Selected Publications, Grants and Awards
2020 CERAMICS at the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, Peter Held, Editor
2012 Best of 500 Ceramics, Linda Kopp, Editor, Lark Crafts, Sterling Publishing Co., NC
2011 Animals & Figures, Ceramics for Beginners, Susan Halls, Editor, Lark Books, NC
2006 500 Animals in Clay, Contemporary Expressions of the Animal Form, Suzanne J. E. Tourtillott, Editor, Lark Books, NC
2004 500 Figures in Clay: Ceramic Artists Celebrate the Human Form, Veronika Gunter, Editor, Lark Books, NC
2003 “Louis Mendez: An Addiction to Heads”, by Ronald A. Kuchta, Kerameiki Techni, Greece
2002 “Searching the Ancient for the Contemporary – The Ceramics of Louis Mendez”, by Ronald A. Kuchta, Ceramic Art & Perception, Australia
2001 Lorenzo Il Magnifico, Award for Sculpture, Florence Biennale, Italy
1999 Audubon Artists, Award for Sculpture, New York City
1994 New Jersey Eye on the Arts, Channel 6 Documentary, NJ
1992 Sculpting Clay by Leon Nigrosh, US
1989 Claywork by Leon Nigrosh, US
1983 People, People, Cablevision Documentary, NY
1966 Carleton Atherton Memorial Award, Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, OH
1964 Louis Comfort Tiffany Award for Design and Development of Architectural Ceramics, US
Other Professional Activity
2007 Exhibitor/Workshop Demonstrator, American Delegation, Gangjin Celadon Festival, Gangjin, South Korea
2005 Adjunct Professor of Ceramics, New Jersey City University, Jersey City, NJ
2005 Pottery, Mask and Sculpture Workshops, Manhattan Redevelopment Houses, New York, NY
2004 Clay Handbuilding Sculpture and Pottery Workshop, Monmouth County Park, Lincroft, NJ
2003-05 Clay Handbuilding Sculpture and Pottery Workshops, Clay Education Center, Lodi NJ
2002-03 Sculpture in Clay Lecture and Workshops, Art+Clay, Santa Fe, NM
2002 Artist-in-Residence, A Fuego Lento, Valle de Bravo, Mexico
2001 Artist-in-Residence, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA
1999-08 Instructor, Ceramic Sculpture, 92nd Street Y, 60+ Program, New York, NY
1965-68 Associate Professor of Art, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
1963-65 Assistant Professor of Art, Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1954-61 Various Design Positions: Bennington Potters, VT; Lenox China, Trenton, NJ; Plastic Enterprises, LIC, NY
Institutional Collections
Alfred Ceramic Art Museum, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Amherst College, Amherst, MA
Arizona State University Museum Ceramic Research Center, Tempe, AZ
Bayside Historical Society, Suite of 9/11 Photos, Bayside, NY
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Decorative Arts Collection, Brooklyn, NY
Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC
Gangjin Ceramics Museum, Gangjin, South Korea
Lima Art Museum, Lima, OH
Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
Mint Museum of Craft & Design, Charlotte, NC
Museo del Barrio, New York, NY
Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY
Newark Museum of Art, Decorative Arts Collection, Newark, NJ
New Jersey City University Foundation, Jersey City, NJ
New York Historical Society, “Here is New York”, September 11 Photo Archive, New York, NY
Otterbein College, Westerville, OH
Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
The Victoria and Albert Museum, Ceramics and Glass Collection, London, England, UK
Selected Exhibitions
2012 Retrospective Show, Curated by Paul Kowalchuk, Mikhail Zakin Gallery, The Art School at Old Church, Demarest, NJ
2011 Retrospective Show, Kaleidoscope Gallery, City Island, NY
2010 Group Show, Broadfoot & Broadfoot Gallery, New York, NY
2010 “Mentors/Past and Present”, NCECA Exhibition, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2010 “Last Loft Show”, Puffin Room Foundation, New York, NY
2009 Biennial Juried Ceramics Exhibition, Northern Arizona Art Museum, Flagstaff, AZ
2007 Invitational Group Show, Gangjin Celadon Festival, Gangjin, South Korea
2006 Two Person Show, Taller Boricua, New York, NY
2005 Two Person Show, Phoenix Rising Gallery, Seattle, WA
2005 Group Show, Berkeley College, New York, NY
2004 Group Show, Galeria Omar Alonso, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
2004 “Theme and Variations in Clay”, One Person Show, Curated by Midori Yoshimoto, NJCU Visual Arts Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
2004 "Louis Mendez: A Sculptor's Odyssey in Clay", Capeluto Arts, New York, NY
2004 One Person Show, Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, FL
2004 One Person Show, Curated by Robert Keiber, Berkeley College, New York, NY
2003 “Manhattan to Mexico…and Back”, The Art Alliance, Co-sponsored by the Mexican Cultural Institute, New York, NY
2003 One Person Sculpture Show, Museo Michoacano, Morelia, Mexico
2002 Invitational Show, Curated by Sanford Besser, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
2001 Internazionale Biennale dell' Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy
2000-03 SOFA New York, Represented by Loveed Fine Arts, Lexington Avenue Armory, New York, NY
2000 "Materials Hard and Soft", The Meadows Gallery, Center for Visual Arts, Denton, TX
2000 13th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
1999 International Juried Show, New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts, Summit, NJ
1997 Contemporary New York State Crafts, New York State Museum, Albany, NY
1995 One Person Retrospective Show, Ocean County Community College Fine Arts Gallery, Toms River, NJ
1994 "Masks and Ceramic Interpretations", Sylvia Ullman Gallery, Cleveland, OH
1993 "Objects and Images", The Lanning Gallery, Sedona, AZ
1991 One Person Show, The Portsmouth Collection, Portsmouth, NH
1989 One Person Show, David Rodale Gallery at the Baum School of Art, Allentown, PA
1988 “Caribbean Art: African Influence”, Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, New York, NY
1988 "Perceptions", Federal Plaza Gallery, New York, NY
1986 "Affinity: Seven Latin Artists", 101 Wooster Street Gallery, New York, NY
1985 New Art in New York, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
1982 One Person Sculpture Show, Wadsworth Gallery, Bryn Mawr, PA
1981 One Person Sculpture Show, Handcrafter's Gallery, Portland, ME
1975 One Person Sculpture Show, Clark-Whitney Gallery, Lenox, MA
1970 One Person Sculpture Show, Wooster Art Center, Wooster, MA
1969 One Person Sculpture Show, Silvermine Guild of Artists, Silvermine, CT
1968 Twenty American Potters, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England, UK
1968 Beaux Art Show, Columbus Gallery of Fine Art, Columbus, OH
1967 Sculpture in Clay, Otterbein College, Westerville, OH
1967 Group Show, Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York, NY
1966 Exhibition '66, Columbus Gallery of Fine Art, Columbus, OH
1965 10th International Exhibition of Contemporary Crafts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
1965 “Collector: Object and Environment”, Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York, NY
1964 Curator's Choice, Museum of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1964 Featured Artist, New York World's Fair, New York, NY
1963 Craftsmen of the Eastern United States, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
1961 Invitational Show, Curated by Paul Soldner, Scripps College, Claremont, CA
1958 Group Show, Silvermine Guild of Artists, Silvermine, CT
1956 "Young Americans and Young Scandanavians", Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York, NY
1954-64 Ceramic National Biennial Exhibitions, Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
Louis Mendez: Career Highlights
