Professional Experience:
2002-present Self-Employed Artist, Anderson Ceramic & Design, Steamboat Springs, CO
2015-present Ceramics Instructor, Warehome Studios/Anderson Ceramic & Design, Steamboat Springs, CO
2008-present Ceramics Instructor, Yampa Valley Art Institute, Steamboat Springs, CO
2013-present Visual Arts Council Board Member, Eleanor Bliss Center for the Arts, Steamboat Springs, CO
2009-2011, 2003-2005 Adjunct Instructor of Ceramics, Colorado Mountain College, Steamboat Springs, CO
2003-present Assisting Coordinator/Contributing Artist Steamboat Clay Artisans and Soup Bowl Supper Fundraiser, Steamboat Springs, CO
2008 Workshop Host/Coordinator, “Ceramics and Site: The Sculpted Garden” with Kim Dickey, Warehome Studios, Steamboat Springs, CO
2004-2007 Design Assistant, Studio 211/Acanthus Design, Steamboat Springs, CO
2004-2005 Designer/Builder, Warehome Studios, Steamboat Springs, CO
2000-2004 Production Manager Ceramic Design Group, Steamboat Springs, CO
2000 Intern/Studio Assistant La Loba Ranch Clay Center, Steamboat Springs, CO
1998-2000 Studio Manager/Teaching Assistant: Northland College, Ashland, WI
Selected Exhibitions:
2017 Bio Dynamic, solo exhibition, W Gallery, Steamboat Springs, CO
2015 Mutations: A Solo Exhibition in conjunction with Cloud Sourcing, Eutectic Gallery, Portland, OR
2014 Colorado Clay Biennial, Foothills Arts Center, Golden, CO
2013 Natural Selection: a Solo Exhibition, Rumor Design Studio, Steamboat Springs, CO
2013 Winter Group Exhibition, K. Saari Gallery
2012 Group Exhibition, The Studio, Steamboat Springs, CO
2011 Plinth Gallery and Anderson Ranch: A Ceramic Collaboration Plinth Gallery, Denver, CO
2010 Speaking of Clay, The Art Students League of Denver, Denver, CO
2009 Continental Divide, NCECA/Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, CO
2008 Confluence (two person exhibit), K. Saari Gallery, Steamboat Springs, CO
2007 The Art of the Teapot, Schiesser Gallery, Steamboat Springs, CO
2005 New Works of Nature, TEI Modern Gallery, Steamboat Springs, CO
2004 Thermodynamic: An Exhibition of Artwork Facilitated by Heat, Eleanor Bliss
Center for the Arts, Steamboat Springs, CO
Notable Commercial Clients/ Collectors:
Marriott Hotels
Sax Fifth Avenue
Publications:
2017 Studio Potter: “Mud Season” Winter/Spring 2017
2015 Inspire U Magazine: Nature’s Pattern
2011 500 Raku: Bold Explorations of a Dynamic Ceramics Technique, Lark Books
2011 Potter’s Council Calendar General Collection II, June 2011
2010 Southern New England Home “A Coastal Gem Becomes a Contemporary
Masterpiece” 2010-2011 Edition, pp. 26-28
2008 Homelink Magazine Artist Spot Light: “Confluence” Fall 2008
2007 5280 Magazine “House Beautiful” Article p. 123
2006 Yampa Valley Living “Studio File: Glass and Clay Artisans Team Up to Create
Innovative Art” Winter 2006
2006 Design New Jersey “Plantation Island” Article pp. 97-101
Formal Education:
2000 B.S. cum laude in Biology, Minor in Visual Arts, Northland College, Ashland, WI
Continuing Education and Residencies:
2013 Short Term Residency at Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT
2012 Impossible Projects with Kim Dickey, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
2011 Imagery in Clay: The Passionate Narrative with Richard Notkin, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
2009 Symposium: O Brave New World, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
2008 Ceramics and Site: The Sculpted Garden with Kim Dickey, Steamboat Springs, CO
2003 Using the Grid Method in Glaze Formulation with Ian Currie, Steamboat Springs, CO
2003 Glaze Chemistry with Jonathan Kaplan, Steamboat Springs, CO
Awards and Scholarships:
Acanthus Design Kiln-building Grant
Edith Bristol Art Scholarship
Northland Honorary Academic Scholarship