Jennifer Allen
Adrian Arleo is a ceramic sculptor whose work focuses on human and animal forms. Her sculptures can represent a human figure, an animal form or both. Each piece begins with a sketch ...
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- Biography
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Adrian Arleo is a ceramic sculptor whose work focuses on human and animal forms. Her sculptures can represent a human figure, an animal form or both. Each piece begins with a sketch that is transformed into three dimensions using one inch diameter extruded coils.Arleo uses glazes to finish her surfaces, sometimes she employs the encaustic technique, and metallic leaf may also appear on her figures.
The coils are rolled to compress the clay and decrease their diameters. The looseness of the hand building process allows her to build the figural forms she employs. Often the poses she gives her human figures reference Greek and Roman sculptures. Her surfaces are typically highly textured. Inspiration comes from the natural world around her. Perhaps it?s honeycomb, the strata of a mountain side, the bark of a tree or fur or feathers.
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2002-2003
Studio resident, Rochester Institute of Technology, School of American Crafts, Rochester, New York
2003-2003Summer Resident, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, Montana
2006-2008Artist in Residence, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, Montana
-2008Resident Artist, MacNamara Foundation, Westport Island, Maine
2008-2009Meyer Resident Artist, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
2012-2012Director Invites Residency, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, Montana
2015-2015Short-Term Residency, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, Montana
2016-2016Short-Term Residency, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, Maine
- Primary Work Experience
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2004-2016
Numerous workshop presentations and curatorial work
1998-2002Studio Assistant, Bliss Pottery, Anchorage, Alaska
2002-_Studio Potter, Curator, Studio Assistant and Workshop Presenter
Other
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Archie Bray Foundation Permanent Collection, Helena, Montana
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinberg, Tennessee
Concord University, Athens, West Virginia
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, Pennsylvania
Jingdezhen Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute Museum, Jingdezhen, PR China
Manchester Craftsman Guild, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Oregon College of Arts and Crafts, Portland, Oregon
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina
Plains Art Museum, Fargo, North Dakota
Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
The Rosenfield Collection
University of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska
- Bibliography
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Allen, Jennifer. “Work and Play: The Potter’s Life. Ceramics Monthly (June, July, August 2009).
____________.” Shifting Ideas.” Objective Clay Blog
Allen, Jennifer, Kip O’ Krongly and Doug Peltzman. “Back in the Studio: Reflections on the UC6 Symposium.” Objective Clay Blog
Allen, Jennifer, Blair Clemo and Lindsay Oesteritter. “Spotlight: Objective Clay.” Ceramics Monthly (June, July, August 2013).
Bige-Burnett, Jason. Embellished Surface: Image and Pattern on Clay. New York, NY: Lark Books, 2015.
Carey, Lori. “New Faces, New Forms.” Independent Record, Helena, Montana, 2003.
Decker, Julie. “Gonna Fly Now?” Anchorage Press, Anchorage, Alaska, 2001.
Galloway, Julia and Ray Hemachandra. 500 Vases: Contemporary Explorations of a Timeless Form. New York, NY: Lark Crafts, 2010.
Hluch, Kevin. American iPottery, online interactive publication
Jennifer Allen Instructional 2 Part DVD Series: Beginning and Intermediate Wheel-throwing Techniques, 2015.
Jennifer Allen Instructional 2 Part DVD Series: Darted & Decorated: Techniques for Enhancing Form and Surface, 2015.
Kopp, Linda. The Best of 500 Ceramics. New York, NY: Lark Books, 2008.
Mills, Maureen. Surface Design for Ceramics. New York, NY: Lark Books, 2008.
O’Connor, Shawn. Utilitarian Clay. Ceramics Technical no. 36 (2013).
Ward, Mac. “Portrayals of Comfort Works by Jennifer Allen.” Clay Times Magazine (July/August 2006).
- CV or Resume
- Website(s)
Citation: Jennifer Allen, "The Marks Project."
Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/jennifer-allen
Objects
Collections
rosenfieldcollection.com
Dallas, Texas
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rosenfieldcollection.com
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rosenfieldcollection.com
Dallas, Texas
