MARIE WOO Birthplace / Seattle Washington
EDUCATION University of Washington / BA
California College of Art
Cranbrook Academy of Art / MFA
Sophia University / Tokyo
TEACHING University of Michigan / Ann Arbor
University of Washington / Seattle
Chulalongkorn University / Bangkok, Thailand
PERMANENT Ariana Museum of Art / Geneva, Switzerland
COLLECTIONS Crocker Museum / Sacramento, California
Benaki Museum of Art / Athens, Greece
International Academy Ceramic Art / Riga, Latvia
Fuping Int'l Ceramic Museum / Shaanxi, China
Incheon Ceramic Museum / Korea
HAP Ceramic Collection / Beijing, China
Shiwan Int'l Ceramic Museum / Guangdong, China
Everson Museum of Art / Syracuse, New York
Detroit Institute of Art Museum / Detroit, Michigan
Shigaraki Ceramic Museum / Japan
Alfred International Ceramic Museum / New York
Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum / Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute Museum / Jiangxi, China
Comerica Bank Corporation / Detroit, Michigan
Fireplace Design / Levitt House / Bloomfield Hills / Michigan
Mills College Museum of Art / Oakland, California
Dow Automotive Corporation / Auburn Hills, Michigan
Leningrad Mukhina Institute of Art / USSR
Mills College Art Museum / Oakland, California
Henry Art Museum / University of Washington / Seattle, Washington
AWARDS Gold Medal Award / Detroit Scarab Club / 2017
Kresge Eminent Artist Award / 2020
Lifetime Artist Achievement Award / MCAA / 2019
Asian Cultural Council Reseach Grant / ACC / Rockefeller Fund
Michigan Arts Foundation Artist Achievement Award
Mino International Ceramic Exibition / Japan
Michigan Council for the Arts Award
International Ceramic Exposition / Ostend, Belgium
MPA Annual Show Awards / Michigan
Syracuse National Ceramic Exhibition Purchase Award / New York
Smithsonian International Exhibition / Washington DC
Horace Rackham Research Grant / University of Michhigan
Joslyn Art Museum / Purchase Award
SOLO SHOWS
(selected) Friedman Art Gallery / Louisville, Ky '04
CLAY ODYSSEY / BBAC Gallery / Birmingham, Michigan '08
Randolph Art Gallery / Ashboro, NC '06
Birmingham Art Gallery / Michigan
Scarab Club Gallery / 2 artist show / Detroit '07
Shaw/Guido Ceramic Gallery / Michigan '97 '99 '01 '03
Habitat Gallery / Farmington, Michhigan
Sasson Art Gallery / Dearborn, Michigan '96
DeWaters Art Gallery / Flint, Michigan '95
Pewabic Pottery Gallery / Detroit, Michigan '96 '98
Miwaukee Downer Art Gallery / Wisconsin
Troy Art Gallery / Troy, Michigan
Gallery 4 Art Gallery / Detroit, Michigan
Mi Chou Art Gallery / New York City
Central University of Michigan Gallery
EXHIBITIONS
(selected) Retrospective Exhibition / Robinson Gallery BBAC / Michigan
International Academy of Ceramic Art / Sevres Musee, Paris, France
Beijing Millennium Exhibition / Central Academy of Art / China
Yixing International Exhibition / Jiangsu, China
Michigan Masters / Kresge Art Museum / Michigan State University
IAC / Xian Exhibition / Shaanxi, China
Scarab Art Gallery / Detroit, Michigan (solo)
San Francisco Museum “Decade of Ceramic Art” Monson Collection
DeWaters Gallery / University of Michigan / Flint, Michigan (solo)
Shaw Guido Gallery / Farmington, Michigan (solo)
World Ceramic Exposition / Icheon, Korea
Friedman Gallery of Art / Louisville, Kentucky (solo)
International Academy of Ceramic Art / National Museum / Riga, Latvia
Fule International Ceramic Museum / Fuping, China
Pewabic Ceramic Gallery / Detroit, Michigan (solo)
