EDUCATION
2009 M.F.A. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Studio Art: Ceramics
2005 B.F.A. University of Wisconsin Whitewater, Whitewater, WI
Studio Art: Ceramics
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2012 Academic Staff Lecturer (one year position) University of Wisconsin Whitewater
- Ceramics 1-5, Independent study, 3D-Design
2012 Adjunct Professor, University of Wisconsin Green Bay
-Two-Dimensional Design
2011-2012 Instructor, Clay on Steele, Algoma, WI
-Beginning Hand-Building and Pottery Wheel
-Soda, Raku and Pit Firing Workshop
2009-2010 Adjunct Professor,Haskell Indian Nations University, Lawrence, KS
-Ceramics I, Ceramics II, Two-Dimensional Design
-Upward Bound (Summer program for High School ceramic students)
2010 Adjunct Professor, Benedictine College, Atchison, KS
-Sculpture I, Design I
2009 Adjunct Professor, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS
-Three-Dimensional Design
2008-2009 Instructor, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
-Introduction to Wood Firing, Introduction to Soda Firing, First Time Potter,
Beginning Hand-building
2006-2009 Instructor of Record, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
-Special Problems in Design, Ceramics I, Two Dimensional Design,
Three Dimensional Design
RESIDENCIES
2011/2012 Clay on Steele, Algoma, WI
2011 Anderson Ranch, Snowmass, CO
-10 week spring residency
2010 Gullkistan, Laugarvatn, Iceland
-Two-week summer residency
WORKSHOPS AND ARTIST PRESENTATIONS
2010 Soda and Wood firing Workshop, University of Arkansas
-Directed Soda and Wood firing
-Artist Presentation
One-Week Workshop, University of Wisconsin Whitewater
- Directed Soda Firing
- Two-day building workshop
- Artist Presentation
2009 Kiln building workshop, University of Arkansas
-Directed the building of a Catenary Arch Wood Kiln.
-Artist Presentation
Artist Presentation, Benedictine College, Atchison, KS
2008 Artist Presentation, Washburn University, Topeka, KS
2007 Artist Presentation, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS
EXHIBITIONS
2012 -4th Biennial Concordia Continental, Concordia Art Gallery, Concordia University
St Paul, MN (Juror: Sarah Millfelt)
-Clay? IV, Kirkland Arts Center, Seattle, WA
(Jurors: Doug Jeck, Jamie Walker, Akio Takamori)
-Anderson Ranch Arts Center Monothon, Patton-Malott Gallery
Snowmass Village, CO
2011 -Thick Crust, Dericci Gallery, Madison, WI (Solo)
- Cambridge pottery Festival, Cambridge, WI
-University of Wisconsin Parkside Arts and Crafts Fair, Kenosha, WI
2010 - Strictly Functional Pottery National, Kevin Lehman’s Pottery, Lancaster, PA
(Juror: Bill van Gilder)
-It’s Only Clay, Bemidji Community Art Center, Bemidji, MN
(Juror: Simon Levin)
-River Market Regional Exhibition, Kansas City Artist Coalition, Kansas City, MO
(Juror: Barbara O’Brien)
-Liberty Arts Squared, Liberty Missouri
(Jurors: Donna Bachmann, Don Adams, Dan Younger) Merit Award
-Djupa, Open Studio Exhibition, Gullkistan, Laugarvatn, Iceland
-It Came From The Third Dimension, Dot, Dot, Dot Gallery, Lawrence, KS
-40th Annual Ceramics Exhibit, The Alumni Invitational Show, Crossman Gallery,
Whitewater, WI
2009 -It’s Only Clay, The Bemidji Community Art Center, Bemidji, MN
(Juror: Richard Bresnahan)
-Functionally Informal, The Myers Gallery at Muddy’s Studio, Santa Ana, CA
(Juror: Randy Au)
-Strictly Functional Pottery National, Kevin Lehman’s Pottery, Lancaster, PA
(Juror: Pete Pinnell)
-National Juried/Invitational Cup Show, Isadore Gallery, Lancaster, PA
(Juror: Regis Brodie)
-Friendly Fire Ceramics, Foundry Art Center, St Charles, MO
(Jurors: Bunny McBride, Bede Clarke)
-National Juried Cup Exhibition, Lux Center of the Arts, Lincoln, NE (Juror: Pete Pinnell)
-KACA Members Exhibition, Moss-Thorns Gallery of Art, Hays, KS
(Jurors: Glen R. Brown, Linda Ganstrom)
-Faculty Exhibition, Norman R. Eppink Art Gallery, Emporia, KS
-Common Ground, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
-Regional Sculpture Invitational, Fayetteville Underground, Fayetteville, AR
-This is Clay, Red Door Gallery, Kansas City, KS
-Idle Spots, Thesis Exhibition, Art and Design Gallery, Lawrence, KS
2008 -Its Only Clay, The Bemidji Community Art Center, Bemidji, MN (Juror: Linda Christianson)
-Texas National, SFA Art Galleries, Nacagdoches, TX (Juror: Roger Shimomura)
-17th Annual San Angelo National Ceramic Competition
-San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts San Angelo, TX (Juror: Anna Harris)
-All Fired Up, Kansas Union Gallery, Lawrence, KS
-Swap meet, Shift-Space Gallery, Wichita, KS
-Members of JTPS and the Arts Center Ceramic Studio: New Work, Art Affair Gallery
Baldwin, KS
-University of Kansas Graduate Exhibition, Art and Design Gallery, Lawrence, KS
-Group Show, The Upstage Gallery, Topeka, KS
2007 -University of Kansas Graduate Exhibition, Art and Design Gallery, Lawrence, KS
2006 -Feats of Clay, Lincoln Arts, Lincoln, CA (Juror: Judith Duff)
-Kansas Mud, Shift-Space Gallery, Wichita, KS
2005 -Whitewater-Beijing, Invitational group exhibition, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
-Max White and Students, Printmaking Invitational, University Center Gallery, Whitewater, WI
-Annual Juried Student Show, Crossman Gallery, Whitewater, WI (Juror: Andrew Polk)
-Annual Student Scholarship Exhibit, University Center Gallery, Whitewater, WI
2004 -Group Exhibition, Commonwealth Gallery, Madison, WI
-Annual Student Photography Exhibition, University Center Gallery, Whitewater, WI
(Juror: Panel of UW faculty) 2nd and 3rd place
-Annual Student Scholarship Exhibit, University Center Gallery, Whitewater, WI
Chancellor Purchase Prize
-Annual Juried Student Show, Crossman Gallery, Whitewater, WI
2003 -Annual Student Scholarship Exhibit, University Center Gallery, Whitewater, WI
-Annual Juried Student Show, Crossman Gallery, Whitewater, WI
(Juror: Annemarie Sawkins)
COLLECTIONS
Gullkistan, Laugarvatn, Iceland
University of Kansas, Provost Office
University of Wisconsin Whitewater, Chancellors Office
ORGANIZATIONS
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts
Foundations in Art: Theory and Education
College Art Association