EDUCATION

1993
University of Michigan, School of Art, Ann Arbor, MI. Master of Fine Arts, Ceramics

1985
Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts, New Brunswick, NJ. Bachelor of Fine Arts

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2006- present
Assistant Professor, Arizona State University, Herberger College of Fine Art, Tempe, AZ

2000-2005
Associate Professor, Ceramic Department
California State University, San Bernardino, CA

1994-2000
Adjunct Faculty, Center for Creative Studies, College of Art and Design, Detroit, MI

1995-1996
Department Chair-Ceramics, Sabbatical Replacement, Center for Creative Studies, College of Art and Design, Detroit, MI

1994-1995
Adjunct Faculty, Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, MI

1994
Adjunct Faculty, Ann Arbor Art Association, Ann Arbor, MI

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RESIDENCIES

2011
Experimental Pottery Workshop, Jingdezhen, China

2008
Experimental Pottery Workshop, Jingdezhen, China

2005-2006
The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

2002 & 2004
Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, MT

2003
International Ceramic Research Center-Guldagergard, Skaelskor, Denmark

1997
John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Arts/Industry, Sheboygan, WI

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AWARDS

2009
Artists Grant, Contemporary Forum, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ

2008-2009
Centennial Professorship Grant, ASASU, Tempe, AZ

2007
Artists Grant, Herberber College of Art, Tempe, AZ
Mini  Grant, Herberger College of Art, Tempe, AZ

2006
The 4th World Ceramic Biennale, Honorable Mention, Korea
Independence Foundation Grant, Philadelphia, PA

2003
Craft Forms Exhibition, 2nd Place Award

2002
Cups of Merit, Commission Award NCECA
Teaching Study Skills Award, California State University, San Bernardino, CA
Red Heat: Contemporary Work in Clay Exhibition, Honorable Mention
Viewpoint Ceramics Exhibition, 1st Place Award

2001
Teaching Study Skills Award, California State University, San Bernardino, CA
The Art of Tea Exhibition, 2nd Place Award
Handcrafted Exhibition, Best of Show Award
Viewpoint Ceramics Exhibition, 3rd Place Award

2000
Zanesville Art Center, International Juried Exhibition, Purchase Award
The 2000 International Orton Cone Box Show, Purchase Award
Viewpoint Ceramics 2000 Exhibition, Honorable Mention

1999
Craft Forms 99’ Exhibition, Jurors Choice Award

1998
Michigan Ceramics 98’, 2nd Place Award
Feats of Clay XI, Merit Award
Crossroads in Clay Competition, Merit Award
12th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, Merit Award

1997
Feats of Clay X Exhibition, Purchase Award
Clay Cup VI Exhibition, Southern Illinois University Museum, Purchase Award

1996
Michigan Ceramics 96’ Exhibition, Detroit Institute of Arts, Purchase Award
Michigan Ceramics 96’ Exhibition, Fourth Place Award
Feats of Clay X Exhibition, Purchase Award

1995
Celebrate Michigan Artists Exhibition, Honorable Mention Award
Michigan Ceramics 95’, Merit Award

1993
University of Michigan, Redstone Discretionary Grant

1992
Central Michigan University, Alumni Student House award
Call it the Blues Exhibition, Recognition Award

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PUBLICATIONS

2011
Design Inspiration Guide: Plants, Lark Books

2010
Biennale Internationale Creation Contemporaine et Ceramique, Yves Peltier, Curator, publishers Somogy Editions d’Art, France p.114 -115.

