Eduction
1994Master of Fine Arts, Ceramics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
1992Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ceramics (additional emphasis: Printmaking), Brigham Young University (Cum Laude)
Teaching Experience (University Instruction)
2017-PresentAssistant Professor, Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL. Teaching Ceramics, Design, Art History, Foundations, and Introduction to the Liberal Arts
2015-2017Head of Ceramics at Ashland University Department of Art, Ashland, OH. Teaching: Ceramics, Design, Online Art Instructor: ART AND IDEAS, Ceramics Studio Coordinator
2014-2016Instructor/ Lecturer, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. Teaching: Introduction to Low-fire Ceramics
1995The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. Instructor: Foundations, Ceramics
1992-1995The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. Graduate Teaching Assistant/ Instructor of Record
1992Brigham Young University, Provo, UT. Instructor: Ceramics
Visiting Artist Workshops, Lectures and Demonstrations
2020Lecture/Panel Discussion, in conjunction with Crowns: Crossing Into Motherhood- Women’s Retreat Symposium, Canton Museum of Art, Canton, OH
2019 Demonstration/Workshop, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL
Lecture, in conjunction with Rocking The Boat, solo exhibition, Sauk Valley Community College, Dixon, IL
Lecture and Demonstration, Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale Campus, VA
Lecture at NCECA Conference: Ceramics: Record of Innovation, Minneapolis, MN
Lecture and Portfolio presentation, Galesburg High School, Galesburg, IL
2018 Lecture and Demonstration, Iowa Ceramics Conference, Iowa Ceramic Center, Cedar Rapids, IA
Demonstration and Workshop, Rio Grande University and Gallia School District, Rio Grande, OH
2016 International Residency Lecture, GehAcht Art Center, Dresden, Saxony, Germany
University of Toledo, Toledo, OH – Visiting artist lecture and demonstration
Presenter at NCECA Conference, Kansas City, MO – Organized a panel discussion on Women Trailblazers in Contemporary Ceramics (including panelists BethAnn Gerstein of American Museum of Ceramic Art/AMOCA, author/editor Janet Koplos, and Joan Takayama Ogawa of Otis College of Art and Design)
Central Ohio Ceramics Association – Artist demonstration and research presentation, sponsored by Mayco Glaze Company, Hilliard, OH
Arts and College Prep Academy, Columbus, OH – Visiting artist demonstration
2015 Arrowmont School for Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN – Taught week-long figurative ceramics workshop
Anoka Ramsey Community College, St. Paul, MN – Visiting artist lecture and two-day demonstration
2014 Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM – Figurative Workshop
Union University, Jackson, TN – Visiting Artist
Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, OH – Figurative Ceramics Workshop
2013 California Conference for the Advancement of The Ceramic Arts, Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA – Demonstrator
Otterbein University, Westerville, OH – Summer Figurative Ceramics Course Instructor
2012 Ohio University-Southern Campus, Ironton, OH – Visiting Artist
Brigham Young University, Nature/Nurture Symposium – Lecturer, Panelist
Otterbein University, Westerville, OH – Summer Figurative Ceramics Course Instructor
Artist, Interrupted Conference, Columbus, OH – Keynote Speaker
The Art School at the Contemporary Museum of Art, Austin, TX – figurative workshop
2011 University of Findlay, Findlay, OH – Figurative Workshop
Ceramic League of Miami, Miami, FL – Figurative Workshop and Juror
Brigham Young University- Idaho, Rexburg, ID – Visiting Artist
Francis Marion University, Florence, SC – FIGURATIVE SYMPOSIUM with Cristina Cordova, Sergei Isupov, and Janis Mars Wunderlich, visiting artist, demonstrator, panelist
2010 California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA – Visiting Artist Lecture and Graduate Critiques
Southern Ohio Art Museum, Portsmouth, OH – Visiting Artist
Hawken School, Cleveland OH – Visiting Artist
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN – Figurative Association Visiting Artist, Demonstrator, panelist
Toronto Film Festival at the Revue, Toronto, CAN – Panelist and Presenter, WHO DOES SHE THINK SHE IS?
The Ohio State University Urban Arts Space, Columbus, OH – Documentary Film Screening and Discussion
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT – Documentary Film Screening and Panel Discussion
2009 National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Conference, Phoenix, AZ – Documentary Screening, Lecturer
Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH – Visiting Artist
Mudfire Ceramics Center, Atlanta, GA – Figurative Workshop
Symphony Space, NY, NY – Documentary Film Screening and Panel Discussion, National Talkback
Gene Fiskal Film Center, Art Institute of Chicago, IL – Documentary Screening and Panel Discussion
2008 Huntington Mus9eum of Art, Huntington, WV – Walter Gropius Master Artist Workshop
Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV – Documentary Film Screening and Panel Discussion
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT – Documentary Film Screening and Panel Discussion
Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT – Documentary Film Screening and Panel Discussion
Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts, Asheville, NC – Figurative Workshop
Fine Arts Theater, Asheville, NC – Documentary Film Screening and Panel Discussion
Cleveland Film Festival, Cleveland, OH – Documentary Film Screening and Panel Discussion
2007 National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Conference, Louisville, KY – Panelist, Panel Submitter
The Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH – Lecturer, Ceramics Summer Teacher
National Ceramics Symposium, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS – Demonstrator, Lecturer
Symposium of Contemporary Ceramics, Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, OH – Workshop
2006 Miami University, Oxford, OH – Crafts Summer Course: Figurative Characters in Clay
2005 Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, OH – Figurative Workshop
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH – Visiting Artist
2002 Purdue/University of Indiana at Ft. Wayne, IN – Visiting Artist
Ohio University, Athens, OH – Visiting Artist
2001 Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD – Figurative Workshop
2000 Sierra Nevada College, Lake Tahoe, NV – Figurative Workshop
Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM – Figurative Workshop
1999 The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH – Visiting Artist
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT – Mold Making Workshop
1998 Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI – Visiting Artist and Scholar/ Panelist
Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta, Canada – Visiting Artist and Workshop
1997 Clay Art Center, NY, NY – Figurative Workshop
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT – Mold Making Demonstration and Workshop
1996 National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Conference, Rochester, NY – Demonstrator
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH – Visiting Artist
Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH – Visiting Artist
1995 Emporia State University, Emporia, KS – Visiting Artist Lecture
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH – Foundations Ceramics Instructor
1994 Penland School of Art and Crafts, Penland, NC – Figurative Workshop
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH – Graduate Student Course Instructor: Ceramics, Mold Making
Current Research
2019-20 Art and Science of Ceramics, with Brad Sturgeon, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Monmouth College
SOFIA Research Project (2019): Makerspace- Art and Chemistry of Ceramics and Glass
2019 NCECA Minneapolis – CERAMIC INNOVATION: Tracing the Fingerprint of Human Innovation through Ceramic Artifacts, Lecture presentation, article published in NCECA Journal
2018 Digital Ceramic Printing, Design software, Digital Ceramic Printer construction and innovation. Working with Potterbot 7, Fusion 360, Simplify 3D, and our own prototype plan/design. SOFIA PROJECT: Visualization in Ceramic 3D Printing
2016 Presenter at NCECA Conference, Kansas City, MO- Organized a panel discussion on Post Modern Women Trailblazers in Contemporary Ceramics (including panelists Beth Ann Gerstein of American Museum of Ceramic Art/AMOCA, author/editor Janet Koplos, and Joan Takayama Ogawa of Otis College of Art and Design)
International Research/Artistic Residency
2016 Dresden, Germany: Three-month Residency Grant to research Meissen Porcelain, German Expressionism, and to create experimental works on paper. Awarded by Greater Columbus Arts Council, in partnership with the State of Saxony, Germany and Geh Acht Center for the Arts
Exhibition History
Solo Exhibitions
2020 STILL I RISE, Everett Gallery, Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL
JANIS MARS WUNDERLICH, Contemporary Art Center, Peoria, IL
BECOMING BUOYANT, Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL
2019 ROCKING THE BOAT, Sauk Valley Community College, Dixon, IL
IN DEEP WATER, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL
2018 ROCKING THE BOAT: NURTURING NARRATIVES, Greer Museum Gallery, Rio Grande University, Rio Grande, OH
CURIOUS COMPLEXITIES, NEW WORK BY JANIS MARS WUNDERLICH, Mount Mercy University, Cedar Rapids, IA
2016 EXPERIMENTAL WORKS BY JANIS MARS WUNDERLICH, GehAcht Art Center, Dresden, Germany
2013 SOFA CHICAGO, Sherrie Gallerie, Columbus, OH Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
2012 SOFA CHICAGO, Sherrie Gallerie, Columbus, OH Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
2011 SOFA CHICAGO, Sherrie Gallerie, Columbus, OH Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
2010 NEW WORK, The Figurative Gallery, La Quinta, CA
SOFA CHICAGO, Sherrie Gallerie, Columbus, OH Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
2008 ART OF JANIS MARS WUNDERLICH, The Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV
SOFA CHICAGO, Sherrie Gallerie, Columbus, OH Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
2007 DIVINE CHAOS, Ohio Wesleyan University’s Ross Art Museum, Delaware, OH
SOFA CHICAGO, Sherrie Gallerie, Columbus, OH Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
FAMILY TIME, Ohio Wesleyan University Art Gallery, Delaware, OH
JANIS MARS WUNDERLICH: LIFE AS A FAIRY TALE, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL
2006 FAMILY MATTERS, Sherrie Gallerie, Columbus, OH
2005 OHIO UNIVERSITY-SOUTHERN, Dingus Art Gallery, Ironton, OH
2000 JANIS MARS WUNDERLICH, John Elder Gallery, New York, NY
SOFA CHICAGO, John Elder Gallery, NY, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
1999 SUFFOCATION AND REDEMPTION, Storefront installation at NCECA Conference, Columbus, OH
1998 JANIS MARS WUNDERLICH, Shaw Guido Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
DISCLOSURES, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI
1997 JANIS MARS WUNDERLICH, Ford Gallery, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
1996 CERAMIC SCULPTURE, Habatat/ Shaw Gallery, Pontiac, MI
1995 NEW WORK, Shaw/Guido Gallery, Pontiac, MI
1994 MY ROOM: AN INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION, Hopkins Hall Gallery, OSU, Columbus, OH
Two and Three Person Exhibitions
2020 TJ ERDAHL, TAYLOR ROBENALT, JANIS MARS WUNDERLICH, In Tandem Gallery, Bakersville, NC
2018 WORKS BY JANIS MARS WUNDERLICH AND PAUL SCOTT PAGE, Quad Cities International Airport Gallery, Rock Island, IL
2017 A CURIOUS CONVERGENCE: WORK OF JANIS MARS WUNDERLICH AND PAUL SCOTT PAGE, Kuhn Fine Art Gallery, The Ohio State University, Marion Campus, Marion, OH
2015 FIGURATIVE CERAMICS: THE WORK OF JACK EARL, TOM BARTEL, AND JANIS MARS WUNDERLICH, Sherrie Gallerie, Columbus, OH
2014 THE ART OF JANIS MARS WUNDERLICH AND LORNA MEADEN, Union University, Jackson, TN
2011 THE ART OF SERGEI ISOPOV, CRISTINA CORDOVA, AND JANIS MARS WUNDERLICH, Francis Marion University Gallery, Florence, SC
2008 THE HUMAN FORM IN CLAY: THE ART OF JANIS MARS WUNDERLICH AND TOM BARTEL, Northern Kentucky University, Fine Arts Center Gallery
2006 STORIES IN CLAY: THREE PERSPECTIVES, The Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH
2004 ALTERED LIVES, JANIS MARS WUNDERLICH AND MARTY SHUTER, The Ohio State University, Marion Campus, Marion, OH
Select Group Exhibitions
2020 CROWNS: CROSSING INTO MOTHERHOOD, The Canton Museum of Art, Canton, OH
OHIO ANNUAL, Zanesville Museum of Art, Zanesville, OH
FIGURING OUR HUMANITY, Ross Art Museum, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH
SHELTER, PLACE, SOCIAL, DISTANCE: CONTEMPORARY DIALOGUES FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
NEW ACQUISITIONS FROM JULIANNE AND DAVID ARMSTRONG, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA
2019 DOMESTIC MATTERS: THE UNCOMMON APRON, Peters Valley School of Craft, Layton, NJ
64 ARTS NATIONAL EXHIBITION, The Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, IL
2018 CROWNS, a National Traveling Exhibition Honoring Motherhood, NCECA 2017 Pittsburgh, PA, Anne Arundel Community College, MD, Westminster College, PA, New Gallery for Contemporary Art, Woodbridge, VA, and Canton Museum of Art, Canton, OH
64 ARTS: A NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION, Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, IL
MEMBERS AND FRIENDS, Galesburg Civic Arts Center, Galesburg, IL
