Upcoming / Current Exhibitions

 

Character Building, Building Character

Lawrence Art Center
940 New Hampshire Street, Lawrence, KS
Opening Reception: Friday, May 14, 7-9 pm
May 14-June 13, 2010
www.lawrenceartscenter.org

 

This collection of artists explores the idea of identity and elements that may inform it. These explorations range from personal narratives to

broader concerns of the human condition. The exhibit will have pieces in a wide range of mediums and approaches to art making.
Artists: Dave Van Hee, Amy Lenharth, Paul Hotvedt, Misty Gamble, Michael Krueger, Paul Flinders, Deb Stavin, Christa Dalien

 

Undressing the Feminine: Misty Gamble, Anne Drew Potter and Connie Imboden

Mindy Solomon Gallery
124 2nd Ave. NE, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Opening Reception: Saturday, July 3, 6-8:30
July 3 - August 14, 2010
Gallery Hours: 11-5 Wednesday-Saturday and Tuesday by appointment
727.502.0852
www.mindysolomon.com

Past Exhibitions

 

Primping and the Currency of Worth: Recent Work by Misty Gamble

Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art
2004 Baltimore Ave, Kansas City, MO 64108
Opening Reception: Thursday, March 4th 7-9 pm
March 4 - April 24, 2010
Gallery Hours: 11-5 Tuesday through Saturday and by appointment
www.sherryleedy.com

 

Watershed Resident Showcase

Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Room 408
1201 Market Street, Philadelophia, PA 19107

National Conference for the Education of Ceramic Arts
Gallery Hours: Thursday, April 1st, 9-5 and Friday, April 2nd 9-4

 

I have a piece in the “NCECA Watershed Resident Showcase”, which highlights more than 30 past resident artists. The Watershed Exhibition will be in Room 408 of the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, 1201 Market Street Thursday April 1 & Friday April 2, 9:00am - 5:00pm each day. 
Featured Artists: Michal Alon, Lesley Baker, Ingrid Bathe, Eve Behar, Susan Biener, Ruth Borgenicht, George Bowes, Lucy Breslin, Yasha Butler, Linda Casbon, Autumn Cipala, Israel Davis, Kate Doody, Lynn Duryea, Seo Eo, Reeder Fahnestock, Misty Gamble, Tyler Gulden, Chris Gustin, Lana Heckendorn, Sarah House, JoAnn Schnabel, Elizabeth Kendall, Brandon Lutterman , JJ McCracken, Laura Jean McLaughlin, Jeffrey Mongrain, Sean O'Connell, Shawn O'Conner, Seth Rainville, Hope Rovelto, Lauren Sandler, Amy Santoferraro, Anat Shiftan, Daniel Ricardo Teran, Sharon Townshend, Kim Tucker, Meredith Host.

Object Lessons: Recent Works from the KCAI Ceramics Program

October 24 - November 21, 2009
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 24, 5-9 pm
Gallery Hours: Thursday - Saturday, 12-6 pm
Craft In America Study Center
8415 W 3rd Street
Los Angeles, CA 90048
www.craftinamerica.org

Work by the KCAI ceramics department will be featured in an exhibition from Oct. 24 to Nov. 21 at the Craft in America Study Center Gallery in Los Angeles. The show will include a selection of pieces made by students who were working in the department in February 2009 when Craft in America filmed a segment on KCAI that aired Oct. 7 on PBS. It also will include pieces by faculty members Cary Esser, George Timock, Paul Donnelly, Tom Binger, Misty Gamble and former department chair Victor Babu. Esser will give a presentation at the exhibition opening Oct. 24 on the KCAI ceramics program.

 

Small Works, Miniatures and Maquettes

July 8 - August 29, 2009
Opening Reception Saturday, July 11, 7-9pm
The John Natsoulas Gallery
521 First Street
Davis, CA 95616
www.natsoulas.com
Featuring works by Camille Claudel, Bill Abright, Margaret Keelan, Lisa Clague, Arthur Gonzalez, Shalene Valenzuela, Misty Gamble and many many others.

