Biography: Antoinette Badenhorst.

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Antoinette was born in Johannesburg South Africa, but raised in Namibia, a semi-desert part of Southern Africa. While studying in Potchefstroom, South Africa she met her husband, Koos. They raised 3 beautiful daughters and her pottery career started in 1981 when she took a basic pottery class.In 1995 Antoinette took part in her first exhibitions and it was during this year that she won the award for non-functional pottery in the Association of Potters, Northern Transvaal annual competition. Since then she had several opportunities to show her work in different galleries and museums across South Africa. The Silver Jubilee exhibition featured South African award winning ceramic artists in 1998 during the 25th anniversary of APSA Southern Africa and she was fortunate to partake in this prestigious event.A year later, in 1999 she, along with her family moved to the United States and she found herself without a studio to work in. Not allowed to earn an income, she traded her knowledge and expertise for working space in pottery studios around Northeast Mississippi.  She trained several potters while she worked to obtain a green card for her and her family. Antoinette exhibited in art galleries and won awards on National and International levels during this time. Her work was accepted in several private and museum collections, including those of George and Laura Bush and Joan Bias.In 2001 Antoinette obtained permanent residency for her and her family in the category “extraordinary ability in the field of ceramic”, after meeting different artistic criteria. She continued to participate in group and one man exhibitions as well as fairs and festivals.Antoinette made a huge, risky change in her work in 2005 when she jumped from creating pit fired porcelain to translucent porcelain. It turned out to be a good change; her work was accepted favorably in the arts community and her opportunities expanded. She pushed the limits with porcelain, while finding herself on the edge of new discoveries all the time.Since working with translucent porcelain, Antoinette also found herself teaching and writing about the material and several of her articles were published.
Now living just north of Chicago, she is as always, inspired by nature and its rhythms. Antoinette has a passionate love for her work and hope that it is evident in her work.
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RESUME
ANTOINETTE BADENHORST
(UPDATED NOVEMBER 2011)




OBJECTIVE

I am seeking to continue with my ceramic career through exhibiting my porcelain, teaching ceramics classes, presenting workshops and lectures, or any other related opportunities; from amateur to professional in a creative, energetic and quality environment. I am also interested in reviewing and judging ceramic art and write about ceramic processes and artists procedures.

 

PROFILE

·        As an accomplished and professional ceramic artist I obtained a broad experience of art and craft, with the emphasis on ceramic art and craft for 30 years.

·        I studied formally and informally under some of the worlds most accomplished ceramic teachers

·        I have 22 + years of experience, teaching ceramic full time in South Africa and America to all ages from beginners to advance, continuing part time teaching in other institutions than my own private studio.

·        Evaluated ceramic art and talent for future art classes

·        Mentored several ceramic artists

·        I assisted in setting up, maintaining and managing ceramic studios.

·        As the exhibition coordinator I set up shows in South Africa and United States.

·        My work was exhibited on 4 continents: South Africa, United States and Japan and Portugal.

·        My work and I as a ceramic artist were featured in several publications, radio and television in Afrikaans (my mother tongue) and in English.

·        I had 10+ technical ceramic articles and ceramic reviews published in English and Afrikaans(my mother tongue) in national and international magazines

·        My teaching experiences include the following:

1.   Teaching privately in my own studio

2.   Workshops and lectures in South Africa and America.

3.   Working with Correctional Services in South Africa to teach ceramic to prisoners

4.   Presenting ceramic art in the classroom with the intend to bring art into everyday school subjects - The Mississippi Whole Schools Initiative

5.   Teaching ceramic art as a member of The Mississippi Artist Roster program

6.   Janice Wyatt Mississippi Summer Arts Institute, Delta State University, MS

7.   Workshops and presentations to junior and senior college students

8.   Workshops and presentations to private institutions and associations

9.   Workshops and presentations to school teachers

STRENGTHS

·        I am committed to perform excellence at individual, group and organizational levels.

·        Excellent problem solving, decision making, technical, artistic and leadership skills

·        Ability to train and motivate people

·        Repeated success with projects on all levels mentioned above.

