Annette Corcoran Works Biography
In the Permanent Museum Collections of:
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Oakland Museum, Oakland CA
Contemporary Art Museum, Honolulu HI
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, Racine WI
Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum, Logan, UT
Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
World Ceramic Foundation, Inchon, S. Korea
Michigan State University, Lansing MI
Stanford University, Palo Alto CA
In the Private Collections of:
Betty Asher, Los Angeles
Gwen Laurie Smits, San Marino
Diana & Sanford Besser Collection
Nanette Laitman, New York
Mr. & Mrs. Carter Thacher, San Francisco
Liala Twigg-Smith, Honolulu, Hawaii
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Kogod, Washington D.C.
Judy & Robert Aptekar, Los Altos CA
Diana & Sandford Besser, Little Rock AR
Joe Blank, New York, NY
Carol & David Boss, Palos Verdes Est. CA
David Charak, St. Louis, MO
Janice Diamond, Bedford, NY
Daphne & Peter Farago, Little Compton, RI
Inge & Woody Hagge, Hazelhurst, WI
Mary Zlot, San Francisco.
Betsy Rosenfield, Chicago.
Daniel Jacobs, New York
Karen Johnson Boyd, Chicago Il
Sak’s Fifth Ave. Corporate Collection
The Hallmark Art Collection
Marvin Fang, Taipei, Tiawan
Kennell Jackson, Stanford, CA
Barbara & Kenneth Juster, New York, NY
Gloria & Sonny Kamm, Encino, CA
Mr, & Mrs. Alfred Shands III, Louisville, KY
Ilse & Roy Byrnes, San Juan Capistrano CA
Emily Carroll & Thom Wesiel, Ross, CA
Mary Keesling, San Francisco, CA
Jane Korman, Ft. Washington, PA
Diane Len, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Susan & Patterson McBaine, San Francisco CA
Donna Nussbaum, St. Louis, MO
Marie A. Scholar, Luxembourg, Grand Duchy
Megan & Norman Schultz, San Francisco, CA
Dorothy & Fred Weiss, Piedmont, CA
In Published Books and Magazines:
The Eccentric Teapot, Garth Clark, 1989.
Clay Today. Contemporary Ceramists & their Work, Martha Drexler Lynn, 1990
Hands In Clay, Charlotte Speight, John Toki, 1993
American Craft Magazine, April-May, 1996
Birds & Teapots, Dorothy Weiss Gallery, 1996
Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics 1950, 2000, Jo Lauria/LACMA, 2000
Teapots Transformed, Leslie Ferrin, 2000
The Artful Teapot, Garth Clark, 2002
500 Teapots, Lark Books, 2002
Tea Anyone? Racine Art Museum, 2003
Animals in Clay, Lark Books, 2006
The Yixing Effect, Marvin Sweet, 2006
Pilated Woodpecker postcard, RAM, 2003
Teapots 2007, Calendar, Universal Publ., NY
Great Pots, Contemporary Ceramics, Newark Museum, 2003
Contemporary Ceramics – an International Perspective, Emanual Cooper, 2009
Museum & Group Shows 2013-14
Vault Show, AMOCA, Pomona CA
6th International Small Teapot Show, Pomona CA.
Solo Exhibition, Fresno Museum of Art, Fresno CA
20th Annual Hot Tea Exhibition, Del Mono Gallery, On-line.
Museum & Group Shows 2012
Fifth International Small Teapots, Pomona, CA
Solo Exhibition Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey CA
Museum & Group Shows 2011
“Mad about Teapots”, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau WI (from Racine Art Museum).
