RUTH DUCKWORTH

1919 Born in Hamburg, Germany

1936-40 Liverpool School of Art (Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture)
1955 Hammersmith School of Art (Ceramics)
1956-58 Central School of Arts & Crafts, London, England
1982 Honorary Doctorate Degree, DePaul University, Chicago

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1959-64 Central School of Arts & Crafts, London, England
1964-66 University of Chicago, Dept. of Arts
1965 Corsham School of Art, England (Visiting Artist)
1968-77 University of Chicago, Dept. of Arts
1972-93 Various Workshops and Seminars
1994- Lectures

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1953 Appolinaire Gallery, London, England
1960 Primavera, London, England
1962 Primavera, London, England
1964 Arnolfini, Bristol, England
1965 Renaissance Society, University of Chicago
Craftsmen's Gallery, Chicago, IL
Agra Gallery, Washington D.C.
1966 The Chicago Public Library
Gallery Mid-North, Chicago
1967 Primavera, London, England
Matsuya Department Store, Tokyo, Japan
1972 Jacques Barach Gallery, Chicago
1973 Kunstkammer Ludger Koster, Monchen-Gladbach, Germany
1974 Calvary School of Art, Alberta, Canada
1976 Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
1977 Exhibit A, Evanston, IL
1978 Hadler Gallery, New York, NY
1979 Museum Boymans-Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
1980 Exhibit A, Chicago
1982 Exhibit A, Chicago
1984 Exhibit A, Chicago
Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL
1986 Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia
Contemporary Art Center, London, England
1987 Society of Art in Crafts, Pittsburgh
1989 Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, California
1990 Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY
1991 Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles
Bellas Artes Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1992 Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco
Pewabic Gallery, Detroit
1993 Bellas Artes Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Keramik-Galerie Bowig, Hannover, Germany
1994 Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco
Schleswig-Holsteinische Landesmuseum, Rendsburg, Germany
1996 Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY
Bellas Artes Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1999 Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY
2000 Bellas Artes Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
galerie b15, Munich, Germany
2002 Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Union League Club of Chicago, Chicago
2004 Bellas Artes Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2005 Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY
2005 Cultural Center of Chicago, Chicago
2005 Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO
2006 Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
2006 Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Museum, Washington D.C.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS(Selected List)
1961 'British Studio Potters', Rotterdam, Netherlands
1962 'International Handicrafts Exhibition', Stuttgart, Germany
1964 'British Ceramics', Copenhagen, Denmark
'International Ceramics Exhibition', Tokyo, Japan
1965 '14 Artists', Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL
1967 'International Crafts', Istanbul, Turkey
1968 'Nippo Gendai Bijutsuka', Kyoki, Japan
'The Egg and The Eye', Porcelain Exhibition, Los Angeles
'Objects: USA', travelling throughout USA and Europe
1969 'Three Artists', Art Institute of Chicago
1970 'Exhibition 70', Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Columbus, OH
1972 'Porcelain, Eight Potters', University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, WI
'British Potters', Primavera, Cambridge, England
'International Academy of Ceramics', Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
1973 'More British Potters', Primavera, Cambridge, England
'Ceramic Art of the World', Calgary, Alberta, Canada
'Five Women', Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, IL
1974 'World Craft Exhibition', Calgary, Canada
'Three Artists', Gustavus Adolphus College, Northfield, MN
'Students' Choice Exhibit, Four Potters', Swarthmore College, Bryn Mawr, PA
'Towards Ceramic Sculpture', Oxford Gallery, Oxford, England
1975 'More British Potters, No.2', Primavera, Cambridge, England
'Kunstkammer Ludger Koster, Six German Ceramists', Monchen-Gladbach, Germany (Guest)
1976 'Europaische Keramik der Gegenwart', Krechen, Germany
'American Crafts, An Aesthetic View', Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
1979 'Two Artists', (Ruth Duckworth and Claire Zeisler), Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1982 'Travelling Porcelain', Renwick Gallery, Washington D.C.
1983 'Architectural Ceramics', Elements Gallery, New York, NY
'Prime Evidence', Exhibit A, Chicago
1984 'Stuff and Spirit', Twining Gallery, New York, NY
'Women in Clay', Octagon Gallery, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
'Ten Years of Collecting at the Museum of Contemporary Art', Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
'Modern Master Ceramics', Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
'Histories', Exhibit A, Chicago
1985 'Pottery Questions II', Broward College, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
1986 'Fire', La Galerie Centre de Ceramique Bonsecours, Vieux-Montreal, Canada
1987 'Ceramics in Architecture: Drawing, Sketches, and Models', Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY