Tiles on the Web
Featured Artist: Pat Wehrman
Tesselated Ceramic Tiles
Art Deco Tessalation
Fish Tiles
Flying Pigs and Ravens,
Tessalated Tiles for Wilma's Cafe, Sonora, Ca.
You can see more of Pat's work (including ceramic and mixed media sculpture) on her homepage.
All images, ©1995 Pat Wehrman Ceramics
Artist's Statement
An engineer at heart, Pat Wehrman believes that art is about solving problems.
The regular divison of the plane, as outlined by M.C Escher, is one if her
favorite problems. As Escher himself said, "I can't believe no one else is
doing this."
"I Am Therefore I Art"
-Pat Wehrman
Resume: Pat Wehrman
Born: Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, 1956.
Emigrated: Los Angeles, California, 1960.
Selected Shows And Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions:
1996 - Old Schoolhouse Gallery, Qualicum Beach, B.C.,Canada
1994 - Caffeine Mary's, Sonora, California
- Anne Saunders Gallery, Jamestown, California
1993 - Pottery Plus, Sonora, California
1991 - Clayton Gallery, Jamestown, California
1989 - Old Schoolhouse Gallery, Qualicum Beach, Canada
- Woodscreek Gallery, Sonora, California
- Gallery at Aardvarks, Sonora, California
Group Exhibitions:
1996 - Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, B.C, Canada
1994 - Columbia College, Columbia, California, Alumni Show
- Calaveras Arts Council, San Andreas, California, Contemporary Women's Art
- Amador County Arts Cooperative, Sutter Creek, California, Contemporary Art
1993 - Merced Community College, Merced, California, "Say It With Clay"
- Market House Cooperative Center, Lancaster, Pa.,"Strictly Functional"
- A. Houberbocken, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, "Vessels"
- NCECA Conference, San Diego, Ca., "The International Traveling Ashtray Exhibition"
1992 - Lincoln Arts "Feats of Clay"
- Central Sierra Art Council, Sonora, California, "Equine Show"
- Central California Art Council, Modesto, California, "Gallo Show"
Additional Credits:
1995 - Key Note Speaker, Calaveras Arts and N.O.W. Woman's Day,'95
1994 - Winner "Woman of Strength" Award, Tuolumne County, California
'91-'95 - Instructor, College for Kids, Columbia College, Columbia, California
1994 - Christy Productions, Redwood City, California
PBS special on Contemporary Social and Political California Artists.
1992 - Columbia College, Columbia, California, Juror, Student Art Show
- Chairman of Contours 3-D Art Show and Competition for the Central Sierra Arts Council ('89, '90, '91, '92)
1991 - Calaveras County Arts Council, Angels Camp, California, Juror, Annual Art Show
- Interviewed on "California's Gold", produced for PBS
- Sonora, California - Cable Channel 8, Feature Profile
1988 - Tuolumne County, California. - Guest on KZSQ radio talk show "Talk Back Tuolumne".
- British Columbia, Canada - Appeared on CBC Feature Profile
Large Commissions - Public and Private
1995 - Custom indoor fountain, S. Evans, Arnold, Ca.
1995 - Custom outdoor fountain, E. Foster, Columbia, Ca.
1994 - Custom Tessellated Tile Floor, Wilma's Cafe, Sonora, Ca.
1993 - 4' x 6' ceramic mural, Cynthia Kesselman, Glendale, Ca.
1993 - Turtle Tile Tessellated Floor, Anne Saunders Gallery, Jamestown, Ca.
1993 - Advent Candle Sculpture, Sicamous United Church, B.C., Can.
1992 - Life sized "Blind Justice", Roger Brown, Sonora, Ca.
1992 - Four panel painting, Bureau of Tobacco Control, Sonora, Ca.
1991 - 4' x 6' ceramic mural, Lee Jensen, Sunnyvale, Ca.
Selected Collections:
Mr. Ken Kesey, Pleasant Hill, Oregon
Mr. Eugene Lanzone, San Francisco, California
Mr. Brian Coyle, Nottingham, England
Mr. Ron Beltrami, San Francisco, California
Mr. Phillip Michaels, Long Beach, California
Mr. G. V. Read, Parksville, B.C., Canada
Ms. Deidra Kahn, San Francisco, California
Potter's Permanent Collection, Auckland Museum, Auckland, N.Z.
Old Schoolhouse Art Centre, Qualicum Beach, B.C., Canada
Frog's Leap Winery, Napa, California
American Lung Association, Stockton, California
Ms. Millie Wise, Tuolumne, California
Ms. Danielle Steele, New York, N.Y.
Gallery Affiliations:
Abitare . . . San Francisco, California
Anne Saunders Gallery . . . Jamestown, California
The Old School House Gallery . . . Qualicum Beach, British Columbia
Smile...a Gallery . . . San Francisco, California
Dubin Gallery . . . Bodega Bay, California
VIVA! Gallery . . . Modesto, California
Pottery Plus . . . Sonora, California
Calaveras County Arts Council . . . San Andreas, California
Rosebowl. . . San Francisco, California
The Studio Gallery . . . Bear Valley, California
The Studio Gallery II. . . Murphys, California
Elegant Earth . . . Boulder Creek, California
Hutton"s Gallery . . . Oakdale, California
Proclaim Gallery. . . San Diego, California
Pat Wehrman
575 South Barretta Street, Sonora, California 95370
(209) 532-3876
email: wehrman@goldrush.com
www: http://www.dlpg.com
©1995 Pat Wehrman Ceramics
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