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Derek Decker
Northern State University
Assistant Professor of Art-3D
Department of Art, School of Fine Arts
Spafford Hall, 209F
1200 S. Jay St. 
Aberdeen, SD 57401
(605) 626-2032
Derek.decker@northern.edu
Website  www.deckerceramics.com
Blog  www.handsinclay.blogspot.com
ArtAxis:  http://ArtAxis.org

Education

2012              M.F.A., Ceramics,
                      Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
                      Edinboro, Pennsylvania

2006             B.F.A., Sculpture, Minor in Art History,
                       Indiana University, Fort Wayne, Indiana

Teaching Experience


Aug. 2021-  Assistant Professor of Art-3D
Present        Northern State University,
                     Aberdeen, South Dakota
                                 *indicates cross-listed course

                     *ART 251 Ceramics I
                     *ART 491-01 IS: Ceramic Light Fixtures
                     *ART 491-02 IS: Macabre Art
                       ART 241 Sculpture I
                       ART 498 Undergraduate Research and Scholarship

Jan, 2021-    Assistant Professor of Art-3D
May 2021.    Northern State University,
                      Aberdeen, South Dakota
                                 *indicates cross-listed course
                      *ART 351 Ceramics II
                      *ART 454 Ceramics III
                      *ART 460 Ceramics IV
                      *ART 341 Sculpture II
                      *ART 342 Sculpture III
                      *ART 441 Sculpture IV

Aug. 2020-  Assistant Professor of Art-3D
Dec. 2020.  Northern State University,
                      Aberdeen, South Dakota

                      ART 251 Ceramics I
                      ART 241 Sculpture I
                      ART 498 Undergraduate Research and Scholarship

Jan. 2020-   Lecturer of Art (Full-Time), 
May 2020    Northern State University, 
                      Aberdeen, South Dakota
                                *indicates cross-listed course

                      ART 251 Ceramics I (two-sections)
                    *ART 351 Ceramics II
                    *ART 454 Ceramics III
                    *ART 460 Ceramics IV
                      ART 241 Sculpture I
                      ART 498 Undergraduate Research and Scholarship

2019              (Fall) Lecturer of Art,
                      Northern State University,
                      Aberdeen, South Dakota
                                *indicates cross-listed course

                       ART 251 Ceramics I
                     *ART 341 Sculpture II
                     *ART 342 Sculpture III
                     *ART 441 Sculpture IV
                       IDL-190 Seminar- Art as Activism

                     (Spring) Artist-In-Residence/
                     Teaching Faculty, Armory Art Center,
                     West Palm Beach, Florida.

                      Introduction to Wheel Throwing
                      Introduction to Hand Building
                      Advanced Hand Building
                      Hand made tiles and mosaics
​                      Outreach Programs

2018             (Fall) Artist-In-Residence/
                     Teaching Faculty, Armory Art Center,
                     West Palm Beach, Florida.
              
                     Introduction to Wheel Throwing
                     Introduction to Hand Building
                     Advanced Hand Building
                     Hand made tiles and mosaics
                     Outreach Programs

                     (Spring) Associate Faculty,
                      Purdue University at Fort Wayne,
                      Fort Wayne, Indiana.  
                                    *Indicates Summer Session I

                        H101             Art Appreciation
                      *FINA S165   Ceramics for Non-Majors
                      *FINA P235   Introduction to Ceramics
                      *FINA P490   Advanced Ceramics

2017              Associate Faculty,
                      Indiana University-Purdue University
                      at Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, Indiana.

                        H101             Art Appreciation

2016              Associate Faculty,
                      Indiana University-Purdue University
                      at Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, Indiana.

                        H101            Art Appreciation
                        FINA P152   Introduction to 3D Design

2015              Associate Faculty,
                      Indiana University-Purdue University
                      at Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, Indiana.  
        
