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Skychild With Skullman #1

Artist Statement

Mostly, I am drawn to the revelations of the body. My wall relief figures are integrated, whole, physical ones, which are then (at least partially) disintegrated, dematerialized, or fractionalized by light. Barely in touch with the forces of gravity, sometimes they just float. Foreshortening is a big element - I enjoy playing with the tension of packing three dimensional objects into a two-dimensional space. I am attracted by combining "real" three-dimensional space with the illusionary space created by incised lines.

My recent 'Skychild/Skullman-l' series continues my focus on "great" themes and primal oppositions. It concerns a tantalizingly-close proximity of opposite forces: innocence/iniquity/death/life. There is an intent to break preconceptions and dissolve apparent differences.

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PAULA JEAN RICE

3210 W. Mountain Drive
Flagstaff, Arizona 8601
Home and Studio Phone:
(602) 774-4044


PROFESSIONAL DEGREES

1976-79     Master of Fine Arts; University of Wisconsin-Madison; Ceramic 
        sculpture: Studied under Deborah Butterfield, Don Reitz, Bruce 
        Breckenridge, Wayne Taylor, Ernie Moll, others.
1969-71     Master of Education, Art; Pennsylvania State University, State 
        College, PA. Major Professor Kenneth Beittel.
1962-66     Bachelor of Science in Design; University of Michigan, Ann
        Arbor. (Honors). Double Major Painting and Sculpture. Minor 
        Art History. 
        Studied under John Rush, Guy Palazzola, Tom Mcaure, 
        NathanWhitman Alpha Lamda Delta Honor Society. Recipient-
        William Branstrom Prize.

OTHER EDUCATION

1974-76     Doctoral Candidate in Art Education; University of Arkansas, 
        Fayetteville.
1975        Notre Dame Summer Session Workshop; Notre Dame, Indiana.
1964-65     Putney School of Art, London, England.
        Drawing, Painting, Cerarnics.
1964        Accademia di Belle Arti, Perugia, Italy.
        Drawing, Woodblock.
1962-63     San Jose State University, San Jose, California.
        Aesthetics, Drawing, Design.

TEACHING

1994-95     Associate Professor of Art; Ceramics; Northem Arizona 
            University, Flagstaff.
1988-94     Assistant Professor; Beginning through Graduate Ceramics; 
        Northem Arizona University, Flagstaff.
1987-88     Assistant Professor; Beginning through Graduate Ceramics, Life 
        Drawing; Northem Arizona University; Flagstaff.
1986-87     Lecturer; Beginning through Graduate Ceramics; University of 
        Wisconsin-Madison.
1985-86     Visiting Head of Ceramics and Lecturer; University of
        Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Beginning, Advanced, and
        Graduate Ceramics; Basic Drawing.
1981-83     Lecturer; Ceramics, Sculpture, Art History, University of
        Wisconsin-Fox Valley, Menasha, Wisconsin.
1981        Instructor, Ceramics; University of Northem Arizona, Flagstaff; 
        Summer term.
1980        Instructor, Clay Sculpture; Peters Valley School of Crafts, Layton, 
        New Jersey; June.
1980        Artist-in-Residence, aay Sculpture; Ohio State University,
        Columbus; Spring term.
1975-76     Teaching Assistantship in Ceramics, Design. University of
        Arkansas, Fayetteville.
1971        Instructor for Free University, Ceramics; Penn State University, 
        State College; Sumrner.
1969-70     Bellefonte Area School District, Pennsyl.vania. Art.
1967-68     Cove School District, Pennsylvania. Art.
1966-67     Art Instructor, Intemational School, Dar es Salaarn, Tanzania,
        East 

INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS

1992        Intemational Ceramics Exhibition, uaay Today", Galleri Norby, 
        Copenhagen, Denmark; November.
1992        Intemational Ceramics: Art, Design, and Research", an 
        International 
        Conference Exhibition, Posio, Finland;
        June-August.
1992        Intemational Exhibition of American, Russian, and Baltic
        Ceramics; 
        Exhibition Hall, Kipsala; Riga, Latvia;
        January-February.
1991        lntemational Exhibition of American and Soviet Ceramics,
        Dzintari, 
        Jurmala, Latvia; December.
1991        5th International Triennial of Ceramics; Ceramic Material in 
        Modern Art, Sopot Art Gallery . Warsaw, Poland, June-August
1991        Intemational Cerarnics Invitational Exhibition, "Clay Today". 
        Museum Menzinghe; Roden, the Netherlands, May/June