Hunter Stamps / Resume
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2013-Present Associate Professor of Art Studio, Ceramic Sculpture, School of Art and Visual Studies,
College of Fine Arts, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
2008-2013 Assistant Professor of Art Studio, Ceramic Sculpture, School of Art and Visual Studies, College
of Fine Arts, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
2005-2008 Art Instructor, Department of Art, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR
2005-2007 Ceramic Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Department of Art, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR
2006 Ceramic Instructor, Department of Art, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK
EDUCATION
2005 Master of Fine Arts/Studio Art, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2002 Bachelor of Fine Arts/Studio Art, University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC
SOLO AND TWO-FOUR PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2014
2- Person Exhibition, Giles Gallery, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY, Corporeal Anxieties, Hunter Stamps and Brandon Smith
4-Person Exhibition, S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC, 2014 Invitational Art Exhibition: Four Alumni
2011
Solo Exhibition, Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute Gallery, Jingdezhen, China, Jingdezhen Series
Solo Exhibition, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH, The Space Between
2009
Solo Exhibition, Community Arts Center, Danville, KY, Sculptural Aberrations
2006
Two-Person Exhibition with Amelia Stamps, St. Andrew’s Sewanee School Gallery, Sewanee, TN
Solo Exhibition, A.M. Architecture, Little Rock, AR, Dissolving Boundaries of Self
2005
Solo Exhibition, Rosemary P. Gallery, Bloomington, IN, The Human Stain
Two-Person Exhibition with Peregrine Honig, Jet Artworks, Dupont Circle, Washington DC
2004
Two-person Exhibition with Jason Weatherspoon, Wedge Gallery, Asheville, NC, Two Forms of Thought
JURIED ART EXHIBITIONS
2017 National
South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN, Biennial 29, (7/8-10/1)
LH Horton Jr Gallery, Stockton, CA, Visions in Clay
2016
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR, 58th Annual Delta Exhibition
Clay Art Vegas Gallery, Las Vegas, NV, Sweet and Slippery Slope
Claypool-Young Art Gallery, Morehead, Kentucky, Bluegrass Biennial: A Kentucky Juried Exhibition
Berea Arts Council, Berea, KY, Kentucky Clay Exhibit
2015
Evansville Museum of Art, Evansville, IN, Forty-Fourth Mid-States Craft Competition
2014
LH Horton Jr Gallery, Stockton, CA, Visions in Clay
Tangent Gallery, Detroit, MI, Corpus Illuminata IV ~ An Anatomic Interpretation
Sebastopol Center for the Arts, CA, Big Ideas 1950-1970: Influences in Modern Ceramics
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX, 20th San Angelo National Competition
Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA, America’s Clayfest
Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, Regional Sculpture
2013
Keramik Museum Westerwald, Hohr-Grenzhausen, Germany
The Nassauische Sparkasse 2013 Talent Award for Ceramics, The Figure
Gladding McBean Clay Factory, Lincoln, CA, America’s Clayfest
LH Horton Jr Gallery, Stockton, CA, Visions in Clay
Hill Country Arts Foundation, Ingram, TX, Hard Ware: National Ceramics Competition
Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA, Ceramacom Competition
Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT, Second Bi-Annual Juried National
Morean Arts Center, t. Petersburg, FL, Functional/Dysfunctional Juried Exhibition
Todd Art Gallery, Murfreesboro, TN, SHOEBOX: An International Sculpture Exhibition (on-line section)
2012
Varazdin, Croatia. kb2011, The 7th International Biannual of Ceramics “Inside-Out”
Jingdezhen Ceramic Museum, Jingdezhen, China, Jingdezhen International Ceramics Exhibition
Gallery Nord, San Antonio, TX, Encaustican 2012 International Juried Exhibition
Axis Gallery, 7th National Juried Exhibition, Sacramento, CA
DeLuce Gallery, Maryville, MO, The Deluce Clay National
Alexandre Hogue Gallery, University of Tulsa, OK, Red Heat: Contemporary Work in Clay
Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, CO
Fourth Biennial Contemporary Juried/Invitational Exhibition: Contemporary Clay 2012
Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery, Material Mastery Exhibition, Lindsborg, KS
First Tennessee Pavilion, Chattanooga, TN, Four Bridges Arts Festival
2011
Cultural Center of Kapfenberg, Austria, kb2011, The 7th International Biannual of Ceramics “Inside-Out”
Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, FIRED: A View of Ceramics
Buyers Market of American Craft, Philadelphia, PA (February 2011) Niche Award Exhibition
Northern Arizona Art Museum, Flagstaff, AZ, Biennial Juried Ceramics Exhibition
Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS, Wichita National All Media Craft Exhibition
LH Horton Jr. Gallery, Stockton, CA, Visions in Clay
Carbondale Clay Center Gallery, Carbondale, CO, Atmospheric Fired 2011
Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA, 1st Annual Workhouse Clay National
First Tennessee Pavilion, Chattanooga, TN, Four Bridges Arts Festival
Meadows Gallery. Denton, TX, Materials: Hard & Soft Exhibition
Cornerstone Art Gallery, Frankfort, KY, Al Smith Award Exhibit
Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH, HxWxD Juried Sculpture Competition
Herron School of Art & Design Gallery, Indianapolis, IN, Clay Fest Juried Exhibition
Blue Spiral I Gallery, Asheville, NC, Emerging Clay
2010
Keramik Museum Westerwald, Hohr-Grenzhausen, Germany The Nassauische Sparkasse 2010 Talent
Award for Ceramics, Mixed Media-Ceramics Plus
Pottery Northwest, Seattle, WA, Un-wedged
Jingdezhen Main Art Gallery, Jingdezhen, China, Contemporary International Ceramics Exhibition
Museo de Ceramica, Manises, Spain, Ninth International Biennial of Ceramics
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, UT, Clay West International
Strecker-Nelson Gallery, Manhattan, KS, Material Mastery Exhibition,
Chapman Gallery, Manhattan, KS, KACA Members Exhibition
M.T. Burton Gallery, Surf City, NJ, Jersey Shore Clay National
Baltimore Clayworks Exhibition Gallery, Baltimore, MD, Body and Soul
LH Horton Jr. Gallery, Stockton, CA, Visions in Clay
Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, CO
Third Biennial Contemporary Juried/Invitational Exhibition: Contemporary Clay 2010
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX,
Eighteenth San Angelo National Competition
Joseph A. Cain Memorial Gallery, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX
Forty-forth Annual National Drawing & Small Sculpture Show
Claypool-Young Art Gallery, Morehead, Kentucky, Bluegrass Biennial: A Kentucky Juried Exhibition
Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, Backyard: Six Regional Artists
2009
Jingdezhen Main Art Gallery, Jingdezhen, China, Contemporary International Ceramics Exhibition
Lincoln Arts Gallery, Lincoln, CA, Feats of Clay International XXII Exhibition
Evansville Museum of Art, Evansville, IN, Forty-First Mid-States Craft Competition
Sculpture at the River Market, Little Rock, AR, National Juried Exposition
Northern Arizona Art Museum, Flagstaff, AZ, Biennial Juried Ceramics Exhibition
Arkansas Arts Center, El Dorado, AR, Annual Juried Art Competition
Colorado Arts Center, Grand Junction, CO, Contemporary Sculpture 2009
Indiana State University Art Gallery, Terre Haute, IN, Clay & Context
Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH, HxWxD Juried Sculpture Competition
The Gallery, Chattanooga, TN, MSA 2009 Conference Exhibition
2008
Landmark Gallery, Lubbock, TX, Clay on the Wall
M.T. Burton Gallery, Surf City, NJ Jersey Shore Clay National
Katherine Butler Gallery, Sarasota, FL, Third Annual National Juried Competition
DDP Gallery, Fayetteville, AR, Ceramic Objects/Conceptual Materials
Meadows Gallery. Denton, TX, Materials: Hard & Soft Exhibition
Evansville Museum of Art, Evansville, IN, 54th Mid-States Art Exhibition
Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH, HxWxD Juried Sculpture Competition
Arts Place Gallery, Lexington, KY, Folk Art Takes New Form
Downtown Arts Center, Lexington, KY, Symposium Inside
