University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department of Art
455 N. Park Street
6241 George L. Mosse Humanities Building
Madison, WI 53706
USA
Current Leadership Positions
Chair. Department of Art at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
President-Elect. National Council for Education on the Ceramic Arts
Selected Exhibitions
2016 Scripps Ceramic Annual. Scripps College, CA (upcoming)
2015 Threshold. The Charles Allis Museum of Decorative Arts, Milwaukee, WI (upcoming)
2014 Jane Hartsook Gallery. Greenwich House pottery, NYC (solo)
Arts/Industry: Collaboration and Revelation. John Michael Kohler Arts Center
2014 Configurations. Downtown gallery, University of Tennessee Knoxville (solo)
2013 Wisconsin Triennial. Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
Sprawl. The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
2012 Compendium. Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, WI
2011 Overthrown: Clay without Limits. The Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
2010 Towards models, propositions and some possible systems (solo)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Wisconsin Triennial. Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
2009 The Margins. The Icehouse, Phoenix, AZ
2008 Ornamentropolis. Alfedena Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
Topographies. Trinity Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA (solo)
Bling. Santa-Fe Clay, Santa-Fe, NM
Faculty exhibition. Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, WI
New breed. Crossman Gallery University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
2007 Unadorned. Santa-Fe Clay, Santa-Fe, NM
2006 Prospect: recent sculpture. University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo (solo)
Voices from the Warehouse District. Dubuque Museum of Art, IA
Legacy and Innovation in Contemporary Ceramics. Dubuque Museum of Art, IA
Between Form and Function. Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
Nature/Culture. Santa-Fe Clay, Santa-Fe, NM
2005 Paul Sacaridiz: Sculpture. Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL (solo)
Sounding Architecture. James Patrick Gallery, Wiscasset, ME
The Uncommon Denominator. The Whole Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2004 The Uncommon Denominator. Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
2003 Minor Ornament, a publicly sited project. Bloomington, IL (solo)
World Ceramic Biennale 2003 Korea. Icheon World Ceramic Center, Korea
NCECA Clay National. RB Stevenson Gallery, San Diego, CA
SCULPT, Brandt Gallery. McLean Co. Arts Center, Bloomington, IL
Objects of Desire. North Eastern University Art Gallery, Chicago, IL
20”x20”x20” . Union Art Gallery, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA
The me in team. Heuser Art Center Gallery, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
2003 Faculty Biennial. University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
2002 Cornucopias, a publicly sited project. The NIU Art Museum, DeKalb, IL (solo)
In the material world. The Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL (Brochure)
Artist/Educators. Lill Street Art Center, Chicago, IL (Brochure)
2001 Blink. Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
Yonder, a collaborative project. Landmark Arts, Texas Tech. University, Lubbock, TX
Faculty Biennial. University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
2000 Locus. Bonsack Gallery, St. Louis, MO (solo)
Waiting. Firelands Association for the Visual Arts (Fava), Oberlin, OH (solo)
8-Hour Drawings. Allegheny College, Meadville, PA
Illinois Ceramic Invitational. Parkland College, Champaign, IL (Brochure)
Currents 2000 at Art Miami. Miami, FL
1999 Collaborations. Art Works! at Dover Street, New Bedford, MA
1999 Faculty Biennial. University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Viterbo Ceramics National. Viterbo College, Lacrosse, WI
1999 Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition. Fernwood Botanical Gardens, Niles, MI
Sampler. Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
Dysfunctional Home. N.I.U Art Gallery, Chicago, IL
Low Fire: Limitless Possibilities. Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT
Labyrinth: The John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI (solo)
Residencies
2014 The Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT (Visiting Fellow)
The Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL (workshop group)
2013 The Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL (workshop group)
2012 The Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL (workshop group)
2011 The Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL (workshop group)
2009 The Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Edgecomb, ME
2005 The Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Edgecomb, ME
2001 Arts/Industry Program, Kohler Co., Kohler, WI
2000 The Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
1999 The Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
The Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest Illinois
1998 John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
1994 The Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Edgecomb, ME
Panel presentations and scholarly papers
2015 Panel moderator and organizer: Terracotta: The New Black. Clay Crosses Over
Panelists: Lisa Sanditz, Nicole Cherubini, Francesca DiMattio, Adam Shiverdecker
The College Art Association, NYC
2014 Panelist, Speculative Writing, moderated by Mary Barringer,
National Council on the Education of Ceramic Arts conference, Milwaukee, WI
Panelists: Amber Ginsberg, David East and Kim Dickey
Lecture, The Artist as Administrator
The National Council for Arts Administrators Conference in Nashville, TN
Panel moderator and organizer The Human Condition
Panelists: Anne Agee, John Roloff, Beth Cavener, Judy Moonellis
The Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, WI
2012 Panelist: American Ceramics: Four Perspectives
Moderated by Judith Schwartz with Alleghany Meadows and Helen Drutt
International Academy of Ceramics Conference, Santa-Fe, NM
Moderator and opening paper: In the field.
Panelists Shay Church, Gail Heidel and Nancy Train Smith
The Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME
25th anniversary symposium
2011 Panelist: Overthrown; The State of Contemporary Ceramics
The Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
2009 Organizer/Panelist, Contemporary Ceramics/Shifts in the field
The Chazen Museum of Art. Madison, WI
2008 Lecture, Towards a Critical Practice
National Council on the Education of Ceramic Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
Lecture: Towards a critical Practice
Deans lecture for recently tenured faculty
The University of Wisconsin-Madison
2007 Panelist, Contemporary British ceramics
State University of New York at New Paltz
Lecture, The Decorative City
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Colloquium series
2002 Panelist, Artists/Educators
Lill St. Arts Center, Chicago, IL
Panelist, In the material world
Evanston Arts Center, Evanston, IL
Honors and Fellowships
2014 Gerald A. and Joyce J. Bartell Award in the Arts.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison
The Bartell Award rewards and provides recognition to faculty and staff whose influence in the arts has extended beyond the campus to the greater community.
2013 Fellow
The National Council of Arts Administrators
Inductee
The International Academy of Ceramics, Geneva, Switzerland
H.I Romnes Faculty Fellowship
The University of Wisconsin-Madison
2012 Nominee
The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Artist Grant
2003 Honorable Mention, Ceramics as Expression.
International Competition. World Ceramic Biennale
Icheon World Ceramic Center, Korea
Professional Board Appointments
2014-present The Archie Bray Foundation | Board member
2012-present The National Council on Education for the Ceramic Art | President-Elect
2007-2009 Trustee | The Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts
Grants
2012 Graduate School Research Grant, The University of Wisconsin-Madison
2011 Graduate School Research Grant, The University of Wisconsin-Madison
2010 Graduate School Research Grant, The University of Wisconsin-Madison
2009 Graduate School Research Grant, The University of Wisconsin-Madison
2008 Graduate School Research Grant, The University of Wisconsin-Madison
2007 Graduate School Research Grant, The University of Wisconsin-Madison
2006 Faculty Sabbatical, Illinois State University
2005 Fellowship, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts
University Research Grant, Illinois State University
2002 City of Bloomington Cultural District Project Grant
University Research Grant, Illinois State University
Faculty Publication Support Grant, Illinois State University
Project Grant, Northern Illinois University Art Museum, DeKalb, IL
Project Grant, Landmark Arts, Texas Tech. University, Lubbock, TX
1999 Fellowship, The Vermont Studio Center
Interviews
2011 Ceramics Now (Romania)
Publication & online art platform specialized in contemporary ceramics
(http://www.ceramicsnow.org/post/7899068629/interview-with-paul-sacaridiz-clay-without-limits-artist)
2010 Sunday afternoon live at the Chazen. Wisconsin Public Radio
2007 Art Calendar, WGLT, Illinois State University, Public Radio
Reviews and publications
2011 The Ceramic Sprawlscape
Article by Glen R Brown. Ceramics Monthly. October 2011
2010 Supermodernity, Emergence and the Built Environment.
Article by Dylan J. Beck. Ceramics Art and Perception NO. 80
Ceramic Sprawlscape,
Glen Brown. University of North Carolina Press. Ch.3 (in rev iew)
2008 Paul Sacaridiz: Envisioning the Decorative City
Article by Glen R Brown. Ceramics Art and Perception No 73
Chicago New City. October 26, Worth,Steven.
