Ronan Kyle Peterson Artist Statement Essentially, I Am Dealing with Effects

Ronan Kyle Peterson

Artist Statement

Essentially, I am dealing with effects of agents of growth and decay and how these agents shape and embellish the surfaces of stones and the skins of trees. These agents also serve key roles in interacting with my ceramic vessels. Mushrooms, seed pods, grubs and other growths serve as knobs and handles, allowing one to remove lids and discover what might be inside or underneath a covered vessel, like lifting a rock to have insects scurry in many different directions when subjected to the light of day. The vessels are not intended to be actual representations of the trees and rocks, but abstractions and stylizations of these natural phenomena. Employing an earthy background palette stretched across tex- tured but quieter surfaces, I wanted to upset that quiet earthiness with intense splashes of vibrant color, patterns, and glossy surfaces not commonly associated with tree bark or the rough surfaces of rocks amidst fallen leaves. I am interested in inflated volume and thick line qualities that reference comic style drawings and how that can apply to interpreting the natural world. With my ceramic vessels I hope to create a comic book interpretation of the natural world with a focus on the rocks and trees and their role in the perpetual or- ganic comedy of growth and decay.

Ronan Kyle Peterson Biography

Ronan Kyle Peterson grew up in Poplar, NC, a small community deep in the mountains of western North Carolina. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and in 1996 received a Bachelor of the Arts degree in Anthropology, with a minor in Folklore. His interest in Folklore led him to John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, NC, where he began taking classes in ceramics and other media. After working for two years with two potters in the area of Asheville, NC, he attended Penland School of Crafts. Initially, he intended to stay for a two month Concentration in Wood and Soda Fired Pottery with MacKenzie Smith, but two months turned into four years. After Concentra- tion, he applied for and was accepted into the Core Student program. During the two-year intensive work exchange program, he had the opportunity to study with a number of internationally known artists and craftspeople. Currently, Ronan maintains Nine Toes Pottery, a ceramics studio in Chapel Hill, NC, which produces highly decorative and functional earthenware vessels. His work is drawn from processes of growth and decay in the natural world and translated into a ceramic comic book interpretation of both real and imagined phenomena. His ceramic vessels have shown in local and national exhibitions, including the 2008 Strictly Functional Pottery National in East Petersburg, PA. Ronan was also invited to participate in the 4th, 5th , 6th, 7th, 8th, and 11th Annual Potter’s Market Invitational at the Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC, held the first weekend in September and includes some of North Carolina’s most talented ceramic artists and potters. His work has been featured in both Ceramics Monthly and Clay Times, and the books 500 Bowls and 500 Plates and Chargers, which includes an image of his plates on the back cover. Ronan’s work is included in the Permanent Collections of the North Carolina Pottery Center in Seagrove, NC and the Governor Morehead School in Raleigh, NC. Recent exhibitions include solo shows at the Kiln Gallery in Fairhope, AL, Mudfire Gallery in Atlanta, GA, Charlie Cummings Gallery in Gainesville, FL. Also an educator, Ronan taught for 10 years at local craft centers and ceramics studios in the Chapel Hill/Raleigh/Durham area of NC, and has recently taught workshops throughout the Southeastern United States, including at Penland School of Crafts, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Mudfire Studio, and the Kiln Studio.

Ronan Kyle Peterson 137 Windsor Circle Chapel Hill, NC 27516 (919)960-2843 [email protected] www.ninetoespottery.com

Experience: 03/03-Present Nine Toes Pottery, Chapel Hill, NC Studio Potter Working as studio potter producing functional and decorative earthenware vessels.

