"Cathedral windows, golden tabernacles, brocade vestments, baroque architecture, carvings and statues, and all of the elaborate décor and pageantry of the church shaped my early visual senses. My pottery with its intricate designs, bright colors and gilded accents reflects this appreciation for the decorative arts.
I am intrigued with the church’s attitude of poverty preached within its opulent surroundings. One of my favorite objects is an oval dish historically called a begging bowl. I paint it in my elaborate style and muse on the vision of a person using that object to ask for a handout. I like to paint simple everyday objects so elaborately that they stand out in a plainer simpler world but still entice the possessor to use them.
Regardless of the object there is one undeniable characteristic of my work. I love embellishment and find my soul in work that is made richer by layer after layer of decoration."

EDUCATION

1993 BFA Ceramics Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
1979 BA English Literature Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
BA Art Education Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Present Resident Artist, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, MT
2004 Majolica Workshop Instructor, NW Museum of Arts & Culture, Spokane, WA
2003 Majolica Workshop Instructor, University of Montana, Missoula, MT
2001 Assistant, Linda Arbuckle Workshop, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
1993-2000 Hand Building and Throwing Instructor, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
2000 Presenter, Majolica Techniques, Montana Art Education Assoc., Billings, MT
Majolica Workshop Instructor, Oakland Community College, Detroit, MI
1999 Visiting Artist, Texas A & M University, Corpus Christi, TX
Majolica Workshop Instructor, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, CANADA
Juror, Canadian Clay, Winnipeg, Manitoba CANADA
Majolica Workshop Instructor, Hood College, Frederick, MD
Visiting Artist, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI
Majolica Workshop Instructor, North Harris College, Houston, TX
1998 Lecturer, Wellness Now, Helena, MT
Majolica Workshop Instructor, Montana State University, Billings, MT
Majolica Workshop Instructor, Orlando Recreation Center, Orlando, FL
Visiting Artist, Archie Bray Days, University of Montana, Missoula, MT
1997 Majolica Workshop Instructor, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
Majolica Workshop Instructor, Appalachian Center for Crafts, Tennessee Technological Institute, Smithville, TN
Assistant, Architectural Tile Workshop, Cary Esser, Archie Bray, Helena, MT
Visiting Artist, Clay Days, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
1996 Visiting Artist, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR
Visiting Artist, University of Alaska at Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK
1995 Majolica Workshop Instructor, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
1991 Assistant, George Timock, Hallmark Class, Kansas City, MO
1990 Assistant, Jeff Oestreich Workshop, Haystack, Deer Isle, ME

AWARDS

1999 Individual Artist Fellowship, Montana Arts Council, Helena, MT
1998 Award Winner, Studio Days 98, Chester Springs Studio, Chester Springs, PA
1997 Award Winner, Feats of Clay, Lincoln Arts, Lincoln, CA
1990-92 Scholarship, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
1977-79 Buttrey Scholarship, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2004
Pitcher This, Artworks Gallery, Bozeman, MT
Ceramics by Current Archie Bray Residents, Lorinda Knight Gallery, Spokane, WA
First Helpings: Plates and Platters, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
Archie Bray NCECA Exhibition, Mavris Cultural Center, Indianapolis, IN
Ceramarama, Ceramic Research Center, Tempe, AZ
Yellowstone Art Museum Annual Auction, YAM, Billings, MT
2003
Ceramic Artists of the Archie Bray Foundation, Gallery Materia, Scottsdale AZ
Just Bowls, Artworks Gallery, Bozeman, MT
American Pottery Festival, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
21st Century Ceramics, Ohio College of Art & Design, Columbus, OH
2003 Archie Bray Foundation Residents, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
2002
Women Potters, Artworks Gallery, Bozeman, MT
Maiolica, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
For the Table, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
Pour It, Artworks, Bozeman, MT
Kansas City Pot, Mpress Gallery, Kansas City, MO
NCECA 2002 Silent Auction, Hyatt Regency, Kansas City, MT
2001
Painted Pots, Vermont Clay Studio, Waterbury Center, VT
LeGrande Buffet, Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Contemporary Maiolica, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AK
MAC Fellowship Award Traveling Exhibition 2001-2003, Great Falls, MT
A Ceramic Continuum: Fifty Years of Archie Bray Influence, Traveling Exhibition, Helena, MT
2000
Soup Tureens, Gallery Materia, Scottsdale, AZ
Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art Exhibition & Auction, Paris Gibson
Museum Great Falls, MT
Archie Bray & the Colorado Connection, Colorado Gallery of the Arts, Arapahoe Community College, Littleton, CO
Thick as a Brick, Learning Access Resource Center, Red Rock Community College, Lakewood, Co
1999
Oso Bay Annual, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, TX
Potters of Archie Bray Foundation, Laramie Community College, Laramie, WY
Ceramics 99, Guilford Handcraft Center, Guilford, CT
Ceramic Group Exhibition, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI
1998
Studio Days 98, Chester Springs Studio, Chester Springs, PA
Tea Bowl Invitational, San Francisco Craft and Folk Art Museum, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA
Rosalie Wynkoop: Recent Work, Solo Exhibition, Holter Museum of Contemporary Art, Helena, MT
Steeped in Tradition, Ariana Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
Vessels That Pour, Gallery 1021, Lill Street, Chicago, IL
Platter Invitational, Fifth Element Gallery, Portland, OR
Best of the Bray, Northcutt Gallery, Montana State University, Billings, MT
Functional Work: American Potters, Selected Artwork, Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities, Arvada, CO
Functional Work: American Potters, Boettcher Mansion Golden, CO
1997
Two Studios, One Bed, Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, WA
Tureen du Jour, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
Evocative Object: New Work in Clay, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA
Anything That Pours, Appalachian Center for Crafts, Tennessee Technological Institute, Smithville, TN
Teapot 8, Gallery Alexander, La Jolla, CA
1996
Josh DeWeese & Rosalie Wynkoop, Lewis & Clark College Gallery, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR
Teapot Exhibit, Ariana Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
Illustrated Clay, Solo Exhibition, Artworks Gallery, Holter Museum of Contemporary Art, Helena, MT
Side by Side, Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1995
Steeped in Clay, Ariana Gallery, Royal Oak, Michigan
Archie Bray Foundation NCECA Exhibit, MJL Expressions, Minneapolis, MN
Eight in Clay, Bebe Kazar Gallery, Whitefish, MO
Twists on the Teapot, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI
1994
Bray Artists Winter Exhibition, Myrna Loy Gallery, Helena, MT
Bray Artists at University of Washington, Art Department Gallery, Seattle, WA

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