SANA MUSASAMA
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2001 "The Maple Tree Series: The Final View," New Jersey State University, Jersey City, NJ
"Unspeakable," Rush Arts Gallery, New York
2000 "New Works: Outer Beauty / Inner Anguish," June Kelly Gallery, New York
1998 "The Maple Tree Series," Long Island University South Hampton College, LI, NY

"The Maple Tree Series II," June Kelly Gallery, New York
1995 "The Maple Tree Series," June Kelly Gallery, New York
1994 "A Review of 10 Years," Sewickly Academy, Pittsburgh, PA
1989 "Echoes & Excavations," Manchester Craftsman Guild, Pittsburgh, PA and Soho 20 Gallery, New York
1987 "The Garden Series," Cinque Gallery, New York
1986 "Artist-in-Residence Exhibition," Jamaica Arts Center, Jamaica, Long Island, NY
1985 "Montana Series," The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2000 "Ceramic 2000 National," Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
1999-
2001
"Stop Asking We Exist," traveling exhibition at The Society of Contemporary Crafters, Pittsburgh, PA; American Craft Museum, NY (May - Sept. 1999); New Bedford Museum, New Bedford, MA (Oct. 1999 - Jan. 2000); Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL; Court House Galleries Museum, Portsmouth; Florida Craftsmen, St. Petersburg, FL
1999-
2000
"Passages," traveling exhibition at The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York; Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL; Florida Museum of Art
  Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, New York
  Eisner Gallery, New York
1999 "Selections from the Permanent Collection," The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
  "Cultural Influences in Craft," Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
  "Contemporary Ceramics 1999: The Work of an African American Artist," North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC and Designer Craftsmen, Cleveland, OH
  Watershed Benefit, Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle, ME
  Blue Heron Gallery, Deer Isle, Maine
  "Secret Objects, Concealed Spaces," Paramount Art Center, NY
  "Viewpoint Ceramic 1999," Grossmont College Hyde Gallery, El Cajon, California
  School House Gallery, Peekskill, NY
  School House Gallery, Peekskill, NY
1998 "Black New York Artists of the 20th Century," The Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York
  "Introductions," Gomez Gallery, Baltimore, MD
  "On Fire," Clay Studio, Baltimore, MD
  "Faculty Exhibition," Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, New York, NY
  "Faculty Exhibition," Eisner Gallery, New York, NY
1997 "Faculty Auction," Leobsdorf Gallery, New York, NY
1995-96 "In Three Dimensions: Women Sculptors of the 90's," Staten Island University, Staten Island, NY
  "Exploring a Movement (Feminist Visions in Clay)," The Wignal Museum, Chaffney College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
  "New York Clay" traveling exhibition at Clay Nordenfieldeske, Kunstindustri Museum, Trondheim; Ostfold Kunster Center, Fred Rikstan, Norway; Rogaland Kustner Center, Stravanger; Hordland Kunstner Center, Bergen, Norway; Queens Public Library, New York. Catalogue.
1994 "Uncommon Beauty," American Craft Museum, New York
1993 "Former Resident," Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
  Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York
  "2 African American Craft Artists," Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, NY
  Reader's Digest, White Plains, NY
1992 "Maternal Evidence," Alcazar Gallery, Baltimore School of Arts, Baltimore, MD
  "6 African American Clay Artists," The African American Museum of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
1991 The Garden Series," French Consulate, New York
  "Residence Show," Greenwich House Pottery, New York
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:
African American Design Archive, Cooper - Hewitt Museum, New York
Jingdez hen Ceramic Institute, China
European Ceramic Center, Hertogenbosch, Holland
The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York 
Atlanta Life Insurance Company, Atlanta, GA 
Tuscarora Historical Museum, Tuscarora, NY 
Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
The Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York
PERMANENT INSTALLATIONS:
1997 The Woodburne Center, Baltimore, MD
1996 Mosaic/Concrete Stepping Stone Walkway, Stateway Gardens, Chicago, IL
1992 Mosaic/Sidewalk: Manchester Craftsman Guild, Pittsburgh, PA
1985 Mosaic, Concrete Installations: Art Park, Lewiston, NY
1983 Mosaic Sidewalk: Art Park, Lewiston, NY
EDUCATION AND TRAVEL:
M.F.A., Ceramics, Alfred State College of Ceramics, New York, 1987
B.A., Ceramics, Education, City College, City University of New York, 1974

Also studied at the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, Montana; Gakium Designer College in Tokyo, Japan; Tuscarora International School of Ceramics, Tuscarora, Nevada; and Mende Pottery, Mende Sierra Leone, West Africa. Travel in Kondimini Rjemne, Mali, West Africa; Seoul, China and Tibet Yixiing; Vietnam, Thailand and China; France; Holland; India; Japan.
AWARDS:
1998 Artist As Catalyst, Mid Atlantic Grant
1995-96 Perspectives in African American Art, Seagram's Gin Award
1995 New York Foundation Fellowship
1993 The Dalton School Summer Research Grant, Thailand
1992 Empire State Craft Alliance Grant
Pollack-Krasner Foundation, New York, NY
Mid-Atlantic Grant, Manchester Guild, Pittsburgh, PA
1990 Mid-Atlantic Grant, Baltimore, MD
1989 Empire State Craft Alliance Grant, Saratoga, NY
1987-88 Atlantic Life Insurance Company, First Award, Atlanta, GA

 

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