Museum of Art, Racine, Wisconsin
Rhode Island School of Design Art Museum, Providence, Rhode Island
Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague, Czech Republic
Ohio Crafts Museum, Columbus, Ohio
John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Arkansas Arts Center Museum of Decorative Arts, Little Rock, Arkansas
City of Phoenix, Sky Harbor Airport Collection, Phoenix, Arizona
City of Mesa Contemporary Arts Collection, Mesa, Arizona
Arizona State University Fine Arts Museum, Tempe, Arizona
Agency of Czech Ceramic Design, Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic
Kamm Teapot Foundation
Mayo Clinic, Minneapolis, MN
University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH
Stanford University Hospital, Stanford, CA
Professional Activities
Art Award piece commissioned by the Arizona Commission for the Arts for Arizona Governor
Napolitano to present as a 2008 Governor‟s Art Award
Visiting Professor, Mesa Community College at Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, Arizona, 2006 to current
Pottery Instructor, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, Arizona, 2000 to current
Artist‟s Advisory Board, Ceramic Research Center, Arizona State University Fine Arts Museum,
Tempe Arizona, 2001- 2003
Host Studio Site, Arizona State University Art Museum Annual Ceramics Studio Tour, 2002 to
present
Artist Workshop, Southern Arizona Ceramic Artists, Tucson, Arizona, 2009
Artist Workshop and Lecture, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2005
Artist Lecture, Arizona State University Art Museum, Ceramic Research Center, Arizona, 2002
Artist Lecture, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, 2000
Artist Lecture, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, 2000
Artist Lecture, Oregon College of Arts and Crafts, Portland, Oregon, 1998
Artist Lecture, Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, Arizona 1996
Artist Lecture, Mesa Community College, Mesa, Arizona, 1996
Guest Artist, Instituto Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, 1989
Guest Presenter and Panelist, International Ceramics ’97, Calgary, Canada, 1997
Juror, 21st Annual Vahki Exhibition, Galeria Mesa, Mesa, Arizona, 1998
Juror, Sky Harbor International Airport Ceramic Murals Project, Phoenix Arts Commission, Public
Art Program, Phoenix, Arizona, 1998
Juror, Containers/Containment, National Society of Arts and Letters, Scottsdale, Arizona
Selected Publications
The Best of 500 Ceramics: Celebrating a Decade in Clay, Lark Books, 2012, page 34
Maiolica (Ceramics Handbooks), Daphne Carnegy, A&C Black Publishers, London, 2011, pages 24, 73-75
Ceramics for Beginners: Surfaces, Glazes & Firing, Angelica Pozo, Lark Books, 2010, page 18
Surface Design for Ceramics, Maureen Mills, Lark Books, 2008, pages 110, 137
500 Tiles, Lark Books, Suzanne Tourtillot editor, juror Angelica Pozo , 2008, pages 315, 332
500 Animals in Clay, Lark Books, Suzanne Tourtillot editor, juror Joe Bova, 2006, pages 86, 90
500 Pitchers, Lark Books, Suzanne Tourtillot editor, 2006, page 173
500 Cups, Lark Books, Suzanne Tourtillot editor, jurors Tom and Elaine Coleman, 2005, pages
38, 121, 194
Teapots: Makers and Collectors, Dona Meilach, Schiffer Books, 2005, pages 46-48
Making and Installing Handmade Tiles, Angelica Pozo, Lark Books, 2005, pages 26, 47
Sexpots: Eroticism in Ceramics, Paul Mathieu, Rutgers University Press, 2003, page 196-197
Working with Clay, second edition, Susan Peterson, The Overlook Press, 2002, page 92
The Contemporary Potter, Angela Fina, Chris Gustin, and George Fairbanks, Rockport
Publishers, 2000, page 56
Teapots Transformed, Leslie Ferrin, Guild Publishing, 2000, page 36
The New Maiolica, Matthias Ostermann, A&C Black Publishers, London, 1999, page 128
The Best of Pottery II, Angela Fina and Chris Gustin, Rockport Publishers, 1998, page 14
“Dinnerworks, An American Original”, Ceramic Arts and Perception, page 105, Issue 67, 2007
Cover photo, ClayTimes, Vol.12, No.4, July/August 2006
“Dinnerworks: An American Original”, by Sarah Roberson Yates, Ceramics Art and Perception,
Vol. 67, page 103
“International Ceramics Conference”, by Sandra Black, Contact, Winter 1997/98, pages 24,26
“Collecting Teapots”, American Style, December 2003
“Notes from Turin and Arizona”, Art in America, December 2002, page 47
“Exhibition of Soup Tureens”, Ceramics Monthly, April 2001, page 18
“Contemporary Maiolica in Toronto”, Alexandra Copeland, Ceramics Technical, No. 11, 2000,
page 17
“Gallery”, American Craft, February/March 2000, page 102
“Farraday Newsome Sredl at Twist, Portland, Oregon”, Ceramics Monthly, January 1999, p.18
“Best of the West”, Southwest Art, May 1996, page 28
“Gallery”, American Craft, June/July 1994, page 75
“Desert Fruit”, Ceramics Monthly, September 1993, pages 40-44
“Gallery”, American Craft, October 1992, page 68 “48th Scripps Annual”, Ceramics Monthly, June/July/August 1992, page 54
“Gallery”, American Craft, June/July 1991, page 77
“Eclectic Vessels”, Ceramics Monthly, September 1988, page 48
“Portfolio: ArtQuest „87”, Ceramics Monthly, November 1987, pages 37, 39, 44, 46
“American Ceramic National “, Ceramics Monthly, December 1986, page 30