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Education
2014 Masters of Fine Arts , University of Delaware
2005 Bachelor of Arts in Ceramics, University of Puget Sound
*Graduated with Honors
Exhibitions, Awards & Residencies
2018 Faculty Art Show, Breck School, Golden Valley, MN
2017 Invited Artist, University of Puget Sound Alumni Show, Tacoma, WA
2015 Selected Artist, Monhegan Island Artist in Residency Program, Monhegan, ME
2014 You Deserve to Be Happy, Little Berlin, Philadelphia, PA
2014 Invited Resident Artist and Kiln God Award Recipient, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME
2014 A Place of Insight, Pocket Utopia, New York, NY
2014 Art in the Garden, Public Garden Art Exhibition, Newark, DE
2014 Never Like It Is Now, Art Exhibition, Little Berlin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2013 Board of Trustees Art Exhibition, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
2013 The Potent Object, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD, Juried by Richard Cleaver
2013 Resident Artist, Stonetrigger Press, Abiquiu, NM
2012 New Blood, University of Delaware Incoming MFA Student Show, Philadelphia, PA
2012 The Artist Collective Spring Show, Mount Shasta, CA
2008-2011 The Artist Collective Art Show (annually), Mount Shasta, CA
2011 Selected Artist, Video Interview for ‘Working Artists’, College of the Siskiyous, Weed, CA
2011 Water, Sisson Museum Art Show, Mount Shasta, CA *Peoples Choice Award Winner
2010 The Artists Rejects Juried Show, Liberty Arts Gallery, Yreka, CA
2010 Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts Fall Residency Farewell Show, Gallery One Eleven, Wiscasset, ME
2010 Fall Resident, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME
2010 A Hot Winter Night in Weed Art Show, Weed, CA
2010 Selected Mural Artist, Mount Shasta Ski Park, Mount Shasta, CA
2009-2010 Monthly Cooperative Show, Siskiyou Arts Council Gallery Mount Shasta, CA
2009 Funktional Juried Art Show, Liberty Arts Gallery, Yreka, CA
2009 Selected Artist, Sereni-Tea, Mount Shasta, CA
2009 Artwalk Juried Show, Siskiyou Arts Council, Mount Shasta, CA
2007 Selected Artist, The Art Farm, Captain Cook, HI
2005 Tacoma Rising Art Exhibition, Tacoma, WA
2005 Senior Exhibition, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
2004 Selected Artist, Rosewood Café, Tacoma, WA
2004 Selected Merit-based Scholarship Recipient, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
2002-2004 Annual Fall Student Show, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA * Best of Show Award Recipient in 2004
Employment History
2016-Present Ceramics Instructor/Middle School Art Instructor, Breck School, Golden Valley, MN
2014 Adjunct Professor, ART132-Wheel Throwing, Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Instructor of Record, ART112- Drawing II, University of Delaware
2013 Instructor of Record, ART390- Wheel Throwing, University of Delaware
2013 Instructor of Record, ART290- Introduction to Ceramics
2012-2013 Studio Tech, Ceramics Department, University of Delaware
02/2013 Teapot Throwing Workshop, University of Delaware, UD Pottery Club, Newark, DE
2007-2012 Functional Potter, Self-Employed, The Collective Artist Cooperative, Mount Shasta, CA
2009- 2012 Ceramics Instructor, Self-Employed, The Collective Artist Cooperative, Mount Shasta, CA
2009- 2012 Substitute Teacher, Siskiyou County Office of Education, CA
2011 Ceramic Art Workshop Instructor, Weed Elementary School, Weed, CA
2010 Ceramic Art Instructor for At Risk Youth, Remi Vista, Inc. Mount Shasta, CA
2010 After School Program Art Teacher, Weed Elementary School, Weed, CA
Technical Skills
Hand building, Wheel Throwing, Slip-Casting and Mold Making, Glaze Calculation, Clay Mixing, Kiln Firing and Maintenance, and General Studio Safety and Maintenance.
Equipment Knowledge Includes: Clay mixer, Pugmill, Spray booth, Compressor, Extruder, Grinder, Slab Roller.
