Artist: Glenda Guion | Location: Spartanburg, SC
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Artist: Glenda Guion | Location: Spartanburg, SC
Spartanburg, SC
Glenda Guion earned her BFA in clay from Middle Tennessee State University and her MFA from Clemson University. She taught clay at the Fine Arts Center in Greenville, SC for twenty-five years and served as the Art Department Chair for 13 years. She was also the chairperson for the Open Studios event in Greenville for six years.
Guion's work has been widely exhibited both regionally and nationally, receiving 13 first place juried exhibition awards. Along with 14 solo exhibitions, her clay work has been shown in venues such as: Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, NC; Galleria Mesa, Mesa, AZ; Danforth Gallery, Portland, ME; The Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT; Eastern Washington University, Spokane, WA; The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN; Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT; Gallery of Artifacts and Treasures, Daytona Beach, FL; Capital University, Columbus, OH; and The Museum of Modern Art, Miami, FL. Two reproductions of Guion's clay sculpture are included in the book "Handbuilt Ceramics" by Kathy Triplett, and three works are published in "500 Teapots," (Lark Books.) In 2004 she published an article titled "Making an Ocean of Clay" in "Pottery Making Illustrated" magazine, a publication of The American Ceramic Society (July/August issue).
Her clay sculptures are included in public collections such as the South Carolina State Art Collection, the Pickens County Museum, Columbia College, and Clemson University.