 

Four Fired

Cynthia Consentino • Misty Gamble • Beverly Mayeri • Tip Toland 


June 19 - July 31, 2009

Opening Reception Friday, June 19th 5-8pm 


Duane Reed Gallery
4729 McPherson Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri
www.duanereedgallery.com

The Duane Reed Gallery is excited to present Four Fired, a group exhibition featuring the work of four female artists working in clay, whose figurative creations transcend the clay tradition by exploring the human condition. Beautifully crafted and wildly imaginative, their work address issues like identity, consumption, human desire and fear. Tip Toland's hauntingly realistic works evoke reaction as they show humanity in all states, and at all ages. The synthetic hair and wax lip used add a further life-like quality to her brutally honest figures. Beverly Mayeri's dream-like sculptures are subtlety, yet richly painted rather than glazed. She explores the contradiction and ever-changing sides of oneself, one's yearnings and fears, strengths and fragility in her work. Cynthia Consentino and Misty Gamble look more to society and cultural mores for inspiration. Gamble's eccentric personalities question the perception of normalcy and appropriateness of human and social behaviors, while Consentino layers her works with references to stories and metaphor to comment on the "dualities and apparent incongruities" within gender and societal roles.

 

Emergence: The Resident Artist Exhibition

The Armory Art Center
1700 Parker Avenue, West Palm Beach, Florida
Reception: Friday, April 24 6-9 PM
Exhibition: April 24-May 15
Gallery hours: Monday-Friday 9-4:30 PM & Saturday 9-2 PM
Misty Gamble Lecture: Wednesday, April 15 7:30 PM
Resident Artists Lecture: Tuesday, April 28 7:30 PM

On April 24th, I’m showing a new series of work at The Armory Art Center’s annual Resident Exhibition. The exhibition will include sculptural, functional, installation, and figurative work by the 2008-2009 Resident Artists. On Wednesday, April 15th, 7:30 PM, I will be lecturing about my work in The Armory’s Library.

 

Human Narratives: Conversations in Clay

Victoria Boyce Gallery
7130 East Main Street in Scottsdale
Artists: Arthur Gonzalez, Shalene Valenzuela, Beth Lo, Misty Gamble, Cynthia Consentino, Gerit Grimm, Kicki Masthem, Trisha Kyner, and Sandra Trujillo
Reception: Thursday, April 9, 7-9 pm
Exhibition: April 7-23

The Watershed 6: Unwrap/Wrap

Hyatt Regency Gallery in Phoenix
Phoenix, AZ
Artists: Misty Gamble, Monica Leap, Krisaya Luenganantakul, Elisavet Papatheodorou, Daniel Ricardo Teran, and Adero Willard

Spring is right around the corner. Though here in Florida, it’s rather confusing having summer weather during the winter months. Soon it will be hotter than a raku kiln - where sweat pours out of your skin like it does during a bronze pour at the foundry. During the National Conference for the Education of Ceramic Arts, I’ll be showing new work created during my residency at The Armory Art Center. I have two shows during the conference and one that extends through the month of April. If you are at NCECA, you can find me at the Kansas City Art Institute table. Stop by and say hello.

 

What the Future May Hold: Artists Consider the Post-Bush World

Santa Fe Clay Gallery
1615 Paseo de Peralta
Santa Fe, New Mexico
www.santafeclay.com
Reception: Friday, January 23, 2009 5-7 PM
January 23-February 21, 2009

A few months back, when nearly everyone in this country, if not the world, was a little afraid to wake up on the morning of November 5th, Santa Fe Clay posed this question to 50 ceramic artists: What does that post-Bush world look like to you? Are you hopeful? Scared? Renewing your passport? Then the gallery asked that the artists express their speculation or dread or celebration, whatever it was they might be feeling as we rounded this corner into the unknown, in clay. Some 30 national recognized artists took up the challenge and on January 23rd, Santa Fe Clay opens a month-long exhibition titled "What the Future May Hold: Artists Consider the Post-Bush World". The roster of artists who have agreed to participate is impressive and includes many newcomers to Santa Fe Clay like Pavel Amromin, Renee Audette, Jesse Albrecht, Ehren Tool and Nuala Creed, as well as artists we have shown in the past: Joe Bova, Bart Johnson, Misty Gamble, Gena Fowler, Charles Kraft, James Tisdale, Diego Romero and many more.

 

Confrontational Ceramics

Curated by Judith Schwartz, PhD
Westchester Arts Council’s Arts Exchange
White Plains, New York
October 3 - December 13, 2008
Opening Reception: Friday, October 3, 6 pm
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 12-5 pm
www.westarts.com

I will be showing new work in the Confrontational Ceramics exhibition in New York. This exhibition is a monumental encore to its 2000 predecessor. The show highlights the work of over 60 artists creating original and riveting work that prompts viewers to see clay as a medium completely unbound from its tradition, as the artists confront social, political, and environmental issues that effect us all.