                      FINA P151   Introduction to 2D Design
                      FINA P152   Introduction to 3D Design
                      FINA S162   Ceramics for Non-Majors

2014              Associate Faculty,
                      University of Saint Francis,
                      Fort Wayne, Indiana.
                                   *Indicates Graduate Level Course

                      ART 108      Introduction to 3D Design
                      ART 351      Advanced Sculpture
                     *ART 530     Graduate Level Sculpture
                      ART 363,     Introduction to Ceramics,
                      364, 365      Advanced Ceramics I, II, III, IV
                                           (Cross-Listed)

2013              Visiting Artist/ Associate Faculty,
                      Indiana University-Purdue University
                      at Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, Indiana.

                      FINA P151   Introduction to 2D Design
                      FINA P490   Mold Making and Slip Casting
                      FINA P108   Drawing for Non-Majors

2012              Visiting Artist/ Associate Faculty,
                      Indiana University-Purdue University
                      at Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, Indiana.

                      FINA P151   Introduction to 2D Design

2011               Session Instructor,
                      Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
                      Edinboro, Pennsylvania

                      Hand Made Ceramic Tiles

2008            Substitute Teacher,
                      East Allen County Schools, 
                      New Haven, Indiana.

2007             Instructor,
                      Fort Wayne Community Center,
                      Fort Wayne, Indiana.

                      Hand Made Tiles and Mosaics

Workshops/ Lectures Presented

2021             28th Annual High School Workshop and Exhibition,
                     Presented three workshops; "Throwing on the Wheel:
                     Learning to center and making successful pots", 
                     Northern State University, 
                     Aberdeen, South Dakota
2020            1st Virtual Fine Arts Day High School Workshop
                     and Exhibition
, Created a two-part demonstration video 
                     showing the creation of a wheel-thrown mug
                     and a hand built mug.  I did the video, editing and sound 
                     for the video demonstration, that was "Zoomed" during
                     the live event.
                     Northern State University,
                     Aberdeen, South Dakota
2019             "Creative Pedagogy in the Classroom", Presented
                      two luncheon lectures to faculty at Northern State
                      University.  This lecture was a panel of three other 
                      professors talking about our different approaches to 
                      stimulating students in the classroom.  This was presented
                      through OIS (Office of Instructional Services).
                      Northern State University, 
                      Aberdeen, South Dakota
                      26th Annual High School Workshop
                      and Exhibition
, Three workshops
                      (using molds and clay),
                      Northern State University,
                      Aberdeen, South Dakota
                      Visiting Artist, Demonstration (2 Day) and Lecture, 
                      Ceramic Guild, Ceramics Department, 
                      Wichita State University, 
                      Wichita, Kansas
                      Demonstration/ Workshop, 
                      Clay League of Palm Beach, 
                      The Craft Gallery, Gallery and Studios,
                      West Palm Beach, Florida
                      Artist-In-Residence Exhibition Lecture, 
                      (lunch and learn), Armory Art Center,
                      West Palm Beach, Florida
2018              Artist-In-Residence Lecture, 
                      Lecture about the work exhibited
                      in the New and Now Exhibition,
                      and the processes behind the work,
                      Armory Art Center,
                      West Palm Beach, Florida
2013              Derek Decker, Process and Context,
                     
Lecture and Slide Demonstration, 
                      Sculpture X Student Club, 
                      University of Saint Francis,
                      Fort Wayne, Indiana
2011               Raku, Kevin Rhode and Derek Decker,
                      Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
                      Edinboro, Pennsylvania
2010              Hand building using molds and Raku,
                      Visiting Artist, Workshop and Lecture,
                      Clay Space, Erie Art Museum,
                      Erie, Pennsylvania
2009             Charcoal Saggar Firing,
                       Visiting Artist, Workshop and Lecture,
                       Indiana University-Purdue University,
                       Fort Wayne, Indiana
                       Residencies for Artists:  
                       What are the differences?
                       
