Jody Mussoff
Born1952
Pittsburgh
NationalityAmerican
Alma materCarnegie-Mellon University
Corcoran College of Art and Design
Known forceramic arts

Jody Mussoff (born 1952 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American ceramist and artist, living in Virginia.

Biography

Mussoff was born in 1952 in Pittsburgh]], Pennsylvania.[1] She received her art training at Carnegie-Mellon University and the Corcoran College of Art and Design. Her work was included in the exhibition Graphic Masters III, held at the Smithsonian Institution's American Art Museum in 2010. [2]

Work

Mussoff's brightly colored drawings[3] represent people and animals from her imagination. She uses a cross-hatching technique, and leaves much of the background blank. Her ceramics are earthenware, also brightly colored, decorated with people and animals. There is humor and a surrealistic quality to her drawings and ceramics.

Critical reception

Mossoff's drawings have been described by The Washington Post as "technically brilliant",[3] while The Orlando Sentinel observed that her drawing's richly colored skin again stands out, although here to more quirkily psychological effect."[4]

The Baltimore Sun described her drawings as having a "degree of understated humor that keeps the message from becoming heavy-handed."[5]

Collections

Mussoff's work is in the collection of the National Gallery of Art's Corcoran Collection,[6] the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden,[7] the Princeton University Art Museum[8] Smithsonian American Art Museum,[1] University of Maryland, [9] the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts[10] Yale University Art Gallery,[11] the National Museum of Women in the Arts, the Kunsthalle Nürnberg, and the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts.[2]

Mussoff is listed in major artist databases.[12][13][14]

References

  1. 1 2 "Jody Mussoff". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Jody Mussoff—Graphic Master – Smithsonian Libraries / Unbound". Retrieved 2020-09-26.
  3. 1 2 Protzman, Ferdinand (1996-06-01). "JODY MUSSOFF, FIGURING IT ALL OUT". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
  4. ↑ Twardy, Chuck (1990-09-09). "'FACES AND PLACES': PICTURES WITHOUT THE FRAME OF CONTEXT". OrlandoSentinel.com. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
  5. ↑ Dorsey, John (31 December 1994). "Mussoff's drawings speak quietly on life". baltimoresun.com. Retrieved 2020-09-30.
  6. ↑ "Collection Search". Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden | Smithsonian. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
  7. ↑ "Jody Mussoff | Princeton University Art Museum". artmuseum.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
  8. ↑ "Jody Mussoff | University of Maryland Art Gallery". www.artgallery.umd.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
  9. ↑ "Jody Mussoff, "Pencil" (1995)". PAFA - Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. 2015-11-06. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
  10. ↑ "Clara: Database of Women Artists". Archived from the original on 2011-10-09. Retrieved 2011-07-04.
  11. ↑ "American Art Museum - Collections". Archived from the original on 2012-07-01. Retrieved 2011-07-04.
  12. ↑ Art and Artist Files in the Smithsonian Libraries Collections
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