Connie Kiener works exclusively in the traditional maiolica ceramic technique as practiced in the Umbria region of Italy.
EDUCATION:
1963-1964 Museum Art School (PNCA) Portland, OR
1965-1969 Chouinard Art Institute (Cal Arts) Los Angeles, CA
1979, 93, 98 Travel to study maiolica ceramic technique in Umbria region of Italy
SELECTED COLLECTIONS:
Alice C. Sabatini Gallery, Topeka, KS
Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
The White House, Washington, D.C.
Sonny and Gloria Kamm Teapot Collection, Los Angeles, CA
Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland, OR
Arkansas Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, AR
Renwick Gallery, Smithonian Institution, Washington D.C.
Museo Internazionale Della Ceramiche, Faenza, Italy
Fidelity Investment, Boston, MA
AWARDS:
2003 Oregon Convention Center Commission, Portland, OR
2001 Video for the NMWA literary series.
2001 The Art of Craft, Connie Kiener Ceramics
2001 Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
1971-1973 L.I.P. Grant, Vancouver, British Columbia
1970-1971 Canada Council Grant, Visual Arts Bursary, Vancouver, British Columbia
1966-1969 Full tuition scholarship, Chouinard Art Institute (Cal Arts), Los Angeles, CA
1963-1964 Ford Foundation Grant, Museum Art School, Portland, OR
PUBLICATIONS:
2002 The Ceramic Surface, book, by Matthias Osterman. A&C Black Publishers.
1999/2000 “Beautiful Backsplashes”, in Better Homes and Gardens Special Interest Publications Kitchen and Bath Product Guide Fall/Winter
1997 “The Art of Tile” by Helen L. Mershon in The Oregonian Homes and Gardens, Portland, OR, May 1
1995 “Kitchen Craftsmanship” by Linda Humphrey in Home, October 1995
1994 “Natural Illusions” by Geoffrey Wichert in American Craft, October/November 1994.
1990 “Arts and Craftsman,” by Helen L. Mershon in The Oregonian, Portland, OR, December 9
1987 “Maiolica Renaissance Woman” by Lee VanDemarr in Stepping Out, issue #25
1986 “A Renaissance Woman” by Jennifer Greer in Creative Ideas for Living, May 1986
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2003 “Introductions”, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
2003 “After Pallisy”, Lacoste Gallery, Concord, MA
2003 “Autobiographical Ceramics,” Ferrin gallery, Lenox, MA
2003 Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR
2002 Ferrin Gallery, New York, NY
2002 “Contemporary Majolica,” Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
2002 Teapot Invitational, Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
2001 Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR
2001 Teapot Invitational, Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
2001 “USA Clay”, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
2001 Maiolica Exhibition, Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, AR
2000 Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukie, WI
2000 Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR
1998 SOFA Exposition, Ferrin Gallery, Chicago, IL
1998 “Collecting Ceramics,” Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C
1998 Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR
1997 Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR
1996 McMinnville Art Association Gallery, McMinnville, OR
1996 SOFA Exposition, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Chicago, IL
1995 Twist, Portland, OR
1995 Art Quake Exposition, Portland, OR
1993, 92, 87, 85 Twist, Portland, OR
1984, 85, 86, 87 Attic Gallery, Portland, OR
1985 Lakewood Center Gallery, Lake Oswego, OR
1984 Sea Star Gallery Invitational, Big Fork, MT
1984 Real Mother Goose Invitational, Portland, OR
1984 Columbia Art Gallery Invitational, Hood River, OR
1983 Hoffman Gallery, Portland, OR
1983 “Ten-Ten” teapot show, University of Portland, Portland, OR
1981 “Salem Art Association”, Salem, OR
1972, 76, 79 Vancouver Woman’s Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
1970 Mudlark Gallery, Portland, OR
1969 Southern California College Invitational, Los Angeles, CA
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