Paula Winokur

Paula Colton Winokur (1936–2018) was an American artist. She was one of the leading ceramic artists in the United States from the 1970s until her death in 2018.

Biography

Winokur was born and raised in the Philadelphia. She attended Tyler School of Art, where she was a student of Rudolf Staffel, and where she met her future husband, Robert Winokur.

Paula Winokur is best known for the work she made during the 1990s through the 2010s which had an environmental focus. From the 1970s to the early 2000s, Winokur taught ceramic art at Arcadia University (formally known as Beaver College), in Glenside, Pennsylvania. In 2002 she was elected as to the College of Fellows at the American Craft Council.

Collections

• Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum
• Philadelphia Museum of Art

Exhibitions

• Material Legacy, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 2015
• Fellowship in Clay, The Clay Studio, 2015
• Paula Winour: A Tribute, The Clay Studio, 2019
• Wave Hill, 2012