LIVING WITH CLAY: CALIFORNIA CERAMICS COLLECTIONS, Begovich Gallery, California State University- Fullerton, CA
2017 64 ARTS: A NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION, Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, IL.
TERRA FIRMA: REGIONAL CERAMIC INVITATIONAL, Lonnie Eugene Stewart Art Gallery, Carl Sandburg College, Galesburg, IL.
OUT OF THE BOX, City of Upper Arlington Public Works Project, Upper Arlington, OH.
The Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Columbus, OH.
ART HATCHING ACROSS OHIO, The Southern Ohio Art Museum, Portsmouth, OH, Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, OH, Columbus Metropolitan Library, The Parkersburg Art Center, Parkersburg, WV, Massillon Museum, Massillon, OH, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH (Travelling Exhibition).
2016 50 YEARS- 50 WOMEN: A CELEBRATION OF WOMEN’S CONTRIBUTION TO CERAMICS, American Jazz Museum, Kansas City, MO (In conjunction with NCECA 2016).
SMALL ONES: A FIGURATIVE CERAMICS SHOW, Cinema Gallery, Urbana, IL.
EQUALITY, The Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH.
STRICTLY FIGURATIVE INVITATIONAL, Carter Art Center Gallery, Kansas City, MO (at NCECA).
ANNUAL FACULTY EXHIBITION, Coburn Gallery, Ashland University, Ashland, OH.
2016 GREATER COLUMBUS ARTS COUNCIL EXHIBITION, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH.
OHIO STATE FAIR FINE ARTS EXHIBITION, Columbus, OH.
ALL OHIO CONTEMPORARY CERAMICS COMPETITION AND SHOW, Yan Sun Art Museum, Zanesville, OH.
2015 CELEBRATING THE PAST, EMBRACING THE FUTURE: American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA.
DYNAMIC NARRATIVES at the Folk Art Center, Asheville, NC.
ARROWMONT INSTRUCTORS’ EXHIBITION, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN.
BIRDS, Audubon Society of Rhode Island, Smithfield, RI (in conjunction with NCECA 2015).
2014 FIGURE IT- FORMS OF HUMAN EXPRESSION, The Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH.
INTERNATIONAL ZANESVILLE PRIZE FOR CONTEMPORARY CERAMICS, Zanesville Museum of Art, Zanesville, OH .
ONCE UPON A TIME: FAIRY TALES, FANTASY, AND CONTEMPORARY ART, The Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI.
FINS, FUR, FEATHERS, Cinema Gallery, Urbana, IL.
BEST OF 2014, The Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH.
2013 HER/STORY, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA (Reviewed in Ceramics Monthly) .
CONTEMPORARY CLAY, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA.
CERAMICS ANNUAL OF AMERICA, John Natsoulas and John Toki Galleries, San Francisco, CA.
CREEPING OUT OF THE DOLLHOUSE, Southern Ohio Museum, Portsmouth, OH (Reviewed in Portsmouth Times).
OHIO STATE FAIR ART EXHIBITION, Columbus, OH.
INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION, Church Art Museum, Salt Lake City, UT.
SILHOUETTES, Red Lodge Art Center, Red Lodge, MT.
DYNAMIC NARRATIVES, in conjunction with NCECA: Houston, TX.
2012 ANIMAL MAGNETISM: SCULPTURE FROM THE RAM COLLECTION, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI.
SELF-CONTAINED, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN.
SANTA FE CLAY WAREHOUSE INVITATIONAL, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM.
SOURCES AND INFLUENCES: Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV.
OHIO STATE FAIR ART EXHIBITION, Columbus, OH.
2011 THE FIGURE HAS SOUL, Lacoste Gallery, Concord, MA
SMALL FIGURES, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
COLUMBUS ART LEAGUE ANNUAL EXHIBITION, Ft. Hayes School Campus, Columbus, OH
OHIO STATE FAIR ART EXHIBITION, Columbus, OH Juror’s Award
INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION, Church Art Museum, Salt Lake City, UT Juror’s Award
2010 THE HUMAN FORM IN CLAY: FIGURATIVE ASSOCIATION, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN (Reviewed in Ceramics Monthly).
NATURE/NURTURE, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT.
CONTEMPORARY OHIO CERAMICS, Canton Museum of Art, Canton, OH.
Ohio Art League Annual Exhibition, Fort Hayes Campus, Columbus, OH.
2009 SPOON IT, FORK IT, CUT IT UP, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD.
ANNUAL GREATER MIDWEST INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, Central Missouri Univ., Warrensburg, MO.
FIGURES IN CLAY, Odyssey Center for the Arts, Asheville, NC.
UNDER THE INFLUENCE: VIEWS OF THE FIGURE, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA.
FIGURATIVE EXHIBITION at Pravis Gallery, in conjunction with NCECA: Phoenix, AZ.
2008 FORM AND IMAGINATION: WOMEN CERAMIC SCULPTORS, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA.
