Education:
Selected Exhibitions:
2008- 2011 Southern Illinois University Carbondale,Carbondale, Illinois Degree: Masters of Fine Art
1998-2002 College for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan Degree: Bachelor of Fine Art
2027 Candelabra, (Invitational) Baltimore Clay Works, Baltimore, Maryland
(Upcoming-March)
2026 Bowl Show, Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, Massachusetts
Cup: The Intimate Object XXII (Invitational) Charlie Cummings Gallery,
Gainesville, Florida
Southern Crossing Pottery Festival, (Invitational) Louisville, Kentucky
Hot Chocolate II, (Invitational) Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, Florida
2025 Boston: A Tea Party, (Invitational) Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
South Dakota’s Governor’s 11th Biennial, Traveling Exhibition South Dakota Art
Museum, Brookings, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, University Art Galleries-University
of South Dakota, Vermillion, Dahl Arts Center, Rapid City, South Dakota
Where the Wild Things Are, (Invitational) Baltimore Clay Works,
Baltimore Maryland
2024 Extra Special, A Collection of Our Affection, (Invitational) IPSO Gallery,
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Augustana Faculty Biennial, Augustana University, Sioux Falls
Big Fun Times, (Invitational) IPSO Gallery, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Temptation Eyes, (Solo Exhibition)Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, Wisconsin
2023 Featured Artist, (Solo Exhibition, Invitational)Charlie Cummings Gallery,
Gainesville, Florida
Small Works, Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY 14432
Cup the Intimate Object XIX, (Invitational) Charlie Cummings Gallery,
Gainesville, Florida
Two Step, (Invitational) IPSO Gallery, Sioux Falls, South Dakoda
Augustana Faculty Biennial, Augustana University, Sioux Falls
Birds!Birds! (Invitational) Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville Florida
2022 Halloween Delights, (Invitational) Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, Florida
Off Center, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, California
Ceramics Biennial, Guilford Art Center, Guilford, Connecticut
Winter Clay Jam 2022, (Invitational) Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, Florida
2021 Southern Crossing Pottery Festival (Invitational) Louisville, Kentucky
Materials Hard & Soft, Patterson-Appleton Art Center, Denton, Texas
Cup the Intimate Object XVII, (Invitational) Charlie Cummings Gallery,
Gainesville, Florida
My Personal Universe, 50 Women: A Celebration of Women’s Contribution to
Ceramics, Online
2020 The Cup, The Mug, Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, New York
The 13th International Texas Teapot Tournament, C.A.M.E.O & Mixed Emotion Gallery,
Houston, Texas
Strictly Functional , Market House Craft Center, East Petersburg, Pennsylvania
2019 It’s only Clay, Watermark Art Center, Bemidji, Minnesota
Horror Vacui: Between the Margins, (Invitational) Northern Clay Center,
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Rhythm, (Three-person exhibition) Art-Reach St. Croix, Stillwater, Minnesota
Spectral Matter, (Invitational)Nation Council for the Ceramic Arts Conference
Exhibition, Bethel University, St. Paul, Minnesota
2018 Manual Transmission/Fourth Gear: The Trade Show, Red Garage Studio,
Minneapolis, MN
Palliative Pour, (Invitational) Nation Council for the Ceramic Arts Conference
Exhibition, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
Fahrenheit 2018, American Museum for Ceramic Art, Pomona, California
On the Rocks, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, Michigan
2017 The Visitors, (Solo Exhibition)Hutchinson Center for the Arts, Hutchinson, Minnesota
Beatrice Awaits, (Invitational) Little Mifflin Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin
Samson’s Return, (Invitational) Little Monroe Gallery, Madison Wisconsin
Craft Show, (Invitational) Red Garage Studio, Minneapolis, MN
2016 The Clay Cup: Vessel, Icon, Canvas, George Caleb Bingham Gallery, University of
Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
Designed to Dine, [Tea+Art] Houston, Texas
The Almighty Cup, Gandee Gallery, Fabius, New York
Stories on Clay, Morean Center for Clay, St. Petersburg, Florida
Battle of the Bowls, Academy of Fine Arts, Lynchburg, Virginia
Earth & Fire, Del Ray Artisans Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia
Featured Artist, February & March, Society of Contemporary Craft, Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania
Cake, The Dinnerware Museum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
2015 What Goes Bump in the Night, Clay Arts Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada
Clay National X: Ceramic Color the Endless Pursuit, Carbondale Clay Center,
Carbondale, Colorado
Selected Faculty Exhibition, University of WisconsinStout Furlong Gallery
Menomione, Wisconsin
Serve It Up, Clay Arts Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada
Sips, Shots & Gulps, Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Sewickley, Pennsylvania
Purposeful Pottery, Blue Line Arts,Roseville, California
Off the Table, Missouri Western State University, Saint Joseph, Missouri
2014 In the Garden with the Beasts, (Solo Exhibition) Spot 5 Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky
Coffee. Tea or…, Terra Incognito, Oak Park, Illinois
Tabletop, The Art League, Alexandria, Virginia
Cup Show, Victor F. Keen Gallery, Clay Arts Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada
Imagining Otherness: Catching Sight of Monstrosity, Janet Carson Gallery,
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
