Clayton Bailey
| Clayton Bailey | |
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Bailey in 2014
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| Born |
9 March 1939 Antigo, Wisconsin |
| Nationality | United States |
| Education | University of Wisconsin–Madison, B.S., 1961 M.S., 1962 |
| Known for | Sculpture, Ceramics, Performance |
| Awards |
National Endowment for the Arts, Recipient 1979 & 1990 Fellow National Council on Education in Ceramic Arts (1982) "Golden Bear Artist of the Year"- Award and Commendation from the California Arts Council and the Lt. Governor of the State of California (2009) |
National Endowment for the Arts, Recipient 1979 & 1990
Fellow National Council on Education in Ceramic Arts (1982)
Clayton George Bailey (born 9 March 1939 in Antigo, Wisconsin), is an American artist who works primarily in the mediums of ceramic and metal sculpture.
Bailey attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he received a B.S. degree in 1961, followed by an M.S. in Art and Art Education in 1962.
In 1962, Bailey served as a technical assistant to Harvey Littleton, who was conducting glassblowing seminars at the Toledo Museum of Art.
Over the next five years, Bailey will travel the country accepting invitations to teach, from the People's Art Center in St. Louis, Missouri to positions with the University of Iowa, and the University of South Dakota. During this period Bailey receives a Louis Comfort Tiffany grant (1963), and will be appointed artist-in-residence at University of Wisconsin–Whitewater, where he will teach ceramics for the next three years.
At the bequest of Robert Arneson, Bailey covers Arneson's classes at the University of California, Davis while Arneson is on sabbatical in 1967. In 1968, Bailey relocates to northern California, where he becomes a leading figure in the ceramic vein of the regional Funk art movement, as had been pioneered by Arneson. Much of the Funk art activity is centered around UC Davis, where other prominent figures in the movement (Roy De Forest, Manuel Neri, William T. Wiley, David Gilhooly, Chris Unterseher, Margaret Dodd) either taught, or attended classes.
A leading venue for exhibiting Funk art was at the Candy Store Gallery, located in nearby Folsom, California, where Bailey would regularly present work in the context of both solo and group shows.
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