INVITATIONAL CERAMICS EXHIBITION, Baldwin Wallace College, Berea, OH.
TACITLY TACTILE, Gallerie Chiz, Pittsburgh, PA, in conjunction with NCECA.
EXPLORING DREAMS, IMAGES FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ.
ODYSSEY INVITATIONAL, Odyssey Center of Art, Asheville, NC.
TELL ME A STORY: CONTEMPORARY NARRATIVE CERAMICS, White Plains Library, White Plains, NY.
SEVEN DEADLY SINS, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM.
HUMAN IMPULSE: FIGURATION FROM THE SANDY BESSER COLLECTION, Arizona State University Art Museum, Ceramics Research Center, Tempe, AZ.
INVITATIONAL CERAMICS, Fawick Gallery, Baldwin Wallace College, Berea, OH.
Ohio State Fair Exhibition, Cox Fine Arts Building, Columbus, OH.
2007 FIVE ARTISTS: FIVE VIEWPOINTS, Sherrie Gallerie, Columbus, OH.
NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS.
OUR CUPS RUNNETH OVER, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA.
THE BEST OF 2007, The Ohio Craft Museum.
THE WAYS OF CLAY, Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, OH.
LA MESA, Santa Fe Clay, National Council for the Education of Ceramic Arts, Louisville, KY.
SOFA at NCECA, Sherrie Gallerie, National Council for the Education of Ceramic Arts, Louisville, KY.
TABLE TALK: ART OF THE TABLE, The Palmer Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT.
2006 AN EXTRAVAGANCE OF SALT AND PEPPER, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD.
CUPS FROM THE COLLECTION OF RON ISSACS, Doris Ulman Gallery, Berea College, Berea, KY.
INTIMATE RITUALS OF DAILY LIFE, Signature Shop Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
LIFE INSIGHT: THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE, Kentucky Museum of Art, Louisville, KY.
POETIC EXPRESSIONS OF MORTALITY, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL (Reviewed in Ceramics Monthly).
JUST A HEAD, Block Hall Gallery, Alabama Clay Conference, University of Montivallo, AL.
OUR CUPS RUNNETH OVER, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA.
LET’S ENJOY A LAUGH, HUMOR AND WHIMSY FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION, The Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI.
GROWING PAINS, Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH.
TWO MEDIA: TWO EXPRESSIONS, The Springfield Museum of Art, OH.
SCULPTURE INVITATIONAL, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT.
BEST OF THE BEST, Wayne Center for the Arts, Wooster, OH.
2005 AMERICAN CONTEMPORARY CERAMICS, The Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
ANNUAL CERAMICS EXHIBITION, Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin- Whitewater, MN
LOS ANGELES PRINTMAKING SOCIETY 13th NATIONAL EXHIBITION, Laband Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA
BODY LANGUAGE: THE FIGURE IN CLAY, Lucinda Gallery, Baltimore, MD (Reviewed in Clay Times and Ceramics Monthly)
ANIMATED EARTH: THE MANY PERMUTATIONS OF CLAY, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
2004 LASTING IMPRESSIONS: THE UNFORGETTABLE IN CONTEMPORARY SCULPTURE, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD.
BEST OF 2004, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH (Reviewed in Ceramics Monthly).
LASTING IMPRESSIONS: THE UNFORGETTABLE IN CONTEMPORARY CERAMIC ART, Baltimore Clayworks.
GRIMM’S FAIRY TALES REINVENTED, Fuller Craft Museum and The Society for Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA.
LITTLE CREATURES, The Art Gallery at Florida Gulf Coast University, FL.
2003 SHORT STORIES: NARRATIVE CERAMIC ART, The Center for Ceramic Arts, Berkeley, CA
SMALL FIGURES, Goldesberry Gallery, Houston, TX (Reviewed in Ceramics Monthly)
OHIO STATE FAIR ART EXHIBITION, Columbus, OH 2nd Best of Show
2002 VISUAL PERSPECTIVES: 14 YEARS OF THE VIRGINIA GROOT AWARD, SOFA Chicago, IL.
TELLING TALES, The Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO.
LE GRAND BUFFET, The Clay Studio, in conjunction with NCECA, Philadelphia, PA.
FAMILY CIRCLES AND OTHER RELATIVE GEOMETRIES, Southern Ohio Art Museum, Portsmouth, OH.
INTERNATIONAL INFUSION: CERAMIC TEAPOTS, Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI (Reviewed in Detroit News
BEING HUMAN: THE FIGURE EXPRESSED, Signature Shop Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
ALTER EGOS – VOICES FROM INSIDE: CERAMIC SCULPTURE BY BETH CAVENER STICHTER, JANIS MARS WUNDERLICH AND MARTY SHUTER, Ohio Art League, Columbus, OH.
A MODERN BESTIARY: ARTISTS VIEW THE ANIMAL KINGDOM, Wustum Museum of Fine Art, Racine, WI.
2001 BIRDS, BEASTS, AND LITTLE FISHIES, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe NM
ANIMAL MAGNETISM, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
SUSPENDED ANIMATION, Goldesberry Gallery, Houston, TX
LE GRAND BUFFET, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
LARGE WORKS: INTIMATE SCALE, Ewing Gallery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2000 FIGURINES, John Elder Gallery, NY, NY
ON THE WALL, Coburn Gallery, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
WOMEN’S WORLD: A WORK IN PROGRESS, The Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CN (Reviewed in The NY Times and The Advocate: Greenwich Times)
CERAMIC SCULPTURE, Lanning Gallery, Columbus, OH (Reviewed in The Columbus Dispatch)
FIRST 20 YEARS: THEN AND NOW, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
BISTRO 1615, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM (Reviewed in the Santa Fe Reporter)
Traveling Exhibit: CONFRONTATIONAL CLAY, THE ARTIST AS SOCIAL CRITIC, curated by Judith Schwartz
  American Craft Museum, NY, NY (reviewed in NY Times)
  John and Maxine Belger Foundation, Kansas City, MS
  Middlebury College Museum of Art, Montpelier, VT
  University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL (reviewed in American Craft)
  Philharmonic Center for the Arts, Naples, FL
  The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
  Flint Institute of Art, Flint, MI
  Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, OH
1999 HEIM UND HANDWERK, Munich Convention Hall, Munich, Germany
SCRIPPS 55th CERAMIC ANNUAL, Scripps College’s Chandler Gallery, Claremont, CA (Reviwed in Ceramics Monthly)
GESTURE AND MESSAGE, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
TOYS AND GADGETS, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
LOOKING IN THE MIRROR: ASPECTS OF FIGURATIVE CERAMICS, Riley Hawk Galleries, Columbus and Cleveland, OH (Reviewed in Ceramics: Art and Perception and The Columbus Dispatch)
1998 ANNUAL SAN ANGELO NATIONAL CERAMIC COMPETITION, San Angelo Museum of Art, San Angelo, TX
WILD THINGS, Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences, Peoria, IL
CROSSROADS IN CLAY, Middleton Fine Arts Center, Middletown, OH (Reviewed in Ceramics Monthly)
20th CENTURY DECORATIVE WORKS OF ART, to benefit NCECA Endowment, at Sotheby’s, NY, NY
1997 NCECA CLAY NATIONAL, University of Las Vegas Barrick Museum, Las Vegas, NV
MONARCH NATIONAL CERAMIC COMPETITION, Florence, AL
NEW GENERATION, Habatat Shaw Gallery, Pontiac, MI
1996 INTIMATE CONVERSATIONS, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
MONARCH NATIONAL CERAMIC COMPETITION, San Angelo Museum of Art, San Angelo, TX
AMERICAN FIGURATIVE CLAY, Colorado College’s Coburn Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO
TWICE TOUCHED, Roy G. Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH
1995 NINTH PARKSIDE NATIONAL SMALL PRINT EXHIBITION, Kenosha, WI
NINETEENTH ANNUAL NATIONAL DRAWING INVITATIONAL, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS
INTERNATIONAL CURRENTS, Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, IL (Award winner)
REDEFINING THE FIGURE, Tempe Arts Center, Tempe, AZ
1994 THE PRINTS AND THE PAPER, The San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
COLORPRINT USA, FOVA Gallery, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
SEVENTH NATIONAL McNEESE WORKS ON PAPER, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
INTERNATIONAL ORTON CONE BOX SHOW SHOW, Baker University, Baldwin City, KS (Award winner)
1992 UTAH: PAINTING AND SCULPTURE, Utah Museum of Fine Art, Salt Lake City, UT
OHIO CRAFT INVITATIONAL, Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH
1991 FEATS OF CLAY IV, Lincoln Arts Center, Lincoln, CA (Juror’s award, Purchase Award)
UTAH: WORKS ON PAPER, Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT
CRAFTING LIVES: Utah Designer Craftsmen, Salt Lake City, UT
Bibliography
2021 Will be featured in MATERNAL ART International Blogpost and Magazine (to be published in 2021)
2020 Featured in EXPOSURE section of CERAMICS MONTHLY magazine (Dec.2020)
Featured in ARTEMIS JOURNAL, published by Roanoke Arts Commission and The Taubman Museum of Art, VA
Featured in LIVING WITH CLAY: CALIFORNIA CERAMICS COLLECTIONS, Rody Lopez
2018 Interviewed for BOTH ARTIST AND MOTHER, interviewed by Kate Fisher
Featured in 2018 CERAMIC ARTS YEARBOOK, a publication of the American Ceramics Society
Contributed to the article BALANCING ACT in STUDIO POTTER, Women in Ceramics Volume 45
2016 Featured on PBS: BROAD AND HIGH Series. EQUALITY at the Ohio Craft Museum, and ART Hatching Across Ohio episodes http://wosu.org/shows/broad-high/
