Education
2015 Boston University Master of Fine Arts Sculpture, Boston, Massachusetts
2005 University of New Hampshire, Bachelor of Fine Arts Ceramics & Sculpture, Durham, New Hampshire
2004 University of New Hampshire in Italy Summer Painting Program, Ascoli Pacino, Italy
Exhibitions
Solo Shows
2019
Mother Dirt, BUOY Gallery, Kittery, Maine
2018
The Land That Shaped Me, Outdoor sculpture, Barrington Town Center, Barrington, New Hampshire
ACBD Artist Curated Book Display, Portsmouth Public Library, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
2017 TreeBody, International Sculpture Day, Bedrock Gardens, Lee, New Hampshire
2016 Outdoor Clay, Bedrock Gardens, Lee, New Hampshire
2015 Kith and Kin, Commonwealth Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
2015 Eleven, Hotel Commonwealth, Boston, Massachusetts (permanent)
2012 Taking Flight, Adelles, Dover, New Hampshire
2011 After the Storm, Adelles, Dover, New Hampshire
2010 In The Corner, Rollinsford Artist Mill, Rollinsford, New Hampshire
Group Shows
2023
New Bodies, Katzman Contemporary, Dover New Hampshire
Bouy ArtPm 2023, Kittery Maine
2022
Hold, Keep, Carry. George Marshall Store Gallery, York Maine
Nor’Easterly. Katzman Contemporary, Dover New Hampshire
Bouy ArtPm 2022, Kittery Maine
2021
The Artist Revealed: 2021 Studio Art Faculty Review, Museum of Art University of New Hampshire, Durham New Hampshire
The Dysfunction of Social Practice, Kelley Stelling Contemporary- Installation at Kimball Jenkins Estate, New Hampshire
Buoy ArtPM 2021, Kittery Maine
2020
Buoy ArtPM 2020, Kittery Maine
2019
Wayfairing Stranger, On the Way to Lost and Found, 3S Artspace, Portsmouth New Hampshire
2018
ISD Bedrock, Bedrock Gardens, Lee, New Hampshire
ARTPM 2018, Buoy Gallery, Kittery, Maine
2017
Right Side Out, Abel Baker, Portland, Maine
Sublime Clay, Discover Portsmouth Gallery, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Easy Village, BUOY Gallery, Kittery, Maine
ARTPM 2017, Buoy Gallery, Kittery, Maine
2016
Side By Side, Chases Garage Gallery, York, Maine
Appearances, Fine Arts Work Center Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts
2015
Boston Young Contemporaries 808 Gallery, juried by Luci Kim, Matt Phillips, and Michelle Samour, Boston, Massachusetts
Friends and Fellow Travelers, League of New Hampshire Craftsman, Concord, New Hampshire
MFA Thesis Show, 808 Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
ARTPM 2015, Buoy Gallery, Kittery, Maine
2014
New Works; BU MFA's, Commonwealth Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
Boston Young Contemporaries, 808 Gallery, Juried by Josephine Halvorson and Pieranna Cavalchini, Boston, Massachusetts
2013
Vanitas, 3S Gallery, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Teacher and Student, One Washington Center Gallery, Dover, New Hampshire
2012
Lives Transformed; A Celebration of Marvin Sweet and His Students, Essex Arts Center, Invitational, Lawrence, Massachusetts
Our Fields, Wooden River Gallery, Invitational, Rollinsford, New Hampshire
2011
New Hampshire Potters Guild Biennial Show, Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough, New Hampshire
2008
Studio Assistants, Odyssey Center For The Ceramic Arts, Asheville, North Carolina
2007
Three Dimensions, Artstream Gallery, Rochester, New Hampshire
2005
Preservation, Artstream Gallery, Rochester, New Hampshire
BFA Exhibition, Museum of Art at University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire
2004
View From Italy, Museum of Art at University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire
Permanent Collections
2015 Eleven, Hotel Commonwealth, Boston Massachusetts
Awards
2014 Boston University Women's Council Scholarship, Boston University, Boston Massachusetts
2013 Constantin Alajalov Scholarship, Boston University, Boston Massachusetts
2005 The Brooks Fellowship, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village Colorado
2004 Bernice-Grey Hanisolo Scholarship, University of New Hampshire, Durham New Hampshire
Residencies
2018 Feed Your Soul, Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine
2015-16 Artist-In-Residence Robert J. Lister Academy, Portsmouth NH
2014 Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Pre-Session Resident, Newcastle Maine
