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Caroline started working with clay in 1982, and later trained with Kim Sacks, followed by a shorter sojourn with Digby Hoets. She has exhibited her stoneware and porcelain works since 1994. In 2006 she co-wrote the book “Pottery for Little People”, a compilation of 10 years of making objects in clay with children, which also includes a short section on how to start and run a small pottery studio.
Her work expresses a dialogue with the vessel and its associations – as container, space defined by walls or boundaries, and the unapparent yet intimate relationship between the ceramic vessel and architecture – the enclosed space we eat out of and the enclosed spaces we inhabit.
She likes to explore a multiplicity of “styles” or “languages”, in forms whose beauty stem from their simplicity and understatement, and also in decorative vessels as carriers of a personal narrative.
Caroline works in stoneware and porcelain, hand built or wheel thrown, fired to 1260C. Surface finishes are kept to the minimal, slips and glazes intending to define form rather than compete with it.
Apart from her studio ceramic production, Caroline runs a teaching studio in Johannesburg, with classes both for adults and children.
CURRICULUM VITAE
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1962 |
Born in Santiago, Chile |
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1971 |
Arrival in South Africa |
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1968 - 1979 |
Educated at German Schools, Santiago, Chile, and Pretoria, South Africa |
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1982 - 1984 |
Studied at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, obtaining a BA degree (Bachelor of Arts), majoring in Art History and German |
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1982 - 1984 |
Began pottery on an informal basis |
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1985 - 1987 |
Pottery with Elsa Pfenniger in Santiago, Chile |
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1989 - 1994 |
Studied part-time at the Kim Sacks School of Ceramics, Johannesburg, South Africa |
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1995 - 1996 |
Studied full-time at the Kim Sacks School of Ceramics, Johannesburg, South Africa |
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1997 - 1999 |
Studied with Digby Hoets, Midrand, South Africa |
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1997 - date |
Set up own studio, teaching adults and children, annually exhibiting own work on a private basis. Selected pieces on show and for sale at various galleries and shops in Johannesburg,Pretoria and Cape Town, South Africa. |
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1999 to date |
Member of Ceramics Southern Africa (formerly APSA - Association of Potters of Southern Africa) |
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2006 |
Publication of “Pottery for Little People” (in collaboration with Vincenzia Diedericks), a manual on clay work with children, as well as on establishing and running a small studio. |
EXHIBITIONS
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1989 - 1996 |
Annual Student Exhibitions at the Kim Sacks Gallery |
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1994 |
Exhibition “Made by Hand in Black and White” (Kim Sacks Gallery) |
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1995 |
Exhibition “The Art of Tea” (Kim Sacks Gallery) |
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APSA National Ceramics Biennale (Sandton Civic Gallery, Johannesburg), obtaining Special
Mention |
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1996 |
FNB Vita Crafts Now (The African Window, Pretoria) |
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1997 |
APSA National Ceramics Biennale (Sandton Civic Gallery, Johannesburg) |
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1999 |
Exhibition “For the Table” (APSA) (Gencor Gallery, RAU, Johannesburg) |
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Exhibition “Zen & Clay” at Galerie Elsbeth Burkhalter, Johannesburg |
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Exhibition “Made by Hand in Black & White” (Kim Sacks Gallery) |
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Porcelain Exhibition (Kim Sacks Gallery) |
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APSA National Ceramics Exhibition (Foyer Nico Malan Theatre, Cape Town) |
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2000 |
Contemporary South African Ceramics (Melrose House, Pretoria) |
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2001 |
Ceramics Now 2001 (APSA)(Pretoria Art Museum) |
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APSA National Ceramics Exhibition (Foyer Nico Malan Theatre, Cape Town) |
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2002 |
African Earth Exhibition (Museumafrica, Johannesburg) held to coincide with the Earth Summit 2002 |
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2003 |
Altech Ceramics Triennial 2003 (Artscape, Cape Town) |
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Clay Festival (APSA) (held at Technikon Witwatersrand, Johannesburg)
Exhibitor and workshop presenter |
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2005 |
“Reflections in Clay”, Regional Exhibition of Ceramics SA (Association of Arts, Pretoria) |
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2007 |
June and September : Ceramics Exhibition at Gallerie Galapagos (Johannesburg) |
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August : “Embellishing Space” : Ceramics SA Gauteng Regional Exhibition at Decorex (Johannesburg) |
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2007 |
November : Pottery by Caroline Schulz Vieira and Sophia Morren, Art on Canvas by Jan Aalt, Foxwood House, (Johannesburg) |
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2007 |
October-December : Garden Exhibition, The Underberg Gallery (Underberg) |
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2008 |
February : “The Magic of Making”, Sally Thompson Gallery (Johannesburg) |
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March : “Transform”, Carol Lee Fine Art, (Johannesburg) |
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September : Ceramics and Art at Gallerie Galapagos (Johannesburg) |
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2009 |
May : “Autumnal Fare” Food, Lotions and Ceramics, in collaboration with Kiki Vanzini and Lianne Tiley (Johannesburg) |
2011 |
November : Solo Exhibition @ Bamboo (Johannesburg)
November : Solo Exhibition @ Bamboo (Johannesburg)
Launch of Artisan Eatware range in collaboration with Ira Bekker |
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