September 18, 2026 – February 14, 2027
Read this Ceramics Now article to learn more about the biennale. Hope to see you there!
August 1st, 2026
Wonderful to receive this beautifully crafted magazine from Paris in my mailbox! Sending sincere gratitude to the editors of Ateliers d’Art for including some of my recent work in their “Top Picks” inside the August-September, 2026, issue. I love the cover image! 
July 31st, 2026 – January 10, 2027
Curated as part of the Craft in America nationwide initiative 𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞: 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲, the exhibition features more than 140 works selected by Fresno Art Museum Executive Director and Chief Curator Michele Ellis Pracy from Forrest L. Merrill’s astounding collection.
The exhibition celebrates craft traditions as a universal visual language, connecting history, culture, and the enduring power of handmade objects. Works span clay, metal, glass, fiber, wood, and mixed media, representing more than 65 artists.
We are so grateful to Forrest for his decades of thoughtful collecting and excited to see Michele’s curatorial vision bring these remarkable works into dialogue.
Join us for the opening reception on Friday, July 31st, 2026 • 5-8 pm.
Curated as part of the Craft in America nationwide initiative 𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞: 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲, the exhibition features more than 140 works selected by Fresno Art Museum Executive Director and Chief Curator Michele Ellis Pracy from Forrest L. Merrill’s astounding collection.
The exhibition celebrates craft traditions as a universal visual language, connecting history, culture, and the enduring power of handmade objects. Works span clay, metal, glass, fiber, wood, and mixed media, representing more than 65 artists.
We are so grateful to Forrest for his decades of thoughtful collecting and excited to see Michele’s curatorial vision bring these remarkable works into dialogue.
Join us for the opening reception on Friday, July 31st, 2026 • 5-8 pm.
January 16 – July, 2026
Winland IFC, Xiamen, China
March 22 – June 10, 2026
Really excited to be showing again at Galerie du Don, this time with Liliane Demeester (Belgium) + Ashraf Hanna (UK) + Wouter Dam (Netherlands) in an exhibition entitled “Forms in Tension”.
“With the four artists in this exhibition, we focus our attention on works with deliberately taut silhouettes, for these are models, or sometimes casts, as finely defined as an athlete’s musculature. They are sculptures from which all superfluity has been eliminated.
The result of necessarily prior reflection, these delicate works offer us a surprising, sometimes even choreographic, spatial journey, where their evident sensuality depends as much on technical mastery as on a certain intellectual rigor.” —Nigel Atkins
April 10 – June 3, 2026
I’m super happy to be showing with this stellar group of Northern California artists: Karyn Gabriel, Kris Marubayashi, Liza Riddle, and Laura Van Duren.
With a focus on materiality, each of the five artists in this exhibition has evolved their own visual vocabulary and unique abstract language of form.
Hoping to see you at either of the two artist receptions:
April 10, 6-9pm; and April 24, 6-9pm.
212 D Street, Davis, California, USA.
April 16-19, 2026
Open to the public:
Saturday April 18, 2026, 1:30-3:30pm
809 Page Street, Berkeley, CA
December, 2025
“His work grows from an interest in balance, light, and the geometries of nature, turning subtle structures into quiet, perceptual experiences.”
It’s a great honor to be featured, one of 24 artists, in celebration of the 15-year anniversary of Ceramics Now Magazine. This is especially heartwarming for me because my first international exposure was with an interview in issue one, and my first international exhibition was with Ceramics Now in Cluj-Napoca and later Bucharest. Thanks so much Vassi Hirdo!
Download my section from the 15-year anniversary issue…
November, 2025
“Some artists work with matter.
Others work with mystery.
Mark Goudy moves in the space between them, shaping porcelain as though it were a thought, a breath, a fragment of light made visible.”
Sending my sincere appreciation to the team at Artiste Culture for their beautiful interview article in the Art Bridge, Edition 8.
Click to download the “Language of Light” pdf.
July 12, 2025
“This 𝙨𝙮𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙤𝙙𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙮 is what Goudy calls ‘mathematics in porcelain’—algorithmic logic made tangible…”
Sending thanks to author, Anushka Sharma at Stir World, for her insightful article about my Origami series works.
June 28 – November 30, 2025
“The Memory of Water” at MIC Faenza, Italy, June 2025.
It’s a huge honor to be included in the 63rd edition of Italy’s ‘Faenza Prize’! Established in 1938 as a national event, it was extended to the international context in 1963. Arranged annually, except in the years of the Second World War, it has become biennial since 1989.
In addition to this year’s works of 109 artists from 41 countries, there is a terrific exhibit of work from past editions of the competition.
June 10, 2025
Sending appreciation to author and curator, Kate Mothes at Colossal, for seeking me out and writing this wonderful article about the inspiration behind my Origami series works.
Februrary 1 – April 6, 2025
“We invite you to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Scripps College Ceramic Annual, the longest continuous exhibition of contemporary ceramics in the United States. A tale of two California collectors and their passion for clay, concurrent with the evolution of the Ceramic Annual, is at the heart of this year’s exhibition. Fred Marer (1908–2002), a math professor at Los Angeles City College, collected more than 1,500 contemporary works that span six decades. In Northern California, Berkeley’s Forrest L. Merrill (b. 1933) amassed more than 4,000 pieces.”