Workshops: -workshop, The Clay Lady Campus, Nashville, TN, March 12, 2016 -Invited Instructor, Spring Concentration, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC, April 10-25, 2016 -workshop, “Scratching the Surface”, The Potters Exchange, Allentown, PA, May 21-22, 2016 -workshop, “Altered States”, The Bascom Arts Center, Highlands, NC, June 20-24, 2016 -workshop, “Altered States”, Sierra Nevada College Summer Art Workshop, July 25-29, 2016 -workshop, the Kiln Studio, Fairhope, AL, 2015 -”Functional Ceramics Workshop 2015”, invited presenter, Wayne Center for the Arts, Wooster, OH, 2015 -workshop, Mudfire Studio and Gallery, Decatur, GA, 2015 -workshop, Ceramic Designers Association, Virginia Beach, VA, 2015 -”Slippin’ and Siggin’”, Claymakers, Durham, NC, 2014 -”Scratching the Surface”, Summer Session One, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC, 2014 -”Slippin’ and Siggin’”, The Kiln Studio, Fairhope, AL, 2014 -”Scratching the Surface”, Catherine Orrantia’s studio, Oro Vallery, AZ, 2014 -”Scratching the Surface”, Clayworks Studio, Charlotte, NC, 2013 -”Altered States”, The Kiln Studio, Fairhope, AL, 2013 -”Altered States”, Pullen Arts Center, Raleigh, NC, 2013 -”Scratching the Surface”, 18 Hands Gallery, Houston, TX, 2013 -”Scratching the Surface”, Arrowmont School of Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN 2013 -”Cone 6 Reduction”, Jacksonville Arts Center, Floyd, VA, 2012 -”Scratching the Surface”, The Kiln Studio, Fairhope, AL, 2012 -”Scratching the Surface”, Carolina Clay Guild, Greensboro, NC, 2012 -”Terra Cotta Throwdown”, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC, May-June 2011 -”Altered States” workshop, Mudfire Studio, Decatur, GA, 2011 -”Cone 6 Soda Firing” workshop, The Kiln Studio and Gallery, Fairhope, AL March 2011 - Cabin Fever Reliever XI invited workshop presenter, Pocosin Arts Center, Columbia, NC, Feb. 2011 -”Cone 6 Reduction Firing”, Pullen Arts Center, Raleigh, NC, September 18, 19 and October 1, 3, 2010 -”Scratching the Surface with Ronan Peterson”, Jacksonville Arts Center, Floyd, VA, 2010-2011 -“Pile It On!: Low Fire Surface and Form with Ronan Kyle Peterson”, Claymakers, Durham, NC, June 15-19, 2005

Other Experience: -Invited Presenter, Triangle Potters Guild, Raleigh, NC, April 2016 -Invited Presenter, Western Piedmont Community College, Morganton, NC, February 5, 2016 -Invited Presenter, Clayworks Guild, Durham, NC, 2013 -Invited Presenter, Carolina Preserve Pottery Club, Cary, NC, 2013 -Invited Presenter, 25th Annual North Carolina Potter’s Conference, Asheboro, NC, March 2012 -Invited Presenter, Blue Ridge Potter’s Guild, Roanoke, VA, April 2012 -Invited Guest Artist by Mark Burleson, Advanced Ceramics Summer Series, Georgia State University, July 23, 2009 -Adult Ceramics Instructor, Jordan Hall Arts Center, Cary, NC, March 2007-March 2008. -Adult Ceramics Instructor, The Artscenter, Carrboro, NC, June 2006-2010. -Adult Ceramics Instructor, Lincoln Arts Center, Chapel Hill, NC, Oct. 2005-Sept. 2006 -Teaching Assistant, “Working Wet” with Gay Smith, Haystack School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME, July 31-August 19, 2005 -Guest Artist/Demonstrator, Central Carolina Community College, Siler City, NC, Dan Rhode’s Ceramics Program, January 20, 2004 -Studio Manager, Claymakers, Durham, NC, August 2004-December 2005 -Teaching Assistant, “Basic Glaze Chemistry and Raw Materials” with John Britt, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC, August 22-30, 2003 -Adult Ceramics Instructor, Claymakers, Durham, NC, August 2003-present -Adult Ceramics Instructor/Studio Assistant, Pullen Arts Center, Raleigh, NC, January 2003- present -Teaching Assistant, “Using the Potter’s Wheel” with Kent McLaughlin, John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC, October 13-19, 2002 -Sales Associate, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC, 2002-2003 -Studio Assistant for Cynthia Bringle, Penland, NC, 2000, 2001, 2002 -Studio Assistant/Apprentice for Steven Forbes-deSoule, Weaverville, NC, 1997-1999 -Studio Assistant/Apprentice with Voorhees Pottery, Flat Rock, NC, 1997-1999 -Student Host, John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC, Spring-Summer 1997

