Rick Dillingham earned a B.F.A. degree at the University of New Mexico in 1974 and an M.F.A. degree at Claremont Graduate School, California, in 1976. As a volunteer, he spent time restoring Native American clay vessels for the Department of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico. Dillingham's experience studying and repairing Native American pots influenced his own creations. He was also influenced by teacher Hal Riegger and artist Beatrice Wood. He is known for pioneering a process in which he hand-built a vessel, fired it, deliberately broke it into shards, painted both sides of the shard randomly, re-fired and reassembled the individual pieces and finally added additional metallic decoration. Dillingham's work is included in such prestigious collections as the Los Angeles Museum of Art, Mint Museum of Craft and Design, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

A guest curator of many exhibitions and a lecturer on Native American pottery, Diillingham also showed his own work throughout the country. Among his many other interests, he established Dillingham Press, which published books and articles.

We are currently buying Rick Dillingham pottery for future exhibitions. Please let us know if you are interested in selling.
Contact Jayson Lawfer at jayson@thenevicaproject.com.