Paul Chaleff is one of the great ceramic artists of the United States and has exhibited widely in both  Europe and Asia. He is immensely talented in a field that is difficult to master- ceramic artists not only need to be artists but also geologists, engineers, pyrotechnicians, and historians, all of which Chaleff encompasses. Honing his skill with a lineage of masters as a studio apprentice to Anthony Caro and Henry Moore, Chael’s first acquisition was to MOMA in NYC.

Known for his vessel-like forms which referred to a modern subject looking back at ancient traditions, Chaleff integrated implements from the industrial age which included the faceted cauldron, the gear, and the auger as basic forms. He incorporated classical pottery forms as internal structures, developing the concept of the potter and sculptor creating as one entity with dual modalities. To break away from the confinements of the vessel, he internalized the concept into his work, using it as an internal structural armature over which to create sculpture. Through the evolution of his ceramics practice into what is now undeniably sculptural, Chaleff’s work reminds the viewer of the internal life of a sculpture, allowing a voyeuristic experience of an object's secret life and hidden spaces. 

His work is included in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art,  New York, NY, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art,  Los Angeles, CA, Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT,  Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, Princeton Art Museum, Princeton, NJ, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, Museum of Arts and Design,  New York, NY, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY, Amore Pacific Museum of Art - Gyeonggi, South Korea. 

Solo Exhibitions
2000 Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
DFN Gallery, New York City

1999 Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1998 Mendelson Gal ery, Washington, CT
Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1997 Rosenberg Gallery, Hofstra University, NY
Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Mendelson Gal ery, Washington, CT
Wisdom House, Litchfield, CT

1996 Tremaine Gallery, Lakeville, CT

1995 Gal ery Dai-Ichi Arts, New York City
Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York City

1994 Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1993 Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York City
Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1991 Mendelson Gal ery, Washington, CT
Five Points Gallery, East Chatham, NY
Kavesh Gal ery, Ketchum, Idaho

1989 Paula Allen Gallery, New York City

1988 The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1987 Barrett House, Poughkeepsie, NY
Paula Allen Gallery, New York City
Signature Gallery, Boston, MA

1987 Barrett House, Poughkeepsie, NY
Susan Mcleod Gallery, Sarasota, FL

1984 Esther Saks Gallery, Chicago, IL

1983 Jordan-Volpe Gallery, New York City

1982 Craftsmans Gallery, Omaha, NE
Gion Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
Aaron Faber Gallery, New York City

1980 White House, Washington, DC
Aaron Faber Gallery, New York City

1974 Ringwood Manor Museum, Ringwood, NJ

1972 Ringwood Manor Museum, Ringwood, NJ

Selected Group Exhibitions
2000 Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock AK
Baltimore Clay Works, Baltimore, MD
traveling to: Greenwich House Gallery, New York City
James A. Michener Museum, PA

1999 Eleana Zang Gallery, Shady, NY
University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AK
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

1998 Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL
The Clay Place, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
Hofstra Museum, Hempstead, NY
Elena Zang Gallery, Shady, NY
Garth Clark Gallery, New York City

1997-98 Korean Cultural Center Gallery, New York City
traveling to: Holtzman Art Gallery, Towson University, MD
Queens Library Gal ery, Queens, NY
Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI
Elena Zang Gallery, Shady, NY
Muju Sculpture Park, Muju, Korea

1996 Garth Clark Gallery, New York City
Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT
Contemporary Artifacts Gallery, Berea, KY
Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Gallery Dai Ichi Arts, New York City

1994 Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA
Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, New York City
The David Collection, New York City

1993 The Hand and The Spirit, Scottsdale, AZ

1992 Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York City

1991 University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA
Millersville University, Millersville, PA
American Craft Museum, New York City

1990-92 University of Oregon Museum of Art, Eugene, OR
traveling to: Boise State University Gallery, Boise, ID
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, UT
Gardiner Art Gallery, Stillwater, OK
Luckenbach Mill Gallery, Bethlehem, PA
Cheney-Cowles Memorial Museum, Spokane, WA
Coos Art Museum,Coos Bay, OR
The Arts And Sciences Center, Pine Bluff, AZ
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
Mondak Heritage Center, Sidney, MO
Hockaday Center for the Arts, Kalispell, MO
Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MO

1990 Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
Mendelson Gallery, Washington, CT

1989-90 Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
traveling to: Aspen Center for the Arts, Aspen, CO
American Craft Museum, New York City

1989 American Craft Museum, New York City

1988 American Craft Museum, New York City
Cooper Gallery, Manalapan, FL

1987 Southeby's, New York City
Japan Society, New York City
American Craft Museum, New York City

1986 Mid-Hudson Science and Arts Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
Maryland Institute, Baltimore, MD

1985 Lowe Art Gallery, Syracuse, NY
Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
American Craft Museum, New York City
Hammond Museum, North Salem, NY
St. Louis Community Col ege, St. Louis, MS

1984-88 Museum of Modern Art, New York City

1984 Fireworks Gallery, Seattle, WA
Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL
Esther Saks Gallery, Chicago, IL
San Francisco Airport, San Francisco, CA
Gallery Eight, La Jolla, CA

1983 Peter's Valley Craftsmans Gallery, Layton, NJ

1982 Urasenke, New York City
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
traveling to: Allegheny College, Meadville, PA
Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA
Erie Art Center, Erie, PA
Keystone Junior Col ege, Leplume, PA
Museum of Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, PA
Doshi Center for Contemporary Arts, Harrisburg,PA

1981-82 Nieman Marcus Gallery, Dallas, TX

1980 Democratic Governor's Conference, Atlantic City, NJ

1979-84 Craftsmans Gallery, Scarsdale, NY
Incorporated Gallery, New York City

1979-80 Elements, New York City

1978 Saks Fifth Avenue, New York City

1976 Wakayama Prefectural Museum, Wakayama, Japan

1975 Peter A. Berman Gallery, New York City

1970 Triangle Theater, New York City

1969. Buttenweiser Gal ery, New York City