b. Rice Lake, Wisconsin

lives and works in San Diego, California
 
Current Position
Assistant Professor of Art – Ceramics
Southwestern College – Chula Vista, California
 
Education
2005     University of North Texas, School of Visual Arts, M.F.A. Ceramics
2001     University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire, B.F.A. Ceramics
1997     University of Wisconsin Center – Barron County, Associates of Arts and Science
 
Artist in Residence

2007     Southside on Lamar – Dallas, Texas

2005     Watershed Center for the Arts – Newcastle, Maine

2001 – 2005    Mike Weber Wood-fire Workshop - Herbster, Wisconsin

Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
(* Denotes solo exhibition)

2009

John Oliver Lewis and Kim MacConnel - Southwestern College Art Gallery - Chula Vista, California
 
Go West: John Oliver Lewis and Jessica McCambly – College of the Redwoods - Eureka, California

2008

Candy Circus* - IGLOO, Portland, Oregon

This is Not a Toy* - Overload, San Diego, California
     
2007

“Career Winning” hair products * - 219 Gallery - Eastfield College - Mesquite, Texas

Royal Pine: John Oliver Lewis and Brennen Bechtol - Project Room - 500X Gallery - Dallas, Texas

Float Bloat Burst: John Oliver Lewis and Alex Soto - Project Room – 500X Gallery - Dallas, Texas

2006

Flavor Fortress * - LTC Art Gallery - McLennan College - Waco, Texas

Sweet Tart - 500X Gallery - Dallas, Texas

2005

No Room For Gloom * - Cora Stafford Gallery - University of North Texas – Denton, Texas

Painted Plates * – University Of Wisconsin – Barron County – Rice Lake, Wisconsin

2004

Fourteen Second Monument *- Ponder Walkway - Denton, Texas

2001

John Oliver Lewis and Dave Zdrazil – Heyde Center for the Arts - Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin


Selected Group and Juried Exhibitions

2010 (Upcoming)
 
Rendezvous, National Clay Invitational - Art Space Gallery - Art Association of Jackson Hole - Jackson, Wyoming
 
Incognito - Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, California
 
Midnite Snacks - 1366 Space - Chicago, Illinois
 
2009
 
Sounds - Galerije 73 - Belgrade, Serbia
Curator: Snezana Petrovic
 
Trade Show - 11th Istanbul Biennial - Parrallel Exhibition - Ankara, Eskischir and Istanbul, Turkey
Curator: Anna Stump
 
What are You Going To Be? - Seminal Projects - San Diego, California
 
Strange Clays – New Directions in Ceramics - Sullivan Goss – Santa Barbara, California

Incognito - Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, California

2008

The First International Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramics - Liang Bao Building, Xi'an, China

Paper Jam – My House Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

5x7 – Dunn and Brown Contemporary – Dallas, Texas

Corners - Garage Gallery, San Diego, California

5x7 - Inman Gallery, Houston, Texas

Incognito - Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, California

5x7 - Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, Texas

Island, The Art Gallery at the College of Staten Island, Staten Island, New York

Nightmares, Morton J. May Foundation Gallery, Maryville University, St. Louis, Missouri

Your Favorite Artist Was a Member – 30 years at 500X  (Invitational) - 500X Gallery - Dallas, Texas

Wish! – Dallas Contemporary – Dallas, Texas

Tasty Bits - Gallery 414 – Fort Worth, Texas
Curator: Eric Tosten, Co-founder, Dallas Art Cast – Dallas, Texas

2007

5x7 - Conduit Gallery - Dallas, Texas

Summer Breeze Makes Me Feel Fine – good good things – Dallas, Texas

5x7 - Gallery Sonja Roesch - Houston, Texas

Amarillo Biennial 600 – CLAY - Amarillo Museum of Art - Amarillo, Texas,
Jurors: Marylin A. Zeitlan, Director and Chief Curator of the Arizona State University Art Museum - Tempe, Arizona
 
5x7 - Arthouse at the Jones Center - Austin, Texas

Introductions North – Meadows Gallery – Center for the Visual Arts – Denton, Texas

Material View - Treetop Gallery - Mountain View College - Dallas, Texas
Curator: Ryan Fitzer, Director, Treetop Gallery

Valenshine 2007 - Arlington Museum of Art - Arlington, Texas

2006

Big As Night 2 - Tyler St. Lofts - Dallas, Texas
Curators: Eric Tosten and Veronica Tosten – Co-founders, Dallas Art Cast

EASL Art Heist - South Side on Lamar - Dallas, Texas

All Together – 219 Gallery - Eastfield College - Mesquite, Texas

Annual Members’ Exhibition – 500X Gallery - Dallas, Texas

Draw_Drawing 2 - The Foundry Gallery - London Biennale - London, England
Curator: Giacomo Picca

Crafts National – Lancaster Museum of Art - Lancaster, Pennsylvania  -Juror’s Award
Juror: Gretchen Keyworth, Director and Curator of the Fuller Craft Museum - Brockton, Massachusetts