Education: 03/00-03/02 Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC Core Student Non-degree, intensive work exchange program

08/92-06/96 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Bachelor of the Arts, Anthropology/Folklore

Solo Exhibitions: 2016 -“The Ronan Peterson Show”, Hamilton Williams Gallery, Morganton, NC -solo exhibition, The Bascom Arts Center, Highlands, NC

2015 -“New Work”, The Kiln Gallery, Fairhope, AL

2014 -”Comic Nature: Ronan Peterson’s Ceramics”, The Kiln Gallery, Fairhope, AL -”Ronan Peterson: New Ceramic Work”, Claymakers, Durham, NC

2013 -”Photosynthesis”, Spotlight show, Piedmont Craftsmen Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC -Spotlight Show, Mudfire Gallery, Decatur, GA -”Sweet and Salty”, spotlight Show, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC -”Arboreality”, solo show, Charlie Cummings Gallery, (online) Gainesville, FL -Solo show and workshop, 18 Hands Gallery, Dallas, TX -Solo show and workshop, The Kiln Gallery, Fairhope, AL

2012 -Spotlight show, 18 Hands Gallery, Dallas, TX -Solo show, NC Craft Gallery, Carrboro, NC -”Woodland Humor”, The Art Cellar, Banner Elk, NC

2011 -Solo show, Mudfire Gallery, Decatur, GA -Solo show, Claymakers, Durham, NC -Solo show, The Kiln Gallery, Fairhope, AL -Featured potter, Lark and Key Gallery/Boutique, Charlotte, NC

2010 -”Stumps and Stones”, solo show, Nature Art Gallery, Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, NC -”Contextures”, solo show with guest artist Gillian Parke, Crimson Laurel Gallery, Bakersville, NC

2009 -“Hollerin’: My Appalachia in Ceramica”, Durham Arts Guild, Durham, NC

2007 -“Altered Feast: Altered Earthenware Vessels for Food and Fancy by Ronan Kyle Peterson”, NC Craft Gallery, Carrboro, NC

2005 -“Earth and Stone: New Pottery by Ronan Kyle Peterson”, NC Craft Gallery, Carrboro, NC -“Pottery by Ronan Peterson”, Sertoma Arts Center, Raleigh, NC

2004 -“Pottery by Ronan Kyle Peterson”, Pullen Arts Center, Raleigh, NC -“Soft Science or How I Came to Love the Worm: New Ceramics by Ronan Kyle Peterson”, Durham Arts Guild, Durham 2002 -“Ronan Peterson’s Field Guide: Ceramics by Ronan Peterson”, Pullen Arts Center, Raleigh, NC

Group Exhibitions: 2016 -“Forest and Flowers: New Ceramics by Ronan Peterson and Teresa Pietsch”, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC -NCECA Gallery Expo, with 18 Hands Gallery, Kansas City, MO -“Wild Life, featured potter”, Lark and Key Gallery, Charlotte, NC -Summer showcase series, Dow Studio, Deer Isle, ME -Soda Chicks and Chet, invited artist, Fork Mountain Pottery, Bakersville, NC -Pottery on the Hill 2016, invited artist, Washington, DC

2015 -”Yunomi Invitational 2015”, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA -”Makers Ahead of the Curve”, Summer Showcase series, Dow Studio, Deer Isle, ME -”Functional Ceramics 2015, Presenters Showcase”, Wayne Center for the Arts, Wooster, OH -”The Mockernut Sale, 2015”, Doug Dotson Pottery, Pittsboro, NC -”Cup: The Intimate Object XI”, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL -“Scratching the Surface: Surface Forum Alumni”, invitational curated by Jason Bige Burnett, Red Star Studios, Kansas City, MO -“Summer Still-Life”, invitational, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC -“11th Annual Potters Market Invitational”, Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC -“Pints and Prints”, invitational, Macon Arts Alliance, Macon, GA -“New Work”, Mudfire Gallery, Decatur, GA -Cup show, invitational, Twisted Laurel Gallery, Spruce Pine, NC -“Orange County Fall Studio Tour”, Orange County/Chapel Hill, NC -“Fine Southern Clay Exhibition”, invitational, Eno Gallery, Hillsborough, NC -“2015 NCECA Gallery Expo”, showing with The Kiln Gallery, Providence, RI -“Vessels of Merriment”, invitational, Grovewood Gallery, Asheville, NC -“Steinfest 2015”, invitational, Claymakers Gallery, Durham, NC -“The Cup Show”, invitational, Hudgens Art Center, Atlanta, GA