Lecture and slide demonstration,
                       Visiting Artist,
                       Indiana University-Purdue University
                       at Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, Indiana
2007              Hand Made Tiles, 
                       Visiting Artist, Carroll High School,
                       Fort Wayne, Indiana

Public Demonstrations/ Zoom Demonstrations

2020            Virtual Fine Arts Day, Zoom demonstration
                      (pre-recorded) for high school/ prospective students.
                      Northern State University, 
                      Aberdeen, South Dakota
2019              SunFest 2019, 
                      Wheel Throwing Demonstrations,
                      West Palm Beach, Florida
2018              West Palm Beach Arts Festival, 
                       
Wheel Throwing Demonstrations
                       to promote the ceramics area at
                       the Armory Art Center.  
                       Armory Art Center,
                       West Palm Beach, Florida
2010               Albion County Fair,
                        Lee Rexrode and Derek Decker,
                        Albion, Pennsylvania
 
Residencies, Internships, Assistantships


2018-2019      Artist-In-Residence (Ceramics),
                        Armory Art Center,
                        West Palm Beach, Florida
2007               Kiln God Residency Recipient & Assistantship
                        (Partially funded grant),
                        Watershed, Center for the Ceramic Arts,
                        New Castle, Maine
2006               Apprenticeship,
                        Moravian Pottery and Tile Works,
                        Doylestown, Pennsylvania
                       
Other Professional Experience


2019               Juror,
                       26th Annual Regional
                       High School Exhibition, 
                       Northern State University,
                       Aberdeen, South Dakota
                       Guest Speaker, Award Ceremony-
                      
Spring Celebration of High School Art 2019,
                       Women In The Visual Arts,
                       Sugar Sand Park Community Center,
                       Boca Raton, Florida
                       Juror, 
                       Veterans Creative Arts Festival,
                       West Palm Beach VA Campus,
                       West Palm Beach, Florida
2018               Juror, 
                       Best of the Best, National Juried
                       All-Media Exhibition.
                       A.E. Backus Museum,
                       Fort Pierce, Florida
2017-2018     Gallery Coordinator, 
                       Indiana University-Purdue University 
                        at Fort Wayne, Department of Fine Arts.  
                        Hang and display art according to
                        exhibition schedule. 
                        Fort Wayne, Indiana
                        Ceramic Technician,
                        Indiana University-Purdue University
                        at Fort Wayne, Department of Fine Arts. 
                        Fort Wayne, Indiana
2014-2017      "Collegiate Connection", 
                        Indiana University-Purdue University
                        at Fort Wayne, Department of Fine Arts.  
                        Conducting observations/ interviews
                        and evaluations of area high school
                        art teachers and students,
                        to ensure college credit art classes
                        are being taught in accordance to 
                        University standards.
                        Fort Wayne, Indiana
2014                Juror, 
                        Regional Scholastic Arts Competition,
                        Fort Wayne Museum of Art,
                        Fort Wayne, Indiana
2013-2016      Artist Panel Member, 
                        ArtLink Contemporary Art Gallery, 
                        Fort Wayne, Indiana. 
2009-2012     President, 
                       
Graduate Professional Development
                        Program,
                        Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
                        Edinboro, Pennsylvania.
                        Vice-President, 
                        Graduate Student Council,
                        Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
                        Edinboro, Pennsylvania. 

Grants


2018-2019      Artist-In-Residence (Ceramics)
                        Armory Art Center,
                        West Palm Beach, Florida
2009-2012    MFA Graduate Assistantship, 
                        Fully funded grant,
                        Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
                        Edinboro, Pennsylvania
2007               Kiln God Residency Grant, 
                        Watershed, Center for the Ceramic Arts,
                        New Castle, Maine
2006               Apprenticeship Grant, 
                        Moravian Pottery and Tile Works, 
                        Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Awards


2016                Honorable Mention, 
                        Art From The Heartland,
                        Regional Exhibition,
                        Indianapolis Art Center,
                        Indianapolis, Indiana
2015                2nd Place, 
                        Material Mastery,
                        KACA National Juried Exhibition, 
                        Grisham Marilyn Fiber Studio,
                        Wichita, Kansas
                        ArtAxis,
                        Selected Member,
 
