ROBERT E. CHANCE
43 Crestline Road
Greenville, South Carolina 29609
(864) 246-0615
Education
Masters of Fine Arts, Ceramics,
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia,
1974
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ceramics, University of Hawaii,
Honolulu, Hawaii, 1972
Faculty
Associate Professor, Art Department, Furman University,
Greenville, South Carolina, 1988 - present
Solo Exhibitions
Hampton III Gallery, Taylors, South Carolina, April 1995
Berea College, Berea, Kentucky, November 1991
Anderson College, Anderson College Fine Arts Center Gallery,
September, 1991
Fine Arts Center, Fine Arts Center Gallery, Greenville, South Carolina,
March 1992.
Furman University, Thompson Gallery, Greenville, South Carolina,
December, 1991
Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, Georgia, July 1990
Converse College, Milliken Gallery, Spartanburg, South Carolina,
March, 1979
Clemson University, Lee Hall Gallery, Feb 1979
Francis Marion University , Fine Arts Gallery, Florence, South Carolina,
November, 1989
Limestone College, Fine Arts Gallery, Gaffney, South Carolina,
March, 1976
Exhibition Awards
Best in Show, Greenville Artist Guild, Furman University
Gallery, Greenville, South Carolina, September, 1988
Award, Spartanburg Annual Spring Exhibition, Spartanburg
Arts Center, Spartanburg, South Carolina, May 1991
Award, Anderson Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Anderson Arts
Center, Anderson, South Carolina, April, 1991
Purchase Award, Pickens County Art Museum, Pickens,
South Carolina, April 1988
Work selected for Touring Exhibition, Spotlight 1984 -
Southeast Crafts, University of Kentucky Art Museum,
Lexington, Kentucky, 1984
Selected Group Exhibitions - Juried and Invitational
Meredith College, Invitational Exhibition, Raleigh, North
Carolina, February, 1993
Morris Gallery, Invitational Exhibition, Columbia, South
Carolina, January 1993
Augusta College, Two Person Exhibition, Augusta College
Gallery, Augusta, Georgia, February, 1992.
Converse College, Two Person Exhibition, Milliken Gallery,
Spartanburg, South Carolina, January 1992
Nina Liu Gallery, Two Person Exhibition, Charleston, South
1991
Upstairs Gallery, Two Person Exhibition, Tryon, North Carolina,
April, 1991
Spartanburg Arts Center, Two Person Exhibition, Spartanburg,
South Carolina, April, 1991
South Carolina Crafts Guild Exhibition, Anderson Arts Center,
Anderson, South Carolina, February 1991, and 1984,
1983, 1982, 1981
Lander University, Two Person Exhibition, Monsanto Gallery,
Greenwood, South Carolina, January, 1990
Furman University, Art Department Faculty Exhibition,
Thompson Gallery, Greenville, South Carolina, April
1991
Louisiana College, Furman Art Department Faculty Exhibition,
Pineville, Louisiana, September, 1990
Fine Arts Center, Furman Art Department Faculty Exhibition,
Greenville, South Carolina, January, 1990
Sumter Gallery of Art, Two Person Exhibition, Sumter,
South Carolina, October, 1989
Guild of South Carolina Artists, Juried Exhibition, Spartanburg
Columbia College, Furman Art Faculty Exhibition, Columbia
College Art Gallery, Columbia, South Carolina, January,
1989
Artists-in-Residence , Invitational Exhibition, Greenville County
Museum of Art, Greenville, South Carolina, January,
Monsanto Gallery, Greenwood, South Carolina, March,
1988
Guild of South Carolina Artists, Juried Exhibition, Anderson
Art Center, Anderson, South Carolina, October, 1987
Springs Mill Art Exhibition, Lancaster, South Carolina,
September, 1990
South Carolina Arts Commission Annual Juried Exhibition
1986, 1984, 1983, 1982
Francis Marion University, Florence, South Carolina, Two
Person Exhibition, January, 1986
Greenville County Museum of Art, Two Person Exhibition,
Greenville, South Carolina, November, 1985
Fine Arts Center Faculty Exhibition, Columbia College
Columbia, South Carolina, November, 1985
Functional Ceramics, Invitational Exhibition, The Columbia
Museum, Columbia, South Carolina, January, 1985
Greenville Artist Guild Annual Juried Exhibition, Greenville
County Museum of Art, Greenville, South Carolina, 1985,
1986, 1987
Fine Arts Center Faculty Exhibition, Kershaw County Fine Arts
Center, Camden, South Carolina, November, 1984
Rome Exhibit USA: Portrait of the South, Invitational
Exhibition, Palazzo Venezia, Rome, Italy, September,
1984
Clay Matters, 1984, Juried Exhibition, Spirit Square Art
Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1984
Spotlight 1984 - Southeast Crafts, Juried Exhibition, University
of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, Kentucky, 1984
Ceramics: Southeast, Invitational Exhibition, Florida Gulf Coast
Art Center, Belleair, Clearwater, Florida, March, 1984
Teabowl, Juried Exhibition, Crafts Alliance Gallery, St. Louis,
Missouri, January, 1984
Spartanburg Art Center , Three Person Exhibition, Spartanburg,
South Carolina, September, 1984
Asheville Museum of Art, Two Person Exhibition,
Asheville, North Carolina, October, 1982
Pickens County Museum, Two person Exhibition, Pickens,
South Carolina, April, 1981, April 1988
Appalachian Crafts, Juried Exhibition, Appalachian Craft
Center, Smithville, Tennessee, Fall, 1979
Curator's Choice Invitational, Greenville County Museum
of Art, Greenville, South Carolina, April, 1977
Collections - Public and Corporate
State Art Collection, State Museum of South Carolina
Lander University, Fine Arts Division, Greenwood, South
Carolina
Columbia College, Columbia, South Carolina
Pickens County Museum, Pickens County, South Carolina
North Carolina National Bank, Tryon, North Carolina
Federal Reserve Bank, Charlotte, North Carolina
Office of the Secretary of Education, Washington, DC.
