Ronan Kyle Peterson
Current Address:
137 Windsor Circle
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Phone: (919) 960-2843
Email: caterboy@hotmail.com
Experience:
06/06-Present
The Artscenter, Carrboro, NC
Adult Ceramics Instructor
Teaching adult ceramics classes
08/03-Present
Claymakers, Durham, NC
Adult Ceramics Instructor
Teaching adult ceramics classes
03/03-Present
Nine Toes Pottery, Chapel Hill, NC
Studio Potter
Working as a studio potter producing functional and decorative earthenware pottery.
Other Experience:
- Adult Ceramics Instructor, Lincoln Arts Center, Chapel Hill, NC, Oct. 2005-Sept. 2006
- Studio Manager, Claymakers, Durham, NC, August 2004-December 2005
- Teaching Assistant, "Working Wet" with Gay Smith, Haystack School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME, July 31- August 19, 2005
- Workshop Presenter, "Pile It On!: Low Fire Surface and Form with Ronan Kyle Peterson", Claymakers, Durham, NC, June 15-19, 2005
- Guest Artist/Demonstrator, Central Carolina Community College, Siler City, NC, Dan Rhode's Ceramics Program, January 20, 2004
- Teaching Assistant, "Basic Glaze Chemistry and Raw Materials" with John Britt, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC, August 22-30, 2003
- Adult Ceramics Instructor/Studio Assistant, Pullen Arts Center, Raleigh, NC, 2003-2004
- Teaching Assistant, "Using the Potter's Wheel" with Kent McLaughlin, John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC, October 13-19, 2002
- Sales Associate, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC, 2002-2003
- Studio Assistant for Cynthia Bringle, Penland, NC, 2000, 2001, 2002
- Studio Assistant/Apprentice for Steven Forbes-deSoule, Weaverville, NC, 1997-1999
- Studio Assistant/Apprentice with Voorhees Pottery, Flat Rock, NC, 1997-1999
- Student Host, John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC, Spring-Summer 1997
Education:
03/00-03/02
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Core Student
Non-degree, intensive work exchange program
08/92-06/96
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Bachelor of the Arts, Anthropology/Folklore
Degree: August 1996
GPA: 3.4
Solo Exhibitions:
2007
- "Altered Feast: Altered Earthenware Vessels for Food and Fancy by Ronan Kyle Peterson", NC Craft Gallery, Carrboro, NC
2005
- "Earth and Stone: New Pottery by Ronan Kyle Peterson", NC Craft Gallery, Carrboro, NC
- "Pottery by Ronan Peterson", Sertoma Arts Center, Raleigh, NC
2004
- "Pottery by Ronan Kyle Peterson", Pullen Arts Center, Raleigh, NC
- "Soft Science or How I Came to Love the Worm: New Ceramics by Ronan Kyle Peterson", Durham Arts Guild, Durham
2002
- "Ronan Peterson's Field Guide: Ceramics by Ronan Peterson", Pullen Arts Center, Raleigh, NC
Group Exhibitions:
2007
- "Soda Chicks 2007", invited guest artist, Fork Mountain Pottery, Bakersville, NC
- "The Cup Show", invitational, dowstudio, Deer Isle, ME
- "Annual Clay National", invitational, dowstudio, Deer Isle, ME
- "Down East/Down South", invitational, dowstudio, Deer Isle, ME
- "Tea", invitational, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC
2006
- "Emerging Clay of the South", juried, Blue Spiral I, Asheville, NC
- December Show, invited artist, River Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
- "The Southern Landscape", invitational, Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh, NC
- "July Potters Showcase", invitational, dowstudio, Deer Isle, ME
- "Forms and Shapes 2006: The Useful Teapot, Juror: Ron Meyers", AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA
- "Connections", Invitational Exhibit showing the work of 10 potters, Southside Gallery, Oxford, MS
- "Growing Through Crafts: Emerging Artists from Penland School of Crafts' Core Student Program", invitational, Grove Arcade Arts and Heritage Gallery, Asheville, NC
- "Beasties: Animals in Translation", invitational, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC
- "New Ceramics by Ronan Kyle Peterson and Handmade Photographs by Rob MacDonald", Preservation Society of Chapel Hill, Horace Williams House, Chapel Hill, NC
