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Education
1979
Bachelor of Architecture
Southern California Institute of Architecture, Santa Monica, CA
1975
California State University, San Jose, CA
1974
West Valley Jr. College, Saratoga, CA
Awards/Honors
2005
Best Solo Ceramic Exhibition, Best of Denver
Denver Westword
2003
President’s Purchase Award, Ink & Clay 29
Dee Roy & Mary M. Jones Collection
2002
First Place/High Fire, California Clay 2002
American Ceramics Society
1999
Certificate of Merit, President’s Show
American Ceramics Society
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2005
D. Michael Coffee, Contemporary Ceramics & Monoprints
SHY RABBIT Contemporary Arts, Pagosa Springs, CO
2004
Place of Mind; Works by D. Michael Coffee
City of Lakewood Cultural Center, North Gallery
2002
One Maker: Merging Boundaries in Clay
Beverly Hills Library, Fine Arts Dept., Beverly Hills, CA
Curator: Kevin Wallace
Selected Group Exhibitions
2007
ENIGMA; Puzzling, Ambiguous & Inexplicable
SHY RABBIT Contemporary Arts, Pagosa Springs, CO
Hot Pursuits: 8 Southwest Colorado Artists
Cloyde Snook Gallery, Adams State College, Alamosa, CO
Curated by: Gerry Riggs; UCCS, Ass’t Professor (ret.)
2007 Earthbound; Ceramics Invitational
Business of Art Center, Hagnauer Gallery, Manitou Springs, CO
2006
Dirt Works
Durango Arts Center, Durango, CO
2005
Shino Invitational
Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
Curator: Malcolm Davis
2004
Art Harvest
Republic Plaza, Denver, CO
Curator: Andra Archer
2003
L.A. Artists / L.A. Collectors: Ceramics
Los Angeles Airport (LAX) – Terminal 1
Curator: Kevin Wallace
From Inside the Clay Studio
City of Lakewood Cultural Center, North Gallery
Curator: Bob Nelson, CO Studio Potter
Selected Juried Exhibitions
2006
From the Ground Up XXIII
Las Cruces Museum of Art, Las Cruces, NM
Juror: Miranda Howe; NM State University
2003
Cup: The Intimate Object II
Charlie Cummings Clay Studio, Fort Wayne, IN
Juror: Julia Galloway
Ink & Clay 29
W. Keith and Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA
Juror: Toby Kamp; Head Curator
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
2002
Chado / Ikebana: A Contemporary Survey
Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
Jurors: Rob Fornell, Bonnie Mitchell & Pat Pope, Nobuko Relnick
Bowl O Rama, A National Juried Bowl Show
Leyshon Gallery @ Laguna Clay Company, Byesville, OH
Juror: Kirk Mangus
Fourteenth San Angelo National Ceramic Competition
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
Juror: Jimmy Clark; Director Emeritus
The Clay Studio; Philadelphia, PA
2001
Contemporary Crafts
City of Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
Ink & Clay 27
W. Keith and Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA
1999
Art You Can Live With, 6th Annual
Artcore Brewery Annex, Los Angeles, CA
Pacific Tides: The Influence of the Pacific Rim on
Contemporary American Ceramics
Lancaster, PA
Juror: Caroline Henderson
1998
Westmoreland Art Nationals 1998
Latrobe, PA
Jurors: Lowell Tolstedt & William Woodward
1997
BRAND XVII
Brand Library and Arts Center, Glendale, CA
Juror: Philip Cornelius
Selected Public Collections
Vance Kirkland Museum, Denver, CO
Dee Roy & Mary M. Jones Collection, Pomona, CA
Selected Corporate Collections
National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Santa Monica, CA
McTeigue & Associates, New York, NY
Macy’s, Union Square, San Francisco, CA
Solo Cup Corp., Los Angeles, CA
Hyatt Embarcadero/Grand Suite, San Francisco, CA
Omni Berkshire Hotel, New York, NY
Ernst & Young Accountants, Inc., New York, NY
Park Lane Hotel/Premier Lounge, Hong Kong, China
Payden & Rygel Corp., Los Angeles, CA
Deloitte & Touche, New York, NY
Delta Caravelle Hotel/Conference Room, Saigon, Vietnam
Universal Studios/Corp. Offices, Burbank, CA
Barclays Global Investors, San Francisco, CA
Nordstrom/Corp. Offices, Seattle, WA
Kaiser/Corp. Offices, San Francisco, CA
Sheraton Hotel, Tokyo, Japan
Trans America Life, Los Angeles, CA
Four Seasons/Paradise Suites, Los Angeles, CA
Gifu Corp., Souel, Korea
Hewlett-Packard, San Diego, CA
Aurthur Anderson, Los Angeles, CA
Lehman Bros., Menlo Park, CA
Ascentor, Orange County, CA
Edison, Los Angeles, CA
Hyundai America, Milpitas, CA
Mirimar Publishing Corp., Malibu, CA
Bibliography
Quirk, Erin, Artist D. Michael Coffee
Pagosa Springs Sun, March, 2005
Paglia, Michael, Michael Coffee: Place of Mind
Denver Westword, Best Ceramics Show – Solo (2005)
Coffee, Denise, UpFront, Michael Coffee: Place of Mind
Ceramics Monthly, August, 2004
Paglia, Michael, ArtBeat
Denver Westword, September 16, 2004
Britt, John, The Complete Guide to High-Fire Glazes:
Glazing & Firing at Cone 10, Lark Books, 2004
Goebel, Leanne, Intuition Markers:
The Heartbeat of Artist D. Michael Coffee, Arts Perspective,
Vol. 2, Winter, 2004, p. 12-13
Professional Experience
2004 – Present
SHY RABBIT Contemporary Arts; Creative Director
2003 – Present
D. Michael Coffee; Architectural/Planning Consultant
CA Licensed Architect
1987 – Present
Principal, DMC Arts, LLC
1987 – Present
Studio Artist; Ceramics, Printmaking
1977 – 2003
Principal, Prats/Coffee Architects, Inc.
