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Nov

2019

Mara Superior in “A LEGACY OF FIRSTS: THE EVERSON COLLECTIONS” | November 16, 2019 – March 22, 2020

Mara Superior, “English Delftware: A Collection of Blue Dash Chargers”, 2016, 12.5 x 16 x 1.5″, high-fired porcelain, ceramic oxides, underglaze, glaze, gold leaf. Everson Museum of Art.

On View November 16, 2019 – March 22, 2020
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY

In 1911, the Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts (known today as the Everson) made history as the first museum in the country to declare that it would focus on collecting works made by American artists. This decision, implemented by Museum Director Fernando Carter, was the first of many made by directors that ultimately defined the Everson’s collection as it exists today. This exhibition examines over one hundred years of the Museum’s collecting priorities, from the Museum’s earliest acquisitions in 1911 to work acquired in 2019.

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Oct

2019

Mara Superior in “ART FOR DARTMOUTH: CELEBRATING THE 250TH”, August 31, 2019 – January 12, 2020.

Mara Superior’s “Angelo Da Vendemmia—Castle Vase”, 2002, High-fired porcelain, ceramic oxides, underglaze, glaze. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the Kohler Foundation, Inc.; 2019.14.2 “Art for Dartmouth: Celebrating the 250^th”,August 31, 2019 – January 12, 2020.

Art for Dartmouth: Celebrating the 250^th

On view from August 31, 2019 –January 12, 2020.
Hood Museum of Art , Hanover, NH

Dartmouth now has a beautiful structure for displaying art—everything from Japanese netsuke to enormous contemporary paintings look great in our new galleries. With Art for Dartmouth: Celebrating the 250th, the Hood Museum has sought to channel the bounty of goodwill that made the building renovation possible into renewed enthusiasm for the art collection at the heart of the museum. As part of this initiative over the past few years, the Hood Museum has received numerous gifts of true significance to the collection. Many of these will be featured throughout the fall of 2019 to celebrate the continuing passion of Dartmouth for the arts and of our alumni for their beloved college.

Aug

2019

Mara Superior in “Tending the Fires: Recent Acquisitions in Clay” at the Fuller Craft Museum | August 17, 2019 – May 3, 2020

“A Spring Dream (Rabbit Teapot)”, 2008, high-fired porcelain, ceramic Oxides, Underglaze, glaze, wood, gold leaf, 16 x 17 x 6″.

Tending the Fires
Recent Acquisitions in Clay
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA

August 17, 2019 – May 3, 2020

Mara Superior’s “A Spring Dream (Rabbit Teapot)” was recently acquired by the Fuller Craft Museum. On view now, the work is included in an exhibition highlighting the Fuller Craft’s expanding collection of contemporary works.

Tending the Fires: Recent Acquisitions in Clay presents recent additions to Fuller Craft’s ceramic collection. Exhibited works represent a range of processes and conceptual approaches in clay, from Cheryl Ann Thomas’s slumped, coiled sculpture to Jun Kaneko’s painterly “dango” to Steven Young Lee’s deconstructed pot. Figuration also comes into play, with strong examples by Patti Warashina, Akio Takamori, and Tip Toland. Fuller Craft Museum is proud to shine a light on the clay triumphs of these renowned ceramicists while proudly displaying the institution’s recent collecting achievements.

Exhibiting Artists:
Richard Cleaver, Nancy Jurs, Jun Kaneko, Steven Young Lee, Cliff Lee, Michael Lucero,
Lauren Mabry, Beverly Mayeri, Zemer Peled, Peter Pincus, Prudence Piper, Mark Shapiro, Mara
Superior, Akio Takamori, Cheryl Ann Thomas, Tip Toland, Patti Warashina, and Malcolm Wright.

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Jul

2019

Mara Superior in “Cool Clay: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Ceramics” at the Crocker Art Museum | July 21, 2019 – July 19, 2020

“Fantasia Teapot”, 2007, high-fired porcelain, ceramic oxides, underglaze, glaze, faux painting, wood, brass pins, 13.5 x 8.5 x 20″

Cool Clay
Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Ceramics
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA

July 21, 2019 – July 19, 2020

Mara Superior’s Fantastia Teapot is on display at the Crocker Art Museum, as part of their exhibition highlighting recent acquisions of contemporary Ceramics.

