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ARTISTS' BIOGRAPHIES
Saxe, Adrian
American; (b. 1943, Glendale, CA; lives in Los Angeles, CA)
1974 BFA California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
1965–1969 Chouinard Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA
Born and raised in Glendale, California, Adrian Saxe studied under Ralph Bacerra
SELECTED REFERENCES:
and John Coplans at the Chouinard Art Institute (later renamed the California Institute
Clark, Garth, and Cindi
of the Arts) in Los Angeles from 1965 to 1969. Saxe completed his BFA in 1974. The artist’s
Strauss. Shifting Paradigms
expertly rendered porcelain sculptures serve as contemporary interpretations of historical
in Contemporary Ceramics:
and decorative forms. In 1987 Saxe was the first artist to receive a fellowship at L'Atelier
Vecchio Collection. New
expérimental de recherche et de création de la Manufacture de Sèvres in France.
Haven: Yale University Press;
In addition to eighteenth-century European porcelains, Saxe’s work culls from a variety
Houston: The Museum of
of sources including Canton export ware from the Kuang Hsu period in China and
early-nineteenth-century Worcester and Coalport porcelains from England. Often adding
to his sculptures mass-produced objects such as toy cars or colorful rhinestones, Saxe
Fine Arts, Houston, 2012.
Held, Peter, ed. Innovation &
Change: Ceramics from the
Arizona State University Art
playfully unites elite and popular elements of culture. A mid-career exhibition of Saxe’s
Museum. Tempe: Arizona
work opened at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1993 and Saxe’s numerous
State Art Museum, 2009.
grants and awards include the Regis Master Award (2014), John Simon Guggenheim
Herman, Lloyd E. American
Memorial Foundation Fellowship (2002), Flintridge Foundation Visual Artists Award (2001),
Porcelain: New Expressions
and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (1986). Saxe has taught at the University
of California, Los Angeles since 1973 and is currently head of the ceramics department.
ADRIAN SAXE WORKS IN THE EXHIBITION
Untitled (Black Antelope Jar)
15 4
The Garth Clark & Mark Del
in an Ancient Art. Forest
Grove: Timber Press, 1981.