ALLEE, JAKE
COLORADO
COLORADO
I employ the ideas of the Gestaltist to arrange and rearrange the vocabulary of formal elements I have developed over the years that represent different elements of my life. I view my forms and textures as a bit of a scrabble game, arrangement and order create meaning; the possibilities are infinite. With this approach I construct vessel oriented objects with surface attributes that are designed to complement the act of firing as a transformative process that is unique to the time of execution. Once this is achieved I use the object for experimentation in the finished surface through firing. I am constantly referencing the formal attributes of historical movements in Fine Art and Craft to give my work a context for understanding by the viewer or user. My work is always a record of where I’m at in time and an expression of living life as an adventure!
DRAWING STATEMENT
The act of drawing is important to me because I am not always able to work in clay. The spontaneous nature of how I come to ideas relies on drawing. The immediate nature of executing a drawing creates a balance in my art making activities. Making art can’t wait for specialized facilities or time structures and the media of ceramic is very process oriented. I value quick and direct methods as much as methodical execution of steps because inhibition is not conducive to my work ethic.
SUMMARY
A diverse background in two and three dimensional art via academic work and experience. Completion of M.F.A. in Ceramics/Drawing and Painting at the University of North Texas with emphasis in kiln construction. Professional work experience in art handling, faux finishing, studio management, construction, and equipment maintenance. Participant of international study abroad programs in Italy and Venezuela. Currently teaching Ceramics, and 3-D Design at Mesa State College.
EDUCATION
2003
M.F.A., Ceramics, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
1999
Special Student, Utah State University, Logan, UT
1998
B.F.A., Ceramics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
1996
A.A., Visual Art, Indian Hills Community College, Ottumwa, IA
Travel Abroad: Belgium, Brazil, Cambodia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2009-2011
Assistant Professor of Art, Mesa State College, Grand Junction, CO
2005-2009
Professor of Art, Tyler Junior College, Tyler, TX
2004-2005
Adjunct Instructor, McLennan Community College, Waco, TX
2004
Adjunct Instructor, Yavapai Community College, Ceramics, Cottonwood, AZ
2003
Instructor for Continuing Education, University of North Texas, Beginning Spanish, Denton, TX
WORK EXPERIENCE
2009
Assistant Coordinator, Project Costa Rica, Community Service Project in association with Tyler Junior College, Costa Rica
2004
Summer Assistant, Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, CO
2003-2004
Studio Assistant, Don Reitz, Clarkdale, AZ
2003
Faux finisher, Lumin Arte, Dallas, TX
2002
Art Handler, Displays Unlimited, Fort Worth, TX
1996
Studio Assistant, Chris Bennett, Bentonsport, IA
EXHIBITIONS ABROAD
2009
“International Exposition of Pottery and Ceramic of La Rambla 2009”, Cordoba, Spain
2008
“International Ceramics Competition” Ceramics Park, Mino, Japan
“Be Creative Group Exhibition”, Dubai Ladies Club, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
“International Exposition of Pottery and Ceramic of La Rambla 2008”, Cordoba, Spain
“International Ceramic Magazine Editors Association Emerging Artist Exhibition,
FLICAM Museum, Fuping, China
“International Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition”, Victoria Hotel, Siem Reap, Cambodia
2007
“The Cup and Saucer Show” Where I Fell in Love Gallery, Warwickshire, England
EXHIBITIONS IN THE UNITED STATES
2010
“Arts in Harmony”, Elk River Arts Alliance, Elk River, MN
“Texas Teapot Tournament”, Houston Potter’s Guild, Houston, TX
“The Art of Food”, Sixth Street Gallery, Vancouver, WA
“Vasefinder Online National”, Fernley, NV
“4th International Small Teapot Show”, Saddleback College, CA
“10th Annual Cup Show”, Kent State University, Kent, OH
“Porcelains and Celadons” Myers Gallery at Muddy’s Studio, Santa Ana, CA
“Stretch: Clay Houston”, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
“FILL-A-Delphia”, Show of Hands Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
“Contemporary Clay Biennial”, Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, CO
“Eighteenth San Angelo Ceramic Competition”, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
“TCAA Six Pack Show”, Coop Gallery, San Angelo, TX
