Daniel Rhodes
Torso 1980, c.1980

Hand-built stoneware slab construction with terra-cotta slip finish

Daniel Rhodes was an American ceramic artist, sculptor, author and educator. During the twenty-five years that he was on the faculty at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, in Alfred, New York, he built an international reputation as a potter, sculptor and authority on studio pottery. Rhodes’ work is in permanent collections at the Victoria and Albert Museum (London); National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (Japan); Smithsonian Institution (Washington DC); Museum of Arts and Design (New York). Amongst his numerous exhibitions, his work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art (NY), The Whitney Museum of American Art (NY), The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art at Alfred University.