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EDUCATION
2016-19 Master of Fine Arts, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
2009-13 Bachelor of Science – BS, Kinesiology and Health Sciences, Art Minor,
College of William and Mary, Williamsburg,
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
TBD, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL (forthcoming)
2021
Porous Thoughts & Fragile Moments, Parallelogram Gallery, Tampa, FL
Phosphene, Galleri Urbane, Dallas, TX
Just Before, Gallery 371, Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary, Canada 2019 This is Just to Say, Thesis Exhibition,
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2022
Art Aspen, Aspen, CO /showing with Galleri Urbane/
Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, TX /showing with Galleri Urbane/
University of Iowa Ceramic Exhibition, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA (forthcoming)
Archie Bray Show, Mills Station Arts & Culture Center, Sacramento, CA
2021
Officine Saffi Biennale, Milan, Italy
3rd Latvian Biennale, Martinsons Award, Daugavpils, Latvia
Resident Artist Exhibition, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
Archie Bray Resident Artist Exhibition, Kolva-Sullivan Gallery, Spokane, WA
2020
UNTITLED, ART, Miami Beach, FL /showing with Galleri Urbane/ Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, TX /showing with Galleri Urbane/ October Exhibition, Sager Braudis Gallery, Columbia, MO
Summer Exhibition, Galleri Urbane, Dallas, TX, Richmond, VA
2019
Gift Edit, Galleri Urbane, Dallas, TX
Benefit, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE
C3: Cultivating Ceramic Collaboration, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE
Its Construction Conceals, Ghost Gallery, Omaha, NE
NCECA National Juried Student Exhibition /jurors Linda Lopez and Steven Young Lee/, Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
First Hand, Olive DeLuce Art Gallery, Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, MO
2018
Benefit, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE The Ideal Image, Fold Gallery, Lincoln, NE
2018 Where the Present Ends and the Shadows Begin, The Lee Dam Art Center for Eisentrager–Howard Gallery, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
Fine Art, Marysville, KS
New Shadows, Medici Gallery, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
The Ceramics Forum: 10 Years Towards the Dialogue, Concurrent
Exhibition, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts
Art and Art History Alumnae Exhibition, Andrews Gallery, College of William &
Mary, Williamsburg, VA
Strike, Invitational, Kansas City Urban Potters, Kansas City, MO
22nd San Angelo National Ceramic Competition /juror Peter Held/, San Angelo
Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
Concurrence, The Lee Dam Art Center for Fine Art, Marysville, KS
Last Call III, Invitational, Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN
2017 Flux, Eisentrager–Howard Gallery, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
Functional Relationships, New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Harmony, IN
Red Lodge Juried National IV /juror Sunshine Cobb/, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT
New Chicks on the Block, Lillstreet Gallery, Chicago, IL
Amelia Hugill-Fontanel, and Adrian Octavius
Walker/, Flower City Arts Center, Rochester, NY
College Collective /jurors Ben Carter,
11th Yunomi Invitational, Akar, Iowa City, IA
2016 The Cup, The Mug /juror Peter Pincus/, Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY
The Intimate Object XII, Invitational, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Apex. NC Around the Corner, University of Missouri Alumni Invitational, The Beggar’s Table, Kansas City, MO
NCECA National Juried Student Exhibitions /jurors Lee Somers and Liz Quackenbush/, Kansas City, MO
Fogelberg, Red Wing, Anonymous Potter Exhibition, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
2015 Strictly Functional Pottery National /juror by Matt Long/, Market House Craft Center, Lancaster, PA
The Intimate Object XI, Invitational, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL Steelville Arts Council Clay Symposium, Invitational, Zeke Gallery, Steelville, MO Members Juried Exhibition, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
Teapots VII, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
2014 Winterfest, Invitational, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
The Intimate Object X, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL
The Clay Cup: Vessel, Icon, Canvas, George Caleb Bingham Gallery,
University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Art We Use, Dairy Barn Arts, Center, Athens, OH
Small Favors IX, Invitational, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Mug Shots National Juried Cup Exhibition, LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE NCECA National Juried Student Exhibition /jurors Tara Wilson and Jeffrey Mongrain/, Milwaukee, WI
RESIDENCIES
2023 Resident Artist, GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA (forthcoming) 2022 Resident Artist, The Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, GA (forthcoming)
2021 Resident Artist, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
2020-21 Visiting Artist, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2018 Collaborative Residency, Zentrum fur Keramik, Berlin, Germany
2017 Summer Residency, University of Cincinnati – DAAP, Cincinnati, OH 2014-15 Anonymous Artist Fellowship, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
GRANTS & AWARDS
2022 Research Incentive Award, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 2021 Rudy Autio Fund for Creative Initiatives, Archie Bray Foundation 2020 Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artist
Hopper Prize Shortlist
2019 Francis William Vreeland Award, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 2018 Hixson-Lied Student Materials Grant, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Hixson-Lied Graduate Student Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant,
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2017 Hixson-Lied Student Study Grant, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Anderson Ranch Workshop Scholarship, Anderson Ranch Arts Center,
Snowmass Village, CO
2016 ACC Scholarship, Conference Scholarship, American Craft Council, Minneapolis,
MN
2016-19 Full Graduate Teaching Assistantship, University of Nebraska-Lincoln ARTIST LECTURES & DEMOS
2022 Visiting Lecture, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2021 Visiting Artist, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN
Visiting Artist Lecture, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
Symposium Lecture, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts 2020 Artist Demo, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Artist Talk, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Artist Talk, North Mount Pleasant Arts Centre, Calgary, Canada Artist Talk, Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary, Canada
2019 Artist Talk, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
2018 Artist Talk, The Ceramics Forum, Grand Valley State University, Grand Valley, MI 2016 Resident Artist Talk, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
2015 Guest Speaker, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
PUBLICATIONS
2022 Ceramics Now, Contemporary Ceramics Magazine, Research Profile (digital) 2020 Ceramics Monthly, 2020 Emerging Artist (print)
2019 Friend of the Artist, Volume 10 (print)
Create Magazine, Issue 17 (print)
Graduate Research and Creative Activities Award, University of
Nebraska-Lincoln
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2021-23 University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Visiting Assistant Professor
2020-21 University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Adjunct Assistant Professor & Visiting Artist
2019-20 Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Visiting Faculty in Ceramics
2016-19 University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE Graduate Instructor of Record
GALLERY REPRESENTATION Galleri Urbane, Dallas, TX
COLLECTIONS
Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary, Canada Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
Sager Braudis Gallery, Columbia, MO
Jo Lauria Private Collection