Gina Freuen Pottery & Design
Spokane, WA
GinaFreuen@mac.com
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS: Feature, Invitational & Juried
2023 Bainbridge Island Arts & Crafts, Bainbridge Island, WA, Feature exhibit of recently completed Soda Fired Functional Ceramics and One of a kind sculpture. Exhibit runs the month of July
2023 Emerge “Substance” Group Invitational, Coeur d”Alene, Idaho, March Exhibit in conjunction with Annual Ceramic Throwdown
2022 “Kindled Spirits 2” Good Earth Pottery, Juried Exhibit of Atmospheric Fired Pottery, Bellingham, WA
2022 “New to You: Permanent Collection Objects on Display for the First Time,” Jundt Art Museuem, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA
2022 “Last Call VII” Juried Exhibit of pouring vessels, Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN
2021 “A Ribbon of Flame” Feature Exhibit, Trackside Studio Ceramic Art Gallery May
2021 “American Craft, We the People,” Juried Exhibit, Confluence Gallery, Twisp, WA May / June
2021 “24th Annual Small Works Invitational,” The Art Spirit Gallery, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, December
2020 “Natural Wonder” 4 person exhibit, The Art Spirit Gallery, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, November
2020 “Natural Wonder” 4 person exhibit, The Art Spirit Gallery, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, April Online Only
2019 “Teapots” Bainbridge Arts & Crafts Center, Bainbridge Island, WA
2019 “Pitchers” Juried Exhibit, Good Earth Pottery, Bellingham, WA
2019 “Teapots” Juried exhibit, Good Earth Pottery, Bellingham, WA2019 Inland Visions, Invitational ceramic exhibit featuring artists from Eastern Washington, The Clay Studio of Montana, Missoula, MT
2019 “Atmosphere” Two Sisters, Two Paths, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, Spokane, WA
2019 “From the Ashes” Group Exhibition of Wood Fired Ceramics, January 25- March 1, Olympic College Art Department, Bremerton, WA
2018 / 19, The Contemporary Art of Pacific Northwest Crafts, Northwest Design Craftsmen, Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA, September 29, 2018 to January 6, 2019
2018 Annual exhibit October through November, Trackside Studio Ceramic Art Gallery, New work by Chris Kelsey, Mark Moore & Gina Freuen, Spokane, WA
2018 Group Exhibit, Entree Gallery, Priest Lake, Idaho
2018 Group exhibit, 2 emerging working with 2 established female artists for a 1 month exhibit where work is developed working together. EMERGE, Couer d’Alene, Idaho
2017 "The Trailing Vine" Travels to Trackside Studio Ceramic Art Gallery, Feature Exhibit, Spokane, WA
2017 "The Trailing Vine" Lewis Clark State College Art and History Museum, feature exhibit, Lewiston, Idaho
2017 "For Pitcher or Pourer," National Juried Pouring Vessel Exhibit, Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA
2017 "Northwest Designer Craftsmen @ Vashon Center for the Arts," Vashon, WA
2017 "Last Call II" Handmade ceramics for Storing, Pouring and Sipping, National Juried Exhibit, Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN
2016 “Small Works,” Art Spirit Gallery, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
2016, Northwest Designer Craftsmen @ Allied Arts, Richland, WA and @ South Lake Union, Seattle, WA
2016 "The Clay Cup, Vessel, Icon, Canvas," National Juried Cup Invitational, George Caleb Bingham Gallery, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
2016“Epitaphs - what dreams may come,” BIOLA UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, Biola University, La Mirada CA
2015 “Small Works,” Art Spirit Gallery, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
2015 “ Northwest Fine Craft,” Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, Bainbridge Island,WA
2015 “Extraordinary, Exotic, and Sometimes Erotic Soup Tureens,” Bellevue College Art Gallery, Bellevue, WA, Group Invitational
2015 Eutectic Gallery, Portland, Oregon, Group Invitational, "Stoked"
2014 /15 Curator and Exhibitor, "Cup of Joy," Group Invitational of Drinking Vessels with Ceramic Artists from throughout the United States, Trackside Studio Ceramic Art Gallery, Spokane, WADecember/ January
2014 / 15, Northwest Designer Craftsmen @ 60, Juried Exhibit of NWDC members, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA
2014Four Ravens Gallery, Missoula, Montana, Feature Exhibit month of August
2014 Ceramics Invitational: Whitworth Art Department, Lied Art Center, Spokane, WA
2013/14 Curator and Exhibitor, Northwest Ceramics Invitational. 29 artists representing 3 states, Spokane Region, Archie Bray, LH Project, and Seattle Region. Trackside Studio Ceramic Art Gallery and Kolva Sullivan Gallery, Spokane, WADecember/ January
2013“Eat, Drink, and Be Merry,” Bainbridge Arts & Crafts Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA, Nov. 29 – Dec. 29
2013Washington Clay Arts Annual Ceramics Exhibition, Seattle Design Center, Seattle WA, April 18 to May 24, 2013
2013Tradition and Transformation, Jundt Art Museum, Collection Exhibit of Alums, Faculty, Students and NW Artists, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WAJanuary 22 - March 28, 2013
2012 Northwest Designer Craftsmen Exhibit, “The Clay Edge,” NW Gallery of Fine Woodworking, March 20 – April 8,
NCECA 2012/ WCA Annual Members Show, Artstop Gallery, Tacoma, WA, March 3 – April 13, 2012
Extreme, Extraordinary, & Exquisite: Teapots Extraordinaire, Bellevue Community College Gallery, Bellevue, WA, March 7 – April 6, 2012
2012Here and There: Contemporary Nordic American Ceramics Exhibition, Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, WA, March 9 – May 6 2012
2012 “Eight Wood-Fired Kilns in the Northwest.” Pots Gallery, Curated Exhibit, March 26 - 31, 2012, Seattle, WA
2012“Touchable” Northwest Designer Craftsman Juried Exhibit, Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, Oregon, May 25 to June 29.
