Bio
Ariel Brice (b. 1980, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an artist who makes objects and installations that explore the territory between sight and touch. His work has been exhibited regionally and internationally. A 2009 graduate of Cranbrook Academy of Art, some of his recent exhibitions include At Your Service at the Bellevue Arts Museum in Bellevue, WA, Convergence and Transcendence, the 2015 Geyonggi International Ceramics Biennial in Icheon, South Korea, Nothing is the Same, Again at A-B Projects in Claremont, CA, Them Are Us Too at Ash Street Project in Portland, OR, and Transform, Transmit at Open Mind Art Space in Los Angeles, CA. He is a recipient of a 2013 Louis Comfort Tiffany Award. He has held teaching positions including the Fountainhead Fellowship at Virginia Commonwealth University, Lecturer in Ceramics at the University of Wisconsin—Madison, Instructor-In-Residence at Oregon College of Art and Craft, Adjunct faculty in architecture at Woodbury University in Burbank, CA and Lecturer In Ceramics at Loyola Marymount University.
He currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
Contact
Ariel Brice
www.arielbrice.com
instagram: @ari_brice
503 805 5565
aribrice@yahoo.com
Statement
Objects anchor us in our experience of reality. They designate and predict our actions and locate us within space. We exert physical and psychological control over our environment via the empowerment that these objects purport to provide as tools. As technology continues to reproduce the world with unprecedented clarity, examining our perceptive proclivities gains newfound importance. The race towards convenience relies more and more on our assumptions about objects to exist in the modern world. But as virtual interfaces further champion the sense of sight, what then is the role of visual art objects? As our concepts of reality change, so do our senses of self.
I make objects to explore the gaps between what I see and what I perceive. I am obsessed with the difference between the way that we look at things and the way that we handle, touch, and access things. As my artwork is produced and consumed by my consistently faulty human eye, the contentious relationship between optical and physical experience remains central to my studio inquiry. These frictions echo the slippage that occurs between the ideal and the actual states of being in which we live.
Each of my pieces is designed to locate its audience in a specific manner that questions the historical functions of artworks and the preconceptions of everyday objects and spaces.
I enjoy the challenge of balancing material tendencies and in-depth investigations with widely varying my roles in the production of artworks–from maker and designer to manager, director and sculptor. To diversify my approaches to form making, I question my inclinations towards the hand and explore computational means of producing objects or translating images into objects.
Although the assertion that art objects stop being art objects as soon as they become functional has loosened, an age-old stipulation persists: Art poses specific questions about cultural phenomena and, by contrast, utility and performance remains the mantle of design. Function and process are the preoccupations of craft. However, every art object functions in a very specific way and every crafted design object has a distinct visual appeal. My studio work evolves in the territory between strategy, incidence, execution and afterthought .
Ariel Brice
RESUME
ARIEL BRICE
EDUCATION
2009 M.F.A. Ceramics, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2004 Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, O
2002 B.A. Studio Art, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR
RESIDENCIES AND FELLOWSHIPS
2019 Designer in Residence, Studiomake, Bangkok, Thailand
2011 Fountainhead Fellow, Craft & Material Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond,VA
Invited Artist & Participant, 10DAYS Ceramics Camp Workshop, Korea Ceramic Foundation, Icheon,
South Korea
2010 Artist in Residence, The Pottery Workshop, Jingdezhen, China
Artist in Residence, European Ceramic Work Centre, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
2006 Artist in Residence, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA
GRANTS / AWARDS / SCHOLARSHIPS
2014 Recipient, Global Education Committee Grant, co-author Paul Sacaridiz, University of Wisconsin,
Madison, WI
Recipient, Dutch Culture USA Program Grant, The Consulate General of the Netherlands in New
York, NY, co-author Joshua Green-Director of NCECA
Recipient, Honored Instructor Award, Department of Student Housing University of Wisconsin,
Madison, WI
2013 Recipient, Louis Comfort Tiffany Award, The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, New York, NY
2012 Recipient, Honored Instructor Award Department of Student Housing, University of Wisconsin,
Madison, WI
2011 Honorable Mention Gyeonggi International CeraMIX Biennial KOCEF,
