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My sculpture is
an attempt to tell personal stories through the use of objects.
Binoculars, bricks, ram skin and ram heads are just a few symbols
that I adopted for this objective. While these symbols have personal
relevance, I intend for them to take on a universal theme. Once
I establish objects that have important personal symbolism, I look
for innovative ways to put them together. I am also interested in
the potency of using historical references, including ancient Iranian
and Pre-Colombian Ceramics.
My stories are almost
incidental when viewed through a more universal lens. The sculptures
look to the past, but the questions they ask are looking forward.
What do we do with our past? How much of it do we let define us
and how much of our past’s influence can we control?
All of us have our
own stories, but if we were to condense them down to their essence,
they would all mean the same thing: death, loss, guilt, fear, self-loathing,
love, sex, and the loss of innocence.
My aim with the sculptures is to tell my narrative and by so doing,
tell the story of what it means to be human.
EDUCATION
1999 Master’s of Fine Arts, Southern Illinois University at
Edwardsville
1995 Bachelor’s of Fine Arts, Brigham Young University
1987 Associate’s Degree, Rick’s College
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2001-2005 Studio Potter, Toquerville Clay, Toquerville, UT
2004 NCECA Emerging Artist, Indianapolis, Indiana
2004 Guest Artist/Lecturer, St Louis Community College, Forest Park,
MO
2004 Guest Artist/Lecturer, Meramec Community College, St Louis,
MO
2001 Ceramics Instructor, Dixie State College, Beginning and Advanced
Classes, St George, UT
2001 Slide Lecture, Critique, Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001 Wood Kiln Building Workshop, Arapahoe Comm. College, Denver,
CO
2000 Ceramics Instructor, Metropolitan State College, Denver, CO
2000 Art Appreciation and Ceramics Instructor, Red Rocks Comm. College,
Denver, CO
2000 Coordinator, Site specific installations by Robert Harrison,
Sadashi Inuzaka, Rebecca Hutchinson, Ron Fondaw, Arapahoe Comm.
College, Denver, CO
1999-2001 Ceramics Instructor, Arapahoe Comm. College, Littleton,
CO, Beginning & Advanced Ceramics; Hand Building; Wheel Throwing
and
Glaze Calculation
1999 Guest Artist/ Lecturer-Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
1999 Guest Artist/ Lecturer-Forest Park Comm. College, St. Louis,
MO
1998 Ceramics Instructor, Southern Illinois Univ. At Edwardsville,
Beginning
Ceramics; Hand Building and Wheel Throwing
1997-1998 Studio Technician-Southern Illinois Univ. At Edwardsville,
Constructed Fire Reduction, Wood, Salt and Soda Kilns
1997-1998 Treasurer of Wagner Potters Association
1995-1997 Studio Potter-St. Louis, MO. Constructed Car Gas Kiln
1996 Guest Artist/Lecturer-Forest Park Comm. College, St. Louis,
MO
EXHIBITIONS
2004 Invited Artist: Utilitarian Clay IV: Celebrate the Object,
Arrowmont School
of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN.
2004 Solo Show,
E Street Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2003 Hot Tea!, Young and Constantine Gallery Teapot Invitational,
Wilmington, VT
2002 Biennial Ceramics Invitational, Parkland Art Gallery, Champaign,
IL, Juror, Paul Dresang
2002 33.32.02 A Retirement Exhibition of Select MFA Graduates: 1970-2002,
Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL,
Curator, Dan Anderson
2001 NCECA Clay National Exhibition, Winthrop Univ., Rock Hill,
S. Carolina
2001 Market House Craft Center 9th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery
Nat’l,
Awarded Best Tea Pot, Juror Linda Christianson, E. Petersburg, PA
2001 Invitational, “Wood-Fired, An American Iconography”
Curator, Steve
Hansen, Andrews Univ. Art Center Gallery, Barrien Springs, MI
2000 Journeys of the Mind, 8th Annual Colorado Clay Invitational,
Common Wheel Gallery, Manitou Springs, CO
2000 Market House Craft Center, 8th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery
Nat’l,
Juror, Ken Ferguson, E. Petersburg, PA.
2000 Chef John Folse Culinary Institue 2nd Annual Utilitarian Ceramics
Nat’l,
Juror, Bill Griffith, Nicholls State Univ., Thibodaux, LA
2000 Colorado Clay
Competition, Juror, Maynard Tischler, The Core Gallery,
Denver, CO
2000 Invitational Group Show, Curator, Phil Bender, Pirate Gallery,
Denver,
CO
2000 Colorado Clay, Juror, William Hunt, Foothills Art Center, Golden,
CO
2000 Clay For The Table, Juror, Diane Kinney, Boulder Potters’
Guild, Presented at the Boulder Public Library, Boulder, CO
2000 Prevailing Winds, Current Trends in Contemporary American Ceramics,
Juror, Beth Ann Gerstein, Young and Constantine Gallery, Wilmington,
VT
1999 Contemporary Clay: Master Teachers/ Master Students, Curator,
John
Balistreri, Bowling Green Univ., Bowling Green, OH
1999 Narrative Objects, One Person Show, Stix Friedman Gallery,
Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
1999 Origins In Clay, Juror, Eddie Domingas, Ingram, TX
1999 Graduate Student Exhibition, SIUE, Juror, Gail Severn, Awards-Wagner
Potters Association, John and Gail Kendall Memorial, Edwardsville,
IL
1998 Annual Art Auction, Friends of Art 1st Place Award, Juror,
Deb Touhill, Edwardsville, IL
1998 Market House Craft Center 6th Annual Strictly Functional Nat’l,
Juror, Cynthia Bringle, Euphrata, PA
1998 Convocation Award-Wagner Potters Assoc., Southern Illinois
Univ. At Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL
1998 Ceramics USA, Juror, David Shaner, Denton, TX
1998 E-ville 12, Exhibition of Illinois Artists, Morain Valley Comm.
College, Chicago, IL
1997 Market House Craft Center 5th Annual Strictly Functional Nat’l,
Juror, Val Cushing, Euphrata, PA
1996 Monarch Tile Nat’l Ceramic Competition, Award, Florence,
AL
1996 Market House Craft Center 4th Annual Strictly Functional Nat’l,
Honorable Mention, Juror, Phyllis Blair Clark, Euphrata, PA
1995 Int’l Orton Cone Box Traveling Exhibition, Jurors Dr.
Margaret Xie and Wm. Hunt, Westerville, OH
1993 Birdcages, Boxes and Books Invitational, Salt Lake City, UT
PUBLICATIONS
“Dogs As Witnesses”
(2005 Feb) NCECA Journal
NCECA 2004-2005 Directory
Cover Photograph (2004 Nov)
UtilitarianClay IV:
Celebrate theObject. (2004 Dec) Ceramics Monthly Magazine, page
58.
Form and Function,
Southwest Living. (2003 May 18) The Spectrum Newspaper, Section
C, page 1-2.
Utah Style and Design
Magazine. (2002 Fall/Winter) p. 92-93.
Ninth Annual Strictly
Functional. (2001 October) Ceramics Monthly Magazine, 46-47.
Wood Kiln at Arapahoe
Community College. (2001 July 6) Englewood Herald, Page 16.
Narrative Objects.
(1999 April) St. Louis Post Dispatch, Section E.
Ceramics U.S.A. (1996
Sept.) Ceramics Monthly Magazine, 62-63.
Sikes, Toni Fountain.
The Best of New Ceramic Art, Madison, WI Hand Books, 1997
p. 120-129.
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