A R T I S T S T A T E M E N T //
I am a multi-media sculptor working in ceramics, wood, glass, metal, light and photography. I create work that is sensitive to site and acutely aware of the contexts in which the work will be produced, displayed, and distributed. I am heavily invested in material exploration. I love clay, glass, wood, metal, light and color. I have spent years, and in some cases decades, learning to work with these materials in order to obtain the technical information necessary to realize my ideas. Every material is unique, it has something specific to say, and I am invested in trying to use materials in ways that utilize their singular characteristics. I often deal with issues of perception in an attempt to expose blind spots within the way I experience the world. What can an optical illusion tell me about how my perceptive system can “misinterpret” the information before me? How can color make me feel one way in a given context, and totally different in another? And what do these facts expose about the limits of my attention and perceptive faculties? The human experience is a varied and complicated one. I strive to create work that interrogates these complexities while exhibiting my love for materials, my interests in the emotional impact of color, and my individual sense of balance and form. |
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F O R M A L E D U C A T I O N //
Master of Fine Arts
University of Washington • Seattle, WA
3D4M: ceramics + glass + sculpture • 2017-2019
Bachelor of Fine Arts
University of California San Diego • La Jolla, CA
Interdisciplinary Computing in the Arts and Music • MINOR: Studio Arts • 2001-2006
R E S I D E N C I E S //
Artist in Resident • Pilchuck Glass School • Stanwood, WA • Family Session July 2021
Long Term Resident • Pottery Northwest • Seattle, WA • 2020-2022
Application Visiting Artist • Museum of Glass • Tacoma, WA • December 2016
Hot Glass Residency • North Lands Creative Glass • Lybster, Scotland • February 2016
Artist Residency with Brent Rogers • Pittsburgh Glass Center • Pittsburgh, PA • April 2013
Demonstrating Artist • Public Glass • San Francisco, CA • April 2013
Artist Residency • Museum of Glass • Tacoma, WA • July 2011
E X H I B I T I O N S //
Banter (solo) • Traver Gallery • Seattle, WA • July 2023
Refract at the Seattle Airport • SeaTac, WA • October – December 2022
Stolid (solo) • Pottery Northwest • Seattle, WA • January 2022
Echo Echo • @ Pottery Northwest in conjunction with NCECA • Seattle, WA • Spring 2021
PNW Resident Show • Capital One Headquarters • Richmond, VA • March 2020
MFA/MDes • Henry Art Gallery • Seattle, WA • June 2019
Optical Allusions (solo) • CMA at UW • Seattle, WA • June 2019
Cobblestones and Lumber: UW X SFAI • SFAI Fort Mason • San Francisco, CA • March 2019
Surplused • UW Surplus • Seattle, WA • February 2019
Water Bends Light Doesn’t • CMA at UW • Seattle, WA • October 2018
10 Etudes for Summer • Jacob Lawrence Gallery • University of Washington, Seattle • September 2018
Parallelgenres • Morgan Contemporary • Pittsburgh, PA • October – January 2016
Halfway to Somewhere • Schack Arts Center • Everett, WA • October 2014
Considering Design • Traver Gallery • Seattle, WA • July 2014
Blown Away • Bainbridge Museum of Arts and Crafts • Bainbridge Island, WA • June 2014
Halfway to Somewhere • Hodge Gallery • Pittsburgh, PA • February - April 2014
Looking at Fire • Morris Graves Museum of Art • Eureka, California • February 2014
50 x 50 • Muskegon Museum of Art • Muskegon, MI • August 2012
T E A C H I N G //
Objects for the Table • Pottery Northwest • Seattle, WA • September - November 2022
The Kitchen Sink • Pilchuck Glass School • Stanwood, WA • Summer 2022
Art 333 Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, 3D4M, University of Washington • Seattle, WA • Spring 2022
Looking to the Past • Rain City Clay • Seattle, WA • Spring 2022
Art 333 Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, 3D4M, University of Washington • Seattle, WA • Winter 2021
Towards a Standard • Pottery Northwest • Seattle, WA • January – March 2020
Mixed Media Sculpture • Pottery Northwest • Seattle, WA • September – November 2019
Art 333 Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, 3D4M, University of Washington • Seattle, WA • Autumn 2019
Smaller Than a Breadbox • Penland School of Crafts • Penland, NC • Summer 2019
Art 233 Graduate Instructor, School of Art, 3D4M, University of Washington • Seattle, WA • Autumn 2018
The Cup and Knowledge Contained • Haystack Mountain School • Deer Isle, ME • Summer 2018