2012 THE BEST OF THE 500 CERAMICS: CELEBRATING A DECADE IN CLAY, edited by Linda Kopp, Lark Books, Asheville, NC
2008 A HUMAN IMPULSE: FIGURATION FROM THE BESSER COLLECTION, edited by Peter Held, Arizona State University Hershberger College of the Arts, Ceramics Research Center, Perpetua Press, Santa Barbara, CA
CERAMICS FOR BEGINNERS: HANDBUILDING, by Shay Amber, Lark Books, Asheville, NC
Featured in documentary film: WHO DOES SHE THINK SHE IS? Directed by Pamela Tanner Boll, Mystic River Films (in theaters worldwide and featured on PBS)
2006 500 ANIMALS IN CLAY, published by Lark Books, Asheville, NC.
POETIC EXPRESSIONS OF MORTALITY, FIGURATIVE CERAMICS FROM THE PORTER / PRICE COLLECTION, Mobile Museum of Art Press
2005 THE FIGURE IN CLAY: CONTEMPORARY SCULPTING TECHNIQUES BY MASTER ARTISTS, published by Lark Books, Asheville, NC
2004 500 FIGURES IN CLAY, CERAMIC ARTISTS CELEBRATE THE HUMAN FORM, edited by Veronika Alice Gunter, Lark Books, Asheville, NC
Featured on cover of DIALOGUE Magazine, Winter 2004
2000 CONFRONTATIONAL CLAY: THE ARTIST AS SOCIAL CRITIC, Judith Schwartz, Exhibits USA Press
Kerameiki techni, International Ceramic Art Review publication, Greece (on poster)
1999 Cover and feature article of December issue of CERAMICS MONTHLY
1997 DIVERSE DOMAIN: CONTEMPORARY NORTH AMERICAN CERAMIC ART, Tingge County Government Press, Taiwan
VISUAL PERSPECTIVES: VIRGINIA GROOT AWARDS
THE BEST OF NEW CERAMIC ART, by Toni Sikes, published by Hand Books
Numerous articles and exhibition reviews in AMERICAN CRAFT, AMERICAN STYLE, CERAMICS MONTHLY and multiple newspapers including Akron Beacon Journal and NY Times, and numerous online articles
Fellowships and Awards
Ceramics Award, 64 ARTS National Exhibition, Monmouth, IL.
Zanesville, OH, All Ohio Contemporary Ceramics Competition and Show, 2nd place Juror’s Award.
Greater Columbus Arts Council International Artist Residency, 2015-2016
Presidents Award, Ohio Art League Annual Exhibition, Fort Hayes Campus, Columbus, OH, 2010
Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award Grant, 2009
Virginia A. Groot Foundation Recognition Grant, 2008
Professional Juror’s Choice Award, Ohio State Fair, Columbus, OH, 2008
Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award Grant, 2006
Greater Columbus Arts Council Individual Artist Grant, 2004
Juror’s Award, Ohio Arts Council Award, Ohio State Fair, Columbus, OH, 2004
Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship, 2003
Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship, 2001
Greater Columbus Arts Council Individual Artist Grant, 2000
Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship, 1999
Virginia A. Groot Foundation Recognition Grant (second place), 1997
Challenge Award For Excellence, The Ohio Craft Museum, 1997
Virginia A. Groot Foundation Recognition Grant (second place), 1996
Dean’s Award for Excellence, College of Fine Arts and Communications, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, 1992
Jurying Experience
Juror for Galesburg High School Scholastic Art Exhibition, Galesburg, IL., 2018
Juror for Heartland Art Exhibition, Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, IL., 2018
Juror for the Regional High School Visual Art Exhibition, Monmouth College, IL., 2018
Juror for GALEX, national art exhibition, at the Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL., 2018
Juror for The Columbus Arts Festival, Columbus, OH., 2013
Juror for Ohio Governor’s Awards for the Visual Arts, Regional High Schools, OH., 2011
Ceramic League of Miami Annual Exhibition Juror, 2011
West Virginia Arts Council Artist Grant Juror, 2009
In The Permanent Collection
New Taipei Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
The City of Dresden, Grafikwerkstatt, Dresden, Saxony, Germany
The Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, NC
The Wustum Museum/ Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, OH
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA
Canton Museum of Art, Canton, OH
Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV
State of Utah Fine Art Collection
Brigham Young University, Special Collections, Provo, UT
The Ohio State University Ceramic Library Collection, Columbus, OH
University of Arizona Art Museum, Tucson, AZ
University of St. Francis, Ft. Wayne, IN
Calvin College Collection, Grand Rapids, MI
Lincoln Arts Center, Lincoln, CA
Porter/ Price Collection, Columbia, SC
And in many other public and private collections.
Committee, Volunteer, and Community Experience
2020 Ceramics Instructor, Galesburg Civic Arts Center, Galesburg, IL

