ARTIST STATEMENTGayle Fichtinger’s ceramic sculpture and drawing are the outcomes of intensive nature study and travel to China researching scholars stones and Yixing ceramics. Working on an intimate scale using a smooth red stoneware clay much like the zisha clay used by the Yixing potters, she sculpts natural objects from observation. Carving and mark-making define surface pattern and textures. The clay is fired without glaze to preserve the color and integrity of the material and be closer to its natural state. Her work is meant for contemplation.
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BIO
Gayle Fichtinger is a ceramic sculptor living in New London, New Hampshire. She is a former professor of Foundation Studies at Savannah College of Art and Design and Plymouth State University. Exhibiting widely in solo and group exhibitions of ceramic sculpture, her works are included in numerous private collections and the public collections of the Tucson Museum of Art, Arizona State University Art Museum, Danforth Museum of Art, Erie Art Museum, Racine Art Museum, DeCordova Museum, the Czech Ceramic Design Agency, and the Savannah College of Art and Design. Articles and reviews of her work have been published in Ceramics: Art and Perception, Ceramics Monthly, American Craft, and The Boston Globe. Her work is featured in Marvin Sweet’s book, The Yixing Effect: Echoes of the Chinese Scholar published by the Foreign Languages Press, Beijing, China, 2006. She holds a MFA in ceramics from Arizona State University in Tempe and a BS in Art from the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
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GAYLE FICHTINGER
Studio Artist, Ceramic Sculpture and Drawing, New London, New Hampshire, USA
BORN
1959, Sauk Centre, Minnesota, USA
EDUCATION
MFA, Ceramics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 1985
BS Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 1981
College of Saint Benedict, Saint Joseph, MN, 1977-79, Art (Junior Year Abroad, Madrid, Spain)
SELECTED TEACHING POSITIONS
Professor of Foundation Studies, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA, (Winter Quarter 2018, Lacoste, France), 2006-2020
Full-time Faculty, Art / Studio Foundations Coordinator, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH, 2003-2006
Adjunct Faculty, Art, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH, September 2000-2003
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Presidential Fellowship Presentation, Following Bernini’s Terracotta Angels to Rome, Alexander Hall Theater, SCAD, Savannah, GA, 2017
Gallery Lecture, Landscapes: Near and Far, Malone Gallery, Troy University, Troy, AL, 2015
Sabbatical Presentation, Journey to Yixing, Alexander Hall Theater, SCAD, Savannah, GA, 2015
Book Signing with Author Marvin Sweet, The Yixing Effect, NCECA, Pittsburg, PA, 2008
Gallery Lecture, Forest Fragments/Firewood Portraits, Centre Lodge Kiosks Installation, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH, 2000
Gallery Lecture, Forest Fragments, The Fells, The John Hay National Wildlife Refuge, Newbury, NH, 2000
Sculpture Commission, Bronze, Fidelity Investments Corporation, Boston, MA, 1999
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015 Landscapes: Near and Far, Malone Gallery, Troy University, Troy, AL
2006 Firewood: Terracotta Portraits, McCoy Gallery, Merrimack College, North Andover, MA
2005 Gayle Fichtinger, Gallery Imperato, Baltimore, MD
2003 Terracotta Sculpture, Appalachian Center for Crafts, Tennessee Technological University, Smithville, TN
2002 New England Currents, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA
2000 Forest Fragments/Firewood Portraits, Centre Lodge Kiosks, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH
2000 Forest Fragments, The Fells, The John Hay National Wildlife Refuge, Newbury, NH
1997 Pollination, Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA
1996 Insects and Objects, Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA
1993 Still Life, Joanne Rapp Gallery/The Hand and the Spirit, Scottsdale, AZ
1990 New Figurative Clay, Joanne Rapp Gallery/The Hand and the Spirit, Scottsdale, AZ
1990 Chicago International New Art Forms Exposition, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
1989 Figurative Clay, Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA
1989 New Ceramic Sculpture, Joanne Rapp Gallery/The Hand and the Spirit, Scottsdale, AZ
1988 Figurative Ceramic Sculpture, Joanne Rapp Gallery/The Hand and the Spirit, Scottsdale, AZ
1985 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Harry Wood Art Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Studio Artist, Ceramic Sculpture and Drawing, New London, New Hampshire, USA
BORN
1959, Sauk Centre, Minnesota, USA
EDUCATION
MFA, Ceramics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 1985
BS Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 1981
College of Saint Benedict, Saint Joseph, MN, 1977-79, Art (Junior Year Abroad, Madrid, Spain)
SELECTED TEACHING POSITIONS
Professor of Foundation Studies, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA, (Winter Quarter 2018, Lacoste, France), 2006-2020
Full-time Faculty, Art / Studio Foundations Coordinator, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH, 2003-2006
Adjunct Faculty, Art, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH, September 2000-2003
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Presidential Fellowship Presentation, Following Bernini’s Terracotta Angels to Rome, Alexander Hall Theater, SCAD, Savannah, GA, 2017
Gallery Lecture, Landscapes: Near and Far, Malone Gallery, Troy University, Troy, AL, 2015
Sabbatical Presentation, Journey to Yixing, Alexander Hall Theater, SCAD, Savannah, GA, 2015
Book Signing with Author Marvin Sweet, The Yixing Effect, NCECA, Pittsburg, PA, 2008
Gallery Lecture, Forest Fragments/Firewood Portraits, Centre Lodge Kiosks Installation, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH, 2000
Gallery Lecture, Forest Fragments, The Fells, The John Hay National Wildlife Refuge, Newbury, NH, 2000
Sculpture Commission, Bronze, Fidelity Investments Corporation, Boston, MA, 1999
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015 Landscapes: Near and Far, Malone Gallery, Troy University, Troy, AL
2006 Firewood: Terracotta Portraits, McCoy Gallery, Merrimack College, North Andover, MA
2005 Gayle Fichtinger, Gallery Imperato, Baltimore, MD
2003 Terracotta Sculpture, Appalachian Center for Crafts, Tennessee Technological University, Smithville, TN
2002 New England Currents, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA
2000 Forest Fragments/Firewood Portraits, Centre Lodge Kiosks, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH
2000 Forest Fragments, The Fells, The John Hay National Wildlife Refuge, Newbury, NH
1997 Pollination, Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA
1996 Insects and Objects, Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA
1993 Still Life, Joanne Rapp Gallery/The Hand and the Spirit, Scottsdale, AZ
1990 New Figurative Clay, Joanne Rapp Gallery/The Hand and the Spirit, Scottsdale, AZ
1990 Chicago International New Art Forms Exposition, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
1989 Figurative Clay, Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA
1989 New Ceramic Sculpture, Joanne Rapp Gallery/The Hand and the Spirit, Scottsdale, AZ
1988 Figurative Ceramic Sculpture, Joanne Rapp Gallery/The Hand and the Spirit, Scottsdale, AZ
1985 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Harry Wood Art Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