Resume
Education
Masters 2000 The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY (Graduate Honors Award) Bachelors 1974 The University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, Ct (Summa cum laude)
Post Graduate Studies- Skidmore College, with Leslie Ferst and Regis Brodie
Botanical Illustration- The New York Botanical Garden
Selected Exhibitions
2016- Cup: The Intimate Object XII, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainseville, Fla.KCClayGuild
Teabowl National, Kansas City, Missouri, Joror, Jack Troy
6th Annual Workhouse Clay International , Lorton VA, Juror, Jack Troy
Shippensburg University Ceramics Invitational, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania
Small Favors, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2015- All About Porcelain, Clay Studio of Missoula, Juror-Beth Lo
Distilled Essences, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, Fla
Potters Council 2015 Juried Show, juror- Holly Goring, NCECA,
Providence, Rhode Island
Strictly Functional Pottery National. Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Juror, Matt Long
Cup: The intimate Object, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, Fla.
3rd Annual Upstate Invitational, Laffer Gallery, Schuylerville, NY
20014- Upstate Artists, Juried Group Show, Laffer Gallery, Schuylerville,NY- Best in Show award
Cup: The Intimate Object, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, Fla.
Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Region 2014, The Albany Institute of History and Art Albany, NY, Juror, Stephen Westfall
Inspired by Nature, Pine Hollow Arboretum, Slingerlands, NY
Nurtured Nature, mt burton Gallery, Surf City, NJ
Vasefinder Nationals 2014, www.Vasefinder.com honorable mention
Art of the Heirloom, The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY
Sage College Faculty Exhibit, Sage College, Opalka Gallery, Albany, NY
2013 Upstate Artists , Laffer Gallery, Schylerville, NY
Vasefinder Nationals 2013, www.Vasefinder.com
2012- 10x10=$100, Mimosa Gallery, Saratoga, NY
Vasefinder Nationals 2012, www.Vasefinder.com
Monmouth County Festival of the Arts, Red Bank, NJ
Strictly Functional Pottery National, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Juror, Jack Troy
2011- The Shoulders We Stand On-Nancy Markoe Gallery, St. Pete Beach, Fla,Juror,
Bill Jones
10x10=$100, Mimosa Gallery, Saratoga, NY
In Bloom, Warm Springs Gallery Charlottesville, Va.
m.t.burton Gallery, Surf City, NJ
Faculty Exhibit, Small Gallery, Sage College, Albany, NY
Vasefinder Nationals 2011, www.Vasefinder.com, Juror, Robin Hopper
Saratoga Clay Arts Center Member Show, Saratoga, NY
2010- Of a Botanical Nature- Mills Pond House Gallery,St. James, New York Juror,
Wendy Hollander
Carved Vase Contest- Clayscapes Gallery , Syracuse, New York
The Scarab Vase- Celebrating 100 Years, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York
Jersey Shore Clay National, m.t.burton gallery, Surf City, New Jersey,
Juror,Thomas Benner
Vasefinder Nationals 2010, www.Vasefinder.com, Juror, Bob Nelson
2009 Strictly Functional Pottery National, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Juror; Pete Pinnell
Vasefinder Nationals. 2009 ,www.Vasefinder.com, Juror, Michael Cohen
Albany Saratoga Pottery Trail, Guest Artist
2007 Laura Von Rosk and JoAnn Axford, Gallery 100, Saratoga, NY, Invitational
2006 Ceramics Monthly,Emerging Artist Online Showcase 2006, www.ceramicsmonthly.org
Journeys in Clay 2006,Mountaintop Gallery, Windham, NY, Juror, Ruth Sachs
Vasefinder Nationals, 2006, www.Vasefinder.com, Juror, Bill Farrell
Faculty Exhibit The Arts Center of The Capital Region, Troy, NY,
2005 Red Heat: Contemporary Work in Clay The University of Tulsa, Tulsa Oklahoma,
Juror, Patti Warashina
JoAnn Axford and D. Jack Solomon Firlefanz Gallery, Albany, NY, , Invitational Show
Clay on The Wall 2005 Clay National Texas Tech University School of Art, Landmark
Arts Gallery, Lubbock, Texas, Jurors, Glen R. Brown and Juan Granados
Earth & Fire: Works in Clay Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL, ,Juror, Mary O’Connell
Pots: Objects of Virtue Bedford Gallery, Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts,
Walnut Creek, CA, ,Juror, Mark Pharis
Vasefinder Nationals, 2005, www.vasefinder.com,Juror, Jenny Floch
Winter Ceramics Show, Invitational Firlefanze Gallery, Albany, NY,
2004 Jersey Shore National m.t. gallery, Surf City, New Jersey,
Juror, Jimmy Clark, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pa.
Spatially InspiredWoman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL, Juror, Ilse Bolle
Winter Ceramic Exhibit ‘04Firlefanz Gallery, Albany, NY,
Summer in Winter Mt Scott Art Center, Portland, Oregon, , Juror, Julie Martin
2003 2003 Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Region *University Art Museum,
University at Albany, NY,Juror, Maura Heffner, Whitney Museum of American Art
Crafts National 2003*Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, Pa,
Juror, Holly Hotchner, Director Museum of Contemporary Art & Design
July National Exhibition Franklin Square Gallery, Southport, North Carolina,
Juror, Hiroshi Sueyoshi
2002 Fourteenth San Angelo National Ceramic Competition*San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts,
San Angelo, Texas, Juror, Jimmy Clark
Northeast Fine Crafts Exhibit Schenectady Museum, Schenectady, New York,
Juror, Chris Irick
2001 The Ninth Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National *Lancaster Museum of Art,
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Juror, Linda Christianson
Public Collections: The Schenectady Museum, Schenectady, NY
Skutt Kiln Ceramics Collection
Publications: Ceramics Monthly Magazine, September 2015
Clay Times Magazine, December 2009
Surface Design for Ceramics by Maureen Mills, Lark Books, published 2008
500 Raku, Lark Books, publish date spring 2011
Awards: Skutt Ceramic Products Acquisition Award, Strictly Functional Pottery National,
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Best in Show, Upstate Artists Juried Group Show 2014, Laffer Gallery
Honorable Mention, Vasefinder Nationals 2014
Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artist On-line Showcase, 2006
2003 Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Region
Picotte Companies Juror’s Award
2003 Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Regional
Schenectady Museum Purchase Prize
Mt Scott Art Center, Portland Oregon Summer in Winter,
First Place $2000 Purchase Award
Teaching:
Sage College of Albany, Albany, New York, 2010-2014
Russell Sage College, Troy, New York, 2002-2014
The College of Saint Rose, Albany New York, , 2001-2002, 2004