Resume
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
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
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