Biography:
|
||||||
| George McCauley
Biography: |
||||||
|
||||||
| George McCauley, a Greek/ American potter, has had 23 solo shows and has been included in 164 exhibitions. He has taught and conducted workshops internationally. The recipient of 3 National Endowment for the Arts grants and the prestigious Roy Acuff Chair of Excellence for the Arts at Austin Peay State University in Clarkesville, TN., his pottery and sculpture are included in 47 international collections in 10 countries. He was the first non-Asian artist to be shown and included in the permanent collection of the Ajo Museum of Asian Art in Seoul, South Korea. Among the books and periodicals to feature his work are: Teapots, 21st Century Ceramics in the United States and Canada, The Best of Pottery (editions 1 and 2), Contemporary Ceramics, Wheel Thrown Ceramics, Ceramics Monthly, The Chinese Potter’s Newsletter, Ceramics Monthly of Korea, Ceramics: Art and Perception, and The International Teapot Exhibition in Shanghai. Additionally his work has been included in film, television, radio and most notably the National Endowment for the Arts film, The Big Bang. He maintains a studio at his home in Helena, Montana where he makes colorful earthenware pots and narrative sculpture. Along the way he has worked as a chef in a Greek restaurant, horse trainer, fulltime cowboy, concrete inspector, aluminum siding salesman, western catalog model, lifeguard and carpenter. In 2007 he was invited to participate in the International Lucky Pig Teapot Exhibition in Zhugiagiao, China where he was the guest of the Government, he also received a grant from the Jerry Metcalf Foundation for his film project about Archie C. Bray Jr. | ||||||