Artist: Victoria Christen
Victoria Christen, Oregon
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A native of Eastern Montana, Victoria Christen earned an MFA in Ceramics from the University of Minnesota. She has taught Ceramics at Macalester College, Knox College, Lewis and Clark College and the University of Portland, and she has exhibited her work and given workshops across the United States and internationally. Living in Portland, Oregon for over two decades, Victoria works in a variety of media, including functional and sculptural ceramics, mixed-media sculpture, and fibers. She has been a resident artist at the International Ceramics Research Center in Guldagaard, Denmark, the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, Montana, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts in Edgecomb, Maine, and the Red Lodge Clay Center in Red Lodge, Montana. Victoria has received an NEA Regional Visual Arts Fellowship Award, two Minnesota Arts Board Grants, and a travel grant to Japan.
EDUCATION
1985 M.F.A. Studio Arts, University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN
1981 B.S. in Education, K-12 Certification, Composite Art Major
Valley City State College, Valley City, ND
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1998- Studio artist
2003 Adjunct Instructor, University of Portland, Portland, OR
2011-12 Visiting Assistant Professor, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR
2018-19 Visiting Assistant Professor, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR
2005 Instructor, University of Nebraska Lincoln, Fall term
2004 Instructor, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR
1999 Guest Instructor, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
1987-95 Instructor, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
WORKSHOPS AND LECTURES
2019 “Thrown Forms and Slipped Surfaces”, Five day workshop, Idyllwild Arts Summer Program, Idyllwild, CA
“Surface Decoration” one day workshop at Lower Columbia Community College, Longview WA
2018 “Slipping into Form”, Metchosin International Summer School for the Arts, Victoria BC
2017 Form and Surface, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Process Room Participant, “Put a Lid on It”, NCECA, Portland OR
2016 Terra Cotta: Form and Surface, Anderson Ranch, Snowmass CO
2015 Constructed Images: Form and Surface, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
Surface and Form: Three Day Workshop for the Nevada Clay Guild, Henderson NV
Visiting Artist, St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN
2014 Visiting Artist, College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, MO
Visiting Artist, Sweet Home Jr. High School, Sweet Home OR
2013 “Pre-American Pottery Festival Surface Workshop”, with Linda Arbuckle, Northern Clay Center, St. Paul, MN
Visiting Artist, Kirkland Art Center, Seattle, WA
2012 Visiting Artist, University of Missouri, Columbia
2011 “Earthenware: Surface and Form”, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
“Form and Surface,” Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass, CO
2010 Visiting Artist, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Visiting Artist, Art Beat 2010, Portland Community College, Portland, OR
2009 “Constructed Forms/Slipped Surfaces, Greenwich House Pottery, New York City, NY
“Life as Artist,” lecture and demo, Grant High School, Portland, OR
“Constructed Forms / Slipped Surfaces,” two day workshop, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
2008 “Utilitarian Clay V: Celebrate The Object”, presenter, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
“Constructed Forms /Slipped Surfaces”, two day workshop team taught with Ayumi Horie, International Ceramics Research Center, Skaelskor, Denmark
2007 “Handbuilding Terra Cotta Pottery,” Anderson Ranch, Snowmass, CO
2006 “Painted Pots”, Two day workshop, Portland Community College, Rock Creek, Portland, OR
“Terracotta Throwing and Clay Slip Pouring,” with Guest Artist Jean-Nicolas Gerard, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Art, Helena, MT
“Art Beat 2006,” Lecture and demonstration, Cascade Campus and Southeast Center, Portland, OR
2005 Masters Class, class taught by guest artists, Josh DeWeese, Victoria Christen and Gail Nichols, Pottery Northwest, Seattle, WA
Form and Surface in Earthenware, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
