Judy Kogod Colwell has been making and teaching pottery in Maryland since 1975 and has been artist in residence at the Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria, Virginia since 1990. Her current work combines form with function, and lively patterns with rich color. Best known for her intricately patterned platters, vases and tableware, Ms. Colwell has recently added custom tiles, mosaics and wall sconces to her production line. Colwell has been the recipient of the Individual Artist Award of the Maryland State Arts Council four times and has been a finalist in the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Grant Awards two times. She has exhibited widely in national shows including the Smithsonian Craft Show and the American Craft Council Baltimore Wintermarket. Her work has been included in gallery exhibitions and fine shops throughout the United States and internationally, in the Kutani International Decorative Ceramics Fair 1997 Invitational, in Ishikawa, Japan. Corporate Installations have included the Xerox Corporation, the International Food Corporation in Washington, D.C. and Freddie Mac, McLean, VA and New York, NY. Her work has recently been included in the Permanent Collection of the Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Artist's Statement I am interested in the way pattern and color can create movement on the surface of a pot and in the idea of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts. A piece works for me when it is visually complex, yet presents a cohesiveness whereby no single area predominates or jumps out at the viewer. The eye moves around the piece and gradually "gets it "in the same way, for example, that we hear a piece of music, and gradually understand the pattern. Being functional adds another dimension to the work. Besides serving a function in being visually engaging, I like the idea that people can use my pieces for serving or eating from or as a dynamic starting point for their flower arrangements. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP: 1990 to present - Exhibiting member of the Torpedo Factory Artists Association, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA AWARDS: 1990, 1992, 1999 & 2001 Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award. 1991 & 1993 Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation Award Finalist SELECTED SHOWS 2000 - Crafts National 34, Zoller Gallery, Penn State University 2000 - Plates & Platters: Salon Style, Pewabic Pottery Invitational, Detroit, MI 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998 & 1997 - ACC Craft Show Baltimore 1999 - Mid-Atlantic Art Exhibition, D'Art Center, Norfolk, VA 1999 - "DC Clay", Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore MD 1999 - "Ceramics '99", Guilford Handcraft Center, Guilford, CT 1997 - Kutani International Decorative Ceramics Fair, 1997 Invitational, Ishikawa, Japan 1997 - Baltimore Clayworks Holiday National Invitational 2000,1998, 1997 & 1996 - Crafts America, Washington, DC & Westchester, NY 1995, 1990 & 1988 - Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, DC 1995 - "Hemicycle-Fourth Annual Corcoran Alumni Exhibition" Washington, DC 1994 - Mid-Atlantic Craft Exhibit, Curated by Michael Monroe, Towson, MD 1993, 1991 & 1989 - The Wichita National, Wichita KS 1992 - "Women's Visions" Montgomery College Invitational, Rockville, MD 1991 - "Common Ground-Diverse Expressions in Clay" Sawtooth Center for Visual Art Winston-Salem North Carolina 1990 - Studio Ceramics Invitational, Berea College, Berea Kentucky 1990 - "Soup Tureens"-Detroit Gallery of Contemporary Craft, Detroit MI 1989 - "Designs For Dining" Smithsonian Museum Shop, Renwick Gallery, DC 1989 - "Art on the Table: Crafts Designed for Use" Society For Art In Craft, Pittsburgh, PA 1988 - "Saluting Excellence: Award Winners From The Creative Crafts Council" Museum Shop at the Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC 1988 - "Beyond Function: New Directions in Decorative Arts" Lloyd Herman, Curator, DC 1985 - "The American Ceramic National III" Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA 1981 - Potters Guild of Annapolis, Byron Temple, Juror, "Best in Clay" Award COMMISSIONS American Association of Retired Persons, Washington, DC Freddie Mac, Maclean, VA and New York, NY Xerox Corporation, Washington, DC International Food Corporation, Washington, DC The White House Ornament Collection, Washington, DC PUBLICATIONS The Best of Pottery Volumes 1&2 - Rockport Publishers Formal Country - Pat Ross, Viking Press, Cover, pages 4-7 Ceramics Monthly    (Vol. 36 #9, November 1988) "Portfolio: Washington Craft Show; Sales Surprises by Judy Kogod"    (December 1989, 1979, November 1989) "News And Retrospect" Studio Potter - (Vol. 9 #1, December 1980) "Nine Washington DC Area Potters" COLLECTIONS The Renwick Gallery of The National Museum of American Art, DC Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC