Education:
1988-1990 / M.F.A. degree on Fellowship / May 1990 / N.Y. State college of Ceramics/ Alfred University/ N.Y.
1984-1987 / B.A. Applied Design/ Ceramics / San Diego State University / San Diego, CA.
1983-1984 / Orange Coast Community College / Costa Mesa, CA.

Experience:
1993 to Present: Maintains private studio / Helena, MT.
2001 / Ceramics Instructor / Carroll College / Helena, MT.
1999 / Instructor / Beginning and Advanced Ceramics (summer) / Diablo Valley College / Pleasant Hill, CA.
1991-1993 / Artist Residency / Archie Bray Foundation / Helena, MT.
1990 / Guest Artist Residency / summer / CSU at Long Beach / Long Beach, CA.
1990 / instructor / Beginning Drawing / N.Y.S. College of Ceramics / Alfred University / NY.
1988 / Instructor / Liberal Arts Pottery / N.Y.S. College of Ceramics / Alfred University / NY.
1989/ Director of Ceramics / Camp Pinecliff / Harrison, Maine
1987 / Lab Technician / Ceramics Dept. / CSU at San Diego / San Diego, CA.

Solo Exhibitions:
1998 / New Work / Garth Clark Gallery / New York, NY.
1997 / New Work / Holter Museum of Art / Helena, MT.
1996 / New Work / Garth Clark Gallery / New York, NY.
1995 / Featured Artist Exhibition / Joanne Rapp Gallery / Scottsdale, AZ.
1994 / New Work / Garth Clark Gallery / New York, NY.
1993 / New Work / Garth Clark Gallery / Los Angeles,CA.
1990 / Utilitarian Ceramics / CSU at Long Beach / Long Beach, CA.

Selected Group Exhibitions:
2018 / La Mesa Garden Party / Santa Fe Clay / Santa Fe, NM
2018 / The Great Ceramics Revival / The Art Spirit Gallery / Coeur d'Alene, ID.
2018 / NCECA Gallery Expo / Eighteen Hands Gallery / Pittsburg, PA.
2018 / Beyond Craft: The Art of Ceramics / Hockaday Museum of Art / Kalispell, MT.
2017 / Beer drinking Vessels / District Clay Center / Washington, DC
2017 / Steinfest 2017 / Claymakers / Durham,NC.
2017 / Yunomi Invitational / Clay Akar / Iowa City, IA
2016 / Americano Cup Invitational / Clay Akar / Iowa City, IA
2017 / Ceramics Invitational / Radius Gallery / Missoula, MT.
2017 / National Teapot Show X / Cedar Creek Gallery / Creedmoor, NC.
2016 / Yunomi Invitational / Clay Akar / Iowa City, IA
2016 / Americano Cup Invitational / Clay Akar / Iowa City, IA
2016 / The Cup, The Mug / Main Street Arts / Cliffton Springs, NY.
2016 / Steinfest 2016 / Claymakers / Durham,NC.
2016 /Last Call / Companion Gallery / Humboldt, TN.
2011 / National Teapot show VI / Cedar Creek Gallery, NC
2007 / Dinnerworks 2007 / Louiville Visual Arts Association
2002 / National Teapot show V / Cedar Creek Gallery, NC
1999 / Teapot Invitational / Dorothy Weiss Gallery / San Fransisco, CA.
1999 / The Splendid Menorah / Nancy Margolis Gallery / New York, NY.
1999 / New Ceramics / Materia: The Hand and Spirit / Scottsdale, AZ.
1998 / ana 27: National Juried Exhibition / Holter Museum of Art / Helena, MT.
1998 / Savesta Syntynyt / International Ceramic Exhibition / Fiscars Finland
1998 / References / Northern Clay Center / Minneapolis, Minnesota
1997 / Tantalizing Teapots / Craft and Folk Art Museum / Los Angeles, CA.
1996 / New Work / Joanne Rapp Gallery / S.O.F.A., Miami, Florida.
1993 / Soup Tureens: 1993 / Helen Drutt Gallery / Philadelphia, PA.
1991 / Anticipation '91 / New Art Forms Exposition / Chicago, IL.

Awards:
2016 / Jurors Choice Award / The Cup, The Mug / Main Street Arts / Cliffton Springs, NY.
2007 / Peoples Choice Award / Best mug/cup & Best accessory / Dinnerworks 2007 / Louiville Visual Arts assoc.
2002 / Award of excellence / National Teapot Show V / Cedar Creek Gallery / Creedmoor, NC.
2001 / Jurors award for / "Anything with a Drawer" / Mesa Arts Center / Mesa AZ.
1999 / Hans Ewermaker Award / Habit to Ritual: Pots for Living / Chester Springs, PA.
1996 / Merit Award for / National Teapot Show III / Cedar Creek Gallery / Creedmoor, North Carolina.
1993 / WESTAF / NEA Regional Fellowship for Visual Artists Award.
1993 / Montana Arts Council Individual Artist fellowship.
1992 / Merit Award / 7th Annual National Ceramics Exhibition / Museum of Fine Arts / San Angelo, TX.
1991 / Merit Award / Anticipation '91 / New Art Forms Exposition / Chicago, IL.
1989 / Merit Award / National Teapot Show / Cedar Creek Gallery / Creedmoor, North Carolina.

Publications:
2013 / 500 Teapots: Volume 2 / Jim Lawton / page 128 / Lark Ceramics
2002 / The Artful Teapot : Garth Clark / pages 68, 78-79, 248 / Watson-Guptill
2002 / Postmodern Ceramics : Mark Del Vecchio / pages 186-187, 218 / Thames & Hudson
2000 / Teapots Transformed / Page 77 / Guild Publishing
1998 / The Best of Pottery / Volume 2 / Page 18 / Rockport Publishers
1998 / April / The Evocative Object / Page 86 / Ceramics: Art and Perception / Issue No. 31
1996 / October / An Interplay of Craft and Wit; Conceptual Functional Vessels by Eric Van Eimeren / Ceramics Monthly
1994 / Aug-Sept / Portfolio / Page 60 / American Craft
1992 / February / New Faces at Navy Pier / Page 35 / Ceramics Monthly

Collections:
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA.
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
Smithsonian American Art Museum / Washington, DC.
De Young museum of Fine Art / San Fransisco, CA.
Racine Art Museum / Racine, Wisconsin.
Chasonoff Collection / Mint Museum of Craft and Design / Charlotte, NC.
Wustum Museum of Fine Arts / Racine, WI.
Corsaw Collection of American Ceramics / International Museum of Ceramic Art / New York State College of Ceramics / Alfred University, NY.
Fiscars Arts Cooperative Collection / Fiscars, Finland