Artist Statement
My work celebrates ephemeral moments inspired by everyday activities that to some may seem mundane. I also consider the meditative and reflective qualities that are a part of the Chinese tea ceremony and the naturalistic details found in traditional Yixing ware. My teapots are an attempt to suggest that the seemingly mundane activity of cutting vegetables can become an act of contemplation and transcendence.
Education
BFA Studio Art: Ceramics University of New Hampshire 2005
Studied under Marvin Sweet
AA General Studies GrossmontCollege, El Cajon, CA 2002
Ceramic Exhibition Record
2011 ReView: Recent Work by UNH Alumni, University of New Hampshire Musuem of Art, Durham, NH
Juror: Gary Haven Smith
2010 It’s the Real Thing, Bowersock Gallery, Provincetown, Ma
2010 Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture: A National Juried Show, Guilford Art Center, Guilford, CT
Juror: Lisa Wilkow
2009 The Art of Tea, The Meyer’s Gallery at Muddy’s Studio, Santa Ana, CA
2006 The 16thSan Angelo National Ceramic Competition 2006, San Angelo Museum of Art; San Angelo, TX
2006 The Yixing Effect: Echoes of the Chinese Scholar; Holter Museum of Art; Helena, MT
2005 Unearth/Emerge: Works by New Hampshire’s Rising Potters, Lamont Gallery; Exeter, NH
Juror: Gerry Williams
2005 East to West, Artstream; Rochester, NH
2005 NCECA Regional Student Juried Exhibition, The Fox Gallery; Universityof Maryland; Baltimore, MD
2005 BFA Student Exhibition, The Art Gallery; University of New Hampshire; Durham, NH
My work celebrates ephemeral moments inspired by everyday activities that to some may seem mundane. I also consider the meditative and reflective qualities that are a part of the Chinese tea ceremony and the naturalistic details found in traditional Yixing ware. My teapots are an attempt to suggest that the seemingly mundane activity of cutting vegetables can become an act of contemplation and transcendence.
Education
BFA Studio Art: Ceramics University of New Hampshire 2005
Studied under Marvin Sweet
AA General Studies GrossmontCollege, El Cajon, CA 2002
Ceramic Exhibition Record
2011 ReView: Recent Work by UNH Alumni, University of New Hampshire Musuem of Art, Durham, NH
Juror: Gary Haven Smith
2010 It’s the Real Thing, Bowersock Gallery, Provincetown, Ma
2010 Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture: A National Juried Show, Guilford Art Center, Guilford, CT
Juror: Lisa Wilkow
2009 The Art of Tea, The Meyer’s Gallery at Muddy’s Studio, Santa Ana, CA
2006 The 16thSan Angelo National Ceramic Competition 2006, San Angelo Museum of Art; San Angelo, TX
2006 The Yixing Effect: Echoes of the Chinese Scholar; Holter Museum of Art; Helena, MT
2005 Unearth/Emerge: Works by New Hampshire’s Rising Potters, Lamont Gallery; Exeter, NH
Juror: Gerry Williams
2005 East to West, Artstream; Rochester, NH
2005 NCECA Regional Student Juried Exhibition, The Fox Gallery; Universityof Maryland; Baltimore, MD
2005 BFA Student Exhibition, The Art Gallery; University of New Hampshire; Durham, NH
