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Education
2017                                 Arizona State University
                                        
MFA in Ceramics
                                         Tempe, AZ
           

2007                                Alfred University
                                         BFA with a minor in Art History
                                         Alfred, NY

Professional Experience
Current                          Kayser Ceramics LLC
                                        Owner 
                                        Ypsilanti, MI

2020 - 2023                 Sarah Kersten Studios
                                        Production Manager
                                        Oakland, CA

2020                              Mesa Community College
                                        Adjunct professor
                                        Mesa, AZ

2017 - 2020                  Mesa Arts Center
                                        Resident Artist and Instructor
                                        Mesa, AZ

2019                                Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park
                                        Guest Artist
                                        Shiga-Koka, Japan

2018                                Arizona State University
                                        Adjunct professor
                                        Tempe, AZ

2017                                Paradise Valley Community College
                                        Adjunct professor
                                        Paradise Valley, AZ

2014 - 2017                    Arizona State University
                                        Instructor of record, school of art
                                        Tempe, AZ

2010 - 2014                   Motawi Tileworks
                                        Production Staff & Glaze Chemist
                                        Ann Arbor, MI

2012 - present              Ann Arbor Potter’s Guild
                                        Instructor and Member
                                        Ann Arbor, MI

2007 - 2008                 Baltimore Clayworks
                                        Teacher
                                        Baltimore, MD

2007 - 2008                 Smithsonian Institution
                                        Art Handler and Lighting Technician
                                        Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC

2003 - 2007                 Fosdick-Nelson Gallery
                                        Art Handler and Head Lighting Technician
                                        Alfred, NY

Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2022                              Unsettled Land
                                        The Artery
                                        Davis, CA

2019                               The Shape of Time (with Paul Briggs)
                                       Eutectic Gallery
                                       Portland, OR

                                       
Guest Artist Exhibition
                                       SCCP resident artist gallery
                                       Shiga-Koka, Japan

2018-2019                    Year of the Pig
                                       The Rose Kennedy Greenway (public art)
                                       Boston, MA

2018                               Survival Instincts
                                       Mesa Contemporary Art Museum
                                       Mesa, AZ

2017                              Here, Where The World Is Made
                                     
Step Gallery
                                      Phoenix, AZ

2013                             Day In and Day Out
                                      The Clay Gallery
                                      Ann Arbor, MI

2007                            Milk Bar
                                     Senior Thesis Exhibition
                                     Alfred University, Alfred NY

Juried Exhibitions
2024                            25th San Angelo Ceramic Competition
                                     San Angelo Museum of Fine Art, juror Louise Rosenfield
                                     San Angelo, TX

                                     Sculpture
                                     Buckham Gallery
                                     Flint, MI

2019                             Small Favors
                                     The Clay Studio, juried by Jennifer Zwillig
                                     Philadelphia, PA

2018                            Fahrenheit 2018
                                    
AMOCA, juried by Patti Warashina
                                     Pomona, CA

                                    
Nature and Neon
                                     Arrowmont Mountain School of Craft, juried by Garth Johnson
                                     Gatlinburg, TN

                                     39th Annual Contemporary Crafts
                                     (*juror's choice award)
                                     Mesa Contemporary Art Museum, juror Bruce Hoffman
                                     Mesa, AZ

                                      22nd San Angelo Ceramic Competition
                                      San Angelo Museum of Fine Art, juror Peter Held
                                      San Angelo, TX

                                       Contemporary Clay 2018
                                      (*first place award)
                                      Western Colorado Center for the Arts, juror Doug Casebeer
                                       Grand Junction, CO

                                       Clay National XIII - Out of the Mold
                                       Carbondale Clay Center, juror's John and Andrea Gill
                                       Carbondale, CO

2017                             Zanesville Prize for Contemporary Ceramics
                                    
Zanesville Museum of Art, juried by Mary Jo Bole, Leslie Ferrin, Tony Marsh
                                     Zanesville, OH


                                     Juried National 4
                                    
Red Lodge Clay Center, juried by Sunshine Cobb
                                     Missoula,MT


                                     Graduate Student Biennial 2017
                                    
The Clay Studio, juried by Franz Raebauer and Jennifer Zwilling (*honorable mention)
                                     Philadelphia, PA


