Bruce WINN

View in collection Born in Connecticut, he saw a pottery demonstration as a six year old and decided on the spot to be a potter. He received his BFA from the Program in Artisanry at Boston University in 1983, studying under Richard Hirsh and Christopher Gustin. In 1988, Bruce earned his MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art studying under Graham Marks. He taught at numerous locations in New York City and also at the Rhode Island School of Design and Bennington College. In 2002 he filled the Koopman Distinguished Chair at the University of Hartford Art School.In 1997, Bruce and his partner Michael Roseberry started the artisanal ceramics company Roseberry-Winn Pottery in Providence, RI. After several years of selling their work to retailers including Barney's and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the couple moved to Tiverton, RI in 2002 to open their own store in historic Tiverton Four Corners. At that time, their design and production studio moved to Fall River, MA, and the artists added a tile collection to the existing line of decorative and functional ceramics. Winn's individual work borrows freely from past cultures including Japanese, Chinese as well as eighteenth century France and nineteenth century Britain, making his own personal statement about functional forms such as cups and bowls. He decorates his work by first drawing the designs with a wax resist and filling between the lines with glaze.

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• Dates: 1959-2012