Loudon House, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY, KY.7 Biennial
Herron School of Art & Design Gallery, Indianapolis, IN, Clay Fest Juried Exhibition
Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX, Forty-Second Annual National Small Sculpture Show
2007
Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, KS, National Juried Ceramics Competition
Alexandre Hogue Gallery, University of Tulsa, OK, Red Heat: Contemporary Work in Clay
Gloria Kennedy Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Fabulous Finishes Exhibition
Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS, The Wichita National
HC Art Foundation Gallery, Ingram, TX, National 3-D Juried Competition
Meadows Gallery, Denton, TX, Materials: Hard & Soft Exhibition
Dallas, TX, University of Dallas Regional Ceramic Exhibition
Arkansas Art Museum, Little Rock, AR, 49th Annual Delta Exhibition
2006
Institute of Art, Manchester, NH, Ceramics Biennial Exhibition
Hyde Art Gallery. El Cajon, California Viewpoint: Ceramics 2006. Juried Exhibition
2005
Indianapolis University. Indianapolis, Indiana Clay Fest Juried Exhibition
John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, IN, National Society of Arts and Letters
Alexandre Hogue Gallery, University of Tulsa, OK, Red Heat: Contemporary Work in Clay
2004
New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH, Ceramic Biennial
Reynolds Gallery, Stockton, CA, Visions in Clay
Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH, Earth in Balance
Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN 60th Annual Wabash Valley Exhibition
Krempp Gallery Jasper, IN, Juried Art Exhibition
John Waldron Arts Center. Bloomington, IN National Society of Arts and Letters
2003
St. Petersburg Clay Company, St. Petersburg, FL, St. Petersburg Clay National
Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH, Earth in Balance
INVITATIONAL/GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 UPCOMING
Carnegie Center, 52nd NCECA Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, Ripple Effect
Blakey Center, 52nd NCECA Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, Appalachian Dirt
2017 Main Gallery, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT, Visiting Artist Exhibition
Giles Gallery, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY, No Two Alike
Living Arts & Science Center, Lexington, KY, Kentucky Clay, Curators: Hunter and Amelia Stamps
Bolivar Art Gallery, Lexington, KY, Faculty Series: Vol. I
Giles Gallery, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY, No Two Alike
2016
Vine Street Gallery, 50th NCECA conference, Kansas City, MO, Clay Gate Keepers
Visual Arts Center Gallery, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, Appalachian Dirt
Perkinson Art Gallery, Millikin University, Decatur, IL, The Asheville Clay Connection
2015
Main Gallery, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT, Visiting Artist Exhibition
Gateway Regional Arts Center, Mt. Sterling, KY, Wood-firing: Contemporary Ceramics
Loudon House, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY, Here and Now: Selections from the Artists Archive
2014
Arts Place, Lexington, KY, The State of Clay
Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center, Bowling Green, KY, Uncommon Wealth
Lower Traylor Gallery, Berea College, Berea, KY, Uncommon Wealth: Legacy of the KYArts Council
Whitley County Fine Arts, Williamsburg, KY, Uncommon Wealth: Legacy of the KYArts Council
2013
Lyric Cultural Arts Center, Lexington, KY, Uncommon Wealth: Legacy of the KYArts Council Al Smith Fellowships
Anne Wright Wilson Fine Art Gallery, Georgetown, KY, SOS: State of Sculpture
Tuska Center for Contemporary Art, Lexington, KY, UK SA/VS Faculty Show
2012
Zhejiang Kiln Gallery, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China,
Zhejiang Kiln 2012 Int’l Ceramic Art Invitational Exhibition
Clay Place at Standard, Carnegie, PA, Kentucky Ceramics Exhibition
University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, KY, UK Art Department Faculty Exhibit
Tuska Center for Contemporary Art, Lexington, KY, UK Art Department Faculty Show
2011
