Paul Edmond Soldner
Curriculum Vitae - Page 2

Selected Auctions

2002 ARAC Annual Benefit Auction, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado
2001 ARAC Annual Benefit Auction, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado
2000 ARAC Annual Benefit Auction, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado
1999 ARAC Annual Benefit Auction, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado
1998 ARAC Annual Benefit Auction, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado
1997 ARAC Annual Benefit Auction, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado
1996 -Homage to Art, NCECA Endowment Benefit Auction, Rochester, New York
-1996 Benefit Auction, Pottery Northwest, Seattle, Washington
1995 -Fringe of the Fringe Arts Festival Benefit Auction, D.A. Gallery, Claremont, California
-Empty Bowls, Arizona Clay Workshop, Phoenix, Arizona
-Clay at the Caves, benefit auction, Northern Clay Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota
-In Honor of Ron Kachta..., Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York
1991 Sixth National Ceramic Conference of Australia, Brisbane, Australia
1990 -An Orchestrasted Event, Stetson University, Deland, Florida
-Anderson Ranch Arts Center 25th Anniversary, Snowmass Village, Colorado
1989 American Craft Museum's Ninth Annual Benefit Auction, New York, New York
1988 American Craft Museum's Eigth Annual Benefit Auction, New York, New York

Films and Videos

1992 Paul Soldner: Thrown and Altered Clay, School Video, Crystal Productions, Aspen, Colorado / Glenview, Illinois
1990 The World of Paul Soldner, Video by WQED Communications, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
1989 Soldner as an Exchange Artist, TV interview on "Panorama", Riga, Latvia, USSR
  The Potter and His Clay, Video, Leonard Rubenstein in conjunction with Metromedia, Inc. for American Ceramics Society of L. A., Los Angeles, California
1985 Oral History Program, UCLA Research Library, Interviews by Elaine Levin "Special Collection Archives", 228 pages, Los Angeles, California
1975 Expressions, "Paul Soldner, Potter," TV Art Series, Channel 6, Denver, Colorado
1974 A Potter's Song, "The Art and Philosophy of Paul Soldner," Crystal Productions, Aspen, Colorado
1970 With These Hands, "The Rebirth of the American Craftsman," ABC Television National coverage, sponsored by Johnson Wax Co. Six craftsmen featured. New York.
  Earth and Fire, Summit Films, Image Resources Film Library, New York, New York

Innovations and Inventions

Known as the "Father of American Raku"
Pioneered oil fired kilns
Designed fuel efficient (pre-heated air) burners
Authored Kilns and Their Construction, American Crafts Council, New York, New York
Invented, patented and produced Soldner Kick Wheels, Soldner Electric Potters Wheels, and Soldner Clay Mixers

Directories

Who's Who in America, 52nd, 51st, 48th, 47th editions, Macmillian Directory Division, Marquis Who's Who, Wilmette, Illinois
Who's Who in American Education, The National Reference Library, Wilmette, Illinois
Who's Who in the West, 24th and 23rd editions, Macmillian Directory Division, Marquis Who's Who, Wilmette, Illinois
The California Art Review, American References Pub., 1989, Chicago, Illinois
Personalities of the Americas, The American Biographical Institute, 1988, Raleigh, North Carolina
American Potters Today, Dr. Oliver Watson, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1987, London, England
Colorado's Who's Who, 186, TV pub. LTD., Littleton, Colorado
American Artists of Renown, Gilmer, Texas
Dictionary of International Biography, International Biographical Center, vol. X to present, Cambridge, England
American Art Directory, 39th edition to present, Jaques Cattel Press, Wilmette, Illinois
Who's Who in American Art, 39th edition to present, Wilmette, Illinois
International Directory of Distinguished Leadership, American Biographical Institute, Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina
International Directory of the Arts, 15th edition to the present, Frankfurt, Germany

Books (featured in)

Twentieth Century Ceramics, Edmund De Waal, Thames & Hudson, England, 2003
Ceramics - Mastering the Craft, 2nd edition, Richard Zakin, Oswego, New York, 2003
Ceramics: A Potter's Handbook, 6th edition, Glenn Nelson and Richard Burkett, Harcourt College Publishers, Norwalk, Connecticut, 2002
Working with Clay (1st and 2nd editions), Susan Peterson, Laurence King Publishing, London, England, 2002
Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park Collection Catalog, vol. 2, Curatorial Department, Shigaraki, Japan, 2002
American Ceramic Arts Today, Stan Welsh, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, 1997
Impressed and Incised Ceramics, by Coll Minogue, A&C Black Ltd., London, England
Raku, A Review of Contemporary Work, Tim Andrews, Chilton Book Co., Radnor, Pennsylvania, 1994
Revolution in Clay: The Marer Collection of Contemporary Ceramics, catalog, University of Washington Press, Seattle, Washington, 1994
A History of Aspen, Salley Barlo-Peres, "The Cultural Legacy; Paul Soldner, the Beginning of the Anderson Ranch Arts Center," p.69, Who Press Publishers, Aspen, Colorado, 1991
Raku: A Practical Approach, Steven Branfman, Chilton Book Co., Radnor, Pennsylvania, 1991
Way of Raku, Herrudu, 1991
Ceramics: Mastering the Craft, Richard Zakin, Chilton Book Co., Radnor, Pennsylvania, 1991
The Complete Potter: Raku, Ian Byers, B.T. Batsford, Ltd., London, England, 1990
Clay Today, Contemporary Ceramists and their Work, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, catalog of the Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits collection, Martha Drexler Lynn, Assistant Curator, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, 1990
American Ceramics: the Collection of the Everson Museum, Syracuse, New York
Hands in Clay II, Charlotte F. Speight, Mayfield Press, Mountain View, California, 1989
The History of American Ceramics, Elaine Levin, Harry N. Abrams, New York, New York, 1988
Craft Today, Poetry of the Physical, Paul J. Smith and Edward Lucie-Smith, Weidenfield & Nicholson, New York, 1986
Ceramics of the World in 1984, Gottfried Borrman, Kunst & Handwerk Publishers, Düsseldorf, Germany, 1984
Ceramic Review Book of Clay Bodies and Glaze Recipies, Edited by Eileen Lewenstein and Emmanuel Cooper, Ceramic Review Publishers, London, England, 1983
American Crafts: A Sourcebook for the Home, Katherine Pearson, Stewart, Tarobi & Chang Publishers, New York, 1983
Studio Ceramics, Peter Lane, Collins Publishers, Radnor, Pennsylvania, 1983
Low Fire Ceramics, A New Direction in American Clay, Susan Wechsler Watson, Guptil Publishers, 1981

Periodicals (Featured in; Selected)

2001 In Recognition, Ceramics Monthly, June/July/August 2001
1996 Finding Direction, Ceramic Review, no. 162, Nov/Dec 1996, pp. 15-17
1995 Paul Soldner, Artist Magazine, no. 10, Taipei, Taiwan
1992 Without Laws, by Paul Soldner, Ceramic Monthly Magazine, vo. 40, May 1992, pp. 30-31
1992 Paul Soldner at Oliver Center Gallery, Maria Porges, American Craft Magazine, vol. 52, no. 1, Feb/Mar 1992, p. 59
1991 Paul Soldner, Jo Lauria, American Ceramics Magazine, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 58-59
1991 The Penultimate Experience, Ben Parks, Ceramics: Art and Perception, no. 4, pp. 46-48
1991 Paul Soldner, Interview by Glen B. Blakey, NECCA News, Key Connections Pub., pp. 2-4

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