Viola Frey

Deer, from Endangered Animal series

1973-1974

Medium
ceramic, glazes, and China paint
Dimensions
35 x 20 x 21 inches (88.9 x 50.8 x 53.3 cm)
Inventory Number
VF-0037CSS
Exhibition History
  • 2019   Viola Frey: Center Stage, di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa, CA (catalogue)
  • 2017   Bay Area Clay - A Legacy of Social Consciousness, Arts Benicia, Benicia, 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
  • 1977   Overglaze Imagery: Cone 019-016, Art Gallery/Visual Arts Center, CSU Fullerton, Fullerton, CA (catalogue)
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.
  • 2019    Owen, Amy and Jodi Throckmorton. Viola Frey: Center Stage (Napa, CA: di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, 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.
  • 2017    Reinertson, Lisa. Bay Area Clay: A Legacy of Social Consciousness [Hoffman Gallery, Lewis and Clark College]. Benicia, CA: Lisa Reinertson, 2017.
  • 2017    “Arts Benicia’s New Exhibit Continues 30th Year Celebration.” Benicia Magazine. Benicia: Benicia Magazine, October, 2017.
  • 2017    Reinertson, Lisa. Bay Area Clay: A Legacy of Social Consciousness [Arts Benicia]. Benicia, CA: Lisa Reinertson, 2017.
  • 1987    Clark, Garth. American Ceramics: 1876 to the Present, edited by Libby W. Seaberg. New York: Abbeville Press, Inc., 1987.
  • 1981    Clark, Garth. Viola Frey (Sacramento: Creative Arts League of Sacramento, 1981).
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