| Education | 2003 | MFA – Ceramics University of Colorado at Boulder Boulder CO |
| 2000 | BFA – Ceramics Kansas City Art Institute (KCAI) Kansas City MO |
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| Exhibitions | 2018 | Grab Bag Freehand Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Group Exhibition |
| 2018 | Contemporary Clay National Juried Exhibitions Western Colorado Art Center |
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| 2018 | Clay Competition Artery, Davis, CA | |
| 2017 | Synergy Mount San Antonio College Art Gallery, Walnut CA |
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| 2017 | Spirited Perfect Exposure Gallery, Los Angeles CA |
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| 2016 | We Make Our Own Time Art Department Faculty Biennial Exhibition Los Angeles Valley College, Valley Glen CA |
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| 2016 | Biomorphic Exhibition American Museum of Art Ceramic Art, Pomona CA |
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| 2016 | Every Semester: Collecting KCAI Ceramics 1995 – 2015 Belger Crane Art Center, Kansas City, MO |
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| 2015 | 12th Annual Ceramics Show 2015 McGroarty Art Center, Tujunga CA |
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| 2015 | Vases for Branches & Flowers The Little London Plane, Seattle WA |
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| 2014 | Second Nature Mount San Antonio Art Gallery, Walnut CA |
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| 2013 | Up and Off The Base LAVC Art Gallery, Valley Glen CA |
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| 2013 | Come Closer Fire House Art Center, Longmont CO |
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| 2012 | Reunion: What Made You Start Again? The Dairy Center For The Arts, Boulder CO |
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| 2012 | Didactics Mount San Antonio College, Walnut CA |
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| 2012 | Kiln Opening American Museum of Ceramic Art Pomona CA |
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| 2012 | Make it Out Chime & Co., Los Angeles CA |
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| 2011 | The Art of Clay AMOCA, Pomona CA |
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| 2010 | Value Vista Chime & Co., Los Angeles CA |
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| 2010 | Kiln Opening AMOCA, Pomona CA |
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| 2010 | Faculty Show Ventura College, Ventura CA |
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| 2009 | Objects Of Virtue Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek CA |
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| 2009 | STUDIO POTTER Freehand Gallery, Los Angeles CA |
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| 2009 | Dining In: An Artful Experience 18 Hands Gallery, Houston TX |
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| 2009 | 30 Small Works Gallery Up, Rock Hill, SC |
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| 2008 | Shipped Shapes Fakespace, Los Angeles CA |
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| 2004 | California Clay Freehand Gallery, Los Angeles CA |
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| 2004 | The Warehouse Exhibition Chemical Building NCECA, Indianapolis IN |
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| 2003 | What Made You Start Again? CU Art, Museum Boulder COCO |
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| 2003 | Annual Juried Show Spark Galley, Denver CO |
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| 2003 | Priceless Group Exhibition Juried by Cydney Payton The Dairy Center for Arts, Boulder CO |
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| 2003 | Graduate Show Spark Gallery, Denver |
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| 2002 | From The Ground Up XXI Richardson Gallery, Las Cruces NM |
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| 2001 | A-I-R Kirkorian Gallery Group Exhibition, Worcester MA |
| Teaching | 2015 Present |
Assistant Professor of Art Los Angeles Valley College Teaching Introduction to Ceramics, I, II, III, IV Beginning 2-D Design and Beginning 3-D Design. |
| 2017 | Visiting Lecturer Otis School of Art and Design,Los Angeles CA |
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| 2014, 2015 |
Beginning Hand Building University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA Teaching pinch, hard slab, soft slab, molds, coil, and extruder. Introducing ceramics vocabulary, history and concepts. Students experience soda firing, raku, lusters, decals and cone 10 reduction firing. |
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| 2013 | Sabbatical Replacement for Chair Patsy Cox Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Ceramics California State University Northridge Teaching students wheel throwing, coil building, slab, mold, sculpture, glazing, mold-making, ceramic design, ceramic history, glaze chemistry, kiln loading, and firing; Professional development, independent studies and conceptual means. |
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| 2013, 2015 |
Beginning – Advanced Ceramics Instructor adjunct Los Angeles Valley College Teaching students wheel throwing, coil building, slab, mold, sculpture, glazing, basic through advanced ceramic design, and ceramic history. Valley Glen, CA |
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| 2010, 2014 |
Introduction to Ceramics California State University Northridge Teaching students wheel throwing, coil building, slab, mold,sculpture, glazing, basic through advanced ceramic design, and ceramic history. Northridge, CA |
