Selected Exhibitions:

2020:

Re-Sisters: Women in Clay Invitational, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, Virginia.

Clay: A Southern Census, The Clay Center of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana.

2019:  

Artists of Rappahannock Fall Art Tour, Rappahannock Association for Arts and Community, Virginia.

2018:  

Artists of Rappahannock Fall Art Tour, Rappahannock Association for Arts and Community, Virginia.

2017:

Clive and Virginia Pates, Artspace Gallery, Richmond, Virginia.

Pates and Pates: Recent Work, Robert Ballard Gallery, Washington, Virginia.

2016:  

Virginia Pates: In the Kitchen, Cross Mackenzie Gallery, Washington, DC. 

50 Years of Art: 50th Anniversary Faculty Exhibition, Ernst Gallery, NVCC,             Annandale, Virginia.

2015:

Piedmont, with Clive Pates, Robert Ballard Gallery, Washington, Virginia.

In and of the Earth, with Clive Pates, Schlesinger Center for the Arts, Alexandria, Virginia.

Lively Experiments: NCECA Biennial, David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI.

2014:

From Oak Creek to the Accotink, with Clive Pates, Arts Center of Orange, Orange, Virginia.

2013:

Artistic Alliance: Pride 2013, Ballymaloe House, County Cork, Ireland.

Virginia Clay Invitational, The Arts Center in Orange, Virginia.

NOVA Faculty Exhibition, Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, Virginia.

D.C. Ceramics Guild Summer Show, Scope Gallery, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, Virginia.

2012:

Ecumene: Global Interface in American Ceramics, International Academy of Ceramics General Assembly, Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Darkness and Light: Clive and Virginia Pates, Rancho Linda Vista Arts Community, Oracle, Arizona.

2011:

Virginia Pates: Verde Dirt, Gallery 527, Jerome, Arizona.
All Arizona Clay, Chandler Arts Commission, Chandler, Arizona.

2010:

From Bird Heaven: Clive and Virginia Pates, Rancho Linda Vista Arts Community, Oracle, Arizona.

2010 Verde Faculty Exhibition, Verde Gallery, Yavapai College, Clarkdale, Arizona.

2009:

Virginia Pates: Recent Work, Gallery 527, Jerome, Arizona.

2009 Ceramics Biennial, Northern Arizona University Museum, Flagstaff, Arizona.

25 Years, Alumni Invitational, Cardiff School of Art, University of Wales, United Kingdom.

2008:

Traveling Dialogue: Clive and Virginia Pates, Meridian Community College, Meridian, MS.

Traveling Dialogue: Clive and Virginia Pates, Yavapai College, Clarkdale, AZ.

Domo Arigato: 2nd Annual Mississippi Clay Invitational, George Ohr Museum, Biloxi, MS.

2007:

Clive and Virginia Pates, RLV Gallery at Rancho Linda Vista Arts Community, Oracle, Arizona.

2006:

Mac and Andy Show, Group Show of Katrina Recovery Grantees, The Cedars, Jackson, MS.

Summer Show, Group Exhibition, Gallery 119, Jackson, Mississippi.

Faculty Exhibition, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Gulfport, MS.

Oracle Arts Auction, Rancho Linda Vista, Oracle, Arizona.

2003:

Alumni Invitational, Mississippi State University.

2002:

New Ceramics, Rood Contemporary Fine Arts, Bristol, England.

Colors, Bristol Arts Guild Gallery, Bristol, England.

2001:

Porcelain, Rood Contemporary Fine Arts, Bristol, England.

Faculty Exhibition, Queens Road School of Art, Bristol, England.

Grants and Awards:

2018                

Claudia Mitchell Arts Fund Grant, Rappahannock Association for Arts and Community, for building a personal clay studio.

2016                

Paul Lee Professional Development Grant, Northern Virginia Community College, for the development of an Associate of Fine Arts degree for the Virginia Community College System.

2015               

Juried Virginia Artisan, Artisan Center of Virginia.

Claudia Mitchell Arts Fund Grant, Rappahannock Association for Arts and Community. for purchase of a larger kiln.

2011               

Merit Award for Ceramics, Chandler Arts Commission, Chandler, Arizona.

2010               

Yavapai College Institutional Grant, Yavapai College, for research in cone 6 ceramic glazes. 

2008               

Arizona Roster of Artists, Arizona Commission on the Arts. 

Mississippi Arts Commission Grant for Traveling Dialogue Catalog.

2007               

Mississippi Arts Commission Business Development Grant, for purchase of a pug mill for clay body research.

SouthernArtistry.org, Invitational membership nominated by the Mississippi Arts Commission.

2006               

Andy Warhol Foundation Grant, for Hurricane Katrina recovery.

1995               

Michael C. Johnston Scholarship for Fine Arts, Mississippi State University.

1995               

Donavon Dodd Memorial Award for Ceramics, Mississippi State University.

Residencies:

June-August, 2013     Artistic Alliance Residency, National Sculpture Factory, Cork, Ireland.

May-August, 2012      Guest Artist, Rancho Linda Vista Arts Community, Oracle, AZ.

May-July, 2010           Verrocchio Arts Center Residency, Casole d’Elsa, Tuscany, Italy.

May-August, 2008      Guest Artist, Rancho Linda Vista Arts Community, Oracle, AZ.

May-August, 2007      Guest Artist, Rancho Linda Vista Arts Community, Oracle, AZ

Publications:           

Oil and Dirt: Clive and Virginia Pates, Catalog of recent work, 2016.

50 Years of Art: 50th Anniversary Faculty Exhibition, Catalog to the exhibition, 2016.             

Lively Experiments: 2015 NCECA Biennial, Catalog to the exhibition, 2015.             

The Complete Guide to Mid-Range Glazes, by John Britt, 2014.     

Artistic Alliance: Pride, Catalog to the exhibition, 2013.         

Ecumene: Global Interface in American Ceramics, Catalog to the exhibition, 2012.       

Traveling Dialogue, Catalog to the exhibition, 2008.           

Clive Pates, Plein Air Magazine, 2004.

Education:

Master of Fine Arts in Ceramic Art, Center for Ceramic Studies, Cardiff School of Art, University of Wales, United Kingdom, 1999.

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Emphasis in Ceramics and Drawing, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, 1995.

 Employment:

2012-current, Professor of Art, Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, Virginia.

2008-2012, Art Faculty, Yavapai College, Clarkdale, Arizona.

2005-2008, Art Faculty, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Gulfport, MS.

2000-2003, Proprietor – Rood Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Bristol, England.

1999-2003, Lecturer in Art, Queens Road School of Art and Design, Bristol, England.

About

Virginia Rood Pates is a contemporary American ceramic artist who creates wheel-thrown and altered forms in a wide variety of clay bodies, often including collected materials from the local environment.

Her forms are weighted and re-balanced by the inclusion of minerals and fibers, then sliced and warped before firing with unexpected combinations of colors and textures.