“Recent Works” Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
“Fireworks”, Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, Colorado
“Plates Pints and Steins” Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
“12th Painting, Drawing, Photography & Print International Exhibition” Upstream People Gallery, Omaha, NE
“What? What?”, Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, CO
“Feats of Clay Retro Show”, Lincoln Clay Arts Lincoln, CA
“3rd Annual Cup Show: Form and Function”, Gulf Coast Community College, Panama City, FL
2009
“Western Colorado Center for the Arts Art and Craft Show”, Grand Junction, CO
“Clay 3”, Clay Space, Warrenville, IL
“Continental Divide, NCECA Regional”, Arvada Center for the Arts, Arvada, CO
“Carbondale Clay National V” Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale CO
“From the Ground Up” Las Cruses Museum of Art, Las Cruses, NM
“Strictly Functional” Market House Craft Center, East Petersburg, PA
“The Sketchbook Project” , Art House Gallery Atlanta, GA
Museum of Contemporary Art DC,Washington, DC
3rd Ward, Brooklyn, NY 11237
Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA), Atlanta, GA
Chicago Art Source Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Annual All Media National Juried Exhibition” Upstream People Gallery, Omaha, NE
“Arts in Harmony”, Elk River Arts Alliance, Elk River, MN
“University of Dallas Regional Competition”, Haggerty Gallery, Dallas, TX
“Texas Teapot Tournament”, Houston Potters Guild Gallery, Houston, TX
“Vasefinder Online National”, Fernley, NV
“Beauty, Decoration and Ornament”, Eastern New Mexico University, Roswell, NM
“Mid-Atlantic Exhibition”, d”Art Center, Norfolk, VA
“Kent State Cup Show”, Kent State University, Kent, OH
“Indian Hills Alumni Ceramics Exhibition”, Indian Hills Community College, Ottumwa, IA
“South Texas Showdown”, Texas Pan American University, McAllen, TX
“The Art of Tea”, VisArts, Rockville, MD
“Recent Works”, Cooly Designs Gallery, Grand Junction, CO
2008
“35th Annual Toys Designed By Artists” Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
“Ceramic Symposium Presenting Artists Exhibition” Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
“Recent Works from the Edom Wood Fire” Montgomery College, Houston, TX
“Organics Group Exhibition” Riverton Community College, Riverton, WY
“Texas Teapot Tournament”, Houston Potters Guild Gallery, Houston, TX
“Constructivist Utility”, 18 Hands Gallery, Houston, TX
“Arts in Harmony”, Elk River Arts Alliance, Elk River, MN
“Contemporary Clay Biennial”, Western Colorado Arts Center, Grand Junction, CO
“17th Annual San Angelo Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Art, San Angelo, TX
“Feats of Clay”, Gladding McBean, Lincoln, CA
“TCAA 2008 Six Pack Show”, San Angelo Museum of Art, San Angelo, TX
“Mid Atlantic Exhibition”, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA
“The Jersey Shore National”, M.T. Burton Gallery, Surf City, NJ
“28th Annual Associated Artists of Southport National Exhibition”, Franklin Square Gallery, Southport, NC
“Teapot Forms”, Red Sky Gallery, Charlotte, NC
“8th Annual National Juried Cup Show”, Kent State University, Kent, OH
“South Texas Showdown”, South Texas College, McAllen, TX
“Red White or Blue”, Sixth Street Gallery, Vancouver, WA
“Buy This”, The Art Center, Mt Clemens, MI
“Paper Jam”, Gartlemann House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
“New Hampshire Institute of Art Ceramics Biennial”, Manchester, NH
2007
“49th Annual Delta Exhibition” Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
“University of Dallas Regional Competition” Haggerty Gallery, Dallas, TX
“Bowls: Empty Spaces” Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
“Topeka Competition 28” Sabatini Gallery, Topeka KS
“Line to Volume” National Council for the Education of Ceramic Art, Louisville, KY
“Biennial Exhibition of North American Clay” Guilford Art Center, Guilford, CT
“Feats of Clay” Gladding McBean, Lincoln, CA
“Clay, Applied Art vs. Fine Art” Gloria Kennedy Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
“Strictly Functional” Market House Craft Center, East Petersburg, PA
“From the Ground Up” Las Cruses museum of Art, Las Cruses, NM
“Outside of the Box” K Space Contemporary Gallery, Corpus Christi, TX
“South Works National” Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, GA
“7th Annual National Juried Cup Show” Kent State University, Kent, OH
“Jersey Shore National”, M.T. Burton Gallery, Surf City, NJ
“Red Heat”, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
“Carbondale Clay National”, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
