Karen Massaro

Education
1966 B.S. Art Ed. SUNY at Buffalo
1967-68 Graduate studies, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
1972 M.F.A. University of Wisconsin, Madison

Grants & Awards
l987 The Guild American Crafts Merit Award, Kraus Sikes Inc. New York
l976-77 NEA Arts Fellowship-Grant
l977 Wisconsin Arts Board Grant

Professional Experience
1972-Present Studio Artist, Lecturer
1984 Artist, Artist Editions: Limited Edition issued 1986, Kohler Co. WI
1980 Visiting Faculty, Scripps College Claremont, CA
l976 & 1979 Visiting Artist, Artist in Industry Program at Kohler Co.
l976 & l978 Lecturer, Art Dept. Univ.WI, Madison
Visiting Artist, Ohio State Univ. Columbus, Ohio
1972 - 1977 Visiting Assist. Prof of Art, Beloit College,Wisconsin

Solo Exhibitions
2001 Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001 Pence Gallery, Davis, California
l995 Pattern and Form, Porter College, University of California, Santa Cruz
l992 New Work, Winfield Gallery, Carmel, California
l984 Canyon Arts Gallery, Santa Cruz, California
l980 Synopsis Gallery, Winnetka, Illinois Rochester Art Center, Rochester, Minnesota
l979 Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan Gallery Eight, La Jolla, California
l978 Sun Valley Center for the Arts & Humanities, Sun Valley, Idaho
l977 Synopsis Gallery, Winnetka, Illinois
l975 Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin
l973 University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Selected Group Exhibitions
2001 Karen Massaro:Ceramics & Kathleen Holder:Recent Work, Perimeter Gallery,Chicago, IL
Viewpoint: Ceramics 2001, Grossmont College Hyde Gallery, El Cajon, CA, juried, first
prize
Taking Measure: American Ceramic Art at the New Millennium, World Ceramic
Exposition 2001 Yeoju, Korea, curatedd by NCECA, scheduled Aug.-Oct.
Telling Tales, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, Missouri, curatd by Gail Brown
2000 A Survey: Two Artists in Mid Career, Karen Thuesen Massaro & Joel Leivick, Museum of
Art and History, Santa Cruz, California Focus on Function, National Ceramics Biennial
2000, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, juried Paoli Clay Family Reunion, Verona,
Wisconsin, traveling-6/01. & in 1997
Craft Forms 2000, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pennsylvania, juried
1999 USA Craft Today 99, Silvermine Guild, New Canaan, Connecticut, juried
1998 Strictly Functional National, Market House Craft Center, Ephrata, Pennsylvania juried
Artists Address Clothing & Self Adornment, Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine,
Wisconsin
Tea Bowl Invitational, Craft & Folk Art Museum, San Francisco, California
1997 NCECA Ceramic National, Las Vegas Nevada, juried
Food Glorious Food: Artists and Eating, Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine,
Wisconsin
The Common Object, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California
Teapot Invitational, Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, California
1996 Ten Outstanding Women Ceramists, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Just Add Water: Artists and the Aqueous World, Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine,
WI
1995 Paoli Clay Exhibition at NCECA, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Oriental Influence, Black and White II, The Pope Gallery, Santa Cruz, California
1995 Monarch National Ceramic Competition, Kennedy-Douglas Center for the Arts, Florence,
Alabama, juried Clay and Fiber Exhib., Santa Cruz Art League, First and Third Place
Award in Ceramics juried
1994 Massaro, Blackburn, Abright, Visiting Artists' Exhibition, Butte College, Oroville, California
Anniversary Exhibition, Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
Table Top Exhibition, Gallery Eight, La Jolla, California
A Discerning Passion, Forum for the Visual Arts, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
SOFA Exposition, Chicago, Represented by Perimeter Gallery
1993 Soup Tureens '93, Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
NCECA Clay National, San Diego Museum of Art, juried, traveling 1993-1995 juried
ContemporaryAmerican Ceramics 1993, Gallery Eight, La Jolla, California
Monterey Bay Ceramics, Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Monterey California
Summer Exhibition, Nancy Margolis Gallery, Portland, Maine
Black and White, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, Missouri
New Art Forms Exposition, Chicago, Represented by Perimeter Gallery (& 1988, l987,
l986)
l992 Group Exhibit, Gallery Eight, La Jolla, California
l99l The Pitcher, The Farrell Collection, Washington, D.C.
Minnesota Metaphor, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, Minnesota