DIY Gallery, Jingdezhen Comprehensive College, Jingdezhen City, Jiangxi Province, People’s Republic of China,Jingdezhen Comprehensive Ceramic Exhibition
Lighthouse Art Center Museum, Tequesta, FL, Atmosphere: A Ceramics Invitational Exhibition
Tuska Center for Contemporary Art, Lexington, KY, UK Art Department Faculty Show
The Heritage Arts Center, Lexington, KY, Tutelage: Recent Works by UK Faculty and Students
2010
Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH, Transcending the Figure: Contemporary Ceramics
University Galleries, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christie, TX, Imagillaboration: Sculpture Project
Brickyard Ceramics Gallery, Indianapolis, IN, 2008 Clayfest Winners Invitational
Tucker Cooke Gallery, University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC, Art Alumni Exhibition (
2009
Burris Hall Gallery, Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM, Imagillaboration: Sculpture Project
Morlan Gallery, Transylvania University, Lexington, KY, Figuration to Fragmentation
Main Gallery, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT, Resident Artist Exhibition
Space 301 Gallery, Mobile, AL, Imagillaboration: Sculpture Project
Tuska Center for Contemporary Art, Lexington, KY Here & Now: Recent Works by UK Faculty
Ross Art Museum, Delaware, OH, Malleable Thought: Contemporary Ceramics
Loudon House Gallery, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY, LAL Open
Space 301 Gallery, Mobile, AL, Imagillaboration: Sculpture Project
Fine Arts Gallery, Georgia Perimeter College, Clarkston, GA, Imagillaboration: Sculpture Project
St. Andrew’s-Sewanee Gallery, Sewanee, TN, Doug Ferris: Collection of Art
2008
Exposition Pavilion, Little Rock, AR, Sculpture at the River Market Invitational Show
Tuska Center for Contemporary Art, Lexington, KY UK Art Department Faculty Show
2007
Baum Gallery, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR, Latest Works: Art Faculty Exhibition
2006
Argenta Public Arts Gallery, Little Rock, AR, The Art of the Teacher
Owen Hall Gallery, University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC, UNCA Alumni Exhibition
2005
Jet Artworks Gallery, Washington DC, GO FIGURE! Contemporary Figurative Work
Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, WI, Faunatical: Ceramic Artists and the Forms of
Nature. 35th Annual Invitational Ceramics Exhibition
Argenta Public Arts Gallery, Little Rock, AR, The Art of the Teacher
2004
Mavris Art & Event Center, Indianapolis, IN, NCECA Exhibition
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Cultural Center of Kapfenberg, Permanent Collection, City of Kapfenberg, Austria Keramik Museum Westerwald Collection of Historical and Contemporary Ceramics, Hohr-Grenzhausen, Germany Pottery Workshop, The Sculpture Factory, Jingdezhen City, Jiangxi Province, People’s Republic of China WVU Art Collection, Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen City, Jiangxi Province, People’s Republic of China Jingdezhen Ceramic Museum, Jingdezhen City, Jiangxi Province, People’s Republic of China Statehouse Convention Center & Visitor’s Bureau, Little Rock, Arkansas The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction. Bloomington, IN
PUBLICATIONS
2010
Stamps, Hunter. “The Boundaries of the Self.” Consuming Cultures. Issue 19 of disClosure: A Journal of Social Theory, edited by Derek Ruez and David Hoopes. 2010: 44-48 (Four images of my sculptures)
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CITATIONS
2014
Molinaro, Joe, “Figurative Incongruity – Hunter Stamps”, Ceramics Art and Perception, Issue 96, Australian International Publication, Editor: Elaine O. Henry
Jane Durrell, Manifest Exhibits High-Spirited Regional Sculpture, City Beat, Cincinnati, OH September 3, 2014, (Image of ceramic sculpture Anima). (http://citybeat.com)
Exhibition Catalog, 20th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo: Company
Printing (p. 34 Image of sculpture Stress Associated with Shedding)
2012
Exhibition Catalog, 7th National Juried Exhibition, Axis Gallery, (Image of Remains on page 2)
Newsletter, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, New Castle, MA. February1, 2012
(Images of me teaching a kiln-building workshop on pg. 2).
