Abridged Version 2023
BORN:
Milford, Connecticut
STUDIO/LIVING:
Jersey City, NJ
EDUCATION:
1968 – M.F.A. Rochester Institute of Technology
1963 – B.S. Pratt Institute
GRANTS:
1996 – The American Scandinavian Foundation
1989 – New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship in Sculpture
1984 – New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship in Sculpture
SELECTED SOLO and TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
2024 – Elza Kayal Gallery, a solo exhibition, PAT LAY: Multidimensional, NYC,
2020 – Dvora Pop-Up Gallery, The Art Project and Victory Hall Inc., Jersey City; Pat Lay, Exquisite Logic, a solo exhibition curated by Jim Pustorino and Ann Trauben
2016- Aljira A Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ, Pat Lay: Myth, Memory and Android Dreams, Bending The Grid, an ongoing series, a solo survey exhibition curated by Lilly Wei
2013 – Rupert Ravens Nexxt, Paterson, NJ, Warp & Woof: 18 Solo Projects
2012 – WOOLPUNKstudios, Jersey City, NJ, Digital Weavings: Pat Lay and Michelle Loughlin
2011 – Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY, Pat Lay and Theresa Ellerbrock
1992 – Condeso/Lawler Gallery (Project Space), NYC, Pat Lay, a solo exhibition
1987 – Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ, a solo exhibition
1974 – New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ, a solo exhibition
1973 – Douglass College, Women Artists Series, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, a solo exhibition
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2021-2023 – Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ; Transformed: Objects Reimagined By American Artists, curated by Gail Stavitsky, Chief Curator
2023 – Firmament Gallery at Nimbus Arts Center, Jersey City, NJ; Don’t Put Me In A Box, curated by Johannah Hutchinson, In coordination with the International Sculpture Center Conference 2023
2022 – University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom; Confluence: Tradition in Contemporary Art, curated by Xu Sheng
2021 – Lou Zhongli Museum, Sichuan Arts Institute, Chongqing, China; Confluence: Tradition in Contemporary Art, curated by Xu Sheng
2020 – 14C Art Fair, Hyatt Regency, Jersey City, Juried Show
2020 -Paul Robeson Galleries, Express Newark, Rutgers University, Trace Elements: Nancy Cohen, Pat Lay, Wonju Seo, curated by Anonda Bell
2020 – Dineen Hull Gallery, Hudson Community College, Jersey City, Relatable, curated by Michelle Vitale
2019 – Hudson County Community College, Dineen Hull Gallery, Jersey City, NJ, Relatable, Artists: Beth Achenbach, Pat Lay, Michael Lee, Ibou Ndoye, Taezoo Parks, Jon Rappleye, Freddy Samboy, and Jim Watt. Curated by Michelle Vitale
2019 – Paul Robeson Galleries, Express Newark, Rutgers University, Trace Elements: Nancy Cohen, Patlay, Wonju Seo. Curated by Anonda Bell
2019 – Art Fair 14C, Hyatt Regency, Jersey City, Drawing Rooms
2018 – Boston Cyberarts Gallery, Boston, History of the Future: A group Exhibition of art and technology, curated by George Fifield
2018 – The Clemente Center, New York City, Half Human, curated by Mario Naves, Artists: Diyan Achjadi, Laura Dodson, Pat Lay, Maria De Los Angeles, Artimis Alcalay, Marcia Gold Gayer, Stephanie Hightower
2018 – Gallery at 14 Maple Street, Morristown, NJ, Approaching Vibrancy: A survey of Women Artists, curated by Mary Birmingham and Sarah Walko
2017 – Heinz W. Otto Gallery, Watchung Art Center, Watchung, New Jersey, Unexpected: What Is Painting?, curated by Paul Pinkman and Gail Winbury
2017 – Novado Gallery, Jersey City, NJ, B&W Group Exhibition
2017 _ Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ, The Art Project, The Schuster Group
2017 – Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY Sideshow Nation: Thru The Rabbit Hole 2
2016 – Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, The Big Small Show
2016 – ODETTA, Brooklyn, If This, Then What?
