Resume
Teaching
· 2005 to Present Associate Ceramics Professor, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL
· 1998 to 2004 Ceramics & Sculpture Studio Coordinator and Instructor, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI
Education
· 1994 MFA in Ceramics from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Faculty: Bill Farrell, Jim Lawton, and Kitty Ross
· 1991 BFA in Art from the University of Evansville, Evansville, IN
Faculty: Les Miley
Selected Exhibitions
· 2015 Negotiated Relationships (Group Exhibition with Jennifer Allen, Sean O’Connell, Adam Field, Chandra De Buse, Justin Lambert, Doug Peltzman, Emily Schroeder Willis, and Kate Biderbost), Ralph Arnold Gallery, Loyola University, Chicago, IL, Curators: Matt Groves and Kate Biderbost
· 2015 Yunomi Invitational (Group Exhibition), AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA
· 2015 Pattern and Line, Anthony Schaller Gallery, St. Joseph, MI
· 2015 Serviceability, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL, curator: Ben Bates
· 2015 The Handmade Bourbon Bottle, Quincy Street Distillery, Riverside, IL, curator: Heather Hug
· 2014 The Second Mint Julep Cup Biennial Invitational (Group Exhibition), Mary Anderson Center, curator: Steven Cheek
· 2014 Embellished Surfaces, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL, curator: David Bolton
· 2014 The Cup II, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL, curator: Ben Bates
· 2013 99 Bottles Invitational (Group Exhibition) Crimson Laurel Gallery, Bakersville, NC, curator: Jason Bige Burnett
· 2013 Yunomi Invitational (Group Exhibition), AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA
· 2013 Wood Fire Invitational (Group Exhibition), St. Petersburg Clay, St. Petersburg, FL, curator: Matt Schiemann
· 2013 OutPour, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL, curator: Ben Bates
· 2012 30x5: The Desert (Group Exhibition with Dan Anderson, Karl Borgeson, Robert Briscoe, Jason Burnett, Kyle Carpenter, Linda Christianson, Sam Chung, Mark Cole, Michael Connelly, David Crane, Guillermo Cuellar, Bernadette Curran, Delores Fortuna, Julia Galloway, John Glick, Silvie Granatelli, Ryan Greenheck, Mel Griffin, Kenyon Hansen, Meredith Host, Michael Hunt, / Naomi Dalglish, Michael Kline, Simon Levin, Ruchika Madan, Shawn O'Connor, Douglas Peltzman, Brandon Phillips, Stacy Snyder, Liz Zlot Summerfield, Daniel Teran, and Gwendolyn Yoppolo) AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA
· 2012 Pattern (Group Exhibition with Teresa A. Cole, Andy Farkas, Bonard Hughins, Martinia Lantin, and Kreh Mellick), Blue Spiral 1 Gallery, Ashville, NC
· 2012 Illinois Ceramic Artists, LillStreet Gallery at Seattle NCECA
· 2012 42nd Annual Ceramics Exhibition, Crossman Gallery University of Wisconsin –Whitewater, curator: Jared Janovec
· 2012 The Cup: 50 Artists, 250 Interpretations, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL, curator: Ben Bates
· 2012 42nd Annual Ceramics Exhibition, Crossman Gallery University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, curators: Jared Janovec
· 2011 4th Annual Lillstreet International: Below the Surface, Chicago, IL, juror: Matthew Metz (Best of Show)
· 2011 Strictly Functional Pottery National, Market House Craft Center, East Petersburg, PA, juror: Mary Barringer
· 2011 Potters Council 2011Exhibition: Shoulders We Stand On, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) Conference, Tampa, FL, juror: Bill Jones
· 2011 river2river, The Ceramics Center, Cedar Rapids, IA, jurors: Bunny McBride, Jo Ann Schnabel, and Sanjay Jani, Owner and Founder of AKAR Gallery
· 2011 For Tea, Duhbe Carreno Gallery, Chicago, IL, curator: Ben Bates
· 2011 TEA: An Exhibition of Tea Bowls Made by Illinois Artists, McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington IL, curator: Claire Hedden
· 2011 Pattern and Form, (Solo Exhibition) Mary Anderson Center for the Arts at Mount Saint Francis, Mt. St. Francis, IN, curator: Steven Cheek
· 2010 CraftForms 2010: 16th Annual International Juried exhibition of Contemporary Craft, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA, juror: Jane C. Milosch
