James Lovera (American, –2015)

Timeline

1976
Advanced Study Travel: Japan
1948–1986
Professor of Ceramic Art, Color and Design, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
1986
Professor Emeritus
California School of Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
Honorary Member: Association of California Ceramic Artists

Exhibitions

1990
Form/Space/Surface Clay Vessels- Michael Himovitz Gallery/Pavillions Sacramento, CA
1990
New Works - Gump's Gallery San Francisco, CA
1990
Gallery Fair Mendocino, CA
1989
One man exhibition Running Ridge Gallery Santa Fe, New Mexico
1988
Clay/Form/Spirit, Diablo Valley College Art Gallery Pleasant Hill, CA January-February
1988
Featured artist in conjunction with Object and Environment Exhibition, Collector's Gallery, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
1987
Group Exhibition Contemporary Crafts Museum New York, NY
1987
New Work-Three Gump's Gallery San Francisco, CA August 4-29
1986
West Coast Clay Civic Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA June-August 1986
1986
Group Exhibition California Ceramic Artists Dublin, Ireland, Cork, Ireland
1985
Gump's Gallery "A Showcase of The Artist" San Francisco, CA
1985
The Hand and The Spirit Craft Gallery "Gems, A Showcase of the Artist's Work" Scottsdale, AZ
1984
One-Man Exhibition Elaine Potter Gallery San Francisco, CA
1982
American Porcelain: The Emergence of A New Tradition, The Hand and The Spirit Gallery Scottsdale, AZ
1982
Contemporary Clay ... 20 Artists Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art Monterey, CA
1982
One-Man Exhibition Running Ridge Gallery Santa Fe, NM
1982
A.R.T. Beasley Gallery San Diego, CA
1981
The Crafts Gallery, Ltd. One-Man Exhibition Bethesda, MD
1981
The Elements Gallery Madison Avenue, New York, NY
1980
One-Man Exhibition, The Hand and The Spirit
1980
Art Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ Invitational
1980
"American Ceramics" Exhibition, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
1980
One-Man Exhibition, Gallery Fair, Mendocino, CA
1980
One-Man Exhibition, Gump's, San Francisco, CA
1980
One-Man Exhibition, Kennedy Art Gallery, College of the Holy Names, Oakland, CA
1979
College of the Holy Names, Oakland, CA
1979
"Clay and Glass 79", Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo, Alto, CA
1979
One-Man Exhibition, The Green Gallery, Carmel, CA Invitational
1978
"The Potters Art in California-1855 to 1955" Lang Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, CA
1978
One-Man Exhibition, Sun Gallery, Hayward, CA
1977
One-Man Exhibition, Bakersfield College, Art Gallery, Bakersfield, CA
1976
Sabbatical Leave in Japan
1973
San Mateo County Fair Competition, Juror
1972
One-Man Exhibition, Chabot Art Gallery, Hayward, CA
1972
Designer/Craftsmen/72, Richmond Art Center Richmond, CA, Juror
1971
"The Ceramic Statement", DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA
1970
California Expo-Invitational, Juror
1970
Awarded mural commission for San Felipe Park, Hayward Park and Recreational District, to design and execute two 9' x 12' ceramic murals.
1968
Design X Exhibition, Pasadena Museum of Art, Pasadena, CA
1968
California Design, California Expo, Sacramento, CA
1968
"Twenty-Five of American Art in Clay" Scripps College, Claremont, CA
1968
Design IX Traveling Exhibition 1966-68
1967
Association of San Francisco Potters, DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA
1966
Twenty-Fourth Syracuse National Ceramic Exhibition, Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
1966
California Craftsmen Exhibition, Invitational Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA
1966
Design IX Exhibition, Pasadena Museum of Art, Pasadena, CA
1966
California Designers Exhibition, Georg Jensen's, New York, NY
1965
Collector: Object/Environment, Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York, NY Juried
1965
One-Man Exhibition, Bon Marche Gallery, Seattle Museum of Art, Seattle, WA Invitational
1965
American Craftsmen Exhibition, Seattle Museum of Art, Seattle, WA Invitational
1965
Three-Man Ceramic Exhibition: "Sanders, Fritz and Lovera", Portland Ceramic Studio, Portland, OR
1965
Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition, San Francisco Potters Association, DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA Juried
1965
One-Man Exhibition, Villa Montalvo, Saratoga, CA Invitational
1964
Syracuse National Ceramic Exhibition, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY Award
1963
10th Annual Art Exhibition, E. B. Crocker Art Gallery; Sacramento, CA
1963
Northern California Arts, Inc. Competition. (Open Competition)
1962
Stone Forms, Exhibition, DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA
1962
Scripps College Ceramic Exhibition Claremont, CA
1962
One-Thousand Years of Ceramic Art, Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA
1961
Syracuse National Ceramic Exhibition, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
1961
Designer Craftsmen U.S.A., American Federation of Arts, Museum of Contemporary Crafts,
1961
American Craftsmen Exhibition, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
1961
Madonna Festival of Religious Art, Los Angeles, CA Award
1961
One-Man Exhibition, DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA
1960
One-Man Exhibition, Villa Montalvo, Saratoga, CA
1960
Syracuse National Ceramic Exhibition, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
1960
Utah State University Second Invitational Ceramic Exhibition
1960
Contemporary Handweavers of California, DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA
1959
Utah State University, First Invitational Ceramic Exhibition, UT
1958
California Craftsmen Exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA
1956
Wichita Museum Annual Exhibition, Wichita Museum of Art, Wichita, KA
1956
Syracuse National Ceramic Exhibition, Syracuse Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
1956
Design at Home Exhibition, Villa Montalvo Saratoga, CA
1955
Association of San Francisco Potters DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA
1955
Syracuse National Ceramic Exhibition, Syracuse Museum, Syracuse, NY
1954
Association of San Francisco Potters DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA
1954
Syracuse National Ceramic Exhibition, Syracuse Museum, Syracuse, NY, Judge
1953
Association of San Francisco Potters DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA
1952
Syracuse National Ceramic Exhibition, Syracuse Museum, Syracuse, NY
1951
Association of San Francisco Potters Annual DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA
1951
California Exposition Art Exhibition, Sacramento, CA
1950
Association of San Francisco Potters Third Annual Exhibition, DeYoung Museum San Francisco, CA
1950
Dazell-Hatfield Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Two-Man Show
1949
Sixth Annual Pacific Coast Ceramic Exhibition, Rotunda Gallery, City of Paris, San Francisco, CA, Judge
1949
Design in Forty-Nine Ceramic Exhibition DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA
1948
California State Fair, Sacramento, CA
1948
Association of San Francisco Potters Second Annual Exhibition, DeYoung Museum San Francisco, CA

