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Will Van Dyke
950 Michigan Avenue #3
Evanston, Illinois 60202
312.399.5734
Education
BSCE-Illinois Institute of Technology 1968
Master’s in Architecture-University of Illinois Chicago 1983
Ceramics Education
1969-Tom Kerrigan at Virginia Museum, Richmond, Virginia
1971-Jerry Williams-Workshop in Dunbarton, New Hampshire
1971-2 Ceramics courses at Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts
1974-75 Fern Pritikin at Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois
2012-18 Patty Kochaver at Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois
2015-Nick Joerling Workshop, College of Lake County, Grayslake, Illinois
2016-International Wood Fire Conference, Waubonsee Community College, Sugar Grove, Illinois
2016-Workshop with Randy Johnston at Schaller Gallery, St. Joseph, Michigan
2017/8-Lill Street Studio-Soda Fire Class with Catherine Tweedy and with Nolan Baumgartner
2018-Anderson Ranch-Advanced Mentoring Studies with Randy Johnston and Chris Gustin
2018-Lill Street Studio-Wood Fire Class with Chris Chambers
Exhibits-Ceramics
Ocmulgee Pottery Sales Ipswich, Massachusetts-1970-73
Evanston Art Center Christmas Sale-2012 through 2018
Midwest Unitarian Summer Assembly Art Sale-2012 through 2016
Bridgeport (Chicago) Art Center Fifth Annual Art Competition 2017
North Shore Unitarian Church Annual Art Sale 2017/18/19
2017
Schaller Gallery-Summer-Architectonica show-Water Towers and Corn Cribs selected for invitational
Made at Lill Street, Juried exhibition, Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Summer Exhibit at La Sala de Galisteo, Galisteo, New Mexico
2018
Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
International Crane Foundation Gallery, Baraboo, Wisconsin
2019
The Crow Show, The Studio Door Gallery, San Diego, California
Bodies of … Crooked Tree Arts Center, Traverse City, Michigan
Dune Birds in Art, Indiana Dunes Visitor Center, Chesterton, Indiana
Anderson Ranch Advanced Mentoring Show, Snowmass,
Colorado
64 Arts, Juried Exhibition, Monmouth, Illinois.
Clay Cubed. Juried Exhibition. ClaySpace Gallery, Lisle, Illinois. .
Whitewater Valley Art Competition, Richmond, Indiana.
46thMid-States Craft Competition, Evansville Museum, Evansville, Indiana.
2020
The Crow Show, The Arts Illiana Gallery, Terra Haute, Indiana
6th Annual Crow Show, The Studio Door Gallery, San Diego, California
7th Central Time Zone Ceramics, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois
Collaboration Show (with Pat Gordon) Highland Park Art Center, Highland Park, Illinois
3rd Annual Small Works Show, Vanessa Lacy Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
Voices of the Midwest, Fine Line Creative Arts Center, St. Charles, Illinois
Plinth Gallery Show, Plinth Gallery, Denver, Colorado
Southern Mississippi Ceramics National 2020, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
2021
Down to Earth Show, Springer Cultural Center, Champaign, Illinois
Playing with Fire, Saratoga Clay Arts Center, Scheylerville, New York
March Group Show, Jones Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
Malcolm: A Passion for Shino show, Sandy Spring Museum, Sandy Spring, Maryland
Exhibits-Watercolor and Painting
North Shore Art League, September 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006,2007 Watercolors. Group Exhibition.
Bistro America, Batavia, Illinois, June-July, 2003. “Two Landscape Artists” Watercolors. Two person show with Brian DeWolf, photographer.
Northbrook Public Library Exhibit. April 2004.
Illinois State Fair. July 2005. Springfield, Illinois.
Watercolor Show. 2012. Brother’s K Coffeehouse Evanston.
Artist Statement
“Art is art. Everything else is everything else.” Adolph Dietrich Friedrich Reinhardt
I have an abiding interest and delight in the visual, and find inspiration everywhere.My eye may be attracted to a rusted piece of metal on the street, or a cloud formation reflected in the glazed surface of a Chicago office building. Much of my work is grounded in the prairie of the Midwest. As a former architect, I am drawn to the simple geometric shapes and forms of barns, corncribs and silos in the agricultural landscape of Illinois, Indiana and Iowa. Equally interesting to me are the cylindrical shapes of the wooden water towers atop older buildings in Chicago and New York. My work is intended as an homage to these forgotten, utilitarian structures, many of which are disappearing from the landscape, rural and urban. I also enjoy making utilitarian ceramic work and am always happy when they find a good home and are used on a daily basis. Many potters, including Toshiko Takaezu, Warren McKenzie, Dan Anderson and Mary Fischer, have influenced or informed my work. I continue to learn and explore the ceramic medium and wait in excited expectation to see what the kiln goddess will produce after each firing.
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