BIOGRAPHY

Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1956
Resides: Belmont, New York
Education: New York State College of Ceramics,
Alfred University, Alfred, New York (M.F.A., 1986);
University of Connecticut, Storrs (B.F.A., 1979)

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2008
“Walter McConnell: Itinerant Edens,” Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, Missouri. Catalogue.

2007
“The Theory of Everything,” Cross Mackenzie Ceramic Arts, Washington, D.C.

2003
Bowman Gallery, Allegheny College, Meadville,Pennsylvania.

2000
“Effluvial Bloom,” Marfa Studio of Arts Inaugural Exhibition, Marfa, Texas.

1995
“Connecticut Invitational IV: Curator’s Choice,” John Slade Ely House, New Haven, Connecticut.

1993
“10,000 Lakes: An Installation by Walter McConnell,” Northern Clay Center, St. Paul, Minnesota.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008
“Eastern Standard: Western Artists in China,” MASS MoCA, North Adams, Massachusetts.
“The Bird: Homage to Brancusi,” The Clay Studio, Philadelphia.

2007
“Drawn To Between,” Goodall Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky.

2006
“RAW: Unfired Clay Installations,” Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis. Catalogue.
“Saltonstall: The First Ten Years,” Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Catalogue.

2005
“Strata: New Perspectives on Ceramics from Scandinavia and the United States,” Sculpture House, Stockholm. Catalogue.
“Diverse Domain: NCECA Invitational,” Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taipei, Taiwan. Catalogue.

2004
“Because the Earth Is One-Third Dirt,” University of Colorado Art Museum, Boulder. Catalogue.
“A Theory of Everything,” RawSpace at SOFA Chicago 2004.

2003
“Reinventing Pleasure,” University Art Gallery, San Diego State University, California. Catalogue.2002 “Material Speculations: NCECA Invitational Exhibition,” ArtSpace, Kansas City, Missouri. Catalogue.
“1st Foshan International Modern Ceramic Art Invitational,” Shijingyi Art Museum, Foshan, China.
“Installments: Walter McConnell, Denise Pellitier,” Klemm Gallery, Siena Heights University, Michigan.

2001
“Gardens of Pleasure,” J. Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

2000
“Floating Time 2000,” Museum Het Kruithuis, Den Bosch, the Netherlands. Also 1999.

1999
“Cooled Matter: New Sculpture,” Canzani Center, Columbus College of Art and Design, Ohio. Catalogue.

1995
“RAW Space,” Real Art Ways, Hartford.

Selected Bibliography

2007
Dawson, Jessica. “The Theory of Everything,” Washington Post (March 17)

2006
Hanessian, Holly. “Encountering Abundance: Multiplicity in Clay,” Ceramics: Art and Perception (Winter).

2005
Bai, Ming. World Famous Ceramic Artists’ Studios: Volume 2 of America, Heibei Fine Arts Publishing House.
Jonsson, Love. “Keramikk: I Nytt Perspektiv,” Kunsthandverk (March).

2002
Brown, Glen R. “Walter McConnell: The Irony of Eden,” World Sculpture News (summer).
Hackman, Kate. “Material Speculations,” New Art Examiner (May–June).
Launder, Richard. “On the Edge: The Explosion of Fine Art Practice Articulating the Ceramic Medium,” in Burning Point: Ceramics 1950–2000. Bergen, Norway: West Norway Museum of Decorative Arts.

1999
Van De Velde, Paola. “In Vleeshal are Richly Colored Garden Sculptures,” De Telegraaf (July 2).

1994
Lauria, Jo. “49th Scripps Ceramics Annual,” Ceramics Monthly (February).
Rayner, Vivian. “A Storefront Exhibition Meant to Nurture the Nontraditional,” The New York Times (April 10).