Selected Exhibitions
2015
Nature, Sculpture, Abstraction, and Clay: 100 Years of American Ceramics, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts. Group exhibition.
2014
2014 Regis Master: Adrian Saxe, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Solo exhibition.
Beyond Craft: Decorative Arts from the Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle Collection, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, Texas. Group exhibition.
70th Scripps Ceramic Annual, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, California. Group exhibition.
2011
GRIN - Genetic, Robotic, Information, Nano (Technologies), Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica, California. Solo Exhibition.
2009
Dirt on Delight: Impulses that Form Clay, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Group exhibition. Travels to the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
2008
Rococo: The Continuing Curve, 1730 - 2008, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, New York. Group exhibition.
2004
New Work, Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica, California. Solo exhibition.
60th Scripps Ceramic Annual, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, California. Group exhibition.
2003
Great Pots: Contemporary Ceramics from Function to Fantasy, the Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey. Group exhibition.
2000
Garth Clark Gallery, New York. Solo exhibition.
Departures: Eleven Artists at The Getty, the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California. Group exhibition.
Color and Fire: Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics, 1950-2000, Los AngelesCounty Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California. Group exhibition.
Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity, 1900-2000, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California. Group exhibition.
1999
Art & Industry: Contemporary Porcelain from Sèvres, American Craft Museum, New York. Group exhibition.
1998
American Hand, Washington, D.C. Solo exhibition.
Contemporary Ceramics: Selections from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Group exhibition.
1997
Wish I may, Wish I might, Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica, California. Solo exhibition.
Garth Clark Gallery, New York. Solo exhibition.
1996
Garth Clark Gallery, New York. Solo exhibition.
1995
Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles, California. Solo exhibition.
1994
Garth Clark Gallery, New York. Solo exhibition.
Current Trends in Ceramics: Vessels and Objects, Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Aichi, Japan. Group exhibition.
Taipei International Exhibition of Ceramics 1994, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan, China. Group exhibition.
1993
Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles, California. Solo exhibition.
The Clay Art of Adrian Saxe, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California. Solo exhibition. Travels to the Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Shigaraki, Japan and the Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey.
The White House Permanent Craft Collection, as an official event of the Presidentially mandated “Year of American Craft: A Celebration of the Creative Works of the Hand”, the White House, Washington, D.C. Group exhibition.
Contemporary World Ceramics, the Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shigaraki, Japan. Group exhibition.
Contemporary Crafts and the Saxe Collection, the Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio. Group exhibition. Travels to: the St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri; the Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, California; and the Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
1992
Garth Clark Gallery, New York. Solo exhibition.
American Crafts: The Nation’s Collection, Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Group exhibition.
1991
Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles, California. Solo exhibition.
Garth Clark Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri. Solo exhibition.
Metamorphosis of Contemporary Ceramics: The International Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramics, the Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shigaraki, Japan. Group exhibition.
1990
Garth Clark Gallery, New York. Solo exhibition.
1989
Adrian Saxe: Ceramic Sculpture, Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles, California. Solo exhibition.
Metiers d’Art: L’Europe des céramistes, Centre Culturel de l’Yonne, Abbaye Saint-Germain, Auxerre, France. Group exhibition.
Fragile Blossoms, Enduring Earth: The Japanese Influence on American Ceramics, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York. Group exhibition.
1988
L’Atelier Experimental de Recherche et de Création de la Manufacture National de Sèvres: 1982-1987, Hall du Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Paris, France. Group exhibition.
Chinese Influence On the American West Coast Contemporary Art, Taiwan Museum of Art, Taiwan, China. Group exhibition.
East-West Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition: Seoul Olympic Arts Festival, Korean Culture and Arts Foundation, Seoul, Korea. Group exhibition.
1987
University of Missouri, Kansas City, Gallery of Art, Kansas City, Missouri. Solo exhibition.
Garth Clark Gallery, New York. Solo exhibition.
Quatre américains à la Manufacture de Sèvres, American Center, Paris, France. Group exhibition.
American Ceramics Now: The Twenty-Seventh Ceramic National Exhibition, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York. Group exhibition.
1986
American Potters Today, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom. Group exhibition.
Craft Today: Poetry of the Physical, American Craft Museum, New York. Group exhibition.
1985
Adrian Saxe: Since Sèvres—New Works, Garth Clark Gallery, New York. Solo exhibition.
Porcelain from Sèvres, with Light, American Hand, Washington, D.C. Solo exhibition.
Adrian Saxe: New Work,Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles, California. Solo exhibition.
The Vessel and Its Metaphor: Southern California Ceramics, 1950-1985, Los Angeles County Museum of Art/Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, California. Group exhibition.
Pacific Connections, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California. Group exhibition.
1984
Art in Clay: 1950s to 1980s in Southern California; Evolution, Revolution, Continuation, Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California. Group exhibition.
1983
Thomas Segal Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts. Solo exhibition.
American Hand, Washington, D.C. Solo exhibition.
New Raku and Porcelain Works,Garth Clark Gallery, New York. Solo exhibition.
Ceramic Echoes: Historical References in Contemporary Ceramics, Contemporary Art Society/Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri. Group exhibition.
1982
American Hand, Washington, D.C. Solo exhibition.
Between Sèvres and Momoyama, Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles, California. Solo exhibition.
Art and/or Craft: USA and Japan, Kanazawa Museum of Art, Kanazawa, Japan. Group exhibition.
1981
The Animal Image: Contemporary Objects and the Beast, Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Group exhibition.
1980
American Hand, Washington, D.C. Solo exhibition.
American Porcelain: New Expressions in an Ancient Art, Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Group exhibition.
1979
American Hand, Washington, D.C. Solo exhibition.
A Century of Ceramics in the United States: 1878-1978, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York. Group exhibition.
1977
Ceramic Conjunction, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California. Group exhibition.
1973
American Hand, Washington, D.C. Solo exhibition.
1971
California Design Eleven, Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, California. Group exhibition.
Contemporary Ceramic Art: Canada, USA, Mexico, and Japan, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan. Group exhibition.
1970
Canyon Gallery Two, Los Angeles, California. Solo exhibition.
1968
Design West, California Museum of Science and Industry, Los Angeles, California. Group exhibition.
1963
Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, California. Solo exhibition.
Albatross Gallery, Balboa Beach, California. Group exhibition.