2012 Fifth International Juried Small Teapot Competition. Big Fish, Small Teapot V, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA, April 14 - June 30, 2012
2011 Northwest Atmospheric Ceramics Invitational, Gonzaga University Jundt Museum, Spokane, WA Jan. 21 – April 1
2011 The Art Spirit Gallery, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, Sisters, Kay O’Rourke and Gina Freuen, Feature exhibition
2009 New Works by 12 Artists, Celebrating our 100th Show, The Art Spirit Gallery of Fine Art, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
2008 Intersections: K. O'Rourke & G. Freuen, Kress Gallery, Sponsored by the MAC, (Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture) Spokane, WA
2008 Tea Pots: from Craft to Art, Grant’s Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, Oregon, Feb. 1 – Mar. 28
2008 A Path of Flame, Invitational, Gallery Madera, Tacoma, WA Feb. 9 – Mar. 29
2007 Drawn to the Wall, Jundt Museum, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA
2006 DECADE, Potters of Hikarigama, 1995 - 2005, Glenn & Viola Walters Cultural Arts Center, in conjunction with NCECA, Portland Oregon, March 2006
2005 Yuma Art Museum, Yuma Symposium Guest Artists, Yuma, AZ
2005 Looking Forward, Glancing Back, Northwest Designer Craftsmen @ 50 Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA, Exhibit traveled for the next 2 years.
2004 Washington Potters’ Association Retrospective Exhibition, The Gallery, Tacoma Community College, Tacoma, WA
2003 Major Works in Clay: 12 Artists, Karin Clarke Gallery, Eugene, and Oregon.
1999 Art Equinox, A Regional Survey of Contemporary Art, Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, MT
1995 ANA 24, National Juried Arts Exhibition, Lloyd Herman/Juror, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana
1994 “Totally Teapots”, National Invitational, Gango Gallery, Portland, OR
1991 Rockies to Rainier and Back Again, Boulder, Colorado
1991 Spirit of the West, “Best of the West,” traveling exhibition of artists from Idaho, Utah & E. Washington sponsored by West One Bank
1990 Pacific Northwest Juried Arts & Crafts, Professional Division, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
1989 Washington Crafts, Then and Now, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA 1989 Surface and Substance, an exploration of texture in craft, the Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Mass.
