C h r i s t o p h e r A.

V i c i n i
Studio Fltspat Fltspatsgatan 3. 421 30 Gothenburg Sweden 073-7343275 achilles6900@hotmail.com www.chrisvicini.com

Born: 1973 Frostberg Maryland, USA

Education Artist in Residence at Guldagergaard Ceramic Research Center, Skaelskor Denmark, 2004-2005 10 Month residency Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts 2003-2004 MFA Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI, 2002 BFA Wheaton College, Norton MA, 1995

Awards and Citations Estrid Ericsons Foundation, Stipend 2010 Konstnarsnmnden 1 Year Work Stipend 2009 Konsthantverkets Vnner. Stipend 2009 Estrid Ericson Foundation , Stipend 2009 Estrid Ericson Foundation, Stipend 2008 The Puffin Foundation, Individual Artist Grant, 2007 National Endowment for the Arts/ Rhode Island State Council for the Arts Grant, 2006 Awarded First Prize, Gallery International, Juried Figure Show 2005 Award winner 2nd place, ceramic Biennial, Manchester NH, 2004 Winter Residency Stipend, 2003 At Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts First Prizewinner, Providence Art Club Sculpture Competition, 2002 Wheaton Art Society Award, 1995

Future 2011 Porcelain, Another Way Invited Artist, Porcelain Symposium Poland 2012 Guest Artist Residencey, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA, USA 2012 21st Century Ceramics Lark Books, USA

Selected Exhibitions Porcelain Another Way Walbrzych Museum, Poland Konstsljdsalong 2011 Rhsska Museum Gteborg Sweden Chris Vicini, White Space Projects, Palm Beach, Florida 2011 Crown Princesses Wedding exhibition, Rhsska museum, Sweden 2010 IdiotheimChris Vicini, Kaolin Galleri, Stockholm,Sweden 2010 Fablernas Vrlden Konsthantverkarna, Stockholm, 2010 Ceramics of Europe Grimmerhus Museum, Denmark 2010 Un-natural Selection Chris Vicini, Ns Konsthantverk, Floda Sweden 2010 Liljevalchs VrSalong, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm 2010 Vitt, Vitt, Vitt, Prins Eugen Waldemarsudde Museum 2009 ABCxyz ELWA Productions New York NY USA 2009 Westerwalds Museum Prize, Exhiibition, Hohr Grenzhausen Germany, 2009 Everything is Alive Christopher Vicini, Formagruppen, Malmo, Sweden, 2009 Salon 2009, Rhsska Museum, Gothenburg Sweden, 2009 Nature is a Beast, works by Christopher Vicini Galleri Sintra, Gothenburg Sweden, April 2008 RISD Routes, The Fuller Museum, Brockton MA, USA 2007 Galleri Naas, Gothenburg, Sweden, July 06 Arcadia (The End of Time) Projekt30 online gallery, July 06 1st Concordia Continental Ceramic Biennial, Concordia University, MI, March 2006 Gallery International, Baltimore MD, The Figure, juried exhibition July 2005 Hillel Gallery, Brown University, Providence RI, Steel Yard Residents and Faculty, June 2005 Space Gallery, Portland ME, The Steel Yard artists, July 2005 Projekt 30, online gallery, Projekt30,com, June- July 2005 Network Europe Exhibition, Guldagergaard Ceramic Research Center, Skaelskor Denmark and Grimmerhus Ceramic Museum, Middlefart Denmark, 2004-2005 Ceramic Biennial, Juror Chris Guston, Manchester NH, 2004 Lil Street Gallery, Exhibition in Conjunction with SOFA Chicago, Lil Street Art Center 2004 Fuller Museum or Art and Craft, Mixed Media Exhibition, Brockton MA, 2004 Watershed Juried Exhibition, Juror Walter McConnell, Edgecombe Maine 2004 South County Art Association, Kingston RI, Earthworks, 2004 Clay Art Center, Port Chester NY, Watershed Artists, 2004 Deblois Gallery, Newport RI, Visceral, the Sculptures of Christopher Vicini and Paintings of Luke Brenner, 2003 Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton MA, Group Show, 2003 Gallery Katz, Boston MA, Solo Exhibition, Feb, 2003 Providence Art Club, Providence RI, Mixed Media Exhibition, 2002 Peck Gallery, Providence RI, Summer Show, 2002 Limner Gallery, New York NY, Small Works, 2002 International Ceramics Competition, Mino, Japan, 2002 Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, Michigan, Recent Graduate Exhibition, 2002 Peck Gallery, Providence, RI, New Talent, 2002 RISD Museum, Providence, RI, MFA Exhibition, 2002 Peck Gallery, Providence RI, The Vase, Contemporary Interpretations of the Vessel, March 2002 Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence RI, Departmental Exhibition, 2002 Sol-Kofler Gallery, Providence RI, Solo exhibition, 2001