“Drink It In!”, Krikorian Gallery, Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA
“History in the Making”, Genesse Art Center, Rochester, NY
“Vasefinder Online National”, Fernley, NV
“Out of The Earth”, Hanson Galleries, Houston, TX
“Bowls 2007”, Cultural Arts Gallery, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, NC
“It’s Just Clay”, Bemidji Art Center, Bemidji, MN
2006
“Strictly Functional” Market House Craft Center, East Petersburg, PA
“Coming of Age, 21 Years of Ceramics at Utah State University”
National Council for the Education of Ceramic Art, Portland, OR
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, UT
“Much, Much Coffee” Coffee Future Studio, Los Angeles, CA
“New Works” Solo Exhibition, Tarrant County Community College, Ft. Worth, TX
“X Open”, 500 X Gallery, Dallas, TX
“All-Media National Juried Exhibition” 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
“Madison National” Madison-Morgan Cultural Center, Madison, GA
“Snapshots 2006” Gallery 25, Fresno, CA
2005
“483 Days in Retrospect” Solo Exhibition,Cultural Activities Center, Temple, TX
“10 Years of St. Pete Clay” St. Pete Clay Company St.Petersburg, FL
“Jersey Shore National” M. T. Burton Gallery, Surf City, NJ
“Formal Introduction” Tyler Junior College, Tyler, TX
“Pots, Objects of Virtue” Dean Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA
2004
“Holiday Icons” Cultural Art Center, Temple, TX
“From the Ground Up” Las Cruses Museum of Art, Las Cruses, NM
2003
“International Tozan Tea bowl Invitational” NAU Art Museum, Flagstaff, AZ
“Made In Clarkdale” Group Exhibition, Clark Memorial Clubhouse, Clarkdale, AZ
2002
“Kitschagama” Solo Exhibition, Midwest Hotel. Kansas City, MO
“Wipeout” Joint Exhibition with Chris Hart, 20 Twenty, Kansas City, MO
“Anarchic Ceramacism” Solo Exhibition, Main Street Artist’s Gallery,
Fort Worth, TX
“Sculpture Eclectic” Solo Exhibition, McLennan Community College, Waco, TX
2001
“Couch Revisited” Solo Exhibition, Cedar Valley Community College, Dallas, TX
“Minimal Maximal” Joint Exhibition with Chris Hart, Gallery 803 Denton, TX
2000
“Nichols State Utilitarian National”, Nichols State University, Tibodaux, LA
“Relics From The Couch” Solo Exhibition, Rebis Gallery, Denver, CO
1999
“Functional Fire” Wood Fire Cup Show, Iowa Artisans Gallery, Iowa City, IA (Photo published in Clay Times Magazine March/April 2000)
1998
“Small Works”, University of Iowa Painting Gallery, Iowa City, IA
1997
Solo Exhibition, Hibler Gallery of Art, Ottumwa, IA
1996
Indian Hills Community College Student Art Exhibition, Ottumwa, IA
VISITING LECTURES & WORKSHOPS CONDUCTED
2010
Demonstration and Lecture, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT
Demonstration and Lecture, Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, CO
Lecture, “Emerging Faculty”, NCECA Conference, Philadelphia, PA
Demonstration and Lecture, Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, MS
Demonstration, Senai School for Industrial Ceramics, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Demonstration, Studio of Guilherme Toledo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Lecture, Four Corners Conference on Globalization, Grand Junction, CO
Demonstration, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
Demonstration and Lecture, Joliet Junior College, Joliet, IL
2009
Demonstration and Lecture, Kreuger Pottery, St. Louis, MO
Demonstration and Lecture, North Harris College, Houston, TX
2008
Demonstration and Lecture, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Demonstration and Lecture, Texas Pan American University, Edinburg, TX
Demonstration, National Center for Khmer Ceramics Revival, Siem Reap, Cambodia
2007
Demonstration, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
Demonstration and Lecture, McLennan Community College, Waco, TX
2006
Demonstration and Lecture, Arp Community Schools, Arp TX
Demonstration, Richland Community College, Richland, TX
Lecture and Demonstration, Tarrant County Community College, Arlington, TX
Lecture and Demonstration, Collin County Community College, Plano, TX
Lecture and Demonstration, East Field Community College, Dallas, TX
2005
Large Vessel and Sectional Construction, Cultural Activities Center, Temple, TX
2004
Throwing Demonstration, Oma’s Barn, St. Charles, MO
Kiln Building Lecture, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2003
Mold Making Workshop, Dallas Clay Art Organization, South Lake Community College, Las Colinas, TX
2002
Visiting Artist, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL
Mold Making workshop, Main Street Artist’s Gallery, Fort Worth, TX
