Peter Alger

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Peter Alger
Born
Peter Alger

1952 (age 72–73)
New Brunswick, Canada
Known forPotter

Peter Alger (born 1952) is a New Zealand potter.

Early life

He was born in New Brunswick, Canada, in 1952 and emigrated to New Zealand with his family in 1959. [1]

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Career

In 1968, he became apprenticed to potter Warren Tippet in the Coromandel. [1] He established his own pottery studio in Northland in 1970. [1]

His identifying potter's mark, as registered with the New Zealand Society of Potters, was from 1969 to 1975 the shape of a clover, and from 1975 onwards a stylized fish image. [2]

Recognition

In 1992, he won the Norsewear Art Award with his stoneware work Elemental Bowl and was listed as a Finalist in the New Zealand Society of Potters Easter Show Award Exhibition. [3] [4] In 1992, he was also awarded a Certificate of Merit at the Cleveland Ceramics Awards. [5] In 1993, the Northland Craft Trust and the QEII Arts Council granted him a one-year artist residency at The Quarry in Whangarei. [6] In 1994, he won the Glenfalloch Award at the Cleveland Ceramics Awards. [7]

Collections

Alger's work is held in the collections of the Auckland War Memorial Museum and the Suter Gallery in Nelson. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Schamroth, Helen (1998). 100 New Zealand Craft Artists. Auckland: Random House. p. 3. ISBN   1869620364. Archived from the original on 10 September 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Peter Alger". NZ Potters. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Norsewear Art Award". New Zealand Potter. 2: 13. 1992.
  4. ↑ "NZSP Easter Show Award Exhibition". New Zealand Potter. 2: 24. 1992.
  5. ↑ "Cleveland Awards, Carnegie Gallery, Dunedin". New Zealand Potter. 2: 9. 1992.
  6. ↑ Sheehan, Stephanie (30 October 1993). "Honesty and vigour from Alger". Northern Advocate.
  7. ↑ "Cleveland Ceramics Awards". New Zealand Potter. 2: 36. 1994.
  8. ↑ Sjoquist, Theresa (1993). "Peter Alger". New Zealand Potter. 3: 17.


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