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EDUCATION

1982        Bachelor of Science in Geography, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

SELECTED AWARDS & HONORS

2003                Curates, Lasting Impressions: The Unforgettable in Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture,

                        Baltimore Clay Works, Baltimore, MD

1997                Best of Show, Centennial Celebration, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

1996                Merit Award, 11th Annual San Angelo Ceramic National, San Angelo, TX

                        Merit Award, Feats of Clay, Lincoln, CA

                        Visiting Artist, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL

1995                Purchase Award, Feats of Clay, Gladding McBean Co., Lincoln, CA

                        Honorable Mention, Wichita National, Wichita, KS

1993                Skutt Purchase Award, The Clay Cup, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

1992                2nd Place, Colorado Clay, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO

                        Purchase Award, Form and Object, University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY

                        Resident Artist, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT,

1991-92           Resident Artist, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO

1991                Honorable Mention, 13th Annual Vahki National Exhibition, Mesa Cultural Center, AZ

                        Award of Excellence, Clay U.S.A., Radford University, Radford, VA

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SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT

Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ

The Arkansas Arts Center Foundation Collection, Little Rock, AR

Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Art,  Racine, WI

Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA

Columbus State University, Columbus, GA

The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI

Fredrick R. Wiesman Museum, Minneapolis, MN

Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC

Hartsfield International Airport, Atlanta, GA

Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL

Montgomery Museum of Art, Montgomery, AL

Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, GA

Missoula Museum of Art, Missoula, MT

Ross E. Purdy Museum of Ceramics, Westerville, OH

Smithsonian American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC

University Museum, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY

Bisbee Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center, Bisbee, Arizona
 

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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (** denotes solo show)                                                                                             

2006             Armory Art Center Ceramic Invitational 2005-2006, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL

                     Just A Head, University of Montevallo, Bloch Hall Gallery, Montevallo, AL

                     Cups from the Collection of Ron Isaacs,  Doris Ulmann Galleries, Berea College, Berea, KY

2005             20 Year Gala Celebration, Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ

                     Cups,Cups,Cups, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM

                     Day of the Dead, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM

                     Armory Art Center’s Ceramic Invitational 2005-2006, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Fl

                    ** Wesley Anderegg: New Figurative Ceramic Sculpture, Goldesberry Gallery, Houston, TX

                    30 Ceramic Sculptors, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA

                    35th Annual Ceramics Exhibition, Crossman Gallery, University of  Wisconsin-Whitewater                                             

                    Small Clay, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT

                    Clay Creatures from the Permanent Collection, Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, GA

                    Ceramic Artists from The Central Coast, Gallery 31 Westminster, Westminster, MD.

2004            The Ranch is at UM ! Anderson Ranch Ceramics, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

                     Lasting Impressions: The Unforgettable in Contemporary Sculpture,

                     Baltimore Clay Works, Baltimore, MD

                     Cup: University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida

                     Election2004:The State Of The Union, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM

                     Our Cups Runneth Over, The Society Of Arts And Crafts, Boston, Ma

                     **A Slice of Life, The works Gallery, Philadelphia, A (catalog)

                     **The Circus Comes to Town, Goldesberry, Houston, TX

                      Edgy Characters, Wheeler Arts Community Center, University of Indianapolis,

                      Indianapolis, IN

2003                **Wesley Anderegg, The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

                        Clay, The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA

                        NCECA Clay National 2003, David Zapf Gallery + R.B Stevenson Gallery, San Diego, CA

                                (catalog)

2002                 Terra Sutra: 21st Century Erotic Ceramics, Incubator Gallery, Kansas City, MO

                        Big Head: Ceramic Sculpture on a Heroic Scale, Russell Hill Rogers Galleries, Southwest School of

                                Art & Craft, San Antonio, TX

                        Summertime: Joining In – Hanging Out, Connell Gallery, Atlanta, GA

                        Major Figures, Ferrin Gallery, Lenox, MA

2002                Great Clay, Goldesberry Gallery, Houston, TX

2001                Clay U.S.A., Smithsonian American Art Museum Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC

                        **New Work in Clay by Wesley Anderegg, Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ

                        Figurative Ceramics: Sculptures by Wesley Anderegg, Alan Rosenbaum and Tim Taunton, Columbus

                                State University, Columbus, GA

                       About Face, Curated by Leslie Carmin, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

                       25 Select 25, Lill Street Arts Center, Chicago. IL

                       Birds, Beasts, and Little Fishes, Invitational Exhibition, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM

