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David Alban
Education
MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art. Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
BFA, Kansas City Art Institute. Kansas City, Missouri.
Solo Exhibitions
2015 William Busta Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio.
2012 Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY.
2012 The Thomas Hunter Project Space, Hunter College, New York, NY.
2001 William Busta Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio.
2000 The Clay Place, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1995 The Clay Place, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, Ohio.
1990 The Indianapolis Art League, Indianapolis, Indiana.
1988 E. L. Stark Gallery, New York, New York.
Professional Experience
2012 Curator, Clay: Material Assets Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY.
2007-08 Kiln room rebuilding project. Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI.
2005-present Art fabricator, Polich/Tallix Art Works, Rock Tavern, NY.
2002 Curator, Clay City New Fahrenheit Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
1991-Present Custom kiln building business. David Alban Kilnbuilders Ltd.
1989-92 Advisory board member. The Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts.
1986-88 Facility manager. The Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts.
Grants and Residences
2004 “Porcelain Another Way”, Ksiaz Factory Wałbrych, Poland.
2003 Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Invited Resident.
2000 Individual Artist Fellowship, Ohio Arts Council Grant.
1999 The 11th Annual International Ceramics Symposium.
Panevezys Glass Works, Panevezys, Lithuania.
1999 The 35th International Symposium in Ceramics, and Sculpture.
Bolesławiec, Poland.
1998 The 18th International Symposium of Ceramics Bechyne.
Bechyne, Czech Republic
1997 The 9th Annual International Ceramics Symposium.
Panevezys Glass Works, Panevezys, Lithuania.
1994 The 4th Annual Invitational Exhibition of Jinro Ceramic Arts.
International Ceramics Symposium, Hong Ik University, Seoul, Korea.
1993-94 Artist residency, the Bemis Foundation, Omaha, Nebraska.
1990 Lilly Foundation Grant. Beldon Brick Company, Canton, Ohio.
1985 Jerome Foundation Grant. Residency. St. John’s University, Collegeville, MN.
Collections
Panevezys Civic Art Gallery, Panevezys, Lithuania.
International Museum of Ceramic Arts, Bechyne, Czech Republic.
The Decorative Arts Museum, Prague, Czech Republic.
Ceramic Arts Museum, Bolesławiec, Poland.
Walbrzych City Museum, Walbrzych, Poland.
The Bemis Foundation, Omaha, Nebraska.
The Butler Museum of Art, Youngstown, Ohio.
The Ohio State University.
The Allan Chasanoff Collection at the Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC.
John Sinker.