Bruce Carpenter
NEW GROUNDS Print Workshop & Gallery
3812 Central Ave SE Suite 100B; Albuquerque, NM, 87108, (505) 268-8952
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Bruce Carpenter
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Artist Statement
Bruce Carpenter has traveled extensively in India, Nepal, Tibet, China, South Korea, and Japan and worked making stoneware and porcelain vessels. His work is heavily influenced by all Oriental arts and crafts. His designs are meant to merge thoughts and thought processes into a symbolic image.
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Biography
Date and Place of Birth: 1950, Mountainair, NM
Education: Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, New Mexico Inst. Technology
Other Education: 1989: Stoneware Dan Packard, Bruen Pottery 1990-1992: Porcelain U.N.M. Dr. James Srubek 1992: Japan Inoue, Manji National Living Treasure Arita, Japan 1992: Arita Ceramics College 1992: Shigemasa, Kajihara Arita, Japan 1992: Mizuno, Hanjiro Seto, Japan
Group Exhibitions: 1992: Porcelain at U.N.M., A juried exhibition of students of Dr. Jim Srubek at U.N.M. Albuquerque, New Mexico. 1993: The Legacy Continues, A juried show at Weyrich Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 1993: Hand and Spirit, A three man show at Iwasawa Oriental Gallery, Gatos, California. 1994: The Legacy Continues, a juried show at Weyrich Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 1994: Containing Beauty, A show of Japanese flower containers at Iwasawa Oriental Gallery, Los Gatos, California. 1995: Ceramics East/West, A juried show at the Japanese American Cultural Community Center in Los Angelos, Ca. . 1995: Juried show, Magnifico, Albuquerque, N.M. for artists in the Albuquerque area. 1995: Two man show during Magnifico festival, Peter Eller Gallery, Albuquerque, NM 1996: A summer show opening July and closing after Labor Day, Nancy Margolis Gallery 1996: A two person show with Eiko Amano, Kimura Gallery 1997: Group show at Iwasawa Oriental Arts, Los Gatos, California. 1998: Tea Bowl Invitational Folk Art and Craft Museum, San Francisco, California.
2008: Made in New Mexico,
Wolverhampton College, Wolverhampton, U.K. Publications: The Best Of Pottery, Angela Fina & Jonathan Fairbanks
Galleries: New Grounds Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico Iwasawa Oriental Art, Los Gatos California Kimura Gallery Palo Alto, California The Clay Place, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Ren Brown Collection, Bodega Bay, California Nancy Margolis Gallery Portland, Maine
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