                        Recent Work by Wesley Anderegg, George Bowes, Kathy King, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM

                        **Wesley Anderegg, The Works Gallery, Philadelphia,.PA

2001-05           A Ceramic Continuum: Fifty Years of the Archie Bray Influence, traveling exhibition  (catalog):

                                Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT; Boise Art Museum; Butler Institute of American Art;

                                Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, The Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art, Alfred

                                University; Dane G Hansen Memorial Museum; Museum of Arts and Sciences; Mobile Museum

2001-05           A Ceramic Continuum: Fifty Years of the Archie Bray Influence, traveling exhibition, continued

                                of Art; Portsmouth Museums; Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami; Hunter Museum of

                                American Art; University of Kentucky Art Museum; Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture;

2000-01           Confrontational Clay: The Artist as Social Ciritic, ExhibitsUSA traveling exhibition:

                                University of Central Florida, Orlando;  Philharmonic Center for the Arts, Naples, FL; The

                                Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock; Flint Institute of Arts, MI; The Middlebury College Museum

                                of Art, VT; Springfield Museum of Art, OH  (Catalog)

                                Nevada Museum of Art; Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Gardens, University of

                                Nebraska; and Polk Museum of Art

2000                Head Shots, Connell Gallery, Atlanta, GA

                        **Wesley Anderegg: So, What Was Your Childhood Like, Really?, Connell Gallery, Atlanta, GA

                        Wesley Anderegg, Karen Shapiro, Kamala Dolphin-Kingsley, Stewart/Kummer Gallery, Gualala, CA

                        **Wesley Anderegg, Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild, Pittsburgh, PA

                        Viewpoints: Ceramics 2000, Hyde Gallery, Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA

                        Sublime Servers, traveling exhibition:  Baltimore Clay Works, Baltimore, MD; Greenwich House

                        Pottery, New York, NY; James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA

                        Colorado Connections, Arapaho Community College, Littleton, CO

                        That Was Then, This Is Now: 35th Anniversary Retrospective, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO

1999                Narrative and Poetic Expressions: The Human Form in Clay,
                        Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences, Peoria, IL

                        Contemporary Ceramics from Georgia Collections, The Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, GA   (Catalog)

                        Clay Bodies, Connell Gallery, Atlanta, GA

                        The Art of Pouring, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

                        Ceramics Monthly International Ceramics Competition,
                        Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, OH  (Catalog)

                        1999 NCECA Clay National, Columbus Cultural Center, Columbus, OH  (Catalog)

                        Figurative Ceramic Sculpture: Four Narrative Approaches, Goldsberry Gallery, Houston, TX

                        Figurative Painting and Sculpture, Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR

                        S.O.F.A. New York, The Works Gallery

                        Cups of Kindness, C.E.R.F. (Craft Emergency Relief Fund) Auction, NY

                        Spinning Tales: Narrative Ceramics, Odyssey Gallery, Asheville, NC

                        Couples in Clay, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI

1998                ** Wesley Anderegg: New Work, The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

                        Interpretations of the Teapot: 6th Annual Teapot Exhibition, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO

                        Fabulous Fifty: Ceramic Cups by 50 Artists, Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, Bainbridge, WA

                        Wesley Anderegg, New Work, The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

                        Ceramic Arts Contest, The American Ceramic Society, University of Dallas, TX

                        Clockwork, The Center of Contemporary Arts, University City, MO

                        Teapot 9, Alexander Gallery, La Jolla, CA

                        American Craft Invitational, Avante Gallery, Cleveland, OH

 1998                Spinning Tales, An Invitational Exhibition of Narratives
                         in Contemporary Ceramics
, Odyssey Gallery, Asheville, NC

1997                5th Annual Teapot Exhibition, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO

                        The Goblet: Artistry, Ritual and Function, Tri-Art Gallery, Louisville, KY

                        S.O.F.A. Chicago, Lill Street Gallery

                        Functional Work: American Potters, Boettcher Mansion, Denver, CO

                        1997 Cup and Goblet Invitational, Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR

                        EmBODYment, Connell Gallery, Atlanta, GA

                        Companions of the Cupboard: Interpretations of the Cup, Gallery 1021: Lill Street, Chicago, IL

                        A Centennial Celebration, University of Kansas Art Gallery, Lawrence, KS

                        S.O.F.A. Miami, The Works Gallery

                        Clay Cup Vl, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

                        Feats of Clay, Gladding McBean Co., Lincoln, CA  (Catalog)

