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       Brief History and Résumé

     "There is nothing efficient about magic," said Peter Callas in a 
      conversation reported in The Studio Potter  ( December 1982 ). 
      For more than 20 years Callas has been on a purposeful, fruitful, 
      exhausting and exhilarating quest for magic, the organic kiln magic 
      created by the timeless, natural ash woodfiring process.

      Peter Callas first visited Japan in the early 1970's, initially to find a 
      calligraphy instructor for work on porcelain, but he soon dedicated 
      his travels to seeking out old kilns. Traveling through Tokoname, 
      Iga, and Shigaraki, he stayed with Goro Suzuki and at the compound 
      of Takahashi Rakusai, helping build an anagama kiln. Meeting with 
      master potter Jun Isezake from Bizen was a major influence.  
      Continuing through Kyoto, Bizen and Kyushu, up through Hagi and 
      back to Tokyo, Callas absorbed the tradition and spirit of Japanese 
      pottery and in 1975 began building his own anagama kiln, the first of 
      several, as he searched for a way to harness a certain irrationality for 
      both his own work and that done in collaboration with Peter Voulkos.

      While continuing to collaborate with Peter Voulkos, Callas is carving out 
      an increasingly noteworthy independent career, exhibiting in one-man 
      and group shows at locations around the world. The twisted, slabbed, 
      torn and penetrated forms he creates are only enhanced by the rigors 
      of woodfiring, a process which, however unpredictable, Callas has 
      nevertheless mastered. Mac McCloud, writing in 
      Ceramics; Art and Perception ( March 1998 ) "an acknowledged expert 
      in the arcane craft of anagama wood kiln firing" and notes that his 
      work "reveals a reverence for early Japanese folk-pottery concepts and
      texture as well as reflecting the general aesthetic of 
      Abstract - Expressionism..."

  Born   Jersey City, N.J.  1951

  Museum Exhibitions

       1997     The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park Museum,
                           Shigaraki, Japan
       1993     The Museum of Fine Arts, Lillehammer, Norway
       1993     The Kunstindustrimuseet Museum, Oslo, Norway
       1992     The Port of History Museum, Philadelphia, PA.
       1992     The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
       1992     Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA.
       1992     Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, Utah
       1991     Morris Museum, New Jersey Artists Invitational,
                             Morris Township, N.J.
       1991     Cheney-Cowles Memorial Museum, Spokane, Washington
       1991     Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington
       1991     University of Oregon Museum of Art, Eugene, Washington
       1990     Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana
       1989     American Clay Artist, Port of History Museum,
                              Philadelphia, PA.
       1986     The Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey
       1985     The Montclair State Art Museum, Montclair, N.J.
       1982     The Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Connecticut
       1977     The New Jersey State Art Museum, Trenton, N.J. 

  Selected Gallery Exhibits

       1999     Two Man Show    Salon de Vamhou, Kurashiki, Japan
       1999    Group Show          Gallery Hertz, Louisville, Kentucky
       1998     Two Man Show     Dia Ichi Arts, Ltd. New York, NY.
       1998     Group Show          "Born of Ashes," Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock,
                                                               Arkansas
       1998     One Man Show      Rutgers University, Mason Gross Gallery
                                                               New Brunswick, New Jersey
       1998     Group Show          Fifth Element Galley, Portland, Oregon
       1998     One Man Show      Kenbishi Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
       1998     Group Show          Good Earth Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
       1998     Group Show          Hodge Podge Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
       1998     Group Show          Appalacian Center for the Arts, Smithville,Tennesee 
       1998     Group Show          "Of & About Clay," Gallery Hertz, Louisville, Kentucky
       1998     Group Show           28th Annual Invitational Ceramic Exhibition,
                                                   University of Wisconson, Whitewater,Wisconson
       1997      Two Man Show     "Callas, Voulkas" University of Central Florida,
                                                    Orlando, Florida
       1997      Group Show           "Ceramic Vesels," Wheaton Village, 
                                                   Millville, New Jersey                                  
       1997      Group Show           National Invitational, Contempory Artifacts Gallery,
                                                   Berea, Kentucky
       1997      Group Show           Tho Art Space, Seoul, Korea
       1996      One Man Show      Hodge Podge Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
       1996      One Man Show      Kuroda Toen Gallery, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
       1996      Group Show           Azuma Gallery, New York, NY.
       1996      Group Show           Brookfield Center, Brookfield, Conn.
       1996      One Man Show      Colby Sawyer College, New London, NH.
       1996      One Man Show      Longwood College of Art, Farmville, VA.
       1995      Group Show           Traveling Invitational, Australia
       1995      Group Show           Azuma Gallery, New York, NY.
       1995      Group Show           "Clay on the Wall," Salt Lake Art Center,
                                                   Salt Lake City, Utah
       1995      Group Show           Paxson Gallery, University of Montana, Missoula,
                                                   Montana             
       1994      Group Show           Leedy/Voulkas Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri         
       1994      Group Show           Sotheby's Contempory Art, New York, NY.
       1993      Two Man Show      Eric Zetterquist Gallery, New York, NY.
       1993      Group Show           Tenri Gallery, New York, NY.
       1993      Group Show           The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA.
       1992      Group Show           Society for Contemporary Crafts,  Pittsburgh, PA         
       1992      Group Show           Boise State University, Boise, Idaho
       1991      One Man Show      Sugimoto Art Works, New York, NY.
       1991      Group Show            Oklahoma University, Stillwater, Oklahoma
       1991      Group Show            Lukenbach Mill Gallery, Bethlehem, PA.
       1990      One Man Show       Sugimoto Art Works, New York, NY.
       1989      Group Show            Lee Sclar Gallery, Morristown, NJ.
       1988      Group Show            Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
       1987      Group Show            The Twining Gallery, New York, NY.
       1986      Two Man Show       The Twining Gallery, New York, NY.
       1984      Group Show            Platters, Edwardsville, Illinois
       1984      Group Show            Ester Saks Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
       1983      Group Show            Pewabic Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
       1983      Group Show            The Kitchredge Gallery, Tacoma, Washington
       1981      Group Show            Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland,Oregon           
       1980      One Man Show       Cado Design Center, Dallas, Texas
       1979      One man Show        H.M.S. Studios, New York, NY.
       1978      One Man Show       Cado Design Center, New York, NY.
       1978      Group Show            Azuma Gallery, New York, NY 

  Permanent Collections

       Tho Art Space, Seoul, Korea
       Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA.
       Gotoh Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
       Cleveland Art Museum, Cleveland, Ohio
       Western Electric Corporation, New York, NY.
       University of Iowa Museum, Iowa City, Iowa
       Archie Bray Museum, Helena, Montana
       The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shigaraki, Japan
       University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
       Florida Keys Community College, Key West, Florida

       Peter Grilli                             George Nakashima               Kenji Taki
       Peter Voulkas                        Niki Papadopoulas              Charles Cowles      
       Isamu Noguchi                       Frederick Ossario                Rakusai Takahashi
       Dan Flavin                             Jack Tilton                            Junichi Takahashi
       Garner Tullis                          Hiroshi Sugimoto                   "Daikichi" Sugimoto
       Eric Zetterquist                      Richard Danzinger                  Ken Fergison
       Yoshio Kuroda                      Elaine &  Earl Liff                  Michio Sugiyama
       Jun Isezaki 
       Linda & Donald Schlenger
       Delores & Marvin Stiles
       Gary & Barbara Sorenson

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