DENNIS MEINERS
8150
Applegate Road, Jacksonville, OR 97530
www.dennismeiners.com 541-899-7045 dennis@dennismeiners.com
D.O.B. 8/24/50, Walla Walla,
Washington USA
Education:
B.A.
in Fine Arts, Washington State University, 1973
Oregon
School of Arts and Crafts, Research in Ceramics, 1979-80
Solo Exhibitions:
Hanson Howard Gallery, Ashland, OR
2002, 04
Silver Creek Gallery,(with Leslie Lee) Silverton OR, 2000
Gallery
at Salishan (Maveety),
Gleneden Beach, OR 1995
Attic
Gallery, Portland, OR 1988, 91, 94
Gango
Gallery, Beaverton, OR 1993
Banaker
Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA 1991
Maveety
Gallery, Gleneden Beach, OR 1990 (with Leslie Lee)
Oregon
School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR 1990
Graystone
Gallery, Portland, OR 1985, 87, 2000, 02, 04
Sun
Valley Arts Center Gallery, Ketchum, ID 1986
Willamette
University, Salem, OR 1986
Sicyon
Gallery, Walla Walla, WA 1985
Selected Group Exhibitions
“Yixing Effect”,Curated by Marvin Sweet,
touring internationally 2006-09
Clay Invitational, Art Spirit Gallery, Coeur D’Alene, ID 2005
Craft Biennial, OCAC, Portland, OR,
2003
The Artful Teapot, from the Kamm Collection, touring 2002 -
Teapot
Invitational, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmore, NC 1999
Teapot
Invitational, Ferrin Gallery, Northampton, MA 1998,
99, 2000
“Magic
Mud”, Northwest Invitational, touring, 1997-98
Cup
and Goblet Invitational, Margo Jacobson Gallery, Portland, OR 1997
Annual
Teapot Invitational, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO 1993, 94, 96
“Meiners,
Lee and Hough”, Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, OR 1996
Teapot
Invitational, MIA Gallery, Seattle, WA 1996
“Horsely, Sprague, Meiners”, Northwest Crafts Center,
Seattle, WA 1996
Teapot
Invitational, Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1994, 95
“Ubiquitous
Bowl II”, Vermont State Craft Center, Frog Hollow, VT 1994
“Hot
Tea”, Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1994, 95,
2001, 2003
“Associates’
Teaparty”, American Craft Museum, New York, NY 1993
“A
Tea Party”, National Museum of Ceramic Art, Baltimore, MD 1993
New Artforms Exposition c/o Ferrin
Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL 1992
“Political
Content, Political Ceramics”, Ferrin Gallery,
Northampton, MA 1992
“A
Tea Party”, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
1992
“Pots
and Prints”, Chemeketa Community College, Salem, OR
1992
Crafts
National 25, Penn State University,1991
“A
Decade of Craft”, American Craft Museum, New York, NY 1990
Monarch
Tile National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo, TX 1989
“Color
in Clay”, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institute,Washington, DC 1988
“Teapot/Tabletop”,
Carlyn Gallery, New York, NY 1988
“Oregon
Biennial”, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 1987
“The
Teapot: Form and Function”, Artworks Gallery, Seattle, WA 1987
“Oregon
Crafts ‘85”, Bush Barn Arts Center, Salem, OR 1985
“Menucha Instructors’ Show”, Graystone
Gallery, Portland, OR 1984
“International
Teaparty”, Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR
1983
Willamette
Valley Juried Exhibition, Corvallis, OR 1980
Collections:
Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
Contemporary
Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR
Celestial
Seasonings Inc., Boulder, CO
Kaiser
Permanente, Los Angeles, CA
Safeco
Insurance, Seattle, WA
Sonny
& Gloria Kamm, Los Angeles, CA
City
of Portland, OR
Portland
Community College, OR
Sanford
Besser, Santa Fe, NM
Oregon
Potters’ Association Permanent Collection, Portland, OR
Awards:
Jurors‘ Award, “Art Slate 2001”, Condon, OR
Best
of Show Purchase Award, Oregon Potters’ Association Showcase 1993
Juror’s
Award, “Tea Art” Exhibit, Contemporary Crafts, Portland, OR 1990
Juror’s
Award, Pacific Northwest Arts and Crafts Show, Bellevue Art Museum 1989
Purchase
Award, Oregon Potters’ Association Showcase 1986
Publications:
Ceramics Monthly, January,
04, photos
Nelson’s Ceramics, Editor Richard Burkett, 2002, photo
Ceramics Monthly, December, 2002, photograph
The Artful Teapot, edited by Garth Clark, 2001
Teapots
Transformed, by Leslie Ferrin,
2000
Ceramics
Monthly, May 1998, photograph
Handbuilt
Pottery, Lark Books, 1997, 3 photographs
Ceramic
Art and Perception, (Australia), December 1997,
article, photograph
American
Craft, May 1994, photograph
Ceramics
Monthly, February 1994, photograph
Ceramics
Monthly, January 1994, article, photographs
Ceramics
Monthly, January 1993, photograph
Ceramics
Monthly, April 1991, photograph
Ceramics
Monthly, October 1998, article, photograph
The
Oregonian, April, 1988 article, photograph
Ceramics
Monthly, January 1988, photograph
American
Craft, May 1987, photograph
Ceramics
Monthly, Summer
1987, article, photograph
Other Experience:
Co-instructor with Leslie Lee for on-going classes at their studios
2001-
Co-Builder,
Applegate Straw’dobe Project, 1991-
Instructor
in Ceramics, Portland Community College, 1991-96
Instructor
in Ceramics, Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, 1991-92
President,
Oregon Potters’ Association, 1986
Chairman,
Oregon Potters’ Association’s “Ceramic Showcase”, 1986
Artist
in Residence, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, February, 1986
Instructor
in Ceramics, The Arts at Menucha,
August 1981-85, 1999, 2000
Workshop
Presentations:
Clackamas
Community College, Clackamas, OR 2005
Portland
Community College, Rock Creek, with Leslie Lee, 2004
Treasure
Valley Community
College, Ontario, OR, with Leslie Lee, 2004
Southern
Oregon University with Leslie Lee, Ashland, OR 2001
Lower
Columbia Community College, Longview, WA 1998
Mount
Hood Community College, Portland, OR 1997
Eastern
Oregon University with Leslie Lee, La Grande, OR 1996
Wenatchee
Valley College with Leslie Lee, Wenatchee, WA 1995
”Art
Beat”, Lecture and Demonstration, Portland Community College, 1992, 1994
American
Ceramic Society, Los Angeles, CA 1989