Education
  • 2014
  • BFA, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri *Valedictorian GPA: 3.9
  • 2011
  • Professional Technical Communications, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL
Solo Exhibitions
  • 2024
  • Featured Artist, Virtual Exhibition, ArtAxis.org
  • 2023
  • Second Spring – Zweiter Frühling, Plinth Gallery, Denver, Colorado
    Transitional Spaces: Navigating the In-Between, River Oaks Square Arts Center, Alexandria, Louisiana
  • 2020
  • Featured Artist, Virtual Exhibition, ArtAxis.org
  • 2018
  • modus operandi, Cottey College, P.E.O. Gallery, Nevada, Missouri
  • 2017
  • IMPRESSIONS: A Language of Patterns, 2010 Gallery, Prairie Village, Kansas
  • 2015
  • SCHEMA: A Journey Through Traditional Patterns and Imagery, Belger Crane Yard Studios, Kansas City, Missouri
    TRANSPOSED CONCEPTS, Goodwin Fine Art, Denver, Colorado
Small Group Exhibitions
  • 2018
  • Reinventing the Classics – Modern Functional Ceramics Based on Historic Styles, with Blair Clemo and Mike Stumbras, In Tandem Gallery, Bakersville, North Carolina
Group Exhibitions
  • 2024
  • [UPCOMING] Summer is Served: Garden Party, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, Florida
    [UPCOMING] 18th Yunomi Invitational
    , Clay Akar, Iowa City
    Home and Habitat,
    Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, Florida
    Artist Residency Sample Showcase, Englewood Arts, Independence, Missouri
  • 2023
  • The Functional Canvas VIII, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, Florida
    Raise A Toast III, Edwardsville Art Center, Edwardsville, Illinois
    17th Yunomi Invitational, Clay Akar, Iowa City
    Cup: The Intimate Object XIX, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, Florida
    Annual Holiday Invitational, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, Colorado
    Holidays at the Belger Crane Yard Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
  • 2022
  • 9th Annual Holiday Show, Radius Gallery, Missoula, Montana
    Holidays at the Belger Crane Yard Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
    16th Yunomi Invitational, Clay Akar, Iowa City
  • 2021
  • Still Shakin’, Belger Arts Center, Kansas City, Missouri
    8th Annual Holiday Show, Radius Gallery, Missoula, Montana
    Artists in Conversation: Conceptions of Tradition,
    Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois
    15th Yunomi Invitational
    , Clay Akar, Iowa City
    6th Annual Ceramics Invitational, Radius Gallery, Missoula, Montana
    7th Annual Dirty South Cup, River Oaks Art Center, Alexandria, Louisiana
  • 2020
  • CLAYFEST, Saratoga Arts Center, Schacht Gallery, Schuylerville, New York
    Featured Artist, September, ArtAxis.org
    Pattern, Abel Contemporary Gallery, Stoughton, Wisconsin
    14th Annual Yunomi Invitational, Clay Akar, Iowa City, Iowa
    Off the Table, On the Body – Ceramic Wearables, Kansas City Urban Potters, Kansas City, Missouri
    4th Annual Handmade for your Valentine, Clay Akar, Iowa City, Iowa
  • 2019
  • Horror Vacui: Across the Margins, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    Fringe,
    KC Creates, Union Station, Kansas City, Missouri
    Gilded, Abel Contemporary Gallery, Stoughton, Wisconsin
    13th Annual Yunomi Invitational,
    Clay Akar, Iowa City, Iowa
    3rd Annual Handmade for your Valentine, Clay Akar, Iowa City, Iowa
  • 2018
  • Holiday BLING, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, Montana
    2018 Invitational Americano
    ,
    Clay Akar, Iowa City, Iowa
    One-Night-Stand, Kansas City Artist Coalition, Kansas City, Missouri
    The Image & the Vessel – a Survey of Contemporary Pottery, 
    Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, Kansas
    Cup: The Intimate Object XIV
    ,
    Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, Florida
    15th Annual Ceramics Invitational, Abel Contemporary Gallery in Paoli, Wisconsin
    Bling, Plough Gallery, Tifton, Georgia
    La Mesa – Gardenparty, 
    Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico
    Kansas City Flatfile & Digitalfile, 
    H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, Missouri
    The Functional Canvas III
    , Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, Florida
    12th Annual Yunomi Invitational, Clay Akar, Iowa City, Iowa
  • 2017
  • The Annual Holiday Show, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, Illinois
    The Belger Holiday Book,
    Belger Craneyard Studios, Kansas City, Missouri
    2nd Annual Winter Salon,
    Cerbera Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
    2017 Invitational Americano,
    Clay Akar, Iowa City, Iowa
    Cup: The Intimate Object XIII,
    Charlie Cummings Gallery, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    DISH, Medalta, Yulli Gallery,
    Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