                                     NCECA National Student Juried Exhibition
                                     Hoffman Gallery, juried by Linda Arbuckle and Justin Novak
                                     Portland, OR
 
                                     10 Years In The Making
                                     OCAC/PNCA Applied Craft & Design MFA program building
                                     Portland, OR
 
                                     Create New +
                                     University of Montana (online exhibition)
                                     www.mfaexhibitiononline.org

2016                            NCECA National Student Juried Exhibition
                                     Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, juried by Liz Quackenbush and Lee Somers
                                     Kansas City, MO

                                     37th Annual Contemporary Crafts
                                     Mesa Contemporary Art Museum, juried by Elisabeth R. Argo
                                     Mesa, AZ

                                     Small Favors XI
                                     The Clay Studio, juried by Jennifer Zwilling
                                     Philadelphia, PA

                                     Clay: Body, Mind & Soul
                                     Clay Houston, juried by Garth Johnson
                                     Houston, TX

2015                            Frontier Delay
                                     Harry Wood Gallery, juried by Garth Johnson
                                     Tempe, AZ

2014                            A Tile and a Vessel
                                     Silver City Clay Festival, juried by Nawal Motawi
                                     Silver City, NM


                                     Small Favors IX
                                     The Clay Studio, juried by Garth Johnson
                                     Philadelphia, PA


2013                            Small Favors
                                     The Clay Studio, juried by Michael Fujita, Julie Moon and Hiroe Hanazomo
                                     Philadelphia, PA

Group Exhibitions

2024                           Double Feature
                                   
WSG Gallery
                                    Ann Arbor, MI

                                    14 + 14
                                    WSG Gallery
                                    Ann Arbor, MI

2021                           Human and Animal
                                   
Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park Museum
                                   Shiga, Japan

2019                            Westward Ho!
                                   
Wayne Art Center, curated by Gail Brown
                                    Wayne, PA

                                    Animals Among Us
                                    Red Lodge Clay Center, curated by Kate McDowell and Russel Wrankle
                                    Red Lodge, MT

2018                            Canary Syndrome
                                    Ferrin Contemporary, curated by Leslie Ferrin
                                    North Adams, MA

                                    Ceramics +
                                   
Mesa Community College Art Gallery, curated by Jennifer Harris
                                    Mesa, AZ

2017                            Materialize
                                     Herberger Theater
                                     Phoenix, AZ
 
                                     Nasty Women Phoenix Unite
                                     Phoenix, AZ
 
                                     We The People
                                     AMOCA
                                     Pomona, CA
 
2016                            Exchange
                                     Step Gallery /
                                     Tempe, AZ / San Diego, CA

2015                            Sculpting Science
                                     ASU Natural History Collections
                                     Tempe, AZ

2014                            In Suspension
                                     Night Gallery
                                     Tempe, AZ


                                     Ice House Annual Exhibition
                                     Ice House
                                     Phoenix, AZ


                                     Trajectories
                                     Stark Gallery
                                     Phoenix, AZ


                                     ASU New Grad Exhibition
                                     Harry Wood Gallery
                                     Tempe, AZ


2007                            Alfred on the Record
                                     Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts Gallery
                                     New York, NY

2006                            The Oregon Trail
                                     Robert Turner Gallery
                                     Alfred, NY

Awards

2016                             ASU Graduate College Completion Fellowship
                                      $9500 financial award toward MFA completion
 
                                      ASU Nathan Cummings Fellowship
                                      Summer research travel
                                      Netherlands        
 
                                      ASU Blain Scholarship
                                      Workshop at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
                                      Gatlinburg, TN
         
                                      ASU K. Herberger Art Scholarship
 
                                      Director’s Choice award
                                      Arizona State Fair Art Exhibition
 
                                      2 x 1st Place awards (ceramics and sculpture)
                                      Arizona State Fair Art Exhibition

2015                              T.A.G. Choice Award
                                      
Frontier Delay exhibition, ASU
                                       awarded by The Art Grads (T.A.G.)

                                       Special Talent Award scholarship
                                       Herberger School of Design and Art, ASU
                                       awarded by Adriene Jenik

2006                              Marcianne Mapel Miller scholarship
                                       Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
                                       awarded by faculty of Alfred University

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