My undergraduate degree at Rutgers University was in math. Love of math was not enough to invent new ideas in this field – unfortunately for me that also required genius. The discovery that I could be far more creative with clay than with math came to me during the last year of undergraduate schooling. Flash forward 25 years to when I completed an MFA, which launched me in a new direction of socially engaged and participatory projects. This opened up a broader context for both my role as an artist and my artwork.
Much of my ceramic knowledge comes from other artists, books and the many residencies that have provided me with a supportive and well equipped environment, I am much indebted to all of them. Residencies include: Hunter College in NYC, Anderson Ranch in CO, Greenwich House Pottery in NYC, Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts in ME, William Paterson University in NJ, Chester Spring Studio in PA and University of the Arts in PA.
I have been awarded two NJ State Council on the Arts Fellowships and taught workshops and been a visiting artist at many schools. I currently teach at Montclair State University in Montclair NJ and The Art School at Old Church in Demarest NJ
Education
2016 MFA Montclair State University, Montclair NJ
1991 BA Mathematics, Rutgers College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick NJ
Residencies/Awards
2023 New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship
2021-2 Gallery Aferro, Sustainable Arts Fellowship, Newark NJ
2019 William Paterson University, resident artist, Wayne NJ
2018 William Paterson University, visiting artist, Wayne NJ
2017 Lab in Social Practice Residency, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit NJ
2014-16 Graduate Assistantship, Montclair State University, NJ
2007 Medal of the Lions Club, 55th Premio Faenza, Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche in Faenza, Faenza Italy
2005 NJ State Council on the Arts Fellowship
2004 Guest artist, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle ME
2002 Resident Artist, Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village CO
2001 Resident Artist, Greenwich House Pottery, New York NY
Resident Artist, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle ME
1999-02 Resident Artist, Ceramics Department, Hunter College, New York NY
2000 Merit Award – Ceramics USA 2000, University of North Texas, SOVA Gallery, Denton TX
1998 Resident Artist, Chester Springs Studio Center for Visual Arts, Chester Springs PA
1996 Juror’s Mention, Camden County Cultural and Heritage Commission, Camden NJ
1993-4 Resident Artist, University of the Arts, Philadelphia PA
1993 Beckwith Memorial Art Scholarship
1993 University College Honors, Rutgers University, New Brunswick NJ
1990 Golden Key National Honor Society
Solo & 2-Person Exhibitions
2024 Transcendent Arrays, Dimmitt Contemporary, Austin TX
2023 Rhythmic Encounters, NL=US Gallery, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Spring Break Art Show, NYC
2019 Pulse Miami Art Fair, represented by NL=US Gallery, Miami Beach FL
2017 In Disguise, Pulchri Studio, The Hague, Netherlands
Gallery IMA, Seattle WA
2014 Spatial Distributions, NL=US Art Gallery, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Homesites, Sherry Leedy Gallery, Kansas City MO
2013 Snyderman-Works Galleries, Philadelphia PA
Puls Gallery, Brussels Belgium
Intersecting Geometries, Gallery IMA, Seattle WA
2012 Form + Flow (with Wendy Letven), Prudential Gallery, Montclair NJ
2011 The Kitano New York Hotel, Park Avenue, NY
Café Gallery, The Art School at Old Church, Demarest NJ
2010 NCECA Philadelphia, Snyderman-Works Gallery, Philadelphia PA
2D/3D, Dubhe Carreno Gallery, Chicago IL
2009 Stoneware Sculpture, Translations Gallery, Denver CO
2008 Chester Springs Studio, Chester Springs PA
Linking Metal and Clay, collaboration with Leslie Pontz (2-person), Crane Building, Philadelphia PA
2007 Forrestal Village, Dubhe Carreno Gallery, Chicago IL
Baumann & Borgenicht (2-person), Kirkland Gallery at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY
2006 Articulated Spaces, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia MO*
Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art Gallery, Kansas City MO
2005 NCECA, The Mill Center/Rosen Group, Baltimore MD
Clay Art Center, Port Chester NY
Lacoste Gallery (2-person), Concord MA
2004 Millersville University, Ganser Gallery, Millersville PA
2003 New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester NH
2002 Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia PA
2001 Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia PA
Princeton Arts Council (2-person), Princeton NJ
1998 Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia PA
Chester Springs Studio , Chester Springs PA
Passaic County Community College (2-person), Paterson NJ
1997 Lorraine Kessler Gallery, Poughkeepsie NY
Communal Dinner Events
2024 Tea Alchemy: An Experimental Tea Ceremony, in collaboration with Tea Master Mengyan Gong, Fou Gallery, NYC
2019 Sup-Culture: An Experimental Community Dinner, Montclair Design Week, Montclair NJ
2017 Eating and Abetting: A Communal Lunch, The New School, New York NY, Part of the Symposium Embedded, Embedding:
Artist Residencies, Urban Placemaking and Social Practice
2016 Share Fare: Brooklyn an experiment in communal eating, Tip of the Tongue café, Brooklyn NY
Share Fare: Montclair an experiment in communal eating, Halcyon Brasserie, Montclair NJ
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Echoes of Abstraction, Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminster NJ
Gallery Aferro: Dignity and Beauty, Visual Arts Center of NJ, Summit NJ
Surgence, Dimmitt Contemporary, Austin TX
2023 The Space Between, Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York NY
Exhbition #101, NL=US, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2022 Volta NY Art Fair, with Netherlands based gallery NL=US, New York NY
