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Dale Huffman / 2820 Smallman Street /
Pittsburgh / PA /15222 / USA
412-578-6033

Education:
- School
of the Art Institute of Chicago M.F.A. Studio Arts - 1976
- Carnegie-Mellon
University B.S. Physics - 1972
Teaching:
- Carlow
College - Associate Professor, Art Department Chair 1998 - current
- Washington
& Jefferson College - Adjunct Professor - 1986, 89, 93 ~ 96
- The
Community College of Allegheny County - Adjunct Professor - 1984 ~ 96
- The
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts School - Faculty - 1983 ~ present
Selected for Membership in:
- The
Craftsmen's Guild of Pittsburgh - Past president
- The
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh
- The
Society of Sculptors
In the Collections Of:
- The American Museum of Ceramic Art
- The Bermuda National Gallery
- Blue Cross of Western Pennsylvania
- Deloitte Haskins + Sells
- The Fredrick R.Weisman Museum
- The Harry Shaw Collection
- Johnson and Higgins
- Orton Ceramics Foundation
- Peat Marwick
- Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum
- University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Business
Published In:
- Firing: Philosophies Within Contemporary Ceramic Practice - Crowood Press, 2007
- New Ceramics (Neue Keramik)
Magazine (Germany) - Nov/Dec 2006 Issue
- 500
Pitchers - Lark Books, 2006
- The
Log Book (Ireland), Issue 22 – 2005
- Ceramics
Technical Magazine (Australia), Issue
20 - 2005
- 500
Cups - Lark Books, 2004
- 500
Bowls - Lark Books, 2002
- 500Teapots - Lark Books, 2002
- Wood
Firing: Journeys and Techniques - 2001
- American Ceramics Society
- Clay
Times Magazine - May / June 2001
- Ceramics
Monthly Magazine - February 2001
- The
Studio Potter Magazine - December 2000
- The
Contemporary Potter - 2000 - Rockport
Press
- Ceramics
Monthly Magazine - January 1999
- The
Ceramic Design Book - 1998 - Lark
Books
- The
Best of Pottery 2 - 1998 - Rockport
Press
- The
Best of Pottery - 1996 - Rockport
Press
Selected For:
- Workshop/lecture at Børglum Kloster Ceramics, Børglum, DK - 2007
- Nordic Woodfire Marathon, Hirtshals, Denmark - 2007
- Artist
in Residence at the International Ceramics Research Center – Denmark - 2006
- 2004
International Woodfire Workshop and Conference, Cedar Rapids, IA - 2004
- Pittsburgh
Center for the Arts - Service to the Arts Award (with Betsy Huffman) -
2001
- Cultural
Exchange from Pittsburgh, PA, USA to Omiya, Saitama, Japan - 2000
- International
Workshop for Ceramics At Tokoname Tokoname, Aichi, Japan - 1996
Selected Shows and Exhibitions:
- 1/08 2nd Biennial Concordia Continental Ceramics Competition, Concordia U, Minneapolis, MN
- 10/07 Wood Fire Pottery Invitational Exhibit, Pottworks Gallery, Hamilton, MI
- 7/07 Contemporary American Ceramics in Hokkaido, Enzogama in Bei, Hokkaido, Japan
- 5/07
Further Explorations - One person exhibition - The Clay
Place Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
- 5/07
Biennial Exhibition of Functional Ceramics, Guilford Art
Center, CT • Honorable Mention
- 5/07
Small Favors II – The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
- 3/07 Woodfire Invitational 2007, The Clay Place
Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
- 3/07
By the Ounce, NCECA Conference, Louisville, KY
- 1/07
Postcards From Denmark, one-person exhibition, Carlow University, Pittsburgh,
PA
- 12/06
40 Over 40, The Clay Place Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