·        Strong tracking record of success

·        Strong ability and willingness to learn

·        Self-starter

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

·        High School degree                                               1974   Windhoek, Namibia

·        Potchefstroom University                                      1975   Potchefstroom, South Africa 

·        HF Verwoerd Nursing School                                 1978   Pretoria, South Africa        

·        Technical College (Introduction to ceramics)     1981   Evander, South Africa

·        Technical College (Hand building ceramic)         1984 - Rustenburg, South Africa

·        Technical College (Advanced ceramic)                1989 - Verwoerdburg, South Africa

·        Technical College (Ceramic design)                      1998 – Cape Town, South Africa

·        Small Business Diploma                                          1990 Pretoria, South Africa

·        Self- study through books, experience, workshops and Internet 1981 -ongoing.

EXHIBTIONS:

 

Portugal:

 

Teapots, Seapots a Sunday tea party - October 2011

Japan:

 

Group show - American Ceramic – Hokkaido, Japan 2006

 

United States of America:

 

·        River to River – Iowa Conference – IA - 2011

·        PiÑon Hill Gallery, La Veta CO: One man show – summer 2011

·        NCECA: Potters Council –“The shoulders we stand on”

·        NCECA: NCECA’s Expo Gallery Exposition. 18 Hands Gallery 2011

·        NCECA: Potters for Peace   2011

·        18 Hands Gallery, Houston TX: Featured Artist Spot - April 2011

·        Plate it up – Mary Lou Zeek Gallery OR 2011

·        Annual Porcelain cup - Pottery West 2010

·        Group show – Show of Hands Philadelphia 2010

·        Group show - K - 12 benefit Charlie Cummings Gallery -Florida 2010

·        Group show - Currents Gainesville Florida - 2010

·        Group show at NCECA – Phoenix AZ -2009

·        Group show - Adornments on Washington Hinsdale, Il - 2008

·        Group show - George Ohr Museum of Art- 2007

·        International Group show – NCECA Cyberclay –Janjobe Louisville KY 2007

·        Group show - Hanson Gallery, Houston TX 2006

·        Group show - Walter Anderson Museum of Art Ocean Springs, MS 2006

·        Group show – Vale Gallery, Chicago IL 2006

·        Group show – Carlyn gallery, Dallas TX 2006

·        Group show - Art under a Hot Tin Roof - Jackson TN

·        Group show - Southern Breeze Art Gallery - Jackson, MS

·        One man show - Anderson Hall Gallery – Northeast Community college, Boonville, MS

·        Group show - Dixon Museum of Art - Memphis TN

·        One man show - Mississippi River Museum - Memphis TN

·        Group show - Carol Robinson Art gallery- New Orleans

·        Group show - Primary Elements Gallery –Cannon Beach, OR

·        Group show - Attic gallery – Vicksburg, MS.

·        Group show - Bryant Art Gallery - New Orleans, LA

·        Group show - A Gallery- Hattiesburg

·        One man show - W.O Benjamin Fine Arts Gallery – ICC, Fulton MS

·        Group show - Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation - Oconee, GA

·        Group show - Tupelo Artist Guild juried exhibition, Tupelo MS

·        Group show - Mendham Art Gallery – Mendham, NJ.

·        Group show - Gum tree Museum of Art – Tupelo, MS

·        Group show - Mississippi Museum of Art - Jackson MS

·        Group show - City Hall- Tupelo Mississippi

·        International group show (1) -Period Gallery – Omaha NE

·        Group show – Quicksilver Gallery –Eureka Springs –AR

·        Group show - Chimneyville Crafts gallery - Jackson, MS

·        International group show (2) Period Galley – Omaha NE

·        International show - Southside gallery, Oxford, MS

·        Group show - George Ohr Museum of Art- 1999

·        Group show - Lafayette Art Association - Lafayette, LA

·        Group show - George O'Keefe Museum - Biloxi, MS-1999.

