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Robert S. Abrams
510.917.1729
E-mail: CeramicCraft@gmail.com
www.ceramiccraft.com
Education
Academy of Art University (WASC) : September, 2004 - May, 2007 : MFA Fine Art Sculpture
U. C. Berkeley : September, 1983 - June, 1986 : BA Psychology
U.C. San Diego : September, 1981 - June, 1983
Work Experience
ASUC Art Studio at U.C. Berkeley : Berkeley, CA : September, 2001 - present
- Created and currently run a ceramics internship program. The program is designed to give ceramic artists the skills, knowledge, and experience needed to run a ceramic studio. That includes glaze formulation, clay recycling, and kiln operation and maintenance. The interns also gain further experience in all the aspects of working with clay. I teach the interns whatever skills they need, including sculpting / hand-building, pottery on the wheel, and surface treatment techniques. I give interns assignments for artworks intended to demonstrate what is possible with the materials and tools provided by the art studio.
- Ceramics Instructor, pottery on the wheel, both adult classes and children's summer camp programs
- Ceramics Technician
Camp Gan Israel : Oakland, CA : children's day camp : Summers of 2004, 2006, 2007
College Preparatory School : Oakland, CA : April, 2004
Leslie Ceramic Supply : Berkeley, CA : June, 2002 - November, 2003
- Manager
- Workshop coordinator and instructor. This was a program I designed to give local artists the opportunity to teach and to give students more variety of classes to take. Each workshop was one or two six-hour days. The program ran all year long.
Leslie Ceramic Supply : August, 2000 - June, 2002
- Retail sales of supplies for ceramic artists
Sam Ash Music : New York, NY : September, 1987 - December, 1998
- Member of senior management team
- Staff photographer for sales catalogue
- Computer Systems Administrator
- Purchasing
- Trained cashier, stock, and sales personnel
Additional Skills
Significant experience firing gas and electric kilns, wood fire, pit fire, and raku
Jewelry fabrication in silver and copper
Welding with TIG, MIG, and oxy-acetylene
Forging / blacksmithing
Bronze casting, all skills from making the mold to finishing the bronze. I have limited experience with patinas.
Selected Galleries, Shows, and Commissions
Academy of Art University Spring Show : San Francisco, CA : May, 2007
Awarded Best in Show (2nd place), Best fabricated
Bethany Center : San Francisco, CA : 2007
Commission of permanent sculpture for their garden
New Resource Bank : San Francisco, CA : 2006 - present
Three sculptures on display in bank lobby, purchased by the bank 2008
Academy of Art University Spring Show : San Francisco, CA : May, 2006
Awarded Best in Show
Legion of Honor : San Francisco, CA : Day of the Dead Show : October, 2004
Cricket Engine Gallery : Oakland, CA : Solo Show : October, 2004
Toki Gallery : Berkeley, CA : September - November, 2002
Mendocino Gegnome Project : Davis, CA : April, 2001
Fundraiser for the Mendocino Art Center
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