Education
2003 University of Nevada Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV, M.F.A. in Ceramics
2000 University of Wyoming Laramie, WY, B.F.A. in Art
1996 Casper College Casper, WY, A.A. in Elementary Education 1996 &
1994 A.A.A. in Fine Art 1994
University Teaching Experience
2004-Present Assistant Professor of ceramics University of Nevada Reno
2001-2004 Adjunct Professor University of Nevada Las Vegas
Awards
2007 Nevada Arts Council Fellowship
2006 NCECA Emerging Artist Portland, OR
2005 Merit Award Wichita National, Wichita, KS
Merit Award Feats of Clay, Lincoln, CA
2004 Best of ShowFine Contemporary Crafts Exhibition, Raleigh, NC
Merit Award 24th Annual July National Show, Southport, NC
2003 Honorable Mention 2nd World Ceramic Biennale 2003 Korea International
Competition, Icheon, Gyeonggi, Korea
First Place Global Art Look, Sacramento, CA
Emerging Artist Ceramics Monthly Magazine
Emerging Talent FinalistClay Times Magazine Emerging Talent Competition
2002 Merit Award 14th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo, TX
2001 Purchase AwardClay Cup VIII, Carbondale, IL
2000 Best of ShowBelow 2002, Portland, OR
Solo Exhibitions
2008 Twilight Oats Park Art Center, Fallon, NV
2007 Matters of Heart Donna Beam Art Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
Love & Leisure Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, Reno, NV
2005 The Birds and Bees Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
XXXOOO Office Exhibition Series, Carson City, NV
2003 Bio - logical Thesis exhibition, Donna Beam Art Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
2002 Biomorphic Clark County Government Center Rotunda, Las Vegas, NV
2001 Contact Midway exhibition, Grant Hall Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
2000 Phylum Up Gallery, Laramie, WY
Select Group Exhibitions
2008 Cutism Grayspace Gallery, Reno, NV
Bling Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
2007 Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts’ 9th Annual Art Auction Omaha, NE
Somewhere I Have Never Traveled Cruz Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, Curator: Cyndi Conn
Renegade Clay Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ, Curator: Peter Held
Spring into Art The Lowe Art Museum University of Miami, FL
What’s Up Doc? Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
The Art & Artifice of Science The Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
Surrealism in America Sullivan Goss, An American Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2006 Tell Me a Story Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
Tugboat Presents: Lazer Cobra Nebraska Wesleyan University’s Elder Gallery, Lincoln, NE Something to Consider Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, CO
Jose Arenas & Rebekah Bogard Exploding Head Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Nevada Now II Traveling exhibition, Nevada
Tactile Appeal Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, OR, Curator: Bonnie Seeman
Nature/Culture Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
Lynn Munns: A Life of Teaching and Making Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY
2005 The Wichita National 2005 Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS,
Juror: Harold B Nelson
Flora and Fauna Cinema Gallery, Urbana, IL, Curator: Carolyn Baxley
Introductions Stremmel Gallery, Reno, NV, Curator: Turkey Stremmel
Ceramics 2005 Guilford Handcraft Center, Guilford, CT, Juror: Chris Gustin
Feats of Clay Lincoln Arts, Lincoln, CA, Juror: Rodney Mott
International Ceramic Art Competition Gallery International, Baltimore, MD,
Jurors: Ron Lang & Adelaide Paul
Englewood Arts National Englewood Cultural Arts Center, Englewood, CO
Red Heat Alexander Hogue Gallery, Tulsa, OK, Juror: Patty Warashina
XXX, A Show of Erotica Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM, Curator: Sandy Besser
2004 Selected Group Exhibition Sullivan Goss, An American Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA, Curators: Frank Goss, Edward Cella
