Born 1955, Rush City, MN

1985 M.F.A. NY State College of Ceramics, Alfred University, NY
1980 B.A. Hamline University, St. Paul, MN
1999 Minnesota State Arts Board Assistance Fellowship Grant
McKnight Artist Fellowship
1986 National Endowment for the Arts Grant

Selected Exhibitions: 2002 “Syntheses of Clay”, Blue Gallery, Kansas City, MO / The 14th San Angelo National, San Angelo Museum of Art, San Angelo,TX / 2001 USA Clay, Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., Circa Gallery, Minneapolis, MN / 2000 SOFA/NY, Loveed Fine Arts, NY, NY / 2000 Sidney Myer Fund International Ceramic Award, Melbourne, Australia / Ten Years in Retrospect, 10th Anniversary Exhibit, Northern Clay Center, Mpls., MN / 1999 Abstract Craft, Southwest School of Art & Craft, San Antonio, TX / Crafts National 33, Penn State University, University Park, PA / 1998 Circa Gallery Minneapolis, MN / Gage Gallery, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN / 1997 NCECA Clay National, UNLV Barrick Museum, Las Vegas, NV / 1996 The Fletcher Challenge Ceramic Exhibition, Auckland, New Zealand / Joanne Rapp Gallery/The Hand and the Spirit, Scottsdale, AZ

Selected Collections: National Museum of American Art, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C. / Shepparton Art Gallery, Shepparton, Australia / Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN / First National Bank of Minneapolis, MN / Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY / Richard Tuttle, Syracuse, NY / Ms. Suzanne Sugg, San Antonio, TX / Robert Pfannebecker, Lancaster, PA / Dr. Igal Silber, Laguna Beach, CA / Robert A. Ellison, NY, NY

Selected Publications: Richardson, Trevor. American Ceramics, “Reviews”, vol.13 no.1, p. 53 / Myklebust, Andrea. Ceramics Monthly, “Gary Erickson,” September 1999, pp. 65-68 / McWatters Padgett, Deborah. “The Importance of Essence,” Ceramics: Art and Perception, no. 23, 1996, pp. 67-70