WILL PREMAN willpremanartist.com

4217 Norledge Ave. [email protected] Kansas City, MO 64123 816-678-6755

EDUCATION 2015 MFA NYSCC at - 2012 BFA Kansas City Art Institute - Ceramic Art, Art History

RESIDENCY & PROGRAMS 2019 >Sylvia J. Smith Artist-In-Residence. Dickinson College. Carlisle, PA. 2015 >Central Academy of Fine Arts. Ceramic Design for Industry. Beijing, China 2012 >Urban Culture Project Studio Residency. Charlotte St. Foundation, KCMO >Summer Workshop with Norman Courtney. Pilchuck Glass School, WA 2011 >Study Abroad at International Ceramics Studio. Kecskemet, Hungary >Summer Intensive with Sunkoo Yuh. Anderson Ranch Art Center, CO

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2020-2019 >Owner/Designer – Yum Yum Ceramics – Philadelphia, PA. 2018-2015 >Ceramics Production Assistant – BDDW – Philadelphia, PA. 2015 >Teaching Assistant to Andrea Gill, Hybrid Vessel. Alfred University 2014 >Teaching Assistant to Walter McConnell, Junior Sculpture. Alfred University >Teaching Assistant to John Gill, Morphology of Clay. Alfred University >Teaching Assistant to Wayne Higby, Junior Sculpture. Alfred University 2013 >Teaching Assistant to Matthew Katz, Raw Materials. Alfred University >Teaching Assistant to George Timock, Mold Making. Kansas City Art Institute >Kiln Formed Glass Co-Instructor with Kate Clements, Kansas City Art Institute >Studio Assistant to Garry Noland. Kansas City. 2012 >Kiln Formed Glass Co-Instructor with Kate Clements, Kansas City Art Institute >Studio Assistant to Misty Gamble. Kansas City. 2011 >Studio Intern to Andy Brayman, The Matter Factory. Kansas City. 2010 >Studio Intern to Meredith Host, Folded Pigs. Kansas City.

LECTURE AND WORKSHOPS 2019 Visiting Artist Lecture. Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA. 2015 Visiting Artist Lecture. CAFA City Design School, Beijing, China. Summer Ceramic Art Workshop. Alfred University, Alfred, NY. 2014 Summer Ceramic Art Workshop. Alfred University, Alfred, NY.

AWARDS AND HONORS 2015 Graduate Selection Residency. CAFA. Ceramic Design for Industry. Beijing, China 2013 Graduate Fellowship. NYSCC at Alfred University. Alfred, NY. 2012 McKeown Competitive Scholarship, Kansas City Art Institute. Kansas City, MO. 2011 Pilchuck Glass School Partnership Scholarship. Stanwood, WA. Copakan and Brooks Scholarships, Anderson Ranch Arts Center. Snowmass, CO. Lore and Mel Mallin Award, The Kansas City Artist Coalition, Kansas City, MO.

EXHIBITIONS 2020 • What is in Between, NCECA online exhibition. 2019 • Night Dreamer. Solo Exhibition. Goodyear Gallery at Dickinson College. Carlisle, PA. • Bloom, Sykes Gallery at Millersville University, Millersville, PA. 2018 • Confluence and Bifurcation, NCECA, Portland, OR 2016 • SCRIMMAGE – curated by Morgan Hobbs and Marcelle Reinecke. Automat Collective Gallery. Philadelphia, PA. • Textural Forms. Snyderman-Works Galleries. Philadelphia, PA. • Planning the Improbable, Sketching the Impossible. Washington Street Art Center. Somerville, MA. 2015 • I’m So Happy To See You…, MFA Thesis Exhibition. Fosdick-Nelson Gallery Alfred University. • Variance, The Wurks. NCECA, Providence. RI. 2014 • Featured artist-HANDJOB gallery/store. , NY. 2013 • Flatfile Collection. City Ice Arts. Kansas City, MO. • WALKABOUT. Paragraph Gallery. Kansas City, MO. • Line, Pattern, Repeat. The Warehouse Gallery. Kansas City, MO. 2012 • Observation/Hypothesis/Experiment. Paragraph Gallery. Kansas City, MO • River Market Regional Exhibition, Kansas City Artist Coalition, Kansas City, MO. • BFA Exhibition. H&R Block Artspace. Kansas City, MO. • What Will Be, Undergrads Underground. KCAI at the Leedy Voulkos Art Center. Kansas City, MO. 2011 • Strata, Kansas City Art Institute. Kansas City, MO. • Rare Earth. Kansas City Art Institute. Kansas City, MO. 2010 • (Re)actions. City Art Institute. Kansas City, MO. • Duality. Kansas City Art Institute. Kansas City, MO. 2009 • X-Factory. Kansas City Art Institute. Kansas City, MO.

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

Sylvia J. Smith Permanent Collection at Dickinson College. Carlisle, PA. CAFA Visiting Artist Collection. CAFA City Design School, Beijing, China. Graduate Student Collection. Alfred Museum of Ceramic Art, Alfred, NY. Collection. Kansas City Art Institute. Kansas City, MO.