Artists: Anna Adler, Pavel Amromin, Wesley Anderegg, Timothy Berg, Russell Biles, Tenille Blair-Neff, Christina Bothwell, Jason Briggs, Becca Broughton & Andy Copolla, Jim Budde, Toby Buonagurio, John Byrd, Marek Cecula, Nicole Agbay Cherubini, Myung Jin Choi, Richard Cleaver, Cynthia Consentino, Linda Cordell, Adrianne Crane, Nuala Creed, Pamela Earnshaw Kelly, Micheline Gingras & Raymon Elozua, Michelle Erickson, Janice Farley, Linda S. Fitz Gibbon, Nancy Fried, David Furman, Misty Gamble, Edith Garcia, Arthur Gonzalez, Peter Gourfain, Heather Houston, Sergei Isupov, Margaret Keelan, Kathy King, Kenjiro Kitade, Jeff Koons, Jung Won & Insun Lee, Daniel Levi, Joe Madrigal, Laura Jean McLaughlin, Eva Melas, Sana Musasama,Tony Natsoulas, Matt Nolen, Richard T. Notkin, Adelaide S. Paul, Anne Potter, Louise Radochonski, Tim Roda, Katy Rush, Fausto Salvi, Reinaldo Sanguino, Jeff Schlanger, Bonnie Seeman, Matt Shaffer, Elise Siegel, Kim Simonsson, Jinsoo Song, Dirk Staschke, Melissa Stern, Greg Stewart, Lee Stoliar, Jack Thompson, Ehren Tool, Rimas VisGirda, Michaelene Walsh, Maryann Webster, Paula Winokur, Janis Mars Wunderlich, Ioranides Yiannes, Julie York, Arnie Zimmerman

 

Beauty and Power: New Work by Misty Gamble

Cricket Engine Gallery
499 Embarcadero Avenue, Building #3
Oakland, CA
www.cricketengine.org
Reception: July 11, 6-9 PM
Closing: July 20, 3-6 PM
Gallery hours by appointment

Cricket Engine Gallery hosts a solo exhibition of new work by Misty Gamble. Fresh off of a one-year residency at Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts in Maine, Misty exhibits ceramic sculptural figurative work from the two series “Chanel” and “Big Hair”. This solo show will engage the viewer by questioning his or her own notion of beauty and power. What is considered beautiful as one ages? How do woman empower themselves? How do power and beauty relate?

 

Watershed Winter Residents Group Exhibition

University Of Arkansas Monticello
LTC Gallery
517 University Drive
Monticello, Arkansas
July 2008

 

Watershed Residents Exhibition

Worcester Center for Crafts
Krikorian Gallery
25 Sagamore Road
Worcester, Massachusetts
www.worcestercraftcenter.org
www.watershedceramics.org
February 7 - February 29, 2008
Reception: February 7, 6 - 8 PM
Artist Talk: 5 PM

I'm delighted to announce that I will be showing one of three new bodies of work created during my residency at Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts. My work continues to be informed by my interests in issues surrounding femininity and set standards of normalcy, propriety and societal expectation. In my new work, I challenge conventional notions of beauty, aging and class. The Chanel Series is comprised of three life-size ceramic women seated in chairs. These pastel colored, cosmetically enhanced women sit and pose in Chanel suits with large, elaborate coiffures.

Artists: Misty Gamble, Monica Leap, Krisaya Luenganantakul, Elisavet Papatheodorou, Daniel Teran, Adero Willard

 

Watershed Residents Exhibition

Clay Art Center
Choy Gallery
40 Beech Street, Port Chester, New York
914-937-2047
www.clayartcenter.org
March 1 - 22, 2008
Reception: March 1, 6 - 8 PM

For this exhibition, I will be showing a new body of work titled, The Amour Series. The series is based on the image of the Degas ballerina and the colors of Valentine's Day. Single ballerinas are displayed in poses suggesting self-love through physical pleasure.

