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 |