IAC / Benake Museum of Art / Athens, Greece
HAP Internatinal Hsu Ichi Collection / Beijing, China
National Ceramics Invitational / University of Texas, Tyler
Beijing and Beyond Traveling Exhibition
Foshan Ceramic International / Guangdong, China
Shigaraki International Ceramic Museum / Japan
21st Century Ceramics – US / Canada / Columbus, Ohio
Johnson / Johnson Architecture Inc / Sculpture Show / Ann Arbor, Michigan
Exhibition JYD Design Exhibition / Shirokiya Gallery / Tokyo, Japan
Kidd Art Gallery / “Design in America” Birmingham,Michigan
Kentucky Museum of Art “Fusion of Culture” Louisville, Ky
CCS Center Gallery / “Assemblage” / Detroit Michigan
Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum / Michigan
Shaw Guido Ceramic Gallery / Pontiac, Michigan
River Art Gallery / Chelsea, Michigan
Kent State University Invitational / Ohio
SOFA Navy Pier / Chicago, Illinios
Eastern Michigan University Gallery /Ypsilanti
LECTURES Fule Artist Residency/ Fuping, Shaanxi, China
RESIDENCY Haystack School of Crafts / visiting artist / Deer Isle, Maine
WORKSHOPS Peters Valley School Of Art / visiting artist / New Jersey
Shijiazhuang University/ slide lecture / Hepei, China
University of Arizona / visiting artist/ Tucson
Kent State University / visiting artist / Ohio
Arrowmont Ceramic Conference Panel / Tennesee
University of Louisville / workshop / Kentucky
Shigaraki Ceramic Institute / residency / Japan
Crane House of Asian Culture / slide lecture / Louisville, Ky
92nd Street Clay Center / visiting artist / New York City
Ashboro Ceramic Symposium / visiting artist / North Carolina
Foshan Ceramic Residency / Guangdong, China
Bizen / Kaneshige Toyo / Okayama, Japan
Sano / Tamura Koichi studio / Tochigi, Japan
University of Iowa / visiting artist
Webster University / visiting artist / St. Louis, Mo
University if Illinois / visiting artist /Springfield, Ill
Hangzhou Academy of Art / Slide lecture / China
Georgia State University / visiting artist / Atlanta
Detroit Institute of Art Museum / Lecture / Michigan
Michigan Oriental Art Society / slide lecture / Detroit
'95 World Women's Conference /panel / Beijing, China
PUBLICATIONS Studio Potter Publication / Chinese Folk Pottery ( Dec '99)
Revista Internacional Ceramica / "Chinese Water Kilns" / Madrid, Spain (#100 '06)
Ceramics Arts & Perception / by Susan Crowell (SEPT'96)
Ceramic Technical / "Chinese Water Kilns" by Woo & Stephenson / (#13 '01)
Clay & Glazes / Rhodes & Hopper (2nd ed)
Detroit Free Press / "Assemblages" (MAY 31 '98)
Studio Potter / "Balance & Harmony" (DEC '91)
American Ceramics / Martha Keller (REVIEW '92)
Detroit Artist Market Journal of Exhibitions (VOL 1 #5)
Clay & Glazes for the POTTER / Daniel Rhodes (Greenberg,NY)
Working with Clay / Susan Peterson (Calmann King)
The Log Book / Scariff, Republic og Ireland (Isssue10 '02)
Clay & Glazes / Rhode & Hopper (3rd ed Krause publ)
The Craft of Art & Clay / Susan Peterson (Calmann King)
MEMBERSHIP Detroit Institute of Art Museum / AIAF member Board of Trustees
Michigan Oriental Art Society / Detroit
Pewabic Pottery Society / Detroit / member Board of Trustees
International Academy of Ceramic Art / Geneva, Switzerland
Exhibitions Curated Yixing Exhibit / Pewabic Gallery / Detroit
Michigan Oriental Art Society Exhibit / Dearborn, Michigan
Chinese Folk Pottery Exhibition / Univ of Michigan Museum
National Traveling Chinese Folk Pottery Exhibit (2013-19)
REPRESENTED by THE RIVER GALLERY / Chelsea, Michigan