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ARTISTS' BIOGRAPHIES

Eberle, Edward
American; (b. 1944, Tarentum, PA; lives in Pittsburgh, PA)
1972 MFA New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
1967 BS Edinboro State College, Edinboro, PA

Best known for this signature style of intricate black terra sigillata drawings on white

SELECTED REFERENCES:

porcelain, Edward Eberle’s ceramics evidence his skill as a potter and as a draftsman.

Eberle, Edward S. “Resume.”

Following his graduate work, Eberle taught ceramics for several years at the

Edward S. Eberle. Accessed

Philadelphia College of Art and in 1975 he returned to Pittsburgh after accepting a

September 6, 2013.
http://edeberle.com/pages/

faculty position at Carnegie Mellon University. Realizing that he could not satisfactorily

Writing/resume.html

teach and make art at the same time, Eberle left his post in 1985 and set up a studio

Mathieu, Paul. Sex Pots: Eroticism

to work full-time as an artist. A three-time individual fellowship recipient from the

in Ceramics. New Brunswick:

Pennsylvania Council for the Arts (1986, 1989, 1993) and a National Endowment
for the Arts winner in 1987, Eberle’s highly detailed pots reference various histories
and mythologies and beautifully depict human-centered creativity and exchange.

Rutgers University Press, 2003.
Odom, Michael. “Edward
Eberle: In the Realm of Myth.”
American Craft 52, no. 2
(April/May 1992): 36–39.

EDWARD EBERLE WORKS IN THE EXHIBITION

Rocketship
Effects of a Man's Journey
The Wound
Place

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