2011 College of the Atlantic/Lesley University, Works on Paper Residency, Bar Harbor Maine
2010 Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Pre-Session Resident, Newcastle Maine
2009 Artist-In-Residence, White Pine Programs, Cape Neddick Maine
2009 Carolina Kiln Build Artist Resident, Marshall North Carolina
Visiting Artist
2020 Alumni Conversations, Arts Department, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire
2017 University of New Hampshire Ceramics Department, Durham, New Hampshire
2016 Bowdoin College Sculpture Department, Brunswick, Maine
2015 Robert J. Lister Academy, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Assistantships
2008 Ceramic Studio Assistant, Odyssey Clayworks, Asheville North Carolina
2006 Assistant Work-Study Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Leaps and Bounds with Lynda Benglis, Snowmass Village Colorado
Teaching
2021-Current University of New Hampshire, Adjunct Professor, Advanced Ceramics and Studio Manager
2020 University of New Hampshire, Adjunct Professor, Advanced Ceramics and Studio Manager
2019 Boston University, Adjunct Lecturer Ceramics, Summer Studios Graduate Program
2017 Boston University, Adjunct Lecturer Ceramics, Summer Studios Graduate Program
2017 Boston University, Adjunct Lecturer Ceramics, Summer Session
2016 Boston University, Adjunct Lecturer Ceramics, Summer Studios Graduate Program
2016 Boston University, Sculpture Instructor, Visual Arts Summer Institute
2016 Boston University, Lecturer in Ceramics, Summer Session
2015-16 Artist-In-Residence Robert J. Lister Academy, Portsmouth NH
2015-16 Boston University, Lecturer in Ceramics, Fall & Spring (16) Semesters
2015 Boston University, Sculpture Instructor, Visual Arts Summer Institute
2015 Boston University, Lecturer in Ceramics, Summer Session
2014-15 Boston University, Teaching Assistant Ceramics, Fall & Spring Semesters
2014-15 Boston University, Teaching Assistant Sculpture I, Fall & Spring Semesters
2014 Boston University, Sculpture Instructor, Visual Arts Summer Institute
2013-14 Boston University, Teaching Assistant Ceramics, Fall &Spring Semesters
Professional Experience
-Owner/Manager of MudCity Clay LLC, A Community Ceramics Studio, NH
-Ceramics Studio Professor/studio manager, University of New Hampshire, NH
-Department Head Art Department 2017-18 School Year Somersworth High School, NH
-Served on Board of Directors New Hampshire Potters Guild as Vice President (2013-2017)
-Ceramics Technician and TA, Boston University Sculpture Department, Boston MA (2013-15)
-Administrative Assistant, Boston University School of Visual Arts, Boston MA (2014-15)
-Health and Safety Coordinator, Boston University Sculpture Department, Boston MA
-Production Assistant, Boston University Sculpture Department, Boston MA
-Exhibition Coordinator for the Boston Young Contemporaries 2014, Boston MA
-Served on Administrative Board for Cocheco Arts and Technology Academy, Dover NH (2013-2015)
-Served as Academic Advisor Cocheco Arts and Technology Academy, Dover NH
-Runs the Artist Workshops Series for NH Potters Guild, NH
-Written and Received 2 grants for Cocheco Arts and Technology Academy from New Hampshire State Council of the Arts and The Fuller Foundation, NH
-Ceramics Studio Assistant, Odyssey Clayworks, Asheville NC
-Carolina Kiln Build Recipient Artist, Marshall NC
Skills
-Highly proficient in all academic and private ceramic studio functioning’s
-Highly proficient in firing electric kilns
-Highly proficient in alternative firing methods; raku, smoke firing, pit-firing
-Highly proficient in mixing and managing glazes/glaze materials in a ceramics studio
-Proficient in gas and wood firing methods and running kilns
-Experience in building anagama style wood kiln(s)
-Experience in MIG and oxy-acetylene welding methods
-Experience with using glass in ceramic works/molds/kilns
-Experience in plaster mold making, both with slip casting ceramic methods and sculptural methods
-Experience in basic woodworking skills, and basic woodshop tools
-Familiar with the following materials and their process; bronze casting, paper-making, plaster works, clay, installation art, outdoor art, mural arts, and stop-animation works
-Seventeen years’ experience teaching Ceramics, sculpture and 2-D Art in both public school systems and College level