biography
Patsy Cox was born in 1973 in Ubon Ratchatani, Thailand. She grew up in Dracut, Massachusetts, finished high school in Kearney, Missouri and has lived in Juneau, Alaska, Salt Lake City, Utah, and Newark, Delaware before settling in Los Angeles, California. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design and Ceramics from Missouri State University and her Master of Fine Arts in Ceramics and Sculpture from the University of Delaware.
She is Professor of Visual Art and Head of Ceramics at California State University, Northridge where she has served as Associate Chair and Graduate Coordinator for Visual Arts. She has been a Getty Scholar for the Linking Service Learning and the Visual Arts program and has coordinated courses for the CSU Summer Arts program. She has served as President for the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) 2010-2016 and is a Fellow of the Council. She has participated in the Annenberg Alchemy and Alchemy+ programs for non-profit excellence.
Cox has exhibited both nationally and internationally. Selected recent exhibitions include; Post Painted Pottery Culture in Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China, Mouthpiece at the American Museum of Ceramic Art in Pomona, California, Melting Point: Movements in Contemporary Clay at Craft Contemporary in Los Angeles, California and From Funk to Punk: Left Coast Ceramics curated by Peter Held at the Everson Museum of Art. Her work has been featured in print and online, most recently in; VoyageLA, the Los Angeles Times, and ArtCritical. She has received recognition for her work in the form of awards and grants most recently from the Durfee Foundation and the Investing in Artists grant from the California Center for Cultural Innovation. She has lectured extensively, most recently at; Tainan National University in Taiwan, for the STEAM Visiting Lecture Series at Broward College in Florida and as part of a two month artist residency with the Dunhuang Creative Center and Lanzhou City University in Lanzhou, China. She lives and maintains a productive studio near downtown Los Angeles.
curriculum vitae
selected bibliography
•VoyageLA. Interview, Los Angeles, CA. April 15, 2019.
http://voyagela.com/interview/check-patsy-coxs-artwork/
•Ollman, Leah. Ceramic Art Ascends in LA. Los Angeles Times. May 5, 2018 p.E3.
https://enewspaper.latimes.com/infinity/article_share.aspx?guid=13386f54-04cf-4499-94c3-ad50056e5569
•Melrod, George. From the Ragged to the Glazed, the Distilled to the Distressed: A Survey of Ceramics in LA. ArtCritical. May 2, 2018. http://www.artcritical.com/2018/05/02/george-melrod-on-ceramics/
•Schwartzkopf, Deborah. “Build or Bust.” Ceramics Monthly, Westerville, Ohio. January 2018. P. 42-43.
•Goldner, Liz. “Vitality and Verve: In the Third Dimension” at Long Beach Museum of Art. Art ltd., Woodland Hills, California. Sept/October 2016. Page 36.
•Glen R. Brown. CODE. Ceramics Monthly, Westerville, Ohio. October 2013. Page 53- 57.
•Distillations and Eruptions. Clay and Glass Gallery. Catalog. Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. 2013.
•Molly Glentzer. Conceptual Works Mix With the Traditional. Houston Chronicle. March 17, 2013.
•Uberyummy: Contemporary Confections and Objects of Desire. Catalog. Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art. California State University, San Bernardino. San Bernardino, California. 2012.
•Feature. Studio Visit. Ceramics Monthly, Westerville, Ohio. November 2009. Page 26 & 27.
•Robert Silberman. On the Verge: Contemporary Ceramics. Ceramics Monthly, Westerville, Ohio. June/July/August 2009. Page 21.
•Robert Silberman. O Brave New World…Exhibition Essay. Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas. June 2009.
•Glen R. Brown. 500 Sculptures in Clay. Lark Books. New York, New York. April 2009.
•Betty Ann Brown. Nomadic Reiterations. Ceramics: Art and Perception, Sydney, Australia. No. 73. Pages 92- 95. 2008.
•Taiwan Ceramic Biennale 2008. Taipei County Yingee Ceramics Museum. Taiwan. Catalog. P. 95. 2008.
•Julie Riggott. Eye Candy. Pasadena Weekly, August 23, 2007. P.17-18.
http://www.csun.edu/pubrels/clips/Aug07/08-24-07B.pdf
•Edge. Catalog. CSUN Art Galleries, California State University Northridge, Northridge, California. 2007.
•Echoes: Women Inspired by Nature. Catalog. Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, California. 2007.
•World Ceramic Biennale 2003 Korea. Catalog. Icheon World Ceramic Center, Icheon, Korea. 2003. Pages129 & 206.
•Free Range. Catalog. CSUN Art Galleries, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA. 2003.
•Debra Di Blasi. Minority Majority, Artists of Color Rule in Shades of Clay. Pitch Weekly, April 4, 2002. P.33.
•Suzanne J.E. Tourtillott. 500 Teapots. Lark Books. New York, New York, 2002. P.35, 215.
•Jeremy Ehrenreich. Ceramic artists display works at CCC. The Leader, Corning, New York. December 9, 2000.
•Three artists show clay sculptures. Redlands Daily Facts, Redlands, California. November 19, 2000.p.B1.
•Pat O’Brien. Artists turn clay into visions at Redlands show. The Press-Enterprise, Redlands, California. November 15, 2000.p.B6.