                        ArtAxis.org
                        Merit Award Winner, 
                        Lafontaine Arts Council,
                        4th Annual Regional Exhibition,
                        Huntington University,
                        Huntington, Indiana
2012                Alpha Epsilon Lambda, 
                        Alpha Nu Chapter,
                        Edinboro University,
                        Graduate Honor Society
2009              Coyote Clay and Glaze Competition, 
                        5th Place, 
                        Albuquerque, New Mexico

Selected Group Exhibitions


2021               The Body Beautiful, (Invited Artist), 
                       Gallery K, Contemporary Art Gallery, 
                       Fort Wayne, Indiana
                       Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition, 
                       Johnson Fine Arts Center Art Gallery, 
                       Northern State University,
                       Aberdeen, South Dakota
                       The Lands, Seas and Bees, (Invited Artist), 
                       Gallery K, Contemporary Art Gallery,
                       Fort Wayne, Indiana

2020              23rd San Angelo National
                       Ceramic Competition
,
                       Juror: Jo Lauria, Los Angeles, CA,
                       San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts,
                       San Angelo, Texas
                       33rd annual Materials:  Hard and Soft 2020
                       International Contemporary Craft
                       Competition and Exhibition,

                       Juror:  Beth McLaughlin of the 
                       Fuller Craft Museum.  
                       Greater Denton Arts Council, 
                       Denton, Texas

2019               ART OF CLAY:  
                       WICHITA NATIONAL EXHIBITION,
                      
Jurors:  Marko Fields and Diego Valles, 
                       Weidemann Gallery,
                       Mary R. Koch Arts Center,
                       (Mark Arts), Wichita, Kansas

                       teapots! 13th Invitational, 
                       Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery,
                       Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
                       Faculty and Student Exhibition,
                       East and Greenfield Galleries,
                       Armory Art Center,
                       West Palm Beach, Florida
                       Artist-In-Residence Exhibition,
                       East and Greenfield Galleries,
                       Armory Art Center,
                       West Palm Beach, Florida           
                       Continuum,
                       Juried Regional Art Fair,
                       in conjunction with
                       Art Palm Beach Art Fair,
                       Pop-Up Gallery,
                       West Palm Beach, Florida

​2018              West Palm Beach Arts Festival, 
                      
Armory Art Center,
                       West Palm Beach, Florida             
                       New and Now,
                       Work by New Faculty, Fall 2018,
                       East and Greenfield Galleries,
                       Armory Art Center,
                       West Palm Beach, Florida
                       ACT 2:  ART AS A CAREER SEQUEL,
                       Jurors:  Jennifer Adele Zwilling
                       is the Curator of Artistic Programs
                       at The Clay Studio in Philadelphia 
                       and Brienne Rosner the Gallery Director
                       of both the Retail Gallery and
                       Sally D. Francisco Exhibition Gallery at
                       Peters Valley School of Craft.
                       Peters Valley School of Craft,
                       Layton, New Jersey

                        Fahrenheit 2018 Biennial,                    
                        Juror:  Patti Warashina,
                        American Museum of Ceramic Art,
                        Pomona, California 
                        IPFW Faculty of Fine Arts Exhibition,
                        Indiana University-Purdue University
                        at Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, Indiana

2017               45th MID-STATES CRAFT EXHIBITION, 
                       Regional, (Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky,
                       Tennessee, Ohio and Missouri),
                       Juror:  Perry A. Price, Executive Director,
                       Houston Center for Contemporary Craft,
                       Evansville Museum, Evansville, Indiana
                       Where Shall We Now Roam? ,
                       ArtLink Contemporary Art Gallery,
                       Fort Wayne, Indiana
                       teapots! 11th Invitational,
                       Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery,
                       Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
                       2nd Chances Art Exhibition and Auction,
                       Commissioned Work,
                       telling the story of a recent
                       Blue Jacket graduate,
                       Fort Wayne Museum of Art,
                       Fort Wayne, Indiana