 

South Africa:

 

·        Group show -25 years award winners - Silver Jubilee exhibition - Nico Malan Art Gallery 1998

·        Group show - Franschoek Art gallery - 1998

·        One man show - Ceramists of the month - Bellville Art Gallery - 1997

·        Group Show - Western Cape Regional Ceramic Group Exhibition - 1997

·        Group show - Worchester Art gallery - 1997

·        Guest potter - William Humphreys Museum of Art - 1997

·        Group Show - Bien Donne Art gallery - 1997

·        Group show - Rust en Vrede Art Museum – Durbanville 1997

·        One man show - Kimberley Art Gallery- 1996

·        Group show - Paarl Art Gallery – Paarl-1996

·        One man show - George V Museum of Art - 1996

·        Group show - Annual Juried Exhibition of APSA – 1995

·        Group Show - Annual Juried Exhibition of APSA – 1992

·        Group show - New Names Exhibition of the Association of Potters Southern Africa - 1990

·        Group show - Jubilee Potteries – Pilgrims Rust, Mpumelanga South Africa -1988

 

FINE ART/CRAFT SHOWS

 

·        Gum Tree – Tupelo

·        Bayou City Arts Festival - Houston TX

·        Boca Raton Museum of Art  Boca Raton Fl
Annual Pottery Show – Dixon Museum of Art Memphis TN

·        Bluff Park – Birmingham AL

·        Chimneyville – Jackson MS

·        Piedmont Guild Annual show – Piedmont NC

·        TACA – Nashville TN

·        Cincinnati Summer Fair – Cincinnati OH

·        Art in the park – Memphis TN

 

AWARDS

 

·        Best Functional – Clayworker’s Guild of Illinois 2008

·        Best in Show Gum tree – Tupelo MS - 2007

·        Best in functional ceramic – Gum tree – Tupelo MS 2007

·        Cash award - Bluff Park - Birmingham AL- 2006

·        1st prize Ceramic: Cincinnati Summer festival, Cincinnati 2006

·        Purchase Award: Gum Tree 2006

·        Honorable Mention 3-D Art at Gallery 10 - Memphis TN 2005

·        1st Prize Ceramic: Arts in the park - 2005

·        Obtained permanent residency: Extraordinary abilities in the field of ceramics –(In order to obtain that an artist has to prove by judgment of recognized piers that the work falls into the top 10 % of American art; in this case ceramic art.) November 2002

·        Special recognition – International show – Period Gallery Omaha NE - 2000

·        Best in Show 3-dimentional work – 7th Annual George Ohr exhibition, Biloxi Mississippi - 1999

·        Best in Show, non functional - Annual Juried Exhibition of APSA – 1995

COLLECTIONS:

·        Private collections, including Joan Bias and President George Bush

·        Mississippi Museum of Art

·        Government Collection (Premier of the Northern Cape, Premier Manne Dipico)

·        Dixon Museum of Art

·        George Ohr Museum of Art

·        William Humphreys Museum of Art

·        Mississippi Craftsmen’s Guild

·        Delta State University

·        Itawamba Community college

·        North East Community college

·        Gumtree Museum of Art

 

WORKSHOPS AND LECTURES

·        Demonstration x 2 days - Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, Virginia 22311

·        Hands-on workshop x 2 days - PiÑon Hill Pottery, La Veta CO 2011

·        Demonstration x 1 day - PiÑon Hill Pottery, La Veta CO 2011

·        Workshop demonstration Southern Mississippi Ceramics department students 2010

·        Porcelain discussion Clayart room NCECA 2010

·        Classes ( 2 x  6 weeks at Kaleidoscope Barrington to various age groups - 2009

·        Presented porcelain at Vernon Hills Library

·        Presented year long workshops - students varying form age 6 to 16 as well as adults in Barrington IL.

·        Teapot discussion with Harper College students

·        Full time ceramic teacher in private studio in South Africa and the USA for 22 years

·        Presented two week workshop at Delta State University during Summer Arts program

·        Four follow up work sessions of eight days each at West Side School, West Point MS.

·        Presented workshop to school teachers at Henry S. Jacobs Camp, Utica MS – Mississippi Arts Commission

·        Presented Lecture “Problem solving skills in Art” – Business men -Tupelo

·        Presented week long workshop - Pierce Street Elementary students – Tupelo MS

·        Presented lecture “Seasons” to adult society – Dallas TX

·        Presented workshop at my home based studio to school teachers.

