Ray Chen (1962- )
Experience
1995 | BFA Ceramics, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA |
1997 | MFA Ceramics Sculpture, Rochester Institute of Technology, NY, USA |
2001 | Assistant/Associate Professor, Head-Ceramics, University of Southern Maine, USA |
2007 | Assistant Professor, Head-Ceramics, Indiana State University, USA |
2012 | Executive Director, Swope Art Museum, chief curator, Halcyon Contemporary Art Gallery, IN, USA |
2015 | Director, Head, Fine Arts, New England Institute of Education, ME, USA |
Solo Exhibition
2016 | Künstlerhaus Stadttöpferei Neumünster-Dr. Hans Hoch Foundation, Germany |
2017 | New England Institute of Education, Highland Art Gallery, ME, USA |
2018 | The Virginia A. Groot Foundation, Schaefer Gallery, MN, USA |
2019 | Benyamini Contemporary Ceramics Center, Tel Aviv, Israel |
2019 | The 53rd National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, MN, USA |
Joint Exhibition
2017 | ATIM Top 60 Masters, Grand Auditorium Al Duomo, Florence, Italy |
2018 | “Blanc de Chine”, De-Hua Museum, Beijing, China; Massena Museum, Nice, France |
2018 | “TransVersaLitats”, Museum del Cantir d’Argentona, Barcelona, Spain |
2019 | The 4th International Cluj Ceramics Biennale, Museum of Cluj, Romania |
2020 | The Korea Association-Art & Design, UNTACT-Era, Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea |
2020 | The 3rd International Salon of Ceramic, Khaireddine Palace of the Medina, Tunisia |
2021 | “Uncertain Time & Beyond”, Sille Art Palace, Turkey |
2022 | International Academy of Ceramics, 50/70th Member’s Best, Geneva, Switzerland |
2022 | “China 00:20, Crossing the Border”, VDNH Worker & Kolkhoz Woman Pavilion, Moscow, Russia |
2022 | “Diversity, Collision, Fusion”, Arts Cultural Center, Seoul, Korea |
2022 | Burapha International, Ceramics Design, Burapha University, Thailand |
Award
2001 | National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, Emerging Talent Award, USA |
2001 | The Virginia A. Groot Foundation Grant Award, USA |
2007 | The 4th Ceramic Biennale, Honorable Mention, World Ceramics Explosion Foundation, Korea |
2016 | Dr. Hans Hoch Foundation Fellowship, Germany |
2017 | The Virginia A. Groot Foundation Grant Award, USA |
2017 | ATIM Top 60 Masters Contemporary Art Award, Florence, Italy |
2017 | Blanc de Chine Art Award, Massena Museum, Nice,France |
2019 | National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts International Residency Award, Israel |
Special Experience
2017 | The 5th International CERAMICS LABORATORY Symposium/Exhibition, Mark Rothko Art Center Daugavpil, Latvia |
2022 | International Keramik Symposium Römhild, 1975-2018, Schloss Glucksburg Ceramics Museum, Germany |
Mother and Child – 1
2019
Stoneware, Earthenware
H 117 x L 130 x W 107 cm
Mother and Child – 2
2019
Porcelain
H 57 x L 107 x W 40 cm
Mother and Child – 3
2017
Stoneware, Earthenware, Porcelain
H 115 x L 192 x W 92 cm
Mother and Child – 4
2017
Porcelain
H 74 x L 122 x W 61 cm
Mother and Child – 5
2017
Stoneware, Porcelain
H 49 x L 116 x W 37 cm
Mother and Child – 6
2018
Porcelain
H 94 x L 188 x W 97 cm
Mother and Child – 7
2015
Stoneware, Earthenware
H 118 x L 184 x W 114 cm
Mother and Child – 8
2017
Porcelain
H 61 x L 106 x W 56 cm
Mother and Child – 9
2017
Stoneware, Porcelain
H 97 x L 156 x W 107 cm
Mother and Child – 10
2015
Stoneware, Earthenware
H 137 x L 173 x W 130 cm