Kathy Pallie
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As a commercial artist designing products for retail store windows and interior displays, trade show booths and special events, I worked with many different materials to create three-dimensional objects. When I retired and started working with clay, I realized that clay was an exciting and wonderfully tactile material which I had to explore in depth.
I’m intrigued with the concept that the artist’s hand can manipulate clay into a work of art which expresses an emotion, tells a story, can be functional or is purely visually appealing. At times, the clay seems to have a life of its own as it leads me, morphing from one form and concept to another. On other occasions, I can envision the completed piece before even touching the clay.
Inspired by Nature, my work reflects the unlimited variety of textures, patterns, and energy I find in my natural surroundings. Texture and the tactile sense have always been an important part of my work. I hand build with clay slabs, coils, and extruded shapes and use various clay bodies, firing processes, glazes and cold finishes for making different forms and surface textures.
I enjoy creating artworks which not only express my love of Nature, but which also allow me to bring the essence of the outdoors into interior spaces.
Kathy Pallie’s C.V. (resume) - View her works
EDUCATION
BFA, cum laude, Boston University, Boston, MA
Further ceramic studies at College of Marin, Kentfield, CA
SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2011 - Good Company, Great Clay and Glass in California – Petaluma, CA
- Ceramics Annual of America – Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
- Marin Society of Artists Member Show, Ross, CA
- All Fired Up! Clay from ACGA – Healdsburg Art Center, Healdsburg, CA
- Material at Play – New Master Works from the Baulines Craft Guild 2011, ArtWorks Downtown, San Rafael
- Fine Arts Exhibitions – Marin Society of Artists, Greenbrae, CA
- California Clay Competition – The Artery Gallery, Davis, CA
- Feats of Clay XXII – Lincoln Arts – Lincoln, CA,
- ACGA Clay & Glass National Exhibition – Brea Art Gallery, Brea, CA
- Go Figure – Marin Arts Gallery, San Rafael, CA
2010 - Ceramics Annual of America – Herbst Pavillon, San Francisco, CA
- California Clay Competition – The Artery Gallery, Davis, CA
- Beyond the Brickyard – Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
- Contemporary Craft Exhibition – Mesa Contemporary Arts Center, Mesa, AZ
2009 - Trompe L’Oeil – John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
- Out of the Fire – ACGA at Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
- Santa Clara Sculpture Exhibition –Santa Clara, CA
- Feats of Clay XXII – Lincoln Arts – Lincoln, CA
- Contemporary Craft Exhibition – Mesa Contemporary Arts Center, Mesa, AZ
- 2009 Visual Art Competition and Exhibit - Napa Valley Mustard Festival - St. Supery - Winery, Rutherford, CA
- Open Craft and Sculpture Show 2009 – Marin Society of Artists, Ross, CA
2008 - 2008 National Juried Exhibition – ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA
- Small Works – ArtWorks Downtown, San Rafael, CA
- CA Clay from ACGA – Art Space Gallery, Fresno, CA
- Thinking Green – ACGA Artworks Downtown, San Rafael, CA
- 2008 Bay Area Juried Exhibition – Falkirk Cultural Center- San Rafael, CA
- Exploring the Surface – Pence Gallery – Davis, CA
- 2008 California Clay Competition – The Artery – Davis, CA
- Falkirk Cultural Center 2008 Art Exhibition – San Rafael, CA
- 2007 - Feats of Clay XX – Lincoln Arts – Lincoln, CA
- Clay on the Wall:2007 – Texas Tech University, School of Art – Lubbock, TX
- 80th Annual Membership Show – Marin Society of Artists, Ross, CA
- 2007 California Clay Competition – The Artery – Davis, CA
- Follow the Line: Traditions Revealed – Pence Gallery – Davis, CA
- 2007 Visual Art Competition and Exhibit - Napa Valley Mustard Festival - St. Supery Winery, Rutherford, CA