2016 – Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Sideshow Nation: Thru the Rabbit Hole
2015 – Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, The Divine and Sublime, curated by Anne Trauben
2015 – Mikhail Zakin Gallery, Demerest, NJ, Technology Becomes Them, curated by Mary Gagler
2015 – City Without Walls, Newark, NJ, Precision and Pattern, curated by Christine Soccio
2015 – Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT, Intelligent Objects: Empathetic and Smart Art, Juried by George Fifield
2014 – 33 Orchard, 33B Orchard Street, New York, NY, AS/Orchard, curated by Jill Conner
2014 – Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Sideshow Nation II : At the Alamo
2013 – Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ, in collaboration with Seton Hall University, The Captivating Cosmos
2013 – 111 Front Street, Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY, AS/AP: Artists Studios, curated by Jill Conner
2013 – The Phatory, 618 East 9th street, NYC, Boom And Bloom, curated by Jill Conner
2013 – AS/Artists Studios, One-night pop-up show, 526 W 26th St, NYC, Real Time
2013 – Howard Gardens Gallery, Cardiff School of Art and Design, Cardiff, Wales, Portfolio
2013 – Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Sideshow Nation
2012 – Thompson Gallery, Weston, MA, Strange Glue: Collage at 100
2012 – LACDA, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA, Electron Salon
2012 – Gallery 825, Los Angeles, California, Momentum: National Women’s Caucus for Art juried Show
2012 – George Segal Gallery, Montclair State University, NJ, Faculty Exhibition
2012 – Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn,NY, MIC:CHECK (occupy)
2011 – Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University, S. Orange, NJ, Portraiture: Inside Out
2011 – Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, It’s All Good ! (apocalypse now)
2010 – Jersey City Museum, NJ, A Splendid Energy, curated by Alejandro Anreus and Rocio Aranda-Alvarado
2010 – Montclair Art Museum, NJ, What is Portraiture?, curated by Gail Stavitsky
2010 – M55 ART, Long Island City, NY, Core & Mantle, curated by Jill Conner
2010 – Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY, Story Time, curated by Karen Shaw
2010 – The Distillery Gallery and Artspace, Jersey City, NJ, Splice
2010 – Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, NYC, It’s a Wonderful 10th
2009 – Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ, Juror’s Choice Award
2008 – Rupert Ravens Contemporary, Newark New Jersey, Trelis
2008 – Mashiko Museum, Mashiko, Japan, East/West 2008
2007 – A.I.R Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
2007 – Montgomery Center for the Arts, Skillman, NJ, Science As Muse
2005 – Loveed Fine Arts at Gallery Pahk, Madison Ave. & 77th St., NYC
2004 – Loveed Fine Arts at Gallery Pahk, Madison Ave. & 77th St. NYC
2004 – Noyes Museum, NJ, Altars, Icons and Symbols: Exploring Spirituality in Art
2004 -Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper, Rutgers University, NJ, Diverse Directions in Printmaking
2003 – Kunstlerhaus, Graz, Austria, Connections: Montclair/Graz, curated by Olya Shevchenko
2003 – Wonkwang Univ./Montclair State Univ. Exchange Exhibition, Iksan City, Jeonbuk, South Korea
2002 – Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ, New Jersey Fine Arts Annual (Juried)
2002 – Medium Gallery, Academy of Fine Arts, Bratislava, Slovakia, Clay: Common Experiences
2000 – Ceres Gallery, New York City, Lives and Works, The Exhibition
1999 – Soho 20 Gallery, New York City, 1999 East & West
1999 – Mi Qiu Modern Art Workshop, College of Fine Arts, Shanghai University, China; Transcending Boundaries
1996 – New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, N.J.; Six Artists: The 1990’s; George Segal, John Goodyear, Gary Kuehn, Bill Barrell, Emma Amos, Pat Lay
1996 – Douglass College, Rutgers University, 25 Years of Feminism, 25 Years of Women’s Art.
1995 – Traveling Exhibition, Norway: N.Y, N.Y: Clay; curated by Judith Schwartz; Rogaland Kunstnersenter, Stavanger; Hordaland Kunstnersenter, Bergen, Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, Trondheim, Ostfold Kunstnersenter, Fredrikstad.