1988 Big Sky Biennial V/Crafts, Idaho State University, John B. Davis Gallery, Pocatello, Idaho
1985 San Diego Museum of Natural History, Animal and Dinosaur Teapot Exhibition, San Diego, California
1980 Governor’s Crafts Invitational, State Museum, Olympia, WA
1977 Northwest Invitational Drawing Exhibit, Olin Art Gallery, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA
1976 Ten State Bicentennial Art Show, Charlie Russell Museum, Great Falls, MT
SELECTED AWARDS:
2017 Awarded “Spokane Women of Achievement” Arts Award, YWCA, Spokane, WA
2005 Best of Show, Sun Valley Arts & Crafts Festival, Sun Valley, Idaho
2000 City of Spokane Arts Awards, Individual Artist recipient
1997 Carol Duke Award of Excellence, Pacific Northwest Arts Fair, Bellevue, WA
1996 Washington State Artist Trust “GAP GRANT”
1989 Visual Arts Award, Pacific Northwest Arts & Crafts Fair Juried Exhibition, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
1974 Allied Arts Award, Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum, Annual Juried Arts Exhibition, Spokane, WA
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
. Art Chowder Magazine, December 2019, Issue 24, “Many Things…Wonderful Things - The Ancient Craft of Wood Firing,” Pgs. 20 - 26
Exhibition Catalog, "Northwest Designer Craftsman @ 60," Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA, 2014
•Books: E.Ashley Rooney. 100 Northwest Artists. Publisher: Atglen, PA, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2013
•Books: Lark Books 500 Teapots, New York, NY, \ Lark Books, Sterling Publishing, 2013
•Exhibition Catalog, 2006 Decade, Potters of the Hikarigama 1995- 2005, Glenn & Viola Walters Cultural Art Center, Hillsboro, Oregon, 2006
•Books: “Teapots, Makers & Collectors,” Author: Dona Z. Meilach, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., June of 2005
•Books: "Tea Time, Five Artists," Artisan Northwest, the magazine of Northwest Art and Artists, Spring (2005) 20 - 25
•Books: “500 Cups, Contemporary Explorations of a Timeless Design”, New York, NY, Lark Books, Sterling Publishing Inc., 2005
•Exhibition Catalog: “Looking Forward, Glancing Back, Northwest Designer Craftsman @ 50,” NWDC / Whatcom Museum of History and Art. 2003
•Books: “500 Bowls, Contemporary Explorations of a Timeless Design”, New York, NY, \ Lark Books, Sterling Publishing Inc., 2003
•Books: The Contemporary Potter, Rockport, Mass, Rockport Publishers, 2001
•Books: The Best Of Pottery, Rockport, Mass, Rockport Publishing, 1996
. Books: Modernism & Beyond: Women Artists of the Pacific Northwest, Brunsman & Askey
TEACHING / WORKSHOPS, COMMITTEES, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT & ART FESTIVALS:
2022 Tacoma Pottery Salon, Saturday, July 17, 2022, Tacoma, WA, an idea exchange and presentation with guest artist Gina Freuen .
2017, Workshop / Demo, Wenatchee Valley College, Wenatchee, WAMay 10th
2017, Workshop / Demo, Edmonds Community College, Edmonds, WA, May 19 & 20
2017, In conjunction with feature exhibit, Workshop / Demo, Lewis Clark College Art & History Museum, Lewiston, Idaho
2017 - 2012, Partner and Exhibiting Artist, Trackside Studio Ceramic Art Gallery, 115 S. Adams, Spokane, WA, www.TracksideStudio.net
2016 – 1996, Non-tenure track faculty, Gonzaga University, Art Department, Spokane, WA RETIRED May 2016
2017 - 2006, Management committee and participant, Little Spokane River Artist Studio Tour, Spokane, WA
2013, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2000 – 02, 1995 – 98, 1988-90, 1983 – 85, Bellevue Arts Museum ArtsFair, Bellevue, WA
2012, & 2006 Gonzaga in Florence, Florence, Italy, summer term, May 15 - June 30
2012 Faculty / Staff Pro Seminar, Lecture / Presentation to staff and invited guests, “Maiolica,” Gonzaga in Florence Study Abroad Program, Florence, Italy campus
2011 Workshop Presenter: Master Potter Workshop: Moshier Community Art Center, Saturday, March 24 2011
2011 Curator for Northwest Atmospheric Ceramics Invitational, Gonzaga University Jundt Museum, Spokane, WA
2010Juror, ArtFest, Northwest Museum of Arts and Crafts / the MAC, Juried Arts and Crafts Festival, Spokane, WA
2008Juror, Artist Trust Gap Grant Applications, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA
2009 Workshop Presenter, Wenatchee Valley College, Wenatchee, WA
2006 Workshop presenter, Mosier Community Art Center, Burien, WA
2005 Guest presenter and demonstrating artist, Yuma Symposium, Yuma, AZ
2004 & 5 Sun Valley Arts & Crafts Festival, Sun Valley, Idaho
2004 Art on the Pearl, Fine Arts & Crafts Festival, Portland, Oregon
2007 thru 1987 Management Committee and participant for Inland Craft Warnings, a juried craft exhibition and sale held annually in Spokane, WA
2002 Workshop, Wenatchee Valley Community College, Ceramics Program, Wenatchee, WA
1995 thru 1985 Director - Artfest: Spokane, a five state juried Arts and Crafts Fair sponsored by Cheney Cowles Museum and the Spokane Art School
1986 Juror - Washington State Juried Craft Exhibition, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA1986 - l981 Served on the art committee for Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum, Spokane, WA
INTERVIEWS / VIDEO / DEMONSTRATIONS:
SPOKANE ARTS WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT INTERVIEW
YOU TUBE: Ceramic Masters Series, Clay & Slip with Ken Turner Gina Freuen Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCfHZAiiDI0
YOU TUBE: Ceramic Masters Series, Clay & Slip with Ken Turner Gina Freuen Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciOTWjQYW5Y
YOU TUBE: Artist, Gina Freuen on Kat’s Coffee Talks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PH9zE9lI-o