Annual Art Auction Invitational Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas, NV
Fine Contemporary Crafts Exhibition Artspace, Raleigh, NC, Juror: Sandra Blain
Contemporary Teapots San Francisco Airport Museum, CA, Curator: Jane Sullivan
“EIGHT” Artists Creative Arts Center Gallery, Burbank, CA, Curator: Ricky Maldonado
24th Annual July National Show: Franklin Square Gallery, Southport, NC
Combined Talents: The 19th Annual Florida International Competition
Museum of fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL, Jurors: Adam Jolles & Lilian Garcia-Roig
American Still Life Sullivan Goss, An American Gallery, Santa Barbara,CA,
Curators: Frank Goss, Edward Cella & Randy Welty
Nine + Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, Reno, NV
Out of the Fire The Community Arts Center, Wallingford, PA, Juror: Paula Winokur
National Juried Show Marin Society or Artists, Ross, CA, Juror: Richard Shaw
Starbrick Clay National Starbrick Clay Gallery, Nelsonville, OH, Juror: Brad Schwieger
2003 Cup: The Intimate Object II Charlie Cummings Clay Studio, Fort Wayne, IN,
Juror: Julia Galloway
Not Teapots Donna Beam Art Gallery, Las Vegas, NV, Curator: Mark Burns
Wichita National 2003 Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS, Juror: Josh DeWeese
Global ARTlook International exhibition, MatrixArts, Sacramento, CA,
Juror: Yoshio Taylor
ANA 32 Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT, Juror: Richard Notkin
Dust Covers Dust Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
Ceramics 2003 Guilford Handcraft Center, Guilford, CT, Juror: Susan Peterson
2nd World Ceramic Biennale 2003 Korea International Competition
Icheon World Ceramic Center, Icheon, Gyeonggi, Korea.
NCECA Regional Student Juried Exhibition, 2003 Flor y Canto and Everett G.
Jackson Galleries, San Diego, CA, Jurors: Gina Bobrowski and Peter Pinnell
2002 Red Heat Alexander Hogue Gallery, Tulsa, OK, Juror: Richard Notkin
Pushing Clay International invitational, University of Southern Maine Art Gallery,
Gorham, ME, Jurors: Ray Chen, JohnHolcerson, and John Elder
14th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts,
San Angelo, TX, Juror: Jimmy Clark
Texas National 2002 Stephen F. Austin Museum, Nacogdoches, TX,
Juror: Sandy Skoglund
Contemporary Arts Collective Annual Juried Exhibition Contemporary Arts
Collective, Las Vegas, NV, Juror: Alexis Smith
Ink and Clay 28 Kellogg University Art Gallery of California State Polytechnic
University, Pomona, CA, Juror: Suzanne Baizerman
2001 Divergent Views Richard Tamm Alumni Center, Las Vegas, NV
Emerging Artists of the U.S. Vermont Clay Studio, Waterbury Center, VT
Whimsical Nightmare Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas, NV
Tones Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas, NV
Below 2002 Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR, Juror: Richard Shaw
E Plurbis Artist Clark County Government Center Rotunda, Las Vegas, NV
The Clay Cup VIII Southern Illinois University Museum, Carbondale, IL, Juror: John Gill
Un-Themed Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas, NV, Juror: Libby Lumpkin
Different Looks VI Richard Tam Alumni Center Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
2000 Clay on the Cusp Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD, Juror: Chris Staley
NCECA Regional Student Juried Exhibition, 2000 Arvada Center, Denver, CO,
Jurors: Peter Beasecker & Christine Federighi
Bibliography
2008 “Rebekah Bogard at the Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, Univ. of Nevada” Joanna Frueh, Art in America,
April, 2008
2007 “What Cute Means” Danielle Kelly, Las Vegas Weekly, Oct 18, 2007, Las Vegas, NV
“Creature Discomforts” Jarret Keen,City Life, Oct 18, 2007, Las Vegas, NV
“On the Road: Nevada Touring Initiative” Exploring Nevada video project, produced
& directed by Gwendolyn Clancy, NV, video interview with artwork
The Essential Guide to Mold Making & Slip Casting. Andrew Martin. New York. Lark Books.
