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Viola Frey

1933-08-15 – 2004-07-26

Life & Legacy

Viola Frey (August 15, 1933 – July 26, 2004) was an American artist working in sculpture, painting and drawing, and professor emerita at California College of the Arts. She lived and worked in the San Francisco Bay Area and was renowned for her larger-than-life, colorfully glazed clay sculptures of men and women, which expanded the traditional boundaries of ceramic sculpture.

Occupation & Career

artist, sculptor, painter, ceramicist, draftsperson

Education

San Joaquin Delta College; European Ceramics Work Center

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

Fellow of the American Craft Council

Legacy Highlights

Honors & Awards

Fellow of the American Craft Council

Employer

California College of the Arts

Education & Institutions

European Ceramics Work Center · San Joaquin Delta College

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Sources & Provenance

  1. Wikidata population candidate Q7933014 — wikidata View source

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