Clay: Surface & Form, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts,
Gatlinburg, TN
2004 “Form and Surface,” Anderson Ranch, Snowmass, CO
“Slipping into Form,” Women Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
“Red Earthenware: Thrown and Altered Pots,” Southern Arizona Clay Artists
GRANTS & AWARDS
2019 “Juried National V”, $1000 juror’s award, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge Montana
2009 Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle ME, fully funded summer residency
2001 Portland Arts Festival: 1St Place Ceramics
1997 Archie Bray Foundation, Artist- In- Residence
1996 Great Lakes Colleges Association/Associated Colleges of the Midwest: Japan Study Travel Grant Recipient
1995 Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Assistance Fellowship Award
1994 Jerome Foundation Artist’s Project Grant
1993 “82nd Annual Fine Arts Exhibition,” Minnesota State Fair, St. Paul, MN, First Honors/Ceramics
1989 Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Assistance Fellowship Award 1987 Arts Midwest/National Endowment for the Arts Regional Visual Arts Fellowship Award
First Bank System Excellence in Clay Award, American Craft Expo,
St. Paul, MN
Purchase Award, “30 Below,” a juried competition for young Minnesota artists, University Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
EXHIBITIONS
2022 “Cup of Joy”, group show, Trackside Studio and Ceramics Art Gallery
Spokane, WA
“Cup Exhibition”, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale CO
2020 “Design and Pattern”, group show Schaller Gallery, Baroda, MI
2019 “Hot Clay,” Parks Exhibition Center Idyllwilde CA
“Three Potter’s”, exhibition with Bede Clarke and Tim Ludwig, Tandem Gallery, Bakersville, NC
“Juried National V”, $1000 juror’s award, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge Montana
2018 “Ray Grimm Project”, invitational, Ash Street Project, Portland OR“ Backroom”, Eutectic Gallery, Portland OR
“right side in wrong side out”, Two person show with Aleka Tomlinson, Ash Street Protect, Portland OR
“Mark Making’, Two person show with Richard Christen, Buckley Center Gallery, University of Portland, Portland OR
2017 “Utilitarian Clay: Celebrate The Object”, past presenter exhibition, Arrowmont, Gatlinburg, TN
“Reclaim: Using the Past to Forge the Future” Two person show with Kowkie Durst, Salvage Works, Portland, OR.
Santa Fe Clay Presents: La Mesa Exchange Ballroom 123 NE 3rd Ave. Portland, OR, curated by Avra Leodas.
“Recent Work,” by Victoria Christen, Thomas Orr & Ted Vogel
Lewis & Clark College, Arnold Gallery, Portland OR.
“Oregon and Washington Ceramics Instructors Exhibition,”
Lane Community College, Department of Art and Applied Design Gallery, Eugene, OR
“Burden Bowl’, Rising Room Gallery. 2222 NE Oregon St
Portland, OR
2016 “Anderson Ranch Legacy: Mentoring Artistic Excellence”, Kansas City Convention Center, Kansas City, MO
“The Clay Studio: 100 Cups”, Kansas City Convention Center, invitational, catalog, Kansan City MO
“12th Annual “La Mesa” Exhibition, Central Exchange,
Kansas City, MO
2015 “Constructed Vision: Two Views, Monica Rudquist and Victoria Christen”, The Catherin G. Murphy Gallery at St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN
2014 “Paper/Plate,” invitational, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence KS
“Victoria Christen, Recent Ceramic Vessel,” Boger Gallery, College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, MO
“Sitka Center for the Art and Ecology Art Invitational,” World Forestry Center, Portland, OR
2013 “Pairing,” invitational, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale CO
“Sitka Center for the Art and Ecology Art Invitational,” World Forestry Center, Portland, OR
2012 “Sitka Center for Art and Ecology Art Invitational,” World Forestry Center, Portland, OR
“Focus: Portland, Oregon,” invitational, 18 Hands Gallery, Houston TX
“Anderson Ranch Art Center Art Auction,” catalogue, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO
“Past Presenter’s Exhibition,” as part of the 6th edition of the “Utilitarian Clay: Celebrate the Object,” San Angelo TX
“Surface Matters,” curator Elaine O. Henry, Norman R. Eppink ArtGallery, catalog, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS
“La Mesa,” curator Avra Leodas, Santa Fe Clay, presented at NCECA, Portland OR.