Hand Building Workshop for Children, Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, TX
2001
Visiting Artist, Richland Community College, Dallas, TX
2000
Mold Making Workshop, Richland Community College, Dallas, TX
1999
Children’s Ceramic Workshop, Utah State University Museum, Logan. UT
AWARDS
2009
“Best Teapot”, Strictly Functional Pottery National, Market House Craft Center, Jurors: SFPN Directors
“Classic Beauty Award”, Beauty Adornment and Decoration, University of New Mexico
Roswell, Juror: Miranda Howe
2008
“2008 Excellence in Teaching Award”, Clay Times Magazine, Jurors: Clay Times Magazine Staff
“Merit Award”, Arts in Harmony, Elk River Arts Alliance, Jurors: Lin Nelson-Mayson and Paul Benson
“Best Fuctional Ceramics”, Clay Houston Festival, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Juror: Lisa Ohr
“Cari Rock Memorial Ceramics Award”, Elk River Arts Alliance, Jurors: Lin Nelson-Mayson and Paul Benson
“Purchase Prize”, Feats of Clay, Lincoln Arts Foundation, Lincoln, Ca
“Honorable Mention”, 28th Annual Associated Artists of Southport National Exhibition, Franklin Square Gallery, Southport, NC
2007
Exhibition Proposal for “Line to Volume”, NCECA, Louisville, KY
“Award of Merit”, University of Dallas Regional Competition, Juror: Val Cushing
“$200 Juror’s Award”, Topeka Competition 28, Juror: Robert Ebendorf
“Best of Show”, Feats of Clay, Juror: Sherman Hall
“Museum Purchase Award”, From the Ground Up XXIII, Las Cruses Museum of Art
“3rd Place” , Vasefinder Online National, Juror: Elaine Coleman
“Best of Show” Ceramics category, East Texas State Fair, Tyler, TX
“2nd Place” Thinking Outside of the Bowl Competition, Pottery Making Illustrated Magazine
2006
Recognition Star Award, Professional Development, Tyler Junior College, Tyler TX
“Best of Show” Ceramics category, East Texas State Fair, Tyler, TX
2005
Faculty Travel Grant, McLennan Community College, Waco TX
2002
Graduate Student Travel Grant, University of North Texas, Denton TX
1997
Award of Excellence, Indian Hills Art Festival, Ottumwa, IA
PUBLICATIONS
2010
Massa no Mano, “Jake Allee faz workshops no Brasil”, Winter 2010
Ceramics Monthly, “Continental Divide” January
Pottery Making Illustrated, “Instructor’s File” Jan/Feb
Clay Times Magazine, “The Gallery” Spring 2010 Issue
NCECA Journal 2010, “Interconnectivity and Ceramics’ Outward Looking Glass” and “Observations of a Curator”
Ceramic projects, Forming Techniques, Ceramic Arts Handbook Series, The American Ceramics Society
2009
Creative Quarterly Magazine, Professional Category Merit Award, 4X4 Publishing, NY
Pottery Making Illustrated, “Instructor’s File” May/June
2008
Ceramic Surface Decoration, Lark Books, New York
Clay Times Magazine, “The Gallery” Sept/Oct
2007
Ceramics Monthly, “Up Front” March
Ceramics Monthly, “Focus/Emerging Artists” May
Clay Times Magazine, “The Gallery” Jan/Feb
California Homes Magazine, “Feats of Clay” July/Aug
Pottery Making Illustrated Magazine, “Stilted Bucket” Nov/Dec
The Best of Pottery and Wood, Kennedy Publishing, VA
2002
Clay Times Magazine, “Hotter than a Texas Wood Fire” Jan/Feb
2000
Clay Times Magazine, “Wood Fire Cup Show” Mar/Apr
COLLECTIONS
Indian Hills Gallery Permanent Collection, Ottumwa, IA
San Angelo Museum of Art Permanent Collection, San Angelo, TX
Northern Arizona University Tozan Ceramics Collection, Flagstaff, AZ
Cultural Activities Center Permanent Collection, Temple, TX
Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, Topeka, KS
Indiana University Southeast Permanent Collection, New Albany, IN
Las Cruses Museum of Art Permanent Collection, Las Cruses, NM
University of Tulsa Art Gallery Permanent Collection, Tulsa, OK
FLICAM Museum, Fuping, China
Bemidji State University Harlow Collection, Bemidji, MN
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
Private Collection of Robert and Louise Arnold, Lubbock, TX
Lone Star Montgomery College, Houston, TX
Central Wyoming Community College, Riverton, WY
Tajimi Office of Sabo and National Road, Tajimi, Japan
Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, MS
DRAWING STATEMENT
The act of drawing is important to me because I am not always able to work in clay. The spontaneous nature of how I come to ideas relies on drawing. The immediate nature of executing a drawing creates a balance in my art making activities. Making art can’t wait for specialized facilities or time structures and the media of ceramic is very process oriented. I value quick and direct methods as much as methodical execution of steps because inhibition is not conducive to my work ethic.