2021 Confluence, Luo Zhongli Art Museum of Sichuan Fine Art Institute, Chongqing China.
Shift, Dimmitt Contemporary Art, Houston TX
2020 Touch, Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery online, New York NY
Outstanding in the Field, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle ME
2018 All Wall, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe NM
The Shape of Water, Gravers Lane Gallery, Chestnut Hill PA
Pushing 40, Trenton City Museum, Trenton NJ
Designer Showcase, Montclair Design Week, Montclair NJ
2017 Breaking Bread: Artists Explore Food Practices, William Paterson University, Wayne NJ
Self Portraits/Autorretratos, Proyecto ‘ace, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Core Sample: Additional Findings, Alfred Ceramic Art Museum, Alfred NY
Morceaux Choisis: Acquisitions Recentes, Ariana Museum, Geneva Switzerland
Living with Art: The Newman Collection, 108 Contemporary, Tulsa OK*
Montclair State University MFA’s from 2016-17, Index Art Center, Newark NJ
2016 New Variations in Basketry, Snyderman-Works Galleries, Philadelphia PA
Small Treasures, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe NM
Invitational Ceramics, Gallery IMA, Seattle WA
Red Hot Shop, Sherry Leedy Gallery, Kansas City MO
Gathering MFA thesis exhibition, Magnan Metz Gallery, New York NY
2015 Immersion: Becoming You, Kate Shin Gallery, New York NY
Group Exhibition, Gallery IMA, Seattle WA
Rotterdam Contemporary Art Fair, NL=US, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Parcours Carougeois, Halles de la Fonderie, Carouge, Switzerland
2014 Clay at Penn 2014: Pervasive Clay, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA
La Mesa, NCECA Milwaukee, invited by Santa Fe Clay, WI
2013 East/West Ceramics, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton NJ
Valeur Refuge, Sevres Ceramics Museum, Sevres France*
Place: Fairleigh Dickinson Art Dept Faculty. ARPNY, New York, NY
2012 Valeur Refuge, Bernadaud Foundation, Limoges France
Watershed’s Legends, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay, ME
Exhibition travels to University of MA, Dartmouth, MA
Chroma, Parlor Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
2011 Breaking Boundaries: A Survey of Contemporary Ceramics, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh NY
NL=US Premier Exhibition, Rotterdam Netherlands
Thaumazoo: The Island of the Colourblind, Arminius Stage for Art Culture and Debate, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2010 Woven, Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle WA
Small Works, Translations Gallery, Denver CO
ACDCPA, Delaware County Community College, Media PA
Magic Realism, Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia PA
2009 Fittings, Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter NH
Contemporary Basketry: Redefining Sculpture, Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle WA
Ab.strac.tion, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe NM
International Craft Biennial, Cheongju Museum, South Korea*
2008 Uncommon Clay, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton NJ
Form in Space, Payne Gallery, Moravian College, Bethlehem PA
Pace University, Pleasantville, NY
NJ Arts Annual Crafts, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair NJ
Jump: The Synergy of Connection, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield CT
6th International Fiber Biennial, Snyderman-Works Galleries, Philadelphia PA
2007 55th Premio Faenza, Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche in Faenza, awarded Medal of the Lions Club, Faenza Italy
Visual Arts Fellowship Exhibit, William Paterson University, Wayne NJ
Perforations, Cross Mackenzie Ceramic Arts, Washington DC
Unadorned, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe NM
Small Favors II, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia PA
2006 From Raku to Ray Guns: Ceramics since 1960, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington DE
Interlocked, Bucks County Community College, PA
Watershed 20th Anniversary, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston MA
Three Ceramists, Three Points of View, Art School at Old Church, Demarest NJ
Art Counts: Math in Art, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg PA
2005 NJ Arts Annual/Craft, Jersey City Museum, Jersey City NJ
Summer Invitational, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art Gallery, Kansas City MO
NCECA, Echoes, University of Maryland Baltimore County, MD
NCECA, Transformation, Baltimore MD
LongHouse Reserve, East Hampton NY
2004 The Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Recent Acquisitions, Sedalia MO
NJ Craft Arts Annual, Newark Museum of Art, Newark NJ*
The Ranch is at UM, Anderson Ranch invited artists, University of Miami, FL
Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts Resident Artists, SOFA Chicago, IL
NJ Arts Annual, Cache: New Horizons in crafts, The Noyes Museum, Oceanviile NJ*