1992 – Robeson Gallery, Rutgers University, New Jersey Project Invitational
1991 – Aljira. A Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ
1990 – The Gallery at Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ; Two Generations of Sculptors (Edwards, Ewing, Fay, Graves, Kuehn, Lay, Seawright)
1989 – New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts, Summit, NJ, Material Forms (Caparulo, Chusit, Cohen, Cole, Horii, Lay, Levenstein, Lorenz, Visser, Washington)
1989 – The Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ. 1989 Visual Arts Fellowship Exhibition
1984 – Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ; Structures: 13 New Jersey Artists (Anuszkiewicz, Bannard, Blair, Craft, Harms, Lay, Pietrucha, Rafoss, Rosen, Savage, Sisco, Teller, Walkingstick)
1984 – The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, NJ; New Jersey Arts Inclusion Program
1983 – Hunterdon Art Center, NJ; Directors Choice, (Barros, Birmelin, Curran, Lay, Murata)
1981 – A.I.R. Gallery, NYC, Women Artists
1981 – Douglass College, Rutgers University, NJ, Retropective Show. Women Artists Series
1979 – New Jersey State Museum; 1979 Biennial,(juried )
1978 – Graduate Center, City University of NY, NYC, Women’s Caucus For Art Juried Show
1978 – New Jersey State Museum, Sculptures and Constructions From the Twentieth Century
1977 – Newark Museum, NJ, 1977 Biennial of New Jersey Artists (Juried)
1975 – Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC, 1975 Biennial of Contemporary American Art
1974 – The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, CT, Contemporary Reflections
1968 – Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY, 25th Ceramic National (Juried)
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS:
1997 – Montclair State University, Fine Arts Building, exterior ceramic tile mural
1996 – Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, Norway; an environmental, site-specific sculpture for the Henie-Onstad sculpture park
1985 – Montclair State University, College Hall, the Class Gift, Class of 1984
COLLECTIONS:
Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick NJ
Donna Di Ianni, Aspen, CO
Patricia Bell, South Orange, NJ
Julie Gross
Alex Schoenberg, NJ
Victor Davson, Cicely Cottinham, NJ
Judith Brodsky, Princeton, NJ
Ferris Olin, NJ
Patterson Sims, NYC
Lilly Wei, NYC
Emily Berger, NJ
Lisa Conrad, Newark Print Shop, NJ
Szilvia Revesz, NJ
Carolyn Dorfman, Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company, NJ
Tal and Eyal Schuster, Schuster Group, Jersey City, NJ
Montclair Art Museum
Montclair State University, two commissions
Jingdezhen Sanbao Art Institute, Jingdezhen, P.R.China
Novohradska Gallery, Lucenec, Slovakia
Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, Norway; a site-specific sculpture
Rutgers University, Aidekman Center, Newark, NJ, (3 sculptures, 1991)
I.B.M., Gainesville, VA.
New Jersey State Museum, (2 sculptures: museum purchase, and 1 sculpture: the L.B.Wescott Collection)
David Mirvish Collection, Toronto
Rochester Institute of Technology
Clark-O’Neil, Inc., NJ
ACADEMIC POSITION:
1972–2014, Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, NJ; Professor of Art, 1999 – 2001 Founding Director of MFA Program
1970 – 1972, Hunter College, NY, NY Adjunct
1969 – 1971, Wagner College, Staten Island, NY, full time Instructor
1968 – SUNY, Buffalo State College,Buffalo, NY. Assistant Professor
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
BOOKS:
2012 – Peterson, Susan: Peterson, Jan; THE CRAFT AND ART OF CLAY; 5th Edition, Laurence King Publishing, London
2009 – Peterson, Susan; WORKING IN CLAY; 3rd Edition. Overlook/Viking Press, NY (photos of my work)
2006 – Yushan,Zhang; WORLD CONTEMPORARY PUBLIC CERAMIC ART; Hunan Fine Arts Press, P.R. China. Photos of my work, 130 international artists included.
2004 – Peterson, Susan; Jan Peterson, THE CRAFT AND ART OF CLAY; 4th Edition, Prentice Hall, NJ (photos of my work)
2002 – Bai Ming, Fine Arts College of Tsinghua University, Beijing, P.R. China, OVERSEAS CONTEMPORARY CERAMIC ART CLASSICS by Bai Ming, Forward by Susan Peterson, Jiangxi Fine Arts Publishing House of China, a book of International contemporary artists, one of 86 featured artists from 20 countries.