2011
Dillon, Pamela, “Nature-inspired artists on display at Rosewood Gallery,” review of solo exhibition The Space
Between, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH. Dayton Daily News, Dayton, OH. March 27, 2011.D4
(One image of sculpture Interior Landscape II)
Shanghai University, catalogue for “Faculty-student’ Research Trip to America,” College of Fine Arts, Shanghai,
Peoples Republic of China (Image of me teaching on pages 14 and 27)
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, “2011 Artist Residency- An International residency facility for artists
working in clay,” New Castle, MA. February1, 2011. Cover, 2, 3, 10. (Image of sculpture Velvet Aberrations
on cover, image of sculpture Metamorphosis on pages 2-3, Image of sculpture Naked Lunch on page 10)
Herald Leader Staff Report. “11 artists receive Smith grants from council.” Lexington Herald Leader.
Lexington, KY. July 31, 2011. E5
Franz, Jason. “FIRED, a view of ceramics” catalogue for exhibition FIRED. Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati,
OH: Manifest Press, v.53. April 2011. (One image of ceramic sculpture Remains II)
Chalfant, Margaret, catalogue for Materials: Hard & Soft Exhibition , Meadows Gallery. Denton, TX:
Greater Denton Arts Council, 2011
2010
Ziegler, Stephan, catalogue for exhibition The Nassauische Sparkasse 2010 Talent Award for Ceramics,
Mixed Media-Ceramics Plus. Keramik Museum Westerwald, Hohr-Grenzhausen, Germany:
Naspa, 2010. 73 (One image of Remains)
Casaban, Consuela Ciscar. catalogue for exhibition Ninth International Biennial of Ceramics. Manises, Spain:
Laimprent CG, 2009. 73 (One image of Metamorphosis)
Li, Fang. “International Contemporary Ceramic Exhibition.” catalogue for exhibition. , Jingdezhen Ceramic Art Research
Center, China: Culture of Art Publishing House, 2010. No. 156 (Image of sculpture Of the Flesh)
2009
Legend, Zhu. “Words of the Curator.” catalogue for exhibition Jingdezhen International Contemporary Ceramic
Exhibition. Main Art Gallery, Jingdezhen Ceramic Art Research Center, China: Whys Books, 2009.
8, nos.165 (One image of Muscle Memory)
Brummett, Jennifer. “Hunter Stamps: Sculptural Aberrations.” review of Sculptural Aberrations. Community Arts
Center, Danville, KY. The Kentucky Advocate. January 4, 2009.
Welch, Adam. “Figuration to Fragmentation. The Human Form in Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture.” catalogue
for exhibition Figuration to Fragmentation, Morlan Gallery, Transylvania University, Lexington, KY: Lulu
Press, 2009. 10-12, no.6 (One image of ceramic sculpture Stress Associated with Shedding)
Lederer, Phil. “Visiting ceramic artist challenges and inspires students.” review of artist workshop and lecture.
The Cento. April 16, 2009. 7 (One image of ceramic sculpture Mutability)
Johnson, Robert. “Open to Interpretation.” review of exhibition LAL Open. Loudon House, Lexington, KY.
Lexington Herald-Leader. Weekender Section. August 14, 2009, 5 (One image of sculpture Metamorphosis)
Strecker, Zoe. “Not for the Faint of Heart.” review of exhibition Figuration to Fragmentation. Morlan Gallery
Transylvania University, Lexington, KY. Business Lexington. September 2009.
(http://www.bizlex.com/Articles-c-2009-09-16-89540.113117_Not_for_the_faint_of_heart.html)
Bass, Penelope. “Breaking the Mold: A Ceramics Exhibition at NAU Plays with the Medium and the Senses.” review of Biennial Juried Ceramics Exhibition. Northern Arizona Art Museum, Flagstaff, AZ.
Flagstaff Live. September 9, 2009. (One image of ceramic sculpture Anima) (http://www.flaglive.com/flagstafflive_story.cfm?storyID=203453)
Eblen, Shannon. “Ceramic Sculpture Show Takes Shape.” review of exhibition Figuration to Fragmentation.