2009
Contemporary Ceramics, Emmanuel Cooper, Thames and Hudson Ltd., London

2008
500 Sculptures, Glen Brown, Curator, Lark Books
Masters of Porcelain, Richard Burkett, Curator, Lark Books

2006 
Works By Ceramic Artists From Around the World, Shanghai Fine Arts Publications, China

The Yixing Effect: Echoes of a Chinese Scholar, Marvin Sweet
Teapots: Makers and Collectors, Dona Meilach, Schiffer Books
500 Cups, Suzanne Tourtillott, Lark Books
Deliciously Decadent Tableware of the 20th and 21st Centuries, 010 Publishers, Princessehof Leewarden, Netherlands
Tea Anyone? The Donna Moog Collection, Glen Adamson and Davira Taragin, Racine Art Museum
Sexpots, Paul Mathieu, Rutgers University Press
500 Bowls, Suzanne Tourtillott, Lark Books
The Ceramic Surface, Matthias Ostermann, University of Pennsylvania Press
Experience Clay, Maureen Mackey, Davis Publications
500 Teapots, Kathy Triplett, Lark Books
The Artful Teapot, Garth Clark, Watson-Guptill Publications
Teapots Transformed, Leslie Ferrin, Guild Publishing
Color and Fire: Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics 1950-2000, Jo Lauria, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Rizzoli Publishing
Nouvel Object IV, Seoul, Korea
The Spirit of Clay, Revised Edition, Robert Piepenburg
The Best of New Ceramic Art, Toni Fountain Sikes, Guild Publishing

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PERIODICALS

2011
Ceramics Ireland, issue 27, Elastic Authenticity, pp.18-21 Exhibition review
Ceramics Art and Perception, issue 82. Earth Matters, p.86-88. Exhibition review by Glen Brown.
La Mesa, review by Antoinette Badenhorst p. 91-92. An image of my work is included in the article.

2010
Sculpture Magazine, The Familiar Unknown, October Issue, pp. 77-78. Exhibition review.
Dao Clayform, Fuping, China. International Ceramic Magazine, 44th NCECA 2010 in Philadelphia, p. 34-39. Exhibition review
Ceramics Monthly Magazine, NCECA Invitational 2010; Earth Matters, June/July/August Issue, p. 26-27. Exhibition review.
Ceramics Ireland Magazine, Synthetic Reality, Issue 25, pp. 37-39. Feature article on my work.

2009
Ceramics Art and Perception, Dec issue, feature article on my work.

2008
Phoenix New Times, May 1-7 2008 p. 45, 47 exhibition review

2007;
American Style Magazine, August, Issue 56, Exhibition review

2005
Ceramics Art and Perception, June, After Palissy by Anne Wollman
Ceramics Monthly, March, Too Much is not Enough by Billie Sessions

2004
Craft Arts International, No. 61, The Inspired Vessel by Kevin Wallace
Ceramics Art and Perception, January, Coincidentia Oppositorium by Dennis Stevens

2003
American Style, No. 35, Cozying up to Teapots by Margaret Littman
Craft Arts International, No. 58 2003 Scripps College 59th Ceramic Annual by Kevin Wallace
Ceramics Art and Perception March, Clay and the Nature of Things by Jo Lauria

2002
Kerameiki Techni, December, Eco Rhythms by Elaine Levin
Kerameiki Techni, October, Tea for Arts Sake by Garth Clark

2000
American Style, Spring, Teapots in the 21st Century by Lynda McDaniel

1999
Ceramics Monthly, February, Up Front: Fun, Funky & Functional Teapots

1997
American Craft, October/November, Portfolio

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VISITING ARTIST WORKSHOPS AND LECTURES

2011
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, artist lecture
Roswell Museum, Roswell, NM, Museum exhibition of my work accompanied by a lecture and workshop.
Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY workshop and lecture

2010
University of Illinois, Edwardsville, IL, 2-day workshop and lecture
California State University, Long Beach, CA, lecture
Chicken Farm Art Center, San Angelo, TX, 2-day workshop and lecture
Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT, 2-day workshop and lecture

2009
Mudfire Clayworks and Gallery, Atlanta GA

2008
Mid Atlantic College Art Associaition, MACAA, Indianapolis, IN
Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM, 5-day workshop
Northern Arizona State University, Flagstaff, AZ, 3-day workshop

