Statement
I work in porcelain, because of its starkness, purity, strength and translucence, all depending on its manipulation. I use symbolic images and decorate the wet clay with a proprietary printing process with which I assemble and layer in order to create a story, a joke or a surreal visual landscape. The hand built work is constructed to show process: seams, glue, rivets, etc. or to resemble paper, speaking to the nature of preciousness and permanence vs. fragility and disposability.
Bio
EDUCATION
1996-1998
Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Elkins Park, PA. Summa Cum Laude, BFA in Ceramics. Studied with Robert Winokur, Nick Kripal and Jon Clark.
1992-1996
Montgomery County Community College, MD. Studied with Kevin Hluch.
1992
Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC
WORK
2004-present
Studio Artist
2008-2013
Wine Sales at 3 Cups, Chapel Hill, NC
1999-2004
Ceramics Instructor: Carrboro Arts Center, Durham Arts Council, Duke University Craft Center and Claymakers, NC, Philadelphia Pottery Supply, The Clay Studio ClayMobile, University City Arts League.
Adjunct Faculty at Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
EXHIBITIONS
2018
Craft Forms, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA ICAN Juried Show, NCECA, Pittsburgh, PA Nature and Neon, Arrowmont, Gatlinburg, TN Raleigh Fine Arts Society, Raleigh, NC
2017
Plates. Platters, Nothing Else Matters, LBI Foundation, NJ.
Art of the Drink, Butler Art Center, PA
ICFF, collaboration of lighting and dinnerware design with SKRAM FURNITURE Company
Strictly Functional, Lancaster , PA
Art of the Cup, Ogden Museum, New Orleans, LA
Steinfest, Claymakers, Durham, NC
2016
Raleigh Fine Arts Society, Raleigh, NC
Clay Studio National, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA Transference, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Craft Forms, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Alumni Show, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
Strictly Functional, Lancaster, PA
526,000 minutes, Waterworks center for Art, Salisbury, NC Steinfest, Claymakers, Durham, NC
Art of the Cup, Ogden Museum, New Orleans, LA
2015
An Image Apart, Claymakers Gallery, Durham, NC Alchemical Vessels, Smith Center, WDC Steinfest, Claymakers, Durham, NC
Strictly Functional, Lancaster, PA
2014
Local Clay, Frank Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC.
Small Favors, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA. Strictly Functional Pottery National, Lancaster, PA. Art of The Cup, Ogden Museum, New Orleans, LA
2013
FRANK Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
2012
Art of the Cup, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
