VIRGINIA SCOTCHIE
EDUCATION:
M.F.A., New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University, Alfred, NY 1985
B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 1977
Assistant Professor of Ceramics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS:
Sidney Myer Fund Premier Award: $15,000.00, Virginia Scotchie, USA
Artist-in-Residence, European Ceramic Work Centre, s’Hertogenbosch, Netherlands awarded 3 months residency to produce a body of ceramic sculpture 1995
Awards in the Visual Arts Nominee, AVA National, South Eastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC
Creative Research Fellowship, Indiana University, 1989, 1990
Faculty Senate Research Grant, West Virginia University 1986
Artist–In-Residence, Bemis Project/Artist Colony, provided working, living, and exhibition space for artists. Ceramic facilities for large-scale sculpture
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
International Ceramic Exhibition, Shepparton Art Gallery, Shepparton, Australia
SOFA, 7th Regiment Armory, represented byGallery Materia, New York, NY
14th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
Museo Internationale Delle Ceramiche, Faience International, Faenza, Italy
Seattle Art Center, “Revising Boundries: Southern Women Artists”, Seattle, WA
Winthrop University, Four From the Center, Rock Hill, SC
Sybaris Gallery, Three Person Invitational Royal Oak, MI
Clark Gallery, The Sculptural Object: Craft Invitational Lincoln, MA
ARTWORKS Gallery, Clay Invitational, Seattle, WA
Katie Gingress Gallery, Two Hands One Heart, Milwaukee, WI
Ella Sharp Museum, Mathematics of the Heart Ceramic, Jackson, MI
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Arts Indiana Portfolio Artist Indianapolis, IN
Joan Robey Gallery, Jungle Operetta Denver, CO
Pro-Art Gallery, Solo Exhibition St. Louis, MO
Everson Museum Ceramic National Exhibition, American Ceramics Now, Syracuse, NY
Carnegie Arts Center, New Formations: Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture, Covington, KY
Hoyt Institute of Art, Objects/Objectives, New Castle, PA
Artemisia Gallery, Ceramic Sculpture, Solo exhibition Chicago, IL
Ester Saks Gallery, Ceramic Abstraction, Invitational group exhibition, Chicago, IL
Fayetteville Museum, “21st Annual Art competition”, Fayetteville, NC
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Solo Exhibition, Winston-Salem, NC
SELECTED COLLECTIONS:
Wustum Museum, Racine WI
Hoyt Institute of Art, New Castle, PA
Robert Ash, Philadelphia, PA
Robert Pfannebecker, Lancaster, PA
Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
Alfred University, Alfred NY
Sybaris Gallery, Detroit, MI
Dennis & Colleen Bentley, Middleton, WI
First Charter Center, Charlotte, NC
Florida Gulf Coast Museum, Bellair, FL
The Shepparton Art Gallery, Victoria, Australia: the Sidney Myer Fund Australia Day Ceramics Award