Board Member, Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, IL (2017-2020)

2018 Community Ceramic Instructor, Buchanan Center for the Arts

College For Kids Summer Instruction, Monmouth College

Volunteer Assistant for NCECA Pittsburgh: Assisted Demonstrating Artist Kevin Snipe

Advisor, Monmouth College (advising 25-30 students)

Secretary, member of Admissions and Academic Status Committee, Monmouth College

2017 Faculty Advisor, Art Alliance, campus student art group, Monmouth College (2017- CURRENT)

Supervisor for Work-study students for Art Department, Monmouth College

Creative Lead/Volunteer for Ceramic Tile Installation Project, for campus chapel garden, Ashland University, Ashland, OH

Art Instructor (K-12) Columbus Academy Summer Academy, Columbus, OH (2015-16)

2013-2016 Food Pantry Volunteer, Clintonville Community Resource Center, Clintonville, OH
Duties include weekly pickup and delivery of produce and bakery items from local grocery stores, and volunteering at community events
2010-2015 YWCA Homeless Families Volunteer Leader, Columbus, OH. Duties include organizing meals and activities for 100+ homeless families
2013-2014 Volunteer Consultant for Columbus Cultural Arts Center, assisting in the development of the annual Visiting Artist Program, administered through Columbus Parks and Recreation
2010-2014 Regional Volunteer Organization Leader for Teen Activities and Summer Camp Director, LDS Church, Columbus, OH. Duties included organizing activities, programming, and facilities for 100+ teens
2000-2014 Cultural Arts Committee, Classroom Art Project Volunteer, Wickliffe Community School, Upper Arlington School District, Columbus, OH. Duties included innovative funding exploration, organizing arts experiences, integrating arts into curriculum, organizing Arts Off Campus Experiences
1998-1999 NCECA Onsite Committee, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Areas of Expertise
CONTEMPORARY CERAMICS: Hand-building, Ceramic Sculpture, Functional Ceramics: Wheel Throwing, Low-fire and High-fire Ceramics, Materials, Chemistry/Glaze Calculation, Surface Decoration, Kiln and Studio Maintenance, Slip-casting, Mold-making, 3D Ceramic Printing, Historical and Contemporary Ceramic Art

EQUIPMENT: Familiar with gas and electric kilns (raku, wood, salt, glass slumping kiln), electric and manual wheels, pug mill, slab roller, clay mixer, scales, digital ceramic printer, design software, woodshop equipment, plaster molds, pouring equipment, laser cutter
DUTIES: Order and maintain raw materials, mix clay and glazes, organize and oversee all safety procedures, create ceramic curriculum, supervise federal work-study students in the art department

PRINTMAKING: Intaglio/etching, lithography, edition printing, mono-printing, mixed-media, alternative processes

FOUNDATIONS: Drawing (inc. figurative, observational, abstract), painting, two-dimensional design, critique, sketchbook and idea generation

SCULPTURE: Figurative sculpture, three-dimensional design, mold-making, mixed-media, installation

CONTEMPORARY AND HISTORICAL ART: Studio Art professional/business practices, grant writing for artists, Contemporary Art, Art and Ideas (Contemporary Issues in Art), Art History Survey: Prehistoric through Contemporary Art (General Education course)

CURATORIAL: Experience curating, handling, shipping, and installing gallery exhibitions

LIBERAL ARTS: Currently teaching introduction to the Liberal Arts, summer research instructor leading interdisciplinary projects

COMMUNITY ARTS: non-profit committee work, planning, grant writing, teaching community classes, board member of Buchanan Center for the Arts, taught ceramics class for Galesburg Civic Art Center

Memberships
NCECA, National Council for the Education of Ceramic Arts
Art Axis
Ohio Designer Craftsmen
CAA, Collegiate Art Association
COCA, Central Ohio Ceramics Association
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Museums, Dresden, Germany
Chicago Institute of Art


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