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Jakob HaBlacher
Direktor and Founder

artist statement

“The aim of art is to project an inner vision into the world, to state in aesthetic creation the deepest psychic and personal experiences of a human being. It is to enable those experiences to be intelligible and generally recognized within the total framework of an ideal world.”

- Bruce Lee

My concept of an “ideal world” is pretty simple: Peace, Love, Understanding – with plenty of Respect, Acceptance, Effort and Discipline thrown in for good measure. Unfortunately we are going through a time of global turmoil, far away from the ideal. My ceramic work is an attempt to ask myself what place, as an American and as a member of our international community, do I have in contributing to the state of our world in such a way that exposes and reinforces my understanding of the ideal.

- Jacob Hasslacher
January, 2005

Resume of Experience

Education

Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR 1992 BA, History and Religious Studies

Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR 1994 Completion of 1st year Program

Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR 1994 Independent Study, Ceramics; Ken Shores

Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland , OR 1994 – 1996 Open Student Enrollment, Ceramics

Related Work, Travel Experience

Taipei, Taiwan
1991 – 1992 Independent Instructor, American English School Student, Tang Lang Wushu and Tai Chi;
Master Pong Ciao
Visitation of Potteries, Kiln Sites in Mainland China

South East Asia, Oceania
1992 – 1993 Mountain Bike Tour of Potteries, Kiln Sites, Ceramic Residency Programs, Artist Compounds, Organic Co-operatives, Brick Yards, Ceramic Studios and Galleries in Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand and Tahiti

Portland, OR
1993 – 1996 Student, Tai Chi, U.S. Wushu Center; Master Shaowen Yu

Aspen, CO
1995 Workshop Participant, Anderson Ranch; Paul Soldner and PeterVoulkos

Helena, MT
1996 Workshop Participant and invited Special Resident, Archie Bray Foundation; Torbjorn Kvasbo

Aspen, CO
1996 Workshop Participant and Assistant, Anderson Ranch; Paul Soldner and Peter Voulkos

Flagstaff, AZ
1996 Assistant to John Balistreri, International Woodfire Conference

Denver, CO
1996 – 1997 Invited Studio Artist / Technician; John Balistreri

Jaipur, India
1997 Intern, low fire production pottery factory

Ha Noi, Vietnam
1997 Intern, porcelain production factory

Newcastle, ME
1997 – 1998 Workshop Participant and Studio Technician, invited Special Resident, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts

Shigaraki, Japan
2003 Field Trip, tour of Kiln Sites and Working Potteries, Residency Programs; Art Museums, Galleries in Kyoto and Tokyo

Sheboygan, WI
2004 Visitation of the Kohler Co. Factory, Showcase Gallery and Showroom; Personal Tour and Study of the John Michael Kohler Arts Center and Artist in Residence Program

Portland, OR
2005 Visitation and Personal Tour of the Skutt Kiln Factory

Professional Experience

Joseph, OR
2000 – Present Founder and current Direktor of the LH Project, Proudly serving the LHPBM

Selected Exhibitions

Great Falls, MT 2003
Duo Show with Christina Antemann, Paris Gibson Square Art Museum

Portland, OR 2006
LH Project Inaugural Show, Center Gallery, Multnomah County Arts Center

Lewis and Clark Alumni Show, Lewis and Clark College

O.S.A.C. Alumni Show, Oregon College of the Arts and Crafts

Joseph, OR 2006
24th annual Wallowa Valley Festival of Arts; Blue Ribbon – Sculpture

Flagstaff, AZ 2006
International Wood Fire 20 + 1 Tozan Kilns Exhibition, Northern Arizona State University

Missoula, MT 2007
Woodfire 2007, Clay Studio of Missoula

Joseph, OR 2007
25th annual Wallowa Valley Festival of Arts; Yellow Ribbon – Functional Sculpture

Lake Oswego, OR 2008
“Painting with Fire” - Wood Fire Symposium, invited Artist / kiln builder; Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts

Joseph, OR 2008
26th annual Wallowa valley Festival of Arts; invited Artist

Private Collections

Wattens, Austria

Alexander Swarovski Estate
Swarovski GmB. Privat Abholen

Wien, Oesterreich

Blaek-Wiletel u. Co. Privat Abholen

Jakob HaBlacher
Flag Installation

These pieces contemplate the significance of inadequate armor on Humvees currently being used by “coalition” forces in Iraq. Sent into hostile situations without adequate protection from enemy weaponry, one can only imagine the distinct terror the troops must face knowing that their vehicles are extremely vulnerable to I.E.D.s, R.P.G.s and AK-47 ammunition.

The insurance value [i.e. “price”] reflects the number of U.S. troops killed as of [07 April 2008] the date by which the pieces are shown / exhibited. The actual [bullet] holes are representative of the various firearms used in the Iraqi theatre.

Jakob HaBlacher
"A.M.D. - Armor of Mass Deception" 2006
22" x 16" x 2 3/4"

Jakob HaBlacher
"Shards" 2005
Toadagama fired stoneware