| Eduction | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994 | Master of Fine Arts, Ceramics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH | 1992 | Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ceramics (additional emphasis: Printmaking), Brigham Young University (Cum Laude) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Teaching Experience (University Instruction) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017-Present | Assistant Professor, Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL. Teaching Ceramics, Design, Art History, Foundations, and Introduction to the Liberal Arts | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015-2017 | Head of Ceramics at Ashland University Department of Art, Ashland, OH. Teaching: Ceramics, Design, Online Art Instructor: ART AND IDEAS, Ceramics Studio Coordinator | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014-2016 | Instructor/ Lecturer, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. Teaching: Introduction to Low-fire Ceramics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. Instructor: Foundations, Ceramics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992-1995 | The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. Graduate Teaching Assistant/ Instructor of Record | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992 | Brigham Young University, Provo, UT. Instructor: Ceramics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Visiting Artist Workshops, Lectures and Demonstrations | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Lecture/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 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||