- "HGTV's Crafters Coast to Coast", Sertoma Arts Center, Raleigh, NC
2005
- -"One Hundred Under 500", invitational, Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh, NC
- "2005 Winter Show", Invitational Exhibition, Green Hill Center for N.C. Art, Greensboro, NC
- American Craft Council Retail Shows 2005, Atlanta and Charlotte
- "National Teapot Show VI", Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC
- "Refraction and Flux: Eight Rising Young Potters", JC Self Research Center, Greenwood Genetic Center, Greenwood, SC
- "Dinnerware Invitational Show", Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC
- "Point of Departure", Northern Ohio University, Ada, OH
2004
- "Horace Williams House 2004 Open Juried Competition", Preservation Society of Chapel Hill, Horace Williams House, Chapel Hill, NC
- "Call of the Wild: Fine Crafts Inspired by Nature", Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC
- "Gather 'Round the Table", Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, NC
- "Sight Unseen", Durham Arts Guild, Durham, NC
- "Self-Portrait Project 2004", Chapel Hill Public Arts Commission. Chapel Hill, NC
- "100 Teapots 2", Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
- "Via Penland", Rebus Works, Raleigh, NC
2003
- "Wall Works", Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
2002
- "RSVP: The Dinnerware Invitational", Penland Gallery, Penland, NC
- "National Teapot Show V", Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC
- "Three Rivers Arts Festival Juried Exhibition: Three Dimensional Art", Pittsburgh, PA
- "Emerging Artist", Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival, Winter Park, FL
2001
- "The Hand Held Cup Show", Odyssey Gallery, Asheville, NC
- "Emerging Artists of the US", Vermont Clay Studio, Waterbury Center, VT
- "North Carolina Clay: Past and Present", North Carolina traveling exhibit
2000
- "Under the Influence", two-person show, Saxapahaw, NC
- Annual Penland Core Student Show, Penland, NC
- "Unearthed Treasures: Ceremonial Vessels in Clay", Loudon House Gallery, Lexington, KY
- "Four Rooms", Grovewood Gallery, Asheville, NC
1999
- "Made in Penland", Penland Gallery, Penland, NC
- "Back from Penland", Green Tara Gallery, Carrboro, NC
Guilds and Memberships:
- Provisional Member, Carolina Designer Craftsmen, 2006
- Art Committee, Chapel Hill Preservation Society, Horace Williams House, Chapel Hill, NC, May 2006-Present
- Exhibiting Member, American Crafts Council, 2005
Honors and Awards:
- Featured Artist on Crafters Coast to Coast, HGTV, June 27, 2005, episode 265, "Beesbox".
- Durham Arts Council Emerging Artist Grant 2005. Project Proposal: Purchase a new electric kiln for glaze exploration and higher firing temperatures.
- Ruth J. Manire Memorial Award, Horace Williams House 2004 Open Juried Competition, Preservation Society of Chapel Hill, Horace Williams House, Chapel Hill, NC
- One of thirteen Emerging Artists chosen by and featured in Ceramics Monthly, May 2004.
Collections:
- North Carolina Pottery Center Permanent Collection, Contemporary North Carolina Ceramics, Seagrove, North Carolina.
Gallery Affiliations:
- Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC
- Penland Gallery, Penland, NC
- River Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
Publications:
- "From Past, Potter Shapes Present", by Diane Daniel, Who & Ware, Raleigh News and Observer, Home and Garden, 5E, Saturday, March 17, 2006.
- Best of Artists: North Carolina, Kennedy Publications, April 2006.
- "Refraction and Flux", Clay Times, July-August, 2005.
- "Walks in Woods Inspire Local's Pottery", by Rebecca Bailey, Arts and Entertainment, Chapel Hill Herald, A1, Friday, June 17, 2005
- "Upfront: Point of Departure", Marty Fielding, Ceramics Monthly, March 2005
- "Emerging Artists, 2004", Ceramics Monthly, May 2004.
- The Complete Guide to High Fire Glazes, by John Britt, Lark Books, Asheville, NC, 2004.
- 500 Bowls, edited by Suzanne J. E. Tourtillott, Lark Books, Asheville, NC, 2003.