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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- 2009
- STEP RIGHT UP – Bahdeebahdu Gallery, Philadelphia PA
- COMING UP FOR AIR- Fetherston Gallery, Seattle WA
- LOOSE LIPS- Drawing exhibition, Milsaps College, Jackson, MS.
- 2008
- A COMMON SPACE, Barbara Archer Gallery, Atlanta, GA
- 2007
- ABOVE THE BELT, Studioswan, Atlanta, GA
- FAMILY VALUES, Gallery 31 North, Glen Gardner, NJ
- 2006
- LOOSE LIPS -Drawing exhibition. Zihlka Gallery, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT.
- BIRDLAND, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN.
- 2005
- FAMILY VALUES, WeissPollack Gallery, NY, NY
- 2003
- VACATION, Spike Gallery, NY, NY
- MY FRIENDS, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN.
- 2002
- BACK TO SCHOOL, The Children’s Museum of the Arts, NY, NY (Publication & t-shirt design)
- 2001
- Ballard Featherston Gallery, Seattle, WA
- THIRD GRADE, John Elder Gallery, NY, NY
- 2000
- Bachelier-Cardonsky, Kent, CT
- 1999
- WAX WORKS, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
- 1997
- DRAWINGS - Mia Gallery, Seattle, WA
- 1996
- Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT
- 1995
- 1994
- Diana Burke Gallery, NY, NY
- 1993
- 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
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- 2011
- RETROFUTUREOLOGY- Observatory, Brooklyn NY
- 2010
- PARADISO CONTRAPASTO – Observatory , Brooklyn, NY
- PILLOW CULTURE – Dumbo Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY
- 2009
- THE SKETCHBOOK PROJECT- Arthouse, Atlanta, GA - National traveling exhibition
- 2008
- CONFRONTATIONAL CERAMICS, curated by Judith Schwartz, Westchester Arts Council, Westchester, NY
- 2007
- FORMS OF OPULENCE- Allen Gallery. New York, NY
- HAVE A SEAT! – 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
- 2006
- FIGURATIONS Sopa Gallery, Kelona, BC, Canada
- MOTHERHOOD: THE MYTH, THE MAGIC, THE MADNESS”- curated By Leslie Matthews. Design for Living Gallery, Phila. PA.
- 2005
- "NEW TALENT 2005", Co-curated by the Museum of Ceramic Art New
- York (MOCA/NY) and WEISSPOLLACK Gallery. NY, NY
- 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)
- 1998
- NEW TALENT, John Elder Gallery, NY, NY
- 1996
- INTIMATE CONVERSATIONS, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
- 1995
- NEW YORK CLAY - Traveling exhibition, Stavanger, Norway (Catalogue)
- 1994
- VIEWPOINTS, Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT
- NEW GENERATION, Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
- 1993
- HEADS OR TAILS - Mia Gallery, Seattle, WA
- 1992
- 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 AESTHETIC EDGE, Corvalis Art Center, Corvallis, OR
- IMAGINARY LANDSCAPES, Primitivo Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- 1987
- VIEWING THE FIGURE, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
- 1986
- INAUGURAL EXHIBITION, Clodagh, Ross, Williams Gallery, NY, NY
- 1984
- INTROSPECTIVES - AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL WORK BY WOMEN - Pyramid Art Center, Rochester, NY
- 1983
- THE AMERICAN CLAY NATIONAL, Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA
PUBLICATIONS
- American Illustration 26 – The Best American Illustrations of 2007, November 2007
- 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
- CLAY IN ART INTERNATIONAL - 2006. pub. by kerameiki techni. Athens, Greece
- 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
GRANTS/AWARDS
- ART CRITIC- The New York Press- Current
- ART CRITIC- City Arts- Current
- NY COMMITTEE – Human Rights Watch Film Festival - Current
- AWARDED ARTIST RESIDENCY, The Serenbe Institute, Serenbe GA, 2007
- 2001- SPONSORS AWARD R&F HANDMADE PAINT JURIED EXHITION
- 1990 AND 1994 KOHLER FOUNDATION GRANT - Artist-in-Residence Kohler Company, Sheboygan, WI
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
- Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY
- The Arario Gallery, Seoul, Korea
- Bear Stearns & Co. New York, NY
- Dow Jones & Co Inc, New York, NY
- Davison Collection, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
- The Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
- Stavenger Museum, Stavenger Norway
- The Metropolitan Home Magazine Design Collection, New York, NY
- The Kohler Company Collection, Sheboygan, WI
- Designtex, New York, NY
- George Beylerian, New York, NY
- Judith & Martin Schwartz, New York, NY
- Gail & Robert Brown, Philadelphia, PA
- David and Clemmer Monteque, Washington, DC
EDUCATION
- 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