Seigle, Elise
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Maker Name
Seigle, Elise
Biography
Elise Siegel came to Canada in 1972. During her years in Vancouver she was known as LIsi. She enrolled at the Vancouver School of Art, studying with Sally Michener and Tam Irving at the beginning of their VSA teaching careers. She had already studied at the University of Chicago with renowned clay sculptor Ruth Duckworth, and remnants of Duckworth's influence can be seen.
Upon graduation Elise set up the Kitsilano Pottery with Larry Cohen and Suzu Matsuda (Speier). Her work captured the attention of Glenn Allison the curator of the UBC Fine Arts Gallery and she has a 2 man show with Denys James in 1979. Hiro Urakami also liked her work and she exhibited at the House of Ceramics.
Elise taught for the outreach program held by the VSA, traveling around BC. She gave several demonstrations for the Potters Guild of BC of her sculptural slab-work and she also demonstrated at the 1981 Malaspina Symposium in Nanaimo. BC.
In the late 1970s she moved studio to the Tanzar Crafts studio and joined the collective of Daniel Maternal (founder, 1974) Gerhard Kozel, Sam Kwan, Meg Buckley and Hiro Urakami. In 1980/81 Elise returned to Emily Carr to pursue graduate studies in sculpture. She had become a Canadian citizen, however she decided to return to New York, and has gone on to have a remarkable art career, at first in other media, but she returned to ceramics in the late 1990s and is credited with being one of a number of artists who has revitalized the use of figurative ceramics as a means of emotional expression. Elise taught ceramics at the Pratt Institute between 2008-11 and has taught at Greenwich House Pottery since 1985.
Elise has exhibited extensively in USA, and a great deal has been written about her practice.
Please go to her website to see complete CV and publication record.
Upon graduation Elise set up the Kitsilano Pottery with Larry Cohen and Suzu Matsuda (Speier). Her work captured the attention of Glenn Allison the curator of the UBC Fine Arts Gallery and she has a 2 man show with Denys James in 1979. Hiro Urakami also liked her work and she exhibited at the House of Ceramics.
Elise taught for the outreach program held by the VSA, traveling around BC. She gave several demonstrations for the Potters Guild of BC of her sculptural slab-work and she also demonstrated at the 1981 Malaspina Symposium in Nanaimo. BC.
In the late 1970s she moved studio to the Tanzar Crafts studio and joined the collective of Daniel Maternal (founder, 1974) Gerhard Kozel, Sam Kwan, Meg Buckley and Hiro Urakami. In 1980/81 Elise returned to Emily Carr to pursue graduate studies in sculpture. She had become a Canadian citizen, however she decided to return to New York, and has gone on to have a remarkable art career, at first in other media, but she returned to ceramics in the late 1990s and is credited with being one of a number of artists who has revitalized the use of figurative ceramics as a means of emotional expression. Elise taught ceramics at the Pratt Institute between 2008-11 and has taught at Greenwich House Pottery since 1985.
Elise has exhibited extensively in USA, and a great deal has been written about her practice.
Please go to her website to see complete CV and publication record.
First name
Elise (Lisi)
Last name
Seigel
Career dates (start and end)
1972
Date of Birth
1952
Place of Birth
Newark, NJ, USA
Studio location
Formal Education
Major Exhibitions
Selected exhibitions; complete list in CV
2020
- Claytopia, Plaxall Gallery, Long Island City, NY, curated by Matt Nolen
- Coarse Fragility, Lesley Heller Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Monika Zarzeczna
2020
- Claytopia, Plaxall Gallery, Long Island City, NY, curated by Matt Nolen
- Coarse Fragility, Lesley Heller Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Monika Zarzeczna
2019 Get Real: Figurative Sculpture by Women, Peninsula Fine Art Center, Newport News, VA
2016
NY, NY: Clay, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY (curated by Judith Schwartz)
2012
Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary Ceramics: The Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX
2007
Solo, I am what is around me, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Trans-Ceramic-Art, 3rd World Ceramic Biennale, Icheon, Korea
2005 Trans-Ceramic-Art, 3rd World Ceramic Biennale, Icheon, Korea
2004
Solo, Twenty-one Torsos and Twenty-four Feet, Garth Clark Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2003 From the Neck Up, Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY
2003 From the Neck Up, Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY
1994
Disembodied: Recent Sculpture by Lesley Dill, Leslie Fry and Elise Siegel, Robert Hull Fleming Museum, Burlington, VT (curated by Janie Cohen)
1989
Emerging Sculptors, Sculpture Center, New York, NY
1986
Transformations, Richard Green Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Stephan Westfall
1980 Retrospect Ceramics 80, PGBC 25th Anniversary.
1979 Lisi Seigle and Denys James, UBC Fine Arts Gallery, curated, Glenn Allison.
Collections
1982
Canada Council Art Bank Purchase
Affiliated organizations
Personal Website
https://www.elisesiegel.com
Links to Further Resources
https://maryannsteggles.com/2017/12/17/elise-siegel/
https://www.greenwichhouse.org/person/elise-siegel/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elise_Siegel
1977 Catalogue of British Columbia Potters, Bob Kingsmill
Source
Debra Sloan
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