“Bowls,” Invitational, Charlie Cummings Clay Studio, Fort Wayne, IN
“Art of the Northwest Table”, Herban Feast SODO, Seattle, WA
“La Mesa at NCECA” – Busters Room, Seattle WA
“3rd Annual Pottery Northwest Un-Wedged” Ceramic Competition and Art Show, Nov 3-30 Juried by Steven Lee
“Art of the Potter”, Mt. Hood Community College, Gresham, OR
“Holiday Ceramic Show and Sale!”, Westmont Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
“Source – Material: An Exhibition of Water and the Ceramic Cup”, Crimson Laurel Gallery, Bakersville, NC
“American Apprentice”, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, Montana
“Pots with a Purpose”, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus Ohio
2011 “Table Matters,” invitations, Lark & Key Gallery, Charlotte, NC
“La Mesa in Santa Fe Show,” Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
2010 “Functional Ceramics Exhibition 2010,” The Wayne Center for the Arts, Wooster, Ohio
“18th San Angel National Ceramics Competition,” San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas, catalogue
“In Response,” one person exhibition, Buckley Center, University of Portland, Portland OR
“Yunomi,” Invitational, AKAR, Iowa City, IA
“Simple Cup Show 2010”, Kobo Gallery, Seattle WA
“Small Favors IV,” invitational, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia PA
“FLORA”, Invitational, Schaller Gallery, Red Lodge, MT
2009 HPS/OPA, Exchange Exhibitions, curators by Josh DeWeese and Christina Antemann, Sapporo Contemporary Museum, Sapporo Art Park, Japan, catalog
“4X4”, four ceramic artists invited four additional artists, Lill Street Art Center, Chicago, IL
“Yunomi,” Invitational, AKAR, invitational, Iowa City, IA
Teapots: Functional, Formal, Narrative, invitational, curator Margaret Bohls, Foster Gallery, University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire, WI
“The Potters Tea Party, invitational, Red Star Studios, Kansas City, MO
2008 “Window Exhibition,” invitational, Formargruppen, Malmo, Sweden
“State of the Art 2008”: National Biennial Ceramics Invitational, curated by Lisa Orr, Parkland College, Champaign, IL
“All Fired Up-a Celebration of Clay in Westchester New York, curated Julia Galloway, Art Gallery at Lyndhurst, Tarrytown, NY
“The Art of Surface: Decorated Earthenware, curated by Posey Bacopoulos, Mamaroneck Artist’s Guild Gallery, Larchmont, NY
2007 “Hand Held Drinking Vessels,” invitational, curator Dan Anderson, Main Street Gallery, Edwardsville, IL
“Victoria Christen, Marc Digeros, Erin Furimsky, Peter Pinnell, Joseph Pintz and Jerilyn Virden”, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
“Focused Function,” group show, Red Lodge Clay Center
“Botanical,” Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
“90 Teapots That Pour,” Xen Gallery, St. Louis,MO
2006 “Yunomi,” invitational, AKAR, Iowa City, IA
“Style & Function: National Ceramic Invitational,” curator Linda Arbuckle, Blue Spiral, Asheville, NC
“Plates and Platters: Salon Style, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, A
“Atlanta Teapot Festival,” invitational, The Signature Shop and Gallery, Atlanta, GA
“Sixteenth San Angelo National Ceramic Competition,” curator Ann Lancaster, catalog, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo TX
“Surface Matters,” curator Elaine O. Henry, Norman R. Eppink Art Gallery, catalog, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS,
“La Mesa,” curator Avra Leodas, Santa Fe Clay, present at NCECA, Hilton banquet Room, Portland OR.