From raw textures to meticulous details, to glazes bursting with color, the works in Cool Clay represent one of the most exciting and expansive fields of contemporary art. This exhibition highlights a selection of notable acquisitions that strengthen the Crocker Art Museum’s ceramics holdings in both diversity and scope. These pieces represent the work of influential figures such as Rudy Autio, Jun Kaneko, Tony Marsh, Edwin Scheier, Nancy Selvin, and Akio Takamori, as well as more recent leaders like Peter Olson, Zemer Peled, Brian Rochefort, and Dirk Staschke. Although the artists pursue a great variety of approaches and techniques, each embraces the experimental and playful sensibility this versatile medium engenders. Spanning six decades of studio practice, this exhibition celebrates the ground-breaking achievements of 20th-century ceramists as well as those who today continue to reimagine the possibilities of working in clay.

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Jul

2019

Mara Superior Visiting Artist at Project Art Open House

OPEN STUDIOS & SUMMER GALLERY

Saturday – Sunday, July 27 – 28, 2019, 10am-5pm

54 Main Street, Cummington, MA

OPEN STUDIOS: Tour the studios and see recent works by current studio resident artist Lily Fein, long term resident artists Kadri Pärnamets, Sergei Isupov, and visiting artists Paul Scott and Mara Superior.

SUMMER GALLERY: Visit Ferrin Contemporary seasonal (by appointment) gallery presenting selected works from ongoing projects and highlights from artist archive collections of Michael Simon and Malcolm Wright.

HOPS + POTS: Join the potters from Hilltown6, guests and neighbors on Saturday, July 27th, 5-9pm, for the 3rd annual benefit for Studio Potter hosted by ProjectArt and Hilltown6 – food by Ooma Tesoros, beer by Wandering Star Craft Brewery and music by Lily Fein’s band The Glue.

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Jun

2019

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Mara Superior, “Smart Planet: Homage to Science”, 2009, 20 x 10.5 x 10.5″, porcelain

Feb

2018

Mara Superior in Revive, Remix, Respond

“Kangxi Period, Qing Dynasty/A Collection”, 2018.

Revive, Remix, Respond:
Contemporary Ceramic Artists and The Frick Pittsburgh

February 17–May 27, 2018

Showcases contemporary artists who are breathing new life into the ceramic medium by reinvigorating age-old motifs, processes, and techniques. Contemporary ceramicists were invited to respond to and produce new works that reference the art, objects, and social history of the collections at The Frick Pittsburgh, 7227 Reynolds Street, Pittsburgh, PA.

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Sep

2017

Mara Superior in The Women

“The Voyeur: Une Fleur Amoureaux, A Flower In Love”, 2010.

THE WOMEN

Ferrin Contemporary presents selected works by women artists whose primary medium is clay. On view in the gallery and online, we introduce new works by emerging and established artists along with masterworks available from private collections and artist archives.

ON VIEW at Ferrin Contemporary
1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA
through Dec 31, 2017

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Jul

2017

Mara Superior Featured in Galerie Magazine

Mara Superior, “The Pursuit of Happiness”, 2012-2014.

“Patriotic Passions” by author Suzy Slesin features Superior’s important commission, “The Pursuit of Happiness,” based on the principles of democracy for a prominent New York private collection.

“Mara Superior’s pieces are vessels of memory, powerful forms filled with remembrance of things past. They are commemorative icons expressing a hieratic spiritual quality that calls for ceremonial placement In the environment. The content of the drawings is contemplative and complex, the use of words gives clues to the paradox being explored.” … “Superior’s work is firmly grounded in the ceramic tradition; the ancient Greeks, too, decorated their ceremonial pots with narrative drawings. The fascinating physical beauty of glazed porcelain, with its copper-red blushes and floating cobalt blues, is of central value. They could not exist with the same impact in any other material. They are about ceramic art. The quality and content of the painting conjures memories of illuminated manuscripts and small botanical studies. There is a very personal and idiosyncratic quality in Superior’s work that co-exists with great strength and dignity. A unique freshness emerges from the artist’s almost cloistered, confident, personal vision.” — Angela Fina, American Ceramics Magazine Review

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May

2017

Mara Superior Awarded 2017 Artist Fellowship in Crafts

“English Delftware: A Collection of Blue Dash Chargers”, 2016.

The Massachusetts Cultural Council recognizes exceptional work by Massachusetts artists across a range of disciplines. These highly competitive awards provide artists crucial validation among their peers and the public. They catalyze artistic advancement and pave the way for creative innovation of enduring cultural value. MCC is committed to funding individual artists. They believe that the core of a vibrant, healthy society resides in the often unheralded work artists perform day after day.

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