SUMMARY
A diverse background in two and three dimensional art via academic work and experience. Completion of M.F.A. in Ceramics/Drawing and Painting at the University of North Texas with emphasis in kiln construction. Professional work experience in art handling, faux finishing, studio management, construction, and equipment maintenance. Participant of international study abroad programs in Italy and Venezuela. Currently teaching Ceramics, and 3-D Design at Mesa State College.
EDUCATION
2003
M.F.A., Ceramics, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
1999
Special Student, Utah State University, Logan, UT
1998
B.F.A., Ceramics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
1996
A.A., Visual Art, Indian Hills Community College, Ottumwa, IA
Travel Abroad: Belgium, Brazil, Cambodia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2009-2011
Assistant Professor of Art, Mesa State College, Grand Junction, CO
2005-2009
Professor of Art, Tyler Junior College, Tyler, TX
2004-2005
Adjunct Instructor, McLennan Community College, Waco, TX
2004
Adjunct Instructor, Yavapai Community College, Ceramics, Cottonwood, AZ
2003
Instructor for Continuing Education, University of North Texas, Beginning Spanish, Denton, TX
WORK EXPERIENCE
2009
Assistant Coordinator, Project Costa Rica, Community Service Project in association with Tyler Junior College, Costa Rica
2004
Summer Assistant, Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, CO
2003-2004
Studio Assistant, Don Reitz, Clarkdale, AZ
2003
Faux finisher, Lumin Arte, Dallas, TX
2002
Art Handler, Displays Unlimited, Fort Worth, TX
1996
Studio Assistant, Chris Bennett, Bentonsport, IA
EXHIBITIONS ABROAD
2009
“International Exposition of Pottery and Ceramic of La Rambla 2009”, Cordoba, Spain
2008
“International Ceramics Competition” Ceramics Park, Mino, Japan
“Be Creative Group Exhibition”, Dubai Ladies Club, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
“International Exposition of Pottery and Ceramic of La Rambla 2008”, Cordoba, Spain
“International Ceramic Magazine Editors Association Emerging Artist Exhibition,
FLICAM Museum, Fuping, China
“International Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition”, Victoria Hotel, Siem Reap, Cambodia
2007
“The Cup and Saucer Show” Where I Fell in Love Gallery, Warwickshire, England
EXHIBITIONS IN THE UNITED STATES
2010
“Arts in Harmony”, Elk River Arts Alliance, Elk River, MN
“Texas Teapot Tournament”, Houston Potter’s Guild, Houston, TX
“The Art of Food”, Sixth Street Gallery, Vancouver, WA
“Vasefinder Online National”, Fernley, NV
“4th International Small Teapot Show”, Saddleback College, CA
“10th Annual Cup Show”, Kent State University, Kent, OH
“Porcelains and Celadons” Myers Gallery at Muddy’s Studio, Santa Ana, CA
“Stretch: Clay Houston”, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
“FILL-A-Delphia”, Show of Hands Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
“Contemporary Clay Biennial”, Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, CO
“Eighteenth San Angelo Ceramic Competition”, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
“TCAA Six Pack Show”, Coop Gallery, San Angelo, TX
“Recent Works” Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
“Fireworks”, Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, Colorado
“Plates Pints and Steins” Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
“12th Painting, Drawing, Photography & Print International Exhibition” Upstream People Gallery, Omaha, NE
“What? What?”, Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, CO
“Feats of Clay Retro Show”, Lincoln Clay Arts Lincoln, CA
“3rd Annual Cup Show: Form and Function”, Gulf Coast Community College, Panama City, FL
2009
“Western Colorado Center for the Arts Art and Craft Show”, Grand Junction, CO
“Clay 3”, Clay Space, Warrenville, IL
“Continental Divide, NCECA Regional”, Arvada Center for the Arts, Arvada, CO
“Carbondale Clay National V” Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale CO
“From the Ground Up” Las Cruses Museum of Art, Las Cruses, NM
“Strictly Functional” Market House Craft Center, East Petersburg, PA