    The Juried National IV,
    Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, Montana
    Progressional Currents,
    Kansas City Artist Coalition, Kansas City, Missouri
    The Functional Canvas II,
    Charlie Cummings Gallery, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    11th Annual Yunomi Invitational,
    Clay Akar, Iowa City, Iowa
    Bray Days,
    Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana
    2016 Resident Artists,
    Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon
  • 2016
  • Archie Bray at the Kolva-Sullivan Gallery, Kolva-Sullivan Gallery, Spokane, Washington
    Designed + Crafted 2016, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center & Signature Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
    Recent Acquisitions to the Archie Bray Permanent Collection, North Gallery, The Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana
    Resident Artists Exhibition, Warehouse Gallery, The Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana
    Every Semester: Collecting KCAI Ceramics 1995 – 2015, Belger Arts Center, Kansas City, Missouri
    Go for Baroque: Opulence and Excess in Contemporary Art, Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
    György’s Life Changing Hungarian Adventure: Special Artists Use a Special Material at ICS, The Drugstore, Kansas City, Missouri
    Home Base, Belger Crane Yard Studios, Kansas City, Missouri
    International Orton Cone Box Show, Hilliard Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
    Pop-Up Gallery, Cerbera Gallery & The Nevica Project, Kansas City, Missouri
    Red – HotShop, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
    Sexy Pots, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • 2015
  • Decalcomania, Reese Gallery, St. Louis, MO
    LÉNYEG | ESSENCE, Kápolna Galéria, International School of Ceramics, Kecskemét, Hungary
    Emerging Clay: Kansas City, Eutectic Gallery, Portland, OR
  • 2014
  • NCECA National Student Juried Exhibition, Milwaukee School of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI
    Nebraska National Collegiate Juried Art Exhibition, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
    The Clay Cup: Vessel, Icon, Canvas University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
    Spoon Me, Medalta’s International Spoon Show, Medalta, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
  • 2013
  • Objectivity, Juried Ceramic Exhibition, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
    Earth Moves: Shifts in Ceramic Art and Design, National Exhibition, NCECA and Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, CO
    Medalta International Cup Show, Medalta, Yuill Family Gallery, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
    Köszönöm Szépen, Visiting Artist Exhibition, Kápolna Galéria, International School of Ceramics, Kecskemét, Hungary
    Hot Box, Juried Ceramic Exhibition, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
  • 2012
  • Flux, Juried Ceramic Exhibition, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
    EXPO No 82, Juried Ceramic Exhibition, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
    The Cup: 50 Artists, 250 Interpretations, ARTcetera, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL
    International Cup 2012, The Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT
  • 2011
  • 30th Annual Student Arts Competition, The Robert T. Wright Community Gallery of Art, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL
  • 2010
  • 2010 Skyway Juried Art Exhibition, Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference, Oakton Community College, Oakton, IL
    29th Annual Student Arts Competition, The Robert T. Wright Community Gallery of Art, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL
  • 2009
  • Members Exhibition, The Robert T. Wright Community Gallery of Art, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL
    28th Annual Student Arts Competition, The Robert T. Wright Community Gallery of Art, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL
Design Projects
  • 2016 – present
  • | Melanie Sherman Ceramics & Jewelry, Kansas City, Missouri
    Wearable porcelain jewelry, incorporating fine metals such as Sterling Silver and Gold.
  • 2023
  • | Helzberg Diamonds, Kansas City, Missouri
    Worked with Helzberg Diamonds’ Marketing and Design Team on a public art project for the “Parade of Hearts”, covering a 4′ x 4′ fiberglass heart shape in Glass Rhinestones.
  • 2019
  • | COALESCE! The Art of Couture, Kansas City Artist Coalition, Kansas City, Missouri
    An immersive art experience where fine art meets fashion, to support The Kansas City Artists Coalition. Eight local multidisciplinary artists transform gowns donated by The Gown Gallery into walking canvases of fine art. Accompanied by an entire complementary themed collection styled by Wlaa Style.⁠

