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EDUCATION

2009        M.F.A  Art Studio – Ceramics    Minor in Drawing  University of Iowa

                      Iowa City, IA

2008        M.A. Art Studio-Ceramics    Minor in Metal smithing  University of Iowa

                      Iowa City, IA

2003        B.A. Art Studio-Ceramics    Minor in Art History   Bloomsburg University,

                      Bloomsburg, PA

 

TEACHING and WORK EXPERIENCE

2015-present          Ceramics Instructor and Technician, University of Hartford, West

                                    Hartford CT

2015                        Studio Staff, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle ME

2014 – 2015            Instructor and Resident Artist at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, 

                                   Gatlinburg  TN

2013 – 2014           Ceramics Instructor, Chicago State University, Chicago IL

2012 – 2014           Resident Artist and Crew member for Rebuild Foundation and

                                   Theaster Gates Studio

2011 – 2012           Instructor and Artist in Residence at Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago IL

2010 – 2011           Instructor and Artist in Residence at the Lux Center for the Arts,

                                    Lincoln, NE

2010 – 2011           Ceramics Instructor, Doane College, Lincoln, NE

2006 – 2009           Instructor of Record, Ceramics Department, University of Iowa, Iowa

                                    City, IA

RESIDENCIES

2019                       Invited Artist, Ceramic Sculpture Collective, Watershed Center for the  

                                     Ceramic Arts, Newcastle ME

2014 – 2015           Artist in Residence, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts,

                                     Gatlinburg,TN 

2012 – 2014           Artist in Residence in Ceramics, Rebuild Foundation/Theaster Gates,

                                      Chicago, IL

2011 – 2012           Artist in Residence in Ceramics, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago IL

2010 – 2011           Artist in Residence in Ceramics, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE

 

EXHIBITIONS

 

UPCOMING 2022

Strictly Functional Pottery National, Sept 2022

 

2021

  • Solo Exhibition, Ely Center for Contemporary Art, Jan 2022

  • Past Artist in Residence Exhibition, LUX center for the Arts, March 2022
  • WIP, Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven CT
  • remnants, Solo Exhibition, HAAS Gallery, Bloomsburg PA Fall 2021
  • American Pottery Festival, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis MN
  • Hella Cups, Applied Contemporary, Oakland CA
  • Valdosta National 2021, Dedo Maranville Fine Arts Gallery, Valdosta  GA

 

2020

  • Alternate Endings 3:Contemporary Ceramic Bookends, NCECA Richmond VA      

2019

  • Bug-Insectum,  Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati OH
  • Clay National XIV Nature Reconsidered, Carbondale Clay Center, CO
  • Shifting Parameters, Five Points Gallery, Torrington CT
  • Small Favors 2019, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia PA
  • Butter, The International Museum of Dinnerware Design, Ann Arbor, MI
  • What We Eat and Wear, CICA Museum, Gimpo, South Korea
  • You, Extra,  CO Exhibitions Space, in conjunction with NCECA 2019, Minneapolis MN
  • Lies, District Clay Gallery, Washington DC

2018

  • The Figure in Clay, Clay Center of New Orleans, New Orleans LA  
  • Fun House, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie NY
  • 2018 NCECA Annual Exhibition, Visual Voices: Truth Narratives, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburg PA
  • Surreal Salon, Baton Rouge Gallery Center for Contemporary Art, Baton Rouge LA
  • Beyond the Brickyard, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena MT

 

2017

  • 3D, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago IL
  • SOFA Expo, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago IL
  • What Goes Bump in the Night, Clay Arts Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
  • Further On, Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery, Manchester CT
  • Of the Earth, Arrowmont Schol of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg TN
  • Red Lodge Clay Center Juried National 4, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge MT
  • Salon 2017, Artist Publication Fellowship, Peripheral Vision Volume 7
  • Small Favors:Think Inside the Box, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia PA
  • Matt Towers, Nathan Carris Carnes, Matthew Dercole, Wesleyan Potters, Middletown CT
  • 40 for 40, LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln NE

2016

  • Points of Departure: An Exhibition Without Borders, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan WI
  • Prime Ceramics, Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Phoenix AZ
  • Northeast Ceramic Sculpture Exhibition, Art Centro, Poughkeepsie NY
  • 40th Anniversary Exhibition, Lillstreet Art Gallery, Chicago IL
  • Ceramic Selections from 25 Years of the Arrowmont Artists-in-Residence Program, Co-Curated by Chandra DeBuse, and Bill Griffith, in conjunction with NCECA 2016 Conference,Kansas City Convention Center, Kansas City, MO

 