·        Presented demonstration in my home based studio to Tupelo Artist Guild.

·        Presented demonstration/lecture during Stormy Arts Festival – Cannon Beach OR

·        Presented lecture “South African Art meets Mississippi art” - Hinds Community college Presented one day workshop at the Mississippi Museum of Art

·        Presented lecture about my ceramic work at Northeast Community college, Boonville, MS.

·        Presented lecture “The influence of my heritage on my ceramic art work” - Gadston Antiquity Society

·        Presented several demonstrations at the Mississippi Craftsmen’s Guild

·        Worked with students during Memphis in May- Honoring South Africa

·        Presented demonstration to Mississippi Woman’s College students at my studio

·        Presented week long workshop - Saltillo Elementary students

·        One day workshop with Saltillo Elementary school children

·        Lecture to College students “pinch pots” – State University Starkville.

·        Two follow up lectures to high school students in “Ceramic and science” – Saltillo High School

·        Present four wheel throwing workshops at Itawamba Community college Fulton Mississippi.

·        Present two wheel throwing workshops to the Potters Foundation of Tupelo

·        Presented “wheel throwing and pit firing” workshop - Potters Association in the Northern Cape, South Africa

·        Pretoria Central prison - Trained two groups of prisoners for six week periods at a time. I helped them to establish their own studio. South Africa.

Additional

·        Juror - William Humphrey Museum of Art - Potters Association in the Northern Cape, South Africa

·        Planned, organized and managed the Western Cape Annual Ceramic Exhibition in conjunction with the curators– 1998

 

PUBLISHED AUTHOR:

 

·        Peace/War, Survival/Extinction: An Artist’s Plea For Sanity

·        Teapots: An Invitational – Ceramics Monthly October 2011

·        Review for NCECA exhibitions – La Mesa 2010

·        Review for NCECA exhibitions - 1895 years of pottery.

·        Ceramics technical – Porcelain, a diverse medium for modern times 2010

·        Buyers Guide to Ceramic Arts –“Buying Porcelain” 2009

·        Pottery Making Illustrated –“Buying Porcelain” May/June 2009

·        Throwing and Handbuilding: Forming Techniques – Edited by Anderson Turner

·        Pottery making Illustrated –“Getting Started with Porcelain” May/June 2009

·        Pottery Making Illustrated – “Staying Trim” March/April 2007

PUBLICATIONS – FEATURED

 

 

·        Potters Council calendar 2011

·        Crafts Report – March April 2007

·        Best of America- Pottery and wood – June 2007

·        Photographing Arts, crafts and collectibles: Author Steve Meltzer – 2007

·        Daily Journal (several times)

 

·        Southern Living (3 x)

·        Cannon Beach Gazette: Cannon Beach OR

·        Museum Matters

·        Community news: Corinth

·        On Campus: Hinds Community College; Jackson MS

·        The Guild News Craftsmen’s guild of MS

·        The Chieftain

·        Clarion Ledger (several times)

·        Mississippi Magazine

·        Catalogue of Lafayette Arts association 2000 National Juried Exhibition

·        Saltillo Guntown Gazette (several times)

·        Silver Jubilee exhibition catalogue

·        APSA newsletter (several times)

·        Bellville Art Gallery newsletter

·        Kimberley Newspaper

·        The Kontrei: Springbok South Africa (several times)

·        National Ceramic Quarterly – South Africa

·        Garden and Home magazine (National Magazine): South Africa (x 2)

·        The Record: Pretoria –South Africa (x 6)

·        The Patriot: Pretoria –South Africa - Series of ceramic articles

·        The Lowvelder – Malelane- South Africa (x3)

 

MEMBERSHIP

 

National Council on Education for the Ceramic arts (NCECA)

American Ceramic Potters Council

American Craft Council

Clayart

Mississippi Arts Commission

American Craft forum

Craftsmen’s Guild Mississippi

Clay workers Guild, Illinois

 

Association of Potters Southern Africa

Namaqualand Arts and Culture Association

LEADERSHIP

 

Managed Clay and Canvas Art gallery with work of local artists during 2003

Exhibitions coordinator – APSA 1998

President - Namaqualand Arts and Culture Association – 1996