Viola Frey

China Goddess Group

1979-1981

Medium
ceramic and glazes
Dimensions
largest 115 x 37 x 33 inches (292.1 x 94 x 83.8 cm)
Inventory Number
VF-0024CMS
Exhibition History
  • 2019   Viola Frey: Center Stage, di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa, CA (catalogue)
  • 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
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.
  • 2022    de Bos, Cynthia and Julia Schwartz. Viola Frey: The Bricoleur. Oakland, CA: Artists’ Legacy Foundation, November 17, 2022. https://vimeo.com/772620124
  • 2019    Owen, Amy and Jodi Throckmorton. Viola Frey: Center Stage (Napa, CA: di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, 2019).
  • 2019    “Announcing the debut of two exhibitions in 2019.” e-flux.com. March 20, 2019. https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/255750/announcing-the-debut-of-two-exhibitions-in-2019/
  • 2019    Pandolfi, Elizabeth. “Many Dimensions: A Survey Exhibition of Ceramicist and Painter Viola Frey Reveals Her Full Significance, for the First Time in Four Decades.” Art and Antiques. Wilmington: Art and Antiques, June 2019. 42-47.
  • 2000    Jana, Reena. “Viola Frey: Survey of Work 1969 - 1981.” Ceramics: Art and Perception. September 2000. 83-87.
  • 1998    Jana, Reena and Patterson Sims. Viola Frey (San Francisco: Rena Bransten Gallery, 1998).
  • 1981    Dunham, Judith L. “Ceramic Bricolage: The Protean Art of Viola Frey.” American Craft Magazine. New York: American Craft Council, August / September 1981. 29-33.
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