Education
2003 University of Nebraska, Lincoln NE
Master of Fine Art in Ceramics
1998- 1999 University of Eastern Kentucky, Richmond KY
Special Student
1996- 1998 University of Tennessee, Knoxville TN
Special Student
1993 Beloit College, Beloit WI
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Anthropology and Studio Art
Residencies
2003- 2004 Mudflat Studio, Somerville MA
Honors and Awards
2007 Honorable Mention, The State of Clay, Lexington Arts and Crafts Society, Lexington, MA
2006 Best Vase, 14th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National, Market Place Craft Center, Lancaster PA
2005 Designer Craftsman Award, 13th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National, Market Place Craft Center, Lancaster PA
Bedford Gallery Cash Award, Pots: Objects of Virtue, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, PA
2004 Second Place, The State of Clay, Lexington Arts & Crafts Society, Lexington, MA
Visual Arts Artist Fellowship Grant, Somerville Arts Council, Somerville MA
2000- 2003 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, University of Nebraska- Lincoln
2000- 2003 Kimmel Foundation Fellowship, Lincoln NE
Teaching Experience
2003- present Instructor, Mudflat Studio, Somerville MA
2004- present Instructor, Boston Center for Adult Education, Boston MA
2006- 2007 Instructor, Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Exhibitions
2009 Beyond the Brickyard, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, MT
The State of Clay, Lexington Arts and Crafts Society, Lexington, MA
2008 potPOURri: Pots that Pour, Clay Art Center, Port Chester. NY
Featured Artist- June Showroom, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT
Arrowmont Utiitlarian Clay V: Celebrate the Object, Arrowmont Center for Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
All Fired Up- A Celebration of Clay in Westchester New York, Lyndhurst, Westchester, NY
Our Cups Runneth Over 2008, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
Ceramics Biennial Exhibition 2008, New Hamphshire Institute of Art, Manchester NH
Cup: The Intimate Object VI, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN
Gifted, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Winterfest, Baltimore, MD
2007 15th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National, Market Place Craft Center, Lancaster, PA
The State of Clay, Lexington Arts and Crafts Society, Lexington, MA
New Aesthetics of Functional Ceramics, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN
In the Niche, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Spring Show and Sale, Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard, Boston, MA
Salad Days, Invited Artist, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME
Plates and Platters: Salon Style, Harrison Gallery, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Featured Artist- July Showroom, LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE
Fresh Hands, Red Star Studios Ceramics Center, Kansas City, MO
Gifted, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Winter Showroom, LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE
2006 14th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National, Market Place Craft Center, Lancaster PA
Sixteenth San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
Holiday Sale, Mudflat Studio, Somerville, MA
Gifted, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Spring Show and Sale, Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard, Boston, MA
Holiday Show and Sale, Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard, Boston, MA
2005 13th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National, Market Place Craft Center, Lancaster PA
2005 Jersey Shore Clay National, m.t. burton gallery, Surf City, NJ
Pots: Objects of Virtue, Bedford Gallery,Walnut Creek, CA
It’s Only Clay, Bemidji Community Arts Center, Bemidji, MN
University of Nebraska/ MFA Ceramics: A Decade 1993- 2003, Eisentrager- Howard Gallery, Lincoln, NE
Sign of the Dove Holiday Store, Cambridge, MA
Holiday Sale, Mudflat Studio, Somerville, MA
Gifted, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2004 The State of Clay, Lexington Arts & Crafts Society, Lexington, MA
Holiday Sale, Mudflat Studio, Somerville, MA
Gifted, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Crafts Showcase, The Brookline Arts Center, Brookline, MA
Common Ground: A Showcase of National Ceramic Artist-in-Residence, Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, MO
2003 Quiet- Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Eisentrager-Howard Gallery, Lincoln, NE
Gail Kendall, Pete Pinnell, Richard Schwartz, Monica Ripley, Kari Radish, Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE
Kimmel Fellows Exhibition, Kimmel/ Hardy/ Nelson Art Center, Nebraska City, NE
Exhibition of 2nd and 3rd year Master of Fine Arts Candidates, Eisentrager-Howard Gallery, Lincoln, NE
On the Wall, Off the Wall; Ceramics Exhibition, University Place Art Center, Lincoln, NE
2002 Earth, Sand, and Stone, University Place Art Center, Lincoln, NE
Kimmel Fellows Exhibition, Kimmel/ Hardy/ Nelson Art Center, Nebraska City, NE
2001 Kimmel Fellows Exhibition, Kimmel/ Hardy/ Nelson Art Center, Nebraska City, NE
Nebraska Clay, Gallery 72, Omaha NE
1999 Juried Student Show, Eastern Kentucky University Art Gallery, Richmond, KY
1998 Crack Pots, 1010 Gallery, Knoxville TN
Chroma Group Show, Bijou Theater Gallery, Knoxville TN
Juried Student Show, Art and Architecture Gallery, Knoxville, TN
1993 BFA Thesis Exhibition, Wright Museum Of Art, Beloit WI
Gallery Affiliations
The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Mudflat Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge,
Charlie Cummings Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN
Haus Gallery, Chicago, Ill.
13 Forest Street, Arlington, MA
LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE
Publications
2007 Clay Times, Vol. 13, No 3, May/ June
Ceramics Monthly, November, Volume 55 #9, Upfront Section.
2006 500 Pitchers, Lark Books, Asheville, NC
Ceramics Monthly, January Issue.
One of the artists with accompanying photo for “Common Ground:
A Showcase of National Ceramic Artist-in-Residence”
show Kansas City, MO