CARYN KREITZER
Waterford, Connecticut
Carynkreitzer@gmail.com
Instagram @ckreitzerpots
Selected Exhibitions
2024 “Ceramics Biennial”, at the Guilford Art Center, Guilford CT
2024 “78th Artists’ Cooperative Gallery of Westerly Regional Art Exhibit, Westerly RI, (Awarded Excellence in Ceramics)
2024 Slater Memorial Museum, 78th Annual Connecticut Artists Exhibition, Norwich CT
2022 “Ceramics Biennial” at the Guilford Art Center, Guilford CT
2021 & 2022 “Holiday Show at Hygienic Gallery”, New London CT
2020 “Claytopian New York”Plaxall Gallery” LIC, NY
2020 “(De) Pict”, LA Bodega Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2019 Japanese Show at Ossam Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2019 Open studio Tour, artsPSWT, Brooklyn, NY
2018 “Artspswt” at Ossam Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2017 “Windsor Terrace Park Slope Open Studio Tour”
2017 “Gowanus Art Exhibit”,Shapeshifter Lab, Bklyn NY
2016 “Park Slope Windsor Terrace ,Open Studio Tour”
2015 “Park Slope Windsor Terrace Open Studio Tour”
2014 “Windsor Terrace Park Slope Open Studio Tour”
2012 Artist Open Studio, Windsor Terrace Bklyn, NY
2010 “Eight Fluid Ounces” LSU Art Gallery, Louisiana
2009 “Tall Tales” 3 person show, Kumono Gallery, Bklyn, NY
2009 “Permanent Collection” Greenwich House Pottery, NYC
2003 “Air, Earth, Water”, Bologne, Italy
2001, 1999 “Paper Pots” John Elder Gallery NYC
1999 “Works on the Wall” Faculty Show, Greenwich House Pottery
1998 “Uniting Neighbors” The New York Historical Society
1998 “Functional Clay work by Caryn Kreitzer”, Greenwich House Pottery, NYC
1997 “Figuring Women’s Lives”, Kingsborough Community College, Bklyn, NY
1996 Ten Years of Fire, Shaw-Guido Gallery, Pontiac, Michigan, Azuma Gallery, NY
1995 Watershed Raffle and Silent Auction “Paper Pots”Peter Joseph Gallery, NYC
1995 Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition, Azuma Gallery, NY
1994 Alumni Show, University of Tennessee ,Knoxville
1994 Teapot Show, Nancy Margolis Gallery, Portland MN
1993 Faenza, International Museum of Ceramics, Faenza, Italy
1993 NCECA Clay National, San Diego Museum of Art
1992 “Artists On Their Own”, Greenwich House Pottery, NYC
1992 Westchester Art Workshop, White Plains, NY
1991 “A Tea Party” American Crafts Museum, NYC
1991 “A House of Clay” Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, Ill
1991 Lobby Display at Whitney Museum, NYC
1991 2 Person Show, Ceramic Sculpture, Wheeler Seidel Gallery, Soho NY
1990 Saks Fifth Avenue, Window Exhibition, NYC
1990 Sculpture Show, Dorothy Mcrae Gallery, Atlanta GA
1988 2nd Annual Great Lakes Exhibition, Lill St. Gallery, Chicago,Ill
Honors and Awards
Swimming Hole Foundation, Summer Collaborative Residency 2024
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, N. Edgecomb Maine Summer Residency’s 1989, 1993, 1997, & 2009.
Banff Art Centre, Banff Canada, Narrative Residency, Fall 1995
Empire State Craft Alliance - Grant Award 1989 &1991
Selected Collections
International Museum of Ceramics, Faenza, Italy
Koryn Shoto Kai, Tokyo, Japan ( flower arranging school)
Micheal J. Fox - Actor Barry Bostwick - Actor
Arthur Williams - Collector
Roy Eddy - Collector
Judy Schwartz - Collector
Set Decorating on “Spin City” T.V. Sitcom
Suzzane Vega- Singer
Publications
“The Art and Craft of Clay”, by Susan Peterson March 1996
House & Garden (Notes), March 1992
Ceramics Monthly(Upfront), February 1992
J. Club - Japanese Publication Vol. 1 1990
Pronto Magazine, Spring 1988
New York Tourist Guide, Port Authority Dec. 1988
Ceramics Monthly, March 1988
Knoxville Journal, May 29, 1986
Technical Advisor scenes with ceramic material
2010 2009 1998 1998
“When in Rome”, Roman/ Greek Vase 2010
“The Sheri Show”, Cat on a Unicycle 2009
HBO Commercial with Jerry Seinfeld 1998
“Spin City” T.V Sitcom with Micheal J. Fox 1998
Teaching Experience
Rachel Carson High School for Coastal Studies, Bklyn NY, Art Teacher Sept. 2013- July 2020
John Dewey High School, Bklyn NY, Art Teacher of ceramics, intro to art, drawing, painting, fashion Illustration Sept. ‘99 to June 2013
Educator Intern for the Center for Art Education, NYC Career Development Program at John Dewey High School, Graduated 40 interns, Spring 2005- June 2013
Kingsborough Community College, Bklyn NY, Ceramics Instructor adjunct, 1995 - 1999
Greenwich House Pottery, NYC , Hand building and Wheel Throwing Instructor, 1986-1999
Marymount College, NYC Ceramics Instructor for Beginning and Advanced Students, Fall 1990- May 1994
92nd St. YWHA, Figurative Sculpture with Live Model, 1987-1992
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, Reproductions, 1986
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Instructor of Ceramics and Studio Manager, 1985-86
University of Tennessee, Knoxville Adult Education Instructor of Ceramics and Drawing, 1983-1985
Greenville, S.C. Public School Art Teacher for Elementary and Middle Schools, 1978-82
Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville, S C Instructor of Ceramics and Drawing 1978-82
University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
M.F.A. in Ceramics, 1986
Florida State University, Tallahassee
B.S. in Art Education, 1978