    | Vanderslice Committee’s Annual Art Fare,
    The American Restaurant, Kansas City, Missouri

    | Artfare pairs artists and chefs for an evening to savor:
    A collaboration with Chef Michael Corvino from Corvino’s Supper Club & The Tasting Room

  • 2017/18
  • | Crossroads Hotel – Historic Pabst and Pendergast Buildings, Crossroads District, Kansas City, Missouri
    Custom Guestroom Artwork; Photography, Ceramics, and Lampshade Design for 132 Guest Rooms, including the exclusive Pendergast Suite
    Aparium Hotel Group & Simeone Deary Design Group, Chicago, Illinois
Honors & Awards
  • 2016
  • Artists-in-Residence Program Support, The Joanne and Lee Lyon Endowed Fund
    Windgate Charitable Foundation Scholarship, Summer Resident of Exceptional Merit, Windgate Charitable Foundation
  • 2014
  • Windgate Fellowship Award, The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design, Asheville, NC
    Regina Brown Undergraduate Student Fellowship, NCECA, Milwaukee, WI
    AMACO/Brent Purchase Award, NCECA, Milwaukee, WI
    Cup of Merit Award, 22nd Annual NCECA Cup Sale, Milwaukee, WI
    McKeown Special Project Award, Byron and Deanne McKeown, Kansas City, MO
  • 2013
  • Student Purchase Award, Ceramics Art and Perception / Ceramics Technical, Medicine Hat College, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
  • 2012-14
  • Dean’s List, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
  • 2011
  • Phoebe Boyd Scholarship Award, Lake County Arts League, Lake County, IL
  • 2010
  • Art League Scholarship Merit Award, Lake County Arts League,Lake County, IL
  • 2009
  • Steve Mendelson Memorial Award, Ken and Carol Mendelson, Grayslake, IL
  • 2008-11
  • Dean’s List, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL
Residencies
  • 2024/25
  • Visiting Artist, Englewood Art Center, Independence, Missouri
  • 2017/18
  • Resident Artist, Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City, Missouri
  • 2016
  • Summer Resident Artist, The Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana
    Fall Resident Artist, Anderson Ranch, Snowmass, Colorado
  • 2015
  • Resident Artist, International School of Ceramics, Kecskemét, Hungary
  • 2014
  • Resident Artist, The Pottery Workshop, Jingdezhen, China
  • 2013
  • Resident Artist, International School of Ceramics, Kecskemét, Hungary
Visiting Lecturer/Workshops
  • 2023
  • River Oaks Square Arts Center, Alexandria, Louisiana
  • 2022
  • Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, Colorado
    Private Workshops (In-Person)
    Private Workshops (Virtual via Zoom)
    Virtual Workshop via FrankArts.com
  • 2021
  • Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, Colorado
    Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, Missouri
    Private Workshops (In-Person)
    Private Workshops (Virtual via Zoom)
    Virtual Workshop via FrankArts.com
  • 2020
  • Private Workshops (Virtual via Zoom)
    Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
  • 2019
  • Private Workshops, Kansas City, Missouri
    323 Clay, Independence, Missouri
    Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas
  • 2018
  • Cottey College, Nevada, Missouri
    College of Lake County, Grayslake, Illinois
  • 2017
  • Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
    Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
    Kansas City Artist Coalition, Kansas City, Missouri
  • 2016
  • Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
    Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, Georgia
    Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas
  • 2015
  • Belger Craneyard Studios, Kansas City, Missouri
    Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
  • 2014
  • The Pottery Workshop, Jingdezhen, China
Professional Experience
  • 2016 – present
  • Gallery Co-Owner, Cerbera Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
  • 2014 – present
  • Studio Artist, Kansas City, Missouri
  • 2013
  • Studio Assistant, Chandra DeBuse, Kansas City, Missouri
  • 2012
  • Teacher Assistant to Dan Anderson, Penland, North Carolina
  • 2011-19
  • Studio Assistant, College Of Lake County, Grayslake, Illinois
  • 2000-2011
  • Graphic Designer, 3DRex & AniRex Studios, Inc., Grayslake, Illinois
Publications
Collections

Archie Bray Permanent Collection, The Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana

NCECA Permanent Collection, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, Erie, Colorado

Private Collection of Richard Belger and Evelyn Craft, Kansas City, Missouri

Ken Ferguson Teaching Collection, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri

Nemzetközi Kerámia Stúdió Museum Collection, International Ceramics Studio, Kecskemét, Hungary

College of Lake County Ceramics Collection, Grayslake, Illinois

The Rosenfield Collection, Dallas, Texas