2002 – Peterson, Susan; WORKING IN CLAY; 2nd Edition, Overlook/Viking Press, NY, (photos of my work)
1999 – Peterson, Susan; THE CRAFT AND ART OF CLAY; 3rd edition, Prentice Hall, NJ (photos of my work)
1999 – Arbeiter, Joan; Smith, Beryl; Swenson, Sally; LIVES AND WORKS, TALKS WITH WOMEN ARTISTS; Volume II, Paperback, Scarecrow Press (one of 14 chapters, each is an interview with a woman artist: Miriam Schapiro, Jackie Winsor, Joan Snyder, and others.)
1998 – Peterson, Susan; WORKING IN CLAY, Prentice Hall, NJ (photos of my work)
1996 – Arbeiter, Joan; Smith, Beryl; Swenson, Sally; LIVES AND WORKS, TALKS WITH WOMEN ARTISTS; Volume II, Scarecrow Press (Patricia Lay, Joan Snyder, Kay Walkingstick, Jackie Winsor, Miriam Schapiro, and others)
1995 – Peterson, Susan; THE CRAFT AND ART OF CLAY; 2nd edition, 1st edition1992; Prentice Hall, NJ (photos of my work)
1986 – Nigrosh, Leon; CLAYWORK; Davis Publication, Mass.; 2nd Edition (Photos of my work)
1980 – Nigrosh, Leon; LOW FIRE: OTHER WAYS TO WORK IN CLAY; Davis Publication, Mass. (photos of my work)
1975 – Nigrosh, Leon; CLAYWORK; Davis Publication, Mass. 1st Edition
CATALOGS AND BROCHURES:
2024 – PAT LAY: Multidimensional, Elza Kayal Gallery, NYC, Essay by Agnes Berecz. catalog
2016 – Pat Lay: Myth, Memory and Android Dreams, Bending The Grid, an ongoing series, Aljira, A Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ, Lilly Wei, Guest Curator. Catalog
2012 – MOMENTUM, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, California, National Women’s Caucus for Art Juried Show. Catalog
2012 – Thompson Gallery, Weston, MA, Strange Glue: Collage at 100. Catalog
2011 – Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, two person show, Pat Lay and Theresa Ellerbrock, Brochure
2011 – Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University, Portraiture: Inside Out. Catalog
2004 – Noyes Museum, NJ, Altars, Icons and Symbols: Exploring Spirituality in Art. Brochure
1999 – Mi Qui Modern Art Workshop, College of Fine Arts, Shanghai, University, China, Transcending Boundaries group exhibition. Catalog
1996 -Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, Norway; an environmental, site specific sculpture for the Henie-Onstad sculpture park, Brochure
1995-1996
Traveling Exhibition, Norway: N.Y, N.Y: Clay; curated by Judith Schwartz; Rogaland Kunstnersenter, Stavanger,; Hordaland Kunstnersenter, BergenNordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, Trondheim,; Ostfold Kunstnersenter, Fredrikstad,. Catalog
1992 – Robeson Gallery, Rutgers University, New Jersey Project Invitational
1990 – The Gallery at Bristol-Myers Squibb Princeton, NJ, Two Generations of Sculptors (Edwards, Ewing, Fay, Graves, Kuehn, Lay, Seawright). Catalog
1989 -New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts, Summit, NJ, Material Forms. Catalog
1987 – Jersey City Museum, NJ, Pat Lay, solo exhibition, brochure
1984 – The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, NJ; New Jersey Arts Inclusion Program 1978-84. Catalog
1984 Montclair Art Museum, Structures: 13 New Jersey Artists, (Anuszkiewicz, Bannard, Blair, Craft, Harms, Lay, Pietrucha, Rafoss, Rosen, Savage, Sisco, Teller, Walkingstick) . Catalog
1975 – Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC, 1975 Biennial of Contemporary Art. Catalog
1974 – The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, CT, Contemporary Reflections. Catalog
1973 – Women Artists Series, Douglass College, Rutgers University, NJ, Pat Lay, solo exhibition, Catalog for the series.
1968 – Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY, 25th Ceramic National. Catalog
1969 – TOMAC Gallery, Buffalo, NY, Patricia Lay, Ceramic Sculpture, Poster
ESSAYS, INTERVIEWS:
2024 – Berecz; PAT LAY: Multidimensional, catalog, Elza Kayal Gallery
2016 – Wei, Lilly; Myth, Memory and Android Dreams, catalog
2016- – Sims, Patterson; An Interview with Patricia Lay, in catalog Myth, Memory and Android Dreams
2010 – Morgan, Robert C.; Remarks on Pat Lay’s Technological Metaphors
1987 – Westfall, Stephen; Patricia Lay. Recent Work, Jersey City Museum, brochure
SELECTED REVIEWS AND ARTICLES:
2024 – Naves, Mario; The New York Sun, Now at New York’s Galleries, ‘Everything in the World’ and More. March 22, Photo
2020 – McCall, Tris; Jersey City Times, Art Review: Pat Lay at Dvora Pop-up Gallery, February 28, Photos.
2019 – ART SPIEL, Pat Lay: Mapping New Interiors, March 18, Photos.
2018 – Boston Globe, The Ticket: Our Critics’ Picks for the Upcoming Week, Photo
2016 – Goodman, Jonathan; Sculpture Magazine, September, Review of Aljira Exhibition
2016 -Bischoff, Dan; The Star Ledger, February 21, Circuitous link between man and machine.
2011 – Naves, Mario; Too Much Art, writings on Visual Culture by Mario Naves, 6/8/11
2010 – Forson, Kofi; Whitehot Magazine, Whitehot Interviews Jill Conner on Core and Mantle, November
2005 – China Ceramic Artist Magazine, Volume 1, Myth + Memory, a major article on my work, 4 pages with text in Chinese and 8 photographs
2004 – Craft Magazine, 4/15/2004, Korea, an article on my work, two pages with text in Korean and four photographs.
2004 – Orisko, Stefan; Craft Art, Design Magazine, 1/2004, Bratislava, Slovakia, text in Slovakian, photographs of my work, Ceramic Season 2003
2002 -Zimmer ,William; The New York Times, January 27
2002 -Tolk, Prescott; The Jersey City Reporter, January 20
1997 – Art in America, April issue, Sculpture Portfolio section, full page color
1996 – Schwarts, Judith; Ceramics Monthly, May issue, New York Clay, photo
1996 – Cotter, Holland; The New York Times; Weekend; July 12 (Photo)
1996 – Skouen, Tina; Arbeiderbladet, Oslo, Norway; July 19 (Photo)
1996 – Törngren, Av Ylva; Budstikka, Oslo, Norway, July 20 (Photo)
1992 – Watkins, Eileen; Star-Ledger, Sunday, March 8
1992 – Raynor, Vivian; The New York Times, Sunday,NJ, March 15
1991 – Watkins, Eileen; Star-Ledger
1991 – Point, George; Gold Coast, Hoboken,NJ, Jan.3
1991 – Point, George; Jersey Journal, JC,NJ, Jan.4
1990 – Watkins, Eileen; Star-Ledger, Aug.3
1989 – Raynor, Vivian; The New York Times, Sunday,Sept.3
1989 – Raynor, Vivian; The New York Times, Sunday Oct.1
1987 – Fitzgibbons, Mary; The Jersey Journal, Feb.13
1984 – Watkins, Eileen; Star-Ledger, March
1984 – Zimmer, William; The New York Times, Sunday,March 18
1984 – Raynor, Vivian; The New York Times, Sunday, Feb.5
1983 – Watkins, Eileen; Star-Ledger, August 28
1981 – Raynor, Vivian; The New York Times, Sunday, Feb.8
1979 – Schjeldahl, Peter; The New York Times, Sunday, Nov,25
1978 – Women Art Magazine, Spring
1978 – Lubell, Ellen; The Soho Weekly News, Feb.9
1976 – Shirey, David; The New York Times, Sunday, Dec.19 Abridged Version 2014
ARCHIVES:
Arizona State University Art Museum: The Susan Harnley Peterson Ceramic Research Archives.
Institute for Women and Art (IWA), Douglass Library, Rutgers University
The World’s Women On- Line, compiled by Muriel Magenta
Momentum: Women/Art/Technology
National Museum of Women in the Arts
TRAVEL:
France, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, South West United States and California, Greece, Slovakia, Czech Republic, P.R. China, Thailand, Cambodia, India, Morocco, Egypt, Turkey, Mali, Mexico, Caribbean Islands, Puerto Rico, Peru, Costa Rica, Cuba.