EDUCATION AND AWARDS

2006                 Artist In Residence and Fellowship Recipient, Pottery Northwest  

2005                Virginia A. Groot Foundation Grant, First Place 

2005                Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship

2004               Summer  Guest Artist in Residence, The Clay Studio

2003               Emerging Artist Grant Recipient, American Crafts Council

2002               Artist in Residence, Lecturer, and Instructor, Archie Bray Foundation

2000- 2002     MFA, Ceramics, Graduate Teaching Assistant, The Ohio State University

2002                Edith Fergus Gilmore Materials Grant Recipient

2001                Edith Fergus Gilmore Merit Grant Recipient  

1996- 1997     Post-Baccalaureate Portfolio Development, Appalachian Center for Crafts

1995                Bachelor of Arts, Sculpture, Haverford College

1994                Scholarship, Sculpture Instructor, Cecil Academy of Art, Florence, Italy

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS  

2008   Solo Exhibition,  The Art Spirit Gallery, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, July  
  

2007    “From the Ground Up:  The 2007 Renwick Invitational” (curated), The Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Renwick Gallery , Washington , DC   April

            “Man and Beast”, (curated), Garth Clark Gallery , New York , NY    June

2006   Solo Exhibition,  Garth Clark Gallery, New York , NY,  November 7th -December 31st. 

Sidney Myer Fund International Ceramics Award, Shepparton , Australia    February

The Archie Bray Foundation International Celebration, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena , MT    May

SOFA New York , represented by Garth Clark Gallery , New York , NY    June

“A Modest Proposal”, Solo Exhibition, Garth Clark Gallery , New York , NY    November


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    “The Animal Instinct” (curator: Beth Cavener Stichter), Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore , MD January -March

"Dominion: Man in Nature” (group exhibition), Gallery Materia,  Scottsdale , AZJanuary 

“The Contemporary Cup” (curated), LillStreet Art Center , Chicago , IL     February

"35th Annual Ceramics Exhibition" (curated), Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin at Whitewater , WI     Feb.

"The Wildness Within", NCECA 2005 Solo Exhibition, G-Spot Gallery, Baltimore , MDMarch

            “School’s Out!” NCECA 2005 (curator: Gail Brown), Catonsville Art Gallery, Baltimore , MDMarch

"Clay Menagerie" (curated), Garth Clark Gallery, New York , NY,  May 

“A Tale To Tell: Contemporary Narratives in Clay”, John Michael Kohler Arts Center , Sheboygan , WI    May

SOFA New York , New York , NY    June

"Diverse Domain", NCECA 2005 Exhibition (curated), Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taipei , Taiwan     July

"Made at The Clay Studio", The Clay Studio Philadelphia , PA   July   

"Animated Earth", Craft Alliance  St. Louis, MO  July

"American Masters", Santa Fe Clay  Santa Fe, NM  August

 

2004    Alter Egos: Voices From Inside” (curated), Ohio Art League Gallery, Columbus ,Ohio,  October 2  

  American Crafts Council Grant Solo Exhibition, The Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, Oregon, August 2004.

  “Natural Selection” (curated), Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe , NM

  "Artists In Residence Summer Exhibition", Archie Bray Foundation Warehouse Gallery, Helena, Montana,  June 2004.

Solo Exhibition, River Gallery and Museum, Chattanooga, Tenn., June 2004.

Two Artist Exhibition with Chris Antemann, The Art Spirit Gallery, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, April 2004.

NCECA 2004 Invitational: Biomimicry: The Art of Imitating Life” (curated), Herron Gallery,  Indianopolis , IN,  March 3rd.

           “Viewpoint: Ceramics 2004” Second Place (juror: Leslie Ferrin), Grossmont College , El Cajon , CA,  January 26th - February 20th.

"As I See Myself: Autobiographical Art," (curated),  Kentucky Museum of Arts and Design, Louisville, KY, January 8th - March 27th.

2003    St. Petersburg Clay National Juried Exhibition (juried), St. Petersburg Clay, St. Petersburg, Florida, November 2003.

"Spanish Feral Meat Goats," Best of Show, Non Functional, Juror: Don Reitz

"Residents of the Archie Bray Foundation" Curated Exhibition, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico, September 2003.

Wichita National 2003 Juried Exhibition (juried), Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, Kansas, September 2003.

"The Cornered Hare," 2nd Place, Juror: Josh DeWeese

ANA 32, National Juried Exhibition (juried), Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana, September 2003.

"Object Lesson: Apathy," Juror: Richard Notkin

Annual Clay Invitational, Curated Exhibition, The Art Spirit Gallery, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, August-September 2003.

"Animal Body, Human Space", Archie Bray Foundation Warehouse Gallery, Helena, Montana, 2003.

NCECA National Juried Exhibition, David Zapf Gallery, San Diego, Calif., 2003.

"Reclining Rabbit" and "Play."  Jurors: Patti Warashina, Joe Bova, Jeff Oestreich

2002    “Ravens” (juried), Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, Md., 2002.

Residents of the Archie Bray, LillStreet Art Center, Chicago, Ill., 2002.

"tremble, shiver", Solo Exhibition/Installation, 500 W. Nationwide Blvd. (raw space), Columbus, Ohio, 2002.

2001    Selected Works, River Gallery and Museum, Chattanooga, Tenn., 2002 and 2001.

“Expressing the Human Form” (curated), Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, Md., 2001.  

Curated by Adrian Arleo

“Feats of Clay XIV” (juried), Gladding, McBean Factory, Lincoln, Calif., 2001.  

"Pack Hunt", 2nd Place and Individual Merit Award

Past    Spotlight Exhibition (solo), Acme Art Company, Columbus, Ohio, 2000.

“Best of 2000” (juried), The Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, Ohio, 2000.

Exhibition affiliated with NCECA 1999, Elements of Art Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, 1999.

“Emerging Artists” (juried), The Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, Ohio, 1999.

Two-Artist Exhibition, The Arts Company, Nashville, Tenn., 1998 & 1999.

Permanent Collections, Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, Tenn., 1998.

Tennessee All-State Exhibition (juried), Parthenon Galleries, Nashville, Tenn., 1996.

PUBLICATIONS

Sheri Boggs,Ceramic Art and Perception, Publication Forthcoming June 2004

Barbara Coyner, Artisan Northwest, Publication Forthcoming June 2004

Leslie Ferrin, “500 Figures in Clay,” Lark Books, Publication Forthcoming

Mary K.Cloonan, “Flesh and Emotion,” Ceramic Art and Perception, Issue 49, 2001, p. 41, 42.

“Feats of Clay XIV,” Clay Times, November/December 1999, exhibition photos: p. 16-17.

Beth Cavener Stichter, “New Beginnings,” Ceramics Monthly, May, 1999, p. 48- 53.