2016               2016 Art From the Heartland,
                       Regional (Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin,
                       Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Minnesota,
                       Iowa, and Missouri),
                       All-Media Juried Exhibition,
                       Juror: Mindy Taylor Ross,
                       Curator and Art Consultant,
                       Indianapolis Art Center,
                       Indianapolis, Indiana
                       America's ClayFest IV-Open Division,
                       International Ceramic
                       Competition/Exhibition,
                       Jurors: Sergei Isupov, Ceramic Artist,
                       and Leslie Ferrin, Director,
                       Ferrin Contemporary,
                       Blue Line Arts Gallery,
                       Roseville, California
                       2nd Chances Art Exhibit and Auction,
                       Commissioned Work, .  
                       Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery,
                       Fort Wayne, Indiana
                       48th Clay, Fiber, Paper, Glass, Metal, Wood,
                       National All-Media Juried Exhibition, 
                       Juror: Tom Loeser,
                       Chair, Art Department of Wisconsin,
                       Madison,
                       Octagon Center for the Arts,
                       Ames, Iowa

2015               IPFW Faculty Exhibition,
                       Crestwoods Gallery,
                       Roanoke, Indiana      
                       KACA Material Mastery Exhibition,
                       National Juried Exhibition,
                       Juror:  Margaret Bohls, 
                       Grisham Marilyn Fiber Studio,
                       Wichita, Kansas
                       KACA Members Exhibition,
                       National Juried Exhibition,
                       Juror:  Margaret Bohls, 
                       SHIFTSPACE Gallery #102,
                       Wichita, Kansas
                       Cups, National Invitational,
                       Curators:  Suzanne Adan
                       and Michael Stevens, 
                       Guest Curator:  Tony Natsoulas,
                       Kondos Gallery,
                       Sacramento City College,
                       Sacramento, California

                       America's Clay Fest III, 
                       (Formally Feats of Clay),
                      
International Juried Art Exhibition
                       and Competition,
​                       Jurors:  Tip Toland, Ceramic Sculptor,
                       and Peter Held, Curator at 
The ASU
                       Art Museum Ceramics Research Center,
                       Blue Line Arts Gallery,
                       Roseville, California

                       teapots! 9th Invitational Exhibition,
                       Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, 
                       Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania                      
                       SOUTHWORKS 2015,
                       20th National Juried Exhibition, 
                       Juror:  Will South, (Chief Curator for the 
                       Columbia Museum of Art (CMA),
                       Columbia, South Carolina,
                       and Chief Curator for Dayton Art Institute),
                       The Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation,
                       Watkinsville, Georgia

2014                Dereliction/Reanimate,
                        Juried National Exhibit,
                        Buckham Gallery,
                        Flint, Michigan
                        American Craft Exhition,
                        National Juried/Invitational, 
                        Artlink, Contemporary Art Gallery, 
                        Fort Wayne, Indiana
                        20th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition,
                        Juror: Montreal Ceramist
                        Leopold L. Foulem, 
                        San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts,
                        San Angelo, Texas
                        Regional Impact:
                        Works from I.U. Regional Campus Faculties, 
                        I.U. East Downtown Gallery, Room 912, 
                        Richmond, Indiana

2013                The Fl3tch3r Exhibit: Social and
                        Politically Engaged Art
.  
                        Juried National Exhibition,
                        Juror:  Michael Aurbach,
                        Vanderbilt University
                        and former President of
                        College Art Association (CAA),
                        ETSU Slocumb Galleries,
                        Johnson City, Tennessee
                        Hard Ware:  National Ceramic Exhibition,
                        Juried National Exhibition,
                        Juror:  Juan Granados, Texas Tech University,         
                        Hill Country Arts Foundation,
                        Duncan-McAshan Visual Arts Gallery,
                        Ingram, Texas

                        Petroleum Paradox: For Better or For Worse? 
                        National Juried Exhibition,
                        Juror: Eleanor Heartney, contributing editor
                        to Art in America and Art Press,
                        Narrows Center for the Arts,
                        River Falls, Massachusetts
                        Derek Decker and Patricia Weiss:
                        Ceramics and Paintings
,
                        IPFW Visual Arts Gallery,
                        Indiana University-Purdue University
                        at Fort Wayne,
                        Fort Wayne, Indiana
 