“Bowls,” Invitational, Charlie Cummings Clay Studio, Fort Wayne, IN
“Transplants; Pottery, Place and The Pacific Northwest, curator Sequoia
2005 “Seven Earthenware Potters,” Homewood House Museum, Baltimore, MA
“The Box,” Invitational, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
“Ceramic Invitational,” curator, Dan Schmitt, Runyan Gallery of the Newport Visual Arts Center, Newport, OR
“Northwest Craft Biennial,” Hoffman Gallery, Oregon College of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR
“Courses: Soup to Nuts,” Watkins Gallery, Northampton, MA
“Transplants; Pottery, Place and The Pacific Northwest, curator Sequoia Miller, Buckley Center Gallery, University of Portland, Portland, OR
“Teapots: Universal Adoration,” Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI
2004 “Salt,” Invitational, Blue Dome Gallery, Silver City, NM
“Duet” Invitational, Kentucky Museum of Arts and Design, Louisville, KY
“MOVE.” Invitational, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN
“Table,” Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
Northwest Craft Biennial,” Hoffman Gallery, Oregon College of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR
JUROR/ CURATOR
2017 “Pots @ Ash St.”, curated with Dan Anderson, This exhibition showcases a wide breadth of work by 12 potters at diverse stages in their careers.
2009 “De Vinci Arts Middle School, juror, Winter Visual Arts Showcase, Portland, OR
1997 “McKnight Artist Fellowship and Residence for Ceramic Artists,” Juror, St. Paul, MN
1996 “Monmouth Spring Student Exhibition,” Monmouth College, Juror, Monmouth, IL
1995 “Rochester Art Fair,” Juror, Rochester, MN
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2018 “Stirring Embers a workbook for a Life of Making,” The Ray Grimm Legacy Project, page 48, author Daniel Duford
2013 Ceramics Art and Perception, International Issue 93, pages 38-41,by Craig Adcock
2010 Ceramics Monthly, summer issue, cover, pages 34-35
The Beacon, The University of Portland Student’s newpaper, Vol.112, Issue 09 page 10
2004 Ceramics Monthly, September, page 16, “Up Front”
2002 500 TEAPOTS, Contemporary Explorations of a Timeless Design, Editor: Suzanne J. E. Tourtillott, Page 47, Lark Books, a division of Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
2001 The Washington Post, February 8, 2001,Home Section, “Tantalizing Teapots,” page 10
2000 Clay Times, November/December, Volume 6, page 8-11 by Rick Berman
1998 The Best of Pottery, Volume 2, selected by A. Fina and C. Gusten, page 65, Rockport Publishers, Inc.
Ceramics Monthly, September, page 57, 16th Annual Smithsonian Craft Show
1997 Knox Alumnus, A Magazine for Alumni & Friend of Knox College, April 1997, cover image, by David L. Amor
1996 Ceramics Monthly, January, page 36, “Northern Stars; Women Potters from Canada and Minnesota,” by John Kantor
1995 Saint Paul Pioneer Press, March 12, page 1E, “The Clay’s The Thing,” by Diane Helekson
Arts Board News, A Publication of the Minnesota State Arts Board, Volume 10, No 4 Summer 1995, page 6, “1995 Fellowship Grants,” by Karen Mueller
NCECA Journal, Volume 16, 1995, page 95, “Review: NCECA Clay National,” by Janet Mansfield
NCECA Journal, Volume 16, 1995, page 59, “Clay in the Inner City High School,” by John Kantar
- Ceramics Monthly, March, Volume 42, Number 3, page 22, “Up Front,” Deborah Padgett
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Knox College, Galesburg, IL
University Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
First Bank Minneapolis, First Bank Place, Minneapolis, MN
Basilica of St. Mary’s, Objects of Devotions Collection of Contemporary Religious Art, Minneapolis, MN
Macalester College Permanent Collection, St. Paul, MN
Minnesota Historical Society Permanent Collection, St. Paul, MN