2007
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, workshop and lecture

2006
Maine College of Art, Portand, ME
Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH

2005
Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
Yixing International Ceramics Conference, Yixing, China
Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen, China
Metropolitan State College of Denver, CO

2004
University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
California State University at Chico, Chico, CA
College of Marin, Kentfield, CA

2003
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Grossmont Community College, Grossmont CA
El Camino College, Torrance, CA

2002
NCECA Conference, Kansas City, MO, emerging artist slide lecture
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

2001
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

2000
Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012
Dissolution, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY

2010
18th Annual San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX (catalog)

2008
Synthetic Reality, installation, Ceramics Research Center, Tempe, AZ

2004
Inspirations from Denmark, LaCoste Gallery, Concord, MA

2002
Out of Bound, Robert Fullerton Art Museum, San Bernardino, CA
Screwed Teapots, Avante Gallery, Cleveland, OH
The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

1997
Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI
Opulence, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY

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EXHIBITIONS BY INVITATION

2011
Splendor, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM (catalog)
Le Décor est Plante, Galerie Favardin & de Verneuil, Paris, France, curated by Laurent de Verneuil. Exhibition at the Limoges Foundation, Bernardaud, France
Elastic Authenticity, Morean Center for the Arts, St Petersburg, FL

2010
XXIst Vallauris Biennale Internationale, Magnelli Museum, Ceramics Museum of Valllauris, Vallauris, France (catalog)
Botanica, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
Earth Matters, The Galleries at Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA, (catalog)
Of This Century: Residents, Fellows and Select Guest Artists of the Clay Studio, 2000-2010, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

2009
The Familiar Unknown, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, TX
The Margins, The Ice House, Phoenix, AZ
39th Annual Ceramics Exhibition, Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, WI
Beasts and Botanicals, Archer Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, WA
Ceramic Invitational Exhibition, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
Flora and Fauna, Archer Gallery, Vancouver, WA

2008
Full and Spare, Florida State University Museum, Tallahassee, FL
Shared Journeys: Chinese/American Ceramic Art,  Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen, China

2006
China Response, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
Archie Bray 2006 International, Turman Gallery, Helena, MT
The Yixing Effect: Echoes of a Chinese Scholar, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
The Art of the Teapot, Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, MI
Tactile Appeal, Mark Wooley Gallery, Portland, OR
Beatrice Wood Ceramic Annual, Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts, Ojai, CA
Clay, Cross-Mackenzie Ceramic Arts, Washington, D.C.
Watershed 20th Anniversary, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA

2005
Mastery in Clay 2005, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Clay From Molds, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Ceramics Invitational 2005, Texas A & M University, Commerce, TX
White, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
La Mesa, Wyndham Baltimore Inner Harbor (NCECA), Baltimore, MD
Human Nature, Gormley Gallery, College of Notre Dame, Baltimore, MD
XXX, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
Excess, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

2004
Kilnopening.edu, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA
The Vessel, Lois Lambert Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
SOFA/Chicago, Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Just Desserts, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
Cups, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
Forms without Function, Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Our Cups Runneth Over, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
The Art of Tea, Rockville Arts Place, Gaithersburg, MD
30th Anniversary Benefit Auction, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
One Hour Drive, Fullerton Art Museum, San Bernardino, CA (catalog)
Celebrating Nature, Los Angeles, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Resident Artists Exhibition, Archie Bray Foundation for Ceramic Arts, Helena, MT
Steamin’, Gallery Materia, Scottsdale, AZ
Hot Tea!, Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
SOFA/NYC, LaCoste Gallery, Concord, MA
Multiples, Lincoln Arts, Lincoln, CA
Service, An Unconventional Approach, Chester Springs Studio, Chester Springs, PA
Southern California Ceramic Artists, Riverside Community College, Riverside, CA
For the Table, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM

2003
Deliciously Decadent, Princessehof Keramiekmuseum, Leewarden, Netherlands
The Inspired Vessel, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery/Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles, CA
Mastery in Clay, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Recent Acquisition, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Releasing the Mold: New Applications in Contemporary Ceramics, State University of New York, Brockport, NY
21st Century Ceramics, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH
Efflorescence, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Botanical, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
Art Auction X, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Hundreds of Cups, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
American Potters Working in the Realist Tradition, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
Hot Tea!, Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Reinventing Pleasure: Ornamentation in Contemporary Ceramic Art, University Art Gallery, San Diego University, San Diego, CA
59th Ceramics Annual Exhibition, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, CA (catalog)
After Palissy, LaCoste Gallery, Concord, MA

2002
Teapots Transformed: A Group Show, SOFA/Chicago, Ferrin Gallery, N. Hampton, MA
The Ceramic Cup, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
Tastefully Tawdry, Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Mastery in Clay, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Annual Resident Artist Exhibition, The Archie Bray Foundation Warehouse Gallery, Helena, MT
Clay and Wood, Fine Arts Federation, Burbank, CA
The Artful Teapot: 20th Century Expressions from the Kamm Collection (catalog)
Traveling Exhibition May 16, 2002-October 10, 2004; Copia, The American Center for Wine, Food and Arts, Napa, CA; Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL; The Gardiner Museum of Fine Art, Toronto, Canada; Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA; Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL; Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, NC
Embellished with Gold, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
Hot Tea!, Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
International Infusion IV, Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI

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SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITIONS

2011
Alchemy, From Dust to Form, Harn Museum of Art, Gainsville, FL

2010
Orton Cone Box, Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, KS

2009
Beyond the Brickyard, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT

2009
Starbrick Clay National, Starbrick Clay, Nelsonville, OH

2008
Eight Fluid Ounces III, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

2006
The 4th World Ceramic Biennale, Icheon World Ceramic Center, Korea

2005
International Teapot Exhibition, Yixing Ceramics Museum, Yixing, China

2004
4th Annual Cup Show, Kent State University, Kent, OH
Crafts National 38, Penn State University, University Park, PA
Starbrick Clay National 2004, Starbrick Clay, Nelsonville, OH
100 Teapots 2, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD

2002
Craft Forms, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
George Ohr National Arts Challenge, The Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art, Biloxi, MS
Red Heat: Contemporary Work in Clay, The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
The 14th Annual San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX (catalog)
The 2002 International Orton Cone Box Show, Baker University, Baldwin City, KS
Terra Sutra, 21st Century Erotic Ceramics, Incubator Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Viewpoint Ceramics 2002, Grossmont College, Hyde Gallery, El Cajon, CA
Handcrafted, Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC
24th Annual Contemporary Crafts, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ

2001
Craft Forms 2001, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
La Petite IX, Alder Gallery, Coburg, OR
Quill n’ Kiln, The Ohr-Okeefe Museum of Art, Biloxi, MS
Crafts National 35, Penn State University, University Park, PA
The Art of Tea, Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood, CO
California Clay Competition, The Artery, Davis, CA
Stretch Invitational, Afro- American Cultural Center, Charlotte, NC
Handcrafted, Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC
Viewpoint Ceramics 2001, Grossmont Community College, Hyde Gallery, El Cajon, CA
Ink and Clay, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA

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SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Jingdezhen Ceramics Museum, Jingdezhen, China
ASU Art Museum, Ceramics Research Center, Tempe, AZ
Yixing Ceramics Museum, Yixing, China
Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH
Princessehof Keramiek Museum, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA
The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, MT
The Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
Renault, Corporate Design TechnoCentre, Paris, France
Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Art, Racine, WI
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
COPIA; The American Center for Wine, Food and Art, Napa, CA
Danmarks Keramikmuseum, Guldagergard, Denmark
XL Screw Corporation, Wheeling, IL
John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Southern Illinois University Museum, Carbondale, IL
Detroit Institute of Arts Museum, Detroit, MI
Detroit Zoo, Nautilus Gallery, Detroit, MI