2006 - 60 Years of Fire, Function & Form – Association of Clay and Glass Artists, Falkirk, CA
- The Artful Teapot – NCECA Show – Oregon Potters Association, Portland, OR
2005 - ACGA in Oakland – Craft & Cultural Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
- ACGA/BCG Joint Exhibition – San Francisco, CA
- Open Craft and Sculpture Show - Marin Society of Artists, Ross, CA
2004 - Teapot XV – Gallery Alexander – La Jolla, CA
- Bay Area Fine Craft, Black, White, Grey – San Rafael, CA
- East Meets West - Danville Fine Arts Gallery, Danville, CA
2003 - California Clay Competition - The Artery, Davis, CA
2003 National Juried Exhibition – Artisans Gallery – Mill Valley, CA
- Teapot XIV - Gallery Alexander, La Jolla, CA
- Bold Expressions - Northern California Arts, Inc., Carmichael, CA
2002 - Opaque/Transparent: Clay/Glass – Assoc. of Clay and Glass Artists, Kentfield, CA
- Open Craft and Sculpture Show – Marin Society of Artists, Ross, CA
2001 - Bold Expressions - Northern California Arts, Inc., Carmichael, CA
2000 to 2009 - Marin County Art Show – San Rafael, CA
AWARDS AND HONORS
- Marin County Art Show 2011 – 1st Place Award for Ceramics and a Special Award
- Marin Society of Artists Member Show 2011 – Merit Award
- Lincoln Arts – Feats of Clay XXIV - Merit Award
- California Clay Competition 2010 – Creative Ceramics Award
- Marin Society of Artists – Open Craft and Sculpture Show 2010 – 1st Place Award
- Napa Valley Mustard Festival 2010 – 3rd Place Award
- Santa Clara – The Art of Crafts Sculpture Exhibition – 2nd Place Award
- Mesa Contemporary Arts Center – 30th Annual Contemporary Craft Exhibition – 1 of 5 Juror’s Awards
- Napa Valley Mustard Festival – 2009 Visual Art Competition and Exhibition – 3rd Place and Honorable Mention
- Marin Society of Artists – Open Craft and Sculpture Show –1st Place Award
- Marin County Art Show 2009 – Honorable Mention
- Marin County Art Show 2008 – Merit Award
- American Bamboo Society, Arts & Crafts at ABS Award Bamboo as Design Motif 2007
- California Clay Competition 2007 – the Artery – 2007 People’s Choice Award
- California Clay Competition 2007 – The Artery – Trax Award for Excellence in Function
- Napa Valley Mustard Festival – 2007 Visual Art Competition and Exhibition – 1st Place Award
- Marin Society of Artists 2006 – 79th Annual Members Show – Honorable Mention
- Marin County Art Show 2005 – Fine Art/Fine Craft Exhibition - Best of Show 3-D work
- Marin Society of Artists – Open Fine Arts Show -2005
- Marin Society of Artists 2004 – 77th Annual Show – 3rd place
- Northern California Arts 2003 – Bold Expressions – Honorable Mention
- Marin Society of Artists 2003 – 76th Annual Membership Show – Friends of MSA Award
- Marin Society of Artists – Open Craft and Sculpture Show 2002 – Honorable Mention
- Northern California Arts – Bold Expressions – Merit Award
- Marin County Art Show 2000 – Best of Class 3-dimensional Art
- Sacramento Bee Newspaper – 2003 Critics Pick – California Clay Competition
- Marin Society of Artists – Signature Member
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- Marin Society of Artists, Ross, CA 2006
COMMISSIONS
- The Ritz-Carlton Highlands Hotel, Lake Tahoe, CA 2009 - 4’H x 8’L wall sculpture
- Barry MacLean private collection, Chicago, IL 2011 – 3’ x 4 ½’ wall sculpture
- Susan Holben, Lansing, MI – 2011
PUBLICATIONS
- “Association of Clay and Glass Artists - 2011
- “Dream Chasers” magazine – July/August 2011
- “High Country House and Home” – winter 2011
- “Pottery Making Illustrated” – July/August 2010
- “Ceramics Today” – Schiffer Publishing Ltd. 2010
- “American Art Collector” - Alcove Press – 2007 - 2010
- “American Art Collector” - Western States - Alcove Press – 2004 – 2006
- “Crafts of Northern California” – Alcove Press 2002
CURRENT AFFILIATIONS
- Association of Clay and Glass Artists
- Baulinas Craft Guild
- Marin Society of Artists – Past President, Board of Directors, Advisory Council
- Marin Arts Council
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