McDonald Ian
ceramista
Note biografiche
Vive e opera a Bloomfield Hills nel Michigan.
Oltre all'attività di ceramista dal 2003 al 2015 ha insegnato al Dipartimento di Ceramica e Scultura alla Faculty at The San Francisco Art Institute.
Studi
1994-96 – The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chigaco, Illinois, USA
1998 – B.A, Humboldt State University, Arcata, California, USA
2000 – MFA, Sculture/Ceramics, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA
Mostre
1999 – “The Farm Denizen Design Series”, Art Farm, Marquette, Nebraska, USA
2000 – “F.I.T.”, group show, New Wight Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA; “Beats Wars”, group show, Ridley Tree Art Center, Santa Barbara, California, USA; “Focus on the Forum”, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, California, USA
2001 – “Hi/HiHi” group show, International Ceramic Center, Skaelskor, Danimarca; “Form 4” group show, Kunstinbygning Museum, Svendborg, Danimarca; Pryd og Punt”, Ruhwald Ruhwald w/ nam nam beauty, Copenhagen, Danimarca
2003 – “30 Ceramic Sculptors”, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California, USA
2004 – “Sucker”-Final Presentation, European Ceramic Work Center, Den Bosch, Paesi Bassi; “Turn Left, Flash Right”, Art Walk Amsterdam, Paesi Bassi
“Landscapes”, group show, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA; “30 Ceramic Sculptors”, group show, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California, USA
2005 – “Edelweiss”, permanet public project, Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem, Paesi Bassi; “My Room”, Sophienholm Exhibition Hall, Copenhagen, Germania
“The is and the was of what will be” De Young Art Center, San Francisco, California, USA; Southern Exposure Auction, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA; “Ceramic 30”, John Natsoulas Gallery , Davis, California, USA
2006 – Pulse Contemporary Art Fair, Miami-Rena Bransten Gallery, Miami, Florida, USA; “Facts and Figures”, ArtWalk Amsterdam, Paesi Bassi; “On the Road Again, Beat Culture, Bush Era”, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA; TranSFOrm and reLAX-P. Casero Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA; Ceramic 30, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California, USA
Monster Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA
2007 – Ceramic 30, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California, USA; 55° premio Faenza – Concorso Internazionale della Ceramica d’Arte Contemporanea, MIC, Faenza, Italia
2008 – “Bay Area Now 5”, Yerba Buena Center of the Arts, San Francisco, California, USA
2009 – “In the Margins”, Icehouse, Phoenix, Arizona, USA; 56° premio Faenza – Concorso Internazionale della Ceramica d’Arte Contemporanea, MIC, Faenza, Italia
Mostre personali
2002 –“Ventrilla/Ventrilla”; Clark Contemporary, California, USA
2004 – “Asthma”, A.O.V, San Francisco, California, USA
2005 – “Jets warm the come here”, Adobe Backroom Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA
2008 – “Optimism (if you want it)”, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA
2017 – Design Miami w/Patrick Parrish Gallery, Miami Beach, USA
2018 – Curators Cube, Tokyo, Giappone
Premi
2007 – Premio Faenza, 55° premio Faenza, MIC, Faenza, Italia
Bibliografia
56° Premio Faenza. Concorso Internazionale della Ceramica d'Arte Contemporanea, Faenza, Valfrido Edizioni, 2009, p. 80.
55° Premio Faenza. Concorso internazionale della ceramica d'arte contemporanea, Faenza, Studio 88, Museo internazionale delle ceramiche in Faenza-Fondazione, 2007, pp. 22-23.
