Peter Voulkos
Though principally known as a sculptor, Peter Voulkos has been involved in the creation of two-dimensional images throughout his career. An accomplished printmaker and draftsman, Voulkos brings to his works on paper the visceral energy characteristic of his ceramic pieces. Like his sculptures, Voulkos’ monotypes and lithographs walk a fine line between order and chaos. In his prints, forms emerge from textured backgrounds, only to disappear under series of washes or avalanches of bold brushstrokes. Voulkos frankly displays his working process in these images, his spontaneous use of stroke and line, what he chose to erase, what he added. As such, Voulkos’ prints serve as records of his decisions and testify to his roots in Abstract Expressionism. Since his emergence as an important avant-garde figure in California’s art scene during the 1950’s, Voulkos has taught and exhibited widely around the United States and abroad. His work is held in the collections of museums throughout the world, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA; the Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, CA; the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC; the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC; the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan; the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain. Peter Voulkos lives and works in Oakland, Califronia.
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Peter Voulkos was born January 29, 1924, in Bozeman, Montana to Greek-born parents, Efrosine and Harry Voulkos.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Applied Art, 1951, Montana State College, Bozeman.
Master of Fine Arts, 1952, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland.
PROFESSIONAL TEACHING
1952-54 Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana.
1953 Black Mountain College, Asheville, North Carolina (Summer)
1954-59 Los Angeles County Art Institute
1958, 59 University of Montana, Missoula (Summers)
1960-62,64 Greenwich House Pottery, New York Teachers’ College, Columbia
University (Summers)
1959-85 University of California, Berkeley. Retired in 1985.
SELECTED HONORS, AWARDS, CITATIONS
UNITED STATES POTTERS ASSOCIATION PRIZE, 1950, 15th National Ceramic Exhibition, Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts, New York.
ABRAHAM AND STRAUS GENERAL AWARD, 1953, Designer Craftsmen USA, Brooklyn Museum, New York.
GOLD MEDAL, 1955, International Exposition of Ceramics, Palais Miramar, Cannes, France.
SILVER MEDAL, 1959, 2nd International Congress of Contemporary Ceramics, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ostend, Belgium.
PURCHASE AWARD, 1959, Artists of Los Angeles and Vicinity, Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
RODIN MUSEUM PRIZE, 1959, First Paris Biennale, Musee d’art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France.
FORD FOUNDATION PURCHASE AWARD, 1963, 82nd Annual Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco Museum of Art.
COMMISSION AWARD, 1967, San Francisco Hall of Justice Competition.
HONORARY DOCTOR OF HUMANE LETTERS, 1968, Montana State University, Bozeman.
FELLOWSHIP GRANT, 1971, Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, New York.
HONORARY DOCTOR OF FINE ARTS, 1972, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland.
HONORARY MEMBER of the Council, 1972, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts.
MEMBER, 1975, Academy of Fellows, American Craft Council, New York.
MEMBER, 1975-78, Advisory Screening Committee in Art and Art History, Council for International Exchange of Scholars, Fulbright Committee, Washington, DC.
CRAFTSMAN’S FELLOWSHIP GRANT, 1978, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC.
AWARD OF HONOR for Outstanding Contributions to the Visual Arts, 1979, California State Fair and Exposition, Sacramento.
HONORARY DOCTOR OF FINE ARTS, 1980, Otis Institute of Parsons School of Design, Los Angeles.
CITATION for Distinguished Contributions to the Visual Arts, 1980, National Association of Schools of Art.
AWARD OF HONOR for Outstanding Achievements in the Field of Art, 1981, San Francisco Art Commission.
CREATIVE ARTS AWARD FOR SCULPTURE, 1982, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts.
HONORARY DOCTOR OF FINE ARTS, 1982, San Francisco Art Institute.
GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIP, 1984, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, New York.
MONTANA GOVERNOR’S AWARD FOR THE ARTS, 1985, Helena, Montana.
GOLD MEDAL, 1986, American Crafts Council, New York.
VISUAL ARTISTS FELLOWSHIP GRANT, 1986, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC.
LOUISE NEVELSON AWARD IN ART, 1992, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York.
MEDAL, in Recognition of Contributions to American Ceramics, 1994, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse.
DISTINGUISHED ARTIST AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT, 1997, College Art Association.
CERAMIC LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT OF THE YEAR AWARD, 1997, Friends of Contemporary Ceramics.
NCECA AWARD for TEACHING EXCELLENCE, 1997, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts.
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