Ink and Clay 32 – Kellogg University Art Gallery – Pomona, California
Jurors:   Marylin A. Zeitlan, Director, Chief Curator of the Arizona State University Art Museum -Tempe, Arizona
Peter Held, Curator of Ceramics at the Arizona State University Art Museum - Tempe, Arizona

2005

9 x 12 Works on Paper – Community Art Center Gallery - Fort Worth, Texas

McNeese National Works on Paper – Abercrombie Gallery - McNeese State University - Lake Charles, Louisiana
Juror: Annette Carlozzi, Senior Curator of American & Contemporary Art for the Blanton Museum of Art

Open – 500X Gallery – Dallas, Texas

Ruedy Alumni Exhibition - University of Wisconsin - Barron County – Rice Lake, Wisconsin

DinnerWorks 2005 – Louisville Visual Arts Association Gallery - Louisville, Kentucky

Voertman Student Competition - University of North Texas Art Gallery
Juror: Regine Basha, Adjunct Curator for the Arthouse at the Jones Center - Austin, Texas

2004

Texas Exchange – Texas Tech University Art Gallery – Lubbock, Texas

Northern Invasion – Cora Stafford Gallery, University of North Texas – Denton, Texas

De Anda Benefit Silent Auction – 500X Gallery - Dallas, Texas

Voertman Student Competition - University of North Texas Art Gallery - Denton, Texas
Jurors: Cam Schoepp, Associate Professor Art, Texas Christian University - Forth Worth, Texas
Terri Thornton, Curator of Education, Fort Worth Modern - Forth Worth, Texas

28th Annual Student Art Competition - Union Gallery - University of North Texas – Denton, Texas
Juror: Susan Dunkerly, Associate Professor of Art, Baylor University – Waco, Texas
- Juror’s Award

Less than 5 – Tarrant County College Gallery - Hurst, Texas

Ruedy Alumni Exhibition – University of Wisconsin - Barron County – Rice Lake, Wisconsin

Untitled – Lightwell Gallery - University of North Texas – Denton, Texas

2003

Ceramics UNT – Union Gallery - University of North Texas – Denton, Texas

Thematic Challenge – Cora Stafford Gallery - University of North Texas – Denton, Texas

Pressed and Fired – Hara Gallery - Denton, Texas

27th Annual Student Art Competition - Union Gallery - University of North Texas - Denton, Texas
 Juror: David Iles
- Juror’s Award

2002

Kaolithic Activity – Union Gallery - University of North Texas – Denton, Texas

Clay for a Cause – State Regional Art Center - Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Arts West – L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library - Eau Claire, Wisconsin

2001

Wood-fire Extravaganza – Cora Stafford Gallery - University of North Texas – Denton, Texas

In Progress – Foster Gallery - University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire – Eau Claire, Wisconsin


Bibliography


2009
 

500 Ceramic Sculptures – Lark Books - (reproduction of work)

Candace Vianna, SWC Professors team up for a brilliant exhibit, The Sun, Chula Vista, California, September 25, 2009

Martha Sadler, Playing with Clay - Concurrent Ceramic Art Exhibitions at CAF and Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara Independent, Santa Barbara, California, April 23, 2009

'Go West' exhibit features to CR artists, The Times-Standard, Eureka, California, February 27, 2009

2008

Richard Speer, Candy Circus, Willamette Week, Portland, Oregon, October 15, 2008

Your Favorite Artist Was a Member – 30 years at 500X, Catalogue - 500X Gallery - Dallas, Texas
 
Wish, Catalogue, Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, Texas

Anjali Gupta, 500X Gallery, Artlies, #56 Winter, 2008, p. 74-79. (reproduction of work p. 77)
   
Steve Carter, X-Box Live: Launch Pad for Cutting-Edge Artists Celebrates the Big 3-0!,
Dallas Modern Luxury Magazine, January, 2008, p. 54-55.

Gaile Robinson, Tasty Bits, Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas, January 18, 2008

Anthony Mariani, Processions: The Spirit of ’64 Gets a Makeover at 414, Fort Worth Weekly, Fort Worh, Texas, January 23, 2008

2007
 
Lucinda Breeding, Art That Dreams are Made Of, Denton Record Chronicle, Denton, Texas, July, 2007

Hunter Ingalls, Art Beat: AMoA's Show Defies Handles, The Amarillo Globe-News and Amarillo.com, August, 2007

Lucinda Breeding, Contemporary Artists Enliven Meadows Gallery, Denton Record Chronicle, Denton, Texas, July, 2007

Amarillo Biennial 600 – CLAY, Catalogue, Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo Texas

Merritt Martin, Burst the Stereotypes, Dallas Observer, Dallas, Texas, March (reproduction of work)

Valenshine 2007, Catalogue, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas

2006

Artist in Residence Catalogue, Watershed Center for the Arts, Newcastle, Maine

Crafts National, Catalogue, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Ink and Clay 32, Catalogue, Kellogg University Art Gallery, Cal Poly, Pomona, California

2005

McNeese National Works on Paper, Catalogue, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana