James Watral
Ceramics Department Chair
Professor of Ceramics
972-860-7656
James_Watral@dcccd.edu
 
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As a teacher I consider it very important to give the students a solid technical foundation so they are able to actualize their ideas. This foundation and research into historical and contemporary works provides the student a sense of purpose and the confidence and ability to explore their own concepts.
 
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1968 MFA Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.
Ceramics major, art history minor.

1966 BFA Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH.
Ceramics major, printmaking minor.

1962-1965 School of Crafts, Penland, NC.
Summer seminars, diploma.
 
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My work alludes to a number of stylistic sources: Egyptian art, Greek art, Croatian folk art, oriental art, garden design as art, Etruscan art, Coptic art, and contemporary art concepts and aesthetics.

My work has investigated possibilities within this framework in order to extend a traditional sensibility into a contemporary visual statement that carries a point of view that is meaningful for me.

The use of line and volume (form), in both two- and three-dimensional relationships, function as visual equivalents for my concepts.

Drawing is also a major aspect of my work for its sense of documentation, reflection of the thinking process, and its ability to bring into focus conceptual issues of a personal significance.

The work for the "Neo-Apulian Series" reflects my long-standing fascination with the classical vessel form. Surface considerations (glaze patterns, etc.) for the series extend the intent of the work. I often put together a number of unrelated surfaces that share a common system of visual order, so that, when experienced in juxtaposition, they may amplify and unify the vessel's content.

The most recent work is the "Hero Series," an acknowledgement and remembrance for the dead in Croatia (my grandparents' homeland) and for a number of my friends lost during the last six years. The main theme of the series is the tragic circumstance of incompletion: the persons whose lives have been interrupted by the uncontrollable forces of war, AIDS, and singular tragedies; the people who have been denied the opportunity for greatness and whose stories remain incomplete.

The "Hero Series" is currently in progress. The main element in the series is a form called the "Key," based in an ancient bow fibula unearthed in Croatia. This is the pivot of the series, and all visual issues are addressed through this form.

I drew the term "Hero" from a passage in Hiram Williams' book, Notes for a Young Painter, which designates the main form in a composition as the "hero." This seemed most appropriate to me. At the same time I discovered the image of the Croatian bow fibula and these two ideas formed a relationship that continues to compel me to research and work in the studio.

The ceramic pieces are made with a red earthenware body. Construction techniques are throwing, slab-building, extrusion, hand-building, and a combination of the above techniques for various pieces.

The surface decorations of the pieces employ glaze, terra sigillata, copper leaf, and mixed media.

All of the work is fired in an electric kiln to cone 05.
 
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1999-2004 Chair- Ceramics Program -Professor, Eastfield College, Mesquite, TX.
Taught classes in ceramics and drawing. Assumed duties of full-time faculty member, which included: maintaining ceramics facilities, coordinating needs of ceramic faculty, course development, student advisement, drafting proposals for the fine arts department, participating in EFC activities, attending faculty and district-wide meetings. Continued to add to the research material available through the media division of the library (text and video). Continued to explore creative teaching methods and course design. Recruitment and retention practices of the art department explored and evaluated. Off-campus involvement included arranging a student show at the J. Erik Jonsson Central
Library in Dallas.

1999 Part-time Instructor, Eastfield College, Mesquite, TX.

1992-1995 Lecturer, Instructor, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX.
Taught undergraduate and graduate courses as well as supervising independent study programs. Responsible for maintenance of ceramic facilities, replacement of equipment, supervision of graduate teaching assistants. Committee work included:
BFA and MFA Review Committees
MFA Admissions Committee
Competitive Scholarship Committee

1989-1991 Adjunct Professor, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX.
Taught both undergraduate and graduate courses in ceramics and
3-D design. Responsible for maintenance of ceramic facilities.

1983-1987 Instructor, Craft Guild of Dallas, Dallas, TX.

1986-1985 Part-time Faculty, University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX.

1984-1985 Artist-in-Residence, Craft Guild of Dallas, Dallas, TX.

1983-1984 Adjunct Associate Professor, East Texas State University,
Commerce, TX.

1982-1983 Lecturer, Department of Visual Arts, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX.

1968-1980 Associate Professor of Art and Chairman of Ceramics Division, East Texas
State University, Commerce, TX.
Teaching experience concerned not only the ceramic discipline, but included: Humanities, Teacher Education, Art History, Sculpture, Aesthetic Philosophy, Multimedia, and special 'experimental' classes. Committee work included:
Focus in Scope Committee
Faculty Senate Committee on Research and Grants
Foundations/Fundamentals Planning Committee
Graduate Review Committee
Executive Council Committee
Ceramics Committee (director)
Tenure Committee
Exhibition Committee
Received grants for research and innovative teaching.

1977 Instructor (invitational summer session), Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC.

1967-1968 Instructor, Tulane University Community College, New Orleans, LA.

1966-1967 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.

1964-1965 Instructor, Children's Programs, Cleveland Museum of Art,
Cleveland, OH.

1963 Instructor, Adult Education, Warrensville High School, Cleveland, OH.
Instructor, Children's Programs, Jewish Community Center,
Cleveland, OH.
 
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Solo Exhibitions
1998 Meadows Gallery, Cowan Fine and Performing Arts Center, University of
Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX

1996 Yesterday and Tomorrow, Stephen F. Austin State University Gallery,
Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX

1995 Watral, Dallas Visual Arts Center, Dallas, TX

1993 James Watral, Texas Women's University, Denton, TX

1991 James Watral: Elements of My Desire, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, TX

1989 Watral, Drawings and Ceramics, Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, FL

1988 Watral, Terra Cotta Forms, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA

1987
James Watral, Mario Villa Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Watral: Recent Work, Paul Neinast, Inc., Dallas, TX
Children's Arts and Ideas Foundation, Dallas, TX
James Watral Ceramic Sculpture, Mario Villa Gallery, New Orleans, LA

1984 Systems of Order, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX

1983 Recent Ceramics by Watral, Southeastern Louisiana State University,
Hammond, LA
Symbolic Work, Richland College, Dallas, TX

1982 Journey Between Two Rooms, University of Texas at Dallas,
Richardson, TX
Ceramic Plate Series, KERA-TV, Gallery 13, Dallas, TX

1979 College of the Mainland, Texas City, TX

1978 Kilgore Junior College, Kilgore, TX

1977 Stephen F. Austin College, Nacogdoches, TX

1975 Longview Art Center, Longview, TX

1974 Private Gallery Showing, Tyler, TX

1971 Watral: Recent Ceramics, East Texas State University, Commerce, TX
Ceramics of James Watral, Fort Wayne Art Museum, Fort Wayne, IN

1968 James Watral Ceramics, Orleans Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Louisiana Crafts Council, New Orleans, LA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2002
El Corazon, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
"Texas Mud", Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, TX

1999
Faculty Show, Eastfield College, Mesquite, TX
Deliberations in Clay, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, TX
Summer Exhibition, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, TX

1998
Link, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, TX
Fireworks: On and Off the Wall! Dallas Visual Arts Center, Dallas, TX
Clay under the X, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX
Texas Clay Educators and Their Teachers, Dallas Museum of Art,
Dallas, TX
To Have and to Hold: Vessel-Making by Ceramic Artists in Texas, Irving
Arts Center, Irving, TX
Figurative Clay in Texas, Dallas Visual Arts Center, Dallas, TX

1997
From the Ground Up: Contemporary Clay in Texas, Austin Museum of
Art, Austin, TX
The Artists of 3309 Elm, Visual Arts Main Gallery, University of Texas at
Dallas, Richardson, TX
Texas Clay Invitational, Fox Fine Arts Center, University of Texas at
El Paso, TX
Uniqueness from the Hand, Art Gallery, University of Texas at San
Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Link, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, TX
Past/Present, The Gallery, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
Ceramics Invitational, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA

1996
Form by Fire, Martin-Rathburn Gallery Inc., San Antonio, TX
Mark Mahan and James Watral, Cora Stafford Gallery, University of North
Texas School of Visual Arts, Denton, TX
Cup as a Metaphor II: Works in Clay, Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
Earth, Air, Fire, Water, Fain Fine Arts Gallery, Midwestern State
University, Wichita Falls, TX
Link, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, TX

1995 Link, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, TX

1994
Abstract Matters: Recapitulation and Transcendence, Forum Gallery,
Brookhaven College, Farmers Branch, TX
El Corazon, Dallas Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
Multimedia, Edith Baker Gallery, Dallas, TX
Clay Invitational, Collin County Community College, Plano, TX
Exquisite Corpse, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX

1993
Summer Stock, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, TX
Collecting Objectively, exhibition of McNary Collection of Art, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX
The Book Show, Paige-Hansen Gallery, Dallas, TX

1992
Texas Clay II Exhibition, Invitational Show which traveled to Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, TX; Stephen F. Austin College, Nacogdoches, TX; Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX; Firehouse Gallery, Dallas, TX; Del Rio Council for the Arts, Del Rio, TX; University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX; Corpus Christi State University, Corpus Christi, TX; Baylor University, Waco, TX

1992
Dallas Collects 20th Century Crafts, Dallas Museum of Art, TX
(work commissioned for permanent collection)
Metal and Mettle - Art and Spirit, Invitational Show at Austin College,
Sherman, TX
Assemblage Competition for Excellence in Arts, D-Art Visual Center,
Dallas, TX (award winner)
Chicago International Art Exposition, Chicago, IL
Ladonia Foundation Inaugural Exhibition, D-Art Visual Center, Dallas, TX
Ceramic Invitational Show, Nancy Margolis Gallery, Portland, ME
University of Dallas Ceramics Invitational, University of Dallas, Irving, TX

1991 The Influence of Classical Culture on Three Artists, Marie Park,
Dallas, TX

1990
New Work in Clay, Nancy Margolis Gallery, Portland, ME
Winter Show, Nancy Margolis Gallery, Portland, ME
Crafts Show, Bee County College, Beeville, TX
Art Faculty Biennial Exhibition, Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist
University, Dallas, TX
The Clay Cup III, Southern Illinois University Museum, Carbondale, IL
National Ceramic Invitational XI, American Crafts Gallery, Cleveland, OH
International Art Exhibition, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Simonne Stern Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Summer Group Show, Nancy Margolis Gallery, Portland, ME
Texas Works, Jones-Hobbs Gallery, Provincetown, MA

1989
Work on Paper, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, TX
New Artists, Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA
The Fourth Annual Monarch Tile National Ceramic Competition,
San Angelo, TX
University of Dallas Ceramic Invitational, Haggar University Gallery,
Irving, TX
Paletteable Feast, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
Out of Texas, International Gallery, San Diego, CA

1988
Images of a Summer Vacation, The Crescent Gallery, Dallas, TX
Zoomorphism: Animals in Art, Trammell Crow Center, Dallas, TX
Expressions, Moss-Chumley Gallery, Dallas, TX
Dallas Clay '88, Bell Plaza Gallery, Dallas, TX
City Life Exhibition, The Rotunda at Texas Commerce Tower, Dallas
Concepts in Clay, Abilene Fine Arts Museum, Abilene, TX

1987 Handmade in Texas, LTV Tower, Dallas, TX

1987
T & T (Texas and Tennessee), Crescent Gallery, Dallas, TX
One Hundred under a Thousand, DW Gallery, Dallas, TX
Two Man Show, Camino Real Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
Black is the Color, Moss-Chumley Gallery, Dallas, TX
Neo-Apulian Series, Atrium Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
Faculty Exhibition, Eastfield College Gallery, Mesquite, TX

1986
LTV Center Gallery, Dallas, TX
Citation '86, Crescent Gallery, Dallas, TX
Critics' Choice, D-Art Visual Center, Dallas, TX
Invitational Group Show, Alternate Gallery, Dallas, TX

1985
Two Man Show, University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX
26th Invitational Art Exhibition, Longview Art Center, Longview, TX

1984 Gateway Experience, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX

1983 Texas Clay: A Survey, Objects Gallery, San Antonio, TX

1982 '82 Invitational, Longview Art Center, Longview, TX (merit awards)

1981 '81 Invitational, Longview Art Center, Longview, TX

1980
Invitational Group Show, Nimbus Gallery, Dallas, TX
New Work, New Clay, DW Gallery, Dallas, TX
Texas Artists: Clay, Henry Glassel Museum School, Houston, TX
Eighty Texas Artists, Galveston Art Center, Galveston, TX
80th Invitational, Longview Art Center, Longview, TX

1979 12th Annual Prints, Drawing, and Ceramics Exhibition, Arkansas Art
Center, Little Rock (first prize ceramics)
Two Man Show, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX

1977 Ten Texas Artists, Longview Art Center, Longview, TX
Three Man Show, Bright Shawl Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Two Man Show, Paris Junior College, Paris, TX

1976 Ceramic Competition, Washington-on-the-Brazos Star of the Republic
Museum, Washington, TX
Two Man Show, Johnson-Whitty Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Invitational, Edom Crafts Fair, Edom, TX

1975
Texas Designer Craftsman Show, San Marcos, TX
Clay as Sculpture, Victoria Museum, Victoria, TX
Clay and Fiber #2, Invitational Show, Austin College, Sherman, TX
(merit awards)
Texas Designer Show, Delahunty Gallery, Dallas, TX (special award)
16th Annual Craftsman Exhibition, Dallas Craft Guild, Dallas, TX
(merit award)
Pottery as Sculpture, Robinson Galleries, Houston, TX

1974
Beaumont Invitational Sculpture and Painting Exhibition, Beaumont, TX
18th Texas Designer and Craftsman Invitational, Denton, TX
1973 South Central Regional Exhibition, American Crafts Council, Denver Art
Museum, Denver, CO

1973
Faculty and Friends, El Centro College, Dallas, TX
9th Annual Crafts Invitational, Contemporary Gallery, Dallas, TX
National Crafts Invitational, Barnwell Art Center, Shreveport, LA
6th Annual Prints, Drawings, and Crafts Exhibition, Arkansas Art Center,
Little Rock, AR
1972 Tuttie, Gallery, Dallas, TX
24th Annual Ceramic and Sculpture Show, Butler Institute of American Art,
Youngstown, OH

1971
Invitational Show, Austin College, Sherman, TX
15th Texas Crafts Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas,TX
(merit award)
14th Delta Art Exhibition, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
Invitational Group Show, Laguna Gloria Museum of Art, Austin, TX
5th Annual Crafts Show, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
(merit award and purchase award)

1970 Experiments in Plastic, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX

1969 3rd Annual Prints, Drawings, and Crafts Exhibition, Arkansas Art Center,
Little Rock, AR

1968 Southwest Craftsmen Show, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX

1967
1st Annual Crafts and Drawing Show, Arkansas Art Center,
Little Rock, AR
Competitive Show, Louisiana Crafts Guild, Baton Rouge, LA
Ohio Ceramic and Sculpture Show, Butler Institute of American Art,
Youngstown, OH

1966 Exhibition - 1966, Designer Craftsmen of Ohio, Columbus, OH

1965 Massilon Museum of Art Craft Exhibition, Massilon, OH (merit award)
Contemporary Arts and Crafts in the U.S.A., Kentucky Craft Guild,
Louisville, KY

1964 Pottery through the Ages, Cleveland Museum of Art, OH
29th Annual Summer Show, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Student Independent Show, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH

Other

Workshop and Lectures

Workshop, Brookhaven Community College, Farmers Branch, TX
Workshop, Southwest Craft Center, San Antonio, TX
Keynote Speaker, "Making a Creative Connection," Center for Therapy through the Arts,
Cleveland, OH
Artist-in-Residence (Art Therapy), Metro Hospital, Cleveland, OH
"Ceramics in the DMA Collection," Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
"Ceramics: An Exposure," Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Workshop, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Workshop, University of Santa Clara, Santa Clara, CA
Workshop, East Texas State University, Commerce, TX
Workshop, Henry Glassel Museum School, Houston, TX
Television appearance, "Potter's Corner," Plano Cable TV, Plano, TX
Lecture, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA
Workshop-Art Studio (Art Therapy), Metro Hospital, Cleveland, OH
Keynote Speaker, "Creative Moment," Art Therapy Association Symposium,
Cleveland, OH
Workshop, The School of Art, Houston, TX
Workshop, Nome, AK
Workshop, Craft Guild of Denton, Denton, TX
Workshop, Laguna Gloria Museum, Austin, TX
Austin College, Sherman, TX
Lake Erie College, Panesville, OH
Workshop, College of the Mainland, Texas City, TX
Stephen F. Austin University, Nacogdoches, TX
Plano High School, Plano, TX
Kilgore Junior College, Kilgore, TX
Longview Art Center, Longview, TX
Cuyhoga Community College, Cleveland, OH
Northeast Louisiana University, Monroe, LA
"Clay Extravaganza," Denton, TX
North Texas State University, Denton, TX
Paris Junior College, Paris, TX
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Creative Crafts Alliance Center, Shreveport, LA

Collections

Corporate:
American Airlines, Dallas, TX
VHA Inc., Dallas, TX
AT&T Corporation, Dallas, TX
Fulbright & Jaworski, Dallas, TX
Canadian Imperial Bank, Dallas, TX
Tower Group, Dallas, TX
Trammel Crow Hotel Development, Dallas, TX
Delta Airlines, Dallas, TX
Clark Brother Development, FL
IBM Corporation, Dallas, TX
Hall Real Estate Corporation, Dallas, TX
Copper & Lybrand, New Orleans, LA
Monarch Tile, San Angelo, TX
Pagenet Paging Network, Inc., Dallas, TX
Marsh McLennan, Dallas, TX
Marsh McLennan, Tulsa, OK
Richmont Partners, Dallas, TX
Steve Waddill and Assoc., Dallas, TX
Muse Stancil, Dallas, TX
Aberdeen Assoc., Dallas, TX
GTE Telephone Operations, Irving, TX
Boozotes, Allen, Allen, Hamilton, Dallas, TX

Institutional:
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
Butler Museum of Art, Youngstown, OH
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
East Texas State University, Commerce, TX
Massilon Museum of Art, Massilon, OH
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts
Private:
Numerous private collections across the United States.


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