Group Exhibit, Joanne Rapp/The Hand & The Spirit Gallery,
Scottsdale, Arizona, N.C.E.C.A. Conference
l990 Art That Works, Art Services International, curated by Lloyd Herman, On Tour l990-93
l989 Massaro & Kuentzel, Viewpont Gallery, Carmel, California
Clay AZ Art XV-International Conference Exhibition, Northern Arizona Univ., Flagstaff AZ
Group Exhibit, Baker University, Lawrence, Kansas
Group Exhibit, Media Gallery Enterprises, Kansas City, Kansas
Group Exhibit, Gallery Eight, La Jolla, California
l988 Wichita National, Kansas: Honorable Mention & Patron Purchase juried
Mixed Greens, Pajaro Valley Art Gallery, Watsonville, California
Group Exhibit, Detroit Gallery of Contemporary Crafts, Michigan
Group Exhibit, Tager Gallery, Santa Cruz, California
l987 Porcelain Today, Wita Gardiner Gallery, San Diego, California
Contemporary Teapots 200, Springfield Art Association, Springfield, Illinois
l986 The Art of Function, Meredith Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
40th Birthday Exhibition, Rochester Art Center, Minnesota
Bowl Invitational, Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky
l985 Cups (drawings) The Hand and the Spirit Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
Everyday and Sunday, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
l984 Massaro & Kuentzel, Rocklands Gallery, Monterey, California
40th Ceramic Annual, Scripps College, Claremont, California
The Cup Invitational, Martha Schneider Gallery, Highland Park, Illinois
l983 Cups and Saucers, By Design, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Porcelain Invitational, Gail Chase Gallery, Bellevue, Washington
l982 American Porcelain, The Hand and the Spirit Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
Porcelain Exhibition, Gallery Eight, California
l981 Porcelain: Tradition & New Visions, Cooper Lynn Gallery, New York
Dorothy Hafner and Karen T. Massaro, Objects Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
Porcelain Exhibition, Gallery Eight, California
l980 American Porcelain, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Place Settings, Mandell Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Poetic Imagery, The Elements Gallery, New York, NY
1979 Pieces of Eight, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
NCECA Conference Exhibition, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Clay, Fiber, Metal, Southeastern Massachusetts University, Dartmouth, Massachusetts
Function: Non-Function, Towson State University, Baltimore, Maryland
Wisconsin Sculpture Invitational, Wustum Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
Illusions, Summit Art Center, Summit, New Jersey
Ceramic Invitational, Pratt Manhattan Center & Pratt Institute, New York
Red River Annual, Plains Art Museum, Moorhead, Minnesota,Honorable Mention,
Purchase Prize
White Clay, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan
l978 Group Show, Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Clay From Molds, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
American Chairs II, John Michael Kohler Arts Center
Arts in Crafts by Women, Bronx Museum, New York, New York
Wisconsin Directions 2, Milwaukee Art Center, Wisconsin
l977 Massaro and Kruger, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
8 Artists in Industry, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Beaux Art Designer Craftsman '77, Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Columbus, Ohio juried
1976 Porcelain Exhibition, Kaplan-Bauman Gallery, Los Angeles, California
7 For 76, Paul Sargent Art Gallery, Charleston, Illinois
Fifty Americans, NCECA Conference Exhibit, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
32nd Ceramic Annual, Scripps College, Claremont, California
1972 22nd National Ceramic Exhibition, Wichita, Kansas juried
51st Exhibition of Wisconsin Crafts, Milwaukee Art Center, Wisconsin, Purchase prize
juried
Beaux Arts Designer/Craftsman '72 Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Ohio.
Best in Ceramics Award, Outstanding Wisconsin Craftsman Award juried
24th Annual Ohio Ceramic and Sculpture Show, Butler Institute, Ohio
l971 Great Lakes Ceramic Show, Wisconsin State Univ. Plattville, Wisconsin
43rd Annual Student Art Show, University of Wisconsin, Purchase prize juried
23rd Annual Ohio Ceramic and Sculpture Show, Butler Institute, Ohio juried
l970 Cerritos Ceramic Annual '70, Los Angeles, California juried
l968 Pacific Dimensions, California Crafts IV, Sacramento, California juried
12th Annual National Exhibition, Fall River, Massachusetts juried
l967 Annual Exhibition, Massachusetts Assoc. of Craftsmen, Boston, Massachusetts