7th International Texas Tea Pot Tournament, 18 Hands Gallery, Houston, Texas
2013 Tea for Two, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Of the Sea, Phoenix Fired Art Community Clay Center, Joplin, Missouri
On the Road Again, Chiaroscuro, Chicago, Illinois
Faculty Exhibition, University Wisconsin Stout, Menomonie, Wisconsin
2012 Cup of Comfort, The Halcyon Gallery, Terre Haute, Indiana
Form and Function, The Amelia Center Gallery, Panama City, Florida
Mug Extravaganza, Walnut Gallery, Gadsden, Alabama
Dinning In V: An Artful Experience, 18 Hands Gallery, Houston, Texas
Kansas City Clay Guild Tea-bowl National, Thornhill Gallery Avila University,
Kansas City, Missouri
Starbrick Clay National Salt & Pepper Shaker Show, Starbrick Gallery, Nelsonville,
Friends with Benefits, (Invitational) St. Petersburg Clay, St. Petersburg, Florida
2011 Cup Show, (Invitational) Clay on Steele, Algoma, Wisconsin
Art Faculty Show, Foster Gallery, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Marine Dreams and Cowboy Fantasies, (Solo Show) University Museum,
Carbondale, Illinois
Bowls, Guilford Art Center, Guildford, Connecticut
2010 Drawing the Line, Fine Arts Center Gallery, University of Arkansas,
Fayetteville, Arkansas
We’re on Huron, (Invitational) Huron Lofts- CAA Exhibition, Chicago, Illinois Pupa Project, Selected Graduate Exhibition, Surplus Gallery, Carbondale, Illinois
“ReVIEW: Alumni Selections by Syd Mead,” College for Creative Studies Center for
Art and Design, Detroit, Michigan
Professional Experience:
2022- Present Assistant Professor of Ceramics, Augustana University, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
2017-2022 Senior Lecturer, Foundations: Three-Dimensional Design, Two-Dimensional Design, University Wisconsin Stout, Menomonie, Wisconsin
2012-2017: Lecturer, Foundations: Three-Dimensional Design, Two-Dimensional Design, University Wisconsin Stout, Menomonie, Wisconsin
2013-2022: Wheel Throwing Beginning & Advanced Classes, Continuing Education, Fired Up Studios, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2013- 2022: Altered Ceramic Forms & Exploring Ceramic Surface, Continuing Education, Fired Up Studios, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2011-2012: Lecturer/Sabbatical Replacement (One Year Appointment) Beginning-Advanced, Wheel Throwing, Handbuilding, Glaze Calculation, University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, Eau Claire Wisconsin
2012: Ceramics Instructor, Discovering Ceramics, Continuing Education, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
2008-2011: Assistant Coordinator, Visiting Artist Program, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois
2010-2011: Teaching Assistant, Three-Dimensional Design, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois
2009-2010: Ceramics Technician, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois
2008-2009: Instructor of Records-Beginning Ceramics Handbuilding, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois
Honors, Collections & Awards:
2026 Recipient of Sioux Falls Arts Council Micro Grant, Sioux Falls South Dakota
2025 Permanent Collection, Brooking Art Museum, Brookings, South Dakoda
Purchase Award South Dakota’s Governor’s 11th Biennial, South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings, South Dakota
“Exposure- Where the Wild Things Are,” February 2025 issue of Ceramics Monthly
2022
Second Place Ceramics Biennial, Guilford Art Center, Guilford, Connecticut
2021
College of Arts, Communication, Humanities and Social Sciences’ Outstanding Teaching Award, University Wisconsin Stout, Menominee, Wisconsin
The Rosenfield Collection, Contemporary Functional Ceramic Art, Dallas Texas
Purchase Award, The Personal Universe, 50 Women: A Celebration of Women’s Contribution to Ceramic, (Online)
2020
Jurors Choice Award, The Cup, The Mug,Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, New Yor
College of Arts, Communication, Humanities and Social Sciences’ Outstanding Teaching Award, University Wisconsin Stout, Menominee, Wisconsin
Memorial Award in honor of Warren McKenzie,13th International Texas Tea Pot Tournament, Mixed EmotionGallery, Houston, Texas
CAMEO (Clay Arts Museum and Educational Organization) Permanent Collection
2019
Watermark Center for the Arts First Place Award, It’s Only Clay, Watermark Center for the Arts, Bemidji, Minnesota
Margaret Harlow Vessel Collection Purchase Award, It’s Only Clay, Watermark Center for the Arts, Bemidji, Minnesota
2016
Lydon Emerging Artist Program, Award Winner, Society of Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Best in Show, Designed to Dine, [Tea+Art] Houston, Texas
Honorable Mention, Juror Awarded, The Almighty Cup, Gandee Gallery, Fabius, New York
2015
Second Place, Off the Table,Missouri Western State University, Saint Joseph, Missouri
2014
Best in Show, 7th International Texas Tea Pot Tournament,18 Hands Gallery, Houston, Texas
CAMEO (Clay Arts Museum and Educational Organization) Permanent Collection, Houston, Texas
2012
Purchase Award, Starbrick Clay National Salt & Pepper Shaker Show, Starbrick Gallery, Nelsonville, Ohio
Sunny Sky’s Award of Merit Award, Starbrick Clay National Salt & Pepper Shaker Show, Starbrick Gallery, Nelsonville, Ohio
2009
“MFA Factor,” Ceramics Monthly, September 2009 pg. 46-49
2002
Cover of Ox-Bow Brochure, School of the Art Institute Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2001
Ox-Bow Scholarship, Cover of Ox-Bow Brochure, School of the Art Institute Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1998-2002
Walter B. Ford II Scholarship, College for Creative Studies Center for Art & Design, Detroit, Michigan