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Curriculum Vitae

 

Education

 

2007-2009    Master of Fine Arts

                        New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University

2005-2006    Post-Baccalaureate Certificate

                        The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

1998-2004     Bachelor of Arts

                        Loyola University Chicago

                                 

Solo Exhibitions

 

2009      “Skin” Dubhe Carreño Gallery, Chicago, IL

2009      “Sampled Spaces” Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred, NY

2006      “Tensions and Remnants” Dubhe Carreño Gallery, Chicago, IL

              “Fragments Reframed” Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL

             

Group Exhibitions

 

2010      “66th Scripps Ceramic Annual” The Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Claremont, CA

2009      “More Than Skin Deep” Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD

2008      “NCECA Regional Student Juried Exhibition” Pittsburgh Center For the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA

2007      “SOFA Chicago” Dubhe Carreño Gallery, Chicago, IL

              “55th Premio Faenza” Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche, Faenza, Italy

              Bridge Art Fair” Johnsonese Gallery, Chicago, IL

              “Ceramic Abstraction” juried by Paula Winokur, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT

              “The Question of Function” Crown Center, Loyola University; Chicago, IL

2006     “SOFA Chicago” Dubhe Carreño Gallery, Chicago, IL

              “Structured Growth” Johnsonese Gallery, Chicago, IL

              “SAIC Graduate Exhibition” Gallery 2, Chicago. IL

              “Skin Deep” juried by Val Cushing, Hyman Fine Arts Center, Florence, SC

2005      “Chicago Art Open” Gallery 2, Chicago, IL

              “Works in Clay” juried by Ron Kovatch, St. Louis Artists’ Guild, St. Louis, MO

              “CelebrationK.D. Moore Gallery, Evergreen, CO

              “Earth, Wheel and Fire” The Smithsonian International Museum of Art and Science, McAllen, TX

2004      “Bachelor of Art Thesis Exhibition” Crown Center, Loyola University; Chicago, IL

 

 

Public Collections

 

              The Daum Museum of Contemporary Art; Sedalia, MO

               Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche; Faenza, Italy

              The Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Arts, Alfred NY

 

Professional Experience

 

2009-present      Ceramic Design Professor, China Central Academy of Fine Arts, City Design School, Beijing, China                         

2004-2007         Studio Assistant to artist Ruth Duckworth

2006-2007        Artist in Residence, Chicago Park District

2007                   Studio Assistant to artist Charles Jahn

2006                   Instructor, Loyola University Chicago, Ceramics Department

2006                   Instructor, Chicago Park District Ceramics

2006                   Installation Assistant to artist Katherine Ross

 

Lectures

 

2007              Visiting Artist, Multiples Course, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Chicago, IL

                       Visiting Artist, Introductory Ceramics Course, Northeastern Illinois University; Chicago, IL

2006             Visiting Artist, Advanced Ceramics Course, Loyola University Chicago; Chicago, IL

 

 

Publications and Reviews

 

Featured as an “Emerging Artist” in Ceramics Monthly, May 2007.

Sherman Hall editor, “Upfront Section” Ceramics Monthly, February 2007.

Deborah Donovan, “A Sense of Discovery” The Daily Herald, November 5th, 2006.

Fred Camper, “Cracks and Feedback” The Chicago Reader, October 20th, 2006.

Tara Foster, “Structured Growth” Urbanpollution.com, June 10th, 2006.

“Blueblood” featured in The Loyola Phoenix, November 2004.

“Conflicting Space” featured in Cadence, Loyola University’s annual art review, 2003.

“Impermanence” featured in Diminuendo, Loyola University’s Art Periodical, 2003.

 

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