Paul Volckening

Biography to Display:

1928Born Minneola, New York

2016Died Santa Fe, New Mexico

EDUCATION

1951First pottery class, The College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California

1953-1955MA Mills College, Oakland, California

APPRENTICESHIPS & RESIDENCIES

1951,1951-1954,1955Residencies, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, Montana

1958-1959Fulbright Grant, Arabia Pottery Factory, Helsinki, Finland

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

1954-1960Teacher, California Adult Education Program, Berkeley, California

1954-1960Teacher, Recreation Programs Studios One and Two, Oakland, California

1960sArt Department, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico

Paul Volckening is known for a wide range of often large-scale domestic objects. Pieces are wheel-thrown and typically glazed one color or multicolored in an abstract expressionist style.

Volckening studied with Tony Prieto at Mills College.

Public Collections

Public Collections to Display:

Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York

Bibliography

Bibliography to Display:

Lynn, Martha Drexler. American Studio Ceramics: Innovation and Identity, 1940-1979. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. 2015.

Orem, Elizabeth, Dr. Robert Bell, et. al. A Fine Frenzy: New Mexico Highlands University Artists and Teachers in the 1960s. Bell Tower Editions, 2013.

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