1996                11th Annual San Angelo Ceramic National, San Angelo Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX  (Catalog)

                        Cup and Goblet Show, Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR

                        Wesley Anderegg and Alan Lerner, Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, IL

                        Feats of Clay, Gladding McBean Co., Lincoln, CA  (Catalog)

                        Twisted Tea, Twist Gallery, Portland, OR

                        The Ceramic Spectrum, University of West Florida Art Gallery, FL  (Catalog)

                        Western Clay, University of Southern Colorado , Pueblo, CO

                        Two-Person Show, Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ

                        Scripps College 52nd Ceramics Annual, Scripps College, Claremont, CA

                        Mass and Meaning: Clay Sculpture by Wesley Anderegg, Syd
                        Carpenter and Jim Ibur
, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO

                        The Narrative Teapot, Ferrin Gallery, Northampton, MA

                        Madcap Teapot Party, Renwick Gallery, National Museum of Art,
                        Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC  (Catalog)

                        American Figurative Clay, Coburn Gallery, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO  (Catalog)

                        S.O.F.A. Miami, The Works Gallery

                        S.O.F.A. Chicago, Lill Street Gallery

1995                NCECA National, Frederick R. Wiesman Museum, Minneapolis, MN  (Catalog)

                        Sculpture Invitational, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, WI

                        Feats of Clay, Gladding McBean Co., Lincoln, CA

                        Wichita National, Wichita, KS

                        **Solo Show, Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, IL

                        Two-Person Show, Kent Galleries, Santa Fe, NM

                        **Lynch Mob Cups and Other Wonders: Figurative Ceramic Vessels of Wesley Anderegg, John

                                Michael Kohler Art Center, Racine, WI

1994                **Solo Show, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, M1

                        Currents '94, Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, IL

                        Anything Goes, Kent Galleries, The Contemporary Craftsman, Santa Fe, NM

                        **Solo Show, The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

                        Strictly Functional, Market House Craft Center, Lancaster, PA  (Catalog)

                        The Potters’ Art: Form & Function, South Florida Art Center’s Clayspace, Miami Beach, FL

1993                Colorado Clay, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO

                        7th Annual Great Lakes National, Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, IL

1992                San Angelo Ceramic National, San Angelo Museum of Art, San Angelo, TX  (Catalog)

                       The Clay Cup, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

                        The Clay Cup, Abington Art Center, Abington, PA

                        Pour and Proud of It, Northfield Gallery, Northfield, IL

                        A Tea Party, Ferrin Gallery, Northampton, MA

                        NCECA Containers Revisited, Tyler Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA  (Catalog)

                        Fourth Annual Tea Pot Show, A Houberbocken, Inc., Milwaukee, WI

                        Form and Object, University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY

                        100 Cups, Pro Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO

1991                Clay U.S.A., Flossie Martin Gallery, Radford University, Radford, VA  (Catalog)

                        Wood Spirits, Mesa Cultural Center, Mesa, AZ

                        13th Annual Vahki National Exhibition, Mesa Cultural Center, Mesa, AZ

                        Hold Everything, Gallery Mesa, Mesa, AZ

                        Tea Party, American Craft Museum, New York, NY

                        Ceramics Now 1991, Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA

                        Works in Clay VIII, Wichita Falls Museum, Wichita Falls, TX

1990                Ceramics Now, Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA

                        Monarch Tile National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Art, TX  (Catalog)

                        Crafts of the American Southwest, The Society for Arts in Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA

                        A Decade of American Craft, 10th Annual Auction for American Craft Museum, NY, NY  (Catalog)

1989                11th Annual Vahki National Exhibition, Mesa Cultural Center, Mesa, AZ

                        4th Annual Monarch Tile National Competition, San Angelo Museum of Art, TX  (Catalog)

                        ACC Craft Fair, Baltimore, MD

                        Three-Person Show, American West Galleries, Washington, D.C

                        Group Show, Elaine Potter Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1988                American Contemporary Craft Exhibit, Naples, FL

                        North by Southwest, International Gallery, San Diego, CA

                        ACC Craft Fair, West Springfield, MA

                        ACC Craft Fair, Minneapolis, MI

                        1988 Designer's Market Southwest, Phoenix, AZ

1987                **New Work, Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ

                        Three-Person Show, Americana West Galleries, Washington, D.C.

