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Education

2003                              University of Nevada Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV, MFA in Ceramics

2000                              University of Wyoming Laramie, WY, Bachelor of Fine Art

1996                              Casper College Casper, WY, Associate of Arts in Elementary Education

1994                              Casper College Associate of Applied Arts in Fine Art

 

University Teaching Experience

2010-Present               Associate Professor of Ceramics University of Nevada Reno

2016-2018                    Chair of the Art Department University of Nevada Reno

2004-2010                    Assistant Professor of Ceramics University of Nevada Reno

2001-2004                    Adjunct Professor University of Nevada Las Vegas

 

Exhibitions: Solo

2024                              You + Me =, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO

                                       Memento Mori, McGlothlin Center for the Arts, Emory & Henry College, Meadowview, VA

2022                              Serendipity, NCECA conference, Hyatt Sacramento Carmel Room B, Sacramento, CA

2016                              Vitality and Verve: In the Third Dimension, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach,

                                      CA

2015                              Pictures from the Past, Modesto Jr College Art Gallery, Modesto, CA

                                       Heaven, Sierra College, Ridley Gallery, Rocklin, CA

2014                              Heaven, American Museum of Ceramic Arts, Pomona, CA

2010                              Crush, Casper College Goodstein Art Gallery, Casper, WY

                                       Twilight, Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY

2009                              Twilight, Vincent Price Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA

                                       Flesh + Bone, Sam Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

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

 

Select Exhibitions: Group

2025                              Rebel Girl: You are the Queen of My World, Finch Lane Art Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

                                       Where the Wild Things Are, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD

                                       20th Annual Ceramic Invitational, River Gallery, Rocky River, OH

2024                              2024 Art Auction, Crocker Museum of Art, Sacramento, CA

2023                               Exploring the Vessel II, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR

                                       Coalescence, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO
                                       Surrealist Women, Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA

2022                              Thinking with Animals, Canton Museum of Art, Canton, OH  
                                       Exploring the Vessel, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR
                                       July Resident Artists, c.r.e.t.a. Rome, Rome, Italy

                                       Not So Guilty Pleasures, Kondos Gallery, Sacramento City College, CA

                                       Beauty in the Beast, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC

2021                              Personal Universal, International Juried exhibition held in conjunction with NCECA.  Jurors: Anthony Merino, Alex Craft,

                                       Melanie Shaw. 1st place winner

2019                              An Impolite Aesthetic, Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT

2018                              The Walls Became the World All Around, Two-person exhibition, Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA

2017                              AltRealities, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ

2016                              Contemporary Nevada, State of the State, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV

2015                              The Beautiful Grotesque, Strange de Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo, CO

                                       Art Auction XVI, Long Beach Museum of Art, CA

                                       Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts: Celebrating craftsmanship, Creativity & Community, New Bedford Art Museum,

                                       New Bedford, MA

2014                              Panorama+, Marjorie Barrick Museum, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV

2013                              Post Coital, Mindy Solomon Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL

                                      Object Object!, Helmuth Projects, San Diego, CA

2012                              Contemporary Ceramics, Stremmel Gallery, Reno, NV

                                       Awakened, AFA Gallery, New York, NY

                                       What Is a Rabbit?, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA

                                       Wild at Heart, Thinkspace Gallery, Culver City, CA

                                       Push Play: The 2012 NCECA Invitational, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA

2011                              Obsessive Allegories, Gallery One Eleven, Wiscasset, Maine

                                      UberYummy, Robert & Frances Fullerton Museum of Art California State University,

                                      San Bernardino
2010                              National Ceramics Exhibition, University of St Francis Weatherhead Gallery, Fort

                                       Wayne, IN

                                       Portraiture, Beyond Likeness, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA

                                       Alternative Universe, Mindy Solomon Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL

                                       The Familiar Unknown, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, TX  

                                       Rendezvous, National Clay Exhibition Art Association, Art Space Gallery,

                                       Jackson Hole, WY  

2009                              NCECA Clay National Biennial, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ

                                       Strange Clays, Sullivan Goss, An American Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA

                                       Cutism, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA

                                       The Trouble with Boys and Girls, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ, Curator: Jason Huff

2008                              Aqua Art Miami 2008, Miami, FL Represented by Sam Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

                                       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

                                       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

                                      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. 

