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Biography
Mark Chatterley creates larger-than-life ceramic figures with lava-like glazes. Seeming to have emerged from the earth's crust, the creations of a fire god millions of years ago, his sculpture possesses a primordial presence that transcends time and geography. One might expect to find a silent grouping of his work on a South Pacific island, in an African savanna, or perhaps atop an Irish knoll. The figures are not "pretty," and they sometimes have an edge of intensity, not unlike Magdalena Abakanowicz' works. Yet, their power is expressed through an astonishing, primitive grace. After building a kiln to accommodate his seven-foot tall, one-piece, free-standing figures, he set himself free to explore "the archetypal images that go beyond culture and time that Jung wrote about." Chatterley has emerged as one of the strongest ceramic sculptors of our time. He has contributed to the force taking ceramics from the level of craft to that of high art. In recent years, he has cast several of his large works in bronze.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
Master of Fine Arts, Department of Art, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, June, 1981
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Department of Art, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, June, 1979
Exhibitions
2011
a new leaf gallery|sculpturesite, “Mark Chatterley: New Works”, Sonoma, CA
2010
d.o.c.s. Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Grand Rapids Public Museum, ArtPrize, Grand Rapids, MI
Krasl Art Center “2010 Biennial Sculpture Invitational: New Works”, St. Joseph, MI
Northville Art House, “West of Center”, Northville, MI
University of Michigan-Dearborn, Alfred Berkowitz Gallery, Open Competition, Dearborn, MI
Somerhill Gallery, “Mark Chatterley: Recent Ceramic Sculpture”, Durham, NC
Taylor University, Metcalf Gallery, “Eclectic Creativity”, Upland, IN
Henry Ford Community College, Sisson Gallery, “Motor City Review”, Detroit, MI
Conner Burns Gallery, Natchez Project Exhibit, Natchez, AL
2009
Paul Scott Gallery, “Primitive Grace/ New Works”, Scottsdale, AZ
Krasl Art Center, “Focus on the Figure”, St. Joseph, MI
SOFA, Next Step Studio and Gallery, Chicago, IL
Shiawassee Arts Center, Owosso, MI
DeVos Place Convention Center, ArtPrize, Grand Rapids, MI
The Edge Gallery, “Connections”, Santa Fe, NM
Sculpturesite Gallery, “Beginnings”, San Francisco, CA
Detroit Artists Market, “2009 Garden Party & Art Sale”, Detroit, MI
Kresge Art Museum, Michigan Masters Invitational, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Longstreth Goldberg Art, “Personal Visions”, Naples, FL
2008
SOFA, Next Step Studio and Gallery, Chicago, IL
Central Michigan University Art Gallery, “visual narratives: reading between the lines”, Mt. Pleasant, MI
Michigan Ceramic Art Association, “Michigan Ceramics 2008”, Kalamazoo, MI and Detroit, MI
River Gallery, “Figures, Creatures and Crows”, Chelsea, MI
Glave Kocen Gallery, Richmond, VA
Tory Folliard Gallery, “New Sculpture”, Milwaukee, WI
(Scene) Metrospace, “3D/4D Shapes in Time”, East Lansing, MI
Tory Folliard Gallery, “20th Anniversary Celebration”, Milwaukee, WI
Lincoln Arts and Culture Foundation, “Feats of Clay XXI”, Lincoln, CA
Goldesberry Gallery, “New Ceramic Sculpture”, Houston,TX
Jordan River Art Center, “Clay Artists and Friends”, East Jordan, MI
Fitton Center for Creative Arts, “…who looks inside awakens”, Hamilton, OH
Longstreth Goldberg Art, “Fantasmaglorius Gardens”, Naples, FL
d.o.c.s. Gallery, “My World”, New Orleans, LA
2007