2015

  • A Naturally Picked Stacked Attraction of Glitz, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg TN
  • III International Triennial of Ceramics Unicum 2015, Ljubljana, Slovenia

2014

  • 11th Annual Ceramics Invitational, Abel Contemporary (formerly Artisan Gallery), Paoli WI, Sept 2014
  • Emerged: After the Residency, Group show to coincide with NCECA, Lillstreet Art Gallery, Mar 2014
  • Midwestern Educators and Students, Lillstreet Booth NCECA 2014, Milwaukee WI

2013

  • Works included in collaboration for John Preuss and Dilettante Studios installation for HOME,  EXPO  Chicago. Sep. 2013
  • Workhouse Clay National, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton VA
  • Americas ClayFest, Blue Line Arts Gallery, Roseville CA
  • Two x Two: small-scale sculptural ceramic biennial, EWU Gallery of Art, Cheney WA,
  • We met in Iowa, Earlham College in Richmond, IN

2012

  • We met in Iowa, Pittsburg State Univ, Pittsburg KS
  • Ceramica Multiplex 2012 at The Fourth International Festival of Postmodern Ceramics 2012, at the City Museum Varazdin, Croatia
  • Configured Spaces, Lillstreet Gallery, Chicago IL
  • Masur Museum of Art 49th Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum, Monroe LA * Best in Show*
  • Small Favors VII, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia PA, March 2012
  • Human, Gallery 180 of the Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago IL
  • Silicalicious, Backspace Gallery. Peoria IL

2011

  • Visions in Clay 2011, LH Horton Jr Gallery, Stockton CA
  • Bibliophoria II, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol CA
  • 31 Concurs Internacional de Ceràmica CICA, 2011, Museu de Ceràmica de l’Alcora, L’Alcora Spain
  • Small Favors VI, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia PA,
  • as you were, solo exhibition, Folsom Gallery, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln NE

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE


 

2022         - Demo and lecture, Wesleyan Potters, Middletown CT

2021          - Artist Demo, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis MN

2020          - Artist Panel, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg PA

2019         - Panel Discussion, Five Points Gallery, Torrington CT,

2018         -Presentation as part of Artist Talks Series, Barrett Art Center,

                     Poughkeepsie, NY

2017         - Artist Lecture, Hangzhou International School, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

                  - SGA Academic Research Grant Recipient

2014         -Visiting Artist, Kansas University, Feb 26-27

2013        -Soul Manufacturing Corporation, The Spirit of Utopia, Whitechapel Gallery,        

                    London UK

                 -Soul Manufacturing Corporation, Fabric Workshop and Museum,

                     Philadelphia PA

                 - Lecture and Presentation, Pittsburg State University

2012         -Soul Manufacturing Corporation, Locust Projects, Miami FL

                       -Worked as “Skilled Worker" for Theaster Gates’ Exhibition

                -Studio Visit and Lecture, Loyola University ceramics students

                -Worked for Theaster Gates on Feast project,  Smart Museum, Chicago IL

                -Lecture, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb IL 

                -Lecture and demo,  Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago IL

2011        -Panel Discussion, “Making Contemporary Ceramics: Multimedia + Clay” At     

                    NCECA, Tampa FL

2010        -Work Study, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia PA

2009        - The University of Iowa Research Fellowship, awarded by The Graduate 

                      College of  The University of Iowa.

2008       - Iowa Arts Fellowship, Iowa Arts Council for graduate fellowship at The

                      University of Iowa

                -Demonstrations and Lecture , Luther College,  Decorah, IA   

 

COLLECTIONS and PUBLICATIONS

  • Leah Andelsmith, Ely Center Artists Wake the World, Arts Council Greater New Haven, Oct 12 2021
  • Georgia Erger, Salon 2017, peripheralvisionarts.org/journal/issue-7, Jan 2018
  • Contemporary Craft, Meet a Maker:Matt Dercole,contemporarycraft.org, August 17, 2016
  • Julie K. Hanus and Jessica Shaykett, NCECA 2014: Our Top 10 List, craftcouncil.org,  April 08, 2014
  • The Gap-Toothed Madness, Issue 1, Vol 2, April 2014
  • 500 Figures in Clay Vol 2, Lark Publishing, 2014
  • Carrie Scozzaro, Small-scale ceramics at EWU highlight earthy art form, inlander.com, Jan 23 2013
  • Kerameikon Collection of Contemporary World Ceramics, Varazdin, Croatia
  • Direct Art Magazine Vol 19, Oct 2012
  • Museu de Ceràmica de l’Alcora, L’Alcora, Spain
  • University of Iowa Library, Special Collections Department, Iowa City IA, “A Conversation with Contemporary Clay”