 

Remembered Light: The McDonald Windows

Washington State History Museum
Tacoma, Washington
January 12-March 2, 2008
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
March 29, 2008
http://atelierleroux.com/rememberedlight/

Artists: Narcissus Quagliata, Armelle Le Roux, Misty Gamble, Joseph Distefano, Craig Clemens, Peter K. Eichhorn, Constance Levathes, Ariana Makau, Alan Rhodes, Robert Shank, Irmigard Steding, and Daniel Ziegler.

The Washington State History Museum is the first museum to host Remembered Light. Glass Fragments from World War II, The McDonald Windows, a new exhibit of glass art pieces featuring shards of stained glass from European sanctuaries damaged or destroyed during World War II. U.S. Army Chaplain Frederick A. McDonald gathered more than 300 stained glass shards from the rubble of war-shattered churches and a synagogue as he traveled with General Omar Bradley’s 12th Army Group from 1944 to 1945. For the next 55 years, the glass fragments remained under McDonald’s bed in a cardboard box. One evening in 1999, during a dinner party with friends, Seattle-born McDonald shared the story of the glass shards. Stained-glass artist Armelle Le Roux met with McDonald and what ensued were a great friendship and an ambitious project to turn the glass fragments into pieces of art, each telling the story of World War II through McDonald’s eyes. McDonald worked with artists from around the world until his death in 2002, providing inspiration and focus to turn shards of stained glass into beautiful windows through which light would once again shine. With Le Roux as the project leader, the artists incorporated the shards and McDonald’s recollections into windows and other works, each offering a snapshot of McDonald’s experiences in war-torn Europe. In all, 13 artists created 25 windows and other glass art pieces in diverse media including ceramic, silkscreen, vinyl, copper, and glass. Their work takes a range of forms and dimensions, varying from a 9 x 14-inch glass book by Le Roux, its shard from an unknown site, to a 41 x 30-inch crown of thorns created in antique glass by Narcissus Quagliata, with shards from the Cathedral of St. Stephen in Metz, France. Remembered Light: Glass Fragments from World War II, The McDonald Windows was developed by the Frederick A. McDonald Foundation. After a national tour, the exhibit will be permanently housed at the Presidio Main Post Interfaith Chapel in San Francisco.

 

The Seven Deadly Sins

Santa Fe Clay
January 4 - February 2, 2008
Reception: Friday, January 4, 5-7 pm
1615 Paseo de Peralta
Santa Fe, New Mexico
www.santafeclay.com

This national invitational exhibition will include work that illuminates the vices of Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Envy and Pride.

Artists: Misty Gamble, Chuck Aydlett, Tom Bartel, Russell Biles, Joe Bova, Cynthia Consentino, Linda Cordell, Myra Dalland, Kowkie Durst, Debra Fritts, Lauren Gallaspy, Carol Gentithes, Arthur Gonzalez, Elizabeth Hunt, Jared Janovec, Tsehai Johnson, Bart Johnson, Margaret Keelan, Kathy King, Max Lehman, Emily McGarrity, Ron Meyers, Andy Nasisse, Kelly Rathbone, Lisa Reinertson, Katy Rush, Matt Shaffer, Kevin Snipes, James Tisdale, Kurt Weiser, Christina West.

 

Cream: From the Top at Arts Benicia Gallery

July 14-August 26, 2007
Reception: Sunday, July 22, 3-5 pm
Arts Benicia Gallery
991 Tyler Street, Suite 114, Benicia
Thursday-Sunday 12-5
www.artsbenicia.org

This invitational annual show features artists that have risen to the top of their classes in Bay Area graduate arts programs. The 16 artists come from California College of the Arts, Mills College, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco State University, Stanford University, and University of California, Berkeley.

2007 Cream Artists: Misty Gamble, Lindsay Benedict, Robert Burden, Julie Chang, Erika Dawn, Sophie de Lignerolles, Lori del Mar, Kara Hearn, Ginelle Hustrulid, Bessma Khalaf, Dan Lydersen, Emily McLeod, Karen Olsen-Dunn, Kamau Amu Patton, Heather Sparks, Edmund Wyss, Jenny Zito Artists' Forum Saturday, August 25th.

Forum Guest Panelists: Kenneth Baker, Art Critic, San Francisco Chronicle; Linda Fleming, Professor, MFA Program; Chair, Sculpture Program, California College of the Arts Glen Helfand, Adjunct Professor, MFA Programs at the California College of the Arts and the San Francisco Art Institute; Lecturer, Mills College; Art Critic