2014 -”Yunomi Invitational 2014”, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA -”A New Season”, FRANK Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC -”NC Ceramics Invitational”, HAND (Health Arts Network at Duke) Gallery, Durham, NC -Potter’s of Madsion County 2014 Spring Sale, invited artist, Marshall, NC -”From Away”, Summer Showcase series, Dow Studio, Deer Isle, ME -”Functional Ceramics 2014”, Wayne Center for the Arts, Wooster, OH -”The Mockernut Sale, 2014”, Doug Dotson Pottery, Pittsboro, NC -”Cup of Joy”, invitational cup show, Trackside Studio and Ceramic Arts Gallery, Spokane, WA

-“Art of the Cup 2014”, Ogden Museum, New Orleans, LA -”Cup: The Intimate Object X”, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL -”National Teapot Show IX”, invitational, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC -”Bowl Show”, Worcester Center for Craft, Worcester, MA

2013 -”Steinfest”, invitational, Claymakers, Durham, NC -Mockernut Sale, Doug Dotson Pottery, Pittsboro, NC -Cup Invitational, Worcester Center for Crafrs, Worcester, MA -“Animal or Mineral”, invitational curated by Varian Wolf, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL -”Art of the Cup 2013”, invitational, Ogden Museum, New Orleans, LA -Summer Instructors Exhibit, Arrowmont School for Art and Craft, Gatlinburg, TN -Cup show, invitational curated by Martina Lantin, Crimson Laurel Gallery, Bakersville, NC -Cup Show IX, invitational, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL -2013 Yunomi invitational, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA -NCECA Gallery Presentation, showing with The Kiln Gallery, Fairhope, AL -”Teatime II”, invitational, NC Pottery Center, Seagrove, NC -NC Potters, invitational, Barton College, Wilson, NC -”Containment All-Stars”, invitational, Crimson Laurel Gallery, Bakersville, NC -”20x20: Summer Showcase Series”, dow Studio, Deer Isle, ME

2012 -”Cup Invitational”, Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA -”Holiday Festive Tableware and Small Works Invitational”, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO -”Source/Material: Water”, cup show invitational curated by Lindsay Rogers, Crimson Laurel Gallery, Bakersville, NC -”Cup Show VIII”, invitational, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL -”Consider the Cup 2012”, invitational, The Artisan Gallery, Northampton, MA -”Generosity of Spirit: Invitational Show to benefit Penland School of Crafts”, Signature Shop Gallery, Atlanta, GA -”Shirts and Skins”, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD -“Ceramic Surface”, Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT -”Spring Vase Invitational”, Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA -”Summer Swan Invitational”, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA -”By Example: 20 NC Potters and Their Mentors”, Greenhill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC -”Pirates vs. Zombies”, Mudfire Gallery, Decatur, GA -“Pocosin Arts Cabin Fever Quenched”, Maria V. Howard Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC -”Cool Atmospheres”, Claymakers Gallery, Durham, NC -Featured Artist, Summer Showcase Series, dow studio, Deer Isle, ME -”Fired Works”, invited artist, Macon Arts Alliance, Macon, GA -”Ronan Peterson with guest Amy Sanders”, 2 person show, The Kiln Gallery, Fairhope, AL -8th Annual Potter’s Market Invitational, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC -10th Annual Three Guys* and Some Pottery Sale, Doug Dotson Pottery, Pittsboro, NC -10th Annual Soda Chix with Chet Sale, Fork Mountain Pottery, Bakersville, NC -”Artist Plates”, invitational, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC -”North Carolina Potter’s Conference Presenters Exhibit”, Moring Arts Center, Asheboro, NC

2011 -”Pairings”, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO -”Sharing the Stage: Vase Invitational”, The Artisan Gallery, Northampton, MA -”Spring Vase Invitational”, Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA -”Tea Time: Series I, Teapot Invitational”, NC Pottery Center, Seagrove, NC -Featured Artist, Lark and Key Gallery, Charlotte, NC -”Containment II, Box Invitational”, Crimson Laurel Gallery, Bakersville, NC -National Teapot Show VIII Invitational, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC -Crow Vallery Pottery Festival Summer Series, featured artist, Eastsound, WA -7th Annual Potter’s Market Invitational, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC -”Cup Show VII”, Charlie Cummings Gallery, FL -”Interpreting the Cup”, curated by Jason Burnett, Crimson Laurel Gallery, Bakersville, NC -9th Annual Three Guys* and Some Pottery Sale, with guests Michael Hunt and Naomi Dalglish, Doug Dotson Pottery, Pittsboro, NC -”Consider the Cup 2011”, invitational, The Artisan Gallery, Northampton, MA

2010 -Featured Artist for November, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC -”Carolina Designer Craftsmen Members Showcase”, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC -”Art of the Cup”, invited artist, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA -8th Annual 3 Guys* and Some Pottery Sale, Doug Dotson Pottery, Pittsboro, NC -”Colors”, FRANK Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC -Piedmont Craftsmen New Members Show, Piedmont Craftsmen Gallery, Winston Salem, NC -”Home Sweet Home” Summer Invitational Exhibition Series, dow studio, Deer Isle, ME -”The Cup”, Southeastern Invitational Exhibition, The Kiln Gallery, Fairhope, AL -”6th Annual Potter’s Market Invitational”. Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC -”The Cup Show”, Maralyn Wilson Gallery, Birmingham, AL -”Consider the Cup”, invitaitional, Artisans Gallery, Northampton, MA -”Containment”, invitational box show, Crimson Laurel Gallery, Bakersville, NC

2009 -“37th Annual Outdoor Art Show”, juried sale, Eastern Shore Arts Center, Fairhope AL -“Parke-Peterson”, two-person exhibition, Mudfire Gallery, Atlanta, GA -”The Great Vase”, invited artist, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC -”What’s New”, invited artist, Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh, NC -”Art of the State”, invited artist, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC -“Drawn to Clay: Vessels Emblazoned”, invitational, Claymakers, Durham, NC -Featured potter, Lark and Key, Charlotte, NC -”Summer of Love”, featured artist,, dow studio, Deer Isle, ME -“5th Annual Potters Market Invitational”, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC -7th Annual Three Guys* and Some Pottery Sale, Pittsboro, NC -Invited artist, The Circle Autumn Sale, Charlotte, NC -Box Show, invitational, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC -Winter Show,invitational, Green Hill Center, Greensboro, NC -Consider the Cup, invitational, Artisans Gallery, Northampton, MA -”100 Under 1000”, invitational, Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh, NC

-Piedmont Craftsmen Crafts Fair, Group Booth, Winston-Salem, NC -"Season of Lights", invitational, Claymakers, Durham, NC -"Go Ask Alice, Mad Tea Party" Teapot Invitational, Hillsborough Arts Council, Hillsborough,NC -Holiday Studio Show, invitational, Mudfire Gallery, Decatur, GA

2008 -”Turning Points”, invitational, Claymakers, Durham, NC -“Fine Contemporary Crafts”, juried by Tom Spleth, Artspace, Raleigh, NC -“100 Under 500”, Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh, NC -“Mug’s and More”, River Gallery, Chatanooga, TN -“Consider the Cup”, Artisans Gallery, Northampton, MA -“4th Annual Potters Market Invitational”, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC -“Sticks and Stones”, two person show with Peg Bachenheimer, Craven Allen Gallery, Durham, NC -”National Teapot Show VII”, invited artist, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC -“Is That Supposed to be Funny?: Wit and Humor in Craft”, invited artist, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC -“It’s Pouring”, invitational, dow studio, Deer Isle, ME -“Go Green”, invitational, dow studio, Deer Isle, ME -“Duets/Pairs”, invitational, dow studio, Deer Isle, ME -“2008 Strictly Functional Pottery National”, juried by Linda Arbuckle, Market House Craft Center, East Petersburg, PA. -“The Cup Show”, invitational, Cone 10 Studios, Charleston, SC -“Paradise City, Springtime in Paradise”, juried sale, Northampton, MA -“North Carolina Artists Exhibition”, juried by Dr. Lawrence J. Wheeler, Raleigh Fine Arts Society, Raleigh, NC -“36th Annual Outdoor Art Show”, juried sale, Eastern Shore Arts Center, Fairhope AL