The exhibition is curated by ceramic historian, author, and educator Nancy M. Servis and features over one hundred works representing sixty-two artists.
The exhibition is curated by ceramic historian, author, and educator Nancy M. Servis and features over one hundred works representing sixty-two artists.
What a thrill to participate in this exhibition!
It’s a major honor to show my ceramics alongside works by such luminaries as Hans Coper, Shōji Hamada, Catharine Hiersoux, Jun Kaneko, Jennifer Lee, Marilyn Levine, James Lovera, John Mason, Paul Soldner, Lucie Rie, Toshiko Takaezu, Peter Voulkos, and many others…
January First, 2025
Sending special thanks to ceramist, teacher, and author Lauren Kearns for her sweet article in the January edition of Ceramic Review, the UK’s leading ceramics magazine. Somehow Lauren was able to work her magic, taking my wildly circuitous path to ceramics and connecting the dots in such a natural way.
And of course many thanks to the editors of Ceramic Review for putting it all together and creating such a beautiful layout. It is a true honor to have my work on the cover!
Read now in Ceramic Review Magazine, issue #331, January/February 2025.
Or read online here, or download a pdf here…
November 9-16, 2024
A Dialogue in Porcelain
Blanc de Chine exhibition at Les Franciscaines, Deauville, France
I’m so grateful for the opportunity to show my work in this special Blanc De Chine Exhibition: A Dialogue in Porcelain: Twenty-one porcelain works in the heart of the Cloister at Les Franciscaines, Deauville, France.
Organized in parallel with the 6th Franco-Chinese Cultural Forum, this exhibition pays tribute to the thousand-year-old history of porcelain and celebrates the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between France and China.
Thank you Blanc De Chine team for the beautiful photos!
October 18 – November 17, 2024
I’m honored to receive an Honorable Mention for my Laminar Flow II sculpture in the 13th edition of the Mino Ceramics Competition, with the theme being “The Future of Ceramics.”
Perfect alibi for a trip to Japan — we’ll be attending the opening at The Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Ceramics Park Mino, on October 19 – hope to see you there!
Laminar Flow II, h 47cm (18.5″)
The Mino Ceramics Competition brings together ceramic works from countries around the world. In addition, many other events closely related to the ceramic industry, region, and culture of the four cities will be held so that visitors can fully experience and enjoy the history, charm, and local climate of Mino-yaki.”
“The International Ceramics Festival Mino is held every three years since 1986 in Tajimi, Mizunami, Toki, and Kani. Under the main theme of ‘International Exchange of Earth and Flames,’ the festival aims to further develop the ceramics industry and elevate culture through international exchange of ceramics design.
Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu.
July 19 – September 1st, 2024
Join printmaker Toru Sugita, ceramist Liza Riddle, and me for this exhibit at the wonderful Ren Brown Collection in Bodega Bay.
Opening on Saturday, July 20, from 2-4pm.
1781 Coast Highway One, Bodega Bay, California, USA
October 14, 2023 – May 8, 2024
Blanc De Chine – Hangzhou, China
What a happy surprise to discover my work “Wave Forms” received a Blanc De Chine Jury Prize! Sending my deep gratitude to the esteemed ICAA jury for the honor.
“The Blanc de Chine International Ceramic Art Award (ICAA) is an international competition for ceramic art normally held every two years, aiming to bring together the world’s outstanding ceramic artists, and to rethink, define and extend the dimensions and depth of ceramic art with their vision, creativity and artistic techniques. Innovative white porcelain works at the forefront of contemporary ceramic art will be awarded according to the selection and evaluation of the jury committee.”
January 13 – March 31, 2024
“In response to the recent ceramics renaissance in the contemporary art world, California Clay features an intriguing mix of functional and aesthetic works that highlight the versatility of the medium, and celebrate ceramics as both functional and fine art, showcasing the talent and creativity of contemporary ceramicists.”
Participating Artists:
Robert Brady, Sara Bright, Reniel Del Rosario, Christopher Fortin, Mark Goudy, Phyllis Green, Kat Hutter & Roger Lee, Mary Law, Ahn Lee, YehRim Lee, Brandon Lipe, Cathy C. Lu, Mary Alison Lucas, Nathan Lynch, YehRim Lee, Brandon Lipe, Cathy C. Lu, Mary Alison Lucas, Nathan Lynch.
September 1st, 2023
The September issue of Ceramics Monthly magazine features an article about my ceramics practice: “A Pure Visual Beauty Born From Logic” by Ting Ju Shao.
I owe this honor to ceramist and author Ting Ju Shao – many thanks for your creative and poetic writing!
Read, and listen to(!), the article here.
“Goudy has transformed the codes of cosmic mysteries and wonders into his new creations.” —Ting Ju Shao
Originally appeared in the September 2023 issue of Ceramics Monthly and used with permission of The American Ceramic Society.
June 1st, 2023
The focus of Studio Potter‘s June 2023 issue is contemporary ceramics design, and I’m honored to be included with an article about my process and design approach, entitled Mathematics in Porcelain.
Sending special thanks to editor and curator Randi O’Brian for her help and support…
“At a conceptual level, my current work is essentially math made physical or mathematics in porcelain.” —Mark Goudy
For the 20th year, Abel Contemporary Gallery is hosting an invitational of new works by ceramicists from across the country. The show is available in person and online, featuring work of artists:
Rickie Barnett, Tom Bartel, Lisa Belsky, Wesley T Brown, Sandra Byers, Winthrop Byers, Rob Cartelli, Kelly Connole, Chase Gamblin, Daniel Garver, Mark Goudy, Lynne Hobaica, Tom Jaszczak, Kyle Johns, Kate Marotz, Marlene Miller, Rachelle Miller, Ryan Myers, Charlie Olson, Matt Repsher, Liza Riddle, Katie Bosley Sabin, Juliane Shibata, Timea Tihanyi.
August 1-26, 2023
Thank you Antoinette Badenhorst for curating the Ceramics Invitational at the Gumtree Museum of Art in Tupelo, Mississippi.
This exhibit is part of the 2nd annual Mississippi Clay Conference taking place over the weekend of August 24-26 in Tupelo.
Sponsored by MS Clayworks.
Februrary 1 – April 30, 2023
I’m thrilled to have been asked to show my work at the Crocker Art Museum along with six other artists from the Crocker-Kingsley Exhibition (see below.) Sending my appreciation to Curator of Ceramics, Rachel Gotlieb, and Chief Curator Scott Shields for the selection.
December 3, 2022 – January 14, 2023
The biennial Crocker-Kingsley art competition continues a tradition that began in 1926 through a collaboration between the Crocker Art Museum and the Kingsley Art Club. This year marks the 81st iteration of the competition. The exhibit is curated by Emma Saperstein, Chief Curator and Director of Education at the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art.
My entry for this competition is my largest and most convoluted “Wave Form Object” to date. This particular design uses a sine wave cycle ratio of 4 against 5, which in musical terms would be a major third. The oscillations line up at the bottom, and again at the rim, but in between the ridges and valleys cast unexpected patterns of light and shadow across the curved form.
November 4 – December 17, 2022
A few years ago I spent the better part of a year experimenting and working on a series of balancing sculptural kilnformed dot-field glass objects. I’m really happy to be showing this work again, this time locally at Manna Gallery in Oakland.
“Warm Glass” is an exhibition of work by five artists working in kilnformed glass: Sylvia Chesson, Mark Lightfoot, Bruce Pizzichillo, Mark Schatz, and me.
Opens for the 1st Friday Oakland Art Murmur November 4, with the artist reception Saturday, November 5, 2022 from 2-4pm.
December 18, 2021 – November 30, 2022
I am extremely honored to be awarded the Kito Prize in the JICB exhibition in Jingdezhen, China. The award comes with an invitation for a residency at the International Studio at Jingdezhen Ceramic University for up to 3 months, sometime in the next 2 years. Very exciting!
August 5 – October 29, 2022
“The word “intention” comes to mind when observing the ceramic work of Mark Goudy and Liza Riddle. While each artist’s ceramics are diametrically opposed and stylistically different, their work exudes intentionality: It is deliberate, purposeful, and highly engaging.” —Jonathan Kaplan, Plinth Gallery
Click to see all of Liza’s and my work and from our Symbiosis exhibit.
October 1, 2021 – April 30, 2022
I’m really gratified that my origami series work Counterpoint, received an honorable mention at the Korea International Ceramic Biennale!
I had planned to be at the Museum for the opening in October, but alas the virus had other ideas…
Origami vessels.
March 12-19, 2022
Concurrent with NCECA 2022 in Sacramento, artists around the greater Bay Area opened their studios for the community and conference goers as part of East Bay Clay Roots.
Selvin Studios featured an exhibit and open studio showing the works of Nancy Selvin, Liza Riddle, and Mark Goudy.
September – December, 2021
Words Without Translation – DZINE Gallery
Words Without Translation, a two-artist exhibition featuring works of photography by Davey Whitcraft and ceramic art by Mark Goudy.
“Light, space, and form are central concerns for both artists, while both of their processes incorporate technological invention in creating a visual language of new representations and forms. These artists share a unified conceptual vision of the role of the mind in experiencing a work of art: what is translated in the mind through spatial memory and what cannot be translated in naming a complex idea and emotion.” —Philip Bewley, curator.
March 7 – April 22, 2021
Liza and I were super excited to return to our favorite place, Galerie du Don, this time showing with some of our all-time heroes: Arnold Annen, Curtis Benzle , and Joan Serra!
This was my first showing of a whole new body of work from my pandemic project – the shell series, the waveform series and the origami series.
Our exhibit in the main gallery is over, but our works are still on display and available for sale at Galerie du Don.
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