Mark Chatterley

SOLO EXHIBITION:  Thursday, December 10, 2009   7 to 9 pm

Mark Chatterley creates large scale sculptural ceramic pieces. He focuses primarily on the figure, with a metaphysical theme.  Each piece is unique with a surface ranging from a shiny metallic to a crusty texture reminiscent of rusted metal or weathered stone.  Bronze castings are also available. 

Chatterley’s pieces are in many collections including: Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State Univeristy; James Wallace Trust, Aukland, New Zealand; Mr. & Mrs. Broyhill, Lenoir, North Carolina; Foremost Insurance Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan; Fries and Fries, Cincinnati, Ohio; East Lansing City Hall, East Lansing, Michigan; Monroe Comunity College, Monroe, Michigan.

Artist Resume

2006
SOFA, Gallery 500 and Longstreth Goldberg Art, Chicago, IL
Center for the Arts, “46th Annual Greater Michigan Art Exhibition,” Midland, MI
Michigan Ceramic Art Association, “Michigan Ceramics 2006,” Mt. Clemens, MI
ACLU of Michigan, “Lady Liberty: Unmasked, Uncensored, Unleashed, Undaunted,” Detroit, MI
Rentz Gallery, Richmond, VA
Skokie Northshore Sculpture Park, Skokie, IL
Chase Gallery, Boston, MA
Goldesberry Gallery, “New Large Ceramic Works,” Houston, TX
d.o.c.s. Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Longstreth Goldberg Art, “Heroic Visions,” Naples, FL

2005
Buckham Gallery, “James Adley and Friends,” Flint, MI
SOFA, Gallery 500, Navey Pier Chicago, IL
Sculpturesite Gallery, “Myth,” San Francisco, CA
Mindscape Adornments, “Ceramic Sculpture,” Evanston, IL Mackerel Sky Gallery, “Revising the Vessel (sort of),” East Lansing, MI
International Museum of Ceramics, 54th “Premio Faenza” - International Competition of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Faenza, Italy
Somerhill Gallery, “All Fired Up,” Chapel Hill, NC
Brook Art Gallery, Muskegon Community College, “Playing in the Mud,” Muskegon, MI
Gallery North on the Square, “Ceramic Show,”
Bloomington, IN Chase Gallery, “Mélange,” Boston, MA PLG Art, Naples, Fl Rentz Gallery, “Small Works Invitational,” Richmond, VA
d.o.c.s Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2004
SOFA, Gallery 500, Navy Pier, Chicago,
Malton Gallery, “New World,” Cincinnati, OH
Finer Things Gallery, “Sculpture Installation,” Nashville, TN
Goldesberry Gallery, Houston, TX
University Art Gallery, Central Michigan University, “Annual Faculty Exhibition,” Mt. Pleasant, MI
Society for Contemporary Craft, “Perchance to Dream,” Pittsburgh, PA
River Gallery, “Abstract Expressions,” Chattanooga, TN
Chase Gallery, “New Sculpture,” Boston, MA
Lawrence Street Gallery, “Inspirations and Influences Invitational,” Ferndale, MI
Prairie State College, “Bruce Niemi & Friends: A Group Sculpture Exhibition,” Chicago, IL
Tory Folliard Gallery, “Ceramic Sculpture,” Milwaukee, WI
Red Star Studios Ceramics Center and Gallery, “Looking for Meaning,” Kansas City, MO
Art Works Gallery, Norfolk, VA
Gallery North on the Square, “Synergism: A Regional Ceramic Invitational,” Bloomington, IN
Rentz Gallery, Richmond, VA
PLG Art, “Giants of Sculpture III,” Naples, FL

2003
SOFA, Gallery 500, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Somerhill Gallery, Recent Ceramic Sculpture, Chapel Hill, NC
A New Leaf Gallery, Focus on the Figure, Berkeley, CA
Lansing City Hall, Big Heads for Big Heads, Lansing, MI
Mackerel Sky Gallery, Old Souls: New Ceramic Sculpture by Mark Chatterley, East Lansing, MI
PLG Art, Giants of Sculpture II, Naples, FL
PLG Art, New Vibes, Naples, FL
d.o.c.s. Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Art Festival Beth-El, Temple Beth-El, St. Petersburg, FL
Defiance College Women’s Commission Gallery, The Figure, Defiance, OH

2002
SOFA, Gallery 500, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Shiawassee Arts Center, Looking In/Looking Out, Owosso, MI
The Signature Shop & Gallery, Being Human: The Figure Expressed, Atlanta, GA
A New Leaf Gallery, CERAMICS Bay Area and Beyond, Berkeley, CA
Goldesberry Gallery, Houston, TX
River Gallery, “9th Annual Sculpture Exhibit, Chattanooga, TN
A New Leaf Gallery, Focus on the Figure, Berkeley, CA
Plymouth Community Arts Council, Textures, New Work, Plymouth, MI
Tory Folliard Gallery, Ceramic Sculpture, Milwaukee, WI
Riverside Community College, Plates ’02: An Exhibition of Ceramic Plates, Riverside, CA
Goldesberry Gallery, Great Clay, Houston, TX
Kansas City Artists Coalition, Body & Text, Kansas City
Southwest School of Art and Craft, Big Head: Ceramic Sculpture on a Heroic Scale, San Antonio, TX