Peter Beaseker
Peter Beasecker was born in Toledo, Ohio and received a BS degree from Miami University and his MFA from Alfred University. He has been recognized for many years as a maker of quiet, elegant porcelain pots reflecting a studied and haptic sensibility. Beasecker’s recent work has concentrated on ‘carriers’, dark stoneware vessels holding numerous porcelain cups or bowls. He also continues his porcelain work making simple plates, bowls, and vases.
Peter Beasecker joined the faculty of Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts in 2009 as an Associate Professor. Prior to this appointment, Beasecker was a Professor of Art at the Meadows School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University, since 1992. He has exhibited extensively in national and international venues, and his work is included in the collections of the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution, The Minneapolis Institute of Art, and the Mint Museum in North Carolina. He has been a visiting artist and workshop leader at over sixty institutions, including Anderson Ranch, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, and the Penland School of Crafts. Beasecker maintains a studio in Cazenovia, New York.
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Peter Beasecker
1957Born, Toledo, Ohio
EDUCATION
—BS Miami University, Oxford Ohio
1987MFA, Ceramics, The New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University, Alfred, New York
PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE
1992-2009Professor of Art, Meadows School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University, Dallas Texas
2009—Associate Professor of Art, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
APPRENTICESHIPS AND RESIDENCIES
1977International Workshop of Ceramic Art, Tokoname Japan
Peter Beasecker is known for primarily wheel thrown porcelain utilitarian, objects: teapots, cups, tumblers, etc. He often creates pieces in sets: nesting bowls, sets of bowls, and double vases. He continued the idea of relationship pottery in later work: small porcelain bowls in larger stoneware containers, or carriers, and porcelain slabs.
“Beasecker’s recent work has concentrated on ‘carriers’, dark stoneware vessels holding numerous porcelain cups or bowls. He also continues his porcelain work making simple plates, bowls, and vases.” (http://peter-beasecker.com 8 19 2016 10:45 p.m.)
Peter Beasecker’s studies at Alfred were influenced by Val Cushing, Jack Troy, and Richard Roth are his mentors.
In 1977, Beasecker lived in Japan and participated in the International Workshop of Ceramic Art in Tokoname, Japan. In 2003, he received an NCECA International Travel Grant to travel to China.
Public Collections
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Permanent Collection, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Bemidji State University, The Margaret Harlow Collection, Bemidji, Minnesota
Crocker Art Museum, Swidler Collection, Sacramento, California
Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Indiana
International Workshop of Ceramic Art, Tokoname, Japan
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
The Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
rosenfieldcollection.com
Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, California
Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Arts, Alfred University, Alfred, New York
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC
Southwestern University, Permanent Collection, Georgetown, Texas
World Ceramic Exposition, Permanent Collection, Yoju, Korea
