The New Silk Road, Shanghai Museum of Art and Crafts, Shanghai, China
Clay and Content, Indiana State University, Terra Haute, IN
The Margins: A Non-traditional Approach, The Ice House, Phoenix, AZ
World Ceramic Art Jamboree, 5th World Ceramic Biennale 2009, Yeoju and Icheon, Korea
All Together Now: Sets, Groups, Series and Aggregations, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI
The Ohio/Michigan Game: Teaching Ceramics Group Exhibition, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI
2008
Craft USA 2008, Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT
Michigan Ceramics 2008, Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, MI, Merit Award
Michigan Ceramics 2008, Community Art Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
PREFAB/REFAB, Two-person exhibition, Macomb College, Clinton Township, MI
Activesite IV, Old Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
Artful Drinking Vessel Exhibit, West Michigan Clay, Hamilton, MI
Activesite III, Kindel Furniture Factory, Grand Rapids, MI
Annual All State Exhibition, Alfred Berkowitz Gallery, University of Michigan, Dearborn, MI
All Area/All Media Statewide Exhibition, Art Center Traverse City, Traverse City, MI
West Michigan Area Show 2008, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI, 5th place award
80th Juried Regional Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
Festival 2008 Regional Art Competition, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
China/China: Porcelain in Contemporary Discourse, 2010 World Expo Shanghai Ceramics Exhibition Series I, International Porcelain Invitational Exhibition, Shanghai, China
Beyond Titillation, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Green Bay, WI
Eight Fluid Ounces III, Juried Cup Exhibition, Shaw Center for the Arts, Baton Rouge, LA
2007
Michigan Ceramics 2007, Presenter’s Exhibition, Center for Creative Studies,
Detroit, MI
NCECA 2007 Clay National Biennial, The Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft,
Louisville, KY
79th Juried Regional Art Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
Mergence and Abundance: Alternating Personalities in Clay, Two-Person
Exhibition, Front Street Gallery, The Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand
Rapids, MI
100 Teapots III, National Juried Exhibition, Baltimore Clay Works, Baltimore, MD
2006
Michigan Ceramics 2006, Anton Art Center, Mt. Clemens, MI, First Place
Award
Viewpoint: Ceramics 2006, National Juried Competition, Grossmont College,
El Cajon, CA
2005
Craft Forms 2005, National Juried Exhibition, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
43rd Annual Open Art Award Exhibit 2005, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster,
PA
First Year Out, Tyler School of Art, Produce Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
3rd Annual Juried Art Exhibition 2005, Lancaster County Art Association, Strasburg, PA 3rd place prize: Sculpture category
Clay on the Wall, 2005 Clay National, Texas Tech University, School of Art,
Lubbock, TX
The Space, Small Works Exhibition, The Duchess of Duke, Lancaster, PA
Strictly Dysfunctional, Sculptural Ceramic Exhibition, Godfrey Advertising, Lancaster, PA
2004
A Cultural Commitment, An Exchange Exhibition of Ceramic Works between
Sungshin Women’s University Korea and Shanghai University, Shanghai,
China
Outside In, 6 International Resident Artists in Shanghai, Duolun Museum of Modern Art,
China
International Ceramic Art Education Conference Invitational Exhibition, Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen, China
A Taste of China, Invitational Exhibition, The Pottery Workshop, Shanghai, China
10-Year Anniversary, Shanghai University, Fine Arts Department, Shanghai Art Museum, China
2003
Configuration: Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred, NY
Small Works, Juried open competition, Fire House Gallery, Nassau Community College, NY
2002
Harbingers, Alfred MFA Group Exhibition, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery at Artsite,
Wellsville, NY
Invitational Exhibition, Whiteware Research Center Annual Conference, Alfred, NY
2001
SUNY Metro Recruitment Center, Invitational group exhibition New York, NY
Craft Forms 2001, National Juried Exhibition, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Ceramic Cup IV, Juried Exhibition, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, IL
National Small Sculpture Competition, National Society of Arts and Letters, St. Louis, MO
2000
Craft Alliance Faculty Exhibition, Emerson Electric Company, St. Louis, MO
1999
SIUE Ceramic Graduate Group Exhibition, Archer Hall Gallery Greenville
College, IL
Pacific Tides, Invitational Exhibition, Lancaster, PA
1998
