ART

My interest is in using structure and repetition to create vessels. The objective is to create clean, understated forms that show complexity in details and construction. I like to define it as a process of building pots, not making pots.

EDUCATION

2003 M.F.A. Ceramic Arts, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
1999 B.F.A. Ceramic Arts, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2008-2009 Visiting Assistant Professor, Intermediate and Advanced Ceramics, Intro to Studio Art, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
2005-2007 Ceramics Instructor, Santa Fe Clay Company, teaching wheel-throwing, hand- building and glaze formulation classes
2002-03 Associate Instructor of Art, Introduction to Ceramics, Indiana University,
Bloomington, Indiana
2001-02 Associate Instructor of Art, Three Dimensional Design, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
1998-1999 Ceramics Instructor, Hetzel Union Building Crafts Center, University Park, Pennsylvania

RELATED EXPERIENCE

2008 Visiting artist, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
2005-2008 Studio Director, Santa Fe Clay Company
2004 Resident Artist/Kiln builder-LH Project, Joseph, Oregon
2003 "Artbites", public lecture, School of Fine Arts Gallery, Indiana University,
Bloomington, Indiana
2003 Assisted in the construction of a gas fired reduction kiln, Indiana University,
Bloomington, Indiana
2002 Led the construction of a wood fired train kiln, Indiana University,
Bloomington, Indiana
2001 Led the construction of a gas fired salt kiln, Indiana University,
Bloomington, Indiana
1998 Constructed personal two chambered wood kiln, Milesburg, Pennsylvania
1997 Assisted in the construction of a wood kiln, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania

HONORS & AWARDS

2000 Chancellors Fellowship, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
1998 M. Josephine Paul Memorial Scholarship, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania

EXHIBITIONS

2008 “A New Breed”, Invitational annual show, University of Wisconsin- Whitewater
“La Mesa”, Invitational group show by Santa Fe Clay at NCECA
“Sip, Slurp, Gulp”, Invitational group show at Santa Fe Clay
2007 Solo Show, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
“La Mesa”, Invitational group show by Santa Fe Clay at NCECA
“Vessels”, Invitational group show at Santa Fe Clay
2006 “The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring”, Invitational show at Santa Fe Clay
“La Mesa”, Invitational group show by Santa Fe Clay at NCECA
“Nature/Culture”, Invitational group show at Santa Fe Clay
“Feats of Clay”, Juried Show, Lincoln, CA.
2003 “Origins”, Solo Exhibition, School of Fine Arts Gallery, Indiana
University, Bloomington, Indiana
2003 MFA Ceramics Exhibition, School of Fine Arts Gallery, Indiana
University, Bloomington, Indiana
2002 MFA Ceramics Exhibition, School of Fine Arts Gallery, Indiana
University, Bloomington, Indiana
2002 Indiana University-Bloomington Invitational, Urban Designs,
Manhattan, Kansas
2001 Clayfest 2001, Herron Gallery, Herron School of Art, Indianapolis,
Indiana
2001 MFA Ceramics Exhibition, School of Fine Arts Gallery, Indiana
University, Bloomington, Indiana
2001 Indiana University-Bloomington Ceramics-Invitational Exhibition,
Hanover College, Hanover, Indiana
1998 BFA Thesis Exhibition, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
1998 BFA Juried Show, Zoller Gallery, University Park, Pennsylvania
1997 BFA Juried Show, Zoller Gallery, University Park, Pennsylvania

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIP

2000.3Indiana University Ceramics Guild

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Sandy Besser Collection,
Santa Fe, NM

Carolyn Eason Collection,
Santa Fe, NM

Kent Norton Collection,
Santa Fe, NM