Jeffrey
Mongrain
Education
1981 Master
of Fine Arts, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL
1978 Bachelor
of Fine Arts, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
EXHIBITIONS
– SELECTED
2013 Scripps National, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Claremont, CA
2012 Museum of Modern Art, Ljubijana, Slovenia (biennial)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA (site project)
eARTh, Arts Westchester, White Plains, NY (invitational)
Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA (invitational)
2011 Icheon Museum, Gueonggi-do, Korea (biennial)
Tampa Museum, Tampa, FL (NCECA Biennial)
Leubsdorf Gallery, New York, New York (invitational)
eARTh, Arts Westchester, White Plains, NY (invitational)
Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia (biennial)
2010 The Beach Museum of Art, Manhattan, KS
San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
Musee Magnelli, Vallauris, France (Biennale)
Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taipei, Taiwan, (Solo)
Museu de Ceramica de L'Alcora, L'Alcora, Spain (bienal)
Biennal de la Ceramique, Andenne, Belgium (Biennial)
Museo d Arte Contemporanea, Albissola Marina, Italy (Biennale)
Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia, PA (Site Project)
Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki, Greece (juror acquisition)
Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ
Favardin et de Verneuil Gallery, Paris, France
Museum of Contemporary Ceramics, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
(Triennial)
Baptist Temple, Philadelphia, PA (Site Project)
2010 Clay National, Landmark Gallery, Lubbock, TX
Main Line Art Center, NCECA 2010, Haverford, PA
2009 Contemporary
Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA
Icheon Museum, Gueonggi-do, Korea, Silver Award (biennial)
The Australian Drawing Biennale, Victoria, Australia, Bronze Award
Gallery
Martainville, Rouen, France (solo)
Ruiz-Healy Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2008 Mashiko Museum,
Mashiko, Japan (biennial)
Museum
of Art and Design, New York, NY
Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art, Alfred, NY (solo)
Racine Museum of Fine Art, Racine, IL
Trinity Cathedral, Pittsburgh, PA (site project)
Katonah Museum, Katonah, NY
O'Silas Gallery, Bronxville, NY (two person)
2007 Daum
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO (solo)
San Angelo Museum of
Fine Art, San Angelo, TX (solo)
Museum of
Fine Art, Tallahassee, FL
North London Gallery, London, England (solo)
2006 Daum
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO
Archer Gallery,
Vancouver, WA
Boston Society for the Arts, Boston, MA
Beach Museum of Contemporary Art, Manhattan, KS
St. Peter's Church, Columbia, SC (site project)
Freedman Gallery, Reading, PA
2005 National
Museum of Catholic Art, New York, NY (solo)
Diego Rivera Museum, Guanajuato, Mexico (solo)
IUN Gallery of Contemporary Art, Gary, IN (solo)
SOFA Armory Exhibition, New York, NY (art exposition)
Harrison Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO
James Patrick Gallery, Wiscasset, ME
Corpus Christi Church, Baltimore, MD (site project)
Gallery M, Minneapolis, MN
Pakh Gallery, New York, NY
2004 Newcastle
Regional Art Museum, Newcastle, Australia (2 person)
Principalia Museum, Veracruz, Mexico (solo)
Daum Museum of
Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO
National Museum of Catholic Art, New York, NY (site documentation)
Perimeter Gallery, New York, NY (2 person)
Museo de Antropologia,
Jalapa, Mexico (solo)
St. JosephÕs Church,
Indianapolis, IN (site project)
Perimeter Gallery, New York, NY (2 person)
Luebsdorf Gallery, New York, NY
SOFA Armory Exhibition, New York, NY (art
exposition)
2003 Museum
of Arts and Design, New York, NY, 8th Triennial
Museum Fur Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt,
Germany, 8th Triennial
Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
Galleria Temple, Rome, Italy (solo)
Umberto Eco Gallery, New York, NY
Perimeter Gallery, New York, NY (2 person)
Christus Church, Cologne, Germany (site
project)
SOFA Armory Exhibition, New York, NY (art exposition)
North Gallery, Newcastle, Australia (solo)
2002 Sharjah
Museum, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Biennial
The Beach Museum of Art, Manhattan, KS
Perimeter Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Garnethill Synagogue, Glasgow, Scotland
(site project)
Sala Uno Gallery, Rome Italy
University Museum, Edwardsville, IL
Gallery Octavio Paz, New York, NY
The Cathedral Church of St. John the
Divine, New York, NY (site project)
Glasgow Cathedral, Glasgow, Scotland (site
project)
Leubsdorf Art Gallery, New York, NY
School of the Divinity, Glasgow, Scotland
(site project)
Mexican Cultural Institute, Washington, DC
2001 John Elder Gallery, New
York, NY (solo)
Jane Hartsook Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
San Angelo Museum of Art, San Angelo, TX
Arvada Center for the Arts, Arvada, CO
Dundee Center for the Arts, Dundee,
Scotland
BDG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Harrison Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
Publication - Selected
2012 Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
2011 Objects of Devotion and Desire, Medieval Relic to Contemporary Art, Hunter
College Art Galleries, catalog
2010 How to Look at Contemporary Ceramics, Chang Hyun Bang, book
Biennale Internationale-Creation Contemporaine et Ceramique Vallauris
2010,
catalog
Ceramic Interactions,
catalog
2009 Paris Art,
Francois Lasgi, article
The Korean Times,
Kim Rahn, review
Pittsburg Post-Gazette,
Mary Thomas, article
San Angelo Standard-Times,
Howard Taylor, article
500 Ceramic Sculptures,
Glen R. Brown, book
2008 Image,
Gordon Fuglie, feature article and cover
The Journal News,
Georgette Gouvesia, review
Full and Spare, Museum of Fine Art,
Kate Bonasasinga, essay
San Francisco Weekly,
Michael Damiano, article
Pittsurgh Post- Gazzette, Mary
Turnmill, review
Crafting Content, Benjamin
Schulman, essay
San Angelo
Times, John Hisner, review
Paraitre; Des Beaux-Arts de Rouen,
Beatrice Cussol, article
Museum of Arts and Design,
Holly Hotchner, book
2007 Animating the
Quotidian, Jeffrey Mongrain,
Eleanor Heartney, book essay
Confrontational Clay, Dr. Judith Schwartz, book
Clay in Art International,
Kostas Tarkasis, book
Jeffrey Mongrain, i Secrets and Revelationsn, David Reverie McFadden,
book essay
Mashiko Museum, East & West,
Gilhong Han, book
Glasstire, Emily Seale, feature article
Helicon;
Muses on the Mountain, Matthew Garrison, Essay
2006 Dogwood, Robert Pinsky, editorÕs note, Spring, featured artist
Perforations, Rick Newby, catalog essay
Visionary Ceramics, Randolph Smith,
book
Eclipsing Process, Ross Woodrow,
catalog essay
Contemporary Art and Religion, James
Elkins, book
2005 London Times, Nicholas Wapshott, January, review
The Boston Globe, Christine Temin,
March, article
Philadelphia City Paper, Susan Hagen,
review
American Ceramics, Luis Adrian Vergas Santiago,16/2, review
The New York Times, Grace Guleck,
May, article
2004 Arte & Artes International, Gabriela Kartofel, Summer, article
New York Arts, John
Allanson, February, review
American Ceramics, John Perreault, February, article
New York Art World, Lily Faust, May, review
Washington Diplomat, William During, March, review
ARTnews, Barbara A MacAdams, February, review
2003 New York Times, Grace Glueck, December, article
World Sculpture News, Glen
R. Brown, Winter, review
8th Triennial, David McFadden, book
Chicago
Tribune, Alan G. Artner, November, review
The Director, Chris Raymond, January, article
2002 Art in America, Janet Koplos, July, review
New York
Times, Ken Johnson, February, review
Sculpture, Glen
R. Brown, July, article
Contemplations
on the Spiritual, Eleanor Heartney, catalog essay
The Bohemian,
Paula Harris, January, article
Sala
Uno Gallery, Richard Kline, catalog essay
2001 Art and Craft of the Potter, Susan Peterson, book
A Glimpse of the Invisible, John Montgomery Wilson, catalog essay
Clay
Body Rhetoric, Glen R. Brown, catalog essay
American
Ceramics, Daniel Heyman, 12/4, review
Philadelphia
Inquirer, Robin L. Rice, April, article
Museum Collections
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Museum of Circolol Amici della Ceramica, Albissola Marina, Italy
Diego Rivera Museum, Guanajuato, Mexico
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
Newcastle National Art Gallery, Newcastle, Australia
San Angelo Museum of Art, San Angelo, TX
Sharjah Museum, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
The Beach Museum of Art, Manhattan, KS
Museo di Arte Sacrad di San Gabriele, Teramo, Italy
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO
Icheon Museum, Geuoggi, South Korea
Pricipalia Museum, Veracruz, Mexico
National Museum of Catholic Art, New York, NY
University Museum, Edwardsville, IL
Smithsonian Museum, Air and Space Division, Washington, WA
The National Seminary Museum, Glasgow, Scotland
Contemporary Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
Museo de
Antropologia, Jalapa, Mexico
Racine Museum of Art,
Racine, WI
Museum of Fine Art, Tallahassee, FL
Lectures, Residencies and Awards - Selected
Pilchuck Glass Residency, 2012
New York Foundation for the Arts 2009
George Millard Fellow
Presidential Award for Excellence in Creative Activity, 2009 CUNY
Sharjah Biennal, Purchase Award
The Australian Drawing Biennale 2009, Victoria, Australia, Bronze Award
Museum of Contemporary Ceramics 2009, Santo Domingo, Dominican
Republic, triennial, Purchase Award
George M. Schuster Award
Korean Biennial 2009, Silver Prize Winner
7th Annual Hawaiian International Art Conference, Honolulu, HI
Ford Fellowship Award
Bush Foundation Recipient
Eugene Lang Fellowship
San Angelo Museum of Fine Art, 1st Prize Winner
PS CUNY Research Award
Royal College of Art, London,
England
Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, IL
California College of
Art, Oakland, CA
Columbia University, New York, NY
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
College Art Association, Atlanta, GA
University of Christobol Colon, Veracruz, Mexico
Asia Society, New
York, NY
Washington University, St.
Louis, MO
Newcastle Regional Art Museum, Newcastle, Australia
Mohr Institute, Groningen, Holland
The National Museum of
Catholic Art, New York, NY
Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art, Alfred, NY
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
Temple Gallery, Rome, Italy
Dundee School of Art, Dundee, Scotland
University of Minnesota, Moorhead, MN
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO
Contemporary Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA