Alexander P. Irvine
38 Adams st.
Asheville, NC 28801
alexirvine@verizon.net
alexirvineceramics.com
B.F.A. in Crafts: Ceramics, University of the Arts, Class of 2008
Awards
2008
President's Award
Zeiden Family Foundation Award in Ceramics
2007
William Daley Studio Achievement in Crafts Award
Baugh-Barber Trust Fund Scholarship
Windgate Charitable Foundation Scholarship
2008
SOFA Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
New Faces, City Hall, Philadelphia, PA (American Gangsta teapot censored)
Inanimate Objectives, The University of the Arts,
2007
Misterios, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Misterios, Philadelphia Cathedral, Philadelphia, PA
RED, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
Collections
Imaginative Representations of the Vietnam War, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA
Kamm Teapot Foundation, Sparta Teapot Museum, Sparta, NC
Employment
2007-2008, Ward Elicker Casting
Production chasing and spruing wax to be cast in bronze
2006-2007, Roselli Pottery
Mixing slip, pouring, pinning, trimming Roselli and Star kiln stilts, extruding, pressing and trimming
Double Point kiln stilts
2006-2007, The Ceramics Shop
Making Hydrobats: Mixing plaster, pouring it into rubber molds, trimming casts
Delivery Boy: Operating fork-lift, delivering ceramic supplies to local schools, home studios, and art
centers, repairing/diagnosing electric kilns
2004-2006, University of the Arts, Ceramics Department
Work-Study Assistant: Helping shop tech. maintain facilities: Weighing and packaging dry materials,
mixing clay, slip, and glazes, loading and firing kilns, maintaining equipment, recycling clay