2012                IV International Festival of Post-Modern
                        Ceramics, Ceramica Multiplex 2012
,
                        International Juried Exhibition,
                        City Museum of Varazdin, Croatia
                        and Kapfenberg, Austria.  
                        Jurors:  Bernd Pfannkuche, Editor of
                        New Ceramics (Neue Keramik), Germany;  
                        President of the Jury, Velimir Vuklcevic,
                        professor on the Accademy of Applied Arts
                        in Belgrade, Serbia,
                        Dr. Marina Bagaric, Curator and
                        manager of Collection of Ceramics
                        and Architecture in Museum of Arts
                        and Crafts in Zagreb, Croatia and
                        Gustav Weiss Honorable lifelong member
                        of the jury, respectable ceramics expert
                        from Germany.
                        Across the Divide,
                        National/International Juried Exhibition,
                        Juror: Steven Schaeffer,
                        Northern Arizona University,
                        Coconino Center for the Arts,
                        Flagstaff, Arizona
                        Control,
                        MFA Thesis Exhibition,
                        In Conjunction with, A Call To Arms, 
                        Bruce Gallery, Edinboro University,
                        Edinboro, Pennsylvania
                        Spring Student Exhibition,
                        Juried Exhibition, Bruce Gallery, 
                        Edinboro University,
                        Edinboro, Pennsylvania
                        Smaller Than A Breadbox,
                        Baron-Forness Library,
                        Edinboro University,
                        Edinboro, Pennsylvania

2011                 Material Mastery,
                        KACA National Juried Exhibition,
                        Juror:  Elaine Henry,
                        Editor of Ceramics:  Art and Perception
                        and 
Ceramics TECHNICAL,
                        Norman R. Eppink Gallery,
                        Emporia State University,
                        Emporia, Kansas
                        KACA Members Exhibition,
                        National Juried Exhibition,
                        Juror:  Elaine Henry,
                        Editor of Ceramics:  Art and Perception
                        and Ceramics
TECHNICAL,
                        Emporia Arts Council,
                        Emporia, Kansas
                        Highlands Art Opening,
                        Permanent Art Collection of Edinboro
                        Students and Faculty, Edinboro University,
                        Edinboro, Pennsylvania
                        Supersize:  Bigger is Better?  
                        National Juried Exhibition,
                        Jurors:  Nancy Davis, Curator,
                        Division of Home and Community Life,
                        National Museum of American History,
                        Smithsonian Institution and
                        James F. Langley, Curator of Exhibitions,
                        Calvert Marine Museum,
                        Solomons, Maryland,
                        Annmarie Sculpture Garden and
                        Arts Center,
                        Solomons, Maryland
                        88th Annual Spring Show,
                        Juried Regional Exhibition,
                        Juror:  Mark Newport,
                        Erie Art Museum,
                        Erie, Pennsylvania
                        Freedom Through Surface,
                        Continuum Art Gallery,
                        Fort Wayne, Indiana
                        Spring Student Exhibition,
                        Juried Exhibition, Bruce Gallery,
                        Edinboro University, Edinboro, Pennsylvania

2010                In Transit,
                         Northern Illinois University,
                         Dekalb, Illinois
                         Intermediate Perception,
                         Ferraro Gallery,
                         Erie, Pennsylvania
                         And Now for Something
                         Completely Different
,
                         The Gallery at Artworks,
                         Erie, Pennsylvania
                         Spring Student Exhibition,
                         Juried Exhibition, Juror:  John Navarro,
                         Gallery Director, Bruce Gallery,
                         Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
                         Edinboro, Pennsylvania
                         Ceramique: 
                         Chris Adelhardt and Derek Decker,
                         Juried Exhibition,
                         Jurors:  Edinboro Student Body,
                         Bates Gallery,
                         Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
                         Edinboro, Pennsylvania

