Jay Kvapil

THAT OBSCURE OBJECT OF DESIRE

22 novembre 2018 - 5 janvier 2019

Jay Kvapil is a California artist whose work has been shown at the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; the Oakland Museum; Scripps College; the San Jose Museum of Art; San Francisco State University; the Taipei Fine Arts Museum; and numerous other national and international exhibitions.   Jay is currently represented by Mindy Solomon Gallery, Galerie LeFebvre et Fils, Paris, and Diane Rosenstein Gallery, Los Angeles.  Recently, his work has been purchased for the permanent collection of the Sevres National Ceramics Museum, France, and the Crocker Museum of Art in Sacramento, California. 

Upon finishing undergraduate studies, Jay studied tea ceremony ceramics in Japan at the Takatori Seizan Pottery on the island of Kyushu in Southern Japan in 1974-75. After returning to the United States, he received both his MA and MFA from San Jose State University where he also served as Conference Director for the National Council for Education in the Ceramic Arts Conference in San Jose, 1982.  

Now Professor Emeritus, he served numerous roles at California State University Long Beach over 35 years, including Head of the Ceramics Program, Director of the School of Art, Associate Dean, and Interim Dean for the College of the Arts. He also served as Dean of the College of Arts, Media, and Communication at CSU Northridge.  At the national level, he served as Board Member, Treasurer, and Member of the Commission on Accreditation of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design.