Viola Frey

Non-Endangered Beaver

1973

Medium
ceramic, glazes, and China paint
Dimensions
41 1/2 x 26 x 24 inches (105.4 x 66 x 61 cm)
Inventory Number
VF-0003CSS
Credit Line
Artists’ Legacy Foundation, Oakland, CA
Exhibition History
  • 2019   Viola Frey: Center Stage, di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa, CA (catalogue)
  • 2009   Bigger, Better, More: The Art of Viola Frey, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI (catalogue); also traveled to Gardiner Museum, Toronto, ON; Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY; Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
  • 1998   Viola Frey: Survey 1969-1981, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA (catalogue)
  • 1981   Viola Frey, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA (catalogue); also traveled to Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA; Sheehan Art Gallery, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA; Blanden Memorial Gallery, Fort Dodge, IA; Matthew’s Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; Illinois State University, Normal, IL; Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL
  • 1974   Viola Frey “Seat of Civilization” Series, Wenger Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Bibliography
  • 2024    de Bos, Cynthia, Nancy Lim, Viola Frey with Charles Fiske, Jenelle Porter, and Jodi Throckmorton. de Bos, Cynthia, and Jenelle Porter, eds. Viola Frey: Artist’s Mind/Studio/World. Oakland: Artists’ Legacy Foundation and New York: Gregory R. Miller, forthcoming September 2024.
  • 2020    Jones, Whitney. “Feature: After Three Decades, Viola Frey takes ‘Center Stage’.” CFileonline.org. January 27, 2020. https://cfileonline.org/feature-after-three-decades-viola-frey-takes-center-stage/
  • 2017    Griffin, Susan. Viola Frey: Women & Men. Berkeley: Kelly’s Cove Press, 2017.
  • 2010    “Museums and Sights.” Timeout.com. February 28, 2010. http://www.timeout.com/new-york-kids/museums-attractions/bigger-better-more-the-art-of-viola-frey
  • 2010    Di Marzo, Cindi. “A Human Museum Without Walls.” Studio International. February 10, 2010. http://www.studiointernational.com/index.php/a-human-museum-without-walls---bigger--better--more-the-art-of-viola-frey
  • 2009    Taragin, Davira. Bigger, Better, More: The Art of Viola Frey (New York: Hudson Hills Press, 2009).
  • 1998    Jana, Reena and Patterson Sims. Viola Frey (San Francisco: Rena Bransten Gallery, 1998).
  • 0.1973    Maybeck, Jacomena and others. Noni Eccles Treadwell Ceramic Arts Center: Ceramics. Oakland: California College of Arts and Crafts, c. 1973.
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