- 10/06
Mashiko International Ceramics Contest, Mashiko, Japan
- 7/06 Contemporary
American Ceramics in Hokkaido –
Enzogama in Bei, Hokkaido, Japan
- 5/06 The
Cup – Sacramento International Airport
– Sacramento, CA
- 4/06 Small
Favors – The Clay Studio, Philadelphia
- 3/06 2006
International Cone Box Show
- 3/06 Affinity
for the Cup II – Exploding Head
Gallery – Sacramento, CA
- 2/06 Big
Fish, Small Pot International Teapot Competition – Saddleback College – Mission Viejo, CA
- 1/06 Skin
Deep – Francis Marion University –
Florence, SC
- 1/06 Reflections
International 2006 – Highland Art
Gallery – Portland, ME
- 8/05 Visions
in Clay – University of the Pacific –
Stocton, CA
- 8/05 Juried
Clay National – WAD Clay Institute –
Pittsburgh, PA • Juror / Juror’s
Exhibition
- 8/05 In
Our Cups – SUNY Geneseo – Geneseo, NY
- 7/05 Made
By Hand, Meant for Use – Andrews
University, Michigan
- 4/05 Small Works – Associated Artists of Pittsburgh –
Pittsburgh, PA
- 3/05
Studio Potter Exhibition – NCECA –
Baltimore, MD
- 11/05
Contemporary Ceramics from the Harry Shaw Collection – Mesaros Gallery, WVU
- 9/04 Gems
From the Fire – Kirkwood Community
College - Cedar Rapids, IA •
Second Place
- 9/04
International Woodfire Exhibition –
Coe College- Cedar Rapids, IA
- 6/04 Painted
By Fire - Solo Exhibition - Pittsburgh
Center for the Arts - Pittsburgh, PA
- 6/04 Marin
Society of Artists National - Ross, CA
- 5/04 Out
of the Fire - Wallingford, PA
- 3/04 2004
International Cone Box Show •Juror's
Award
- 2/04 First
Taiwan Ceramic Biennale 2004 - Taipei,
Taiwan, ROC
- 1/04 Working
Series - Pittsburgh Center for the
Arts - Pittsburgh, PA
- 12/03
100 Teapots - Baltimore Clayworks,
Baltimore, MD
- 11/03
St. Petersburg Clay National - St.
Petersburg, FL
- 7/03 Origins
in Clay 3 - San Antonio Potters Guild
- Ingram TX
- 6/03 Ceramics
2003 - Guilford Craft Center -
Guilford CT
- 3/03 Studio
Potter Magazine Pacific Salon 7 - San
Diego, CA
- 2/03 Potters
Who Teach - The Clay Place, Pittsburgh
- 10/02
Mashiko International Ceramics Contest
- Mashiko Japan • Judges’ Commendation Award
- 10/02
Mastery in Clay: New Work - The
Clay Studio, Philadelphia
- 5/02 10th
Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National - Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- 4/02 Plates
'02 - Riverside, California
- 3/02 Studio
Potter Magazine Show, Kansas City, MO
- 3/02 2002
International Cone Box Show - Baker
University - Baldwin City, Kansas
- 1/02 Double
Vision (with Betsy Huffman) -
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts • First Place
- 1/02 Utilitarian
Ceramic National - Nicholls State
University, Thibodaux, Louisiana
- 1/02 Prevailing
Winds 2002 - Young & Constantin
Gallery, Wilmington, Vermont
- 9/01 Woodfire
- one-person show - The Clay Place,
Pittsburgh
- 4/01
Terra-Cotta Pipe Sculpture Exhibit - The Clay Place, Pittsburgh
- 4/01 9th
Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National - Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- 2/01 The
Platter Invitational - Benedum Fine
Arts Gallery - Waynesburg College
- 2/01 Out
of the Fire - Wood-fired Ceramics -
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
- 2/01 Clay/Fire/Wood/Salt
- National Invitational - Columbus,
Ohio
- 11/00
Clay/Fire/Wood/Salt - National
Invitational - Asheville, North Carolina
- 9/00 Focus
on Function - National Ceramics
Biennial, Minneapolis, MN • Weismann Art Museum Purchase Award
- 9/00 Splendid