Art 233 Graduate Instructor, School of Art, 3D4M, University of Washington • Seattle, WA • Spring 2018
Art 333 Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, 3D4M, University of Washington • Seattle, WA • Spring 2016
What’s the Use? • Pilchuck Glass School • Stanwood, WA • July 2015
Deconstructing the Goblet (with Boyd Sugiki) • Penland School of Crafts • Penland, NC • May - June 2015
Inform • Pittsburgh Glass Center • Pittsburgh, PA • May 2015
Intro to Venitian Glassblowing • Schack Arts Center • Everett, WA • April 2015
A Practical Approach to Goblet Making • Pittsburgh Glass Center • Pittsburgh, PA • July 2013
Beginning Glassblowing • Schack Arts Center • Everett, WA • Fall 2011 • Winter 2011- Winter 2012
F O R M A L E D U C A T I O N //
Master of Fine Arts
University of Washington • Seattle, WA
3D4M: ceramics + glass + sculpture • 2017-2019
Bachelor of Fine Arts
University of California San Diego • La Jolla, CA
Interdisciplinary Computing in the Arts and Music • MINOR: Studio Arts • 2001-2006
R E S I D E N C I E S //
Artist in Resident • Pilchuck Glass School • Stanwood, WA • Family Session July 2021
Long Term Resident • Pottery Northwest • Seattle, WA • 2020-2022
Application Visiting Artist • Museum of Glass • Tacoma, WA • December 2016
Hot Glass Residency • North Lands Creative Glass • Lybster, Scotland • February 2016
Artist Residency with Brent Rogers • Pittsburgh Glass Center • Pittsburgh, PA • April 2013
Demonstrating Artist • Public Glass • San Francisco, CA • April 2013
Artist Residency • Museum of Glass • Tacoma, WA • July 2011
E X H I B I T I O N S //
Banter (solo) • Traver Gallery • Seattle, WA • July 2023
Refract at the Seattle Airport • SeaTac, WA • October – December 2022
Stolid (solo) • Pottery Northwest • Seattle, WA • January 2022
Echo Echo • @ Pottery Northwest in conjunction with NCECA • Seattle, WA • Spring 2021
PNW Resident Show • Capital One Headquarters • Richmond, VA • March 2020
MFA/MDes • Henry Art Gallery • Seattle, WA • June 2019
Optical Allusions (solo) • CMA at UW • Seattle, WA • June 2019
Cobblestones and Lumber: UW X SFAI • SFAI Fort Mason • San Francisco, CA • March 2019
Surplused • UW Surplus • Seattle, WA • February 2019
Water Bends Light Doesn’t • CMA at UW • Seattle, WA • October 2018
10 Etudes for Summer • Jacob Lawrence Gallery • University of Washington, Seattle • September 2018
Parallelgenres • Morgan Contemporary • Pittsburgh, PA • October – January 2016
Halfway to Somewhere • Schack Arts Center • Everett, WA • October 2014
Considering Design • Traver Gallery • Seattle, WA • July 2014
Blown Away • Bainbridge Museum of Arts and Crafts • Bainbridge Island, WA • June 2014
Halfway to Somewhere • Hodge Gallery • Pittsburgh, PA • February - April 2014
Looking at Fire • Morris Graves Museum of Art • Eureka, California • February 2014
50 x 50 • Muskegon Museum of Art • Muskegon, MI • August 2012
T E A C H I N G //
Objects for the Table • Pottery Northwest • Seattle, WA • September - November 2022
The Kitchen Sink • Pilchuck Glass School • Stanwood, WA • Summer 2022
Art 333 Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, 3D4M, University of Washington • Seattle, WA • Spring 2022
Looking to the Past • Rain City Clay • Seattle, WA • Spring 2022
Art 333 Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, 3D4M, University of Washington • Seattle, WA • Winter 2021
Towards a Standard • Pottery Northwest • Seattle, WA • January – March 2020
Mixed Media Sculpture • Pottery Northwest • Seattle, WA • September – November 2019
Art 333 Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, 3D4M, University of Washington • Seattle, WA • Autumn 2019
Smaller Than a Breadbox • Penland School of Crafts • Penland, NC • Summer 2019
Art 233 Graduate Instructor, School of Art, 3D4M, University of Washington • Seattle, WA • Autumn 2018
The Cup and Knowledge Contained • Haystack Mountain School • Deer Isle, ME • Summer 2018
Art 233 Graduate Instructor, School of Art, 3D4M, University of Washington • Seattle, WA • Spring 2018
Art 333 Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, 3D4M, University of Washington • Seattle, WA • Spring 2016
What’s the Use? • Pilchuck Glass School • Stanwood, WA • July 2015
Deconstructing the Goblet (with Boyd Sugiki) • Penland School of Crafts • Penland, NC • May - June 2015
Inform • Pittsburgh Glass Center • Pittsburgh, PA • May 2015
Intro to Venitian Glassblowing • Schack Arts Center • Everett, WA • April 2015
A Practical Approach to Goblet Making • Pittsburgh Glass Center • Pittsburgh, PA • July 2013
Beginning Glassblowing • Schack Arts Center • Everett, WA • Fall 2011 • Winter 2011- Winter 2012