SOFA, Chicago IL., Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles CA
“Hot Tea 2011”, Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles CA
“Birds of Peru”, MOMA Art Gallery, San Francisco CA
Museum & Group Shows 2010
1st Ceramics Annual of America, San Francisco CA
4th Annual Small Teapots, Saddleback College CA
Museum & Group Shows 2009
Beijing Art Expo, Beijing, China
Museum & Group Shows 2008
SOFA Chicago, IL, Leslie Ferrin Gallery
17th Annual San Angelo Museum, TX
Museum & Group Shows 2007
“Creatures of Magic & Myth,” Sonoma Art Museum, CA
“Dinnerworks 2007” Kentucky Arts Council, Louisville KY
SOFA Chicago, IL, Leslie Ferrin Gallery
SOFA Palm Beach FL, Wm Zimmer Gallery
Museum & Group Shows 2006
Trompe L’oeil Sculpture, The Clay Studio, Phila. PA
The Yixing Effect, Echoes of the Chinese Scholar, Holter Museum, Helena, MT
The Artful Teapot, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
SOFA, Leslie Ferrin Gallery, Chicago, IL
Big Fish, Small Pot, cash award Saddleback College CA
Steam’en, Galleria Materia, Scottsdale, AZ
Teapot Fortune, Kentucky Museum of Art & Design, Louisville, KY
Museum & Group Shows 2005
“Stories & Visions of Nature in clay” Signature Gallery, Atlanta GA
World Ceramic Exposition Foundation, Inchon, S. Korea
Magnificent Extravaganza – Artist & Opulence, Racine Art Museum, Racine WI
Short Stories: Narrative Ceramic Art, Center for Ceramic Art, Berkeley
Great Pots: From Function to Fantasy, Newark Museum of Art, Newark NJ
The International Art Teapot Exhibition, Taipei County Yingge Ceramic Museum, Taiwan. Catalog
The Artful Teapot, Kamm Collection, Long Beach Museum of Art, CA
SOFA, Leslie Ferrin Gallery, Chicago, IL
Artists & the Cultivated Landscape, Fall Invitational, Racine Art Museum, WI
Shore Birds, (Solo Exhibition) Winfield Gallery, Carmel CA
Museum & Group Shows, 2003
Contempo Rarities 2006, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
The Curious Teapot 2006, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
Teapots, Univ. of Miami, Dept of Art/History, Miami FL
Treasure Hunts, Works from RAM, Racine Art Museum WI
Museum & Group Shows, 2002
The Artful Teapot, Copia Ctr of Wine & Food & the Arts, Napa CA
The Art of Teapots, Taipei County Yinko Ceramics Museum, Taiwan, Republic of China
California Design – 2002, Contemporary Crafts Assn., San Francisco
Teapots Transformed, Ferrin Gallery, Lenox MA
SOFA 2002, Ferrin Gallery Chicago IL
Museum & Group Shows, 2001
Craft Alliance 4th Annual Teapot Show, St Louis MO
Celestial Seasonings, (3rd place; monetary award) Bolder CO
Museum & Group Shows, 2000
Defining Moments in Contemporary Ceramics,
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles CA
14th Annual Competition, San Angelo Museum. San Angelo TX
Who Knows Where or When, Wustrum Museum Invitational, Racine
SOFA 2000,Chicago Ferrin Gallery
Museum & Group Shows , 1999
Teapot Show, Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oaks MI
The Teapot Refined, Mobilla Gallery, Cambridge MA
SOFA 1999, Ferrin Gallery Chicago IL
Teapot Invitational, Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco CA
Pacific Crafts, Orange County of Art, Newport Beach CA
Museum & Group Shows – 1998
New Work (Solo Exhibition) Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco CA
San Angelo Museum, 13th Annual Competition, San Angelo TX
Artists Address Clothing, Wustrum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine WI
Tantalizing Teapots, Craft & Folkart Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Cup & Goblet Show, Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland OR
Cup as a Metaphor II, The Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak MI
Museum & Group Shows, 1997
Artists & Food, Wustrum Museum of Fine Art, Racine WI
Craft Alliance 5th Annual Teapot Exhibit, St. Louis MO
Museum, Solo & Group Shows, 1996
Icones Avium, (Solo Exhibit) Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco CA
San Angelo Museum Eleventh Annual Competition, (Merit Award), San Angelo TX
Solo Exhibits 1995 – 1979
New Work, Winfield Gallery, Carmel CA
Joan Robey Gallery, Denver CO
Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco CA (1988, 1990, 1992, 1994)
Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
15th Anniversary Exhibit, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI
1995 – 1990 Selected Museum & Group Exhibits
Let’s Play House, Wustrum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine WI
10th Annual Competition, San Angelo Museum, San Angelo TX
The Tea Party, American Crafts Museum, New York, NY
The Tea Party, The National Museum of Ceramic Art, Baltimore, MD
The 29th Ceramic National, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse NY
Monterey Bay Ceramics, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey CA
Pets: an American Obsession, Wustrum Museum of Fine Art, Racine
Contemporary California Ceramics, Rosicrucian Museum San Jose CA
From Our Vault to the Studio, Wustrum Museum of Fine Art, Racine
The 1992 Int’l Invitational Exhibit of Contemporary Ceramic Art,
The National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan
Artists and the American Yard, Wustrum Museum of Fine Art, Racine
For the Birds, Wustrum Museum of Fine Art, Racine WI
WESTAF/NEA Regional Fellowship for Visual Arts Exhibit (HonorableMention Award)
Tea Pot Show, Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco CA
The Year of American Craft, Maveety Gallery, Salishan, OR
In the Spirit of Xining, Joanne Rappe Gallery Gallery, Scottsdale AZ
Making a Legend; Chief Seattle’s Reply, Hatley Martin Gallery, San Francisco CA
Summer Concourse Exhibit, San Francisco International Airport
International Ceramics Competition 1985, Beijing, China
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About Annette:
Studio: Pacific Grove CA
Education: Academic Scholarship to University of California (Berkeley), BA, 1952. Continuing education in art and ceramics – Long Beach State Univ., Cal Poly Univ., Saddleback College (CA), College of Marin (CA). Family: married, 3 sons.
Ceramics: Began working with clay in 1970..
