American
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Connecticut
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. At the age of six he saw a pottery demonstration and knew that was what he wanted to do.http://www.roseberrywinn.com/artists He received his BFA at the Artisanry,
Boston University
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in 1983 studying with Richard Hirsh and Christopher Gustin. In 1988, Winn received his MFA at
Cranbrook Academy of Art
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, studying with Graham Marks.Bruce Winn, information His work can be found in collections at the
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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Newark Museum
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, to name a few. He has participated in many shows at various places including the Garth Clark Gallery, NYC; Truro Center for the Arts, Truro, Massachusetts; Nancy Margolis Gallery, NYC; The Clark Gallery,
Lincoln, Massachusetts
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, and the Newark Museum,
Newark, New Jersey
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France
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and nineteenth century Britain. He builds the surface through very ordered pattern; line and repetition are very prevalent in his work.
From 1997 to 2012, he co-owned Roseberry-Winn Pottery and Tile LLC with Michael Roseberry, a design and production studio in
Tiverton, Rhode Island
Tiverton is a New England town, town in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 16,359 at the United States Census, 2020, 2020 census.
Geography
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. Today, Roseberry-Winn pieces can be found in collections including
L.L.Bean
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