Icheon, South Korea
2008 Recipient, Carl Milles Merit Scholarship, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2001 Recipient, Field Research Grant on Ceramic Art - Kenya, Student Academic Affairs Board, Lewis and
Clark College, Portland, OR
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (Group, Two-person** and Solo*)
2019 House Mueum, Coorganized between Office Kovax and Alex Reed, Los Angeles, CA
2018 *Transmit, Transform, Open Mind Art Space, Los Angeles, CA
2017 **Them Are Us Too, Ash Street Project, Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Portland, OR
**Conversations, Adjustments in the Field, PØST, Jeannine Shinoda, Los Angeles, CA
2016 *Nothing is the same, again, A-B Projects, Claremont, CA
Aperture, BLAM Projects Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
The Cranbrook Legacy: 25 Years +/-, New Mexico State University Art Gallery, Las Cruces, NM
The Cranbrook Legacy: 25 Years +/-, ASU Art Museum, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
At Your Service, Houston Center For Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
The Cranbrook Legacy: 25 Years +/-, 50th Annual Conference, National Council for Education on
the Ceramic Arts, Kansas City, MO
2015 *Questionable at best, The Cooler Space, The Artisan Gallery, Paoli, WI
**In Situ: Art Made in Place, Juried exhibition, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, (portion of annual
catalog)
Materialize: Sculpture Using Digital Fabrication, Purdue University Galleries, Fountain Gallery,
Lafayette, IN, juror Tom Lauerman
Gyeonggi International Ceramics Biennial, Korea Ceramic Foundation, Icheon, South Korea (catalog)
Social,***Visual Arts Center of Richmond, Richmond, VA
2014 Everything in the World Right Now is Breathing, Art Lofts Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Materialize, The Robert and Elaine Stein Galleries at Wright State University,
Dayton, OH
*What I See Is What You Get, Art On Bascom Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Madison,WI
At Your Service, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA (catalog)
2013 **Horizon Lines, Pier 1218, Madison, WI, (catalog)
Mixed Tapes, Madison Public Library, Madison, WI
Alumni Exhibition, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
Corners,Spaces Corners, Pittsburgh, PA
No Dead Artists, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2012 Gallery Night,The Midwest Clay Project, Madison, WI
The Newfangled Expo,7th Floor Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
**Fountainhead Fellows of the Craft & Material Studies Department, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond,
VA
2011 10 X 10 X 10, Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA (catalog)
Gyeonggi International Ceramics Biennial, Korea Ceramic Foundation, Icheon, South Korea (catalog)
Four Play,FAB Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2010 *Final Presentation,European Ceramic Work Center, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Experiencing Perspectives, Daimler Financial Services, Farmington Hills, MI (catalog)
2009 Loose Canon,MFA Graduate Exhibition, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI (catalog)
Art: A Catalyst For Change,Daimler Financial Services, Farmington Hills, MI
2008 Material Matter, Mt. Clemens Art Center, Mt. Clemens, MI
Reinventing the Brick,Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2007 Grand Reopening,The Gallery at the Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, OR
Northwest Craft Biennial,Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
Alumni ExhibitionOregon College, of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
2006 Lewis and Clark Alumni Exhibition, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR
Experiments In The Fog, Oddfellows Hall, Mendocino, CA
Artists in Residence Exhibition, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA
2005 Northwest Craft Biennial, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
2004 **Collections and Perceptions, Studio 4030, Portland, OR
2003 Deconstruction,Gallery 500, Portland, OR
COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITIONS
2013 Show Clay, Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA
Wild America,Commonwealth Gallery, Madison, WI
2012 Expansion & Co. Lab, Recitation Gallery, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
2011 Expansion & Co. Lab,Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray State University, Murray, KY
Out of Michigan: Work By Cranbrook Academy of Art Alumni, Southwest Michigan College, Dowagiac
ArtScapes, Collaboration with Jeannine Shinoda, Spaceworks, Tacoma, WA
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2014 f(c), Portrait Society Gallery, Concurrent Independent Exhibition Juried into
NCECA Conference, Milwaukee, WI (Catalog with Authored Essay Included)
UWSchool To Market, American Craft Council and the University of
Wisconsin-Madison, St. Paul, MN (Catalog with Authored Essay Included)