Bibliography
2002 Ceramics: A Potter's Handbook by Glenn Nelson and Richard Burkett, Harcourt College
Publishers, in press
2001 The Art of Contemporary American Pottery by Kevin Hluch, Krause Pub. in press
2000 Clay and Glazes by Dan Rhodes revised by Robin Hopper, Krause Publications.
Functional Porttery, Form and Aesthetic in Pots of Purpose by Robin Hopper, Krause
Pub.
1998,96 Best of Pottery 2 , Best of Pottery 1, Rockport Publishers
1998 Working with Clay by Susan Peterson
1998,85 Mold-making for Ceramics, by Don Frith
1994 Ceramics, Electric Firing, by Richard Zakin
1997 NCECA Clay National Catalogue, 1993, Journal, 1994
l992 Sculpting Clay, by Leon Nigrosh
l990 Ceramics: Mastering the Craft, by Richard Zakin
l990 Art that Works, by Lloyd Herman
l98l Porcelain Traditions and New Visions, by Jan Axel & Karen Macready,
l980 Low-Fire, by Leon Nigrosh
1980 American Porcelain: New Expressions in an Ancient Art by Lloyd Herman
l979 Ceramica, by Nino Caruso
l978 American Ceramics, by Paul Donhauser
2000 Ceramics Monthly, 1972, 1/1978, 10/1979, 2/1984, 8/l987, 5/l990, for 9/2000: 50-
54&cover
American Craft, 6/72, 4/l982, Portfolio Section, DEC/JAN l988, 12/1992, 4/95, 10/96,
12/97. featured artist June/July 2000: 38-41

Workshops and Lectures
2001 12th California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art, Davis, CA, Lecture
Grossmont College, El Cajon, California, Lecture
2000 Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, California
University of Arizona, Tucson,
NCECA (National Council for Education in the Ceramic Arts) convention, Denver, CO
l997 University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
Golden Gate Collectors Club, San Francisco, California
Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, California
Private Lecture Series, Aptos, California
l996 University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
1995 UCSC, Extension course
l994 Butte College, Oroville, California
l992 Mendocino Arts Center, Mendoncino, California
l982 San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas
l981 Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, Florida
l980 Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Craft and Folk Museum, Los Angeles, California
Lill Street Studios, Chicago, Illinois
l979 Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California
l978 Peters Valley, Layton, New Jersey
Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley, Idaho. two week workshop
l977 Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania. three person workshop
University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois
l976 University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa
N.C.E.C.A. Conference panel member, "Away from the Wheel" Baton Rouge, LA
1975 Miami-Dade Community College South, Miami, Florida
Florida International University, Miami, Florida
ACC North Central Region Conf.Ceramic Workshop together with Jack Earl and
Tom LaDouse. John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
University of Indiana, Bloomington, Indiana
l974 Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana

Curator
1996-1997 Time And Place: Fifty Years of Santa Cruz Studio Ceramics, The Museum of Art and
History, Santa Cruz, California