CA Licensed Architect
1977 – 2003
Principal, Prats/Coffee, Inc.
CA Licensed Architect
Professional Affiliations
2001 – Present
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Art (NCECA)
2001 – Present
The Potters Council of the American Ceramics Society
Gallery Representation
SHY RABBIT Contemporary Arts, Pagosa Springs, CO
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1979
Bachelor of Architecture
Southern California Institute of Architecture, Santa Monica, CA
1975
California State University, San Jose, CA
1974
West Valley Jr. College, Saratoga, CA
Awards/Honors
2005
Best Solo Ceramic Exhibition, Best of Denver
Denver Westword
2003
President’s Purchase Award, Ink & Clay 29
Dee Roy & Mary M. Jones Collection
2002
First Place/High Fire, California Clay 2002
American Ceramics Society
1999
Certificate of Merit, President’s Show
American Ceramics Society
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2005
D. Michael Coffee, Contemporary Ceramics & Monoprints
SHY RABBIT Contemporary Arts, Pagosa Springs, CO
2004
Place of Mind; Works by D. Michael Coffee
City of Lakewood Cultural Center, North Gallery
2002
One Maker: Merging Boundaries in Clay
Beverly Hills Library, Fine Arts Dept., Beverly Hills, CA
Curator: Kevin Wallace
Selected Group Exhibitions
2007
ENIGMA; Puzzling, Ambiguous & Inexplicable
SHY RABBIT Contemporary Arts, Pagosa Springs, CO
Hot Pursuits: 8 Southwest Colorado Artists
Cloyde Snook Gallery, Adams State College, Alamosa, CO
Curated by: Gerry Riggs; UCCS, Ass’t Professor (ret.)
2007 Earthbound; Ceramics Invitational
Business of Art Center, Hagnauer Gallery, Manitou Springs, CO
2006
Dirt Works
Durango Arts Center, Durango, CO
2005
Shino Invitational
Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
Curator: Malcolm Davis
2004
Art Harvest
Republic Plaza, Denver, CO
Curator: Andra Archer
2003
L.A. Artists / L.A. Collectors: Ceramics
Los Angeles Airport (LAX) – Terminal 1
Curator: Kevin Wallace
From Inside the Clay Studio
City of Lakewood Cultural Center, North Gallery
Curator: Bob Nelson, CO Studio Potter
Selected Juried Exhibitions
2006
From the Ground Up XXIII
Las Cruces Museum of Art, Las Cruces, NM
Juror: Miranda Howe; NM State University
2003
Cup: The Intimate Object II
Charlie Cummings Clay Studio, Fort Wayne, IN
Juror: Julia Galloway
Ink & Clay 29
W. Keith and Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA
Juror: Toby Kamp; Head Curator
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
2002
Chado / Ikebana: A Contemporary Survey
Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
Jurors: Rob Fornell, Bonnie Mitchell & Pat Pope, Nobuko Relnick
Bowl O Rama, A National Juried Bowl Show
Leyshon Gallery @ Laguna Clay Company, Byesville, OH
Juror: Kirk Mangus
Fourteenth San Angelo National Ceramic Competition
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
Juror: Jimmy Clark; Director Emeritus
The Clay Studio; Philadelphia, PA
2001
Contemporary Crafts
City of Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
Ink & Clay 27
W. Keith and Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA
1999
Art You Can Live With, 6th Annual
Artcore Brewery Annex, Los Angeles, CA
Pacific Tides: The Influence of the Pacific Rim on
Contemporary American Ceramics
Lancaster, PA
Juror: Caroline Henderson
1998
Westmoreland Art Nationals 1998
Latrobe, PA
Jurors: Lowell Tolstedt & William Woodward
1997
BRAND XVII
Brand Library and Arts Center, Glendale, CA
Juror: Philip Cornelius
Selected Public Collections
Vance Kirkland Museum, Denver, CO
Dee Roy & Mary M. Jones Collection, Pomona, CA
Selected Corporate Collections
National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Santa Monica, CA
McTeigue & Associates, New York, NY
Macy’s, Union Square, San Francisco, CA
Solo Cup Corp., Los Angeles, CA
Hyatt Embarcadero/Grand Suite, San Francisco, CA
Omni Berkshire Hotel, New York, NY
Ernst & Young Accountants, Inc., New York, NY
Park Lane Hotel/Premier Lounge, Hong Kong, China
Payden & Rygel Corp., Los Angeles, CA
Deloitte & Touche, New York, NY
Delta Caravelle Hotel/Conference Room, Saigon, Vietnam
Universal Studios/Corp. Offices, Burbank, CA
Barclays Global Investors, San Francisco, CA
Nordstrom/Corp. Offices, Seattle, WA
Kaiser/Corp. Offices, San Francisco, CA
Sheraton Hotel, Tokyo, Japan
Trans America Life, Los Angeles, CA
Four Seasons/Paradise Suites, Los Angeles, CA
Gifu Corp., Souel, Korea
Hewlett-Packard, San Diego, CA
Aurthur Anderson, Los Angeles, CA
Lehman Bros., Menlo Park, CA
Ascentor, Orange County, CA
Edison, Los Angeles, CA
Hyundai America, Milpitas, CA
Mirimar Publishing Corp., Malibu, CA
Bibliography
Quirk, Erin, Artist D. Michael Coffee
Pagosa Springs Sun, March, 2005
Paglia, Michael, Michael Coffee: Place of Mind
Denver Westword, Best Ceramics Show – Solo (2005)
Coffee, Denise, UpFront, Michael Coffee: Place of Mind
Ceramics Monthly, August, 2004
Paglia, Michael, ArtBeat
Denver Westword, September 16, 2004
Britt, John, The Complete Guide to High-Fire Glazes:
Glazing & Firing at Cone 10, Lark Books, 2004
Goebel, Leanne, Intuition Markers:
The Heartbeat of Artist D. Michael Coffee, Arts Perspective,
Vol. 2, Winter, 2004, p. 12-13
Professional Experience
2004 – Present
SHY RABBIT Contemporary Arts; Creative Director
2003 – Present
D. Michael Coffee; Architectural/Planning Consultant
CA Licensed Architect
1987 – Present
Principal, DMC Arts, LLC
1987 – Present
Studio Artist; Ceramics, Printmaking
1977 – 2003
Principal, Prats/Coffee Architects, Inc.
CA Licensed Architect
1977 – 2003
Principal, Prats/Coffee, Inc.
CA Licensed Architect
Professional Affiliations
2001 – Present
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Art (NCECA)
2001 – Present
The Potters Council of the American Ceramics Society
Gallery Representation
SHY RABBIT Contemporary Arts, Pagosa Springs, CO
***
Artist Statment
Artist Statement
The “Intuition Marker” series was inspired by my desire to mark time, or more specifically, a nano-second in time. These are my personal “Post-It” notes, or diary entries, where a fleeting thought or a glimpse of an idea is captured, and then fixed. These works function for me as time capsules that record the place of mind and space that I was in when they were created. I am able to look back on them, and remember exactly the way I felt and what I was thinking at that very moment. I can also hear the music that I was listening to, and feel the atmosphere in my studio.
I am very process driven, and tend to work in concentrated spurts that begin with long periods of quiet, almost meditative calm, followed by what often feels like chaos. I try not to think when I work, in attempting to reach a mindless-mind state of intuitive creation when putting order to my thoughts. I also strive to silence the internal critic during this physically active period, stalling thoughtful analysis until the work is fully materialized.
I routinely sit back at the end of this process, and ask myself what it is that I have manifested. I don’t feel that I can claim ownership, but that I merely facilitated the work into existence.
The “Intuition Marker” series was inspired by my desire to mark time, or more specifically, a nano-second in time. These are my personal “Post-It” notes, or diary entries, where a fleeting thought or a glimpse of an idea is captured, and then fixed. These works function for me as time capsules that record the place of mind and space that I was in when they were created. I am able to look back on them, and remember exactly the way I felt and what I was thinking at that very moment. I can also hear the music that I was listening to, and feel the atmosphere in my studio.
I am very process driven, and tend to work in concentrated spurts that begin with long periods of quiet, almost meditative calm, followed by what often feels like chaos. I try not to think when I work, in attempting to reach a mindless-mind state of intuitive creation when putting order to my thoughts. I also strive to silence the internal critic during this physically active period, stalling thoughtful analysis until the work is fully materialized.
I routinely sit back at the end of this process, and ask myself what it is that I have manifested. I don’t feel that I can claim ownership, but that I merely facilitated the work into existence.
Biography
Biography
Thanks to his curiosity and steadfast interest in the arts, D. Michael Coffee began his art education long before he acquired his degree in Architecture in 1979. As a young boy, Coffee was constantly making things and derived great satisfaction from working with his hands. He visited museums regularly, and cultivated an early appreciation for the arts.
Coffee has been interested in ceramics since high school, where he served as a teaching assistant firing kilns, mixing glazes, and teaching himself to throw on the potter’s wheel. Although driven by an artist’s leanings, he chose to enter school to study Architecture. He applied and was accepted to the prestigious Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCIARC). After concentrated study, he graduated with honors and set about establishing his own practice. Even though he committed himself to his practice and clients, he would come to realize that Architecture came with too many restrictions, which didn’t allow him to fully realize true artistic freedom.
In 1985 Coffee, while still a principal of Prats/Coffee Architects, Inc., began tirelessly developing a printmaking technique unique to him that he labeled “reductive ink monoprinting.” This method of printing allowed Coffee to create spontaneously, intuitively, and directly. Ink is applied on to the surface and then transferred, via hand pressure, to handmade paper. This removes layers of ink from the surface and creates rich, tranquil imagery. To date, hundreds of his prints have been placed in public and private collections around the world.
Although printmaking satisfied Coffee’s artistic requirements, it was clear to him that it was not altogether gratifying. In 1995 Coffee would finally return to ceramics, where he started twenty-five years earlier. He was clearly at the place in his artistic journey that he felt the most comfortable and inspired. He was finally able to work from pure instinct and intuition, honed from decades of study in design and aesthetics. He was able to work with materials that were simple, yet offered endless possibilities.
For D. Michael Coffee, limits don’t appear to exist. Every firing provides a unique opportunity to learn, if even from the failures. It is hard to say what feeds Coffee’s own internal flames, other than an overwhelming desire to create. He has exploded in a rage of creative energy, often working day and night to make up for what he laughingly refers to as a “waste of time”, all the while knowing that his ‘place in time’ would not be possible without the early parts of the journey. Hell bent on not regretting the paths that he’s taken, Coffee anticipates the next firing that will test his energies and soul.
The end result is a harmonious mixing of Architecture, paper and clay, thought and line, and the artist’s soul at play.
Thanks to his curiosity and steadfast interest in the arts, D. Michael Coffee began his art education long before he acquired his degree in Architecture in 1979. As a young boy, Coffee was constantly making things and derived great satisfaction from working with his hands. He visited museums regularly, and cultivated an early appreciation for the arts.
Coffee has been interested in ceramics since high school, where he served as a teaching assistant firing kilns, mixing glazes, and teaching himself to throw on the potter’s wheel. Although driven by an artist’s leanings, he chose to enter school to study Architecture. He applied and was accepted to the prestigious Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCIARC). After concentrated study, he graduated with honors and set about establishing his own practice. Even though he committed himself to his practice and clients, he would come to realize that Architecture came with too many restrictions, which didn’t allow him to fully realize true artistic freedom.
In 1985 Coffee, while still a principal of Prats/Coffee Architects, Inc., began tirelessly developing a printmaking technique unique to him that he labeled “reductive ink monoprinting.” This method of printing allowed Coffee to create spontaneously, intuitively, and directly. Ink is applied on to the surface and then transferred, via hand pressure, to handmade paper. This removes layers of ink from the surface and creates rich, tranquil imagery. To date, hundreds of his prints have been placed in public and private collections around the world.
Although printmaking satisfied Coffee’s artistic requirements, it was clear to him that it was not altogether gratifying. In 1995 Coffee would finally return to ceramics, where he started twenty-five years earlier. He was clearly at the place in his artistic journey that he felt the most comfortable and inspired. He was finally able to work from pure instinct and intuition, honed from decades of study in design and aesthetics. He was able to work with materials that were simple, yet offered endless possibilities.
For D. Michael Coffee, limits don’t appear to exist. Every firing provides a unique opportunity to learn, if even from the failures. It is hard to say what feeds Coffee’s own internal flames, other than an overwhelming desire to create. He has exploded in a rage of creative energy, often working day and night to make up for what he laughingly refers to as a “waste of time”, all the while knowing that his ‘place in time’ would not be possible without the early parts of the journey. Hell bent on not regretting the paths that he’s taken, Coffee anticipates the next firing that will test his energies and soul.
The end result is a harmonious mixing of Architecture, paper and clay, thought and line, and the artist’s soul at play.
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