Literature

1987
The Santa Fe Catalogue - Winter, 1987 p. 30
1985
Hayward Daily Review - Life Style - June 28, 1985
1985
S. F. Chronicle - "People" Potters And Their Feats of Clay November 30, 1985
1984
Arizona Arts and Travel - May-June issue 1984 "Crafts In A Museum Setting" pp. 20-21
1982
The Santa Fe Catalogue - Summer, 1982 pp. 8-9
1982
Santa Fe Reporter - October 27, 1982
1979
Washington Post, The Potomac Magazine Section, November 18, 1979
1978
Ceramics Monthly Magazine, November 1978
1968
Oakland Tribune, Sunday, August 4, 1968 Home Magazine Edition
1967
Les Edtions de la Revue Moderne, Paris, France. February, 1967 issue
1966
S. F. Chronicle, November 17, 1966
1966
Merced Sun Star, April, 1966
1965
Los Angeles Times, July, 1965-"A Spurt of Creative Action" (Ceramics)
1965
Ceramics Monthly Magazine, Cover--April, 1965 issue, also p. 26
1965
House and Garden Magazine, April, 1965 (p. 164)
1965
Los Angeles Times, March 28, 1965
1965
Interiors Magazine, July, 1965 (p. 79, "Great Craft Collections")
1962
S. F. Examiner, November, 1962
1962
S. F. Examiner, December 30, 1962
1961
American Artist Magazine, February, 1961 (P.45)
1960
New York Herald Tribune, May 27, 1960
1960
San Jose Mercury News, March 13, 1960
1960
Vallejo Times Herald, March 6, 1960
1953
S. F. Chronicle, July 19, 1953 ("This World")
1952
S. F. Chronicle, March 16, 1952 ("This World")
Sunset Ceramic Book; "How To Make Pottery & Ceramic Sculpture" by H. H. Sanders, Lane Publishing Co., Menlo Park, CA pp. 28-29
The Potters Art in California 1885 to 1955, by Hazel V. Bray Library of Congress Catalogue No. 78-73120 p. 63
English (US)

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