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Patti Warashina – Walking the Dog, 2017
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Patti Warashina
Biography
Born: Spokane, Washington 1940
Resides: Seattle, Washington
Patti Warashina earned both her BFA and MFA from the University of Washington in Seattle (1962,1964). After 30 years of teaching art in the Midwest and Seattle, she retired in 1995 as Professor Emerita from the University of Washington, where she taught for 25 years.
In 2012, Warashina was honored with a 50-Year Retrospective Exhibition entitled “Patti Warashina: Wit and Wisdom” at AMOCA (American Museum of Ceramic Art) in Pomona, CA. A companion book was published in conjunction with the AMOCA exhibition. In 2013, the exhibit moved to the Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA, which also received a National Endowment for the Arts grant.
Her awards include: 2014 “Distinguished Educator” Award (James Renwick Alliance/Smithsonian American Art Institution); 2011 Watershed “Legends Award”, ME; 2012 University of Washington “Timeless Award”; 2009 “Regis Masters” Award, MN ; 2008 “Voulkos Fellow”, MT; 1994 American Craft “Council of Fellows”; three National Endowment for the Arts Grants (1975, 1986, 2013); “Lifetime Achievement Award/Woman of the Year” 2001 (Twinning Humber Award) Artist Trust, Seattle; “Distinguished Alumnus” Award in 2003, University of Washington. Her personal “lifetime” papers and “oral history” have been collected by the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC. She was given travel grants and invitations by the Chinese (2001), and Korean (2001), Japanese (1978)governments to participate in their cultural exchange programs. She has received commissioned awards both from King County (1992) and Seattle Arts Commission (1996), and received a “Commendation from the Governor of Washington State” (1980).
Her public collections include works in The Smithsonian/Renwick Museum, Washington, DC; Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY; John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI; Chazen Museum, Madison, WI; Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC; L.A County Art Museum, CA; Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ; Racine Art Museum, WI; the Detroit, Seattle, Tacoma and Portland (Oregon) Art Museums; the University of Washington, as well as international museums such as the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan; Australia’s Cultural Center; and Korea’s Inchon World Ceramic Center.
Resides: Seattle, Washington
Patti Warashina earned both her BFA and MFA from the University of Washington in Seattle (1962,1964). After 30 years of teaching art in the Midwest and Seattle, she retired in 1995 as Professor Emerita from the University of Washington, where she taught for 25 years.
In 2012, Warashina was honored with a 50-Year Retrospective Exhibition entitled “Patti Warashina: Wit and Wisdom” at AMOCA (American Museum of Ceramic Art) in Pomona, CA. A companion book was published in conjunction with the AMOCA exhibition. In 2013, the exhibit moved to the Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA, which also received a National Endowment for the Arts grant.
Her awards include: 2014 “Distinguished Educator” Award (James Renwick Alliance/Smithsonian American Art Institution); 2011 Watershed “Legends Award”, ME; 2012 University of Washington “Timeless Award”; 2009 “Regis Masters” Award, MN ; 2008 “Voulkos Fellow”, MT; 1994 American Craft “Council of Fellows”; three National Endowment for the Arts Grants (1975, 1986, 2013); “Lifetime Achievement Award/Woman of the Year” 2001 (Twinning Humber Award) Artist Trust, Seattle; “Distinguished Alumnus” Award in 2003, University of Washington. Her personal “lifetime” papers and “oral history” have been collected by the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC. She was given travel grants and invitations by the Chinese (2001), and Korean (2001), Japanese (1978)governments to participate in their cultural exchange programs. She has received commissioned awards both from King County (1992) and Seattle Arts Commission (1996), and received a “Commendation from the Governor of Washington State” (1980).
Her public collections include works in The Smithsonian/Renwick Museum, Washington, DC; Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY; John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI; Chazen Museum, Madison, WI; Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC; L.A County Art Museum, CA; Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ; Racine Art Museum, WI; the Detroit, Seattle, Tacoma and Portland (Oregon) Art Museums; the University of Washington, as well as international museums such as the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan; Australia’s Cultural Center; and Korea’s Inchon World Ceramic Center.
Artist Statement
Searching for Bird Bait, 2016
“For some who may be concerned with the environment, it is human nature to desire communication and interplay with the animal kingdom in the natural world, or in other words,” to become one with Nature and the Universe”. A full lunar moon sets the stage for the impetuous behavior of a masked figure running after a startled bird, while the figure in the foreground frantically continues to dig bait as a lure.”
Kiln Yard, 2016
“Published at TLLW, this print entitled Kiln Yard, was conceived as the visual “pandemonium” one might find in an actual kiln yard. The activities found in a kiln yard includes: a man tossing “fuel” (wood sticks) into the “firebox”; a woman pulling a test ring from a “peephole”, another unloading pots from a kiln while another woman is ready to dip pots into a glaze bucket. Also found in this scenario is a man pulling an unseen heavy load on a cart into the yard, while another man holding a melted pyrometric cone is talking to a visiting patron. In the background, a trailer, obscured by the billowing smoke from the “reducing” atmospheric firing, provides temporary quarters for visiting potters.
The typical gregarious nature of potters is depicted by a turkey roasting for the celebratory party that is about to begin, as well as the toy drone and the various pets that join the festivities.”
Smoke House, 2015
“This print focuses on a celebratory turkey “baking” in a kiln at the end of a pottery firing. The potter checks the temperature inside the kiln. The trailer in the background serves as his temporary quarters during these prolonged firings.”
– Patti Warashina –
“For some who may be concerned with the environment, it is human nature to desire communication and interplay with the animal kingdom in the natural world, or in other words,” to become one with Nature and the Universe”. A full lunar moon sets the stage for the impetuous behavior of a masked figure running after a startled bird, while the figure in the foreground frantically continues to dig bait as a lure.”
Kiln Yard, 2016
“Published at TLLW, this print entitled Kiln Yard, was conceived as the visual “pandemonium” one might find in an actual kiln yard. The activities found in a kiln yard includes: a man tossing “fuel” (wood sticks) into the “firebox”; a woman pulling a test ring from a “peephole”, another unloading pots from a kiln while another woman is ready to dip pots into a glaze bucket. Also found in this scenario is a man pulling an unseen heavy load on a cart into the yard, while another man holding a melted pyrometric cone is talking to a visiting patron. In the background, a trailer, obscured by the billowing smoke from the “reducing” atmospheric firing, provides temporary quarters for visiting potters.
The typical gregarious nature of potters is depicted by a turkey roasting for the celebratory party that is about to begin, as well as the toy drone and the various pets that join the festivities.”
Smoke House, 2015
“This print focuses on a celebratory turkey “baking” in a kiln at the end of a pottery firing. The potter checks the temperature inside the kiln. The trailer in the background serves as his temporary quarters during these prolonged firings.”
– Patti Warashina –