2002                              NCECA Regional Student Juried Exhibition, 2003 Flor y Canto and Everett G.

                                       Jackson Galleries, San Diego, CA, Jurors: Gina Bobrowski and Peter Pinnell

                                       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, John Holcerson, 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

                                       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  

                                

Publications

2017                              Women Artists of the Great Basin.  Mary Lee Fulkerson.  Nevada.  University of Nevada Press.  2017

2015                              Launching Your Art Career: Practical Advice for Artists.  Alix Sloan.  California.  Passion Project Publishing.  2015

2014                              “Rebekah Bogard” Christopher Michno, Art Ltd. Magazine, Nov, 2014

2013                              Post Coital: Beyond the Boudoir  Megan Voeller, Creative Loafing, March 15, 2013, Tampa Bay, FL

                                       Post Coital At Mindy Solomon  Daniel Miller, Sarasota Visual Art, March 16, 2013, Tampa Bay, FL

2012                              The Best of 500 Ceramics. Linda Kopp.  New York.  Lark Books.  2012 

                                       Push Play, Reinventing the Wheel  Judy Seckler, Ceramics Art & Perception, No 88, 2012

                                       Dark Childhood, Push Play: The 2012 NCECA Invitational Matthew Kangas, Ceramics Monthly Magazine, April, 2012

2010                              One Chance to View ‘Crush’ Elysia Conner, Casper Journal, Sept 15-21, 2010

                                       San Antonio “The Familiar Unknown” Blue Star Contemporary Art Center Dan R Goddard, Sculpture, October, 2010

                                      “Images as Rhetoric: The Familiar Unknown” Tony Merino, Critical Ceramics: Topics in Contemporary Ceramic Arts, March, 2010

                                       “ ‘Familiar Unknown’ examines ceramics”  Dan R. Goddard, Texas Arts & Culture, Winter, 2010, San Antonio, TX

                                       “Familiar Unknown (see it before it closes)”  Ben Judson, Emvergeoning, Feb 10, 2010

2009                              “Arty Girl: The Trouble with Boys and Girls” Lilia Menconi, Phoenix New Times, May 6, 2009, Phoenix, AZ

                                       “Rebekah Bogard at the Vincent Price Art Museum” Ashley Tibbits, Artweek, May, 2009, Volume 40 Issue 4, 2009

                                       “Playing with Clay” Martha Sadler, Santa Barbara Independent, April 23, 2009, Santabarbara, CA

                                       “Rebekah Bogard at Sam Lee Gallery” Eve Wood, Artillery, Killer Text on Art, March/April, 2009, Volume 3 Issue 4

                                       “Unnatural Selection” George Melrod, Art Ltd. Magazine, March/April, 2009

                                       “Rebekah Bogard” Jeannie Lee, Artscene: The Monthly Digest to Art in Southern California, March, 2009

                                       “Review: Rebekah Bogard at Sam Lee Gallery” David Pagel, Los Angeles Times, Feb 13, 2009, Los Angeles, CA

                                       “Rebekah Bogard: Twilight” Tanja Laden, Flavorpill, Feb 09, 2009, Los Angeles, CA

2008                               Surface Design for Ceramics. Maureen Mills.  New York.  Lark Books.  2008 

                                       “Rebekah Bogard: Twilight” Ceramics Monthly Magazine, Dec, 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.  2007 

                                        “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

                                        “Dreamland: American Explorations into Surrealism” Beth Taylor-Schott, Santa Barbara Independent, February 1, 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

                                       “2005 Nevada Triennial at the Nevada Museum of Art” Kirk Robertson, Artweek, Oct, 2005, Volume 36 Issue 8, 2009

                                       “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 Entertainment, 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

                                       “Below2002 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

2012                              Push Play: The 2012 NCECA Invitational, Bellevue Art Museum (image & text)

2011                              UberYummy, Robert & Frances Fullerton Museum of Art California State University, San

                                      Bernardino (image & text)
2010                              Portraiture, Beyond Likeness, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA (image & text)

                                       Contemporary Ceramics Familiar Unknown, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, TX (image & text)

2009                              Clay National Biennial Exhibition Catalog NCECA 2009, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ (image)