Morlan Gallery Transylvania University, Lexington, KY. Lexington Herald-Leader. Weekender Section
September 11, 2009, 11. (One image of ceramic sculpture Remains)
Franz, Jason. “Backyard: Six Regional Artists.” catalogue for exhibition Backyard. Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati,
OH: Manifest Press, v.41. December 2009. (Two images of ceramic sculpture The Space Between)
2008
Dillon, Pamela. “Larger than Life Artistry”. Dayton Daily News. review of HWD Sculpture
Competition. Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH. November 6, 2008.
Copley, Rich. “KY.7 Biennial promises to challenge people’s ideas of art.” review of KY.7 Biennial. Loudon
House, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY. Lexington Herald-Leader. November 7, 2008
2004
“Two Forms of Thought.” review for exhibition Two Forms of Thought, Wedge Gallery, Asheville, NC.
Ceramics Monthly, upfront section. November Issue, 22. (One image of sculpture Enfolded Arch)
2002
“Emerging Artist 2002” Ceramics Monthly, May Issue (One image of sculpture Hold it Together)
GRANTS
2017
Artist Professional Development Grant, Great Meadows Foundation, Louisville, KY
College of Fine Arts Research and Creative Activity Travel Grant. University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
2016
College of Fine Arts Research and Creative Activity Travel Grant. University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
2015
College of Fine Arts Research and Creative Activity Travel Grant. University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
2013
College of Fine Arts Research and Creative Activity Travel Grant. University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
School of Art and Visual Studies Travel Grant, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
2011
Windgate Foundation Equipment and Scholarship Grant, Windgate Foundation, Siloam Springs, AR
College of Fine Arts Research and Creative Activity Travel Grant. University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Department of Art Travel Grant, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
2010
General Education Course Proposal Grant, College of Fine Arts, University of Kentucky
Individual Artist Professional Development Grant. Kentucky Arts Council. Frankfort, KY
Research Enhancement Grant. UK Office of the Vice President for Research. Lexington, KY
Department of Art Travel Grant, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
2009
Summer Faculty Research Fellowship. Vice President for Research. University of Kentucky Lexington, KY
College of Fine Arts Travel Grant. University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Department of Art Travel Grant, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Conference and Workshop Award. Office of the Vice President for Research.
2008
Faculty Development Funding, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR
2005
Greer Foundation for the Arts Fellowship Grant, Area Arts Council, Bloomington, IN
Doctoral Student Grant-in-Aid of Research, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2004
Graduate and Professional Student Research Award, Indiana University Bloomington, IN
2003
President’s Summer Research Grant. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS
2017
Merit Award, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN, Biennial 29, (7/8-10/1)
Juror: Miranda Lash (Curator of Contemporary Art, Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY)
2012
First Place, Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery, Material Mastery Exhibition, Lindsborg, KS (10/5/2012-11/2/2012)
2011
Al Smith Individual Artist Fellowship Award, Kentucky Arts Council. Frankfort, KY
Niche Award Finalist (Professional Division), Buyers Market of American Craft, Philadelphia, PA
Honorable Mention, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS, Wichita National All Media Craft Exhibition
Honorable Mention, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH, HxWxD Juried Sculpture Competition
2010
Honorable Mention, Pottery Northwest, Seattle, WA, Un-wedged
Second Place, LH Horton Jr Gallery, Stockton, CA, Visions in Clay
2009
Second Place, Northern Arizona Art Museum, Flagstaff, AZ, Biennial Juried Ceramics Exhibition
Merit Award, Exposition Pavilion, Little Rock, AR, Sculpture at the River Market Invitational Show
2008
Juror’s Choice Prize. Herron School of Art & Design Gallery, Indianapolis, IN, Clay Fest Juried Exhibition
Best of Show, Exposition Pavilion, Little Rock, AR, Sculpture at the River Market Invitational Show
Purchase Award, Exposition Pavilion, Little Rock, AR, Sculpture at the River Market Invitational Show
Second Place, Third Annual Arkansas Sculpture Invitational Exposition. Little Rock, AR
