Malcolm Wright
| Public Collections | |
| Art Complex Museum, Duxbury MA Bennington Museum, Bennington VT Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Ft. Dodge IA Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC Denver Art Museum, Denver CO Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington WV Idemitsu Museum, Tokyo, Japan Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield MA Urasenke Society of New York, New York NY Currier Museum of Art, Manchester NH |
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| Selected Exhibitions | |
| 2005 | “Connecting through Clay, Karatsu Pottery” Felissimo Design House and Sara proudly present Karatsu Pottery, New York NY “Chalk and Clay”, Reeves Contemporary, New York NY Plum Gallery, Williamstown MA |
| 2004 | “Creations in Clay: Contemporary New England Ceramics” Currier Museum of Art, Manchester NH “The Language of Wood: Woodfired clay”, W.D.O. A Contemporary Craft Gallery, Charlotte NC “The Naked Truth,” 2004 International Wood Fire Conference at the Cedar, Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids IA |
| 2003 | White Lotus Gallery, Eugene OR Gallery Daichi Gallery, New York NY Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro VT |
| 2002 | “The New Way of Tea,” Asia Society, New York NY “Twenty Two Ways of Clay,” University of Texas, Tyler TX |
| 2000 | Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington WV Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Ft. Dodge IA Gallery Daichi Gallery, New York NY |
| 1997 | Gallery Daichi Gallery, New York NY Gallery Manyodo, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1992-1994 | “Bridge of Fire: Two Potters East and West,“ Denver Art Museum, Denver CO (1994) Whitman College, Walla Walla WA (1994) Noyes Museum, Oceanville NJ (1993) Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA (1992) Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA (1992) Japanese Information and Cultural Center, Washington DC (1992) |
| 1992 | Art Complex Museum, Duxbury MA |
| 1991 | Gallery Manyodo, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1990-2003 | Genovese/Sullivan Gallery, Boston MA |
| 1987 | Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro VT |
| 1985 | Art Complex Museum, Duxbury MA |
| 1983 | Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro VT |
| 1978-1998 | Azuma Gallery, New York NY |
| 1970 | Takashimaya Gallery, Osaka, Japan |
| Awards | |
| 2003 | Walter Cerf Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts, Vermont Arts Council |
| Publications | |
| 2004 | The Log Book, Issue 19. “About Blowholes,” By Malcolm Wright. The Log Book, Issue 19 |
| 2000 | Ceramics: Art & Perception, Issue 42, by Margaret Skove Functional Ceramics & Sculpture: Malcolm Wright, by Margaret Skove. Blanden Memorial Art Museum |
| 1998 | American Craft (April/May), by Gerry Williams |
| 1997 | Four Friends: Variety in Juxtaposition, by Malcolm Wright. Gallery Manyodo, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1992 | Bridge of Fire: Two Potters East and West, by Samuel Morse. Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA |
| 1991 | Two Man Exhibition: T. Nakazato, M. Wright, by Samuel Morse. Gallery Manyodo, Tokyo |
| 1989 | New York Times (Oct. 1), by Ann Pringle Harris |
| 1988 | NCECA Journal (Fall), by Malcolm Wright |
| 1987 | Japanese Crafts/New England, by Ann & Sam Morse. Brattleboro Museum & Art Center |
| 1985 | American Craft (Oct./Nov.), by Michael Boylen |
| 1985 | American Art for the Tea Ceremony, by William Thrasher |
| 1982-1992 | Studio Potter magazine “Collaborating with Takashi Nakazato” by Malcolm Wright. December 1992 (Vol. 21, No.1)
“The Studio Potter Twentieth Anniversary Collection. June 1992 (Vol. 20, No.2) “In Praise of Feet” by Malcolm Wright et al. June 1990 (Vol. 18, No.2) “Vermont Potters” by Gerry Williams. December 1989 (Vol. 18, No.1) “Ceramic Pillows” & “Studio Potter Survey of Woodburning Kilns” by Malcolm Wright. December 1982 (Vol. 11, No. 1) |
| Teaching Experience | |
| 1970-1980 | Marlboro College, Marlboro VT |
| 1963-1967 | Corcoran School of Art, Washington DC |
| Lectures/Seminars/workshops | |
| 2003 | Bard Graduate Center, New York NY |
| 2000 | Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington WV |
| 1995 | Worcester Craft Center, Worcester MA |
| 1994 | 92nd Street Y, New York NY |
| 1991 | League of NH Craftsmen, Hanover NH |
| 1988 | NCECA, Portland,OR League of NH Craftsmen, Hanover NH |
| 1986 | Asia Society, New York NY |
| 1983 | 92nd Street Y, New York NY Woodfired Aesthetics, sponsored by Studio Potter magazine, Japan Society, New York NY |
| Biography | |
| Born in Minnesota, with a BA from Marlboro College, an MFA from George Washington University, and apprenticeship to 12th-generation Japanese potter, Tarouemon Nakazato in Karatsu, Japan, and working directly under Takashi Nakazato, Malcolm Wright has brought to his work a diversity of sources. | |
| Education | |
| 1962 | BA, Marlboro College, Marlboro VT |
| 1967 | MFA, George Washington University, Washington DC |
| 1968-1970 | Apprenticed to Taroueman Nakazato Xll, Living National Treasure, Karatsu, Japan |
| Memberships | |
| Vermont Crafts Council | |