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/Awards

2024                              Nevada Arts Council Project Grant for Artists, $2,700

                                       Scholarly and Creative Activities Grant, College of Liberal Arts, University of Nevada, Reno, $4,400.00

2022                              Nevada Arts Council American Rescue Plan for Individual Artists Grant, NV, $1,000

2008                              Scholarly and Creative Activities Grant, College of Liberal Arts, University of Nevada, Reno, $2,816.00

                                      Sierra Arts Foundation Endowment Fund, $1,000

2008                             Creative Activities Grant, School of the Arts, University of Nevada, Reno, $750.00

2007                             Nevada Arts Council Fellowship, $5,000

                                      Creative Activities Grant, School of the Arts, University of Nevada, Reno, $1,400.00

                                      Scholarly and Creative Activities Grant, College of Liberal Arts, University of Nevada,

                                      Reno, $1,256.00

                                      Creative Activities Grant, School of the Arts, University of Nevada, Reno, $2,100.00

                                      Scholarly and Creative Activities Grant, College of Liberal Arts, University of Nevada,

                                      Reno, $3,401.00

2006                              NCECA Emerging Artist Portland, OR

                                      Scholarly and Creative Activities Grant, College of Liberal Arts, University of Nevada,

                                      Reno, $2,500.00

2005                              Merit Award Wichita National, Wichita, KS

                                      Scholarly and Creative Activities Grant, College of Liberal Arts, University of Nevada,

                                      Reno, $650.00

                                      Merit Award Feats of Clay, Lincoln, CA

2004                              Nevada Arts Council Fellowship, $5,000

                                      Best of Show Fine 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 

                                      Graduate Teaching Assistant Excellence in Teaching Award University of Nevada, Las

                                      Vegas

                                      Emerging Talent Clay Times Magazine Emerging Talent Competition

2002                              Merit Award 14th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo, TX

2001                              Purchase Award Clay Cup VIII, Carbondale, IL

2000                             Best of Show Below 2002, Portland, OR

Residencies

2025                              Shangyu Celadon International Ceramics Center, Shangyu, Zhejiang, China

2022                              c.r.e.t.a. Rome, Awarded a one-month residency in Rome, Italy

2010                              Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts Newcastle, ME.  Lead Artist for the Artist invite Artist Series.  Awarded a 2 week                                                    residency to produce artwork

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

                                      c.r.e.t.a. Rome, Rome, Italy

                                      University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND

                                      Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA

                                      City of Reno, Reno, NV

                                      Museum of San Francisco, De Young Museum San Francisco, CA

                                      University Museum Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

                                      University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY

                                      Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY

 

Visiting Lecturer/Workshops

2025                              Kansas State University, lecture, Manhattan, KS

                                       University of Missouri, lecture/workshop, Colombia, MO

                                       University of Central Missouri, lecture, Warrensburg, MO

2024                              Emory & Henry College, lecture/workshop, Emory, VA

2023                              Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft, lecture/workshop, Colombia, NC

                                       Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, lecture/workshop, Ghana, Africa

2022                              United Nations International Year of Glass, “The Chemistry of Pleasure” opening lecture for webinar series, hosted by                                                        University of California, San Diego, CA

                                       Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, lecture (zoom), Ghana, Africa

                                       Sacramento City College, lecture, Sacramento, CA

2021                              Sierra Nevada University, lecture/workshop, Incline Village, NV

2020                              Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft, lecture/workshop (zoom), Colombia, NC

2019                              Concordia University, lecture/workshop, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

                                       Westminster College, Salt Lake City, UT, lecture/workshop

2015                              Sierra College, Rocklin, CA, lecture

                                       Boise State University, Boise, ID, lecture/workshop

                                      JUROR for Contemporary Arts Collective

2014                              University of Miami, Miami, FL, lecture/workshop

                                       University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, lecture/workshop

2013                              University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, lecture/workshop

                                       Fort Hays State University Fort Hays, Kansas, lecture/workshop

                                       Wedge Ceramics Studio Reno, NV, workshop

2012                              Bellevue Art Museum panel

2011                              California State University lecture

                                       Sierra Nevada College lecture/workshop

2010                              Casper College lecture/workshop

                                       Georgia State University lecture/workshop

2009                               East Los Angeles College lecture

2008                               Brigham Young University Salt Lake City, UT, lecture/workshop

                                        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

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