William Penn Charter Biannual Juried Art Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
1997
B.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Student Gallery, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Artist Lectures
2009
Visiting Artist Lecture, Department of Art & Art History, Lawrence University, Appleton, Wi
Resident Artist Lecture, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
International Visiting Artist Lecture, DeHua Ceramic College, DeHua, China
Visiting Artist Lecture and Demonstration, Ceramics Department, UW-Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI
2008
Visiting Artist Lecture and demonstration, Beijing Fine Arts Academy, Beijing, China
Visiting Artist: China/China: Porcelain in Contemporary Discourse, Shanghai Ceramic Exhibition Series I, International Porcelain Invitational Exhibition, Shanghai, China
Visiting Artist lecture, Charles Stewart Mott Community College, Flint, MI
2007
Featured Demonstration Artist, Michigan Ceramic Conference 2007, Detroit, MI
Artist Lecture, Crit-O-Rama, Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI
2006
Visiting Artist slide lecture, University of Illinois at Springfield, IL
2005
Artist slide lecture and critic, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Demonstration Artist, Plymouth Whitemarsh High School, Plymouth Meeting, PA
Artist slide lecture, The Fine Arts Building, IAC, Interlochen, MI
2004
Artist slide lecture and demonstration, Interlochen Arts Academy Interlochen, MI
Artist slide lecture and demonstration, Central Michigan University, Mt Pleasant, MI
2002
Artist slide lecture, The Fine Arts Building, Interlochen Arts Academy Interlochen, MI
1998-2001
Artist slide lecture, The Fine Arts Building, Interlochen Arts Academy Interlochen, MI
2000
Featured Visiting Artist, Adobe Creative Creatures, Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, MO
Related Professional Experience
2007-09
Visual Arts Committee Member, Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI
Co-Curator, Points of Entries: Urban Clay Invitational, UICA, Grand Rapids, MI
Co-Curator, Up: An Exhibition of hanging, wheeling, inflatable sculpture, UICA, Grand Rapids MI
Faculty Advisor, Contemporary Ceramic Association, GVSU, Allendale, MI
2004
Participation in 1000 Years Celebration of Porcelain, San Bao, Jingdezhen, PRC
Visiting Artist, Bo Shen Kindergarten, Shanghai, PRC
2003
Volunteer, Project Hope, The Children’s Hospital, Shanghai, PRC
2000-01
Head Ceramic Assistant, Floodwall Project, Catherine Megal and Trailnet Company, St. Louis, MO
1995-99
Ceramic Apprentice, Lisa Naples Pottery, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, PA
1999
Different Stokes, Wood Fire Conference, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
1995-96
Ceramics Studio Assistant, Summer Program Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen, MI
1993-94
Vice-president, Keystone Art Society, La Plume, PA
Past and Present Professional Memberships
www.Artaxis.org
Michigan Ceramic Art Association, Board Member, (at large)
College Art Association (CAA)
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA)
The Wagner Pottery Association, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, IL
Phi Theta Kappa, La Plume, PA
Keystone Art Society, La Plume, PA
Permanent, Public and Private Collections
Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena , MT
Shanghai Arts and Crafts Museum, Shanghai, China
Grand Valley State University, Lower Commons Building, Allendale, MI
Grand Valley State University, Kirkoff Student Center, Allendale, MI
Shanghai Contemporary Ceramics Museum, 2010 World Expo, Shanghai, China
Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen, China
San Bao International Ceramic Art Institute, Jingdezhen, China
Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art, Gloryhole Collection, NYSCC, Alfred, NY
Daniel Anderson, Edwardsville, IL
Bibliography
2009
500 Ceramic Sculptures, juror, Glen R. Brown and editor, Suzanne Tourtillott, Lark Publishing
2008
Ceramics: Art and Perception, “NCECA Biennial: Reconsidering Exhibition Practice,” Adam Welch Issue 70 December 2007-Feb 2008
2007
Art-to-Art Palette, “Prof. ‘Digs’ Mass Production,” Ralph Stuckman, November 2007
The Ann Arbor News, “Artists Stir Mental Stimulation: Exhibits Address Variety of Issues,
Some Sensitive,” Roger Green May 6, 2007
2006
Ceramics: Art and Perception, “Encountering Abundance: Multiplicity in Clay,”
Holly Hanessian, Issue 63
2004
Shanghai Daily Newspaper, “Teapot Inspired,” September 3, 2004
Shanghai Star Weekly, “Old Art Made New,” September 2 - 8, 2004
City Weekend Magazine, Shanghai, PRC
2003
Lancaster New Era, “Local Sculptor to Study and Teach in Shanghai,” September 2003