“Renegade Clay” Ceramics Monthly Magazine, Aug/Sept, 2007
“Clay Gone Wild” Lila Menconi,Phoenix New Times, June 14, 2007, Phoenix, AZ “Animal Sexuality” Kris Vagner,Reno News & Review, Feb 8, 2007, Reno, NV
“Imagination Alive and Well in the Sheppard Art Gallery” Grant Whitney Harvey,Nevada News, Feb 7, 2007, Reno, NV
“Step into Fantasy World at Sheppard Art Show” Merrie Leininger,Reno Gazette Journal, Feb 5, 2007, Reno, NV
“Love, Leisure and Other Things” Jennifer Rachel Baumer, R Life Magazine, February, 2007
“Sugar and Spice” Kris Vagner,Nevada Today, Jan 26, 2007, Reno, NV
“Step into Fantasy World at Sheppard Art Show” Merrie Leininger,Reno Gazette Journal, Jan 19, 2007, Reno, NV
2006 500 Animals in Clay: Contemporary Expressions of the Animal Form. Suzanne J. E. Tourtillott. New York. Lark Books. 2006
“Emerging Artists: Rebekah Bogard” Rebekah Bogard,NCECA Journal 2006, Explorations and
Navigations, the Resonance of Place, 2006
“ ‘Lazer’ Art Show ” L. Kent Wolgamott,Lincoln Journal Star, September 10, 2006, Lincoln, NE
“Gonzalez’s Works Ooze Energy” Volez Chandler,Rocky Mountain News, July 28, 2006, Denver, CO
“Something to Consider” Michael Paglia ,Denver Westword, July 20, 2006, Denver, CO
“State of the Arts” Jessica Santina, Reno Magazine, June/ July, 2006
“A View to a Kiln, Part II, Ceramic Alien Squiggles, Puckered Foreskins, and Pink Pigs” Richard Speer, Willammette Week, March 15, 2006, Portland, OR
“A View to a Kiln, Part I” Richard Speer,Willammette Week, March 8, 2006, Portland, OR
“Creature Comforts” Kris Vagner,Reno News & Review, Feb 15, 2006, Reno, NV
“Rebekah Bogard’s Large Scale Works”K. T. Anders, Clay Times Magazine, Jan/ Feb, 2006
2005 “Flora and Fauna at Cinema Gallery” Phil Strang, The Hub, Nov 17, 2005, Urbana, IL
“Stremmel Gallery: Introductions” Sierra Arts Encore, Nov, 2005
“Rebekah Bogard” Ceramics Monthly Magazine, Oct, 2005
“State of the Art, NMA’s latest exhibit spotlights Nevada art and artists, like Rebekah Bogard” Kris Vagner,Reno News & Review, Aug 25-31, 2005, Reno, NV
“Artist in Residence” Terry Joy, KUNR, Aug 16, 2005, Reno, NV
“On the Cusp of Tomorrow” Susan Skorupa,Reno Gazette Journal, July 29, 2005, Reno, NV
“Nevada Museum of Art 2005 Nevada Triennial” Matt Johnson, KTVN-TV, July 22, 2005, Reno, NV “Story of Lights” Koichi Yoda, Japanese TV, July 27, 2005, Tokyo, Japan
2004 “Fine Contemporary Craft Show” Michelle, Natale, What’s Up Review Journal Dec 3,
2004, Raleigh, NC
“It’s Like E-Bay but you have to wear clothes!” Diane Bush, Mercury Review Journal, Arts and Entertainment, Dec 4, 2004, Las Vegas, NV
“Art For Sale” Kelly Schillachi, City Life Review Journal, Arts and Entertainme Dec 2, 2004, Las Vegas,NV
"In Pursuit of Beauty" Rebekah Bogard, Ceramics Monthly Magazine, May 2004
2003 “Ribald and Rude” Chuck Twardy, Las Vegas Weekly, Nov 20, 2003, Las Vegas, NV
“On The Pot” Gregory Crosby, City Life, Nov 20, 2003, Las Vegas, NV
“Art: Several Grades of Dust” Gregory Crosby, Mercury, Aug 14, 2003, Las Vegas, NV
"Emerging Artists 2003" Ceramics Monthly Magazine, May 2003
"Monster Magnet" Jarret Keen, City Life, Mar 20, 2003, Las Vegas, NV
“Emerging Talent” Clay Times Magazine, Jan/Feb 2003
2002 “Voices of Nevada Women Artists” Video project, produced by Women of Diversity, Las Vegas, NV, video interview with artwork
