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2007 ABOVE THE BELT, Studioswan, Atlanta, GA
FAMILY VALUES, Gallery 31
North, Glen Gardner, NJ
2006 LOOSE LIPS, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Center for the Arts, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
2006 BIRDLAND, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN.
2005 FAMILY VALUES, WeissPollack Gallery, NY, NY
2003 VACATION, Spike Gallery, NY, NY
BACK TO SCHOOL, The Children's Museum
of the Arts NY, NY
(Publication & t- shirt)
MY FRIENDS, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis,
TN.
2001 Ballard Featherston Gallery, Seattle, WA
THIRD GRADE, John Elder Gallery, NY, NY
2000 Bachelier-Cardonsky, Kent, CT
1999 David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
1997 DRAWINGS - Mia Gallery, Seattle, WA
1996 Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT
1995 Mia Gallery, Seattle WA
1994 Diana Burke Gallery, NY, NY
1993 Mia Gallery, Seattle, WA
1990 Art Rages, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1988 Primitivo Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1986 HOMESITES, Arts Council of San Mateo County, Belmont, CA
CHAIRS,
Clodagh, Ross, Williams Gallery, NY, NY
CHAIRS, San Francisco International
Airport, San Francisco, CA
2007 FORMS OF OPULENCE- Allen Gallery. New York, NY
HAVE A SEAT!-The Beylerian Collection of Small Chairs June 28 - October 28,
The Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY
RED- Curated by Richard Notkin. Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
THE INNER CHILD- The Hunterdon Museum of Art, Hunterdon, NJ
COLLAGE- LAYERING SPACE,RESTRUCTURING TIME - The Kleinart Art
Center, Woodstock, NY
2006 Motherhood, the Myth, the Magic, the Madness- curated by Leslie
Matthews, Design for Living Gallery, Phila. PA.
"Bodies of Clay:
Am I Weird?" Co-curated by Nel Bannier and Atsumi
Fujita, Multnomah Arts Center, Portland, OR
2005 "New Talent 2005" curated by Atsumi Fujita, Conjunction
of the Museum of
Ceramic Art/ New York (MOCA/ NY) and Weisspollack Gallery, New York
3RD WORLD CERAMICS BIENNALE 2005, Ceramics: The Vehicle of Culture, invitational exhibition, Icheon, Korea (Catalogue)
2004 PULP FICTION, bahdu bahdee, Phila. PA
2003 ENCAUSTIC 2003, juried exhibition, Poughkeepsie, NY (Catalogue)
2002 PUSHING CLAY, Univ of Southern Maine. Portland, Maine
2001 R&F ENCAUSTICS JURIED BIENNIAL - Kingston, NY (Catalogue)
1999 LOOKING IN THE MIRROR - Riley Hawk Galleries, Cleveland, OH Spring
1998 NEW TALENT, John Elder Gallery, NY, NY
Ballard Featherstone Gallery,
Seattle, WA
1996 INTIMATE CONVERSATIONS, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
1995 NEW YORK CLAY - Traveling exhibition, Stavanger, Norway
1994 VIEWPOINTS, Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT
NEW GENERATION,
Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
1993 SMALL SCALE SCULPTURE - Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
HEADS
OR TAILS - Mia Gallery, Seattle, WA
1992 THE NEW YORK FOUR, Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT
CHAIRS,
Gallery of Functional Art, Santa Monica, CA
FIGURATIVE CERAMICS, Mia
Gallery, Seattle, WA
1991 AND ALL THROUGH THE HOUSE, Gallery of Functional Art, Santa Monica, CA
1990 SIGNS OF SUPPORT - FURNITURE FORMS IN CONTEMPORARY ART
John Michael
Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
1988 ARTIST'S FURNITURE INVITATIONAL, Wita Gardiner Gallery, San Diego,
CA
THE FIGURE REDEFINED, Primitivo Gallery, San Francisco, CA
EAST MEETS
WEST INVITATIONAL, Contemp. Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR
THE AESTHETIC
EDGE, Corvalis Art Center, Corvallis, OR
IMAGINARY LANDSCAPES, Primitivo
Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1987 VIEWING THE FIGURE, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
FIGURATIVE CERAMICS,
The Lawrence Gallery, Portland, OR
1986 INAUGURAL EXHIBITION, Clodagh, Ross, Williams Gallery, NY, NY
1985 SAN FRANCISCO FINE ARTS COMMISSION JURIED EXHIBITION, San Francisco, CA
1984 INTROSPECTIVES - AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL WORK BY WOMEN - Pyramid Art Center, Rochester, NY
1983 SMALL WORKS NATIONAL, Zaner Gallery, Rochester, NY
THE AMERICAN CLAY
NATIONAL, Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA
Review of BIRDLAND- The Memphis Commercial Appeal, Friday April 21, 2006
BIRDLAND- Catalogue published in conjunction with the exhibition. David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN 2006
TRANS-CERAMIC-ART – Catalogue of The 3rd World Ceramic Biennale 2005. Published by Icheon World Ceramic Center, Icheon, Korea 2005
500 FIGURES IN CLAY - by Veronika Gunter. Lark Books, Ashville, NC 2004
BACK TO SCHOOL- catalogue essay by Paul Karlstrom. Published by The Children's Museum of the Arts NY, NY, Winter 2003
CERAMIC FIGURES - by Michael Flynn, Rutgers Univ. Press - New Jersey 2002
FORM & TRANS-FORMATIONS - by Judith Schwartz, catalogue. Queens, NY 1997
NEW YORK CLAY - essay by Judith Schwartz, exhibition catalogue, Rogaland Kunstnersenter, Rogaland, Norway 1996
THE NEW YORK TIMES - Review - Sunday, Dec. 15, 1996
CHAIRMANIA - FANTASTIC MINIATURES by George Beylarian, Harry Abrams pub. New York, NY - 1994
DAN'S PAPER - Review - Bridgehampton, NY - May 20, 1994
EAST HAMPTON INDEPENDENT - Review - May 22, 1994
THE NEW YORK TIMES - Review - Sunday, August 2, 1992
CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN ART CRAFT - A COLLECTOR'S GUIDE – by Barbara Mayer, Peregrine Smith Books - Salt Lake City, UT - 1988
PRONTO - Cover photograph and article. Vol. 4 #5 – Tokyo, Japan - 1988
ARS AUREA – Magazine article Berlin, Germany - winter 1988
Art Critic- The New York Press- current
AWARDED ARTIST RESIDENCY, The Serenbe Institute, Seren\be Ga, 2007
ADVISORY BOARD- Madison Park Conservancy, NY, NY- current
ADVISORY BOARD- Greenwich House Pottery, NY, NY- current
ADVISORY BOARD- The Children's Museum of the Arts. NY, NY. - Current
2001- SPONSORS AWARD R&F HANDMADE PAINT JURIED EXHITION
1990 AND 1994 KOHLER FOUNDATION GRANT - Artist-in-Residence Kohler Company, Sheboygan, WI
The Arario Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Bear Stearns & Co. New York, N.Y.
Dow Jones & Co Inc, New York, NY
Davison Collection, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
The Arkansas Art Center
Stavenger Museum, Stavenger Norway
The Metropolitan Home Magazine Design Collection, NY, NY
The Kohler Company Collection, Sheboygan, WI
Designtex, NY, NY
George Beylerian, New York, NY
Judith & Martin Schwartz, New York, NY
Mr. & Mrs. James Ottaway, Jr., NY, NY
Gail & Robert Brown, Philadelphia, PA
Mark & Elizabeth Levine, New York, N.Y.
Marc & Diane Grainer, Washington, D.C.
Leland and Marion Zeidler, Santa Cruz, CA
Kathleen O'Grady, New York, N.Y.
Mr. Bill Joy, Palo Alto, CA.
David and Clemmer Monteque, Washington, DC
Mr. & Mrs. John Sells, Palm Springs, CA
Ann and Paul Karlstrom, San Francisco
1976-1980 BA Anthropology and Studio Art Cum Laude with Honors in Anthropology Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut
1982-1984 MFA Ceramics State University of New York at New Paltz