Hitachi Corporation, Greenville, South Carolina
South Carolina National Bank, Greenville, South Carolina
First Federal of South Carolina, Greenville, South Carolina
Office of the Secretary of Education, State of South Carolina,
Columbia, South Carolina
Governor's Mansion, Columbia, South Carolina
Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University,
Richmond, Virginia
Commissions
State of South Carolina, South Carolina Arts Commission,
Works commissioned for awards for jury panelists,
1981, 1987
Piedmont Council for the Prevention of Child Abuse, Works
given to board members and distinguished contributors,
Greenville, South Carolina, January, 1990
Publications
Cover Photograph, Southern Bell Telephone Book,
South Carolina, 1993
Ceramics Monthly, March, 1986.
Exhibition Catalog, Functional Ceramics, The Columbia
Museum of Art, Columbia, South Carolina, January, 1985
Greenville News, Feature Article, May, 1985
South Carolina Crafts Guild, Cover Photograph, 1981
Exhibition Catalog, Appalachian Crafts, Fall, 1979
Greenville-Piedmont, Artist's Profile, October, 1976
Sumter News, October 1989
Awards and Grants
Knight Foundation Grant, Summer 1991
Faculty Research and Professional Growth Grant, Summer 1991
Educational Development Grant, December 1989
New Faculty Development Grant, January 1989
Teacher of the Year, Fine Arts Center of the School
District of Greenville County, Greenville, South Carolina,
1979 - 80, 1986 - 87
Lectures
Augusta College, Augusta, Georgia, Lecture on personal work,
February, 1992
Berea College, Berea, Kentucky, Lecture on personal work,
November, 1991
Anderson College, Anderson, South Carolina, Lecture on
personal work, September, 1991
Fine Arts Center, School District of Greenville County, Lecture
on Japanese Ceramics 1990; Throwing Workshop, March
1992
South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts, Furman
University, Lecture on personal work, 1980-95
Furman University, Kiln Building Workshop, 1983
Virginia Commonwealth University, Kiln Building Workshop,
1974
Greenville County Museum of Art, Kiln Building Workshop,
1982
Lander College, Greenwood, South Carolina, Ceramic
Workshop, 1987, Lecture on personal work, 1990
Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, Ceramic
Workshop, 1981
Limestone College, Gaffney, South Carolina, Lecture on
Personal Work, 1976
Juries
Visual Arts Grants Board Member, South Carolina Arts
Commission, 1988
Asheville Artist's Guild Exhibition, Asheville Museum of Art,
Asheville, North Carolina, April, 1989
Fine Arts Center Annual Student Exhibition, Greenville, South
Carolina, May 1991
Lander College Arts Magazine, Art Entries, Greenwood, South
Carolina, April, 1991, March 1992
Spartanburg Spring Art Exhibition, Spartanburg, South
Carolina, May, 1979
Bob Jones University, Student Exhibition, Greenville,
South Carolina, May 1984
Springfest, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1986
Libertyfest, Liberty South Carolina, May 1990
Limestone College, Senior Exhibition, Gaffney,
South Carolina, 1976
Festival of Flowers, Craftsman's Fair, Greenwood,
South Carolina, 1987
Related Travel
Japan, Summer of 1984 to visit potteries, kiln sites
and to study Japanese ceramics.
London, England, December 1989 on a faculty development
grant to visit museums and galleries.
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