Paul Kotula

Table Space, c. 2010

base: 1 x 24 x 26.5
ceramic plate: 2 x 14.5 x 10
wooden plate: 1 x 9 x 4.5
Ceramic cup: 3 x 4.5 x 3.5
glass cup: 3.75 x 4.5 x 3.5

Paul Kotula earned his MFA from Alfred University in 1989. In addition to his own artwork, he formed Paul Kotula Projects and has supported numerous other artists through organizing exhibitions and other work. Working with an international list of artists, he has formed over 200 solo and group exhibitions pertinent to the field of contemporary art and visual culture. In 2003, Dialogue magazine named him one of "25 People Making a Difference in the Arts in the Midwest."He is a frequent visiting artist/critic at Cranbrook Academy of Art and a former instructor at College for Creative Studies. Among his awards are two Individual Artists Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and a grant from the Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs.

Kotula is known for hand-built or wheel-thrown stoneware functional ceramics. Signature forms include tableware, especially squared plates. Kotula's plates feature rims that are developed using a double-walled construction method, adding volume to an otherwise flattened form. Works are glazed using a minimal decorative palette of lines or shapes. Kotula's finished surfaces typically appear in a variety of earth tones, shades of black, or tints of white. He says about his own work, As a maker of useful pots, I explore the spheres in which my objects exist. As a society consumed with casualness, I remain increasingly engaged in those events in which formality is still embraced and respected. I articulate individual pots and larger environments to both question and celebrate what we have ignored and what we desire."

Donated by the Grainer Family

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