DHARMA STRASSER MACCOLL

BORN 1971 San Francisco, CA

EDUCATION
1997 M.F.A. Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan,
1993 B.A. Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin
1991-1992 Lorenzo de’ Medici, Florence, Italy

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 "New Work," Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2009 "Invisible Transmissions," Walker Contemporary, Boston, MA
2007 “Growth Patterns,” Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2005 “Suspension,” Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2005 “Migration,” Ampersand International Arts, San Francisco, CA
2004 “Borders,” Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2002 “New Works,” Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2000 “Harborage,” Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
1999 “The Space Around Things,” Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
1998 “5 Installations,” Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY
1997 “Sculptural Ceramic Groupings,” Bona Keane Gallery, Portland, OR
1996 “New Works,” Bona Keane Gallery, Portland, OR
1995 “Painterly Ceramics,” Bona Keane Gallery, Portland, OR

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 "The Pearl Exhibition", GUMP’S, San Francisco, CA
2008 "Intricacies", Soho Myriad, Atlanta, GA
2007 Artslate, Condon, OR
2005 Marin Arts Council, Novato, CA
2004 “Subtle,” Playspace, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2004 “Periphery II,” Oregon College of Arts and Crafts, Beaverton, OR
2004 “Women’s Work,” Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA
2003 “Eighteen Women,” The Art Center Gallery, Clatsop Community College, Astoria, OR
2003“Periphery,” Worth Ryder Gallery, Kroeber Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA
2003 “Northern California Clay,” National Conference for Ceramic Educators, San Diego, CA
2003 “Selections 2003,” Artspan, The Mills Building, San Francisco, CA
2003 “The Art of Clay: Contemporary West Coast Artists,” Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA
2003 “New Ceramic Horizons,” Paradise Ridge Winery, Santa Rosa, CA
2003 “Selections,” Herbst International Pavilion, Artspan, San Francisco, CA
2003 “Containment: Recent Work by Kate Blacklock, Brad Schweiger and Dharma Strasser,” University of Texas at El Paso, TX
2000 “Of Now and Future Dream,” Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa, CA
2000 “Fragments & Clay Drawings,” Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY
2000 “Ceramics Monthly International Competition,” Columbus, OH
2000 “Heretofore Unseen,” Carmichael Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998 “Emerging Artists,” Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA (two person exhibition)
1998 “Summer Ceramics Exhibition,” Nancy Margolis Gallery, Portland, ME
1997 “1997 Oregon Biennial,” Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR and Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, OR Curated by Kathryn Kanjo
1997 “New Generation: Graduate Student Exhibitions,” Shaw Guido Gallery, Pontiac, MI
1997 “Clay Dominant,” Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
1997 “M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition,” Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
1997 “Juried Summer Thesis Exhibition,” Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
1997 “The Box Show,” Bona Keane Gallery, Portland, OR
1996 “New Generation; Graduate Student Exhibitions.” Shaw Guido Gallery, Pontiac, MI
1996 “A Table is Set,” Bona Keane Gallery, Portland, OR
1996 “Salamagundi,” Cranebrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI

PUBLICATIONS
2009 Critic’s Pick, Boston Globe December 15
2006 “Dharmas Strasser MacColl at Augen Gallery,” Lois Allen, Artweek, February 2006,
Vol. 37, Issue 1, p. 20 (illustrated)
2005 “Ceramic ch-ch-ch-changes,” D.K. Row, The Oregonian, November 25, p. 24 (illustrated)
2005 “Art that’s near, for a dreary night,” Harvest Henderson, The Oregonian, November 3, p. E4
2005 ‘Come on indoors; the viewing is fine,” Joseph Gallivan, Portland Tribune, November 1, p. B1
2004 “Critics Pic,” The Oregonian, Portland, OR, April 1
2002“A haiku of discrete parts unified,” Karrin Ellertson,The Oregonian, A&E,
December 20, p. 57
2002 Human Histories: Recent Work by Kate Blacklock and Dharma Strasser,” Ceramics
Monthly, January issue
2001 Dharma Strasser and Adam Grosowsky at Augen Gallery,” Lois Allen, Artweek,
February, 2001 pp. 26 – 27 (illustrated)
2001 “Working in series,” D.K. Row, The Oregonian A&E Section, (Portland, OR)
December 20, p. 58 (Illustrated)
1999 “Finding a sense of space,” D.K. Row, The Oregonian A&E Section, (Portland, OR),
July 16, p. 66 (illustrated)
1999 “Up Front” Ceramics Monthly, January issue, p. 28 (illustrated)
1998 “Portfolio” American Craft, October/November issue
1997 “Dharma’s Ascent,” D.K. Row Willamette Week, Portland, OR, December 10
1997 “Serial Forms, Serious Art,” Jonathan Ramond, The Oregonian, Portland, OR, December 12
1997 “Can-Do Kanjo,” D.K. Row, Willamette Week, Portland, OR August 27
1997 “Out on a Limb.” Jonathan Raymond, The Oregonian, Portland, OR, August 22

AWARDS
2004 Individual Artist Grant, Marin County Arts Council, San Rafael, CA
1997 Jaymes B. Leahy Grant
1997 Juror’s Award “New Generation: Graduate Student Exhibitions,” Shaw Guido,
Pontiac, MI

COLLECTIONS
Microsoft Corporation, Seattle, WA

WORKSHOPS, RESIDENCIES AND LECTURES
2002 Artist lecture, Napa College, Napa, CA
2001 Artist lecture, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX
1999 Workshop: “Wall, Table, Floor: Utilizing the Sculptural Space of the Room in Clay,”
City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
1999 Workshop: “Non-Fired Surfaces: Exploring Alternatives to Glaze,” Richmond
Art Center, Richmond, CA
1999 Residency in the studio of Miroslav Paral, Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2008-present Instructor of Ceramics, Mills College, Oakland, CA
2008-present Instructor of Ceramics, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
1999-2008 Instructor of Ceramics, City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
2004-present Ceramic Workshop Program Director, Heath Ceramics, Sausalito, CA
2000 Instructor of Ceramics, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
1997-1998 Instructor of Ceramics, Portland Community College, Portland, OR