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| 2009, 2015 |
Beginning – Advanced Ceramics instructor Mount San Antonio College Teaching students wheel throwing, coil building, slab, mold, sculpture, glazing, basic ceramic design, ceramic history, kiln loading, and firing. Walnut, CA |
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| 2010 Fall |
Sabbatical Replacement For Chair Jerry Zuca Beginning – Advanced Ceramics Instruction Moorpark College Teaching students wheel throwing, coil building, slab construction, molds, sculpture, glazing, basic ceramic design, ceramic history, kiln loading and firing |
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| 2010 Spring |
Clay and Glaze Theory l,ll,lll Ventura College Teaching beginning through advance clay and glaze chemistry, students learn to mix glazes, formulate glazes and fire kilns Ventura, CA |
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| 2004, 2013 |
Visual Arts Instructor and Chair Yeshiva University High School Overseeing all curriculum, ordering, budget, fundraising exhibitions and teaching students ceramics, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, painting, bookmaking, art history, glass blowing and photography Los Angeles, CA |
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| 2008 | Visiting Instructor Scripps College Teaching Students wheel throwing and hand building Pomona, CA |
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| 2003 2002 |
Instructor Introduction To Art University of Colorado at Boulder Teaching students the foundation of art. Instruction including printmaking, painting, drawing fundamentals, color theory, elements and principles of design, 3-D design ceramics, photography and art history. Boulder, CO |
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| 2002 | Visiting Artist and Lectures Walker Center for The Arts Milwaukee, WI |
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| 2002 | Ceramic Wheel I Teaching Assistant University of Colorado at Boulder Assist instructor in demonstrating techniques; help students build a conceptual language in clay; one-on-one assistance Boulder, CO |
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| 2001 | Art History Teaching Assistant University of Colorado at Boulder Lecturing, grading, working one-on one with students on assignments and testing performance Boulder, CO |
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| 2001 | Instructor Worcester Center for Crafts Advanced glaze and mold techniques and beginning throwing for adults Worcester, MA |
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| 2001 | Visiting Artist and Lecturer Salem State College School of Arts and Sciences Art Department Slide talk and demonstration of work methods Salem, MA |
| Related Experience | 2018 | Grab Bag Freehand Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Group Exhibition Co-Curated with Nikki Lewis |
| 2018 | Artist-in-Residence Art Farm Marquette Nebraska |
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| 2015 | MYMADE Experience Co-owner and designer of high-end home décor line Los Angeles CA |
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| 2002 | Gallery Assistant CU Art Museum University of Colorado at Boulder Responsible for installing and de-installing art exhibitions, lighting, hanging, matting, condition reports. Boulder, CO |
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| 2000, 2001 |
Artist-in-Residence Worcester Center for Crafts. Worcester MA |
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| 2000, 2001 |
Technician Glass Studio Worcester Center for Crafts Repair kilns, maintain all equipment and monitor open studio Worcester, MA |
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| 2000 | Penland School For Crafts – Assistant Malcolm Davis, Shino on Porcelain Penlanand, NC |
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| 2000 | Internship, Red Star Studio – Steven Hill Kiln firing, glaze mixing, plaster, and teaching assistant Kansas City, MO |
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| 1999 | Peter Voulkas Workshop University of Missouri Columbia, MO |
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| 1999, 2000 |
Senior Representative Visiting Artist Committee – KCAI Ceramics Department Selection of artists, scheduling, and organization of visit artists Kansas City, MO |
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| Awards/ Achievements | 2001 | Local Cultural Commission Grant Recipient Worcester Cultural Commission, Worcester MA |
| 2000 | Ceramics Department Holiday Sale Student Scholarship Kansas City Art Institute Kansas City, MO |
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| 1996- 2000 |
Outstanding Portfolio Award and Scholarship KCAI Scholarship, Kansas City MO |
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| Publications | Contributing Writer: Ceramics Monthly November 2011 issue, Exposed |
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| Featured Artist: The New Ceramics Additions To Clay Bodies, By Kathleen Standen 2013 |
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| Collections | Penland School of Craft Executive Director Jean W. McLaughlin, North Carolina Jo Lauria, Los Angeles, CA Carol Sauvion, Los Angeles CA Jeffery Mitchell Craft in America Collection, Los Angeles, CA Kansas City Art Institute Ceramics Collection Worcester Center for Crafts Permanent Collection University of Colorado at Boulder Ceramics Collection George and Susan Timock Collection Cary Esser and Mo Dickenson Collection Cabin Editing Company Collection, Santa Monica, CA Studio Shamshiri (Pam Shamshiri) Collection, Los Angeles, CA Lauri Firstenberg Collection (LAXART Founder), Los Angeles, CA Steve Roth Collection, Los Angeles, CA |
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