Education

 

2003                  

Master of Fine Arts

New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY

 

2001

Post-baccalaureate studies in Ceramics and Painting 

Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL

 

1997

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Crafts/Ceramics with honors

P.E.D., Art Education Pre-Certificate Program

The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA 

 

1994

Associate’s Degree of Fine Arts, Magna Cum Laude

Keystone College (formerly Keystone Junior College), La Plume, PA

 

Awards, Honors and Grants

 

2008

Scholarly Travel Grant, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI

Fifth place award, West Michigan Area Show 2008, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI

 

2007

Scholarly Travel Grant, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI

Scholarly Travel Grant, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI

 

2006

First Place, Best Non-functional Oriented Vessel Work, Michigan Ceramics 2006

Scholarly Travel Grant, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI

Scholarly Travel Grant, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI

 

2002

Exchange Student Scholarship in Ceramic Art, NYSCC at Alfred University,

Alfred, NY Shanghai University, Department of Fine Arts, Shanghai, PRC

 

2001-03

Graduate Fellowship, NYSCC at Alfred University, Alfred, NY

 

1997

The Peter J. McCahill Memorial Award in Art Education, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

The Hammill & Gillespie Inc. Award in Ceramics, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

 

Teaching Experience

 

2005-present                 

Ceramic Instructor and Ceramic Technician, Grand Valley State University, Allendale,

MI

 

1997-07                 

Summer Ceramic Coordinator and Instructor, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen, MI

 

2003-04

Ceramic Instructor, Shanghai Pottery Workshop, Shanghai PRC

 

2003

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Freshman Foundations, NYSCC, Alfred, NY

 

2002

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Junior Tile, NYSCC, Alfred, NY

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Junior Wheel Throwing, NYSCC, Alfred, NY

 

2001

Graduate Assistant, Kiln Coordinator, NYSCC, Alfred, NY

 

Artist Residencies

 

2009                                   

Summer Artist Residency, The Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, MT

Artist Residency, The Yueji Kiln International Contemporary Ceramic Art Center, Dehua, China

 

2008

Summer Artist Residency, Department of Art & Art History, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI

 

2004-05

Artist Residency, Lancaster Clay Studio, Manheim, PA

 

2003-04

Artist Residency, The Pottery Workshop, Shanghai, PRC

 

Solo Exhibitions

 

2008

Zero Distance: New Ceramics, Fine Arts Gallery, Mott Community College, Flint, MI

 

2006

Adaptations and Configurations: New Ceramic Works, Lancaster Museum of

Art, Lancaster, PA

 

2005

The Space, Windows Exhibition, Solo Store Front Exhibition, Lancaster, PA 

 

2004

One Year in China: A Solo Exhibition, The Shanghai Pottery Workshop,

Shanghai, China

 

2003

Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred, NY

 

1997     

  

Confrontation, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, Front Window Space Gallery,

Philadelphia, PA

 

Exhibition Record

 

2010     

Eight Fluid Ounces 2010, Invitational Cup Exhibition, Shaw Center for the Arts, Baton Rouge, LA

 

2009     

                             

 Artists in Residence Exhibition 2009, Kolva-Sullivan Gallery, Spokane, WA


Recent Acquisitions: Permanent Collection 2009, Archie Bray Foundation, North Gallery, Helena MT


Resident Artist Summer Exhibition, Bray Warehouse Gallery, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT


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

 

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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

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