CV JESSE RING: sculpture EDUCATION -2013-2015 MFA in Ceramics, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY |AlfredCeramics.com -2002-2006 BFA in Ceramics with minor studies in Painting, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO. | KCAI.edu SOLO EXHIBITIONS -2015 “Paper Moon”, Thesis Exhibition, Fosdick Nelson Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred, NY. (Curatorial Advisor Sharon McConnell) -2012 “Moonlight Mythstakes & Summerscape-isms” Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO. (Curated by K Cesark) -2011 “Enshrined” Springfield Pottery, Springfield, MO -2010 “Monuments Too” Gilloiz Theater Lobby, Springfield, MO “Collagescape” The Albatross, Springfield, MO. June 2010- Jan 2011 -2008 “Vagrant Opulence” Via Viva, Mural Opening, Carbondale, CO. SELECTED EXHIBITIONS -2017 “Confluence and Bifurcations” NCECA Exhibition, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR. -2016 “Modern Makers” Bathgate, Cincinatti, OH. (Jurors:) “SOFA Chicago” University of Cincinatti Booth 220, Chicago, IL. “Inhale” Aotu Studio, Beijing, China. (Curator Jialin Yang) “Bang Bang” Open Gate Gallery, Caochangdi, Beijing, China “Planning the Improbable, Sketching the Impossible” Washington Street Arts Center, Invitational, Boston, MA (Curator Mitch Shiles) “Clay Landmarks” The Arabia Steamboat Museum, Invitational Site Specific Group Show, Kansas City, MO. (Curator Allison Newsome) -2015 “Art in Craft Media-2015” Burchfield Penny Museum, Buffalo, NY. (Juror Wayne Higby, Curator Scott Propeak) “ Midwest Life Vest” University of Nebraska Kearney, Kearny, NS. (Curator Amy Santoferarro) “History in the Making” Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO. (Curator Jill Oberman) “Variance” The Wurks Gallery, Providence, RI. -2013 “Sustain” Art House Delray, Delray Beach, FL. (Curators Jade Henderson and Chelsea Odum) “Resident Artist Show” Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL. “Beyond the Brickyard” Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT. (Juror Andrea Gill) -2012 “30(954)61” Art House Delray, Invitational, Delray Beach, FL. (Curator Eddie Negron) JESSE RING -2012 “Concordia Continental Ceramics Competition” Concordia University, St Paul, MN (Juror Sarah Millfelt ) -2011 “Breaking Boundaries: A SurVey of Contemporary Ceramics”, Ann Street Gallery, Invitational, Newburgh, NY. (Curator Virginia Walsh) -2009 “Imaginary Thing” Aspen Art Museum, Invitational Permanent Instillation, Aspen, CO. (Curator: Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson) PERMENANT COLLECTIONS “CAFA Visiting Artist Collection” CAFA City Design School, Beijing, China “Graduate Student Collection” Alfred Museum of Ceramic Art, Alfred, NY “Ken Ferguson Memorial Teaching Collection” Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO LECTURES -2017 Lecture, Miami University, Oxford, OH. April 6 Lecture, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH. Feb 22 -2016 Lecture, Red Gate Residency Center, Beijing, China May. 6 -2016 Lecture, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS. Feb. 10 -2015 Lecture |Studio Visits, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO. Oct. 28 -2015 Lecture, University of Nebraska Kearney, Kearney, NE. Oct 29 ARTIST RESIDENCES -2016 -2017 Ceramics Resident Artist, University of Cincinnati DAAP, School of Fine Arts, Cincinnati, OH |Daap.uc.edu -2016 Sculpture Artist in Residence, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT.| Vermontstudiocenter.org -2016 Visiting Artist in Residence, CAFA City Design School, Beijing, China. | Cafa.edu.cn -2015 Resident Project Artist, Kansas State University, Ceramics Department, Manhattan, KS | Art.ksu.edu -2013 Invited Resident Artist, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME.(Workshop Organizer Zach Tate)| Watershedceramics.org -2012-2013 Resident Artist, Armory Art Center, Director: Chris Ricardo, West Palm Beach, FL. | Armoryart.org -2009 Resident Artist, Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Otis, OR (Director: Eric Vines ) | Sitkacenter.org -2007 Resident Artist, Carbondale Clay Center, Director Lauren Kearns, Carbondale, CO. | Carbondaleclay.org FELLOWSHIPS -2016 Windgate Craft Artists Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT. 2 .