“Paul Sacaridiz and Steven Heyman at Alfedena Gallery”
(Personal citation with image)
2006 Champaign News-Gazette. March 31, Merli, Melissa.
“Heaping Helping of Vitamin C”
(Personal citation / group show review)
2005 Ceramics: Art and Perception. September. V.61, Schon, Ellen
“Uncommon Denominator: A tribute to Richard Hirsch”
(Personal citation with image / group show review)
2002 The New Art Examiner. May/June, Volume 29.5, Brunetti, John.
“Jennifer A. Lapham and Paul Sacaridiz.”
(Full-page exhibition review with image)
2002 The Chicago Tribune. January 24, Artner, Alan.
“Utilitarian forms a common bond in Art Center’s ‘Material World’.
(Personal citation with image / group show review)
2002 Evanston Review. January 31. Pritsker, Ellen. “Material Matter at EAC
2001 Seattle Weekly. October 18, Anna Fahey. Playful Vision
(Personal citation / group show review)
2000 Art Papers. February 2000, Zdanovics,Olga.
“Debardeur: Labor Wearing Images”
(Personal citation / group show review)
1999 The New Art Examiner. April, Volume 26.7,Wiens, Ann.
“Dysfunctional Home.”
(Personal citation / group show review)
The Chicago Reader. February 19, Camper, Fred.
“Form follows dysfunction.”
(Personal citation / group show review)
Projector. October, Issue 13, “Debardeur: Labor Wearing Images.”
(Personal citation with image)
The Niles Daily Star. July 14, Babler, Robert. “Art and Nature.”
(Personal citation with image)
Low-Fire Surface Techniques, Lynn Peters. Lark Press, p.82
1998 Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. July 29, Auer, James.
“Kohler Arts Center Brings Sheboygan Respect.”
(Personal citation with image / group show review)
Catalogs/Brochures
2014 Art/Industry: Collaboration and Revelation. John Michael Kohler Arts Center
2013 Sprawl. The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
2012 Compendium. Chazen Museum of Art
2011 Overthrown. The Denver Art Museum
2010 Ceramic Interactions. The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2010 Wisconsin Triennial. Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
2009 The Margins. Icehouse Projects
Clay National Biennial Exhibition. Ceramic Research Center, Arizona State University
2008 Faculty exhibition. Chazen Museum of Art
2004 The Uncommon Denominator. Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
2003 World Ceramic Biennale 2003 Korea: An International Competition
Icheon World Ceramic Center, Korea
Clay National Biennial Exhibition. RB Stevenson Gallery
2002 In the material world. Evanston Art Center
2001 Yonder, a collaborative project. Jennifer A. Lapham and Paul Sacaridiz
Landmark Arts
2000 Illinois Ceramics Invitational 2000. Parkland College Art Gallery
1999 Collaborations. Art works at Dover Street
Dysfunctional Home. N.I.U Art Gallery
Sampler. The Detroit Artists Market
Three Collaborative Installations. John Michael Kohler Arts Center
Visiting Artist Lectures
2015 University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN
2013 Adamah Clay Studios, Spring Green, WI
2012 Michigan State University
2012 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2011 The University of Oregon
2010 The Denver Art Museum
2009 The University of Colorado-Boulder
2007 The Ohio State University
2007 The Tyler School of Art
2007 Virginia Commonwealth University
2006 University of Missouri-Columbia, MO
2005 Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL
2002 Evanston Arts Center, panelist: In the material world
2002 Lill St. Arts Center, Chicago, IL
2002 University of Washington, Ceramics Department, Seattle, WA
2002 Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
2001 McLean Co. Arts Center, Bloomington, IL
2001 Texas Tech. University, Museum of Art, Lubbock, TX
2001 Webster University, St. Louise, MO
2001 University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, IL
2000 The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2000 Allegheny College, Meadville, PA
1999 Art Works! At Dover Street, New Bedford, MA
1999 The N.F.A Space, Chicago, IL. Gallery talk for the Museum of Contemporary Art
1999 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Academic Appointments
2013 -present Full Professor. Department of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2008 -13 Associate Professor. Department of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2007- 08 Assistant Professor. Department of Art University of Wisconsin-Madison
2005 -07 Associate Professor. School of Art, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
1999- 05 Assistant Professor. School of Art, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Selected Non-Academic Teaching Experience
2015 Oxbow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI (upcoming)
Visiting critic
2013 Adamah Clay Studios, Spring Green, WI
Two-week workshop
2012 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
Two-week workshop
Education
1996-1998 M.F.A. School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1991-1993 B.F.A. New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University