Gallery in the Garden, Hawk Mountain PA
2003 Transformation: Contemporary Works in Ceramics, the Elizabeth R. Raphael
Founder’s Prize, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh PA*
Crafts National, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster PA*
Anderson Ranch Past and Present Resident Artists, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago IL
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME
The Fine Art of Craft, Susquehanna Art Museum, PA*
Gallery in the Garden, Hawk Mountain PA
2002 Fourteenth San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo TX
4 x 10: Ceramic Sculpture, The Phillips Museum of Art, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster PA
Sidney Myer Fund Int’l Ceramics Award, Shepparton Art Gallery, Victoria, Australia*
2001 52nd International Ceramics Competition, Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche in Faenza, Italy*
Compelled, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton NJ*
Future Imperfect, Sharadin Art Gallery at Kutztown University, Kutztown PA
Vanitas & Veritas, The Gallery at Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton NJ*
2000 Ceramics USA 2000, University of North Texas, SOVA Gallery, Denton TX
Ceramic International, Zanesville Art Center, Zanesville OH*
Absence of Color, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia PA
The Banquet, Borowsky Gallery at the Gershman Y, Philadelphia PA
1999 Black & White, Greenwich House Pottery, New York NY
Ceramics Monthly International Competition at the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) conference, Columbus Convention Center, Columbus OH
DADA Country, Duchamp and Friends in New Jersey, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton NJ
1998 Made in America, Hopkins House Gallery, Camden County Cultural and Heritage Commission, Camden NJ
Elements of Architecture, Sharon Gill Gallery, Montclair NJ
3D – IT, Chamot Gallery, Jersey City NJ
Tools, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia PA
1997 Food Show, Artworks, Trenton NJ
1996 Craft Forms ‘96, Wayne Art Center, Wayne PA
22nd Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Camden County Cultural and Heritage Commission, Hopkins House Gallery, Juror’s Mention, Thora Jacobsen, Camden NJ
Point of Departure, TAWA, Trenton City Museum, Trenton NJ
Living it Up, Gershman YMHA, Philadelphia PA
Philadelphia International Contemporary Art Competition of Old City, Philadelphia PA
1995 Outdoor Sculpture Garden at Academy Books and Bindery, Rosemont NJ
5th Annual Juried Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia PA
Heterodoxy Alice 75, Trenton Avant Garde, Inc., Trenton NJ
1994 Red Figure Show, Mercer County College, Trenton NJ
University of the Arts’ Ceramic Residents’ Exhibition, Yellow Springs PA
Annual Ceramic Department’s Show, University of the Arts, Philadelphia Pa
Ellarslie Open XII, Trenton City Museum, Trenton NJ
Best of Trenton Artist’s Workshop Association, Trenton City Museum, Trenton NJ
Publications
New Ceramics: The European Ceramics Magazine, Germany, Dr. Hildreth York, page 26, September 2013
Art Jewelry Magazine, Theresa D. Abelew, page 82, November 2011
Ceramics Bible and Ceramics: Tools and Techniques for the Contemporary Maker, Louisa Taylor, Chronicle Books USA, and Rotovision Europe, 2011
How to Look at Contemporary Ceramics, Korea, Chang Hyun Bang, 2011
The Craft and Art of Clay, 5th edition, Susan and Jan Peterson, Laurence King Publishing, London
500 Ceramic Sculptures, Lark Books, 2009, pages 93, 128, 224, back cover
Working with Clay, Susan and Jan Peterson, Prentice Hall, 2009, page 103
Contemporary Ceramics – International Perspective, Emmanuel Cooper, Thames and Hudson, 2009
Monthly Ceramic Art, Korea, November 2010, Chang Hyun Bang, pages 62 – 67
Ceramics Art and Perception, Australia, Issue 66, Front cover and article, Jimmy Clark, pages 90-93
Commissions
2014 Adam Savage, private collection, San Francisco CA
2007 Gloria and Sonny Kamm teapot commission for the Sparta Teapot Museum, NC
2001 Goldenberg Rosenthal Group, LLP, Jenkintown PA
Wall sculpture for conference room
1994 National Organization for Women (NOW), Trenton NJ
Sculpture presented to NJ Governor Christine Todd Whitman
1995 Achievement in Community Theater (ACT), NJ
Sculpture cast for annual recognition awards
1997 Eyelevel, Philadelphia publication of art criticism and commentary, PA
Sculptures for distribution to contributing members.
Public Collections
Albrecht-Kemper Museum, St. Joseph MO
Ariana Museum, Geneva Switzerland
Sevres Ceramics Museum, Paris France
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia MO
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington DE
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia PA
Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art, Alfred University, Alfred NY
Sparta Teapot Museum, Sparta NC
Topeka and Shawnee City Public Library, Topeka KS
Swedish Hospital Systems, Seattle WA
* Catalogue