EMAIL: ggreenberg@clarion.edu

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ARTIST STATEMENT

I spent most of my formative years in the principal’s office, as my teachers didn’t appreciate nor understand the process in which I actualized my philosophy. Ceramics was pretty much the only thing I didn’t get sent to the office for doing, and since my parents met at the Chicago Art institute, my chances of being a paleontologist or fireman were rather slim.

Although I am very serious about producing work, I feel strongly that it should contain an element of humor, reflecting the absurdities of life in general and of art in particular. In that regard, all the time I spent in the principal’s office and all the time I spent watching the Three Stooges and The Marx Brothers wasn’t really wasted. I noted a strong component of "slapstick" from all those endeavors.

BIOGRAPHY

BORN: | USA

Greg Greenberg has been involved with ceramics for more than 52 years. This led Greenberg to pursue a BFA from Northern Illinois University and an MFA from Arizona State that resulted in his current position as Ass. Prof. Art/Ceramics and former department chair at Clarion University of Pennsylvania. There he has been working quietly for the last 30 years on a variety of foil-fired, low-fired, and wood-fired art objects and vessels. Greenberg’s work has been featured in several publications, among these are “Alternative Kilns and Firing Techniques”, Lark Books, 2004, “The Extruder Book”, American Ceramics Society, “The 2005 NCECA Clay National Catalog, and “American Style” Magazine.