"Dreamer" installed in Seattle on 3/15/22
"DREAMER" UPDATE: After delays due to construction slowdowns during the pandemic and an ongoing concrete strike in Seattle, "Dreamer" was finally installed at the corner of Westlake Ave. and Republican St. in Seattle, Washington on 3/15/22. Patti was commissioned to create the public art piece by Vulcan Real Estate in 2019. "Dreamer" was fabricated with cast aluminum and paint by Fabrication Specialties under the direction of Larry Tate, and measures approximately 13.5'x 18' x 8' HWD.
Recent Awards & Honors
2022 American Craft Council Gold Medal Award
American Craft Council, Minneapolis, MN2022 Torch Bearer Award, Sri Chinmoy Oneness Home Peace Run, Seattle, WA
2021 The Meloy Stevenson Award of Distinction
Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT2020 Smithsonian Visionary Award
Smithsonian Women's Committee, Washington, DC2018 United States Artists Fellowship
United States Artists, Chicago,ILCurrent/Upcoming Exhibitions
REVEAL: Recent Acquisitions 2020-2023
American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA
Nov. 4, 2023 through July 21, 2024Past Exhibitions
2023
Patti Warashina: The World Upside Down (Solo)
Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA.
August 3 - Sept. 2, 2023
www.travergallery.com/exhibitions/patti…Funk You Too! (Group)
Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY
Through Aug. 27, 2023
("Metamorphosis of a Car Kiln," 1971)
madmuseum.org/exhibition/funk-you-tooNew Ceramics by Patti Warashina (Solo)
John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
April 5 - June 24, 2023
www.natsoulas.com/patti-warashina-new-c…Patti Warashina: The World Upside Down (Solo)
San Juan Island Museum of Art, Friday Harbor, WA
Mar. 2 - May 29, 2023
|https://www.sjima.org/exhibitions/the-world-upside-|down|https://www.sjima.org|Patti Warashina: Clay and Prints (Solo)
Bainbridge Arts & Crafts, Winslow, WA
Jan. 6 - Feb. 14, 2023
www.bacart.org/exhibitions2022
Patti Warashina (Solo)
Marmot Art Space, Spokane, WA
June 1 - 30, 2022
marmotartspace.comThree Sculptors: Warashina, Currier & Lyon
Lucy LaCoste Gallery, Concord, MA
May 15 thru June 4, 2022
|https://www.lucylacoste.comCraft Front and Center
Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY
Exhibit from Permanent Collection
Show closed Feb. 13, 2022
madmuseum.org
"Pitter Podder" (1966) and "Gold Finger" (1971)2021
Beyond the Blue
Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
Exhibit from Permanent Collection
Show closed Nov. 21, 2021
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"Ketchup Kiss" (1969)Global Asias: Contemporary Asian and Asian American Art
Palmer Art Museum at Penn State University, University Park, PA
Aug. 27 - Dec. 12, 2021
palmermuseum.psu.edu/#current-exhibitsArt Market San Francisco/Natsoulas Gallery
San Francisco, CA
Sept. 3 - Oct. 3, 2021
| https://artmarketsf.com/|SOFA Chicago/John Natsoulas Gallery
Navy Pier Carousel, Chicago, IL
Nov. 4 - 7, 2021
www.artfairmag.com/sofa-chicago/Nanette's Gifts
Ceramic Art Museum of Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Show closed July 24, 2021
ceramicsmuseum.alfred.edu/exhibitions/Who What When Where
Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
Exhibit from Permanent Collection
Now - Aug. 22, 2021
everson.org/exhibitions/
"Beating the Housewife Blues" (1976)A Chronicle of Modern Crafts: Works from the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto Collection
National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan
Exhibit from Permanent Collection
July 9 - August 22, 2021
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"American Beauty Rose" (1970)and "Sour Milk Sea" (1970)Pop Meets Funk
Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA.
June 9 - August 1, 2021
www.natsoulas.com/pop-meets-funk-exhibi…2020
"Duality & Context"
Scripps College 76th Ceramic Annual
Invitational Exhibition
Scripps College
Claremont, CA
youtu.be/BKjtbkRbQPY2019
"The Great Race"
Invitational Exhibition
Clay Art Center
Port Chester, NY
www.clayartcenter.org
February 2 thru March 30, 2019"Crossing Dimensions"
Invitational Exhibition
High Point Center for Printmaking
Minneapolis, MN
March 1-31, 2019
www.highpointprintmaking.org
"Patti Warashina: Conversations in Clay"
Solo Exhibition
Otterbein University, Frank Museum
Westerville, OH
Aug. 29 - 6, 20192018
"Transitory Conversations"
Solo Exhibition
Mesa Contemporary Arts Center
Mesa, AZ
April 13 - Aug. 5, 2018
www.mesaartscenter.com/index.php/museum…"Deconstructing the Conversation"
Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery
Pittsburgh, PA
Feb. 2 - Mar. 31, 2018"Politics and Clay"
Pottery Northwest
Seattle, WA
Curated by Richard Notkin
Feb. 2 - 23, 2018
potterynorthwest.org/portfolio-item/feb…`
2023
Opinion Piece, Palm Beach Post. Harmony sculpture debacle in Boynton Beach disturbing. September 11, 2023.
www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/local/…Ilsy Jeon, Exploring the World Upside Down With Patti Warashina\
MOCA-NY, August 30, 2023.
explore.moca-ny.org/2023/08/30/explorin…Tao Woolfe, Boynton Beach: Controversial sculpture puts arts board autonomy at risk. The Coastal Star, Florida. August 30, 2023
thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/boynt…Frank Cerabino. Public art in Boynton Beach triggers MAGA uprising over artist's unrelated views on Trump.
Palm Beach Post, August, 23,Funk You Too! Humor and Irreverence in Ceramic Sculpture. Catalog for exhibition of same name. Published by Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY.
thestore.madmuseum.org/collections/cata…Funk. John Natsoulas Press, Copyright 2023. 215 page book on the Funk Movement, with forward by John Natsoulas.
www.shop.natsoulas.com/john-natsoulas-p…
ISBN 979-8-89034-419-9Robert Pfannebecker: Friend and Collector of the Arts. Catalog from exhibit at R & Company by same name, Feb. 2 - April 14, 2023.
r-and-company.com/exhibition/34897-2/“Seattle’s Patti Warashina contemplates ‘the disharmony of human nature’ with her art, by Gayle Clemmons, July 28, 2023, Seattle Times, Art & Entertainment section.
Clemmons, Gayle, “Artist Patti Warashina finds playful edge to world’s problems” seattletimes.com, July 27, 2023.
www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/visu…Cerabino, Frank, “Public art in Boynton Beach triggers MAGA uprising over artist’s unrelated views on Trump” Palm Beach Post, August 23, 2023,
news.yahoo.com/public-art-boynton-beach…Jeon, Ilsy, “Exploring the World Upside Down with Patti Warashina” MOCA-NY.org, August 30, 2023, |https://explore.moca-ny.org, 2023/08/30/exploring-the-world-upside-down-with-patti-warashina/|
Woolfe, Tao, “Boynton Beach: Controversial sculpture puts arts board autonomy at risk” August 30, 2023. thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/boynt…
SADA Seattle Art Dealers Association, August 2023. Full color photo of “Wild Blue Yonder” (2022) on second to last page in Traver Gallery ad for upcoming exhibit (Aug. 3 - Sept. 2, 2023)
Susan Kunimatsu, “Ceramics of Disaster”, International Examiner, August 11, 2023
iexaminer.org/ceramics-of-disaster/2022
American Craft (Summer 2022)
"Congratulations to the 2022 ACC Awardees"
Pages 24-25
www.craftcouncil.org/magazine?id=5060CONTEMPORARY CERAMICS of the John Natsoulas Gallery,
Copyright 2022 - John Natsoulas Press, Davis, CA.
www.shop.natsoulas.com/john-natsoulas-p…American Craft Council: 2022 Year In Review.
Mentioned as winner of the ACC Gold Medal for Consummate Craftsmanship on page 23.Spokane + Coeur d'Alene Living (May, 2022)
Homecoming for a Queen
by Marshall Peterson
Pages 22-25
|https//www.bozzimedia.com/spokane-coeur-d-alene-living/|Art Chowder Arts & Culture Magazine (May/June 2022)
"The vast surreal world of Patti Warashina ceramics"
by Robin Bishop
Featured on Cover and Pages 70 thru 77
www.artchowder.comThe Spokesman-Review (June 3, 2022)
%'Masae 'Patti' Warashina, 82, is 'the Queen of Northwest Ceramics'
by Audrey Overstreet for the Spokesman-Review Arts & Culture
Pages 4-5
www.spokesman.comInlander (June 2-8, 2022)
Lifetime Achievement: Internationally celebrated ceramic artist Patti Warashina returns to city of her youth
By Carrie Scozzaro
Page 29
www.inlander.com/spokane/ArticleArchive…Patti Warashina
John Natsoulas Press
Published in Hard Back 2021
www.shop.natsoulas.com/art-books/cerami…Patti Warashina
John Natsoulas Press
Published 2020
www.shop.natsoulas.com/art-books/cerami…The wonder of Patti Warashina
University of Washington Magazine, March 2020
magazine.washington.edu/feature/the-won…Patti Warashina: Wit and Wisdom
Published by American Museum of Ceramic Art, 2012
amoca.orgUpcoming Lectures/Workshops
2024
45th Yuma Art Symposium
One-hour lecture/slideshow for participants on Friday 2/23/24 or 2/24/24.
February 22-24, 2024
yumaartsymposium.org/presenters/Past Lectures & Workshops
2023
Patti Warashina at Town Hall, Seattle, WA
"Like a Screwball Comedy: Whimsical Ceramic Art"
Interview with Gary Faigin
The Wyncote NW Forum
1119 8th Ave (Entrance off Seneca St.)
Seattle, Washington 98101
Wednesday, June 5, 2023 at 7:30-8:45 pm
townhallseattle.org/event/patti-warashi…2021
Women Working With Clay: Ten Years of Telling a Story
Zoom webinar panel with Tip Toland, Liz Quackenbush and Donna Polseno
WWWC 2021 Symposium
June 9, 2021"Using Molds in Your Work" Demonstration
Zoom webinar hosted by Digipen (Ken Turner), Bellevue, WA
May 26, 2021Roundtable With Tip Toland, Patti Warashina & Richard Notkin
Zoom webinar hosted by Pottery Northwest, Seattle, WA
February 26, 20212020
In-Studio Demonstration (3-hour)
Zoom webinar hosted by John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
www.natsoulas.com
July 11, 20202019
2-Day Workshop
Boulder Mountain Clayworks
Ketcham, ID
bouldermtnclay.org
April 29-30, 2019Lecture & Demo
31st Annual California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art (CCACA)
John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
natsoulas.com
May 3-5, 20192018
"The Figure: A Life in Clay" (5-Day Workshop)
Anderson Ranch Arts Center
Snomass Village, CO
www.andersonranch.org/workshop/the-figu…
June 18-22, 20182-Day Workshop
Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Mesa, AZ
May 12-13, 2018