SOFA, Next Step Studio and Gallery, Chicago, IL
Finer Things Gallery, Nashville, TN
Somerhill Gallery, “Recent Ceramic Sculpture”, Chapel Hill, NC
Midwest Sculpture Initiative, “Sculpture on Ford, Road”, Canton, MI
Sculpturesite Gallery, “Kiln Dreams”, San Francisco, CA
Smith Gallery, Oakland Community College, “Spring Mix of Ceramics”, Farmington Hills, MI
River Gallery, “Man & Meaning”, Chattanooga, TN
Art Works Gallery, Norfolk, VA
Mackerel Sky Gallery, “The Stuff Out of the Kiln”, East Lansing, MI
Carlsten Gallery, University of Wisconsin, “Clothing as Metaphor”, Stevens Point, WI
Buckham Gallery, “Heart Rate Part 2: The Lansing Area”, Flint, MI
Longstreth Goldberg Art, “Chatterley Metamorphosis”, Naples, FL
2006
SOFA, Gallery 500 and Longstreth Goldberg Art, Chicago, IL
Center for the Arts, “46th Annual Greater Michigan Art Exhibition”, Midland, MI
Michigan Ceramic Art Association, “Masters of Ceramics” (Invitational), Mt. Clemens, MI
ACLU of Michigan, “Lady Liberty: Unmasked, Uncensored, Unleashed, Undaunted”, Detroit, MI
Rentz Gallery, Richmond, VA
Skokie Northshore, Sculpture Park, Skokie, IL
Chase Gallery, Boston, MA
Goldesberry Gallery, “New Large Ceramic Works”, Houston, TX
d.o.c.s. Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Longstreth Goldberg, “Heroic Visions,” Naples, FL
2005
Buckham Gallery, “James Adley and Friends”, Flint, MI
SOFA, Gallery 500, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Sculpturesite Gallery “Myths”, San Francisco, CA
Mindscape Adornments “Ceramic Sculpture”, Evanston, IL
Mackerel Sky Gallery “Revisiting the Vessel (sort of)”, East Lansing, MI
International Museum of Ceramics, 54th "Premio Faenza" - International Competition of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Faenza, Italy
Somerhill Gallery, “All Fired Up”, Chapel Hill, NC
Overbrook Art Gallery, Muskegon Community College, “Playing in the Mud”, Muskegon, MI
Gallery North on the Square, “Ceramic Show”, Bloomington, IN
Chase Gallery, “Mélange”, Boston, MA
PLG Art, Naples, FL
Rentz Gallery, “Small Works Invitational”, Richmond, VA
d.o.c.s Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2004
SOFA, Gallery 500, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Malton Gallery, “New World”, Cincinnati, OH
Finer Things Gallery, “Sculpture Installation”, Nashville, TN
Goldesberry Gallery, Houston, TX
University Art Gallery, Central Michigan University, “Annual Faculty Exhibition”, Mt. Pleasant, MI
Society for Contemporary Craft, “Perchance to Dream”, Pittsburgh, PA
River Gallery, “Abstract Expressions”, Chattanooga, TN
Chase Gallery, “New Sculpture”, Boston, MA
Lawrence Street Gallery, “Inspirations and Influences Invitational”, Ferndale, MI
Prairie State College, “Bruce Niemi & Friends: A Group Sculpture Exhibition”, Chicago, IL
Tory Folliard Gallery, “Ceramic Sculpture”, Milwaukee, WI
Red Star Studios Ceramics Center and Gallery, “Looking for Meaning”, Kansas City, MO
Art Works Gallery, Norfolk, VA
Gallery North on the Square, “Synergism: A Regional Ceramic Invitational”, Bloomington, IN
Rentz Gallery, Richmond, VA
PLG Art, “Giants of Sculpture III”, Naples, FL
2003
SOFA, Gallery 500, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Somerhill Gallery, “Recent Ceramic Sculpture”, Chapel Hill, NC
A New Leaf Gallery, “Focus on the Figure”, Berkeley, CA
Lansing City Hall, “Big Heads for Big Heads”, Lansing, MI
Mackerel Sky Gallery, “Old Souls: New Ceramic Sculpture by Mark Chatterley”, East Lansing, MI
PLG Art, “Giants of Sculpture II”, Naples, FL
PLG Art, “New Vibes”, Naples, FL
d.o.c.s. Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Art Festival Beth-El, Temple Beth-El, St. Petersburg, FL
