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
2005–01 Mike Weber Wood-fire Workshop - Herbster, Wisconsin
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
(* Denotes solo exhibition)
2008
Candy Circus* - IGLOO, Portland, Oregon (upcoming)
This is Not a Toy* - Overload, San Diego, California
2007
“Career Winning” hair products * - 219 Gallery - Eastfield College - Mesquite, Texas
Royal Pine - Project Room - 500X Gallery - Dallas, Texas
Float Bloat Burst - 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
Painted Plates *- Center Gallery – University Of Wisconsin Center – Barron County
2004
Earth and Fire * - Sawmill Gallery - Seeley, Wisconsin
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
2008
The First International Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramics - Liang Bao Building, Xi'an, China (upcoming)
Paper Jam – My House Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (upcoming)
Corners - Garage Gallery, San Diego, CA (upcoming)
5x7 - Inman Gallery, Houston, TX
Incognito - Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
5x7 - Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX
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
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
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 of the Treetop Gallery
Valenshine 2007 - Arlington Museum of Art - Arlington, Texas
2006
Big As Night 2 - Tyler St. Lofts - Dallas, Texas
Curators: Eric Tosten, Veronica Tosten
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
Ink and Clay 32 – Kellogg University Art Gallery – Pomona, California
Jurors: Marylin A. Zeitlan, Director and Chief Curator of the Arizona State University Art Museum - Peter Held, Curator of Ceramics at the Arizona State University Art Museum
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 – Center Gallery - University of Wisconsin - Barron County
DinnerWorks 2005 – Louisville Visual Arts Association Gallery - Louisville, Kentucky
Voertman student competition - University of North Texas Art Gallery
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
28th Annual student art competition - Union Gallery - University of North Texas – Denton, Texas
- Juror’s Award
Less than 5 – Tarrant County College Gallery - Hurst, Texas
Ruedy alumni exhibition – Center Gallery, University of Wisconsin - Barron County
Untitled – Light Well 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’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
Publications/Catalogs
2009
500 Ceramic Sculptures – Lark Books - (reproduction of work) (upcoming)
2008
Your Favorite Artist Was a Member – 30 years at 500X, Catalog - 500X Gallery - Dallas, Texas
Wish, Catalog, 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, Catalog, Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo Texas
Merritt Martin, Burst the Stereotypes, Dallas Observer, Dallas, Texas, March (reproduction of work)
Valenshine 2007, Catalog, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas
2006
Artist in Residence Catalog, Watershed Center for the Arts, Newcastle, Maine (reproduction of work)
Crafts National, Catalog, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Ink and Clay 32, Catalog, Kellogg University Art Gallery, Cal Poly, Pomona, California
2005
McNeese National Works on Paper, Catalog, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana
