Dirk Staschke

Hold On Tight, You Just Might

2019

[Portland, OR b. 1971 - Hunstville, Alabama] Dirk Staschke is a full time studio artist who is best known for his exploration of Dutch Vanitas still life themes in the medium of ce...

I’ve long taken inspiration from the Dutch/Flemish tradition of Vanitas still life painting in which the notion of futility is key. I look to translate that futility into an artistic...

Dirk Staschke is best known for his exploration of Dutch Vanitas still life themes in the medium of ceramics. His current body of work explores the space in between sculpture and painting. His work often uses meticulous representation as foil for examining skill and craft. He received his BFA from the University of Montevallo followed by an MFA from Alfred University and has maintained an ongoing studio practice and extensive exhibition record for twenty-three years. During this time, he has taught at many notable universities, including Emily Carr University, Alfred University and New York University. His work has been shown internationally and resides in the permanent collections of several museums including the Smithsonian Museum in Washington (DC), Icheon Museum, World Ceramic Center (Gwango-dong) South Korea, Crocker Museum (CA) and the Portland Art Museum (OR). He has received various artist’s grants including grants from The Virginia Groot Foundation and the Canada Council on the Arts. Education 1998 Alfred University, Alfred, NY, Master of Fine Arts Degree 1995 University of Montevallo, Montevallo, AL, Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree Solo Exhibitions 2024 Impressions, Ferrara Showman Gallery, New Orleans, LA 2021 Wallflowers, Mark Moore Fine Art, Orange Park, CA 2019 Matter of Perspective, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA 2018 In-Between, Mark Moore Fine Art, Orange Park, CA 2017 Perfection of Happenstance, Winston Wachter Fine Art, Seattle,WA 2016 Nature Morte, (AMOCA) American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA 2015 Executing Merit, Winston Wachter Fine Art, Seattle, WA 2014 Bounty, Clark Collage, Vancouver, WA 2013 Sated, Winston Wachter Fine Art, Seattle, WA 2012 Falling Feels A Lot Like Flying, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA 2009 Making Arrangements, Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2006 Ornament, Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2004 Politics of Clay, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY New Works, Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2003 John Elder Gallery, New York, NY Selected Exhibitions 2023 Art Miami, Ferrara Showman Gallery, Miami, FL 2022 Momento Mori, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN Earth Oracles, Mayten’s Gallery, Toronto, ON Collect Art Fair (Online), London, England 2021 Salon Art Fair, Culture Object, NY, NY Dead Reconning, Pensacola Museum of Art, FL Counterparts, The Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA Contemporary Clay, Western Carolina University Museum, Cullowhee, NC Looking West: A Survey of Art on the Left Coast, Mark Moore Fine Art, CA 2020 Art Miami, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, Miami, FL Rare Earth, Mark Moore Fine Art, Orange Park, CA Culture Object, New York, NY 2019 Art Miami, Cynthia, Corbett Gallery, Miami, FL Our Shared Heritage, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL State of the Art, Giertz Gallery, Champaign, IL 2018 Collect, London Art Fair, w/ Cynthia, Corbett Gallery, London, England Vasa Vasorum, Curated by Garth Clark at Peters Projects, Santa Fe, NM Revive, Remix, Respond, The Frick Museum, Pittsburgh, PA New York Ceramics and Glass Fair, w/ Ferrin Contemporary, New York, NY Sugar, Eutectic Gallery, Portland, OR 2017 C'est le bouquet, Fondation d’entreprise Bernardaud, Limoges, France The Evocative Garden, NCECA invitational exhibition, Portland, OR Selections from the PAM permanent Collection, Portland Art Museum, OR Sweet Tooth: The Art of Dessert, Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT BC to BC, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA LH Project, Trifecta: Future Forward on the Ceramic Highway, Portland, OR Form Over Function, Winston Wachter Fine Art, Seattle, WA 2015 Crafting a Collection, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA 2014 Ceramic Top 40, Red Star Studios, Kansas City, MO Dark Matter, Boehm Gallery, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA 2013 Bunting Biennial Ceramics Symposium, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL 2012 Shifting Paradigms, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX Enough is as Good as a Feast, Gallery Jones, Vancouver, BC 2010 BAM Biennial, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA, Hermaphrodite, Ferrin Gallery/Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Portraiture Beyond Likeness, Ethel Sergeant Clark Gallery, Wayne, PA 2009 5th World Ceramic Exposition Biennial, Gwango-dong, South Korea, New works, Two-person show, Gallery Jones, Vancouver, BC, Canada SOFA Chicago, Chicago, Il with Wexler Gallery 2008 A Human Impulse, Arizona State University Museum, Tempe, AZ, (In) Between, Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Confrontational Ceramics, Westchester Arts Council, White Plains, NY 2006 Body and Mind, Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY Edges of Grace, The Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA 2005 Politics as Usual, The Yager Museum of Art and Culture, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY. Vanitas, Lacost Gallery, Concord...

This work from Linda Stein's Displacement From Home series draws from the tradition of wunderkammer/cabinets of curiosities to highlight the global displacement and traumatic memory ...