Defiance College Women’s Commission Gallery, “The Figure”, Defiance, OH
2002
SOFA, Gallery 500, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Shiawassee Arts Center, “Looking In/Looking Out”, Owosso, MI
The Signature Shop & Gallery, “Being Human: The Figure Expressed”, Atlanta, GA
A New Leaf Gallery, “CERAMICS – Bay Area and Beyond”, Berkeley, CA
Goldesberry Gallery, Houston, TX
River Gallery, “Ninth Annual Sculpture Exhibit”, Chattanooga, TN
A New Leaf Gallery, “Focus on the Figure”, Berkeley, CA
Plymouth Community Arts Council, “Textures, New Work”, Plymouth, MI
Tory Folliard Gallery, “Ceramic Sculpture”, Milwaukee, WI
Riverside Community College, “Plates ’02: An Exhibition of Ceramic Plates”, Riverside, CA
Goldesberry Gallery, “Great Clay”, Houston, TX
Kansas City Artists Coalition, “Body & Text”, Kansas City, MO
Southwest School of Art and Craft, “Big Head: Ceramic Sculpture on a Heroic Scale”, San Antonio, TX
2001
Malton Gallery, “Window to the Soul”, Cincinnati, OH
SOFA, Gallery 500, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
River Gallery, “Paper and Clay”, Chattanooga, TN
Mott Community College Fine Arts Gallery, “Looking for Answers”, Flint, MI
Lansing City Hall Invitational Art Exhibit, Lansing, MI
Finer Things Gallery “Third Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition”, Nashville, TN
Lansing Art Gallery, Corporate Art Exhibit, Lansing, MI
A New Leaf Gallery, “The Figure Au Plein Air”, Berkeley, CA
Mindscape Adornments, “Go Figure”, Evanston, IL
Lansing Art Gallery, “Celebrating the Figure: A Body of Work”, Lansing, MI
Mackerel Sky Gallery, “Bits and Pieces: The Stuff That Sticks”, East Lansing, MI
Palm Springs International Art Fair, Palm Springs, CA
Flora Kirsch Beck Art Gallery, Alma College, Alma, MI
d.o.c.s.Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Awards
2003 "Merit Award," Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver, CO
2003 "Best of Show," Fine Art at Meadow Brook, Rochester Hills, MI
2002 "First Place Sculpture," Festival of the Masters, Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista, FL
2002 "First Place Sculpture," Crosby Festival of the Arts, Toledo, OH
2002 "Second Place 3-D Non-Functional," Fountain Square Art Festival, Evanston, IL
2002 "Distinguished Award for Clay," Royal Oak Clay & Glass Art Show, Royal Oak, MI
2000 "Silver Purchase Award," The Sixth Taiwan Golden Ceramics Awards, Taipei County Yingo
Ceramics Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
2000 "Award of Distinction," Art Festival Beth-El, Temple Beth-El, St. Petersburg, FL
1999 "Second Place," National Ceramic Competition, Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts, Florence, AL
1998 "Award," Lakefront Festival of the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
1998 "Award of Merit," Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Award, Auckland Museum, Auckland, New Zealand
1998 "Best of Show," Art Festival Beth-El, Temple Beth-El, St. Petersburg, FL
1998 "Purchase Award," Art Festival Beth-El, Temple Beth-El, St. Petersburg, FL
1997 "Award," Lakefront Festival of the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
1996 "Purchase Award," Art Festival Beth-El, Temple Beth-El, St. Petersburg, FL
1996 "Award of Honor," Art Festival Beth-El, Temple Beth-El, St. Petersburg, FL
1995 "Award," Art on the Green, Franklin, MI
1995 "First Place," "Michigan Ceramics '95," Michigan Potters' Association, Habatat-Shaw Gallery, Pontiac, MI
1994 "Best of Show," East Lansing Art Festival, East Lansing, MI
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