“The Sketchbook Project” , Art House Gallery Atlanta, GA
Museum of Contemporary Art DC,Washington, DC
3rd Ward, Brooklyn, NY 11237
Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA), Atlanta, GA
Chicago Art Source Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Annual All Media National Juried Exhibition” Upstream People Gallery, Omaha, NE
“Arts in Harmony”, Elk River Arts Alliance, Elk River, MN
“University of Dallas Regional Competition”, Haggerty Gallery, Dallas, TX
“Texas Teapot Tournament”, Houston Potters Guild Gallery, Houston, TX
“Vasefinder Online National”, Fernley, NV
“Beauty, Decoration and Ornament”, Eastern New Mexico University, Roswell, NM
“Mid-Atlantic Exhibition”, d”Art Center, Norfolk, VA
“Kent State Cup Show”, Kent State University, Kent, OH
“Indian Hills Alumni Ceramics Exhibition”, Indian Hills Community College, Ottumwa, IA
“South Texas Showdown”, Texas Pan American University, McAllen, TX
“The Art of Tea”, VisArts, Rockville, MD
“Recent Works”, Cooly Designs Gallery, Grand Junction, CO
2008
“35th Annual Toys Designed By Artists” Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
“Ceramic Symposium Presenting Artists Exhibition” Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
“Recent Works from the Edom Wood Fire” Montgomery College, Houston, TX
“Organics Group Exhibition” Riverton Community College, Riverton, WY
“Texas Teapot Tournament”, Houston Potters Guild Gallery, Houston, TX
“Constructivist Utility”, 18 Hands Gallery, Houston, TX
“Arts in Harmony”, Elk River Arts Alliance, Elk River, MN
“Contemporary Clay Biennial”, Western Colorado Arts Center, Grand Junction, CO
“17th Annual San Angelo Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Art, San Angelo, TX
“Feats of Clay”, Gladding McBean, Lincoln, CA
“TCAA 2008 Six Pack Show”, San Angelo Museum of Art, San Angelo, TX
“Mid Atlantic Exhibition”, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA
“The Jersey Shore National”, M.T. Burton Gallery, Surf City, NJ
“28th Annual Associated Artists of Southport National Exhibition”, Franklin Square Gallery, Southport, NC
“Teapot Forms”, Red Sky Gallery, Charlotte, NC
“8th Annual National Juried Cup Show”, Kent State University, Kent, OH
“South Texas Showdown”, South Texas College, McAllen, TX
“Red White or Blue”, Sixth Street Gallery, Vancouver, WA
“Buy This”, The Art Center, Mt Clemens, MI
“Paper Jam”, Gartlemann House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
“New Hampshire Institute of Art Ceramics Biennial”, Manchester, NH
2007
“49th Annual Delta Exhibition” Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
“University of Dallas Regional Competition” Haggerty Gallery, Dallas, TX
“Bowls: Empty Spaces” Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
“Topeka Competition 28” Sabatini Gallery, Topeka KS
“Line to Volume” National Council for the Education of Ceramic Art, Louisville, KY
“Biennial Exhibition of North American Clay” Guilford Art Center, Guilford, CT
“Feats of Clay” Gladding McBean, Lincoln, CA
“Clay, Applied Art vs. Fine Art” Gloria Kennedy Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
“Strictly Functional” Market House Craft Center, East Petersburg, PA
“From the Ground Up” Las Cruses museum of Art, Las Cruses, NM
“Outside of the Box” K Space Contemporary Gallery, Corpus Christi, TX
“South Works National” Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, GA
“7th Annual National Juried Cup Show” Kent State University, Kent, OH
“Jersey Shore National”, M.T. Burton Gallery, Surf City, NJ
“Red Heat”, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
“Carbondale Clay National”, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
“Drink It In!”, Krikorian Gallery, Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA
“History in the Making”, Genesse Art Center, Rochester, NY
“Vasefinder Online National”, Fernley, NV
“Out of The Earth”, Hanson Galleries, Houston, TX
“Bowls 2007”, Cultural Arts Gallery, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, NC
“It’s Just Clay”, Bemidji Art Center, Bemidji, MN
2006
“Strictly Functional” Market House Craft Center, East Petersburg, PA
