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David Packer | |
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 David Packer | |
| Born | January 2, 1960 Amersham, England |
| Occupation | Artist |
| Website | packerdavid.com |
David Packer (born January 2, 1960), is an English artist based in New York. He works in a variety of media: sculpture, drawing, and artist books.[1]
Content and media
[edit]As a sculptor, Packer works primarily in ceramics,[2][3] and has been described “as a master practitioner of architectural and technical ceramics”;[4] however, he also has used found lumber and discarded industrial metal.[4] often with “redundant technology imaging redundant industry.”[5]
Exhibitions and residencies
[edit]Packer has exhibited in New York City at Garth Clark Gallery in 2002, where he also had three other group shows, and in the group show, Exit Biennial II, Traffic,[6] at Exit Art, 2005, curated by Papo Colo and Jeanette Ingberman.
In 2006, during a three-month residency at the Kohler Arts/Industry program[7], Packer began a project creating full-size cast ceramic sculptures of V8 car engines, called The Last of the V8s.[8] These sculptures were also included in the show The Moment at Hand[8] at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, as well as subsequently in galleries in New York, Chicago, and Seattle.
Collections and curating
[edit]Packer’s work is included in the public collections of the Carnegie Museum of Art,[9] the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, and the Museum of Art and Design.
Travel and other projects
[edit]The first time Packer was a Fulbright Scholar to Morocco, in Fez in 2011,[10] after three exhibitions of his own work there, he wrote a book on the diversity of Moroccan ceramics. The Earth has Three Colors: a celebration of Moroccan ceramics/[11] That same year, he received a Core Fulbright Scholar award to Morocco to continue research and promote his book.[12]
Biography, education, and teaching
[edit]Packer was born in Amersham, England in 1960 and has lived in the United States since 1983, including Washington DC, Miami, Tallahassee and, since 1994, New York City. He is a dual British and American citizen and currently maintains a studio in Long Island City.[citation needed]
Art school in the United Kingdom included Buckinghamshire College of Further Education (1979–80) and Bristol School of Art (1980-83) where Packer received a BFA in ceramics. He finished his formal education in the United States at Florida State University,[13] graduating with an MFA in Studio Art in 1994.
Packer has taught ceramics, including tile making and wheel throwing, drawing, and computer art: schools include Greenwich House Pottery, the Crafts Students League, both in New York City, and Western Carolina University, including the graduate program.
Packer met his wife, artist Margaret Lanzetta, at Exit Art in 1995.
References
[edit]- ↑ Adam Welch (October 2005). "David Packer's Poetics of Destruction". Ceramics Monthly. 53 (8): 51–53. Retrieved 30 July 2020.[dead link]
- ↑ Jennifer Harnetty (6 December 2010). "Studio Visit: David Packer". Ceramic Arts Network. Retrieved 5 August 2020.[dead link]
- ↑ "David Packer". Art Axis. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- 1 2 Carol Schwarzman. "MARGARET LANZETTA Reign Marks DAVID PACKER Les Bidons". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- ↑ "Exhibition: Toil: Industry, Owls, Dogs and Trucks by David Packer". Cfile. 17 February 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- ↑ "Exit Biennial II: Traffic". ARTCAT. 2005. Retrieved 30 July 2020.[dead link]
- ↑ "Arts/Industry Alumni". John Michael Kohler Arts Center. Archived from the original on 3 August 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- 1 2 "The Moment at Hand" (PDF). Ceramics Monthly. 57 (2): 32–35. February 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-11-05.
- ↑ "Seed: CMOA Collection". Carnegie Museum of Art. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- ↑ "Fulbright Scholar Program: David Packer 2011". Fulbright. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- ↑ Mandy Sinclair (17 April 2019). "Why Morocco 016 – Fulbright Scholar David Packer on Moroccan ceramics". Mandy in Morocco. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- ↑ "Fulbright Scholar Program: David Packer 2019". Fulbright. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- ↑ "Department of Art: David Packer". Florida State University. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
External links
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