Jody Mussoff

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

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

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. "Jody Mussoff". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  2. "Jody Mussoff—Graphic Master – Smithsonian Libraries / Unbound". Retrieved 2020-09-26.
  3. 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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