Biografie von Annelies Ruth KAHN (1927)

Birth place: Dresden, Germany

Addresses: Dallas, TX

Profession: Ceramicist, instructor

Studied: RI Sch. Design (B.F.A.); Tex. Woman's Univ. (M.A.)

Exhibited: 7th Int. Exhib. Ceramic Art, Smithsonian Inst., Wash., DC, 1958 (Craft Horizons Award); Ann. Area Competition, Corcoran Gal., Wash., DC, 1959 (first prize); 22nd Ceramic Nat., Everson Mus., Syracuse, NY & Traveling Show, 1962 & 1968; Am. Craftsmen's Coun. Exhib., Oakland, Calif., 1963; "Form and Quality," Int. Exhib., Munich, Ger., 1964-69; Contemporary Gallery, Dallas, TX, 1970s. Awards: first prize, Southern Area Command., Munich, 1961.

Member: Tex. Designer Craftsmen (secy., 1971), Dallas Craft Guild; World Crafts Coun.; Am. Craftsmen Coun.

Comments: Preferred media: clay, metal, plastics. Positions: designer & glaze analyst, Calif. Art Tile Co., Richmond, 1951-52; asst. to dir., Gump's Gallery, San Fran., Calif., 1952-53; asst. to dir., Fine Art Gal., Dallas. 1964-66. Teaching: instr. ceramics, Md. Art Inst., Baltimore, 1957-59; instr. ceramics, Southern Methodist Univ., 1964-69; instr. ceramics & sculpture, Mountain View Col., Dallas, Tex., 1970-.

Sources: WW73; Creation in Clay," KERA TV, 1968."