Artist: Daniel Garver
Daniel Garver, NORTH CAROLINA
Bio
Originally from Madison Wisconsin, Daniel currently lives in North Carolina, where he is a long term Resident Artist (21’-24’) at the Penland School of Craft. He holds a BFA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2011). Daniel was Core Fellow at the Penland school of Craft (15’-17’) and participated in a variety of residencies including the Jentel Foundation, AZ West, The Bright Angle, Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft and Western New Mexico University. His work has been shown throughout the US in a variety of group and solo exhibitions.
Artist Statement
Daniel is a ceramic artist, his work consists of functional and sculptural slipcast ceramics. The studio work is focused on creating systems which result in iterative processes that investigate structure and form. He has been constructing a comprehensive library of interchangeable plaster mold parts from which he can compose a wide range of ceramic slipcast forms that are unique from, yet also related to one another. The work is pushed further through the use of color and pattern in relation to the structural composition. For source material, Daniel researches cast concrete, mid modern and brutalist architecture and industrial design to inform his work.
EDUCATION
2017
Core Fellowship
Penland School of Craft NC
2011
BFA Studio Art- Ceramics
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
2009
Cortona Study Abroad Program
Cortona Italy
RESIDENCIES
2021-2024
Penland School of Craft, Long Term Resident
Penland NC
2020
Western New Mexico University, Ceramics residency
Silver City NM
2018
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
Deer Isle ME
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
Houston TX
2017
Jentel Foundation
Banner WY
A-Z West
Joshua Tree CA
The Bright Angle: Ceramic Design Resident Artist
Asheville NC
Penland Winter Residency
Penland NC
2016
Penland Winter Residency: Ceramic Studio Tech
Penland NC
2015
Pentaculum
Arrowmont School of Crafts, Gatlinburg TN
Penland Winter Residency: Ceramic Studio Tech
Penland NC
EXHIBITIONS
2023
Yunomi 2023
Clay Akar, Iowa City IA
Deconstructing The Mold
Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge MT
Cup: The Intimate Object XIX
Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainsville FL
20th Annual Ceramics Invitational
Abel Contemporary, Stoughton WI
2022
Shared Space
Appalachian Center for Craft, Cookeville TN
19th Annual Ceramics Invitational
Abel Contemporary, Stoughton WI
2021
Lines
Birds + Richard, Albuquerque NM
2019
Fine Contemporary Craft
ArtSpace, Raleigh NC
In-Residence: 11
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston TX
Flat Rate Contemporary 2
Online Exhibition
Craft Texas 18
Houston Center For Contemporary Craft, Houston TX
Craftwork
Light Art Space, Silver City NM
Stitched Construct
Sawyer Yards, Houston TX
Over Under (solo)
Lone Star College, Houston TX
2018
World Tapestry Now: American Tapestry Biennale
Online Exhibition
Chromatic Drift
Texas A&M International University, Laredo TX
Materials Hard and Soft 31
Meadows Gallery, Denton TX
2017
Materials Hard and Soft 30
Meadows Gallery, Denton TX
2016
Nine: Core Fellowship Exhibition
Penland School of Craft, Penland NC
Maker Moxie: The impact of the Craft School experience
Peters Valley School of Craft, Layton NJ
At Work: Penland School of Crafts
Leeds Gallery, Earlham College, Richmond IN
2015
Personal Effects: Core Fellowship Exhibition
Penland School of Craft, Penland NC
Scratching the Surface
Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge MT
Fire on the Mountain
North Carolina Arts Council, Spruce Pine NC
Schooled: Penland Core Fellows
Caldwell Arts, Lenoir NC
Interchange NCECA
Kenilworth Square East, Milwaukee WI
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2019
Slipcast Design: Molds and Surfaces
Penland School of Craft, Penland NC
Ikat Weaving Workshop
Southwest School of Art, San Antonio TX
Ikat Weaving Workshop
Contemporary Handweavers of Houston Guild TX
Resident Artist Workshop: Paper Weaving
Houston Center For contemporary Craft, Houston TX
2017
Steel Fabrication: Andrew Hayes (studio assistant)
Penland School of Craft, Penland NC
Viva Handbuilding: Courtney Martin & Melissa Weiss (studio assistant)
Penland School of Craft, Penland NC
2015
Hollow Vessels: Jerilyn Virden (studio assistant)
Arrowmont School of Craft, Gatlinburg TN
2014
Delicious Ceramic Surfaces: Jason Burnett & Justin Rothshank (studio assistant)
Penland School of Craft, Penland NC
EMPLOYMENT
Present
Daniel Garver Studio
Penland NC
2018-2020
Glaze Technician and Mold Maker
Syzygy Tile, Silver City NM
2017-15
Core Fellowship
Penland School of Craft, Penland NC
2016-13
Courtney Martin Pottery (Studio Assistant)
Bakersville NC
Jeannine Marchand (Studio Assistant)
Bakersville NC
2011
Colleen Ludwig (Studio Assistant)
Milwaukee WI
ARTIST LECTURES
2022
Resident Artist Lecture
Penland School of Craft, Penland NC
VCU: Graduate student visit Lecture, Online
2019
Studio Assistant Lecture
Penland School of Craft, Penland NC
Visiting Artist Lecture
Southwest School of Art, San Antonio TX
2018
Visiting Artist Lecture
Contemporary Handweavers of Houston, Houston TX
Visiting Artist Lecture
Texas A&M International University, Laredo TX
2017
Resident Artist Lecture
Jentel Foundation: SAGE Community Arts, Sheridan WY
Core Fellowship Lecture
Penland School of Craft, Penland NC
2016
Visiting Artist Lecture
Earlham College, Richmond IN
Core Fellowship Lecture
Penland School of Craft, Penland NC
2015
Core Fellowship Lecture
Penland School of Craft, Penland NC