Chris Gustin (born 1952)
Whiskey Cup, 2019
Stoneware
2 1/2 x 3 3/8 x 3 1/4 inches
Anagama wood fired
Signed on the underside with the artist's device
Chris Gustin is a studio artist and Emeritus Professor at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. He received his BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1975, and his MFA from Alfred University in 1977.
Gustin established his first clay studio in 1977 in Guilford, Connecticut. Chris began his teaching career at the Parson's School of Design in New York, where he was an instructor in the Crafts Department from 1978 to 1980. He taught at the Program in Artisanry at Boston University from 1980 to 1985, the Swain School of Design from 1985-1988, and the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth from 1988 through 1999, when he retired from teaching.
In 1982, Chris moved his studio from Connecticut to South Dartmouth, Massachusetts. In 1986, Chris co-founded the Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts in Newcastle, Maine, an artist residency program offering summer and winter residencies to artists from around the world. He has served on both the Trustee and Advisory Boards, with two tenures as President. He also served as Vice President. Watershed celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2012.
Chris' work is published extensively, and is represented in numerous public and private collections, including the Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the World Ceramic Exposition Foundation in Icheon, Korea, the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, the Syracuse Art Museum, the Shigaraki Cultural Park in Japan, the Yingge Ceramics Museum in Taipei, the Mint Museum of Craft and the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art.
With over forty solo exhibitions, he has exhibited, lectured and taught workshops in the United States, Caribbean, South America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. He has received two National Endowment for the Arts Artist Fellowships, and three Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Fellowships, the most recent in 2009. He is a member of the International Academy of Ceramics, Geneva, Switzerland.