Providence Art Club, Providence RI, Centennial Exhibition, 2001

Commissions and Collections Wessterwalds Museum, Germany The Mordes Collection, USA The Stern Collection USA The Burger Collection USA Walbrzych Museum, Poland Rhsska Museum, Sweden Handels bank, Sweden The National Museum, Sweden Gteborgs City Culture Administration, Sweden The Steel Yards Everlasting Sunflowers cast aluminum, public installation, The Steel Yard Providence RI, Completed by Plutonian Topography Cast Glass wall installation, The Prima Care Corp. Fall River MA

PublicatIions 2011. Porcelain Another Way, 2011, Catalogue 2011. 21st Century Ceramics, Lark Books NC, USA 2011. Chris Vicini, Exhibition Catalogue, ELWA Productions/ White Space 2010. Article on art/design site Yatzer, www.yatzer.com 2010. Skna Hem, magazine, Nr 5. 2010. LiljeValchs Vrsalong, Catalogue, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden 2009. Skna Hem, Magazine, Nr. 8 2009. Elle Interior, Magazine, Nr 10 2009. Svenskt Konsthantverk magazine, # 01/09 2009. Westerwalds Prize, catalogue, Westerwalds Museum, Germany 2009. Konst Salong catalogue, Rohsska Museum, Gothenburg, Sweden 2009. 500 Ceramic Sculptures Lark Books, Asheville, NC 2009. Chris Vicini, Flora/Fauna Self Published 2008. Confrontational Clay (Book) By Judith Schwartz, AC Black, London UK 2006. 500 Animals, by Lark Books Press, Asheville NC 2005. New Glass Review 28, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning NY 2005. The Sculpture Refrence, Arthur Williams, Sculpture Books 2004. Ceramic Biennial NH exhibition catalog, UNH Press 2004. Network Europe Catalog, Guldagergaard Ceramic Research Center, Denmark 2001. Centennial Art Exhibition Catalog, Providence Art society, Providence RI

TeachIng
2011. Graduate Adviser to, ceramic MFA Students, HDK Design University, Gothenburg 2011. Mold Making and Casting, HDK Design University, Gothenburg, Sweden 2011. Ceramic instructor, Mammut Culture School, Gothenburg, Sweden 2008-2011. Wheel Throwing and Handbuilding, ABF Community College, Gothenburg 2010-2011. Glass Casting, ABF Community College, Gothenburg 2009. Parafras Course, 3rd year ceramic BFA students, HDK Design University, 2005-2006 Glass Casting, The Steel Yard, Providence, RI, USA

Work
2008-2009. Ceramic Technition, ABF Community College, Gothenburg Sweden 2006-2007. Kane Sculpture Foundry, Providence, RI, USA 1995-2000. Assistant to Artist Dimitri Hadzi, Cambridge MA, USA

Languages
English. Fluent Swedish. Fluent Italian. Conversational

References
Charlotta Klingstrm, Ceramic Program Director, ABF Community College, Gothenburg 46 318 733 32 charlotta.klingstrom@abf.se charlottaklingtrom@hotmail.com Renata Francescon, Professor of Ceramics, HDK University, Gothenburg 46 317 864 878 renata.francescon@hdk.gu.se Morten Espersen, Professor of Ceramics, HDK University, Gothenburg 45 29 93 75 60 morten@espersen.nu