                        Fall Group Show, Clay and Fiber, Taos, NM

                        The Artisans Gallery Group Show, Great Neck, NY

1986                **Solo Show, Gallery 26 East, Tulsa, OK

                        Three-Person Show, Americana West Galleries, Washington, D.C.

                        Fall Group Show, Clay and Fiber, Taos, NM

                        Ceramics: A Survey, Joanne Lyon Gallery, Aspen, CO

                        ACC Craft Fair, West Springfield, MA

                        Valentine's Invitational, Gallery 26 East, Tulsa, OK

                        Clay and Lithographs, Harry Wood Art Gallery, Tempe, AZ

                        Scottsdale Arts Festival 16, Scottsdale, AZ

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

NCECA Clay National 2003, exhibition catalog, NCECA, 2003

Big Head: Ceramic Sculpture on a Heroic Scale by Matthew Kangas, Sculpture, November 2002,

Wesley Anderegg, Crart, No. 9, May 2002

500 Figures in Clay, Lark Books 2004

Spinning Tales: Contemporary Narrative Ceramics by Mark Burleson, Ceramics Art and Perception, Issue 40, 2000

Contemporary Ceramics from Georgia Collections, exhibition catalog, The Museum of Arts and Sciences,  Macon, GA, 1999

Ceramics Monthly International Competition, exhibition catalog, The American Ceramic Society, 1999

The 1999 NCECA Clay National, exhibition catalog, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, 1999

Stone heads put a new face on sculpture by Nicholas Thurkettle, Peoria Journal Star, 2/99

The Best of Pottery II, Jonathan Fairbanks and Angela Fina, Rockport Publishers, 1998

The Clay Lovers Guide to Making Molds, Peirce Clayton, Altamont Press, 1998

EmBODYment by Dorothy Joiner, Ceramics Monthly, February 1998

Feats of Clay, exhibition catalog, Gladding McBean Co., Lincoln, CA, 1997

Body Sculpting at the Connell Gallery by Donald Locke, Creative Loafing, July 12, 1997

Review: EmBODYment by Pamela Blume Leonard, the Atlanta Journal/The Atlanta Constitution, July 18, 1997

Recommended, Weekend Preview, The Atlanta Journal/The Atlanta Constitution, July 25, 1997

Four New Visions by Jane Garvey, Museums and Galleries Atlanta, July/August 1997

Ceramics Monthly, February 1997

Handbuilt Ceramics, Lark Books 1997

The Best of Pottery, Jonathan Fairbanks and Angela Fina, Rockport Publishers, 1996

Madcap Tea Party,  exhibition catalog, Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art, 1996

Feats of Clay, exhibition catalog, Gladding McBean Co., Lincoln, CA, 1996

The Ceramic Spectruc, exhibition catalog, University of West Florida Art Gallery, 1996

American Figurative Clay, exhibition catalog, Coburn Gallery, Colorado College, 1996

11th Annual San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, exhibition catalog, San Angelo Museum of Art, 1996

The 1995 NCECA Clay National, exhibition catalog, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, 1995

Feats of Clay, exhibition catalog, Gladding McBean Co., Lincoln, CA, 1995

Ceramics Monthly, November 1995

Portfolio, American Craft, June/July 1995

Strictly Functional, exhibition catalog, Market House Craft Center, Lancaster, PA, 1994

San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Art, 1992

NCECA Containers Revisited, exhibition catalog, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, 1992

Clay U.S.A., exhibition catalog, Flossie Martin Gallery, Radford University, 1991

Monarch Tile National Ceramic Competition, exhibition catalog, San Angelo Museum of Art, 1990

A Decade of American Craft, auction catalog, American Craft Museum, 1990

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Workshops and lectures

1995 Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL

1996 Lill Street Studios, Chicago, IL

1998 Arvada Center for the Arts, Arvada, CO

1999 Southwest School for Art and Craft, San Antonio, TX

1999 Clay Folk Present Wesley Anderegg, Jacksonville, OR

1999 Ventura Potters Guild, Ventura, CA

2000 Sierra Nevada College, Incline Village, NV

2000 Baltimore Clay Works, Baltimore, MD

2000 Manchester Craftsman Guild, Pittsburgh PA

2001 UCLA Los Angeles, CA

2001 Columbus State University, Columbus, GA

2002 Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO

2004 University of South Alabama, Alabama Clay Conference, Mobile, AL

2004 Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX

2004 Baltimore Clay Works, Baltimore, MD

2005 16th Annual California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA