Prof Magdalene Odundo

Books

• Baker Emma, CONTEMPORARY CULTURES OF DISPLAY, The Open University
• Berns Marla, CERAMIC GESTURES, (Exhibition Catalogue)
• Barley Nigel, SMASHING POTS
• Blandino Betty, COILED POTTERY, A & C Black 1984
• Clark Kenneth, THE POTTERS MANUAL, Collins 1983
• Cosentino Peter, CREATIVE POTTERY, Ebury Press
• Cosentino Peter, ENCYCLOPEAEDIA OF POTTERY TECHNIQUES, Running Press
• Cooper Emmanuel, TEN THOUSAND YEARS OF CERAMICS
• Dietz Ulysses Grant, GREAT POTS
• Freyberg Annabel, CERAMICS FOR THE HOME
• Gert Staal, Magdalene Odundo – Silent Dancers, KERAMEIKE TECHNI, December 1997
  (Catalogue)
• Greenhalgh Paul, Contemporary Ceramics at Christies, CERAMIC REVIEW, November
  1984
• Hill Rosemary, NEW WORKS; MAGDALENE ODUNDO, (Exhibition Catalogue), Glynn
  Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea Museums Service 1987
• Jones David, RAKU
• Joris Yvonne (editor), MAGDALENE ODUNDO, (Exhibition Catalogue), S-Hertogenbosch,
  Netherlands 1994
• Lane Peter, CERAMIC FORMS, Collins 1988
• Margetts Martina, INTERNATIONAL CRAFTS, Thames & Hudson 1991
• Theophilus Linda, Magdalene Odundo talks to Linda Theophilus, AFRICAN METALWORK and EXHIBITION CATALOGUE 1995.
• Peterson Susan, CONTEMPORARY CERAMICS
• Queensbury David, MAGDALENE ODUNDO, Exhibition Catalogue by Paul Gumm 1991
• Rice Paul and Christopher Gowing, BRITISH STUDIO CERAMICS, Barrie & Jenkins 1989
• Scott David, CLAY & GLAZES IN STUDIO CERAMICS
• Vincentelli Moira, WOMEN & CERAMICS – Gendered Vessels
• Waal Edmund de CERAMICS, DESIGN RESOURCE BOOK, New Holland 1999
• Watson Oliver, BRITISH STUDIO POTTERY, V&A/Phaidon/Christies 1990
• Vogel Susan (editor), AFRICA EXPLORES: 20TH CENTURY AFRICAN ART, Prestel 1991

Articles

• Artist Synthesizes African and Western Ideas in Art, Kansas City Globe, 6 July 1995
• Berns Marla, Ceramic Gestures, CONTACT Santa Barbara, Spring 1997
• Blandino Betty, Private Conversations, CERAMIC REVIEW, March/April 1998
• Bowye Leslie R, A Love Affair With Form, NEW TIMES (Kansas City) August 1995
• Briers David, Review, ARTS REVIEW, November 1987.
• Buck Louisa, The Critic's Eye, CRAFTS, November 1989.
• CERAMICS MONTHLY February 2003
• Clarke Julia, Studio Ceramics, STUDIO INTERNATIONAL USA 1984
• Cooper Emmanuel, Pot Art, THE ROYAL ACADEMY MAGAZINE, Autumn 1998
• Cooper Emmanuel, Working Wonders, Alumni profiles, THE CREATIVE NETWORK MAGAZINE 2002
• Dietz Ulysses Grant, Great Pots, A Landmark Exhibition at the Newark Museum, February 2003
• Doone J, Magdalene Odundo, ANTIQUE COLLECTOR 1977
• Estrada Andrea, The Ceramic Art of Magdalene Odundo, INDEPENDENT, 1995.
• Evans Max, Nelson's exhibits shine spotlight on pottery, OLATHE DAILY NEWS, August  1995
• Exhibition of Magdalene Odundo's work at Nelson-Atkins, KANSAS CITY CLOBE, 14 July1995
• Gacheru Margaretta wa, Clay gems from one of our own, Arts Scene, DAILY NATION August 1992
• Glancey Jonathan, Universal Truths behind Designer Labels, THE INDEPENDENT, April 1989    
• Graceful Ceramics, THIS WEEK IN SANTA BARBARA, 23 March 1995
• Graham-Dixon Andrew, Magdalene Odundo, OBSERVER MAGAZINE, June 1985
• Hackett Regina, Long steps never broke a back, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER, February 1957
• Highet Chandana Juliet, Correspondent, TRUST Nigeria, April 1980
• Hill Pete, An Artistic Adventure, ARTIST BLACKSMITH, October 2000
• Hill Rosemary, In and Out of Africa, COUNTRY LIFE, May 1986
• Hill Rosemary, New Works: Magdalene Odundo, SWANSEA MUSEUMS SERVICE (Catalogue)
• Hill Rosemary, Workshop of the World, CRAFTS, January 1991
• Howell Sara, Shop Tactics, WORLD OF INTERIORS, June 1990
• Holder E, Graduation Shows London, KUNST + HANDWERK, August 1982
• Klemperer Margaret Von, THE NATAL WITNESS, September 2003
• Kenyan Heritage, CRAFTS, March 1984
• MacDonell Athena, A Kenyan Art Form – a long way from Kenya, DAILY NATION, August 1977
• Magdalene Odundo, CRAFTS, May 1988
• Magdalene Odundo, CERAMICS MONTHLY, May 1991
• Magdalene Odundo, CERAMICS MONTHLY, September 1995
• Magdalene Odundo, HAMBURG CULTURELL, December 1991
• Magdalene Odundo and the Nigerian Technique, AFRICAN TIMES 1986
• Magdalene Odundo,  Surrey Institute of Art & Design SPEAKEASY, July 2002
• Magdalene Odundo, Blackwell House, VISION, 2001
• Margrie Victor, Review of New Work, Oxford Gallery, CRAFTS, November 1992
• Muchnic Suzanne, British Ceramics: Five Artists, AMERICAN CRAFT Oct/Nov 2003
• Mullen Adrian, Blackwell and its first exhibition, THE WESTMOORLAND GAZZETTE July
  2001
• Norrie Jane, Review of Magdalene Odundo at the Oxford Gallery, ARTS REVIEW, August 1992
• Olding Simon – Cooper Emmanuel, New Art for the Historic Enviroment, HERITAGE LOTTERY FUND 2002
• Peebles Debra, Forms, Vibrations and Spirit, PITCH WEEKLY, 20 July 1995
• Queensbury David, Magdalene Odundo, NEUE KERAMIK, March/April 1992
• Review, CRAFT, September 1987.
• Review, CRAFT, December 1987.
• Report, CERAMIC REVIEW July 1986.
• Report, CHRISTIES, 1986.
• Thompson Robert Farris, Afro Modernism, ARTFORUM, September 1991
• Thorson Alice, International Influences seen in Kansas City art spaces, KANSAS CITY STAR, 14 July 1995.
• The Peach, Artist synthesizes African & Western ideas in art, KANSAS CITY STAR, August 1995.
• The New Kenyan Potter, Nigerian Airways, SKYPOWER, December 1981
• Tressida Megan, A Feat of Clay, WORLD OF INTERIORS, June 1984
• Trescott Jaqueline, Review THE WASHINGTON POST, September 2002
• Wainwright Martin, Craftnotes, CRAFTS, March 1989.
• Watts I, Magdalene Odundo, AFRICA MAGAZINE 1977.
• Wingrave Hannah, Magdalene Odundo, CERAMICS IN SOCIETY, Autumn 2001
• Wood Eoline, A Visit with Magdalene Odundo, THE STUDIO POTTER, Fall 1991

Solo Exhibitions

2008 

• Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, England

2007  

• National Museum Kenya, Nairobi , Kenya(TBC)

2006  

• Touring Exhibition, four venues South East Coast USA
• Michael Hue-Wiliams Fine Art Ltd, London, UK

2005 

• Magdalene Odundo, British Council, Nairobi, Kenya

2004 

• Crafts Study Centre. The Surrey Institute of Art & Design, UK

2002  

• Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art Ltd, London, UK   
• Acknowledged Sources.  A joint project between Museum & Artist Makers Russell – Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, Bournemouth, UK     

2001 

• Magdalene Odundo - Clay Forms, Blackwell House, Bowness, Cumbria, UK
  (A retrospective exhibition: Catalogue)  

1997/8

• New Work,  Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art Ltd, London, UK
• Magdalene Odundo - Current Work, Pro-Art, St Louis. USA

1995/6/7

• Ceramic Gestures - New Vessels by Magdalene Odundo. ( Touring exhibition: Catalogue by Marla Berns)

Group Exhibitions

2003       

• Material Differences: Artists and Identity in Africa. Museum of African Art,
  New York City  (Tour: Catalogue)
  Touring to:
  Hamline University Art Museum, Minneapolis
  Crocker Art Museum, Sacremento, California
  National Gallery of Canada, Ottowa, Canada
• British Ceramics - Five Artists, Frank Lloyd Wright Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, International Biennial Art Invitational.

2002     

• Art From Africa - Long Steps Never Broke a Back. Seattle Art Museum

2001  

• SOFA – Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, USA, organised by Crafts Council         

2000

• British Ceramics 2000, Keramikmuseet Grimmerhus, Denmark (Catalogue)
• Contemporary African Art - Five Artists, Diverse Trends, Indianapolis Museum of Art, USA (Catalogue)
• The Jugs Show, Candover Gallery, Arlesford, Hants, UK 
• The Millennium Mugs, Besson Gallery, London, UK

1999

• A Dialogue in Clay, Artizana (Catalogue: Edward Lucie-Smith)

1998

• 'Art IN Clay',Contemporary  Ceramics – Selection from Metropolitan Museums of Art Collection (Catalogue)
• Magdalene Odundo, List Gallery, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA   

Research Activities 

Sept 03/Mar 04 
Preliminary research for Monograph
Panel Member CSC acquisition – Ceramics specialist
Trustee member, Henry Hammond Memorial Trust

May 2004  
British Council purchase of major work
Three works in major private collections

June/July 2004 
"Time and Again" Exhibition, Crafts Study Centre, 
at UCA, Farnham and Epsom

Sept 2004  
British Council research tour to Kenya, National Museums of Kenya Nairobi – exhibition 2007/2008
Consultant for Creativity Conference 2005-12-07
International Exchange Ceramics Symposium, Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey (staff/student exchange)

Jan 2005  
Member Board of Trustees, Woking galleries (now Lightbox, Woking, Surrey)
Panel member ArtPlus Awards, Arts Council South East
Awarded RSA Fellowship

Feb/Aug 2005  
"Magdalene Odundo" ceramic vessels, exhibition
British Council, Nairobi, Kenya

March 2005  "Creativity, Heritage and Tradition", conference, Nairobi, Kenya
Panel member, subject: Heritage & Tradition 
Publication: Exhibition pamphlet by Augustus Casley-Hayford
Reviews: Newspaper, "Kenya Standard"
Interview: Kenya Television
Public Lecture, Kenya national Museums of Kenya Nairobi

June 2005  
Africa 2005, conference: Panel member & Speaker (configuring the contemporary dialogue in African Art)
 Attend "Diaspora, Migration, Identity": AHRB Seminar, Bristol
"Art in the Community", Ashgate, CSC, Maltings, Farnham

Aug 2005  
Research for British Council/UCA and Africa – Exchange and Collaboration initiative with Kenyatta University and Nairobi University Art Schools, meetings and discussions. Visited Maseno University, Western Kenya.

Sept 2005  
Kolding Design Skool; Kolding, Denmark, Lecture and Demonstration

Oct 2005  
British Museum, Artist Gallery Talk
Attend: William Fagg Memorial Lecture, British Museum, London
 International Exchange Ceramics Symposium, Mexico, Lecture
 "Crafts Study Centre" UCA, an acknowledged resource collection for research

Nov 2005  
Cincinnati Art Museum, USA, Group exhibition
Cincinnati Art Museum, public talk
"The Potter's Art in Africa" a public lecture, "Autumn Art Lecture Series 2005: Art of the continent, University of Bristol
Lecture and student Critiques, Cranbrook Academy of Arts, Cranbrook, Michigan, USA
External examiner PHD, Middlesex University, London.

Sept 2006
Sept-Dec Resonance & Inspiration, The Samuel Harn Museum, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA. Catalogue (touring)

April 2007-Jan 2008 
Resonance & Inspiration,  The Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New England, USA.

June 2008  
New Work  "Bluecoat Display Centre Revisted" 1995/2007
 (Liverpool City of Culture)

October 2008  
Magdalene Odundo: Frieze at the Albion

June 2009  
Magdalene Odundo at the Albion

Project

October 2006  
ISCAEE Ceramics Symposium, Tsinghua University, Beijing

October 2007  
ISCAEE Ceramics Symposium , UCA Organiser

July 2007  
Public Lectures & Workshops 
Gardiner Museum of Contemporary Ceramics, Toronto, Canada
The Hood Museum at Dartmouth and Dartmouth College.
Purchased by Gardiner Museum, The Harn Museum, and three private collections.