Paul Nash


Ceramic and Art Professor, Studio Ceramic Artist




ARTIST STATEMENT

I use several different themes in my ceramic forms. The forms are either functional - bowls, vases and bottles, or ceramic sculpture - platters, fertility forms and bullet forms. My main interest is the Stoneware High Fire Reduction process. I like the look and feel of the stoneware clay and the glazes that evolved out of China.

I enjoy all aspects of ceramics - preparing the clay, making the clay forms, and firing the kilns. I fire my pieces in the Wood Burning Firing, the Soda Firing, or the Reduction Firing kiln.

I am trying to achieve a relationship and balance of space and form.

There is also the matching of the glazes to the ceramic form. This process actually starts as soon as I make the clay form in the plastic greenware stage. The relationship of all these components needs to come together to create art.

As an Art Educator in Ceramics, my main emphasis is to work in clay along with my students. This gives the students a greater awareness of the skills, techniques, and the amount of time needed to create art.





Paul Nash
unclaymedfreight@hawaii.rr.com 
Phone: 808-497-0567

Profession 

Ceramic and Art Professor, Studio Ceramic Artist.

Education 

Bachelor of Fine Arts, with honors. Major: Ceramics; Minor: Fine Arts; April 1971,Chouinard Art Institute (California Institute of the Arts), Valencia, California. Studied under Ralph Bacerra, Ceramics Department. 

Master of Arts in Teaching. Major: Art Education; Minor: Ceramics; January 1973, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island. Studied under Dr. David Manzella, Art Education and Norm Schulman, Ceramics Department.

Experience 

2000 to 2022 - Professor of Art - Ceramics, Windward Community College, University of Hawaii, Kaneohe, Hawaii.

1971 to present - Working as a studio artist in functional and sculptural ceramic forms. 

2000 - 2002  President of the Hawaii Craftsmen Association, Honolulu, Hawaii. 

1999 Vice President of the Hawaii Craftsmen Association, Honolulu, Hawaii.

1998 Served on the Board of Directors for the Hawaii Craftsmen Association, Honolulu, Hawaii. 

1995 - 1999 Associate Professor of Art - Ceramics, Windward Community College, University of Hawaii, Kaneohe, Hawaii.

EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS


2021

Hawaii Craftsmen Annual Statewide Exhibition 2021

Juror: Angelik Vizcarrondo Laboy, Los Angeles and New York Curator for the Arts Administrator of Contemporary Art and Craft. Downtown Art Center Exhibition Hall, Honolulu Hawaii.

Accepted into the Exhibition: 1. Stoneware Vase 12.5”X8.5”X8.5” Titled: It’s A Nice Pot / 2. Pit Fired Abstract Vase 6”X4”X4” Titled: It Was A Lucky Day / 3. Stoneware Sculpture Hand Built 23”X7”X7” Titled: I’m Hungry For You / 4. Stoneware Sculpture Wheel Thrown 30.5”X7”X7” Titled: Undulating To The Heaves / 5. Stoneware Abstract Vase, Hand Built and Wheel Thrown with Overlapping Glazes 20”X14”X14” Titled: Up Up And Away.

Out of the Elements: Invited Artist, A Celebration of Raku Hoolaulea and Plien Air Paintings

Sponsored by the Hawaii Craftsmen Organization. Downtown Art Center Exhibition Hall, Honolulu Hawaii. Three Raku Vases and Two Raku Bottles.

Matchbox Plus XVII

Cedar Street Galleries, Invited Artist, Honolulu, Hawaii. Six Stoneware Drinking Cups and Six Stoneware Bowls.

Showcase Mauka, Five Sculptural Forms

Invited Guest Artist, University of Hawaii Manoa, Ceramic Department. Wheel Thrown and Hand Build. Stoneware Fired.


2020



Matchbox Plus Miniature Art Show

Cedar Street Galleries, Honolulu, Hawaii – Invited Artist. . Stoneware Drinking Cups.



2018


Fifty First Annual Statewide Juried Exhibition

Hawaii Craftsmen, Honolulu Museum Art School Gallery. Accepted, Stoneware Sculpture, handbuild, 36” X 8”X8” Titled: The Rebirth Of The Earth #1

Mathchbox Plus XIV

Cedar Street Galleries, Honolulu, Hawaii – Invited Artist, Stoneware Bottle, Chun Glazes

2017


Matchbox Plus XIII

Cedar Street Galleries, Honolulu, Hawaii, -  Invited Artist, 3 Stoneware Bottles

2016


Raku Ho’olaulea 2016, 40th Anniversary 

Invited guest artist (Raku Legends).One raku ocean sculpture in exhibition, title,(She From The Sea). Handbuild Form, Raku Fired

Matchbox Plus X11

Cedar Street Galleries, Honolulu, Hawaii – . Invisted Artist. 3 Stoneware Bottles

2014


2014 WCC Art Faculty Exhibition

Iolani Gallery, Windward Community College. Exhibited 20 ceramic pieces. 

