Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

CV

Education
M.F.A. University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. College of Visual and Performing Arts, Artisanry. New Bedford, MA (MFA Candidate 2009)

Provisional Graduate. Tainan National University of the Arts. Graduate Institute of Applied Arts. Guantien Township, Tainan County, Taiwan.

Post Baccalaureate. California State University, Long Beach. College of the Arts, Ceramics. Long Beach, CA

B.F.A. California State University, Fullerton. Department of Visual Art, Ceramics. Fullerton, CA


Teaching Experience
• Idyllwild Arts Summer Program
Idyllwild, CA
Summer 1998-2008
• Ceramics I : Handbuilding
New Bedford, MA
Spring 2008
• Foundations : 3D Concepts
New Bedford Dartmouth, MA
Fall 2007

Technical Experience
• Construction of Portable Raku Kiln
Spring 2008
• Studio Technician-Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
Summer 2007 & 2008
• Construction of 20 cu. ft. Ward Burner Kiln
Spring 2008
• Teaching Glaze Material and Glaze Calculation
Summer 2007
• Kiln Technician-UMass Dartmouth
September 2006-May 2007
• Construction 150 cu. ft. Wood Kiln
Spring 2001
• Studio Technician-Irvine High School
February 2000 – May 2002

Collections
• American Museum of Ceramic Art
January 2009

Research Experience
• The Language of Craft - 2008
• Contemporary Museum and Gallery Methodologies - Fall 2007
• Japanese Ceramic Traditions - Spring 2007
• History of American Ceramics Post WWII - Fall 2006

Presentations/Guest Artist
• Guest Speaker-Tabor Academy - April 2008
• Sources Presentation-UMass Dartmouth - February 2008
• Recent Work-Haystack Mountain School of Crafts - Summer 2007 & 2008
• Graduate Slide Forum-NCECA - 2007, 2008
• Guest Artist, Wheel Thrown Forms-Chaffey College - February 2005
• Guest Artist, Wheel Thrown Forms-Harbor Day School - November 2002

Exhibitions
• International Cup 2009. The Clay Studio of Missoula
Curator : Patti Warashina
Missoula, MT
February 2009
• Anagama. Gustin Gallery
Curator : Chris Gustin
S. Dartmouth, MA
December 2008
• Hanging by a Thread. Carnegie Library
Curator : Yoko Sekino-Bove
Pittsburgh, PA
March 2008
• UMass Dartmouth Graduate Student Show-VA Gallery
Marion, MA
February 2008
• Full Frontal. Gallery 244
New Bedford, MA
November 2007
• Boston Young Contemporaries. Boston University
Boston, MA
June 2007
• The Hospital Show. Tainan County Hospital
Tainan County, Taiwan
January 2006
• Traditional Ceramic Distillery Jar Installation
Chia-yi, Taiwan
December 2005
• The Showcase. TNNUA
Guantien, Taiwan
September 2005
• Idyllwild Arts Collective. NCECA
San Diego, CA
March 2003
• Clay in Time. Silberman Gallery
Tustin, CA
November 2002
• Form and Function. Orange County Center for Contemporary Art
Santa Ana, CA
December 2001
• Al2O3 2SiO2 2H2O. Exit Gallery
Fullerton, CA
October 2001

Affiliations/Memberships
• Ceramic Club Assistant Treasurer - UMass Dartmouth
September 2008-May 2009
• Ceramic Club President - CSU Fullerton
September 2000-May 2001
• Ceramics Club Treasurer - CSU Fullerton
September 1999-May2000

Scholarships/Volunteer
• 2006 – 2009 University Scholarship
UMass Dartmouth
• 2008 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. Teaching Assistantship Scholarship
Instructors: Ellen Shankin & George Bowes
• 2007 Watershed Center for Ceramic Art. Pre-session
Supervisor: Tyler Gulden
• 2001 & 2003 Transformer Kiln Construction and Firing
Nina Hole & Fred Olsen
• October 1998 & 2000 John and Flora Olsen Scholarship
CSU Fullerton

Ceramic related Life Experience/Travel
• Hohr-Grenzhausen, Germany – Koblentz Institute of Keramic and Glass
• Frechen, Germany – Keramion Museum of Keramic
• S’Hertogenbosh, Netherlands – European Keramic Workcentre
• Bowling Green, Ohio – Bowling Green State University Voulkos Woodfiring
• Mountain Center, CA – Woodfiring with Fred Olsen
• Napier, New Zealand – Gaeleen Morley & Bruce Martin
• Taipei, Taiwan – Yingge Ceramics Museum
• Chai-yi, Taiwan – Woodfiring with Jun-Lan Li
• Icheon, Yeoju and Gwanju, Korea – CEBIKO Ceramics Biennale