Servers - Society for Contemporary
Craft - Pittsburgh
- 9/00 Couplets:
Duality in Clay - The Clay Studio,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 3/00 Porcelain
2000 - Esmay Fine Art Gallery,
Rochester, New York
- 2/00 2000
International Cone Box Show - Baker
University - Baldwin City, Kansas
- 1/00 Y2K-PIT
The State of Craft at the End of the Millenium - Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
- 12/99
Ceramics for the New Millennium -
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Gallery
- 11/99
Y2Clay Virtual Ceramics Exhibit -
http://arts.deanza.fhda.edu/y2clay
- 9/99 Different
Stokes - International Woodfire
Exhibition - Iowa City, Iowa
- 6/99 Pacific
Tides - Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- 6/99 Mixed
Doubles: A Couples Show - Gallerie
Chiz - Pittsburgh
- 5/99 New
Pots - One person show - the Clay
Place Gallery - Pittsburgh
- 2/99 Stuck-up - Pittsburgh Center for the Arts •
Protective Coatings Award
- 2/99 1999
National Ceramic Competition -
Kennedy-Douglass Center - Florence -Alabama
- 6/98 Juried
Visual Arts - Three Rivers Arts
Festival - Pittsburgh
- 5/98 East-West
/ Up-Down - Two-Person Show - Gallerie
Chiz - Pittsburgh
- 3/98 1998
International Cone Box Show - Baker
University - Baldwin City, Kansas
- 2/98 Objects - Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Gallery -
Pittsburgh
- 2/98 Precious
Objects - Craftsmen's Guild of Pittsburgh
• Frank Ross Award
- 10/97
Honorable Objects - Chatham College
Gallery - Pittsburgh
- 9/97 A
Fair in the Park - Pittsburgh •
A&B Smith Award
- 8/97 Clay/Wood/Fire/Salt - National Invitational - Berea, Kentucky
- 2/97 New
Work in Clay - one-person show - The
Clay Place Gallery, Pittsburgh
- 8/96 IWCAT
'96 - Cera Gallery, Tokoname, Aichi,
Japan
- 8/96 Ceramics
Festival - Tokoname, Aichi, Japan
- 9/95
937 Open - Associated Artists of
Pittsburgh
- 7/95 Craftsmen's
Guild of Pittsburgh Annual • Frank
Ross Award
- 11/92
Arts on Tour - The Precious Object
- Craftsmen's Guild of Pittsburgh • Juror's Award
- 6/92 Contrast,
Opposition, Conflict - Craftsmen's
Guild of Pittsburgh • Jerry Caplan Award
- 10/91
The Artist as Subject - W&J
College - Washington, PA
- 5/91
Two Person Show - Liberal Arts Gallery - Pittsburgh
- 11/90
Invitational Teapot Show - Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
- 10/90
Huffman-Pots - One Person Show -
Slippery Rock University
- 10/90
Two Person Show - Community College of Allegheny County
- 7/89 Craftsmen's
Guild of Pittsburgh 45th Annual •
Frank Ross Award
- 8/89
Artists From the Collection of Blue Cross of Western PA
- 7/89
New Growth Invitational Sculpture Exhibition - Indiana, PA
- 3/89 Fragments - One Person Show - The Clay Place Gallery
- 10/88
Craftsmen's Guild of Pittsburgh 44th Annual • Clay Place Award
- 1/88 Dishes
& Other Impulsive Acts - One
Person Show - Blair Art Museum
- 12/87
Local Clay - Manchester Craftsmen's
Guild, Pittsburgh
- 7/87 Wholly
Matrimony - Southern Alleghenies
Museum of Art
- 7/87 New
Growth Invitational Sculpture Exhibition
- Indiana, PA
- 4/87 Sixth
Biennial Paper and Clay Exhibition -
Memphis State University
- 9/86
Craftsmen's Guild of Pittsburgh 42nd Annual • Ceramics Monthly Award
- 5/86 Sculptors
at Phipps - Phipps Conservatory, Pittsburgh
- 7/85 Decorative
Functional Contemporary Crafts in PA, OH, &WV - Ogelbay Institute, WV
- 2/84 A
National Ceramic Invitational -
Indiana University of PA
- 10/83
Western PA Pottery Invitational -
Thiele College