“Go-go to the Galleries” Jarret Keen, City Life, Dec 26, 2002, Las Vegas, NV
“Stretching the Limits of Clay” Bob Keyes, Portland Press Herald, Nov 2, Gorham, ME
“Straight From the Art” Hilary L. Green, Where Magazine, Aug 2002, Las Vegas, NV
“Like Water for Sculpture” Diane Bush, Mercury, Aug 22-28, 2002, Las Vegas, NV
“Strange Visitors to Government Center” Christine H. Wetzel, Las Vegas Review-Journal, July 14, 2002, Las Vegas, NV
“Scary Ceramics (and Super Creeps)” Gregory Crosby, City Life, July 11-17, 2002, Las Vegas, NV
2001 ”Clay Cup VIII” Brenda Quinn, Ceramics Monthly Magazine, Nov, 2001
“Between Creepy and Cute” Gregory Crosby, City Life, Nov 1-7, 2001, Las Vegas, NV
“Juried National of Low-Fire Ceramics” Ceramics Monthly Magazine, Oct, 2001
“A Whimsical Nightmare, Fun Stops Short of Gore” Ginger Mikkelsen, Henderson View, Oct, 2001, Las Vegas, NV
"Below 2003 at Contemporary Crafts Gallery" Stan Hall, Radar, May 20, 2001,
Portland, OR
“Mea Culpa” Claire Christian, City Life, April 26, 2001, Las Vegas, NV
Exhibition Catalogs
2007 The Art and Artifice of Science, The Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM (image & text)
American Explorations into Surrealism, Sullivan Goss: An American Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA,
(image & text)
2005 Art 4 Auction, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV, (image)
Nevada Triennial, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV (images and review)
Feats of Clay XVIII, Lincoln Arts, Lincoln, CA, (image)
2004 Fine Contemporary Craft, Artspace, Raleigh, NC, (image)
Combined Talents: The 19th Annual Florida International Competition, Museum of fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL, (image)
National Juried Show, Marin Society of Artists, Ross, CA, (image & artist statement)
2003 2nd World Ceramic Biennale 2003 Korea International Competition, Icheon World Ceramic Center, Icheon, Gyeonggi, Korea, (image and biography)
2002 14th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX, (image)
Texas National, Stephen F. Austin Museum, Nacogdoches, TX, (image)
Grants
2006 Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant
Instructional Enhancement Grant
University of Nevada Travel grant
2005 Creative Activity Grant
University of Nevada Travel Grant
Residencies
2008 Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts Newcastle, ME. Awarded a 2 week residency to produce artwork
2006 Bemis Center For Contemporary Arts Omaha, NE. Awarded a 3 month residency to produce artwork at the Bemis
2001 SITKA Center for Art and Ecology Residency Otis, OR. Invited to produce artwork for one week at SITKA.
Permanent Collections
City of Reno, Reno, NV
Arizona State University Art Museum, Ceramics Research Center Tempe, AZ
Museum of San Francisco, De Young Museum San Francisco, CA
University Museum Southern Illinois University Carbondale
University of Wyoming Art MuseumLaramie, WY
Nicolaysen Art Museum Casper, WY
Visiting Lecturer
2008 Miami International University of Art & Design Miami, FL, lecture/workshop
2007 University of Nevada Las Vegas lecture/workshop
University of Washington Seattle, WA
2006 Bemis Center For Contemporary Arts Omaha, NE
2003 Alexander Dawson School Las Vegas, NV lecture/workshop
