Wayne Higby

Born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Higby received a B.F.A. from the University of Colorado at Boulder, in 1966, and an

M.F.A. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1968. Since 1973, he has been on the faculty of the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY.

Working both as a ceramic artist and an educator, Higby has earned international recognition since his one-person show at the American Craft Museum in 1973. His work focuses on "landscape imagery as a focal point of meditation", and ranges from the vessel form to tile and sculptural works. Rather than focusing on its functional aspects, Higby uses the vessel form as a vehicle for imagery, often inspired by the western landscapes of his childhood, that highlights the interplay between light, space, and time.{{cite news|title=Ceramics Legend |url=https://burchfieldpenney.org/art-and-artists/people/profile:wayne-higby/}}

"I strive to establish a zone of quiet coherence – a place full of silent, empty space where finite and infinite, intimate and immense intersect."

He is known for his inventive use of Raku earthenware, and an interest in porcelain following his experiences travelling and lecturing in China, where he has worked with artists to revitalize Chinese Ceramic art. He is Honorary President and co-founder(with Jackson Li) of the Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute at Jingdezhen, and an Honorary Professor of Art at both the Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute and at Shanghai University, People’s Republic of China.

He is also vice president of the International Academy of Ceramics in Geneva, Switzerland.{{cite news|title=International Academy of Ceramics, Geneva |url=https://www.aic-iac.org/en/member/wayne-higby/}}

Ceramic artist Victoria MacKenzie-Childs, taught by Higby at Alfred University in the 1970s, credits Higby as a lifelong mentor.{{cite news|title=Mentor of Victoria MacKenzie-Childs |url=https://www.alfred.edu/about/alfred-stories/victoria-mackenzie-childs.cfm}}

• New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY, 1973–present
• Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, 1970–73
• University of Nebraska at Omaha, 1968–1970

• Distinguished Educator Award, James Renwick Alliance, 2002
• Honorary Professor of Art, College of Fine Arts, Shanghai University, 2000
• Recognition of Excellence, American Ceramic Society, 1998
• American Craft Movement Visionary Award, American Craft Museum, 1995
• College of Fellows, American Craft Council, 1995
• Honorary Professor of Ceramic Art, Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, P.R. of China, 1995
• Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, State University of New York, 1993
• Master Teacher Award, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT, 1990
• George A. and Eliza Howard Foundation Fellowship, 1986
• New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, 1985, 1989
• National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, 1973, 1977, 1988

• Wayne Higby: Landscape as Memory, 1990–1999, Museum of Art & Design, Helsinki, Finland, 1999
• Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO, 1991, 1997
• Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, CT, 1990
• Helen Drutt Gallery, New York, NY, 1988, 1990
• Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY, 1984
• Okun-Thomas Gallery, St. Louis, MO, 1979
• Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1996
• Exhibit A, Gallery of American Ceramics, Evanston, IL, 1975, 1978, 1980
• Museum of Contemporary Crafts (American Craft Museum), New York, NY, 1973
• Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, Long Island, NY, 1971
• Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT, 1970
• Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE, 1969

• American Craft Museum (now The Museum of Arts & Design), New York City, NY, USA{{Cite web|title=Crescent Floor Mesa|url=http://collections.madmuseum.org/objects/details/389;jsessionid=FF25BBB5B06767DA414A3A3F354BE5F1|access-date=2021-06-03|website=collections.madmuseum.org|language=en}}
• Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York City, NY, USA{{Cite web|title=Brooklyn Museum|url=https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/112306|access-date=2021-06-03|website=www.brooklynmuseum.org}}
• Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, USA{{Cite web|title=CMOA Collection|url=https://collection.cmoa.org/objects/945729c8-8419-432b-a819-4cd41cca9866|access-date=2021-06-03|website=collection.cmoa.org|language=en}}
• Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI, USA
• Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO, USA
• Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY, USA
• Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA{{Cite web|date=2018-05-02|title=Five Rocks Channel #6 - Wayne Higby|url=https://art.famsf.org/wayne-higby/five-rocks-channel-6-2005163311|access-date=2021-06-03|website=FAMSF Search the Collections|language=en}}
• Jingdezhen Museum of Art, P.R. China
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA
• Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY, USA{{cite web|title=Wayne Higby - Winter Inlet Landscape|url=http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/482188?rpp=30&pg=1&ft=higby&pos=2|website=The Collection Online|publisher=Metropolitan Museum of Art|access-date=16 November 2014}}
• Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN, USA
• Museum for Contemporary art Het Kruithuis, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, USA{{Cite web|title=Mirage Lake|url=https://collections.mfa.org/objects/41481/mirage-lake;jsessionid=C4608FD7989DBA79410204CB8A5C485E|access-date=2021-06-03|website=collections.mfa.org|language=en}}
• Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX, USA{{Cite web|title=Wayne Higby: Entry Rock|url=https://emuseum.mfah.org/objects/105241/entry-rock?ctx=55a2be6056438bde8181cee6cbdbc9d9c74dc18f&idx=0}}
• National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
• Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, USA
• Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, USA{{Cite web|title=Frozen Day Mesa|url=https://philamuseum.org/collection/object/144419|access-date=2021-06-03|website=philamuseum.org|language=en}}
• Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art, Alfred, NY, USA
• Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, USA{{Cite web|title=Wayne Higby {{!}} Smithsonian American Art Museum|url=https://americanart.si.edu/artist/wayne-higby-2209|access-date=2021-06-03|website=americanart.si.edu|language=en-US}}
• University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI, USA{{Cite web|title=Exchange: Small Green Pot|url=https://exchange.umma.umich.edu/resources/11968/view|access-date=2021-06-03|website=exchange.umma.umich.edu}}
• Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK

1. {{cite book |last= Clark |first= Garth |title= A Century of Ceramics in the United States, 1879-1979 |publisher= E P Dutton |date= June 1979 |isbn= 978-0-525-07820-3 |url-access= registration |url= https://archive.org/details/centuryofceramic00clar }}

• [http://art.alfred.edu/faculty/fa_higby.html Faculty profile at Alfred University]

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