“Coming of Age, 21 Years of Ceramics at Utah State University”
National Council for the Education of Ceramic Art, Portland, OR
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, UT
“Much, Much Coffee” Coffee Future Studio, Los Angeles, CA
“New Works” Solo Exhibition, Tarrant County Community College, Ft. Worth, TX
“X Open”, 500 X Gallery, Dallas, TX
“All-Media National Juried Exhibition” 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
“Madison National” Madison-Morgan Cultural Center, Madison, GA
“Snapshots 2006” Gallery 25, Fresno, CA
2005
“483 Days in Retrospect” Solo Exhibition,Cultural Activities Center, Temple, TX
“10 Years of St. Pete Clay” St. Pete Clay Company St.Petersburg, FL
“Jersey Shore National” M. T. Burton Gallery, Surf City, NJ
“Formal Introduction” Tyler Junior College, Tyler, TX
“Pots, Objects of Virtue” Dean Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA
2004
“Holiday Icons” Cultural Art Center, Temple, TX
“From the Ground Up” Las Cruses Museum of Art, Las Cruses, NM
2003
“International Tozan Tea bowl Invitational” NAU Art Museum, Flagstaff, AZ
“Made In Clarkdale” Group Exhibition, Clark Memorial Clubhouse, Clarkdale, AZ
2002
“Kitschagama” Solo Exhibition, Midwest Hotel. Kansas City, MO
“Wipeout” Joint Exhibition with Chris Hart, 20 Twenty, Kansas City, MO
“Anarchic Ceramacism” Solo Exhibition, Main Street Artist’s Gallery,
Fort Worth, TX
“Sculpture Eclectic” Solo Exhibition, McLennan Community College, Waco, TX
2001
“Couch Revisited” Solo Exhibition, Cedar Valley Community College, Dallas, TX
“Minimal Maximal” Joint Exhibition with Chris Hart, Gallery 803 Denton, TX
2000
“Nichols State Utilitarian National”, Nichols State University, Tibodaux, LA
“Relics From The Couch” Solo Exhibition, Rebis Gallery, Denver, CO
1999
“Functional Fire” Wood Fire Cup Show, Iowa Artisans Gallery, Iowa City, IA (Photo published in Clay Times Magazine March/April 2000)
1998
“Small Works”, University of Iowa Painting Gallery, Iowa City, IA
1997
Solo Exhibition, Hibler Gallery of Art, Ottumwa, IA
1996
Indian Hills Community College Student Art Exhibition, Ottumwa, IA
VISITING LECTURES & WORKSHOPS CONDUCTED
2010
Demonstration and Lecture, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT
Demonstration and Lecture, Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, CO
Lecture, “Emerging Faculty”, NCECA Conference, Philadelphia, PA
Demonstration and Lecture, Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, MS
Demonstration, Senai School for Industrial Ceramics, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Demonstration, Studio of Guilherme Toledo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Lecture, Four Corners Conference on Globalization, Grand Junction, CO
Demonstration, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
Demonstration and Lecture, Joliet Junior College, Joliet, IL
2009
Demonstration and Lecture, Kreuger Pottery, St. Louis, MO
Demonstration and Lecture, North Harris College, Houston, TX
2008
Demonstration and Lecture, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Demonstration and Lecture, Texas Pan American University, Edinburg, TX
Demonstration, National Center for Khmer Ceramics Revival, Siem Reap, Cambodia
2007
Demonstration, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
Demonstration and Lecture, McLennan Community College, Waco, TX
2006
Demonstration and Lecture, Arp Community Schools, Arp TX
Demonstration, Richland Community College, Richland, TX
Lecture and Demonstration, Tarrant County Community College, Arlington, TX
Lecture and Demonstration, Collin County Community College, Plano, TX
Lecture and Demonstration, East Field Community College, Dallas, TX
2005
Large Vessel and Sectional Construction, Cultural Activities Center, Temple, TX
2004
Throwing Demonstration, Oma’s Barn, St. Charles, MO
Kiln Building Lecture, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2003
Mold Making Workshop, Dallas Clay Art Organization, South Lake Community College, Las Colinas, TX
2002
Visiting Artist, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL
Mold Making workshop, Main Street Artist’s Gallery, Fort Worth, TX
Hand Building Workshop for Children, Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, TX
2001
Visiting Artist, Richland Community College, Dallas, TX
2000
Mold Making Workshop, Richland Community College, Dallas, TX
1999
Children’s Ceramic Workshop, Utah State University Museum, Logan. UT
AWARDS
2009
“Best Teapot”, Strictly Functional Pottery National, Market House Craft Center, Jurors: SFPN Directors
“Classic Beauty Award”, Beauty Adornment and Decoration, University of New Mexico
Roswell, Juror: Miranda Howe
2008
“2008 Excellence in Teaching Award”, Clay Times Magazine, Jurors: Clay Times Magazine Staff
“Merit Award”, Arts in Harmony, Elk River Arts Alliance, Jurors: Lin Nelson-Mayson and Paul Benson
“Best Fuctional Ceramics”, Clay Houston Festival, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Juror: Lisa Ohr
“Cari Rock Memorial Ceramics Award”, Elk River Arts Alliance, Jurors: Lin Nelson-Mayson and Paul Benson
“Purchase Prize”, Feats of Clay, Lincoln Arts Foundation, Lincoln, Ca
“Honorable Mention”, 28th Annual Associated Artists of Southport National Exhibition, Franklin Square Gallery, Southport, NC
2007
Exhibition Proposal for “Line to Volume”, NCECA, Louisville, KY
“Award of Merit”, University of Dallas Regional Competition, Juror: Val Cushing
“$200 Juror’s Award”, Topeka Competition 28, Juror: Robert Ebendorf
“Best of Show”, Feats of Clay, Juror: Sherman Hall
“Museum Purchase Award”, From the Ground Up XXIII, Las Cruses Museum of Art
“3rd Place” , Vasefinder Online National, Juror: Elaine Coleman
“Best of Show” Ceramics category, East Texas State Fair, Tyler, TX
“2nd Place” Thinking Outside of the Bowl Competition, Pottery Making Illustrated Magazine
2006
Recognition Star Award, Professional Development, Tyler Junior College, Tyler TX
“Best of Show” Ceramics category, East Texas State Fair, Tyler, TX
2005
Faculty Travel Grant, McLennan Community College, Waco TX
2002
Graduate Student Travel Grant, University of North Texas, Denton TX
1997
Award of Excellence, Indian Hills Art Festival, Ottumwa, IA
PUBLICATIONS
2010
Massa no Mano, “Jake Allee faz workshops no Brasil”, Winter 2010
Ceramics Monthly, “Continental Divide” January
Pottery Making Illustrated, “Instructor’s File” Jan/Feb
Clay Times Magazine, “The Gallery” Spring 2010 Issue
NCECA Journal 2010, “Interconnectivity and Ceramics’ Outward Looking Glass” and “Observations of a Curator”
Ceramic projects, Forming Techniques, Ceramic Arts Handbook Series, The American Ceramics Society
2009
Creative Quarterly Magazine, Professional Category Merit Award, 4X4 Publishing, NY
Pottery Making Illustrated, “Instructor’s File” May/June
2008
Ceramic Surface Decoration, Lark Books, New York
Clay Times Magazine, “The Gallery” Sept/Oct
2007
Ceramics Monthly, “Up Front” March
Ceramics Monthly, “Focus/Emerging Artists” May
Clay Times Magazine, “The Gallery” Jan/Feb
California Homes Magazine, “Feats of Clay” July/Aug
Pottery Making Illustrated Magazine, “Stilted Bucket” Nov/Dec
The Best of Pottery and Wood, Kennedy Publishing, VA
2002
Clay Times Magazine, “Hotter than a Texas Wood Fire” Jan/Feb
2000
Clay Times Magazine, “Wood Fire Cup Show” Mar/Apr
COLLECTIONS
Indian Hills Gallery Permanent Collection, Ottumwa, IA
San Angelo Museum of Art Permanent Collection, San Angelo, TX
Northern Arizona University Tozan Ceramics Collection, Flagstaff, AZ
Cultural Activities Center Permanent Collection, Temple, TX
Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, Topeka, KS
Indiana University Southeast Permanent Collection, New Albany, IN
Las Cruses Museum of Art Permanent Collection, Las Cruses, NM
University of Tulsa Art Gallery Permanent Collection, Tulsa, OK
FLICAM Museum, Fuping, China
Bemidji State University Harlow Collection, Bemidji, MN
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
Private Collection of Robert and Louise Arnold, Lubbock, TX
Lone Star Montgomery College, Houston, TX
Central Wyoming Community College, Riverton, WY
Tajimi Office of Sabo and National Road, Tajimi, Japan
Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, MS