2009               HWD (height x width x depth) 2009,
                         Juried Regional Sculpture Competition,
                         Juror:  Jonathon Quick,
                         Rosewood Gallery,
                         Kettering, Ohio           
                         Soiree, Chimera 7,
                         Juried Exhibition
                         for student publication Chimera,
                         Annex Gallery, Erie Museum of Art,
                         Erie, Pennsylvania           
                         35th Annual October Evenings,
                         Juried Exhibition,
                         Meadville Council on the Arts,
                         Meadville, Pennsylvania
                         Sculpture Exhibition 2009,
                         Juried Student Exhibition,
                         Juror:  Carol Wardner,
                         Bates Gallery, Edinboro University,
                         Edinboro, Pennsylvania
                         Graduate Student Show,
                         Bates Gallery, Edinboro Univeristy
                         of Pennsylvania,
                         Edinboro, Pennsylvania
                         Kiln God National,
                         National Juried Exhibition,
                         Juror:  Billy Ray Mangham,
                         Chicken Farm Art Center,
                         San Angelo, Texas
                         Clay and Context,
                         National Juried Exhibition,
                         Juror:  Sherman Hall,
                         Editor of Ceramics Monthly,
                         Indiana State University,
                         Terre Haute, Indiana

2008               Contemporary Clay Biennial,
                         Juried National/Invitational,
                         Jurors:  Tom and Elaine Coleman,
                         The Art Center,
                         Grand Junction, Colorado
                         10th Annual Tile Fest,
                         Moravian Pottery and Tile Works,
                         Doylestown, Pennsylvania

2006               LAC Regional Art Exhibition,
                         Wilson Gallery, Huntington University,
                         Huntington, Indiana
                        BFA Exhibition,
                        IPFW Visual Arts Gallery,
                        Fort Wayne, Indiana

2004               12,
                        National Exhibit, NCECA conference,
                        Indianapolis, Indiana

Commissions

2017                Blue Jacket, 
                        commissioned to create three sculptures
                        telling the story of a recent graduate,
                        to be auctioned off as part of an art exhibit/
                        fundraiser.
                        Fort Wayne Museum of Art,
                        Fort Wayne, Indiana
2016                Blue Jacket, 
                        commissioned to create three sculptures
                        telling the story of a recent graduate,
                        to be auctioned off as part of an art exhibit/
                        fundraiser.
                        ArtLink Contemporary Art Gallery,
                        Fort Wayne, Indiana

Permanent Collection
                       

                        Northern State University, 
                        Aberdeen, South Dakota
                        Wichita State University,
                        Wichita, Kansas
                        Clay League of Palm Beach,​
                        West Palm Beach, Florida
                        Kamm Teapot Foundation,
                        Statesville, North Carolina
                        THE KERAMEIKON
                        COLLECTION OF CONTEMPORARY
                        WORLD CERAMICS
,
                        Verazdin, Croatia
                        Edinboro University Foundation,
                        Edinboro, Pennsylvania
                        Blue Jacket,
                        Fort Wayne, Indiana
                        Surface,
                        Fort Wayne, Indiana

Academic/Professional Activities and Service


2018                Teaching Faculty-BRAVEHEARTS:
                        Teaching ceramics to local veterans
                        in a program to use art as therapy.  
                        Worked alongside a psychologist and
                        art therapist to help veterans deal
                        with emotional issues of PTSD.  
                        This program is ran through the
                        local VA Center and taught at
                        the Armory Art Center in
                        West Palm Beach, Florida
                        Member,
                        BFA Senior Projects
                        Course Advisory Committee:

                        Met with candidates and provided critical
                        feedback throughout the spring semester
                        and during reviews/ critiques.
2017                Member,
                        BFA Senior Projects
                        Course Advisory Committee:

                        Met with candidates and provided critical
                        feedback throughout each semester and
                        during reviews/ critiques.
2014                Member,
                        BFA/MA, Senior Projects
                        Advisory Committee:

                        Met with candidates and provided critical
                        feedback throughout the Spring semester
                        and during reviews/ critiques.

