Warren MacKenzie AMERICAN MASTER
Updated April 2018
Warren MacKenzie studied painting at Art Institute of Chicago then switched to ceramics after serving in WWII. Captivated by pottery, he and his wife Alix made regular trips to Field Museum of Natural History. They then went to England for a happy and productive apprenticeship with Bernard Leach in St Ives meeting Lucie Rie, Hans Coper and Shoji Hamada. On their return, they settled in Stillwater, MN where he continued his studio and still lives till today. He became professor of ceramics at the University of Minnesota teaching legions of students and making Minnesota a clay state retiring in 1990 a Regents Professor.
“Don’t overlook the less obvious pieces, the simple bowls, plates or yunomi…extraordinary objects because they are ordinary objects. It is in these that you will find the real pots, the real MacKenzie” John Reeve
The Warren MacKenzie
Scholarship Fund has been
set up at the Northern Clay Center,
Minneapolis MN.
A portion of each sale will go to this.
Individuals may contribute too.
UPDATED April 12, 2018
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Education
1947 Art Institute of Chicago
1949-52 Apprenticeship, Studio of Brenard Leach, St Ives England
Academic Appointment
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
1990- Present Regents Professor Emeritus
1984-90 Regents Professor
1981-85 Department of Studio Arts, Chair
1966-84 Professor
1961-66 Associate Professor
1957-61 Assistant Professor
1954-57 Lecturer
1953-54 Instructor
1948-50, 1952-35 Instructor, St Paul Gallery and School of Art, St. Paul MN
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2012 "The Power of the Pot" Lacoste Gallery, Concord MA
2011 “Warren MacKenzie: In The Studio” Lacoste Gallery, Concord MA
2009 “Warren MacKenzie: American Potter” Lacoste Gallery, Concord, MA
2008 “Warren MacKenzie: American Master” Lacoste Gallery, Concord, MA
2007 “Warren MacKenzie: Legacy of an American Potter,” Retrospective, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN (Touring for two and a half years through six cities)
2003 Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
Trax Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Peck Gallery, Cranston, RI
Lacoste Gallery, Concord, MA
2002 Gallery Shun, Tokyo, Japan
2001 Babcock Gallery, New York, NY
Raymond Ave Gallery, St. Paul, MN
Selected Collections
Bernard Leach Study Collection, Bath, England
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, IL
Chunichi Shimbun Collection, Nagoya, Japan
Contemporary Crafts Museum, New York, NY
Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
Joslyn Museum, Omaha, NE
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Mills College, Oakland, CA
Mingei-kan, (National Folk Art Museum) Tokyo, Japan
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Minnesota History Museum, St. Paul, MN
Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul MN
Museum of Applied Art, Helsinki, Finland
Smithsonian Museum, Washington, DC
St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
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