Robert winokur biography
- Robert (Bob) Winokur (BFA '56), a renowned ceramic artist and alumnus of and professor at the Tyler School of Art and Architecture, died on May 28, 2020.
- Robert Winokur.
- Robert Winokur learned pottery from his mother, who was a ceramicist, but only began to seriously explore art after taking a ceramics class in high school.
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Robert Winokur
1933Born Brooklyn, New York
2020 Died Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
EDUCATION
1956BFA Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
1958MFA New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University, Alfred, New York
APPRENTICESHIPS AND RESIDENCIES
1985Artist-in-Residence, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Arts / Industry, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE
1958-1963Ceramics, Design and Art History Faculty, North Texas State University, Denton, Texas
1964-1965Co-owner, Cape Street Pottery, Ashfield, Massachusetts
1966-2005Professor Emeritus, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
APPRENTICESHIPS AND RESIDENCIES
1966, 1970, 1980Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine
1978Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana
2006Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado
2007Northern Clay Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
BIOGRAPHY
Robert Winokur creates ceramic sculptures that explore the concept of a house as a container. His early work, from the 1970s, consisted of vessel forms
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Robert Winokur
Houses, Wedges and Figures
January 25 - March 31, 2005
Slide lecture by the artist, Wednesday, January 25, 4:30 p.m. Binns-Merrill Hall, room 106. Museum reception with the artist, Thursday, January 26, 4:30 – 6:00 p.m.
A solo exhibition of recent ceramic pieces by Robert Winokur opens at the Museum on January 25, 2006.
Robert Winokur was born in 1933 in Brooklyn, New York. In 1956 he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from The Tyler School of Fine Art of Temple University where he majored in sculpture and minored in ceramics under the direction of Rudi Staffel; two years later he earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University.
From 1966 to 2005 Robert taught ceramics at The Tyler School of Art of Temple University, retiring with the status of Professor Emeritus after thirty-nine years. Robert and Paula continue to maintain their studio and gallery in Horsham, Pennsylvania.
His work may be seen in numerous public collections including Houston Museum of Fine Arts; Nickle Arts Museum at
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Robert Winokur
(b. 1933) born in Brooklyn, New York, lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Teapot with Stand, 1975
stoneware, 9.5 x 7.5 x 7.5 inches, 93.39.104ab
Robert Winokur learned pottery from his mother, who was a ceramicist, but only began to seriously explore art after taking a ceramics class in high school to improve his grades. He furthered his education by studying ceramics and art history as an undergraduate at Tyler School of Art at Temple University in Pennsylvania from 1952-56, and as a graduate student at New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in New York from 1956-58. After college, Winokur joined the faculty at Norths Texas State University in Denton, TX, where he taught for five years before briefly opening a studio space in Ashfield, MA, with his artist wife Paula for two years. In 1966 Winokur returned to his alma mater, Tyler School of Art, as a professor of ceramics.
In the spring of 1971, under the auspices of the International Academy of Ceramics, the Tennessee Arts Commission pledged its support for the promotion and establishment of
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