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BILL SHILLALIES
Artist's Statement, Curriculum Vitae


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Happiness is to wake up in the morning and to know that I may use the whole day for art.

My work focuses on ancient yet still recent time... rock formations, architecture and earth all have a strong impact on me. What has always played an important part in my work is the positive and negative space and organic and dynamic forms and the different possibilities of color that I discover.

I am aware that often the most important things are overlooked because they seem to be too simple.

My relationship with clay is very free. Clay is a material that doesn't set limits.


SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1996 Suffolk Community College, Selden, NY
1995 14 Sculptors Gallery, New York, NY
1992 14 Sculptors Gallery, New York, NY


SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
1999 "Urban Air Forms," New Jersey City University, Jersey City, NJ
1998 "The Community Warehouse," Interchurch Center, New York, NY
1998 "The Raw & The Cooked," Firehouse Art Gallery, Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY
1996 "Six Persons Show, Peacock Showcase 96," Chelsea Center, Muttontown, NY
1996 Islip Museum,Islip,NY
1995 Celsea Center, N Muttontown (Jurors Award), NY
1995 Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, (Jurors Award), Hempstead, NY
1994 "Feats of Clay VII," National Show, Lincoln, CA
1994 "Texture," Potter's Gallery, West Chester, PA
1992 "NCECA," Group Show with Voulkos-Reitz-Callas, Philadelphia, PA
1992 "Director's Choice," International Show, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
1991 "Anagma'91"Peter's Valley Gallery,Layton, NJ
1991 "Wood Spirits," National Show, Galleria Mesa, Mesa, AZ
1991 "Just Fired: New Works," National Show, (Jurors Award), Tempe Art Center, AZ


PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS:
The Craft & Art of Clay, by Susan Peterson, 2nd Edtion
1991 Ceramics Art Perception, "Wood Firing"
1991 NCECA Journal, vol .12, Review on page 52


EDUCATION:
1991 MFA, Hunter College, City University of New York, NY


COMISSIONS AND PPRIVATE COLLECTIONS:
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
Ronald A. Kuchta, Director of the Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
Susan Peterson, Author and Ceramic Artist, Carefree, AZ





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