Mark Pharis

612-624-3801
Art Department E285 RegisCtr

Specialties

  • ceramics
  • high-fired salt glaze
  • utilitarian earthenware

Creative Activities

  • Invited exhibition: "Functional Connections," Lacoste Gallery, Concord, MA: 2002
  • Invited exhibition: "Electric Fired Show," Wooster Center for Crafts, Worchester, MA: 2002
  • Two-person exhibition: Mark Pharis/Alexis Kuhr, 55 Wooster Street, New York, NY: 2002
  • Invited Exhibition: Anderson Ranch Faculty exhibit, Snowmass, CO: 2002
  • Invited exhibition: Free Hand Gallery, Los Angeles, CA: 2002
  • "The Artful Teapot - 20th Century Expressions from the Kamm Collection," COPIA Museum, Napa, CA: 2002
  • International invitational exhibition: "Snake in the Garden," Aberystwyth Arts Center, Aberystwyth, Wales: 2001
  • Group exhibition: "Better off Lead," Raymond Avenue Gallery, St. Paul, MN: 2001
  • Faculty exhibition: "Show Off: U of M Faculty Artists," Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN: 2000

Professional Activities

  • Chair, Department of Art, University of Minnesota: 1998 - present
  • West Bank Arts Quarter
  • Workshop, "The Anatomy of Form and Volume," Anderson Ranch, Snowmass, CO: 2002
  • Workshop, "Digital Dialogues," Hay Stack School of Crafts & MIT New Media Lab, Deer Isle, Maine: 2002
  • Board member, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts: 1993 - 1995
  • Member, Artists Advisory Panel, Northern Clay Center, St. Paul, MN: 1989 - 1990
  • MAEP Visual Arts Panel, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN: 1985 - 1987

Awards

  • Grant-in-Aid of Research, Graduate School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 1996
  • National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Arts Fellowship, Wahsington, D.C., 1986

Courses Taught

  • ArtS 3444 - Major Project
  • ArtS 3499 - Internship at Katherine E. Nash Gallery
  • ArtS 5810 - Advanced Ceramics
  • ArtS 5990 - Independent Study in Art
  • ArtS 8800 - Ceramics: Theory and Practice
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