Thirteen Ceramic Artists from Hawaii

2014, CLAY, Iolani Gallery, Windward Community College.
 Three Ceramic Sculptures and Two Wheel Thrown Forms, Stoneware Vase and a Porcelain Cover Jar. Featured in the Honolulu Star Advertiser, Sunday Today Section.

Matchbox Plus IX

Cedar Street Galleries, Honolulu, Hawaii – . Invited Artist. Iron Blue Bottle, Stoneware        


2013


Matchbox Plus VIII

Cedar Street Galleries, Honolulu, Hawaii. – . Invited Artist. One Porcelain Bottle, Chun Glaze.

2012


Hawaii Craftsmen 45th Annual Statewide Juried Exhibition

One Stoneware Landscape Platter with oxides and textured design.

2011

Matchbox Plus VII

Cedar Street Galleries, Honolulu, Hawaii. – . Invited Artist.  One Porcelain Bottle, Chun Glaze.

Mixed Media Miniature Show

Koa Art Gallery – . Invited Artist. Kapiolani Community College, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii. One Porcelain Bottle, Chun Glaze.

2010

Hawaii Craftsmen Statewide Juried Annual Exhibition 2010

Honolulu Academy of the Arts, Academy Arts Center, Honolulu, Hawaii. One Stoneware Platter with oxide brush landscape design.

Raku Ho’olaule’a 2010 Exhibition

 Hawaii Craftsmen Association. Honolulu Academy of the Arts, Academy Art Center, Honolulu, Hawaii. Juried Exhibition. Raku Vase 

Faculty Exhibition

Windward Community College, University of Hawaii, Iolani Gallery.  Exhibited Ten Stoneware Sculptural Forms, Vases, and a Tea Pot.

Choice Art 2

Invited Artist, The Pegge Hopper Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaii. Group Exhibition, .  Three Stoneware Bottles

Matchbox Plus VI

Cedar Street Galleries, Honolulu, Hawaii. – . Invited Artist.  One Stoneware Wood Fired Altered Bowl.  One Raku Bottle.

Mixed Media Miniature Show

Koa Art Gallery – . Invited Artist.  Two Stoneware Vases. Kapiolani Community College, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii.


2009

Matchbox Plus V

Cedar Street Galleries, Honolulu, Hawaii. . Invited Artist.  One Stoneware Cover Jar.  One Raku Bottle.

Mixed Media Miniature Show

Koa Art Gallery – . Invited Artist.  Two Stoneware Vases. Kapiolani Community College, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii.

2007

2007 Hawaii Craftsmen Statewide Juried Annual Exhibition

Honolulu Academy of the Arts, Academy Arts Center, Honolulu, Hawaii. Three Stoneware Bottles, One Stoneware Vase.

Showcase 2007  

Honolulu Academy of the Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii.  Invited artist.  Two Stoneware vases, Slat fired with Chun Glazes.  14”x12”X12”. 

Noreen Naughton / Paul Nash : Bones to Earth

Iolani Gallery, Windward Community College, University of Hawaii.  25 stoneware ceramic forms.  Sculpture and Pottery Bottles and Bowls.


2006

Hawaii Craftsmen 40th Anniversary Annual Statewide Juried Exhibition

Honolulu Academy of the Arts, Academy Art Center, Honolulu, Hawaii.  Invited artist.  Stoneware bottle, 12”x12”X12”.

Showcase 2006

Honolulu Academy of the Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii. Invited artist. Stoneware vase, natural clay color, textured, 12”x12”, and stoneware platter, titled Landscape, high fire glazes and oxides, 14” wide.

Couples: Making Art Under One Roof

The Balcony Gallery, Kailua, Hawaii. Three-stoneware vases, salt fired with high fire glazes.


2005

Noreen Naughton - Window Series, Paul Nash - Bullet Forms

The Koa Gallery, Kapiolani Community College, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii. Two-person Exhibition.  Installation Sculpture consisting of one hundred and six abstract bullet forms, 6” to 50” in height, fired to cone 5, natural stoneware, brown color.

Showcase 2005

Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, Hawaii. Invited artist. Two-stoneware bottles, red kaki glaze, with rutile wash.




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