“Crask”

RON DALE

Statement

These wood and ceramic constructions are three dimensional paintings which continue my ongoing exploration of light and shadow in an effort to “flatten” space. A vocabulary of pottery images suggest both interpersonal relationships as well as greater societal concerns.

Selected Exhibitions

– Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, Massachusetts
– The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
– Birmingham Museum of Fine Arts, Birmingham, Alabama
– Sarratt Gallery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
– Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida
– The Gallery, Ringling School of Art, Sarasota, Florida
– Palazzo Vagnotti, Cortona, Italy
– NEA/SAF Traveling Exhibition (2 years)
– The Brentwood Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
– Carol Robinson Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
– SybarisGallery, Royal Oak, Michigan
– Albertson-Peterson Gallery, Winter Park, Florida
– Schneider-Bluhm-Loeb, Chicago, Illinois

Honors and Awards

1994 – Feature Article and Cover, Ceramic Monthly magazine
1992 – Visual Arts Award, Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters
1985 – Southern Arts Federation Emerging Visual Artist

Education

MFA, Louisiana State University
BFA, Goddard College