Bibliography


2018                Grimes, Todd. PBS. Arts-In-Focus, 
                        Public Broadcasting Service,
                        13 Sept. 2018.
                        www.pbs.org/video/arts-in-focus-701-eohuw9.
                        Act 2:  ART AS A CAREER SEQUEL. 
                       
Act 2:  Art As A Career
                        Sequel, Peters Valley, 2018.
                        2019 Ceramic Arts-yearbook
                        and annual buyers guide,

                        A supplement to Ceramics Monthly
                        and Pottery Making Illustrated,
                        Oct. 2018. P. 32
                        Fahrenheit 2018 Ceramic Biennial.  
                        Fahrenheit 2018 Ceramic Biennial,
                        American Museum of Ceramic Art, 2018.
                        J. Marshall Adams, "Best of the Best"
                        Opens 58th Season at Backus Museum
                        in Fort Pierce
,
                        TC Palm, 
Port St. Lucie, FL.
                        (10/15/2018):  Special to TC Palm
                        Corey McMaken, "Art Programs Unite",
                        Journal Gazette, Fort Wayne
                        Journal Gazette, IN
                        (3/1/2018):  Living Section, P. 1
2017                45th MID-STATES CRAFT EXHIBITION.  
                        45TH MID-STATES CRAFT
                        EXHIBITION, Evansville Museum, 2017.
                        Decker, Derek.  "The Artists".  
                        Kamm Teapot Foundation,
                        2017, www.kammteapotfoundation.org/
                        ​Where Shall We Now Roam?  
                        Where Shall We Now Roam?, 
                        ArtLink Contemporary Art Gallery, 2017.
                        Wane Staff Reports. Channel 15 News. 
                        "Art exhibit to tell stories 
                        of trials, successes of Blue Jacket clients"
,
                       
WANE TV, 19 March 2017.
                        ​2nd Chances Art Exhibition and Auction.  
                        2nd Chances Art Exhibition 
                        and Auction, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, 2017.
                        teapots! 11th Invitational.  
                        Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, 
                        Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2016                America's ClayFest IV-Open Division.  
                        America's ClayFest IV-Open Division,
                        Blue Line Arts Gallery, Roseville, California, 2016.
                        Keiara Carr, "Sharing stories through art",
                        The Journal Gazette, Fort Wayne, IN.  
                        (3/10/2016):  JG Living, P. 1
2015                America's ClayFest III-Open Division. 
                        America's ClayFest III-Open Division,
                        Blue Line Arts Gallery, Roseville, California,
                        2015. P 20
                        teapots! 9th Invitational.  
                        Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, 
                        Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2014                20th San Angelo Ceramic Competition, 
                        San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts,
                        San Angelo, Texas
                        American Craft Exhibition.  
                        ArtLink Contemporary Art Gallery,
                        Fort Wayne, Indiana
                        Studio Visit, Volume 25.  
                        Open Press Studios, 
                        Boston, Massachusetts.  P. 60
2013                Haines, Melinda. PBS. Arts Weekly,
                        IPFW College of Performing and Visual Arts,
                        Season 4, Episode 12, Jan. 2013.  
                        www.youtube.com/watch?v=izpdjj1VnI8
2012                Petroleum Paradox, 
                        Denise Bibro Fine Art,
                        New York, New York.
                        ISBN:  978-0-9831702-4-2
2010               Shoptalk, Volume 5, 
                        a journal of artist interviews
                        by MFA Candidates.
                        Edinboro University, Edinboro, Pennsylvania
                        Chimera, Volume 7, 
                        a journal of literature and art.
                        Edinboro University, Edinboro, Pennsylvania

Affiliations

​
2013-Present   ArtLink, Contemporary Art Gallery,
                          Artist Panel Member (2013-2016),
                          and member,
                          Fort Wayne, Indiana

2011-Present   Kansas Artist
                         Craftsmen Association
(member)

2009-Present  NCECA (member)

                      



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