2007
Forth Place, Alexandre Hogue Gallery, Tulsa, OK, Red Heat, Juror: Judy Onofrio
Merit Award, Dallas, TX, Dallas Regional Ceramic Exhibition, Juror: Val Cushing
2005
First Place, Argenta Public Arts Gallery, Little Rock, AR, Art of the Teacher Exhibit
2004
Connie and Ralph Fowler Award of Honor, Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN 60th Annual Wabash Valley
2003
Pygmalion’s Merit Award. The National Society for Arts and Letters. Nancy Brockman, National President
2002
Emerging Artist Award. Ceramic Monthly.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES/RESEARCH ENDEAVORS
2017
Visiting Artist, University of Alaska- Fairbanks
2016
Presenter, 30th Annual National Conference on Undergraduate Research, University of North Carolina Asheville
Juror, Student Juried Competition, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH
2015
Juror, Oswald Competition, Fine Art Category, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Demonstrating Artist, Kentucky Art Education Association Fall 2015 Conference, Lexington, KY
Visiting Artist, Governor’s School for the Arts Summer Program, Centre College, Danville, KY
2014
Juror, Illinois Arts Council Artist Fellowship Program in the Visual Arts, Chicago, IL
Visiting Artist, Wood-firing Workshop, University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC
2013
Presenter, Colloquium – The Figure, Keramik Museum Westerwald, Hohr-Grenzhausen, Germany
Juror, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH, HxWxD Juried Sculpture Competition
Visiting Artist, Workshop with Tom Bartel and Mark Chatterly, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI
2012
Graduate Recruitment Lecture, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Artist Talk- University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, KY, UK Art Department Faculty Exhibit
2011
Visiting Artist/Scholar, West Virginia University’s fall semester Ceramic in China Program,
Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen City, Jiangxi Province, People’s Republic of China
Visiting Artist Lecture, Shanghai University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
Visiting Artist Lecture, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China
Visiting Artist Lecture, Friday Lecture Series, Education Center, Pottery Workshop, The Sculpture Factory,
Jingdezhen City, Jiangxi Province, People’s Republic of China
Visiting Artist Lecture, Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen City, Jiangxi Province, People’s Republic of China
Resident Artist/Instructor, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, New Castle, ME
Co-taught a 2-Week Kiln Building Workshop with Markus Urbanik. We constructed and fired a
catenary arch wood/salt kiln
Kiln Construction, Cross-Draft Soda Kiln, St. Andes’s Sewanee School, Sewanee, TN
Visiting Artist Lecture, College of Creative Arts, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
2010
Faculty Mentor, Student Critique Room, 44th Annual Conference of the National Council Education for the
Ceramic Arts. Philadelphia, PA.
2009
Resident Artist, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT
Visiting Artist Workshop and Lecture, Centre College, Danville, KY
Visiting Artist Workshop and Lecture, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY
Artist Lecture, Morlan Gallery, Transylvania University, Lexington, KY
2008
Artist Lecture, KY.7 Biennial. Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY
Artist Lecture Arts Professions Class, University of Kentucky Lexington
Public Arts Commission. Camp Aldersgate. Little Rock, AR
The outdoor ceramic tile mural measuring 6 feet by 22feet was designed together with my wife Amelia.
The theme of the mural was abstracted sea life.
2006
Editorial Consultant. The Power of Art. Lewis & Lewis. Thomson Learning Inc
Served as an editorial consultant for the new edition and offered suggestions as to how to improve the
text and organization.
Visiting Artist Workshop. St. Andrew’s Sewanee School, Sewanee, TN
2005
Arrowmont Faculty Assistant. Arrowmont School for Arts and Crafts.
Anagama Workshop with Jim Brashear and David Hiltner. A two-week workshop focused on preparing
work, loading and firing the wood kiln.
2004
Medical Sciences Program. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Artistic research performed in the gross anatomy labs. Performed drawings for my sculptures.
2003 Alternative Fuel Research Project. Indiana University. Bloomington, IN
Lead a group of undergraduate BFA candidate in the research of alternative fuels to fire ceramic kilns.
Designed and built a burner that ran off of used vegetable oil from local restaurants.
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