· 2010 Third Biennial Concordia Continental Ceramics Competition, Concordia University, Saint Paul, MN, juror: Wil Shynkaruk
· 2010 Second Illinois Teapot Invitational, Millikin University, Decatur, IL, Juror: Jim Schietinger
· 2010 Illinois Artists Show, Lillstreet Gallery, Chicago, IL, curator: Dan Anderson
· 2007 Big Muddy, Clarke College, Dubuque, IA, Jurors: Delores Fortuna and Bill Farrell (Honorable Mention)
· 2004 Post Industrial Romanticism (Exhibition with Dan Anderson, John Goodheart, Hoss Haley, Steve Hanson, Stephen Heywood, Ahmad Sabha, and Susanna Speirs), W.D.O. A Contemporary Craft Gallery, Charlotte, NC
· 2003 Functional Ceramics, (National Invitational with Randy Johnston, Liz Quackenbush, Lee Rexrode, and others), Wooster, OH, curator: Phyllis Blair Clark
· 2002 DinnerWorks, Water Tower, Louisville Arts Association, Louisville, KY, curator: John Guenther
· 2002 Fourteenth San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, Annual Juried Competition and Exhibition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX, juror: Jimmy Clark
· 2001 Feats of Clay XIV, Lincoln Arts & Culture Foundation, Gladding McBean Pottery, Lincoln, CA, juror: Paul McCoy, (Purchase Award)
Selected Publications
· 2013 Photograph of Bottles featured on cover of Craft Alliance Workshop Schedule, Sept. 28 Workshop Artist, St. Louis, MO
· 2011 Photograph of Paisley Cups featured on the 2011Ceramics Monthly Poster.
· 2011 “Pots Behind the Mask” article published in Ceramics Monthly December 2011
· 2011 Photograph of Pattern Plate Triptych published in Ceramics Monthly September 2011
· 2011 Photograph of Entrapped Ewer published in Ceramics Monthly September 2011
· 2002 500 Teapots, editor: Suzanne J. E. Tourtillott
· 2001 Photograph of Lock Box published in Clay Times November/December 2001
· 2000 Photograph of Locked Stacking Canister published in Ceramics Monthly April 2000
· 1999 Positive review of “Stacking Teapot” in New York Times September 19, 1999
· 2005 to Present Associate Ceramics Professor, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL
· 1998 to 2004 Ceramics & Sculpture Studio Coordinator and Instructor, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI
Education
· 1994 MFA in Ceramics from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Faculty: Bill Farrell, Jim Lawton, and Kitty Ross
· 1991 BFA in Art from the University of Evansville, Evansville, IN
Faculty: Les Miley
Selected Exhibitions
· 2015 Negotiated Relationships (Group Exhibition with Jennifer Allen, Sean O’Connell, Adam Field, Chandra De Buse, Justin Lambert, Doug Peltzman, Emily Schroeder Willis, and Kate Biderbost), Ralph Arnold Gallery, Loyola University, Chicago, IL, Curators: Matt Groves and Kate Biderbost
· 2015 Yunomi Invitational (Group Exhibition), AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA
· 2015 Pattern and Line, Anthony Schaller Gallery, St. Joseph, MI
· 2015 Serviceability, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL, curator: Ben Bates
· 2015 The Handmade Bourbon Bottle, Quincy Street Distillery, Riverside, IL, curator: Heather Hug
· 2014 The Second Mint Julep Cup Biennial Invitational (Group Exhibition), Mary Anderson Center, curator: Steven Cheek
· 2014 Embellished Surfaces, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL, curator: David Bolton
· 2014 The Cup II, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL, curator: Ben Bates
· 2013 99 Bottles Invitational (Group Exhibition) Crimson Laurel Gallery, Bakersville, NC, curator: Jason Bige Burnett
· 2013 Yunomi Invitational (Group Exhibition), AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA
· 2013 Wood Fire Invitational (Group Exhibition), St. Petersburg Clay, St. Petersburg, FL, curator: Matt Schiemann
· 2013 OutPour, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL, curator: Ben Bates
· 2012 30x5: The Desert (Group Exhibition with Dan Anderson, Karl Borgeson, Robert Briscoe, Jason Burnett, Kyle Carpenter, Linda Christianson, Sam Chung, Mark Cole, Michael Connelly, David Crane, Guillermo Cuellar, Bernadette Curran, Delores Fortuna, Julia Galloway, John Glick, Silvie Granatelli, Ryan Greenheck, Mel Griffin, Kenyon Hansen, Meredith Host, Michael Hunt, / Naomi Dalglish, Michael Kline, Simon Levin, Ruchika Madan, Shawn O'Connor, Douglas Peltzman, Brandon Phillips, Stacy Snyder, Liz Zlot Summerfield, Daniel Teran, and Gwendolyn Yoppolo) AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA
· 2012 Pattern (Group Exhibition with Teresa A. Cole, Andy Farkas, Bonard Hughins, Martinia Lantin, and Kreh Mellick), Blue Spiral 1 Gallery, Ashville, NC
· 2012 Illinois Ceramic Artists, LillStreet Gallery at Seattle NCECA
· 2012 42nd Annual Ceramics Exhibition, Crossman Gallery University of Wisconsin –Whitewater, curator: Jared Janovec
· 2012 The Cup: 50 Artists, 250 Interpretations, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL, curator: Ben Bates
· 2012 42nd Annual Ceramics Exhibition, Crossman Gallery University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, curators: Jared Janovec
· 2011 4th Annual Lillstreet International: Below the Surface, Chicago, IL, juror: Matthew Metz (Best of Show)
· 2011 Strictly Functional Pottery National, Market House Craft Center, East Petersburg, PA, juror: Mary Barringer
· 2011 Potters Council 2011Exhibition: Shoulders We Stand On, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) Conference, Tampa, FL, juror: Bill Jones
· 2011 river2river, The Ceramics Center, Cedar Rapids, IA, jurors: Bunny McBride, Jo Ann Schnabel, and Sanjay Jani, Owner and Founder of AKAR Gallery
· 2011 For Tea, Duhbe Carreno Gallery, Chicago, IL, curator: Ben Bates
· 2011 TEA: An Exhibition of Tea Bowls Made by Illinois Artists, McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington IL, curator: Claire Hedden
· 2011 Pattern and Form, (Solo Exhibition) Mary Anderson Center for the Arts at Mount Saint Francis, Mt. St. Francis, IN, curator: Steven Cheek
· 2010 CraftForms 2010: 16th Annual International Juried exhibition of Contemporary Craft, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA, juror: Jane C. Milosch
· 2010 Third Biennial Concordia Continental Ceramics Competition, Concordia University, Saint Paul, MN, juror: Wil Shynkaruk
· 2010 Second Illinois Teapot Invitational, Millikin University, Decatur, IL, Juror: Jim Schietinger
· 2010 Illinois Artists Show, Lillstreet Gallery, Chicago, IL, curator: Dan Anderson
· 2007 Big Muddy, Clarke College, Dubuque, IA, Jurors: Delores Fortuna and Bill Farrell (Honorable Mention)
· 2004 Post Industrial Romanticism (Exhibition with Dan Anderson, John Goodheart, Hoss Haley, Steve Hanson, Stephen Heywood, Ahmad Sabha, and Susanna Speirs), W.D.O. A Contemporary Craft Gallery, Charlotte, NC
· 2003 Functional Ceramics, (National Invitational with Randy Johnston, Liz Quackenbush, Lee Rexrode, and others), Wooster, OH, curator: Phyllis Blair Clark
· 2002 DinnerWorks, Water Tower, Louisville Arts Association, Louisville, KY, curator: John Guenther
· 2002 Fourteenth San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, Annual Juried Competition and Exhibition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX, juror: Jimmy Clark
· 2001 Feats of Clay XIV, Lincoln Arts & Culture Foundation, Gladding McBean Pottery, Lincoln, CA, juror: Paul McCoy, (Purchase Award)
Selected Publications
· 2013 Photograph of Bottles featured on cover of Craft Alliance Workshop Schedule, Sept. 28 Workshop Artist, St. Louis, MO
· 2011 Photograph of Paisley Cups featured on the 2011Ceramics Monthly Poster.
· 2011 “Pots Behind the Mask” article published in Ceramics Monthly December 2011
· 2011 Photograph of Pattern Plate Triptych published in Ceramics Monthly September 2011
· 2011 Photograph of Entrapped Ewer published in Ceramics Monthly September 2011
· 2002 500 Teapots, editor: Suzanne J. E. Tourtillott
· 2001 Photograph of Lock Box published in Clay Times November/December 2001
· 2000 Photograph of Locked Stacking Canister published in Ceramics Monthly April 2000
· 1999 Positive review of “Stacking Teapot” in New York Times September 19, 1999