2007 -“The Winter Show”, invited artist, Greenhill Center, Greensboro, NC -“Cornucopia of Craft”, Grove Arcade Arts and Heritage Gallery, Asheville, NC -“Soda Chicks 2007”, invited guest artist, Fork Mountain Pottery, Bakersville, NC -“The Cup Show”, invitational, dow studio, Deer Isle, ME -“Annual Clay National”, invitational, dow studio, Deer Isle, ME -“Down East/Down South”, invitational, dow studio, Deer Isle, ME -“Tea”, invitational, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC

2006 -“Emerging Clay of the South”, juried, Blue Spiral I, Asheville, NC -December Show, invited artist, River Gallery, Chattanooga, TN -“The Southern Landscape”, invitational, Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh, NC -“July Potters Showcase”, invitational, dow studio, Deer Isle, ME -“Forms and Shapes 2006: The Useful Teapot, Juror: Ron Meyers”, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA -“Connections”, Invitational Exhibit showing the work of 10 potters, Southside Gallery, Oxford, MS -“Growing Through Crafts: Emerging Artists from Penland School of Crafts’ Core Student Program”, invitational, Grove Arcade Arts and Heritage Gallery, Asheville, NC -“Beasties: Animals in Translation”, invitational, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC

-“New Ceramics by Ronan Kyle Peterson and Handmade Photographs by Rob MacDonald”, Preservation Society of Chapel Hill, Horace Williams House, Chapel Hill, NC -“HGTV’s Crafters Coast to Coast”, Sertoma Arts Center, Raleigh, NC

2005 -“One Hundred Under 500”, invitational, Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh, NC -“2005 Winter Show”, Invitational Exhibition, Green Hill Center for N.C. Art, Greensboro, NC -American Craft Council Retail Shows 2005, Atlanta and Charlotte -“National Teapot Show VI”, invitational, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC -“Refraction and Flux: Eight Rising Young Potters”, JC Self Research Center, Greenwood Genetic Center, Greenwood, SC -“Dinnerware Invitational Show”, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC -“Point of Departure”, Northern Ohio University, Ada, OH

2004 -“Horace Williams House 2004 Open Juried Competition”, Preservation Society of Chapel Hill, Horace Williams House, Chapel Hill, NC -“Call of the Wild: Fine Crafts Inspired by Nature”, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC -“Gather ‘Round the Table”, Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, NC -“Sight Unseen”, Durham Arts Guild, Durham, NC -“Self-Portrait Project 2004”, Chapel Hill Public Arts Commission. Chapel Hill, NC -“100 Teapots 2”, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD -“Via Penland”, Rebus Works, Raleigh, NC

2003 -“Wall Works”, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD

2002 -“RSVP: The Dinnerware Invitational”, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC -“National Teapot Show V”, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC -“Three Rivers Arts Festival Juried Exhibition: Three Dimensional Art”, Pittsburgh, PA -“Emerging Artist”, Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival, Winter Park, FL

2001 -“The Hand Held Cup Show”, Odyssey Gallery, Asheville, NC -“Emerging Artists of the US”, Vermont Clay Studio, Waterbury Center, VT -“North Carolina Clay: Past and Present”, North Carolina traveling exhibit

2000 -“Under the Influence”, two-person show, Saxapahaw, NC -Annual Penland Core Student Show, Penland, NC -“Unearthed Treasures: Ceremonial Vessels in Clay”, Loudon House Gallery, Lexington, KY -“Four Rooms”, Grovewood Gallery, Asheville, NC