2008 You, Make This!Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Product/ByproductForum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2007 Necessity: Mother of All Invention, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
(Catalog with Authored Essay Included)
2006 *Clay Residents of the Mendocino Art Center, The Gallery at Stark St. Studios, Portland, OR
RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Current: Part-time Lecturer in Ceramics, Roski School of Art and Design, University of Southern California,
Los Angeles, CA
Site Supervisor, McNicoll Construction, Glendale, CA
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Integrated Studies Department, ArtCenter College of Design,
Pasadena, CA
Adjunct Faculty, Ceramics, Department of Art and Art History, Loyola Marymount University, Los
Angeles, CA
2019 Trask House, Assistant to Foreman, Meadows Repairs, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Adjunct Faculty, Department of Architecture, Woodbury University, Burbank, CA
Ceramics Production Manager, Wood Lusaka Studios, Los Angeles, CA
2016 - 2018 Ceramics Consultant and Visiting Critic, Digital Ceramics, Woodbury University, Burbank, CA
Production and Assembly Consultant, Studios of Pete Hickok, Los Angeles, CA
2015 Instructor-In-Residence, MFA Program, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
2012 - 2015 Lecturer in Ceramics, Art Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
2015 - 2014 Member, Spackle Madison, Madison, WI
2013 Design and Production Consultant, Midwest Clay Project, Madison, WI
2012 Fountainhead Fellow, Instructor of Ceramics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2011 Artist’s Assistant, Jessica Jackson Hutchins Studio, Portland, OR
2010 Design and Production Consultant, Mudshark Studios, Portland, OR
2009 Carpenter’s Assistant, Residential Construction, City Lights Builders, Portland, OR
2008 Teaching Assistant, Kiln Room Manager, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Art Instructor, 92nd St. Y Arts Center, New York, NY
Studio Council Member, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2006 - 2007 Carpenter’s Assistant, Residential Construction, Hudson Construction, Portland, OR
2005 Artist’s Assistant, Ted Vogel, Portland, OR
2004 Instructor of Intermediate Ceramics, Radius Studios, Portland, OR
Designer’s Assistant, Stephen Gerould Lamps and Accessories, Portland, OR
2003 Artist’s Assistant, Jim Koudelka, Portland, OR
Studio Manager and Technician, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
VISITING LECTURES & APPOINTMENTS
2018 Guest Lecture, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA
Guest Jurror, Digital Ceramics, Woodbury University, Burbank, CA
Visiting Artist, University of Akron, Akron, OH
Guest Lecture, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
2017 Guest Jurror, Digital Ceramics, Woodbury University, Burbank, CA
2016 Guest Lecture, Scripps College, Claremont, CA
Guest Lecture, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
Substitute Teacher and Consultant, Ceramics for Architects, Woodbury University, Burbank, CA
Guest Juror, Architecture Thesis Review, Woodbury University, Burbank, CA
2015 Guest Juror, Architecture Thesis Review, East Los Angeles College, Monterey Park, CA
Guest Juror, Architecture Thesis Review, Woodbury University, Burbank, CA
Colloquium Lecture Series, Visiting Artist Talk, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Guest Lecture, New Jersey City University, Jersey City, NJ
Guest Lecture, New York School of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2014 Guest Lecturer, ART 448/MSE 401, Special Topics in Material Science and
Enginering,Special Topics In Art, Cross listed course, Department of Art, College of Engineering,
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Invited Lecturer, Asian Studies Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Invited Panelist, Advanced Architectural Ceramics Symposium, School of Architecture and Planning,
University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Visiting Artist, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Invited Lecturer, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2013 Colloquium Lecture Series, Visiting Artist Talk, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Visiting Artist, Ceramics Department, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
2011 Visiting Critic, Applied Craft and Design, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
Visiting Artist, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
2010 Guest Lecturer, Sculpture Factory, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China
Visiting Artist, Penn State University, State College, PA
2009 Visiting Panelist, Professional Practices, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
Visiting Artist, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
Visiting Lecturer, “Art Talk” Mercedes Benz Financial Services,