Artist: Colby Charpentier
Coldy Charpentier, MONTANA
Artist Statement:
As an artist-engineer, I formulate, test, and design alternative ceramic materials and processes. The resulting works are vessels that showcase these technologies. Recent projects include soft paste porcelain as an approximation of Western replication of Eastern porcelain, plaster-clay mixtures to capture the immediacy of wet plaster, and brick lattice to subvert the visual weight and expectations of brick and ceramic materials.
Bio:
Colby Charpentier grew up in Smithfield, Rhode Island. He received his BFA in Ceramics and Glass from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in 2013, and an MFA in Ceramics from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2021. He has worked as a studio assistant to artists Daniel Clayman and Chris Gustin; and completed residencies at Sonoma Ceramics in Sonoma, CA, The Morean Center for Clay in St. Petersburg, FL, The Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard University, and American Museum of Ceramic Art in Pomona, CA. He is currently a long-term resident at the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, MT.
CV:
EDUCATION
2021 Cranbrook Academy of Art Bloomfield Hills, MI
Master of Fine Arts- Ceramics
2013 Alfred University School of Art and Design, Alfred, NY
Bachelor of Fine Arts- Ceramics/Glass, cum laude
RESIDENCIES
2022-2023 Archie Bray Foundation
Helena, MT- Artist in Residence- 1 Year
2021-2022 American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA)
Pomona, CA- Artist in Residence- 1 Year
2021 Goggleworks Reading, PA
Artist in Residence- 3 Months
2018-2019 Harvard Ceramics Program OFA, Harvard University,
Allston, MA- Artist in Residence- 1 Year
2017-2018 Morean Center for Clay St. Petersburg, FL
Artist in Residence- 1 Year
2017 Sonoma Ceramics Sonoma, CA
Artist in Residence- 6 Months
EXPERIENCE
2020 Honeywell Smithfield, RI
Factory Team Lead producing N95 masks
2013-2016 Gustin Ceramics South Dartmouth, MA
Studio Assistant to Chris Gustin
2013-2016 Montague Studios East Providence, RI
Studio Assistant to Daniel Clayman
2013-2016 Dew Claw Studios Pawtucket, RI
Studio Technician
2016 Purdue University Purdue, IN
Project Assistant to Nina Hole- 1 Month Project
2008-2009 Bruce Lenore Studios Smithfield, RI
Kiln Building Assistant
TEACHING
2022 American Museum of Ceramic Art Pomona, CA
Instructor: Wheelthrowing
Moldmaking
Whistles
2021 Goggleworks Center for the Arts Reading, PA
Instructor: Altered Vessels
2019 Massachusetts College of Art and Design Boston, MA
Visiting Lecturer: Ceramics 203: Wheelworking
2018-19 Harvard Ceramics Program Allston, MA
Instructor: Mold Making Intensive
Advanced Wheel Throwing
Combined Methods
Constructed Vessels
2018 Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Cambridge, MA
Project Advisor: Material Systems: Digital Design and Fab.
2018 Morean Center for Clay St. Petersburg, FL
Instructor: Mold Making
2017 Sonoma Ceramics Sonoma, CA
Instructor: Constructed Vessels
2017 Penland School of Crafts Penland, NC
Teaching Assistant: Mold Making for Artists and Scientists
2013-16 Dew Claw Studios Pawtucket, RI
Instructor: Wheel Throwing
Handbuilding
2012 Alfred University Alfred, NY
Teaching Assistant: Intro to Glassblowing
Advanced Glassblowing
WORKSHOPS & LECTURES
2022 Gonzaga University Spokane, WA, Workshop and Lecture
2021 AMOCA Pomona, CA, Virtual Artist in Residence Lecture
2021 Goggleworks Reading, PA
2 Day Mold Making Workshop
2019 New Balance Boston, MA
Creative Vision/ Clay Sculpting Workshop
2018 Massachusetts College of Art and Design Boston, MA
Visiting Artist Lecture and Demonstration
2018 Harvard Ceramics Program Allston, MA
Visiting Artist Lecture
2018 Berkley Academy Tampa, FL
Visiting Artist Demonstration
2017 Sonoma Ceramics Sonoma, CA
4 Day Soda Firing Workshop
AWARDS
2021 Franz Rising Star Project Scholarship
2019 Franz Rising Star Award Top Prize, International Porcelain Design Competition
2019-2021 Tony Hepburn Scholarship Cranbrook Academy of Art
2017 Best in Show Emerging Artist, Florida Craft Art
2017 Best in Show Mugshot Monday, Lillstreet Art Center
2017 Teaching Assistantship Penland School of Crafts
2016 Best in Show The Cup, The Mug, Main Street Art Center
2012 Summer Course Scholarship Corning Glass Studio
2010 AGPM Scholarship Assn. Glass & Pottery Manufacturers
2009-2013 Deans List Alfred University (All Semesters)
2009-2013 Presidential Scholarship Alfred University
2009-2013 Miller Portfolio Scholarship Alfred University
EXHIBITIONS
2022 2022 Bray Residents Kolva-Sullivan Gallery, Spokane, WA
2021 Summer Resident Exhibition Goggleworks, Reading, PA
Graduate Thesis Exhibition Cranbrook Museum of Art,
Bloomfield Hills, MI
2019 Devitrified Solo Show, Gallery 224, Harvard University, Allston, MA
2018 Object(ive) Solo Show, Morean Center for Clay, St. Petersburg, FL
CrossCurrents: Movements in Contemporary Ceramics
Highfield Hall & Gardens, Falmouth, MA
Cup Show 2018 Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA
2017 Constructed Vessels Solo Show, Sonoma Community Center, Sonoma, CA
Mugshot Monday Lillstreet Arts Center, Chicago, IL
Inbound Morean Center for Clay, St. Petersburg, FL
Intersections 4 person show, Chazan Gallery, Providence, RI
2016 The Cup, The Mug Main Street Arts Center, Clifton Springs, NY
Handmade Holidays Lillstreet Arts Center, Chicago, IL
Strictly Functional Pottery National Market House Craft Center, Lancaster, PA
Irons in the Fire Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN
The State of Clay Biennial Lexington Arts Society Ceramics Guild,
Lexington, MA
Last Call Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN
2015 Friends of Fire Gustin Gallery, South Dartmouth, MA
2014 Earthworks 41 South County Art Association, North Kingstown, RI
Small Favors IX The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
National Cup Show Kent State University, Kent, OH
2013 BFA Thesis Exhibition
Alfred University, Alfred, NY