1999 -“Made in Penland”, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC

-“Back from Penland”, Green Tara Gallery, Carrboro, NC

Curated Exhibitons: 2012 -“Mentoring: Stoneware Pots by Marsha Owen and introducing Ceramic Vessels by Roberta Wood”, Claymakers Gallery, Durham, NC

-“By Example: 20 North Carolina Potters and Their Mentors”, Greenhill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, NC

2011 at Claymakers Gallery, Durham, NC: -”Quiet/Loud, New Work by Sasha Bakaric, Ronan Peterson, and Noah Riedel” -”Flash, Flame, Peel: Soda Fired Pottery by Gay Smith, Doug Dotson, and Jo Lovvorn” -”Creatures Comfort, featuring work by Dina Wilde-Ramsing, Corinne Fox, Shannon Bueker, Charles Evergreen, Jill Medford, and Maready Evergreen” -”Exchange, featuring work by Deborah Harris, Marsha Kitkowski, Teresa Pietsch, and Joy Tanner”

2010 -”Drawn to Clay”, Claymakers, NC included work by Bruce Gholson and Samantha Heneke, Michael Kline, Michael Hunt and Naomi Dalglish

2005 -“Refraction and Flux: Eight Rising Young Potters”, JC Self Research Center, Greenwood Genetic Center, Greenwood, SC

Guilds and Memberships: -Member, Orange County Artists Guild, 2015 -Member, Toe River Arts Council Artists Guild, 2014-2015 -Exhibiting Member, Piedmont Craftsment, Inc, 2009-2013 -Exhibiting Member, Carolina Designer Craftsmen, 2008 -Art Committee, Chapel Hill Preservation Society, Horace Williams House, Chapel Hill, NC, May 2006-Jan 2008 -Exhibiting Member, American Crafts Council, 2005

Honors and Awards: -Purchase Award, 36th Annual Outdoor Art Show, Eastern Shore Arts Center, Fairhope, AL, -Featured Artist on Crafters Coast to Coast, HGTV, June 27, 2005, episode 265, “Beesbox”. -Durham Arts Council Emerging Artist Grant 2005. Project Proposal: Purchase a new electric kiln for glaze exploration and higher firing temperatures. -Ruth J. Manire Memorial Award, Best In Show, HWH 2004 Open Juried Competition, Preservation Society of Chapel Hill, Horace Williams House, Chapel Hill, NC. -One of thirteen Emerging Artists chosen by and featured in Ceramics Monthly, May 2004.

Collections: -Permanent Collection, “Forest Floor Caterbead” purchase and donation by Lisa Brown, Governor Morehead School, Raleigh, NC. -North Carolina Pottery Center Permanent Collection, Contemporary North Carolina Ceramics, Seagrove, North Carolina.

Publications: -The Complete Guide to Mid-Range Glazes: Glazing and Firing at Cones 4-7, by John Britt, Lark Books, New York, NY, 2014. -”Down to Earth”, by Diane Daniel, Personal Paths section, American Craft, December-January 2014 -”Exposure” front section, Ceramics Monthly, December 2012 -Surfaces, Glazes, and Firing, by Angelica Pozo, Lark Books, Asheville, NC, 2010 -500 Plates and Chargers, edited by Susan J.E. Tourtillott, Lark Books, Asheville, NC, 2008. “Three Guys* and Some Pottery”, Clay Times, September-October, 2007 -“From Past, Potter Shapes Present”, by Diane Daniel, Who & Ware, Raleigh News and Observer, March 17, 2006. -Best of Artists: North Carolina, Kennedy Publications, April 2006. -“Refraction and Flux”, Clay Times, July-August, 2005. -“Walks in Woods Inspire Local’s Pottery”, by Rebecca Bailey, Arts and Entertainment, Chapel Hill Herald, A1, Friday, June 17, 2005 -“Upfront: Point of Departure”, Marty Fielding, Ceramics Monthly, March 2005 -“Emerging Artists, 2004”, Ceramics Monthly, May 2004. -The Complete Guide to High Fire Glazes, by John Britt, Lark Books, Asheville, NC, 2004. -500 Bowls, edited by Suzanne J. E. Tourtillott, Lark Books, Asheville, NC, 2003.