Education
2004-2007 University
of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL)
MFA
in Ceramics, Hixson-Lied Graduate Fellow
1997-2002 University
of Wisconsin-Whitewater (UWW)
BFA
with Ceramic Emphasis, Summa Cum Laude
Select Awards and Special
Recognition
2008 NICHE
Award Finalist, Professional Category: Ceramics, Wheel-Thrown
Emerging
Artist, Ceramics Monthly
2004-2007 Hixson-Lied
Graduate Fellowship, UNL
Graduate
Teaching Assistantship, UNL
Select Exhibitions
2009 January
Invitational, Terra Incognito, Chicago, IL (Upcoming Invitational)
Recent
Work, Tugboat Gallery, Lincoln , NE (Upcoming Invitational)
Spoon
it, Fork It, Cut It Up: A Salon Show of Domestic Ceramic
Implements, Baltimore Clayworks,
Baltimore, MD (Upcoming Invitational)
Individuals
Developing Together, NCECA, Phoenix, AZ (Upcoming Group)
2008 Gifts from
the Heart, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE (Invitational)
Intimate
Distances, University of Kansas Art & Design Gallery,
Lawrence, KS (3-person)
All
Fired Up: The Artful Table, Lyndhurst, Tarrytown, NY
(Invitational)
Desire
and Utility, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE (Solo)
Look
Inside: Work from Burro Branch Studios, A to Z
Printing, Lincoln, NE (Two-person)
2007 National
Cup Show, Siena Heights, Adrian, MI (Juried)
Winter
Showroom, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE (Invitational)
Gifted, The
Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA (Upcoming Invitational)
National
Juried Ceramics Exhibition, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
(Juried)
Art
of Fine Craft, Elder Gallery, Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE
(Juried)
It's
Only Clay, Bemidji Community Art Center, Bemidji, MN (Juried)
Clay
Convergence, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE (Invitational)
4th
Annual Marge Brown Kalodner Graduate Exhibition, The Clay Studio,
Philadelphia, PA (Juried)
Beautiful
Objects, Eisentrager · Howard Gallery, Lincoln, NE (Solo)
COllaboratioNE, UMC
Gallery, Boulder, CO (Invitational)
Red
Alert, Hastings College Art Gallery, Hastings, NE
(Invitational)
2006 Delineations, SoOh
Gallery, Lincoln, NE (Invitational)
Blue
Grass Clay National Show, The Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY
(Juried)
Botanicals, The
Eisentrager · Howard Gallery, Lincoln, NE (Invitational)
Code
Red, Peru State College Gallery, Peru, NE (Invitational)
100
Cups, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE (Invitational)
3rd
Annual Marge Brown Kalodner Graduate Exhibition, The Clay
Studio, Philadelphia, PA (Juried)
New
Visual Voices: UNL MFA Students, Haydon Art Center, Lincoln, NE
(Invitational)
Quiet
Obsessions, Rotunda Gallery, Lincoln, NE (Two-person Exhibition)
Gallery
Representation
Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln,
NE
The
Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, PA
Sheldon
Museum Shop, Lincoln, NE
Residencies
Citations
2008 Woman
uses finer things for pottery inspiration, Lincoln Journal Star, August 10, 2008, pg. 8K
Emerging
Artists, Ceramics
Monthly, May, pg. 80
500
Plates, Lark Book
Publications, pg. 352
Art
Axis Webpage, http://www.artaxis.org
2007 Ceramic
Connections, L
Magazine, November, pg. 60-61
MFA
Factor, Ceramics
Monthly, August/September, pg. 42
2006 Local
Color, Lincoln
Lifestyle Magazine, Winter, pg. 10-11
Professional
Experience
Jan 2008-Present Education
Director, Lux
Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE
July 2007-Present Studio
Artist, Burro
Branch Studios, Lincoln, NE
2007 Adjunct
Faculty for Beginning Ceramics, Doane College, Lincoln, NE
Gallery
Assistant, Lux
Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE
Assistant
Gallery Director,
Eisentrager - Howard Gallery, UNL
2005-2006 Teacher
of Record,
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2005 Exhibition
Coordinator, UNL
MFA Ceramics: Recent Works, Rotunda
Fundraiser
Coordinator, UNL
Clay Club Throw-a-Thon and Sale for the Craft
2004-2005 Graduate
Teaching Assistant, University of Nebraska-Lincoln